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When he fled from England, because of the suddenness of the incident, and he fled in embarrassment, he did not bring much money.

-- That's not much, but it's between 15,000 pounds of silver and 20,000 pounds of silver. The reason why it is not possible to estimate the price accurately is that the price of some items is constantly changing with the market.

From a personal point of view, this is quite a lot of money, and it can even be said that it is a rich country (according to the Domesday of England, King William's total annual income is 18,000 pounds of silver), but from the perspective of the state, from the point of view of the restoration, Odegar is eager to break one money into two.

a fully armed, helmet, gloves, and knee pads, for about 5 Tris, or a quarter of a pound of silver; Of course, this is not a lot of money, but it is quite a lot on three hundred people.

Then there's the chain mail, leather armor can only provide basic protection, and as we said earlier, there are only 300 people who followed Magnus into exile in France, as long as you don't want to exhaust this initial power, you have to provide them with high-end armor, right?

Yes, the hoplites appeared.

That's a lot of money, and basically, the best equipment a knight can have in this era is chain mail. The price of a piece of chain mail, at the productivity of the present era, is 160 Triss gold coins, or 8 pounds of silver - that's enough to buy a large piece of land!

It is no wonder that in those medieval stories, a wealthy manor owner took his manor and all his savings, and could only exchange it for a piece of armor, and he did not bring a horse.

Finally, there is the money for mercenaries.

Three hundred soldiers, no matter how bloodthirsty and fierce they are, armed to the teeth, you can't expect to conquer an entire country with them.

So there is still to be cannon fodder.

In fact, in Odegar's vision, those three hundred soldiers were supposed to be the Praetorian Guard, elite, and only thrown into battle at the most critical moments; In general, for example, when cannon fodder and cannon fodder are hedged against consumption, these are all for mercenaries to use.

And the price of mercenaries, this has always been uncertain. Because some mercenaries are elite, have experience and armor, and spend more money, while some mercenaries have nothing but a life and spend less money - but no matter how much, it still costs money.

Moreover, the salary of the mercenary is settled every week, and the cash is paid.

Just by watching the savings in his hands dwindle and dwindle, Odegar's heart was already bleeding, and Magnus, this loser, was still squandering!

The blacksmith shop, and the mill, Odegar estimated that it would cost about 20 pounds of silver, which was enough to buy two and a half sets of chain mail!

I've said it many times, but I want to emphasize again, Magnus, you loser!!

"All this money has to be spent."

Unexpectedly, after listening to Odega's complaints, Magnus not only did not mean to repent, but instead spoke righteously and with a righteous face.

Good! It's up to you to see what your reasons are!

Odegar felt like her nose was getting crooked.

"First of all, we can't buy all the armor, because sooner or later it will be slaughtered as a sheep; Secondly, even if I buy it all, I have to know the specific cost of making a piece of chain mail, and only when I know the cost, can I be confident when I make a counteroffer, right? ”

Kind of makes sense......

Odegar began to hesitate.

He has been engaged in murderous business all his life, and he has never touched anything other than swords in his hands, and when it comes to business matters, he really doesn't know anything. The reason why he reluctantly took over the financial power was only because His Royal Highness the Prince was not yet an adult, and at the same time, there were neither available soldiers nor trustworthy people around him, so he really had to do it as a last resort.

As the cost issue mentioned by His Royal Highness the Prince just now, Odegar had never thought about it.

But that's still not a reason.

If you just want to know the specific cost, you only need to find a random blacksmith shop, and with their noble status, and spend a little money, those lowly blacksmiths will never dare to deceive.

"Sure enough, I still can't hide it from you."

Seeing Odegar come to his senses, Magnus smiled with a look of legitimacy. Herein lies in Odega's strength: quick response.

If it weren't for Odegar's quick reaction, Magnus wouldn't have put him in charge of the finances.

"Come in, all the things I said upended your life are here."

What should a blacksmith shop look like in the general public's mind?

Splashing sparks, burning red anvils, tinkling hammers, and blowers that are always blowing the wind and never stopping, of course, are indispensable to the blacksmith with strong muscles, **** upper body, and sweating.

Actually, it's not that far off.

Even the blacksmith wielding a sledgehammer when he saw a stranger entering the shop was completely unresponsive, much to the displeasure of Odega, who was used to being a master.

But he had no time to blame the blacksmith now.

Because he had seen a weapon, and it was something he had never seen before.

The sword is about 1.2 meters long, the hilt is double-gripped, the tail has a counterweight ball, there is a blood groove on the sword body, and the head is sharp, which can be chopped, chopped and stabbed.

And it's beautiful.

