Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

Chapter 346 The Abnormality of Your Highness

The so-called surprise of Master Sid did not come from Lorester's accident. He made a new type of steel, which he named Sid 303. Lorester found that Master Sid is also showing signs of getting closer to Master Siropa, and he is used to naming newly discovered things with his own name, in order to survive forever.

According to Master Sid’s introduction, the elasticity of this Sid 303 steel is the best among all steels, and it is most suitable for making springs and the arms of crossbows. After testing, it is made of this steel. The steel crossbow of the chariot can be shot farther, the strength is stronger, the farthest can reach more than 400 meters, etc...

Lorester found that Master Sid seemed to be looking forward to replacing the steel piece crossbow arms of all tank steel crossbows with his newly invented spring steel, but Lorester rejected this suggestion. At present, the steel crossbows equipped by the family’s armed forces can still dominate. Even if other forces get a few steel crossbows, they cannot replicate the steel crossbows on the steel crossbow. The family does not need to spend a lot of money to update. Chariot steel crossbow. But this kind of spring steel is still very good as a technical reserve.

Compared to Master Sid’s disappointment, Lorister valued the new high-temperature refining furnace for extracting this spring steel. After two years of testing, Master Sid finally trial-produced refractory bricks. And used it to make a refractory furnace that can be sintered with high-temperature furnace fire to extract black iron ore, and this spring steel is a new product of this high-temperature refining furnace. After the black iron was calcined into molten iron, Master Sid did countless experiments and added various metals to master the material ratio of this spring steel. To be correct, this should be an alloy steel. .

However, Lorester does not understand steelmaking and ironmaking technology, and is not very interested in the various matters that need to be paid attention to in the steelmaking process described by Master Sid. The only thing he feels sorry for is that the world of Gaelintya does not have coal or oil. I wonder if the forest wood resources are too rich or these two energy ores have not been discovered. The Gaelintya people use firewood and charcoal for forging. , Add fire crystal powder when raising the high temperature. Although the fire crystal powder can increase the high temperature, it cannot last. This should also be the main reason why it is difficult for Gailint Asia to climb the technological tree.

"Master Sid, I would like to ask one thing, that is, has the crossbow used by the light cavalry you made a few years ago improved to reduce the manufacturing cost?" Lorist asked.

An awkward expression appeared on Master Sid’s face, and he hesitated for a while before repliing: "Sorry, your highness, because the manufacturing cost of the crossbow is too high and the craftsmanship is cumbersome. After the order you placed was cancelled by the family, I and Master Faring did not continue to study. I was busy building a high-temperature refractory refining furnace to test new steel, and Master Faring was dragged down by a batch of 20,000 standard longbow orders placed by the family. We were all busy. Don’t make any more..."

The production of standard longbows takes two years. All the wood used to make longbows needs to be soaked and dried in several processes, which is very troublesome. Lorist remembered that this list of standard longbows was prepared for the Longbowmen of the Guards Battalion, but he also understood the idea that Master Sid and Master Faring were unwilling to invest energy in improving the crossbow. After all, in the past few years, Master Sid and Master Faring had worked a lot on the crossbow, and there was no way to improve it before it appeared.

"I remember Master Sid, you said that the biggest reason for the high cost of this crossbow is that the steel of the crossbow arm is not? The elasticity of the steel is so unstable that only a few qualified products can be selected from a batch to make the crossbow arm. , And because it’s not a large piece of tank steel crossbow, but a single-use crossbow, there will be a lot of waste when forging such a small crossbow, which makes the manufacturing cost of crossbow high. No, is it so?" Lorist asked.

"Yes, Your Highness." Master Sid nodded and admitted: "Because the steelmaking furnace was extremely unstable at that time, the performance of the steel produced from each furnace was different, even if the material ratio used was the same. This is the same situation. Besides, these elastic steels cannot be obtained by constant forging. Like fine iron, we can forge them into steel, but these steels will lose their elasticity after forging for a long time, so they are suitable for making crossbows. The crossbow steel is very difficult to extract, which makes the manufacturing cost expensive. Only by refining ten furnaces can we obtain one or two qualified elastic steel..."

Lorist nodded: "Since this is the reason, now that this new spring steel is available, Master Sid, why haven't you thought of using it on a crossbow? This Sid 303 steel The formula has been fixed, the quality is stable, and the output is large. Then I think it should be possible to greatly reduce the cost of the crossbow."

Master Sid was stunned, and then he was ecstatic: "Yes, why didn't I think of this? I just miss the chariot steel crossbow, but forget that the family has been looking for a long-range personal weapon that can replace the longbow. Your Highness, I Go to Master Farin immediately and re-improve the crossbow..."

