572 NV people from another continent (3)

In March, the mountains are full of huā flowers, and the hills where the city of Vic is located are covered with a gorgeous carpet, and the climate in the coastal area is very pleasant, the warm ocean monsoon and the fading winter wind jiāo come together, blowing on the human face, gentle as a lover's hand caressing the past, in this huge huā garden, a group of black sè dots are moving rapidly along the mountain road

"Order the whole team to stop"

Jehardo, the northern commander of Salander, stopped his horse on a high post outside Vic City, and looked at the prosperous Vic City not far away, and his eyes were a little more complicated,

Behind him, thousands of fierce Mamunuk knights grabbed their horses, wearing helmets with white feathers floating on their heads, and black and white robes, with scales of metal armor from the cuffs of their robes, spears and heavy horses, like a dark cloud covering the entire hillside.

The "trampling" war horse stopped the horse's hooves almost at the same time, showing extremely high equestrian skills,

At the front of these knights, there is a young knight who looks somewhat similar to Jerhaldo, he has the same chestnut hair as Jjaldo, and his face is also very similar to the national character face, but the look in his eyes is steady, and the other is relatively frivolous, but everyone can see that he has an extraordinary relationship with Jjaldo

"Jerry Rees, what do you think of the first city in the North?"

Standing on the hill, Jjaldo suddenly raised the horsewhip in his hand, pointed to the city of Vic in the distance, and asked in a deep voice to the young knight who had high hopes for him

"This time you came to the Northland with me, you should have heard of the newly rising Marquis of Victonse, I heard that the goshawk Avi was lost in his hands, and now there are some people who say that this Marquis of Victonse will be the first general of my Salander."

The young knight seemed a little unimpressed by Jerhardo's question, and there was a trace of disdain on his face, and he said in a contemptuous tone: "Father, you are too worried, the so-called first city and the first general in the north are just the self-righteous imagination of those northerners who have never seen the world, such an ordinary castle, which is everywhere in our Kyoto, and only these hillbillies who have never seen anything prosperous will take such a city seriously, making it seem that the north is more eye-catching than Kyoto,

In fact, in my eyes, this kind of open castle where people live in mixed castles is simply a joke, and as for the death of the goshawk Avize, the Normans have never released such information, and it is said that this news came from those northern lords, who knows if it is true or not?"

"Oh? Avidze didn't say anything beforehand, Jerry Reis" You say this city is a joke, what does this mean" Hearing the young knight's comment, a knowing smile appeared on Jerjardo's face,"

This young knight named Jerry Reis is his second son, who has been deeply liked by Jahaldo since he was a child, and has achieved some good results in the war with the Normans.

Among the young Mamunuk knights in Kyoto, this Jerry Ries, known as the Red Knight, and Jesug, the Eagle Knight who came to protect the sky sacrifice this time,

and listed as one of the candidates most likely in Kyoto to be promoted to the youngest Mamunuk's Legion Commander at the upcoming Dynasty Conference in June,

This time, Gehardo brought him to the north, not only to open his eyes, but also to allow him to show his strength in the integration of the north, and to add an important weight to the review of the Ministry of Military Affairs in June

Seeing Jerhaldo's gaze, the young knight became more and more proud, and his voice paused before he said in a rather mocking tone

"A castle is a castle, a symbol of the noble status of lords and nobles, and a proof of governing this land in place of His Majesty the Great King, but this Vic Fort in front of you, where there is a bit of nobility, is completely a grocery store, whether it is a pariah with no status, or those lowly merchants who are mercenary, they can enter and exit at will, such a castle is simply a loss of face for our Lord Salander, and it still has the face to be called the first city in the north."

