Chapter 25: The Crossbow and the Bow
After Allen formed nine places, the territory became lively, except for the other five that had no leader, and the other four had been established in Green Wilderness Town under the leadership of Carey, Tings, Barry, and Allen.
Except for Allen's Supervision Office, which has only established a location, the other three have already begun to call people with Allen's permission, and they have been initially operational in just a few days.
Because the official administration and finance department have the original foundation, Alan does not need to care more, only Barry's security office has been created from scratch, in order to give Barry some support, Allen will be from the territory army before the wounded soldiers, summoned to the garrison, become a guard.
Although they can't participate in the battle, maintaining law and order in the territory is still poking and poking, which is also considered Allen's way back for those who should be injured and discharged from the army in the future.
As for the Shadow Section led by Andy, the scope of Shadow's intelligence has been spread to other viscounts outside of Musen's territory.
After routinely watching the soldiers' training every day, Alan planned to see how the water-streaked giant frog grew, and calculated the time, more than a hundred water-streaked giant frog cubs should have grown up.
It takes about a year for the water mist giant frog to be able to reproduce from tadpoles, and it only takes two months to raise them to meat frogs, and Alan is not going to raise all of the more than 100 giant frogs to sexual maturity, he only plans to keep three pairs of water pattern giant frogs as breeding frogs, and the rest will be killed in mid-August and eaten by the soldiers to increase the number of cavalry.
After seeing three poison arrows that had grown to half a human height, he warned the two of them to be very careful with the three poison arrows in the future, not to be touched at will, otherwise a few rabbits under the tree that were already dead and could no longer die would be the end.
The cause of death of these rabbits, Alan had already seen it, and he ate the leaves of the poison arrow wood at will, but ignored the spikes on the branches and leaves, and after being pierced in the mouth, he was poisoned and died.
Ignoring the three arrow poison woods, he walked quickly to the sinkhole, and there were bursts of "croaking" sounds, which were endless, and it sounded like his scalp was numb.
Gesture for Barton to hand over the wooden rod in his hand, which is a fishing rod made by Allen specially for observing the water-streaked giant frog,... Tie a thick rope to the wooden pole, and at the other end of the rope was tied an iron hook with raw meat, and when everything was ready, Alan threw the iron hook into the sinkhole.
"Collapse!"
After a while, the loose rope was instantly straightened, and the giant frog took the bait.
Feeling the pull from his hand, Alan began to pull the rope up, and after a while, the rope was almost retracted, and the hooked water-patterned giant frog appeared at the mouth of the pit, and the sharp hook passed through the lips of the giant frog, and the giant frog could only make a faint "croak" sound in pain, and after knocking the giant frog unconscious, he removed the hook and threw it down again.
Now the giant frogs have grown almost the same size as their parents, and Alan plans to kill all the other giant frogs in mid-August, and give all the giant frog meat to the territory soldiers, so as to improve the strength of the soldiers as soon as possible, according to Antonio's report, more than a dozen soldiers have recently broken through to the cavalry.
After knowing the growth of the water-streaked giant frog, Alan next prepared to go to the territory's weapons depot to have a look, and Alan found out a long time ago that the soldiers in the territory were wearing uneven leather armor, and some of the weapons were also rusty, and some even had chips.
Arrived at the arsenal, the arsenal is maintained by the castle's special blacksmith Newman, Newman looks to be in his forties, very strong, because of the years of working by the iron furnace, his face is black and red, and his hands are full of calluses.
"Lord Baron, here you are. Newman said after seeing Allen.
"Newman, open the arsenal!" Alan said
"Yes, Lord Baron. Newman bowed slightly, then took a key from his bosom, picked one, and opened the door to the arsenal.
As the door to the arsenal was opened, Allen was the first to enter.
The arsenal was the size of a basketball court, and it was empty, but it was clean, completely different from the mess that Allen had made up before he came, and it seemed that Newman had cleaned it regularly.
He looked at the several sets of full-body chain mail on the walls, some broken swords and rusty spearheads piled up in the corners.
......
Although he had expected it in advance, Alan was still shocked.
Alan still couldn't help but ask Newman.
"Lord Baron, since there were only two hundred warriors in the territory before, and now the warriors in the territory have suddenly expanded to five hundred, it is too sudden and unprepared, so I can only give the old weapons that I have retreated to the warriors to use first. And the leather armor is also difficult to get, and the leather armor of the warrior is also retired before. Newman explained to Allen in detail.
"And what's going on with these sets of chain mail?"
"Lord Baron, these sets of chain mail are the only ones left in the territory, and Lord Antonio's iron armor was taken from here, but it is not equipped because the number is too small. ”
Alan also knows a thing or two about the preciousness of iron armor, and you can see how precious it is by just a few sets of iron armor in a dignified barony.
Due to the iron-making technology of the Scarlet Continent, the utilization rate of iron ore is extremely low, and the iron production rate can only reach about 20% under normal circumstances, plus the process of making a set of chain mail is complicated, and it is very powerful for experienced craftsmen to produce two sets of iron armor a month.
As a result, a set of full-body chain mail can be sold for about two hundred gold dragons, and warriors are often proud of their iron armor, and Antonio's iron armor was given to him by Alan's father.
The embarrassing situation of the weapons and equipment of the warriors in the territory made Alan reflect that he had ignored the matter of the warrior's equipment, and he didn't think about it until now, but fortunately, it was not too late.
With equal strength, superior equipment is one of the elements of victory.
This reminded Alan of the stark contrast between firearms and cold weapons in his previous life. However, firearms don't need to be thought about for the time being, they are not something that Alan can consider now, and this world has extraordinary attributes, and the rules may be different from those in the previous life, and the possibility of making gunpowder is very low.
Influenced by his previous life, Allen has a soft spot for long-range strikes, and firearms can't be made, but bows and crossbows with the same long-range strike capabilities as firearms can still be made.
However, bows have appeared in this world, but the production of bows is too complicated, and the production time is too long, and the price is extremely high, a bow that is almost a hundred gold dragons will cost a hundred gold dragons, and an excellent bow can reach more than a thousand gold dragons.
It is unrealistic to ration the fighters.
Allen aimed at the crossbow, the general bow production time is up to one year, the range is about 100 meters, the production of the crossbow also takes nearly a year, but the range can reach 200 meters, the most important thing is to master the bow proficiently, it takes up to several years of continuous training, and to master the crossbow, it only takes a few days of training.
Alan has no reason not to choose the crossbow as a long-range attack weapon, although he can't make a crossbow now, but the corresponding preparations Alan still has to prepare, and then Alan has found the production process and method of a single-shot crossbow through the origin bead, and recorded it.
To make a crossbow, you need to find a suitable wood to dry and then make a crossbow body, the bow needs to be air-dried, soaked and other steps, and others also need some iron pieces and other materials, which is very complicated.