Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 394 The Benefits of Human Resources

While Baron Claire may lack the relevant knowledge to offer insightful advice, it doesn't mean he's completely ignorant.

The proper way for a knight to lead troops into battle is to charge into battle and kill enemy generals. Baron Claire had guarded the Earl for many years and experienced all kinds of risks. Long illness can also make a good doctor.

The tactics proposed by Yarrow were exactly within his comprehension.

Baron Claire knew perfectly well that the method Yarrow had described did indeed have a high success rate.

Having understood all this, Baron Claire, in full view of everyone, bowed deeply to Yarrow, completely convinced of his superiority.

It's actually a tacit understanding.

— Yarrow helped them make one hundred hand grenades, and Baron Claire gave up some of his power as a 'deposit'.

The reason they only gave a 'deposit' was because...

One reason is that the grenades were not yet fully manufactured.

The main reason is that Baron Claire's power ultimately derives from the Countess, and Baron Claire certainly cannot overstep his bounds 'openly' without the Countess's reply.

In other words, you can do it but you can't say it.

You can hint to the two stewards to obey Yarrow's orders, but you can't say it out loud.

Furthermore, Baron Claire and Yarrow had an unspoken agreement—to persuade the Countess.

After all, Baron Claire would not want to see his son, Bevan, follow in the footsteps of the Baroness, becoming the catalyst for the demonic calamity and causing the deaths of millions!

The only way to solve this problem is to become a wizard.

And the only one willing to teach now is Yaro.

Even if Bevan doesn't become a wizard, learning techniques like 'making hot air balloons' would still be beneficial.

In this situation, Yaro didn't need to go to Fort Scalo in person like Red Lanelli.

Baron Claire will do his best to persuade Countess Ilinda and facilitate the cooperation.

……

After watching Baron Claire's figure disappear into the wilderness, Yarrow turned to the two butlers: "Take stock of some people and get ready. Tomorrow morning, you will come with me to take over the Viscount's territory."

"Take over the viscountry?" Steward Bard asked, puzzled. "Did I... hear that right?"

“Dylan, you explain it to him.”

Yaro left those words behind and turned to walk toward the castle.

Dylan was Baron Claire's spy, and with Yaro's tacit approval, he constantly gathered information about the outside world.

Dylan couldn't possibly be unaware that Viscount Corey was killed by Yarrow.

The assistant butler, Dylan, bowed respectfully and said, "I understand."

"No, Dylan, what have you been doing behind my back this time? How come I know nothing about it!"

"Shut up! Listen to me..."

"Hey!"

"..."

"what?"

"..."

"Lord Yaro is so amazing!"

...Even after Yaro entered the castle, he could still faintly hear Bard's loud and boisterous voice.

Tread...  

Little Heri ran over quickly and exclaimed joyfully, "Lord Yaro, you're back!"

"Yes, you're back," Yaro nodded, walking towards the second floor as he asked, "How's the processing of those materials going?"

Little Heri quickly followed behind Yaro, pulled out a piece of parchment she had prepared beforehand, and began reporting like a secretary:
"As you instructed, the saltpeter needs to be dissolved in water and then heated and evaporated five times. Since there is a large quantity of saltpeter, we have only reached the fourth stage so far. Including the time for air-drying and grinding into powder, it may take another five days or so. The main problem is that the subsequent air-drying process wastes time..."

Although Yaro calls it 'saltpeter', its current name is 'ice crystal stone'. It is a magical material containing ice magic, and the ice magic contained within it must be constantly cleansed and dulled before it can be used as fire saltpeter.

"The sulfur is simple. Since it doesn't need further processing and the quantity is small, it's all been pressed into a fine powder. Don't worry, I had them sieve it using the finest mesh..."

Since sulfur is a low-grade demonic material, all the sulfur here has been purified by the material supplier, so there's no need for much processing.

"The charcoal kiln has been burning for three days, and it will be opened this afternoon..."

Heli concluded, "I've roughly calculated that it will take about seven more days to process all these materials."

Hearing this, Yaro was filled with emotion: 'Similar things, when I was at the academy, even with all that sophisticated equipment, took me almost half a year to complete. Here, we've already seen initial results in just a few days. That's the advantage of having human resources.'

'Think back to ancient times, even without modern high-tech machines, the upper classes could still enjoy a lifestyle similar to modern people by relying on human power. For example, there were human-powered fans in British India, and absurdly, human-powered trains…'

Thinking of the benefits of human resources, Yarrow then thought of the viscountry territory that was about to be acquired.

'I have too many things to do myself, and I can't spare the energy to carefully manage the Viscountry. If I want to take over the Viscountry, I must rely on the manpower of Perrin Castle.'

'But Bevin was the key to Baron Claire relinquishing power and getting the two butlers to obey.'

We need to put more effort into him.

Thinking of this, Yaro looked around and asked, "Where's Bevin?"

“Lord Yaro, Bevan is still on the hot air balloon monitoring the surroundings,” little Heri explained, tilting her head back.

Yaro frowned slightly: "Why don't you all take the time to study and research? Why don't you just send a few guards over there?"

Little Heri blinked, puzzled, and asked, "Didn't you tell him to do this?"

Forehead!
Yaro suddenly remembered that he was too lazy to call anyone else at the time, and since Bevan was right next to him, he entrusted the task to Bevan.

"You talk too much," Yaro said, gently tapping Heli's head. "Go and call him down. I'll wait for you in the restaurant."

Little Heri rubbed her red hair, a happy smile spreading across her face, and replied energetically, "Okay!"

The so-called castle is actually a place where a group of people serve only a few people.

So even though it was past mealtime, the servants still quickly prepared a sizable meal for Yarrow.

After a long journey, Yaro was starving and too lazy to put on any pretense of aristocratic pomp, so he started wolfing down his food.

While they were eating, little Heryl led Bevan into the restaurant.

Noticing how quickly Arona devoured the food, Bevin hesitated and paused for a moment.

The aristocratic etiquette he learned didn't cover how to ask questions while others are eating.

Little Heri ignored everything and walked straight to Yaro's side.

"Lord Yarrow, I've called Bevan over."

"Mmm, mmm!" Yaro said, waving his hand as he chewed his food, gesturing for them to sit down.

Seeing this, Bevan had no choice but to come over and bow respectfully: "Teacher Yaro."

(End of this chapter)