Chapter 48 The Academy Arsenal

   looked up at the blue-gray tower. The figure exposed in the upper window was Dean Levins. Lorist stroked his chest and bowed halfway before turning away.

   Yesterday Lorist received a letter from Dean Levins and asked him to go to the Dean’s office this morning.

   After meeting today, Dean Levins was very polite. He said that he knew that Lorist was about to leave and return to the Northland to inherit the family territory. This was a good thing. He wished Lorist would become a great lord in advance. Then Dean Levins told Lorist that there was a batch of old armors and lances in the academy’s arsenal to be scrapped or sold for auction. Lorist might as well go and have a look. If you like, you can buy the past. The trip was helpful.

Lorist expressed his gratitude to Dean Levins, took off the double golden training badge on his chest and put it on the table. I don’t know when I will return to Morient when I go to the North. He said he will always remember to study at Dawn College. The good time of the past ten years.

Dean Levins stroked the gold badge for a long time, and then handed it to Lorist: "Take it back as a souvenir, and let alone resign. You are the legend of Chenxi Academy. Be an honorary instructor first, Chenxi The college welcomes you back anytime."

   Saying goodbye to Dean Levins, Lorist went to the academy's arsenal, and basically the weapons and training equipment for the knight profession and the swordsman profession are kept here. The training sword used by the trainees like Lorist in the swordsmanship instruction class is also from here.

   Uncle Kuzm, the head of the arsenal, was obviously prepared, and after greeted him, he took Lorist to a warehouse, which was already full.

"There are a total of three hundred and twenty training riders here, and the tip of the spear is the sharp edge of the battle. There are also seven hundred training swords, and the blade is a real killing weapon. There are also three hundred training swords. A square-pointed shield, one hundred and fifty crossbows, twenty-four sets of full body armor for knights, and two hundred and twenty sets of plate armor for heavy-armored swordsmen. Well, there are also eighty-two sets of riding armor, which can be regarded as a scout. Dedicated one." Uncle Kuzm said.

  Lorist was very pleased, because everything here is 80% new, not worn out but scrapped. Fatty Shi and Bodfinger reported to him two days ago before going to the slave port of Nubit, that there was no problem with the purchased materials, including grain and carriages, but the weapons and equipment were a bit troublesome. One was the high price, and the other was the type. complete. Weapons like long swords and epees are all gathered together, but there is no good armor. Most of the leather armors on the market are mercenary armors. Metal armors are few and expensive. The customization time is not enough. He asked Lorist to pay more attention, and bought one if one item was found, the problem was solved now.

"Uncle Kuzim, why do we have so many plate armors in our academy? I remember that our academy does not have a heavy armor swordsman major? And what is going on with those armors? I have never seen it before." Lorist asked. .

"Haha, Locke, have you forgotten that our academy merged the Yellow Ribbon Academy, these plate armors were all equipment from the warehouse of the original Yellow Ribbon Academy, and were accepted by us. Only last semester came to our academy to register for heavy armor swordsman There are very few professional students, so the college plans to cancel this major. In this way, these plate armors will not be useful. I wanted to auction them, but the dean said you might use them, so I let you see them first. Look." Uncle Kuzm explained with a smile.

   Lorist smiled embarrassedly. He forgot that the Yellow Ribbon Academy originally focused on butler training and swordsman guard training. It is not surprising that there are special plate armors for these heavy swordsmen.

"As for these armors..." Uncle Kuzm touched his chin and fell into memory: "I don't know what to say. In fact, these 82 sets of armors can also be said to be a failed experiment. The college’s warehouses have been stored for nearly ten years. However, they are well kept, just like new ones."

   "The failed test product?"

"Yes, it's been fifteen years. At that time, there was a book on knights that caused widespread controversy. The book boldly predicted the decline of heavy armored knights, thinking that the future cavalry must be fast and flexible. , Light and long-range attacks are the main focus, rather than the current popular confrontation between the two armies, which focuses on heavy armored knights. The book also takes the scout as an example. In a battle, the scout is used as a light cavalry to cover the battlefield and kill the enemy. The damage and damage far exceed those of the heavy armored knights, which shows the importance of the scouts. The book also imagines that if the scouts are the main formation of a light cavalry to attack and fight against a heavy armored knight, then Which side will win?"

"At that time, the instructors of the academy's knight major were arguing very fiercely, and the senior leaders of the academy were also very interested. They believed that if the prophecy in this book came true, then the knight major would undergo radical changes. If that is the case, the sooner the light cavalry The more tactical research carried out, the more able to seize the first opportunity, and even take the lead after the light cavalry tactics became popular. So a fund was allocated to the academy's armor protection instructor to design and manufacture this light cavalry based on the characteristics of the scout. The original plan was to make one hundred and fifty sets and set up a light cavalry squadron to conduct tactical exercises. As a result, the Battle of Blanchko took place, and the 30,000 light cavalry of the Harvestan Khanate was replaced by five thousand of the Romon Empire. The heavy armored knights were unable to fight back, with heavy casualties and less than four thousand people who fled back. So this book became a joke, and the academy terminated the light cavalry plan. It has been kept in the warehouse until now." Uncle Kuzm said.

