industrial lord

Chapter 130 Pre-war Propaganda
"Although we don't want to encounter them, it is difficult to avoid the covetousness of robbers. There is no way. The tranquility of the homeland does not lie in bowing to robbers, but in strength."

"All around us—Count Rees, Count Eichstätt, Count Ansbach, Count Fürth, Count Roth—were drowning in robbing us of our last pennies, raping our families, killing with the sword In the dream of pointing to our bones and saying, 'Look, this is a slave!' after killing us. It is for this reason that no one will trust their homeland to their mercy! We must unite Arise, muster all your strength and hold it in your hands to strike the invader when he comes, or we will die in defeat."

"Since 1024, our security has been seriously threatened. The major problems of the present cannot be solved by compromise and concession-they dare to blackmail everyone today2 Kreutz will dare to blackmail tomorrow2 Florin—the only solution to our security is blood and iron!"

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Under the bright spring sun, several students of Wessenburg University parked a carriage on the square of Lingen City. One of them stood on the roof of the car with a small speaker to give a speech to the citizens, and the others distributed leaflets around.

Heinrich had a mission to inquire about news in Wessen, so Frederick asked him to walk around.

On this day, he came to Lingen City, [-] kilometers east of Wessenburg City. There was a small river passing by outside the city, surrounded by flat farmland, which was an important food producing area in Wessenburg.

Lingen City has just been upgraded from a town to a city, and its scale is not large, with only more than [-] people.

Today is Sunday, and there are many stalls on the square. Many surrounding villagers come to the church next to the square to buy something and go home after worshiping.

Attracted by the students' speeches, the people quickly surrounded the carriage for several floors, and after a while they roared angrily.

Heinrich quietly listened to the student's speech outside the crowd. His accent didn't look like that of someone from Wessen, but his impassioned tone and angry demeanor were exactly the same as those of the locals around him.

The content of the speech was exactly the same as the article written by Frederick in the "Wessen Daily" two days ago, with some colloquial modifications.

A female student walked up to Heinrich. Like other students, she was wearing the school uniform of Weissenburg University. The upper body was a white shirt and a light gray suit vest. The boys wore straight-leg pants, and the girls wore pleated skirts. Full of youthful vigor.

Because Heinrich was wearing a traditional scholar's robe, the girl saluted him and said, "Hi sir, would you like a flyer?"

Heinrich recognized her Constantbul accent, took the leaflet and asked, "Are you also from Constantbul?"

The girl just smiled politely, her eyes were full of sadness, and she didn't answer.

Heinrich felt that he seemed to have talked about a topic that should not be touched, and after receiving the flyer, he asked again: "May I take the liberty to ask, what does this badge on your collar mean?"

Pinned to the left neckline of the girl is a round copper badge with an open book below and what looks like a palette above.

Immediately, her eyes lit up, and a smile from the heart appeared on her face, and she said happily: "This is the art teacher qualification certificate, which means that I can be an art teacher in elementary school, and I got it with great difficulty. "

Heinrich saw that she looked like a child showing off her baby, and said with a smile, "Then I should call you a professor."

"How can it be?" The girl felt a little embarrassed, "Only scholars who teach in universities can become professors."

Heinrich nodded, asked about the income of university professors, and sought a way out for himself.

"Professors' salaries are not very high." The girl replied, "But, if you have the ability, you can build a factory by yourself or cooperate with others, so that you will have more money."

"My boyfriend is a student of Professor Manuel. He first learned necromancy and wanted to join the army. Now he has borrowed money to open a canning factory. It is estimated that he can earn more than 200 florins a year. It doesn't look like going to the battlefield. That's dangerous."

Heinrich hurriedly asked: "How much? How much is your annual income?"

He suspected that he heard it wrong. The annual income of ordinary magicians in the Royal Magician Corps was only [-] florins, and that of excellent magicians was [-] florins, which was equivalent to a baron. Hundred florins are similar to the previous Wesson family, and the money is exchanged for life.

"More than 200 florins." The girl replied, "but after repaying the loan in the first ten years, there are less than [-] florins left."

"We are inferior to others..."

Then she talked about how much money other professors and students have made recently, and it is no secret that it is written at the University of Wessenburg.

Heinrich was silent, turned and left with the flyer.

He wanted Diesel's wallet to bleed the day before yesterday, and he asked this guy to treat him to a luxurious meal on the grounds of being blown up in the cave. As a result, the meal turned into a show off, and expensive spices from the south were scattered casually. , The wine has been aged for at least 50 years, and what is worse is that the gold chain around the neck is at least one kilogram.

As for himself, Heinrich sighed, didn't think about it, picked up the leaflet and read it.

The flyer has a red background, and the characters are colorful. The upper part of the pattern is a bust of five men and women holding new Wesson collar weapons. From the clothes, there are soldiers in military uniforms, farmers in hoodies and straw hats, wearing Workers in blacksmith uniforms, businessmen or employees in suits and top hats, and students in school uniforms, with black silhouettes of remnants and defeated soldiers below.

Judging from the big characters at the top, it is calling for everyone to participate in the "One Minute People".

Heinrich has been reading the previous "Wessen Daily" recently, and thinks that this "one-minute man" is to recruit the militia, but he does not need to leave the local area so he saves logistical supplies and does not spend much money.

These militiamen used weapons that he and the other knights who had come with him had gone to the shooting range and used them.

After entering 1026, Weisenling opened several shooting ranges one after another, providing folding rifles for the citizens and hunters who are willing to join the 1 minute range to learn and use.

The shooting course has 20 class hours, including 5 class hours of cultural courses such as theory, safety, law and maintenance. After passing the exam, a gun license will be issued. Only with a gun license can you buy your own guns.

At the same time, the Wessen Territory also promulgated the new "Weapon Law", requiring the citizens to fold the guns and put them in special bags when carrying guns in public.

During the military exercises before, many people saw the new weapons carried by the soldiers. Later, after the city defense army began to equip new weapons, everyone saw more. Therefore, the opening of the shooting range attracted a lot of people's attention.

Naturally, the various forces should send people to study it. Heinrich and the others also tried it. The final conclusion is that this weapon has the same range and power as the bow and arrow, and the reloading speed is similar. Moreover, the materials are extremely expensive, and the government subsidizes them. The final price is 4 florins, and it is impossible to equip them on a large scale.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Heinrich felt that this weapon was much less labor-intensive than bows and arrows, and the power of concentrated use after large-scale equipment was still considerable.

Of course, the premise is that there is money and large-scale equipment.

Now that the world is not peaceful, many people in Wesson want to buy this new weapon. Although many people can’t afford 4 florins for a while, Wesson Bank can provide locals with a gun license with a 1 to 5-year free firearm. Waiting for interest-free loans and 6 to 10-year low-interest loans, for a while there were long queues in front of the shooting range and the bank building.

Heinrich felt that if citizens and farmers were equipped with such weapons in large numbers, it would be beneficial to city defense.

However, the current siege warfare is mainly siege warfare, and it is useless to cut off the food in the city.

Heinrich walked around the square for a while, and found that a stage and wooden benches had just been set up in a corner of the square, so he went to have a look out of curiosity.

(End of this chapter)