Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 152
"Karen." Andres turned his attention to the mayor of the small town of Kass.

"Do you have any orders, Your Highness?"

"Karen, I bought a batch of spears from the Earl of Shire. I planned to recruit healthy serf soldiers to become peasant soldiers after defeating the enemy army, and use these spears to arm them. But I didn't expect it, alas." Thinking Here, Andres felt a little fear of the new king of Luma Duchy, Ezil Asiri.

The newly appointed king was not as simple as it seemed on the surface. It would take more than three years for a heavy cavalry that could wear heavy armor to go from selection to training into an army.However, the Principality of Luma does not have a horse farm. It will take at least five years to cultivate a heavy knight order from scratch. This is still based on sufficient money and food.

The new king hid too deeply. Last time he beat them so badly, the knights didn't show up, just waiting for him to be careless and give him a fatal blow.

But it’s useless to think about it any more. The total value must find a way to overcome the current difficulties. Andres looked at Karen and continued: “Tell the villagers the news that the army of the Principality of Luma is about to attack here. Kill and loot, do all kinds of evil, let the villagers resist on their own, or flee into the small town of Kass. At the same time, the news is released that [-] soldiers will be recruited to resist the enemy and surround their homes."

Karen nodded and accepted the order. It seems that His Royal Highness is cheered up again. This is a good thing. Whether it is Enkata or Luma Principality who captures this territory, it is not as good as His Highness continues to lead.

The villagers are quite shrewd in certain matters. If they tell them that the Luma Principality's army will plunder wantonly, the villagers will definitely believe it. Since ancient times, the army has the habit of looting, and the Luma Principality's army can be an exception.

So the villagers either fled into the mountains, or fled to the small town, or formed a militia to resist them, or joined His Highness's newly formed army to fight against these invaders.

Andres is still very confident in defending the territory. Although the army of the Principality of Luma has obtained a group of elite royal infantry, if they want them to play a role, they must be recruited into the army and become grassroots cadres of the army. In order to lead these serf soldiers who have just been issued hoes not long ago to the process of specialization.

But it would take time, and it was impossible for Ezil Asiri to send them to attack Andres' territory, their families were all here.

Andres suddenly looked to the north. He didn't know if Earl Charles's four thousand spears had been forged. He had to bring them here before they were finished. Let people wait for weapons, but you can't let weapons wait for others. .

I don't know how Kitty is doing in Tulip City, although when she was around, Andres looked at her angrily (maybe because she couldn't eat), but when she left for long enough Sometimes, he misses her a little bit.

……

But it said Luma Principality here.

Ezil Asiri led the army slowly marching towards the territory of the eldest prince Andres. The 2-strong army was like a winding snake in the wilderness, stretching forward and backward for more than ten miles.

"Your Majesty, after we captured the Royal Infantry of the Principality of Artem and mixed them into the army, our army seems to be operating more smoothly. The Royal Infantry of the Principality of Artem is much stronger than their serf soldiers. .”

Rashid is in a good mood recently. Now that he is in command of the army, he doesn't have to worry about a certain legion getting lost, or worrying about the legion in front and the legion behind being crowded together, or worrying that the army will disperse as he walks.

There are advantages, but the disadvantages are also obvious. When they attack the big prince's fief and the town where their family is located, their morale will drop off a cliff.

"Rashid, don't worry, we have achieved enough results this time, it doesn't matter whether we can capture Andres' fief." Ezizil Asiri smiled slightly, and defeated Andres's fief head-on. The military has shocked the Asiri family's momentum, and such political interests are already amazing enough.

As for whether he can attack Andres's territory, he doesn't care. The main thing is to stay a little longer in the Principality of Atum to let people understand that the Principality of Luma has grown stronger under his leadership.

……

Iris Territory, Steel Town.

In the smithy of Lalu blacksmith, there is a large stove in the middle of the room. Next to the stove, there is a young man who looks like an apprentice pulling the bellows. Make the room very warm.There was a crisp sound of clanging, and there were strong men with bare arms in the blacksmith shop forging fiery red iron blocks on the big iron pier.

