Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 144 Carpenter's Office
Iris collar, tulip city, Charles walked towards the government affairs hall, the spring breeze blew on his face with a hint of coolness, making Charles' sleepiness when he got up early disappeared.

Charles approached the government affairs hall facing the spring breeze. At this time, all the government officials and officials, big and small, had arrived. Charles walked into the room amidst greetings.

"Master Shire, you're here." Mina hurriedly stood up and saluted Shire.

"Sit!" Charles walked to his seat and sat down, and asked Mina, "How is the logistics supply of the Iris infantry now?"

"Master, what aspect are you referring to?" Mina asked cautiously.

"Let's talk about the shortage first." Charles reclined on the chair, looking at Mina.

"Master, if the most in short supply is undoubtedly the armor of the soldiers, there is only one place where iron armor can be forged, and that is the Iron Town, but the Iron Town is currently forging the soldiers' spears, so there will be no hope for a while. They are gone.

So now the iris collar can only be used to sew leather armor, but now the animal skins of the iris collar have almost been consumed, so there are not many animal skins to sew leather armor. "

After Mina finished speaking, he took a peek at Charles, and Charles gradually understood that almost all animal furs were made into animal vests for the officers of the Iris Infantry, and the animal skins used now were traded with barbarians from all over the country in the spring of this year. of.

"What about other aspects, such as food, weapons, etc."

"Young master, the number of Iris infantry has expanded to four thousand, and the food in the Iris collar is not enough to support the grain harvest this autumn, and the current food can last for more than three months. In terms of weapons, according to Baron Patel's previous report The news is that more than 2000 rods have been forged." Mina picked up the paperwork beside him and handed it to Charles.

Money and food are in short supply now!Although there are still a lot of gold coins in the iris flower collar, in the current situation, food cannot be bought with gold coins. They are all expanding the army, and it is impossible to take out food, at least in the Principality of Artem.

Yes, in the Principality of Artem, Charles seems to have come to understand what, the fact that food cannot be bought in the Principality of Artem does not mean that the Principality of Luma cannot buy it.The Duchy of Luma typically has a lot of people on the land, and they dispatched the army after the spring planting, so there will be no food crisis at all. In fact, due to the reduction of serfs, the burden on the nobles of the Duchy of Luma has been reduced, and there may be more food. remaining.

"How is the battle between His Royal Highness and the Luma Principality now?" Charles asked Mina. Since he planned to buy food from the Luma Principality, the direction of the battle now is very important.

"Master, according to the news sent back by Baron Haber, His Royal Highness is now leading the Royal Second Infantry Regiment to force the army of the Principality of Luma to a decisive battle. It seems that he intends to make a quick decision." Mina picked up Haber and passed it back. The paperwork was handed over to Charles, but Baron Haber is very capable. He can quickly build an intelligence network by going to the south by himself, but the money is also spent really fast. A hundred gold coins are spent within a few days. Finished.

The serf soldiers of the Principality of Luma must not be able to defeat the Royal Second Infantry Regiment led by Andres. It seems that Andres intends to solve them as soon as possible, and then compete with Enkata for the throne.

"What is Nkata doing?" Ciel asked.

"Master, you asked Mr. Barron to come back. According to the time estimate, it will arrive in a few days. The information about Enkata should be on Mr. Barron." Mina replied.

Charles hummed, and began to think secretly in his heart.Although Mina was born as a servant, his loyalty is unquestionable, but the information processing channel cannot allow him to take over, and Barron is not suitable either. After all, Barron is the head of the security team, so it can only be Baron Haber Yes, but his loyalty has yet to be tested.

If he wanted to buy grain from the Principality of Luma, Charles thought of Earl Radjoyane William whom he met in Pella.Although he only had acquaintance with him, Shire was quite sure.

According to the previous conversation, Shire knew that the William family urgently needed a trading partner. The Earl of Shire was rich in horses and distilled pure ale. If they could be sold to the Duchy of Luma, the profit would be no less than five times.But the key issue is how to transport it. The Iris Collar is wrapped up by the Earl of Violet, the Earl of Geithner and the territory of the Grand Prince. Shipping is a big problem, especially now that the two countries are at war.