"Hehe, you're really right"

Jerhardo smiled, the haze on his face suddenly lightened a lot, and he swept along the extension of the city in the distance with his horsewhip, and nodded with great satisfaction. But you are only right about one point, and there is one thing you didn't say, that is, the function of the castle is mainly to defend against enemy attacks, and the more bloated the castle, the weaker the defense, in the case of this Vic Castle, as long as we break through the city wall, the living area behind it is a blank area, and we can drive straight into the bedroom of the guy called Victonse",

"Father, you mean, we're going to take that guy down?"

The young knight rubbed his hands with excitement and said, "This time we have brought the most jīng fifteen hundred Mamunuk knights, it is simply easy to take such a defenseless castle, as long as we take it, the whole north will be strangled by our neck, and then we can only obey our orders"

"Hehe, what you said is very far-sighted, worthy of being a member of my Jeha family, don't be like your big brother who is crazy every day and really disgrace my Jeha family's face"

Jerhardo shook his head helplessly, as if he remembered something, and said solemnly, "This time I will enter the city alone, and you are responsible for leading the legion to be stationed outside the city, remember, don't do it lightly until you have to."

"Why is this? Why don't we just rush in?" the young knight said with an indignant face, "I have long seen that this Victon plug is not pleasing to the eye, this time it is just for those northern hillbillies who have been unconvinced to see that the end of resisting us is like this, although they are all lords of one side, but under the righteousness of the kingdom, I don't believe that they dare to bare their teeth with us"

"You don't understand this thing, sometimes, some necessary superficial work is also the need of the situation" Jerhardo patted the young knight on the shoulder, and sneered at the corner of his mouth

"When I left Kyoto, a certain lord from the Ministry of Military Affairs specially greeted him, saying that Lazar, the Grand Duke of the North, who died in battle half a year ago, had an NV named Nilai who seemed to be very close to this Marquis of Victonse.

And this time, for this northern lord, although he adopted a two-pronged strategy of military and political affairs, at least the superficial harmony still needs to be maintained.

Gehaldo's voice paused, and he said with a stern face, "You know very well the situation in Kyoto, His Majesty the King does not want to see signs of a large-scale civil war in the north, this is our first priority in the north, the kingdom does not have enough jīng strength to fight on two fronts, so for this Marquis of Victonse, we must adopt a tolerant strategy against him before we have the necessary certainty,

Whether he develops trade in the north, or pretends to be a good person to collect refugees from the north, as long as the time comes to take it in one fell swoop, these are not all the king's Majesty's thoughts, these are the overall situation that the king's majesty is thinking about, you and I are just executors."

"I understand, no wonder my father has been tolerating this guy's nonsense, it turned out to be waiting for the time to close the net," the young knight's face was slightly stunned, and his face suddenly realized, "I heard that the daily income of this Vic City reaches two or three hundred thousand gold coins, such a large income, it is indeed a big fish with oil."

"Hehe, it's indeed a big fish, but it also needs to be strong enough to do it"

Jehardo was amused by the description of the image in his son's mouth, and smiled and said, "This time it is arranged by His Majesty the King himself, with the assistance of the Sky Temple, and the support of the Nords across the channel, this fathead fish called Viktonsai is no matter how cunning it is, and it will be in this big net in the Winter Veil Festival three days later, we will become the most powerful people in the north of the kingdom."

The warm sun hung in the air, neither too cold nor too hot, the scent of vanilla in the oncoming sea breeze, the large number of green leaves on the trunks of the trees on both sides of the street, and the cobblestone streets, there were many horse-drawn carriages rushing to and fro.

The winter curtain festival is approaching, the festive atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger, many city shops are hanging the unique triangular lights of the Salander people, bright lights, as soon as the night comes, the whole city is lit up, and it looks like a red cloud floating in the sky above the city.

The crowd of people coming and going from all over the country has obviously increased, although the Governor of the North does not like this Vic City, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of the others, not to mention that in one day it will be the date of the return of the voyage fleet, and many caravans have been waiting in the port in advance,

After more than half a year of construction, the commercial atmosphere in Vic City is full of surprise, and the business travelers from the south to the north will take this newly built city as their base camp in Saland.