"Master, do you have any instructions?" Blacksmith Lalu bent down and looked down at Charles.

"What is the output of the blacksmith shop?"

"Master, the current situation in the blacksmith shop is that there is not enough ore, so I have to assign some skilled old blacksmiths to forge armor, and let those apprentices who have just started learning forging forge spears in the forging hall according to the assembly line, so that the daily consumption The iron ore is equal to the iron ore smelted every day."

"How is the production of armor now?"

"Based on the kind of armor you described, almost ten sets of armor can be forged every month." Blacksmith Lalu replied respectfully.
The armor that Lalu and the others forged was ten charr specially forged heavy armor for infantry. It was different from the iron armor commonly used in daily life. The armor that Lalu and the others forged this time was much thicker and covered the entire body.

Ten pairs a month is a bit rare, and it will take at least ten months to gather a battalion of heavy armored infantry.

To deal with those tall and burly tauren, Charles intends to train a group of heavy armored infantry to fight against the tauren.

After all, it is too bad to use cavalry to deal with these tauren. These tauren have a strong will to fight.If cavalry is used to deal with these tauren, there is a high probability that the cavalry will attack the middle of the tauren with the initial impact, and then the tauren will not collapse like humans, but will fight bloodily without fear of death. , they are lambs to be slaughtered.

But heavy armored infantry is different. The price of heavy armored infantry is much lower than that of heavy knights. When heavy armored infantry forms a formation and fights hand-to-hand with tauren, its combat effectiveness may be stronger than heavy knights.

Charben intends to lead the Lalu blacksmiths to learn about technology and increase steel production, but now the production of steel is limited by the production of ore, so it is unnecessary.

"Lalu, it is impossible to obtain a large amount of cheap labor in the mine in a short period of time, so we need to think of other ways to increase the output of ore."

Charles looked at Blacksmith Lalu and encouraged him heuristically: "For example, to upgrade the tools of the miners, you can discuss with the staff of the mine, and let the internal professionals give you advice and invent tools suitable for the miners to mine. It is also a feasible way to increase the output of each miner.”

"My master, I will communicate with the staff in the mine. Try to invent suitable and convenient tools." Blacksmith Lalu puffed up his chest, raised his callused palm and patted his hairy chest .

A smell of stench and sweat hit, Charles unconsciously covered his nose, and walked outside in small steps.

Walking out of the blacksmith shop, the hot feeling on the body faded away, facing the sunshine of late spring, there was a feeling of rebirth.

The smell of the blacksmith's shop was really bad. It was mixed with the smell of sweat, stench, and iron ore, which made people feel a little overwhelmed.

Charles couldn't help but think of Kitty's tangerine fragrance, which was as intoxicating as the breath of early spring.Every time Shire finished his conquest, he would put his arms around Kitty's snow-white shoulders and gently smell the fragrance of her body.

Speaking of which, it's time to pick up Fina and Kitty.Charles felt his body pure desire to move.

While thinking about it, Charles walked towards the government affairs hall.

After a while, Charles looked up and found that he had arrived at the government affairs hall, and he strode directly in.

"Master." Baron Patel stood up and greeted him.

"Baron Patel, I suddenly thought of a way to increase the output of the mine." Charles passed Patel and sat on the main seat.

"Master, can you introduce your thoughts?" Petel followed Charles, and he looked at Charles curiously.

Because Master Shire's whimsical ideas have proved to be very effective in recent times, he wants to know how Master Shire wants to increase the output of the mine next, is it to improve the treatment of miners?

"Peter, I told you last time that it is impossible to find a large amount of labor to be miners in a short period of time, so I thought of another way to increase the output of miners, that is, according to the amount mined by the miners every day The ore pays them every seven days."