Do you want to go by sea?In that case, we can only attack the Earl of Violet.

"Mina, come with me to see the carpenter's shop." Charles stood up and said to Mina. The carpenter's shop was set up by him for the development of stills, referring to the blacksmith's shop in the steel town.

"Yes, master." Mina bowed slightly.

Charles stood up and walked out of the government affairs hall. At this time, the sun was gradually rising and the temperature was gradually increasing. With a hint of warmth in the spring breeze, Charles and Mina walked towards the craftsman.

The craftsman is located outside Tulip City, surrounded by fences, and the inside is very open.The air smelled of sawdust.

Charles walked in with Mina in a big stride, and Fausto, a carpenter promoted by Charles for inventing the still, greeted him.

"Master Charles, you are finally here." Fausto said happily.

Charles was a little embarrassed, since the alembic was invented, he seemed to have almost forgotten what the carpenter did.

"Forstall, what is the carpenter doing now?" Charles asked.

"Master, since you set the unit of length, such as yuan rice, all carpenters' rulers are now the same length, and the things they build are square and square, and there is no need to measure again." Fausto first praised Xia Er said, and then continued: "After everyone's discussion, everyone invented a few useful tools."

While talking, Fausto went into the room and took out some tools. Charles walked over and took a look, and felt a little familiar. The tools invented by Fausto and others were familiar to him in his previous life, such as the saw , chisel and other guys, and some he didn't know at all, and he couldn't guess his role.

But after Fausto's explanation, Charles also understood their role.

"Master, after the invention of these tools, it is of great help to carpenters. Master, what you said about brainstorming is really right." Fausto continued to flatter.

"I remember that Kasim asked you to order a batch of longbows. How about it? Can you make it?" Charles looked at Fausto and asked. Now that the number of archers has expanded to 500, the longbows are natural. There was a shortage.

"Master, the carpenters in the carpenter's workshop are making longbows now, but Kasim's request is too urgent. Now there is no dry wood to make a qualified longbow. We can only use freshly cut trees to make longbows."

Fausto took a freshly made longbow and continued: "This kind of longbow made of wood that has not been dried in the shade will be scrapped after a few times. After our tests, we found that the yew wood is used for It is most suitable for making longbows. This kind of wood is strong, not easy to break, and then tough. It is flexible and can be drawn further and shot farther. The most important thing is that the wood core of yew wood is straight and not easy to shoot. "

Charles stretched out his hand to get the longbow. This longbow made of yew wood can reach his chest, and the arc is not very big. Charles stretched out his hand and pulled it, and the strength of the bowstring was not bad.

He continued towards Fausto: "You have done a good job, especially you have found the wood suitable for making longbows through testing. If you have any questions about making longbows, you can discuss more, and you can also ask Kasim to come. Give your comments, after all, they are the users.

If we talk about planting a tree, the best time is ten years ago, and the next best time is now. Since there is not enough shade-dried wood, we should start storing shade-dried wood now. If there is a shortage of manpower here, you can ask the government affairs department. Don't be put off because you're understaffed. "

"Of order, Master Charles." Fausto's face showed joy, the carpenter's shop finally had funds, and finally they no longer had to live a miserable life.

"Fausta, I remember you have a young son who is seven or eight years old." Charles had a soft smile on his face.

"Yes, my lord, in a few years he will be able to become a qualified carpenter." Fausto said with some pride.

"Usually, you can go to the school in Tulip City to attend classes together." Ciel pointed to Mina beside him, and continued: "He is the teacher of the school, and he will take your son to school when the time comes."

"Thank you, Lord Lord, for the reward." Fausto revealed a look of surprise on his face.

"The carpentry shop can't just be old people like you, it must also have enough newcomers, just like the blacksmith's shop in a steel town, train a lot of apprentices, and strive to form an assembly line for the production of longbows."