At noon, the streets are full of people, shopping and shopping, and pedestrians are enjoying the sunny day.

The new ocean ship charter policy has greatly encouraged the enthusiasm of the merchants of Vikya, and has spawned a lot of shop towns around Vik City, most of which are run by merchants from Vicchia, in order to quickly open the market, they have adopted a strategy of selling at a low price, so that the northern nobles of Salander, whose wallets are gradually bulging, have fun.

No one has ever seen so many kinds of goods, from the vigorous war horses of the northern grasslands, to the sharp long swords forged by the excellent craftsmen of the Dorok people in the eastern mountains, the big pearls of the South China Sea, the rare snow fox Qiu on the snow-capped mountains, and the jīng good armor created by the Ruierdian people, almost everything you can think of and hear, you can find it in this city called Vic.

It is said that some underground markets also have the legendary Vikia infantry crossbows for sale, although most of them are defective and old products eliminated from the army, but in order to meet the needs of customers, these crossbows are repainted, polished, and pasted with dazzling metal decorations, which are completely not lost to a jīng beautiful work of art, which may not be stronger than ordinary bows and arrows in terms of power, but they are famous and rare.

Just as many lords like to use those richly decorated full-body armor to display in the corridor as their own displays, many nobles also like to put a weapon with decoration and great deterrence in their living room.

What's more, on the back handle of these weapons, there is the owner of the year, engraved with the name of the battle in which he participated and the glory he received.

From the rise of the Samar era to the struggle for hegemony in the north, every record in it is the imprint of this Fengyun jīdàng era, these are all weapons that have really been on the battlefield, and they are all like having a real soul.

If you listen carefully to your ears, you can faintly hear the sound of fighting and shouting from the wooden handle, as long as it is a man on this continent, there is no one who does not feel curious about this king who has never been defeated.

To be able to use a leisurely and dignified gaze in his own collection room, through these crossbows, you can examine the history of the rise of the mainland's first general, and the achievements that sound like people's blood boiling, what a fascinating thing

I heard that the most popular collection cháo stream now is this,

Crimson Rui, escorted by several guards dressed as shìnv, entered a weapons shop located on the corner of the street, which was a branch of the underground auction house, and when he saw the big patron enter, the shopkeeper, who had already made an advance reservation, quickly took out an old Vekia infantry crossbow from the back, which had not been re-trimmed, and was not attached to the gold sè patches used to show off, as the nobles loved collectibles.

"Good stuff"

Crimson Rui's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to take the old crossbow full of frosted marks, and gently stroked the arrow groove of the crossbow with his white fingers, that serious and careful mō look, as if he was looking at the dream lover in his heart, and it could be seen from the smoothed notch that this infantry crossbow had a record of many shè blows

"This is the real "genuine" Crimson Rui nodded with great satisfaction, although she is an NV person, but she is also a warrior, this kind of good thing is a forbidden item that money can't buy in the kingdom of Virtue, but here, as long as you have money, some special things can be easily obtained

Next to her, a chubby-faced Wikibian businessman was eagerly pitching to the customer

"This young lady, you must know that this is a real good goods sè Its owner used to be a famous Samore guard, is the most beloved general of the Vecchia Falcon, this crossbow has gone through more than a dozen battles, I heard that in the bloody Chrysdo siege, this crossbow once pierced the throat of a general, if it wasn't for its owner who died in the Northern Campaign, his widow felt that this thing was unlucky at home, and we would not have received such a peerless collection."

After saying this, the merchant lightly buckled the wooden handle of the crossbow with his fingers, and pointed to a few deep marks on the wooden handle, and said thoughtfully, "Listen, this is made of real peach wood, that is, it is cut with a knife, see this trace, this is left by the spear of the Rui Erdian people, it is said that this wooden handle can save the master more than once, but unfortunately he died in the Northern Campaign."

