Ambition Lord

Chapter 25 Crossbows and Strong Bows

After Alan formed the Nine Divisions, the territory became lively. Except for the other five divisions, there were no leaders yet, and the other four divisions had been established in Qinghuang Town under the leadership of Kaili, Tings, Barry, and Alan. .

Except for Allen's supervision office, which has only established a location, the other three offices have already begun to recruit people with Allen's permission, and they have begun to operate in just a few days.

Since the Administration Department and the Finance Department have their original foundation, Allen does not need to pay more attention to it. Only Barry’s security department has grown from scratch. He was summoned to the security department and became a security officer.

Although they can't participate in the battle, they are still responsible for maintaining the law and order of the territory. This can also be regarded as Allen's way out for those who should be discharged from the army in the future.

As for the Shadow Division led by Andy, it has spread the information of the Shadow to other Viscounty territories outside the Musen territory.

After watching the soldiers training routinely every day, Allen plans to go to see how the giant water-marked frog is growing. Counting the time, more than 100 giant water-marked frog cubs should have grown up.

It takes about a year for giant water mist frogs to grow from tadpoles to be able to reproduce, but it only takes two months to grow them into meat frogs, and Allen does not plan to raise all of these more than 100 giant frogs to sexual maturity. Three pairs of water-marked giant frogs were kept as breeding frogs, and the others were killed in mid-August for the soldiers to eat to increase the number of cavalry.

Taking Barton and Bud to the back mountain, after seeing three poisonous arrow trees that had grown to half a person's height, he warned the two to be very careful about the three poisonous arrow trees in the future. A rabbit that is already dead and cannot die again is the end.

Allen had already seen the cause of the death of these rabbits. He ate the leaves of the poisonous arrow wood at will, but ignored the spikes on the branches and leaves. After being punctured in the mouth, he died of poisoning.

Regardless of the three poison arrow trees, they walked quickly to the front of the tiankeng, and there were bursts of "croaking" sounds, which sounded like scalp numbness.

He gestured to Barton to hand over the wooden pole in his hand. This is a fishing rod specially made by Allen for observing the giant water-marked frog. ... A thick rope is tied to the wooden pole, and an iron hook with raw meat is tied to the other end of the rope. , everything was ready, Allen threw the iron hook into the sinkhole.

"collapse!"

After a while, the loose rope was straightened instantly, and the giant frog took the bait.

Feeling the pulling force from his hand, Allen began to pull the rope upwards. After a while, the rope was almost retracted, and the hooked water-marked giant frog appeared at the mouth of the pit. The sharp hook passed through the giant frog's lips. Can make a weak "croak" sound in pain, knock the giant frog unconscious, then take off the hook and throw it down again.

Now the giant frogs have grown almost as big as their parents. Allen plans to kill all the other giant frogs in mid-August, and give all the giant frog meat to the soldiers in the territory, striving to improve the strength of the soldiers as soon as possible Come up, according to Antonio's report, more than a dozen soldiers have recently broken through to the cavalry.

After knowing the growth of the giant water-marked frog, Alan is going to go to the territorial arsenal to have a look. A long time ago, Alan discovered that the soldiers in the territory were wearing leather armor of varying quality, and some of the weapons were rusty. There are even gaps.

When I came to the arsenal, the arsenal was maintained by Newman, a blacksmith specialized in the castle. Newman looked to be in his 40s, and his body was very strong. Because he worked by the iron furnace all the year round, his face was dark and rosy, and his hands were covered with calluses.

"Master Baron! You are here." Newman said after seeing Allen.

"Newman, open the arsenal!" Allen said

"Yes! Lord Baron." Newman bowed slightly, then took out a key from his pocket, selected one, and opened the door of the armory.

As the door of the armory was opened, Allen entered first.

The arsenal is the size of a basketball court. It is empty, but it is very clean. It is completely different from the mess that Alan made up before he came. It seems that Newman often cleans it.

Looking at the several sets of full-body chain mail on the wall, some broken swords and rusty spearheads piled up in the corner.

……

Although it had been expected in advance, Allen was still surprised.

Allen still couldn't help asking Newman.

"Lord Baron, since there were only 500 soldiers in the territory before, now the number of soldiers in the territory has suddenly expanded to [-]. It is too sudden and insufficiently prepared. We can only use the old weapons that have been withdrawn before. Leather armor is also difficult to obtain. The soldier's leather armor was also withdrawn before." Newman explained to Allen in detail.

"Then what about the suits of chain mail?"

"Lord Baron, these sets of chain mail are the only sets of armor left in the territory. Lord Antonio's armor is taken from here, but because the number is too small, they are not equipped."

Allen also knows a thing or two about the preciousness of iron armor, and it can be seen how precious it is just based on the few sets of iron armor in the majestic baron.

Due to the low ironmaking technology of Scarlet Continent, the utilization rate of iron ore is extremely low. Generally, the iron production rate can only reach about 20.00%. In addition, the process of making a set of chain mail is very complicated. Experienced craftsmen It is very powerful to produce two sets of armor in a month.

As a result, a set of full-body chain mail can be sold for about two hundred gold dragons. Soldiers are often proud of having a set of iron armor. Antonio's iron armor was bestowed by Allen's father.

The embarrassment of the weapons and equipment of the fighters in the territory made Allen reflect on that he had ignored the matter of the fighters' equipment, and he only remembered it now, but fortunately it was not too late.

Under the same strength, superior equipment is one of the elements of victory.

This reminded Allen of the stark contrast between firearms and cold weapons in his previous life.However, there is no need to think about firearms for the time being. It is not something that Alan can consider at all, and this world has extraordinary attributes, which may be different from the rules of the previous life. The possibility of making gunpowder is very low.

Influenced by his previous life, Allen has a special liking for long-range strikes. Firearms cannot be made, but bows and crossbows that have the same long-range strike capabilities as firearms can still be made.

However, bows have already appeared in this world, but the production of bows is too complicated, and the production time is too long, and the price is extremely high. A bad bow costs a hundred gold dragons, and an excellent bow can reach more than a thousand gold dragons.

It is very unrealistic to allocate money to soldiers.

Allen aimed at the crossbow. Generally, the production of bows takes up to one year, and the range is about 100 meters. The production of crossbows also takes nearly a year, but the range can reach 200 meters. The most important thing is to master the bow proficiently. It takes years of continuous training, but mastering a crossbow only takes a few days of training.

Allen has no reason not to choose the crossbow as a long-range weapon. Although he can't make a powerful crossbow now, Allen still needs to prepare for it. Then Allen has found out the production process of a single powerful crossbow and the method and recorded it.

To make a crossbow, you need to find suitable wood and dry it in the shade to make the body of the crossbow. The bow needs multiple steps such as air-drying and soaking of animal tendons, and other materials such as iron sheets are required, which is very complicated.

(End of this chapter)