"Of order, my lord." Fausto said confidently.

After chatting with Fausto and the others, Charles walked out of the carpenter's shop and led Mina towards the government affairs hall.

"Mina, I will arrange another task for you. Arrange a batch of hand-brewed ale and refined pure ale, but remember to keep it secret. I don't want the distiller to be handed down before selling a few bottles. The entire Atum Principality will know about it."

"Yes, my lord."

Walking into the inner city of Tulip, a small official from the government affairs office suddenly trotted towards the two of Charmina.

"What happened?" Mina asked the little official.

"Mr. Mina, Lord Earl, there is a man wearing animal skins looking for you outside the government affairs hall. He said he is Caudel." The little official replied out of breath.

Caudle is back?Can he finally know if there are any remaining tauren in the Blackstone Mountains?Thinking of this, Charles was very happy, and strode towards the government affairs hall.

After a while, Charles arrived at the gate of the government affairs hall, and Mina and the little official who had just notified just now followed behind in small steps.Charles looked forward, and Caudle, who was wearing animal skins and looked weather-beaten, was standing at the door of the government affairs hall.

"Lord Earl." Hearing the sound of footsteps behind him, Caudel looked back and saw that it was Earl Shire, who quickly knelt down with his luggage.

"Get up." Xia Erxu helped and asked quickly: "Caudel, how is the situation, are there any remaining tauren in the Blackstone Mountains?
"My lord, there is no more. We found the gathering place of the group of tauren later, and there was no monster there, so we set it on fire." Caudel stood up and replied.

"Let's go and talk in the government affairs hall." Charles led Caudel into the government affairs hall.As soon as Caudel, who was wearing animal skins, entered the government affairs hall, the people in the government affairs hall looked at him, but when they saw Shire in front of Caudel, they quickly turned their heads back.

After Charles sat down on the chair, he motioned for Caudle to sit down too.

"Caudel, tell me about your experience in the Blackstone Mountains." Charles ordered.

Caudle spoke quickly, from the time they followed the footprints of those tauren to the gathering place of these tauren, and finally burned their gathering place.

"You mean those tauren put human heads together in a strange pattern."

"Yes, Lord Earl, I thought that the gathering place of these tauren would be very dirty, but it turned out not to be. Their territory has a very strange sense of sanctity."

Is it a sacrifice?Charles seems to have caught something, but when he thinks about it carefully, it seems that there is nothing at all.

"That means there are no tauren left in the Blackstone Mountains."

"Yes, Earl, you have killed all the tauren in the Blackstone Mountains." Caudel said, seemingly relieved.

"Caudle, I have a task for you. I don't know if you are willing." Charles looked at Caudle.

"My lord, I am willing." Caudel stood up and bowed to Charles.

"Be careful, it's not dangerous. There are still many barbarian tribes in the Blackstone Mountains. I plan to send you to persuade them to come down the mountain and settle in the Iris Collar."

Charles has long been envious of the barbarians in these tribes. These are all good archers and mountain soldiers. If there is such a group of barbarian infantry, his attack range will be very wide. He can attack the vast Black Rock Mountain Range. Offensive options.

"Lord Earl, but they may not be willing to come down the mountain." Caudel said thoughtfully, in fact, he was not willing at all. First, he didn't trust him, and second, he could live a good life on the mountain. Why did he come down the mountain to find a lord? rule them all.

"Caudel, you can use the remaining tauren to intimidate them, guide them with specific examples from your tribe, in short, find a way to deceive them, and you are solely responsible for this matter." Charles became bewitched and continued: " If you can persuade a few tribes to come down the mountain, I will give enough benefits to your tribe. Such as fertile land, lower taxes."

"My lord, I will do my best." Caudel looked a little excited.

Ciel knew that Caudel had always been very guilty of the destruction of their tribe. If he had just said that he would reward him with finances, land, and women, Caudel might not have been so excited, but Ciel rewarded their tribe, and those who survived Caudle couldn't help it.

(End of this chapter)