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Chapter 33:Gunpowder

"All stand up, the four princes are coming," cried the iron axe, before resting for a quarter of an hour.

Vanner soon returned to his place, and his previous special training gave him a conditioned reflex to obeying orders, and almost subconsciously he had put up a wooden pole and put on the preparatory action of the previous stab.

The prince and his party went up to the wall and walked behind the line, and Vana Yuguang noticed that his Highness slowed down as he passed through his position.

Roland sighed in his heart, saying that it was the truth to get up late to ruin the morning and get up early to destroy the day.Just after the completion of the night attack on the castle, it was necessary to come to review the results of the recent training of the militia team.I have not slept for a night, and now I am sleepy.But he can't help but come, now the team has moved into the stage of combat training, as the supreme commander, long-term non-appearance will lead to a decline in their sense of existence, and the heart will become unstable.

What do you usually say when you check?Roland thought, comrades, comrades hard?If no one answers in the second half, this slogan will be very embarrassing, or casually pull a person to talk about home, reflect their own sacrator, brush the reputation is good.

He thought so, and photographed a young man who looked really strong.

“Training is hard, don’t you feel tired?“Have three meals?”

According to the experience of watching the news in the past, the other party's reaction should be excited and loudly replied "not tired, very good!"As a result, he was agitated, turned around and fell on his knees, scaring Roland.

Vanna felt that he had been cared for by heaven, and His Royal Highness the Prince actually cared for him with a kind tone that he was tired of training!Don't talk about the royal family, even ordinary nobles don't want to say more to them.He subconsciously imitated the knight's salute to His Royal Highness, and whether this etiquette was appropriate for him or not, there was only one voice in his heart: later back on the old street, he could count as the number one.

When asked to stand up, Vanna's mind was still a mess, and he could not remember how he answered.

Finally, when His Highness asked what opinions or opinions he had about training, he could raise it, Vanner suddenly sobered a lot – this was a good opportunity!If your Highness can think that the militia team alone cannot bear the burden of guarding the wall, will he not have to worry all day about running or staying?

In his heart, he carefully brewed the wording, "Honor...Your Highness, the current number of militia groups is too small."According to the current training of the parade, when the evil beast attacks, we can only defend one-third of the wall at most.You see...”

Even if the prince recruits a few more batches, the training time is too late, Vanner thought.In addition, the weapons used by these people are also a big expense, and it is difficult for the border town to put together a long gun for 300 people in two months, or even a hundred of them very reluctantly - so they are still training with wooden poles.

If His Royal Highness is aware of this, he may recruit a group of mercenaries from other towns as the main force of defense.At least they don’t need training to go directly to the battlefield, and bring their own weapons and armor, which is a relatively high price.

Roland thought for a moment and nodded, "You are right, it is not realistic to have a militiaman guarding the entire wall alone."

Vanna's heart is happy, His Highness means ... agree with his own opinion?

But the four princes did not say what he expected to hear, but called the iron axe to his side, "the evil beast is in a sense but a variant of the beast, they have no ability to think?" 」

“Yes, Your Highness, the evil beast of the common species is still the same as the beast, and even the habits are basically the same ... but I do not see much of it, and I am not sure of it.”

"That's enough, although it is nearly eighteen hundred feet (six hundred meters) long from the Redwater River to the foot of the North Slope, we can induce them to attack specific areas."

“You mean to set a trap?”The Iron Axe asked.

“It’s a trap, but not the kind that hunters use.Ordinary traps hide themselves to catch prey, and I intend to do the reverse, setting up pocket-type barricades far from the city walls, such as fences, slopes, and ditches, forcing these brainless beasts to orbit automatically.The constant obstacles guide the prey to the designated location, eventually concentrating on the defensive areas we are ready," Roland said, looking at the iron axe, "and I don't think anyone is better at tempting these monsters than you."

The iron axe thought, "It's okay to guide them, the wolf does not like to touch the water, the wild boar breeds are afraid of the light, and the other evil beasts have their own habits."But your Highness, is it too dangerous to cause all the evil beasts to be concentrated within these six hundred feet?”

“If you rely only on long guns and arrows, it is.”Roland said, "But now we have new weapons."

When he left, the prince came again to Vanner and patted him on the shoulder, "Good observation, what's your name?"

“Whoever...vana, Your Highness.”

"I will propose to my chief knight that you serve as the vice-griller of the long-arms team, Mr. Vanner, and do a good job."

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Roland built a new bungalow in the backyard of the section of the burning house, which is used to make snow powder - that is, gunpowder.

This house of about 300 square meters has only one entrance and exit, and the strictest security system is implemented.There are two knights guarded at the door, and any entrant needs to register and search for themselves in case of bringing in a ignition.Indoors are forbidden to any fire source, so it will only start during the day.In order to prevent the nightinge from sneaking in, the door frame was also hung with a curtain.

“Is that the new weapon you’re talking about?”Carter, who was summoned, pinch a little black powder with his finger and put it in front of his nose and sniffed, “Isn’t that snow powder?”

The iron axe may not be clear, but Carter often attended royal ceremonies and naturally knew that such a thing was contained in the mingling bucket.The recipe for the alchemy workshop is a secret to the outside world, but the prince can certainly get it if he wants it.

“It’s snow powder, but it’s not exactly,” Roland said, “and the latest improvement in the greenhouse, I call it gunpowder.”

Gunpowder is a necessary planting artifact for any traversal.The material source is wide, as long as you know the best ratio of charcoal, sulfur and nitrite -1 to 7.5%, it can be made without any technical threshold.

In this era of snow powder, is the charcoal content accounted for 60%, sulfur and nitrite accounted for 20%, other strange materials (such as mercury, butter, honey, etc.) accounted for 20% of the inferior products, slow burning speed, less gas, completely unable to play the role of gunpowder.But Roland knows that the alchemists are also constantly experimenting with other matching, at most for 30 years, snow powder that is closer to the standard black gunpowder formula will appear.

In history, gunpowder was invented a long time after the complete elimination of cold weapons, because of the formula reasons, and the corresponding weapon manufacturing process can not keep up.

However, many people ignore that even if they do not rely on guns, gunpowder itself is a very terrible weapon.

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