Enoch Dewey, the second son of the Joman family in Westerlylin, soon heard rumors about the Privy Counsellor of the Duke's Court after being recommended to the Duke of Richmond as a valet. Rumor has it that anyone who accepts a duel of honor from the Privy Counsellor will certainly not die in the dueling.

In fact, part of this rumor related to the duel of honor is false, and it is not that no one will be killed in the duel by the privy counsellor. Who they want to kill or who they don't want to kill is up to the Privy Counsellor involved in the duel to decide.

Nevertheless, Enoch Dewey was grateful for the "trial" made by the Privy Counsellor and the decision to issue a duel challenge letter. After bowing to Advisor Isabel Walton, she picked up her handguard and walked quickly towards the church in the castle. And the rest of the guards who participated in the armed battle may not have escaped so easily.

First, Isabel asked each of them to pay a fine of one pound. However, the fine of nearly £30 will not be recorded in the books of accounts of the Duke's Court and will not be handed over to the Duke's Office. Rather, it is used for the Guard's dinner on the night of the Ascension of Jesus Christ. To put it simply, it is to let the guards pay for a sumptuous dinner together.

Secondly, she ordered all the punished guards to go to the armory at once to wipe the arquebus. Even if each arquebus has been polished and there is not a trace of dust or gunpowder residue, it still needs to be wiped clean. Her purpose in doing so was to get all the guards of the Duke's palace to gradually get used to the use of arquebuses.

Captain Simmons had carried all the packed arquebuses to the castle's armory with a dozen guards and servants, and filled the entire wagon with the rest of the supplies and large and small treasure chests. When everyone walked back to the castle outside and returned to the vicinity of the house outside, they were a little surprised by the dozens of people standing in the small square, and they were a little stunned for a while.

At this time, Isabel said a few words to the gentleman beside her, and then called the captain aside. briefly talked about what had just happened, as well as his own punishment for Enoch Dewey. After listening to this, the captain did not dispute her decision.

She then gave another order to the captain, "Captain, you and Baldwin, Fast, and James Short are to supervise all the punished guards and have them wipe every arquebus. ”

Simmons smiled happily, "Your Excellency, they and I will definitely complete the supervision task." ”

"Captain, you can wait until dinner before laughing. Remember, my goal in getting these people to wipe their guns is to get everyone familiar with and learn how to use arquebuses. Isabel's face looked a little serious, but she said something extremely exciting.

Suddenly, Simmons became very excited, and his eyes glared at her and said, "Your Excellency, my brothers and I were wondering if you would let us use an arquebus. But now, Your Excellency, your decision will be applauded by all! ”

"Compliment?! When you rush into battle with your arquebus, you're going to call me a slut. Isabel said to herself as she smiled at Simmons with an excited smile on her face, "Captain, how to use the arquebus, you can ask Fast and others who have been overseas. ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Simmons was about to salute and leave, when he asked curiously, "Your Excellency, then, when can we use the arquebus, I mean... Fire! ”

Isabel smiled lightly, "That's what Fast and the others will tell you." ”

After speaking, he turned to look at Fast and the others who were standing in the small square, "Fast, come here." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency." Fast ran towards Isabel, nodded at the captain and looked at Isabel, "Your Excellency, do you have any orders?" ”

Isabel glanced at the two of them, and commanded more solemnly, "You and Baldwin, James, those who have been overseas, make sure that everyone in the guard team learns how to handle the arquebus. In addition, it is strictly forbidden for anyone to reload and shoot without my orders! ”

Simmons felt a little strange when he heard this, and asked curiously, "Your Excellency, is this arquebus difficult to use?" ”

"Captain, you're quite right." Isabel looked up at the clear sky, then retracted her chin and glanced at Simmons, "Alright, it's still a long time before lunch starts." Captain, the task of all the guards who have been punished and misrepresented today is to wipe their guns. ”

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In the morning, Isabelle, the gentleman Beard Smith, and the two butlers inspected every nook and cranny of the castle and asked the male and female butlers about the daily arrangements. When the time came to 11 o'clock, she basically finished all the affairs of the day.

And the lunch she promised to the gentleman had to be postponed to dinner that day. Since returning to the estate in Richmondshire required passing through Isabel's father's domain, the gentleman readily agreed to be invited to a dinner at Baron Walton's estate.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, the gentleman also finished his day's duty at the castle and left the castle with a dozen retinues on foot to follow Isabel's team. This time, the young guards Hall and his companion Miller took on the role of the two flag guards who opened the way for Isabel, each holding a light cavalry spear with a spear flag, and rode at the front of the group in high spirits.

Isabel and the gentleman rode side by side behind the flag guard, and the gentleman glanced back at the carriage full of goods and treasure chests and a maid in the carriage, and then glanced at Isabel with a smile.

"Your Excellency, this time you led the fleet to the territory of the Spaniards overseas, and it is indeed a great gain."

At this time, Isabel was thinking about another thing, namely the supply of equipment for arquebuses. Projectiles, arquebuses and gunpowder are the basic equipment of arquebuses and consumables. Although these supplies were available on the markets of Europe and Spain, the transport time between Europe and the north was too long.

According to her estimates, it would take more than two months to send people to the south to take a ship to the markets in Europe or Spain to ship the projectiles, arquebuses, and gunpowder back to the north. During this time, 240 heavy arquebuses had to be disposed of as waste in the armory.

He smiled at the gentleman riding on the right and nodded, "Yes, gentleman." Most of the Spaniards' overseas territories were in the Americas, which produced many special goods. ”

The gentleman smiled and said, "America is a wonderful land. ”