Chapter 9: Immigrants (1)

It has been more than a week since Lelouch returned to Limburg, after harvesting the first batch of supplies, Lelouch started the next step non-stop, I don't know why, Lelouch always has a sense of urgency, I didn't feel it at first, but what do I think about these days, how do I feel that the orcs left too suddenly, and it can even be said that it is a bit non-stop, and this handover work is also very decisive, which makes Lelouch can't help but have a trace of doubt, in the depths of his heart Lelouch always has a sense of uneasiness.

Therefore, after solving the short-term food crisis, Lelouch did not have time to promulgate detailed regulations, replan resettlement areas, and expand the scale of production with all his might, but put all his forces on military power.

After a week's time, Lelouch finally managed to add the original residents of Limburg from the previous waves of immigrants, gathered enough 15 blacksmiths, and matched them with thirty apprentices, even if a "technical" team of forty-five people was established, Lelouch's first task for them was to make a "paneled leather armor" according to the design ideas he provided.

Different from full leather armor, the demand for leather is lower for paneled leather armor, although the defense against stabbing has decreased a little, but it has increased the defense against slashing, and the defense against bows and arrows is almost the same, it seems that there is no obvious improvement in defense performance of such a change, but the paneled leather armor has a very important attribute, that is, cheap!

Paneling means that the original thickened leather has been changed into a variety of "plates", iron plates, steel plates, stainless steel plates, etc., so that leather armor can ensure its maximum advantage and flexibility at the same time, with a variety of different levels of upgrades and transformations, and Lelouch's initial equipment concept for his soldiers is to fill the leather with wooden boards.

Wood and leather are currently the most scarce resources in Limburg, and they are also the easiest resources to obtain, and a steady stream of wood and leather is transported back from the wooden castle almost every day, which means that the veneered leather armor Limburg currently has the ability to manufacture on a large scale, and it is cheap and large, which is simply the supreme treasure for the poor Lelouch.

And his simplicity allowed the blacksmiths to produce the first samples in a short time:

The style of leather armor looks extremely powerful, the shoulder pads on both sides make the wearer look majestic, and the combination of wrist and knee pads makes people look flexible without losing combat effectiveness, plus a pair of sturdy and durable tight leather shoes, the soldiers ensure absolute flexibility while ensuring defense, and as the most important piece of armor, the body armor is relatively ugly, because it needs to be inlaid with wooden boards in the leather armor, so the leather armor is made into a small grid, which greatly reduces the overall beauty of the soldiers. Although this kind of defense and cost performance are very high, it is completely unbearable for Lelouch, who is guilty of "postmodern perfection syndrome".

And Lelouch is a staunch "military uniform and glory" ist, in Lelouch's view, the perfect military uniform is the most able to enhance the glory of soldiers in a short period of time, everyone has a love for beauty, why do girls in later generations become inextricable as soon as they see a man in military uniform? In addition to the attractiveness of military status, that handsome clothing is also an indispensable and important factor.

So Lelouch put on a layer of dark gray coarse linen burqa on the outside of the armor, dark gray is the color of leather armor, and the whole armor really looks much better after putting on the burqa, and finally Lelouch decided to add the Limburg logo in the middle of the burqa, which is often called the lord logo.

For his lord's symbol, Lelouch didn't think about choosing the most "rotten street" one, that is, a red oriental dragon with teeth and claws, although the people of Limburg didn't know what kind of divine beast this was, but since the beloved Lord Lelouch was so devout to pay attention to the divine beast, then this divine beast must be an extraordinary existence.

In this way, the first armor of Limburg was decided, and when he began to mass-produce and equip it with the standing army of Limburg, the appearance of the soldiers was really different, and even the eyes of the soldiers when they were ordered to see them had a lot of goodwill and envy, and many young immigrants who had newly joined Limburg kept asking the soldiers if the city lord still needed someone who was willing to dedicate his loyalty to him.

Hans's neighbor was one of them.

Looking at the tall and mighty soldiers standing at the gate of the castle in the distance with long contradictory cards, Hans's neighbors surrounded him, in addition to the armor, the soldiers also took a brand-new sharp spear, and a wooden iron-clad shield, plus the wooden-clad iron helmet on the top of the head, the overall look of the soldiers is also armed to the teeth.