"Wait, Master Sid, there is something else." Lorist stopped Master Sid who was about to run away: "You can discuss with Master Farin. The elasticity of this steel is really as you said. If it’s outstanding, try to see if you can forge a bow-riding look and shoot on the horse, and compare the performance with the longbow. The family hunting corps has been reorganized, and you need something that can be launched on a horse without inferiority. The weapon of the longbow."

"His Royal Highness, I understand, we will definitely try out the weapons the family needs as soon as possible, and serve the family forever!" Master Sid suddenly became enthusiastic.

Looking at the background of Master Sid's departure, Lorist patted his forehead with a headache. To put it ugly, he now doubts whether the family’s technology tree has been crooked. Lorester’s ideal single-soldier long-range weapon, musket, has never been willing to study. Master Sid and their evil ways Going farther and farther, even the steels studied and refined are elastic steels suitable for forging steel crossbows, and they are not willing to spend energy on researching muskets...

Now the steel crossbow of the Norton family's chariot has been at the forefront of long-range weapons, sharp and sharp. This is indeed the credit of Master Sid and the others, but they have now gotten into the tip of the horns, and they are studying how to improve the bow and crossbow to make it shoot farther and harder. Although Lorist provided the drawings of the musket and the structure of the parts, these masters did not seem to have the intention to study in depth. Perhaps Lorist should consider whether to re-establish a research center to develop muskets, but this candidate is difficult to find...

After leaving the mysterious iron refinery, Lorist inspected Ironforge last, which was the family's weapon production center in the Blade's Edge Mountains. Like Master Sid, weapons and armors are forged and transported here, and then polished and inlaid and other techniques are used to make them into standard equipment used by family armed forces. This is a large-scale armament production base with 3,000 people, which is responsible for providing armaments for family armaments, as well as producing and assembling equipment for family allies and armaments for export.

Baron Camora, the in charge of Ironforge, has already been waiting here. At present, Ironforge's most important armament task is to produce 60,000 sets of standard light cavalry armor needed for the replacement of the Hunter Corps. This batch of standard light cavalry armor is the latest design of Master Sid. After adopting the suggestions mentioned by the soldiers of the Cavalry Corps, Master Sid re-designed and improved many places. At the same time, according to Lorist’s order, Dye the original black into gray black.

Baron Camora was responsible for the logistics and support throughout the war during the Iberian Kingdom Raiders last year. He accomplished his mission very well and received special commendation from Lorist. Although the war is now extinguished, because Winston and Southern Provinces are building a large number of various armaments and defense facilities, the mission of the logistics director of Baron Camora is not over, but it is not very nervous. Baron Camora appointed a deputy to take charge of the Windbury King City, and he ran back to Ironforge to meet Lorist's inspection.

After inspecting Ironforge and returning to Rock Castle, it was already August 7th. Lorist went to the Houshan Cultivation Ground to see Shihuad and then returned to the study. He found that Fatty Shi was sitting on the sofa with a large stack of documents. Wait for him. The more important thing this time is about the military budget of the reorganized North Sea Fleet and the re-organized Cavalry Hunter Corps, and a letter from the Roaring Bear City, which was written by Princess Silvia to Lorist. The letter said that she liked the scenery of the Sakura Ridge Manor that Lorist gave her very much. Because there were several places that needed to be rectified, she would not return to Rock Castle a few days later.

"Have all the invitations been sent out?" Lorist asked while reviewing the documents.

In Gaelintia, aristocratic weddings basically send invitations to relatives and friends six months in advance. In particular, Lorist is the Grand Duke of the Northland and the Patriarch of Norton. Not only must he notify all the lower lords of the family, but even all the noble families in the Antinac Kingdom. This is not a matter of closeness or closeness, but of the face of a nobleman. Fortunately, in the past few years, His Royal Highness almost cleansed the aristocratic class of the entire Antinac kingdom, and the remaining aristocrats have little talk. Therefore, Lorist does not need to deal with those nobles he is not familiar with. He felt that very satisfied.

The wedding with Princess Silvia will be held in November, and it is already very hasty to send a messenger to send invitations at the end of June and early July. In the Gailint subcontinent, some aristocratic families with deep heritage are married, and it is often necessary to notify the guests one year in advance. This is because the mainland is too far away. Secondly, those guests also need time to prepare gifts for the newlyweds. But Lorester is not so troublesome. The Norton family's power is only in the northeast of the former Christian Empire, and no matter how far away it is, it is also the nobleman of the Antinac Kingdom.

