Chapter 17: Troubles
"How can this sirren take out such a large sum of money?" The villagers were thinking about this question.
"Okay, that's it, it's farming now, you go to the young and middle-aged to go to the village elder to sign up, and then you will be my soldiers." William concluded his speech.
William knew that he couldn't ride a horse, and when he fled before, he had to hug the horse's neck and hold the reins tightly, and the knight was to fight on a horse, and now William can ride on a horse to move forward, but if he wants to be skilled, he can't do it at all if he uses a riding spear or a sword to chop on a horse, and it is very likely that he will fall off the horse's back like this, and if this kind of thing happens on the battlefield, it will just end up with the horse trampling like mud.
In the past, because there was no such condition in the cottage, now that each of the three of them has a horse, then William's training in riding should be put on the agenda.
"Tighten the stirrups with both feet, let the body move with the rhythm of the war horse, and don't make your back too straight like a hemp rod! This way, you'll be more likely to be slashed or stabbed on the battlefield. After a few days, William felt that his butt was not his own, and he would feel very painful when he sat down, the skin on his inner thighs had been worn out, and the sweat soaked in it was extremely sore.
"Okay, I'm able to manipulate the horses now, I've had enough, my ass is swollen like a big pumpkin!" William finally couldn't take it anymore and rolled over and jumped off the horse.
"Well, William, whatever you want, will you be able to use your spear and sword on your horse now, and be able to control your horse to turn and stop with ease? If you think that's enough, I have nothing to say! Hu Limu said helplessly.
Urimu is now William's riding instructor, and the riding skills of the Kriza people are unmatched in the Western Continent, and even Norwin has to bow down in riding.
"I know, but my ass...... Oh okay, okay, I got it! William said angrily.
William got on his horse again, and the swollen pain made him frown again.
"Run, let your body follow the rhythm of the war horse, the bumpy feeling will be gone, it will be much better." Urimu taught William how to ride a horse, even though he had said it countless times in the past few days.
William steered the horse and ran slowly. "Oh! I feel less uncomfortable! How's that? William was pleasantly surprised to find that this time he did exactly what he did in the wood, and it didn't hurt so much.
"yes, that's it, hold on, if you don't want your ass to continue to suffer." With a smile, he said with a slight mockery.
William didn't care if he was mocking himself or not, he happily let go of his speed, rode wildly, and finally knew how to ride a horse, he fantasized more than once that he was charging through the enemy's array with a rifle in hand.
"Oh, Lord Sir is so energetic!" This was what the villagers who saw William riding a horse thought.
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Although William's three men all had weapons, in William's impression, the knights were all holding mounted spears in the first charge, and the cavalry spears were also the most important weapons for knights when charging.
Long swords were used only after the cavalry spear was broken, and on the battlefield, long weapons and heavy weapons were always the first choice, and weapons without armor-piercing ability had no effect on the knights, and could only be used against unarmed peasants who had just laid down their hoes, and light infantry wearing cheap leather armor.
Cavalry spears are expensive, and they cost two silver coins to buy them from a weapons merchant, although they are not as expensive as a longsword, but they are not all iron, only have an iron spear head at the top.
So William was worried about it.
In the evening, when William and the three of them lived in the best house in the village vacated by the village elders, Norwen told William something that was very important to him: "William, you know, you are now a knight, you need a noble coat of arms, so that you can show your identity, although you were the second son of the baron before, but now you have a knighthood yourself, so you must have a coat of arms." ”
Norwen's proposal caused William another big problem, and the matter of riding the gun had not yet been resolved, and the matter of heraldry came again.
"Hmm...... I know. William unconsciously leaked an annoyed expression.
"What's the matter, William, what's the matter?" Norwin saw William's expression and asked.
"I've been worrying about riding guns before, if we don't have a gun on the battlefield and the other side does, it's a very dangerous thing, we might even die because of it, and the weapons store in the manor doesn't seem to have a stock of riding guns, I don't know where to buy a riding gun." William looked preoccupied.