   "Oh, that's the case." Lorist said as he opened a box and took out a so-called light cavalry armor. After looking at it, Lorist understood.

  The popular heavy armored knights wear close-fitting mail and then full-body armor before going into battle. They have strong defense power. And Lorist heard from Marin instructor that the scouts of the city defense army are basically a leather armor outside of the close-fitting lock armor, which is similar to the scouts of other countries in Galintia.

   The light cavalry armor that Lorist holds in his hand is a combination of chain armor and plate armor. The chest and shoulders are all plate armor, and the arm, waist and abdomen are made of chain armor. The advantage is that it is more defensive than active scouts and lighter than a knight's full body armor. The disadvantage is that it looks a bit weird. It is plate armor and lock armor. When the plate armor always feels that the defense is not enough, when the lock armor can't be covered with another layer of armor, it will be too bulky. No wonder it has been in the warehouse for ten years. But Lorist doesn't mind, this one is very good for scouts.

   "Well, Uncle Kuzm, I want all of these. How much is the college going to sell to me?" Lorist asked.

Uncle Kuzm was shocked, and then became happy: "You want all of them? The dean also said that you don't want them to be auctioned. It would be great if you want all of them. I won't have to run to the auction house to grind their teeth with them. You wait. Wait, I will count."

"Three hundred and twenty training lances, one large silver coin, a total of sixteen gold coins. Seven hundred training swords, four large silver coins and one handle, a total of one hundred and forty gold coins. Three hundred training square tips A shaped shield, ten large silver coins, a total of one hundred and fifty golden merits. One hundred and fifty training crossbows, one gold coin, a total of one hundred fifty gold coins. Twenty-four sets of training knight full body armor, fifteen A set of three gold coins, a total of three hundred and sixty gold fortunes. Two hundred and twenty sets of training plate armor, a set of ten gold coins, a total of two thousand two hundred gold coins. Eighty-two sets of light cavalry armor, you also count as a set of ten gold coins, It cost more than 30 gold coins to make a set that year, a total of 820 gold ford. This adds up to a total of 3,836 gold coins." Uncle Kuzm’s calculation skills are good, and he quickly came to the end. result.

"By the way, Uncle Kuzm, can I use the academy's arsenal repair shop to trim these weapons? I want to put all the rifles on the blades, use the sword for training, and cover the shield with a thin layer of steel. I will sort out those armors and cast my family crest on them. I will add extra money.” Lorist is very grateful, because the price Uncle Kuzm’s quoted him is one-third or less of that of similar equipment outside. It's a quarter.

   "Of course, these guys in the academy's holiday repair shop have nothing to do and get together every day, either betting or drinking. They would be happy to have a chance to make extra money." Kuzim agreed with a smile.

"Well, I'll bring someone here in the afternoon. He knows how to make a badge. If you do it well, I can give an extra bonus to the repair shop. By the way, Uncle Kuzm, can I pay after three days?" Lorist Say.

   Uncle Kuzm nodded: "No problem, Locke."

  ……

On Sunday, the fat man only left me three thousand golden fortunes to collect weapons and equipment in the market. After buying three hundred weapons and dozens of armors in the past two days, it cost more than one thousand. Now there is only one choice. The building that took over will be sold again, so that we can have the money to pay for the equipment. Lorist said to himself, thinking of the fat man, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to be a lord, which is really unreasonable.

   In the afternoon, Lorist brought Sodkamp to the college arsenal, and after confessing the matter to him, he went to the Red Crow Tavern to find El alone. After waiting for most of the day, El hurried to arrive. He was surprised to hear that Lorister wanted to sell the building he had just acquired, and asked why.

   Lorist talked about his current lack of money to buy equipment, and he said that you will leave after waiting.

   After a while, El came back, handed Lorist a small box, opened it, and inside it was fifty gold dollar scrolls.

El said to Lorist: "Brother, this is all my brother’s savings, most of which are earned by you for me. I know you won’t take my money for nothing, so let’s count me borrowing from you, mortgage That’s the building. You write an agreement. If you don’t repay the money in ten years, the building will belong to me. In addition, the rent of that building now has more than 70 gold coins per year, which will be used as interest to my brother. ,what do you think?"

   "Okay, just do it. El. Thank you for helping me a lot." Lorist was very grateful.

El sighed: "It's nothing. Brother's money is still there anyway. If it weren't for too much concern, brother would also like to go to the North with you. That **** fat guy, he was in front of his brother, really. It's disgusting."