Amazing beauty.

At least in Odega's eyes, he can use his more than forty years of life and more than twenty years of horse fighting career to ensure that he has never seen such a beautiful sword in his life.

"You can take it and try it."

Just being beautiful is nothing, a sword is a killing weapon, and a sword can only be considered a good sword if it can kill people; Hearing Magnus's words, Odegar did not hesitate, and reached out to pick up the sword in front of him.

It feels comfortable in the hand......

This is natural, the weight ball is balanced 3 inches in front of the sword cross gauntlet, so that the sword body can be stretched straight without additional correction by manpower, and this alone has surpassed those inferior swords on the market countless times.

Then there's the sharpness, and just right, there are countless things in the blacksmith that you can use to test your sword.

Odega casually picked up a waste sword from the ground, saying that it was a waste sword, but in fact, this sword was also average, and it could be sold for a few bucks in the market, but looking at the blacksmith's attitude of abandoning it, it was estimated that he had no such plan.

Holding the sword in his right hand and placing the remnant sword on the table, Odegar swung his arm round, full of strength, and the remnant sword broke between the lightning and flint.

This sharpness ......

Slightly worse than expected.

Odegar scrutinized the beautiful sword in his hand, and unsurprisingly saw tiny cracks in the slash.

"Uncle Odega, how are you feeling?"

Seeing that Odegar finished testing his sword, Magnus asked confidently. Odegar first glanced at His Royal Highness, then carefully put the sword back on the weapon rack, and then replied:

"A good sword, a great sword."

First good, then excellent, perhaps, this can reflect Odega's ambivalent feelings.

It is indeed an excellent sword, whether it is the shape or feel, it is a good sword, even if it is sharp, it is not comparable to those inferior swords. As for the legendary sharpening of iron like clay, it has already been said to be legendary, what else do you expect?

"If we could have had such a sword, we wouldn't have lost, right?"

After a moment's hesitation, Odegar said something like that again.

The Norman knight, who was dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, charged like an iron wall, shaking the earth and overwhelming the mountains and seas, became Odegar's eternal nightmare.

And in that nightmare, the sword in the hand of the Norman knight also cut off his sword and cut off his body more than once.

It wasn't until after the defeat and exile in France that Odegar found out that it was a weapon called a knight's sword by the Normans, which was specially used by knights on horseback.

And now, a sword that rivals the knight's sword is right in front of his eyes.

…… In fact, the sword that Odegar tried was an advanced version of the knight's sword, a hybrid sword, a half-hand sword.

The half-sword first appeared in the fifteenth century, but the technology to forge it, not forged here, matured in the eleventh century, and it was only a step in the way, which is why Magnus was able to build it.

In fact, before the hand half sword, there was also a kind of splitting sword, which was popular in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and was actually an overkill of the knight's sword and the hand half sword. However, Magnus considered that since he could make a half-hand sword, he would simply put it in place at one time without trouble.

"It's a little brittle, though."

It is not enough to talk about the advantages, Odegar, after thinking about it, also said the only shortcomings he found, and Magnus could only smile bitterly.

That's the price of being too far ahead of its time.

At the time of the birth of the Hand Half Sword, the Europeans had already mastered some basic smelting principles through the Crusades and exchanges with the Arabs, and integrated it into the production of Hand Half Swords; And at this time, this group of European barbarians probably doesn't even know what quenching is!

If it weren't for Magnus' hand-in-hand guidance, this sword would really not have appeared until three hundred years later.

Even so, because of the lack of congenital conditions, it is only quenched in a few key positions, brittle, which is a matter of course.

"There's no way, the process can't be reached, so you can only use it first."

Shrugging, Magnus said this, and Odegar nodded, convinced.

There is a sword that can chop and chop, which is at least a hundred years ahead of the times, and he still understands the truth that he can't have both fish and bear paws.

"So, this kind of sword, how much does it cost, I mean, how long does it take to make one?"

After a pause, Odegar asked another question, and it was the question he was most concerned about.

Cost, as well as the production cycle, is the premise of whether the weapon can be equipped on a large scale.

"Don't worry, Uncle Odega, since I can build it with such a blacksmith shop, then it won't be a problem to make it."

Although he didn't answer the question directly, looking at the half-hand sword that was still hanging on the weapon rack, well, it was still somewhat convincing.

Odegar nodded, agreeing with Magnus.

"Then let's move on, I've heard the saying that dragons' treasury is full of divine weapons, and mortals only need to take one to benefit for a lifetime; But I'm here, hehe, I'm afraid that even if the real dragon comes to me, it must admit that it is not as good. ”