"Oh, that's what happened!" Norwen laughed: "No low-level knight will buy a relatively expensive riding spear, after all, the riding spear can only be used once, and there are few people who buy it, so no one sells it." ”
"How so? So where did the knights get their riding spears? ”
"Of course, we made it ourselves, and the villagers in the mining will take on this obligation, we just need to buy iron spears, let the villagers make riding spears, and then fix the spear heads, and the baron mentioned when he was canonized, the forest near the village can be mined by us, that's what it means."
"And there were some very poor knights who didn't even use a lance, but only a durable sword and mace."
Only then did William realize that he had made a stupid mistake, and he had been bothered about it for a long time.
"Okay, I see, by the way, I'm sorry for you, run errands, go to the manor and buy some dyes and cloth, and twelve spearheads, we need heraldic and riding guns, urgently!" William smiled and said to Urimu, it was also a small revenge for the time he had been teaching riding these days.
He glanced at William, seemed to see through his little trick, took the silver coin, and walked out the door to do what William had explained.
"William, it's time for you to do what you have to do, like ...... Train your horsemanship! "Hulimu left, but William came to urge William.
"Okay, okay, I know, but I'm going to have the villagers make the wooden structure of the spear first, it's their obligation." William made an excuse to steal for a while.
"Yes Sir Sir, we will definitely finish the construction of the riding spear. The village chief replied with a bent down.
"Very well, by the way, tell me about the length and shape of the riding spear!" William became interested and asked deliberately, because in his impression, the early riding spears used by European knights in the previous life were not very long, more than two meters and less than three meters, purely horse spears, and it was difficult to use them exclusively for breaking through the enemy formation and impacting the enemy knights.
"As you wish, Lord Sir," the village elder seemed to know how to talk to the nobles.
"We used to serve Baron Comos and his family, and we had to provide three riding spears for the Comos family every year, so we have a lot of experience, according to tradition, the length of the riding spear is more than three meters, and a long log should be left at the end as a counterweight, and after completion, it will be handed over to the baron, and the installation of the gun head will be the responsibility of the baron's servants." (I won't change the unit of measurement here, otherwise it will be very troublesome)
William nodded, this mounted spear was about the same as he expected, and there were counterweight balls, not the kind of early cavalry spears, but the length was still a little shorter.
"Yes, let's do it this way, but make it a little longer, to four meters! Then make thirty strokes at that length! William admonished.
"Yes...... However, this is not in keeping with tradition, we have never made a riding spear of this length before, and Sir Sir asks for too much of it. "The village elders are a bit stubborn in their bones, and they can't accept this amount.
"It's nothing, do as I say, it's your obligation, do you want to rebel against me?" William accentuated his tone, he had to be dignified by this old stubbornness, otherwise he would think he was weak and could be bullied.
What was the end of rebellion against the rule of the aristocracy? The village elder knew very well, he just wanted to reduce some of the burden before, but he didn't expect this knight to be so arrogant, so he hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and then went to arrange for the villagers to make riding spears.
The production of the riding spear is not particularly simple, if you want to process a big tree into the shape of the riding spear, it is not so easy, the riding spear is generally used fir wood, although this wood material is not particularly good, but the requirement of the riding spear is to break after killing the enemy, if it is too soft, it may be broken before killing the enemy.
Therefore, it takes at least ten days for the family to work for a riding spear, which is why the village elders want to bargain, because if it is done earlier, they will have time to dig some non-poisonous wild vegetables in the field, although there is still enough food in stock, but this has always been the tradition of the Loerd people, to prepare enough food when there is nothing to do.
Thirty riding guns required thirty families to work for ten days, but the population of this village was less than thirty households, and there were only more than twenty households, so it would take at least half a month to complete the task of making riding guns.
In fact, William originally only planned to ask for twelve riding spears, so he asked Hu Limu to buy twelve spear heads, but considering that he couldn't use a riding spear and needed training, it was better to do more.
In fact, William still wants more riding guns, far more than thirty shots, but considering that the production capacity of the village is not so much, he gave up this idea, anyway, he should be proficient after using it a dozen times, William thought.