   Two days ago, Fatty Shi and Bodfinger brought dozens of veteran students from the swordsmanship club who were willing to follow them to the north to prepare to go to Nubit Harbor. Before departure, Lorist hosted a banquet in the Red Crow Pub to send them off. After El came, Fatty Shi said to El, from now on you have to call me Master Knight, because I am a noble and you are a commoner, you have to show respect to me. On the spot, El was so angry.

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   Saying goodbye to El, Lorist rushed back to Dawn Academy again and went to the Arsenal to find Uncle Kuzm to pay the bill. He was afraid that the night would have many dreams, and what will happen to this batch of weapons and equipment after paying the bill in three days.

   Uncle Kuzm smiled and said, "I thought you didn't make money, I didn't expect you to have it so soon. It seems you really need this batch of equipment."

   Lorist smiled bitterly: "Uncle Kuzm, you know that the journey to the North is not peaceful now. Fatty Shi is preparing an army to **** me back. This batch of weapons and equipment from the academy can be said to have helped me a lot."

   Uncle Kuzm thought for a while, and said, "Then you come with me, there are two warehouses here, you can go check it out, maybe it can come in handy."

   took Lorist left and turned right to the back of the arsenal. There were two big stone houses. Uncle Kuzim opened the door, and Lorist looked inside. The ground was full of wolves, and the debris on the ground was half a person high.

Uncle Kuzm said: "This is a place where discarded weapons and equipment are piled up. The repairers think that they cannot be repaired or are too troublesome to repair and are ready to be scrapped. They will be cleaned up after several years. , Burning by burning. In fact, there are some things that can be used. You see, such as this spear blade, you can change it to a spear tip. Locke, if you want, you can choose the things here, no money Yes. You can add some money to the guys in the repair shop, and they will be very willing to help you fix it."

   Lorist was very happy and shook Kuzim's hand vigorously: "Thank you, thank you, Uncle Kuzim, you helped me a lot."

   Uncle Kuzm smiled and said: "Tap and tap, this old bone of uncle can't stand the toss. Here, this is the key to the door. You can bring someone here to clean it up at any time."

  ……

   After dinner, Lorist asked Terman and Yuri to the study and told him about Uncle Kuzm's asking himself to clean up his arsenal.

  Telman said this is great. This time there are 38 old students in the college who are willing to follow the adults to the North. Two days ago, the Shred Knights and the Baldfinger Knights took twelve people to Nubit Harbor. Originally, two days later, Yuri was also planning to take a group of people to his hometown of Harveystan prairie, where he planned to purchase a group of horses. This allowed Yuri to take a few people, and Terman took the rest to clean up the college arsenal.

   Shi Fatty Shi Lin also gave Yuri three thousand Golden Ford before departure, so that Yuri could purchase at least two hundred war horses. But every horse in Morient City has at least thirty or forty gold coins. So Yuri is going to take people back to his hometown and buy a batch of war horses directly on the grassland, so as to save money from those black-hearted horse dealers.

   Lorist shook his head. Yuri's trip will take about a month each time. It's better to bring more people to avoid any accidents. To clean up the academy’s arsenal, you can hire a dozen of the students who go out to work and let them clean up. Terman only needs to distinguish those that can be used and those that are discarded. As for what I would often use to watch, after all, I can't live without academy now, and I have to decide on many things myself.

  ……

   Telman led someone to clear the arsenal for three days, and sent someone to call Lorist.

  Lorist looked over and saw that more than half of the two large houses had been cleaned, and they would be cleaned in three days. Terman cleared up a pile of weapons and equipment that he thought was still useful.

Seeing Lorist looking at the weapons and equipment, Terman was a little embarrassed and said, "My lord, these are only the items that were initially screened out and thought to be usable~www.readwn.com~ In fact, we still have to choose and repair them. Probably less than one-third. The adults are called because we found these crossbows inside, they are still intact, but I don’t know why they were thrown here. I don’t know if we can take it away, this thing is for us northbound Very useful."

Lorist discovered that there were twelve crossbows lined up beside the trash mountain. Except for no crossbow strings, the other parts were kept intact and did not look worn, especially the bow arms. I don’t know what material they were. Made, swarthy and shiny. This is a small crossbow mounted on a chariot. It is usually mounted on a logistics supply vehicle as a long-range defense. I just don’t know how so many crossbows are thrown in these two waste warehouses.

Lorist invited Uncle Kuzm over. Uncle Kuzm looked at the twelve crossbows and thought about it for a long time before he got the impression. He went back and took out the yellowed animal skin paper book, and turned it halfway. : "Yes, here."

   These twelve crossbows were specially designed and manufactured by instructors and students majoring in crossbow manufacturing at the Academy eight years ago in order to participate in the procurement of ordnance for the city defense army. Although the design is very good, but because there are too many people to manipulate, this crossbow needs three people to control, one person driving, one person aiming and shooting, and one person winding up the arrow. So it was abandoned here.

Uncle Kuzm said: "If you need it, take it. Look, the crossbow has been written on the roster. But you have to match this crossbow. There is no suitable one in the arsenal. ."

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