Lelouch did not equip the soldiers with war swords, not because he didn't want to or save costs, but because Limburg didn't have any ore sources at all, and the only iron ore was brought by merchants who didn't know that the year of the monkey would come, and these iron ores had to be used to ensure the maintenance of production tools, which made Lelouch even have to replace his helmets with iron-clad wooden helmets, not real iron helmets, let alone sabers for soldiers.

However, fortunately, the physical fitness of human beings in this world is much higher than that of modern humans, and this equipment was considered heavy equipment in ancient times on the earth, but in the soldiers of Limburg, it can only be regarded as light equipment.

Hans watched his neighbor run towards the center of the city under the guidance of the soldiers, and shook his head slightly, this young man is a poor child, after the last time the orcs collected taxes, the young man's family starved to death one after another, the young man naturally hates the orcs, but speaking of which, who doesn't hate the orcs?

The Hans family's backpack contained the rations given to them by the propaganda team, but they were not willing to eat, but still waited for the alms to come to Limburg, the migrant camp outside the city gate was large, enough to accommodate two thousand people at the same time, and at this time in the middle of the camp where the ten cauldrons were placed, the cooks kept stirring the food with their sticks, and the smell of meat filled the air, and twenty soldiers stood guard in front of the pot, demanding that each newcomer must line up and receive food one by one.

For Hans's cleverness, Lelouch didn't take it to heart, after all, meat is not like other foods that can be kept for so long, and now there is nothing to eat if you can eat more, as long as your own production capacity comes up, then you are not afraid that your people will have no food to eat.

Gobbling up the food allocated to them, Hans and his family continued to follow the instructions to the city, where supplies were being distributed in a small square, and Hans and his family were assigned an abandoned house in the east of the city, a small two-story house, but for the Hans family, it was a top mansion.

In addition to the house, the Hans family was allocated a nest of rabbits and a cage of chickens, plus a bag of potatoes and cabbage seeds, which were the initial means of production that Lelouch provided to the newcomers free of charge.

Hans was really happy today, his wife followed Hans with a smile on her face, Hans shouldered against the rabbit and the chicken, and the wife carried the seeds, although it was very heavy, but the two were full of happiness, and the children who had finally eaten meat were happily laughing and playing around their parents, and the dilapidated streets seemed to be finally glowing with fire because of their arrival.

There are also many people on this street who follow the Hans family, from time to time the families passing by will greet each other kindly, if they become neighbors, they will warmly invite each other to their homes, the new immigrants are in high spirits, and the immigrants who have already moved in have already put into the intense work, although the busy time is much more than before, but everyone's face is full of smiles.

A group of heavily armed soldiers, led by a captain, walked through the streets with their heads held high, the captain's equipment was the same as that of the soldiers, except for the addition of a gray helmet on the helmet, and the spear was replaced by a long sword, looking at these mighty soldiers, the immigrants reciprocated with great respect and envy, not only because they were the direct handlers of the food, but also because they were able to enjoy the benefits that made the immigrants blush after becoming soldiers.

High welfare is called sophisticated equipment, coupled with the glory that Lelouch tried to give them, although the soldiers have only been in the army for a short time, but they already have a certain combat effectiveness, not to mention the frontal field orc legion, but to fight the robbers and bandits, and to expel the goblin goblins, it is a shot, and during this time, with the brief version of the military manual issued by Lelouch in his busy schedule, the soldiers who have been restrained have further won the love of the people.

Hans looked at everything in front of him, and felt as if he was living in a dream, these happiness came too suddenly, the big house, the endless food, the stable life, the hopeful future, these things that he had never dared to think of before appeared in front of Hans's eyes in an instant, and all thanks to the new lord of the city, Lord Lelouch, there is no doubt that every resident of Limburg is full of gratitude to Lelouch.

Watching the soldiers walk away, one of Hans's children ran over and shouted "It's home, it's home!" ”

Sure enough, not far ahead, the house belonging to the Hans family was standing quietly, and the houses on either side were not inhabited by anyone else, but they must not have been idle for long.

With the large number of immigrants moving in because of food and welfare, Limburg finally regained a little vitality, Lelouch stood on the balcony of the castle and looked at the city under his feet, the previously quiet city finally appeared noisy, the dilapidated flag in front of the house was replaced by the red dragon flag belonging to Lelouch, Limburg, is rapidly recovering.