"Master, do you mean that the miners are no longer paid a certain salary every month, but settled according to the ore they mined?" Patel was a little surprised to hear Earl Shire's thoughts, and his heart was full of admiration.

Master, this idea is really great, it can effectively increase the enthusiasm of these miners.

But this matter also has a disadvantage, that is, it is too troublesome, where to find enough people to weigh the ore of the miners, and then distribute gold coins according to the ore they mined.

But don't let there be a total of one hundred miners, fifty of whom are responsible for mining, and the other fifty are responsible for weighing their mining volume.

"Peter, we can divide it into several ranges, such as how much is [-] catties to [-] catties of ore, and how much is [-] catties to [-] catties of ore. This can greatly reduce the workload." Charles He had already prepared to say that this idea was not groundless, but was decided by Charles after careful consideration and analysis of whether it was feasible.

"Master, this can indeed reduce the workload, but after the implementation, it is estimated that the amount of ore mined by the miners will be a little more than [-] catties, a little more than [-] catties." Petel joked.

"It's okay, just let them take advantage of it and calm their anger." Charles said indifferently, he could only carry it out, as long as he could increase the amount of ore mined, these were trivial matters.

"I read in an ancient book that you can take a bird with you when you go down the mine. When there is poisonous gas in the mine, the bird will be sensed by humans in advance, so that the miners have enough time to react. "

Charles looked at Patel. He knew that the poisonous gas inside was likely to be carbon dioxide, gas, and carbon monoxide. The miners would die of lack of oxygen without knowing it.

Birds are more sensitive to carbon monoxide at the same concentration, and the birds may have fainted and died before the miners felt anything.

"Master, you are very knowledgeable and knowledgeable. I really didn't expect you to have such a deep understanding of mining." Baron Patel gave a sincere admiration.

"Master, what should we do next? Are we still preparing to attack the Earl of Violet?"

The atmosphere is getting serious, and now is the time to decide the direction of the next few months and even years.

"Development." Charles stood up slowly, pulled out the map, and spread it out on the table.Charles pointed and said:

"It is said that monsters similar to tauren and wild boar appeared in the Principality of Sukale. Although the news is not true, the Principality of Sukale has indeed withdrawn its troops.

Earl Rhonda and the second prince Enkata are raising troops to deal with the wild boars and kobolds in Peter Town, preventing them from going further south, plundering the population, and holding sacrifices.

The town of Archie in Earl Violet's territory was breached by the remaining tauren in the Blackstone Mountains. After the group of tauren held a sacrifice, it is not clear how many tauren there are in total, but there are definitely not many, otherwise Earl Violet would not be so nervous.

Andres had just been defeated by the serf corps of the Principality of Luma, and it is estimated that he will enter a tug-of-war for a long time. When the army of the Principality of Luma feels the pressure of food and grass, it is time to withdraw.

Now the counties surrounding the Iris Territory or the fiefs of the Aquinacos family are in war, and only our place is quite safe.

The only thing we lack is food, but this is very simple, the blacksmith can forge spears and trade with various counties.They are all expanding their armies, so naturally they will not refuse to trade with us. "

Although they are all at war, Shire doesn't have a good direction to attack. The Earl of Rhonda and the Earl of Violet will definitely not work. Doesn't that create opportunities for the wild boar and the tauren?

Andres' territory is not suitable either. The Aquinacos family is still very strong, and Charles doesn't want to turn his face so quickly.

Then the deal is done, I will exchange your food with spears, and if you don't give me, I will beat you.Charles believes that every earl will be very sensible.

"I see, master." Baron Patel nodded.

"Refugees can be recruited at the border of the Iris Territory. I believe that there will not be too few serfs among the civilians who fled from the territory of Andres and the Earl of Violet."

"Your order, young master, I will send people to set up shelters in various places, and accept the refugees who fled from all over the place into the fleur-de-lis collar."

　I planned to add an update today, but it suddenly became sunny here, and I guess there will be more time tomorrow, so I will add an update tomorrow
　　
　
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