"Basically, they have been delivered. However, only a handful of the nobles in the imperial capital of the Kingdom said they would personally come to congratulate. Basically, those nobles who were newly promoted by the Second Highness were shied from official duties and were unlikely to be present, but they said they would give gifts. Congratulations to Your Highness on the wedding." Fatty Shi replied.

"Does the Second Highness have any indication?"

"This is the strangest place for me." Fatty Shi frowned and said, "Our messenger did not see our King. He said that the invitation was taken by the general manager of the palace, and then ordered him to wait in the post. News. In the evening, the administrator sent a letter saying that His Majesty the King was busy with his business and could not attend the Grand Duke of the North’s wedding ceremony, but he would send a messenger to express his congratulations on his behalf. After the messenger came back, I felt strange. , What is this Second Highness's idea? Even your big wedding didn’t come to attend, and the situation in the kingdom was very calm. He seemed to be hiding, and even our messengers weren’t summoned. This is already very serious. excuse me……"

Lorist put down the documents in his hand: "There is a situation, I don’t know if you have heard of it. The Ford Business Alliance and the Central South Kingdom’s coalition are at war. Because Lenmoud was forced to the front line, the specific battle situation still needs It will take a while to come back. But what I am puzzled is that this kind of news should be known to the second majesty, but why is the imperial capital as calm as before, without any abnormalities? According to the logic, our King should take advantage of the fire, he His ambition is to unify the territory of the former empire. Now that the business alliances occupy several provinces of the empire, I feel very strange that the second majesty missed such a good opportunity."

"Um... I haven't heard, it has nothing to do with our family anyway." Fatty Shi shook his head: "Our family is too far away from the business alliance after all. The news delay is normal, but the two legions of the Second Highness are on the border and commercial The alliance and its vassal forces have stalemate, he should have known the news. According to you, this is indeed a good time to do something, but the Second Highness has nothing to do. This is really abnormal. Hey, do you think it will Your Highness is not in the imperial capital, so even the messengers we sent to send invitations are not summoned..."

Lorist was taken aback. Fatty Shi's cranky thoughts seemed to have opened up a new way of thinking for him, pulling down the recruiting bell, and Genorio came in from outside the study.

"Genorio, send someone to find Tagel right away." Lorist ordered.

Tagle soon appeared in front of Lorist.

"Tagel, you immediately send a letter to the eagle to ask all the intelligence investigators deployed in the imperial capital, order them to find out how many days our King has not appeared in front of others? The current administrative and armament affairs of the kingdom are controlled by Who is in charge? Has anything unusual happened to the palace?"

"Yes, Your Highness, I will do it right away."

Three days later, Tagle appeared in front of Lorist.

"His Royal Highness, this is the report sent back by the intelligence investigators of the Imperial Capital. They said that His Majesty the King has not appeared in front of outsiders for more than a year. According to the maids and maids in the palace, they have not seen His Majesty in person for a long time. . However, it is confirmed that His Majesty the King has always stayed in the innermost area of ​​the palace. There are a thousand most loyal guards around him, and idlers are prevented from entering. There are rumors that His Majesty has suffered from a strange disease. A minister can still go in to see him, and the signatures on some documents are his own handwriting. The style of handling affairs remains the same as before. Therefore, the situation in the kingdom is still very stable, and people have forgotten how long they have not seen each other. It's him..."

"Strange disease?" Lorist touched his chin: "Impossible, there is any strange disease that can make the Second Highness of the Golden 3 Stars of Dou Qi Cultivation fall down. This is impossible. Could it be that he was assassinated or hit something? Strange poison?"

Tagger thought for a while and replied: "His Royal Highness ~www.readwn.com~ is assassinated, I think it is unlikely, otherwise the capital would have been messed up. Poisoning is not an elephant. If it is really poisoned, the palace will definitely invite many pharmacists. Go, just as his father, the third prince, was assassinated and poisoned, the pharmacists of the entire imperial capital were invited to the palace. However, there is a situation that needs to be noted. That is, the cousin of His Royal Highness, Krisya seems to be lost With the trust of His Majesty the King, he was relieved of his position as the head of the guards, and now lives in secluded home..."

"Oh?" Lorist frowned: "Is this true?"

"It's true, but Miss Kristia seems unwilling to explain to us the reason. But she said that before her Royal Highness's wedding, she would bring her family to the North for the wedding." Tagore replied.

Lorist lowered his head and turned around twice, which was a bit weird, but it was certain that the Second Highness stayed in the palace for some reason. Forget it, don't have a headache for him, there will always be a day when things will come to light, and then naturally you will know what the Second Highness is doing.

"Let's do this first, let people keep a close eye on the palace, and report any abnormalities in the imperial capital immediately." Lorist said.

"Yes, Your Highness."

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