Now the great NV commander has changed back to his original NV outfit, with a dark black dress with shading and a variety of diamond ornaments.

He wears a dark purple sè with a wide-brimmed hat. The slender willow eyebrows, the dark and clear eyes, the straight nose bridge, the soft, full and delicate mouth chún, the graceful and smooth cheeks, and the blown pink face, are just right to gather on the same pure and refined beauty, exuding an irresistible mí temperament;

"It's really"

The corners of Crimson's mouth twitched, and he was noncommittal about the boss's words, and he didn't know how many patrons he had said to these deceitful nonsense, although he was romantic, but as the commander of the Rude people who was connected to Vekia, Crimson Rui knew very well that the Samar Guards did not use this kind of bulky infantry crossbow, which may be the beloved thing of a certain Vekia crossbowman, but it could never be Samar's guard,

The Samar guards use a small and flexible cavalry crossbow, although the power and shè of this weapon are not as strong as the infantry crossbow in front of them, but they can wear the armor of heavy cavalry at 30 meters, which is a real big killing weapon for close combat.

For the crossbow used by the Vikyan army, whether it is the Roude people or the Ruierdian people, they have wanted to imitate it, but unfortunately this crossbow looks very simple, it is a fixed shè arrow groove plus some small parts, but when it is really imitated, it is found that the most critical crossbow machine cannot be imitated at all.

It's either too brittle to break, or it's too hard to press, even if you barely make some imitations, you find that it's not as far as an ordinary bow and arrow, it's just a jī rib

"This crossbow is just a knockout of the regular Vickya legion, it's not worth 1,500 gold coins, at most 1,000 gold coins, this is still based on the glorious record above, otherwise, it's not even worth 100 gold coins"

Crimson Rui stared at the crossbow for a long while, and then the corners of his mouth were slightly furrowed,

Although she is already the commander of the unified army, she is still a 20-year-old NV child after all, and she has long heard of this standard weapon of the Vekia army, although she said no, but the hand holding the crossbow did not mean to let go at all

"1000 gold coins really can't be sold, although this is indeed a knockout product, but it is indeed a genuine product, without any modifications, stealing it out, it is also necessary to risk your life, for the sake of it is indeed a good thing, add some money"

The boss put on a sad face, looking stunned, he thought at first that this young lady, like those noble ladies of Salander, was completely out of curiosity and showing off, as long as his own set of rhetoric came out, he would basically pay for it happily, anyway, these Salander nobles are so confused

Who knew that this delicate and beautiful young lady was a real connoisseur, with a fierce and terrifying eye, and with just a mō of her hand, she roughly said the true identity of this crossbow

As she said, this crossbow is indeed an old item that has been eliminated from the regular army, but the above record is indeed true, such a crossbow, with the large-scale refitting of the Vikia army, with the acquiescence of the Grand Duke, flowed from the Vekia Quartermaster Depot to the outside world,

These crossbows have undergone special treatment, either the bowstring has been loosened due to erosion, or the arrow groove has been smoothed out due to overuse, and it has been unable to be the target of the shè in jīng, all of which are scraps with defects, and with some flashy decorations, they have completely become collectibles

"1100, gold coins This is the final price" Crimson Rui gritted her teeth, although she was born in a great nobleman, but this time she came out, and she didn't have much money with her,

"Okay, 1100 gold coins is 1100 gold coins" The boss hesitated for a while before he replied distressedly,

At this moment, several figures walked in from outside the mén,

One of the fat men saw the infantry crossbow in the boss's hand at a glance, his face changed, and regardless of the fact that the boss was preparing to give this infantry crossbow to the crimson Rui next to him, he stepped out a few meters with a brisk step, and snatched the infantry crossbow in the boss's hand with a skill that did not match the trembling féiròu, looked back and forth carefully, ignoring the angry crimson Rui next to him, and shouted, "5000 gold coins, I want this thing"