Chapter 3: The Current State of the Town
"Today is a sad day when many families have lost their husbands, sons and fathers, and I, like you, have lost my father, Baron Bolton. It is their mission to die on the battlefield as barons, and your relatives are also proud to die with pride, because they died for everyone. ”
"The brutal brutal orcs are plundering the Empire, never leaving a living mouth wherever they go, they have no civilization, they have no humanity, they are not like us. We are human beings, civilized human beings, and they are not, so we cannot pin our hopes in their goodness, in their kindness. All we can rely on is ourselves, only we can help ourselves, no one can rely on but us. ”
Qin Feng looked at the people in the square and said, "I will build a heroic monument here, and the names of your relatives who died in battle will be engraved on it, so that they can leave their names through the ages!" ”
Qin Feng is not good at speaking, and even in his previous life, he was just an ordinary office worker, and he had never even been a team leader, but in this situation, it was necessary to do so.
"Boole: Hearts 100 - (Reduces Hearts by 5 points per turn due to war, and riots will occur if they drop below 0.) The system's voice rang in my ears.
Qin Feng breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and finally his actions were not in vain.
The funeral was held according to the procedure, and Qin Feng came to the barracks under the protection of the guards after burying his father.
Under the systematic transformation of the barracks, it is gradually possible to see the appearance of the war training ground, but after looking at the progress, it will take a quarter of a round, that is, a week, to complete the complete transformation, and it will take a long time.
Walking into the barracks, Lowell was training recruits at the moment, and the loud slogans echoed in the barracks, carrying the pride of a soldier to the breath of iron and blood.
It's just that obviously because the training time is still short, many farmers who have just become soldiers can't help but sneak a peek when they see Qin Feng's group of people coming.
"What to watch, continue to train, if you can't finish training, you won't be allowed to eat tonight." Lowell yelled roughly.
The soldiers hurriedly withdrew their gaze, although they were curious, but in the face of the delicious bread, Qin Feng's attraction was obviously insufficient.
"Lowell," Qin Feng shouted, and Rowell, who was training recruits, walked over.
"Young Master." Dressed in armor and with a sword in hand, Rowell walked over. The town of Bull is rich in iron ore, but the craft of making armor and weapons has always been monopolized by the traditional aristocracy, although the late baron managed to get a few blacksmiths, but the craftsmanship is limited, the weapons and armor of the town of Bull are not very good, but it is already very good for the soldiers at this time to have armor.
"How about these recruits," Qin Feng glanced at the recruits who were being trained, the time was still short, and these recruits couldn't see the appearance of the soldiers at all, just like the peasants working in the fields.
"It's not bad, although the discipline is a little worse, but because of the regular labor, the body is very strong. However, these are all the strong laborers in the territory, and I recruited another 100 recruits today according to the young master's orders, and the housekeeper also quarreled with me for this matter. Rowell put away his weapon and replied, just remembering the scene where the butler was making trouble for himself, and said with a smile.
"Haha...I'll talk to him about the housekeeper, but you don't have to blame him for this matter, there is already little strong labor in the territory, and if you take it all away, he will inevitably have opinions." Qin Feng smiled and said, Carl Rosen is the big steward of the territory, in charge of civil affairs.
Looking at the training ground full of soldiers, Qin Feng finally had a little confidence in his heart, and left with the guards after explaining a few words to Luo Wei, he still has a lot to do.
As soon as he returned to the Baron's Palace, the butler hurriedly walked in, and opened his mouth to complain. "Young master, the strong laborers in the territory have all been brought into the barracks by Lowell, I don't have anyone under me now, and now I am facing the harvest season, once I miss the time, it will be too late."
Qin Feng sat down, knocked on the table and said: "There can't be a shortage of people on Luo Wei's side, this can't be changed, I don't know how many orc troops are outside the mountain, we definitely can't do without self-preservation." ”
"But...," Carl Rosen knew that, but.
"No but," Qin Feng raised his hand to stop Carl Rosen's words: "Women and children, even the elderly with labor, you can mobilize, hurry up the time to collect, and do a good job of reserves, this is a matter of our life and death, you keep an eye on me." ”
"Yes, young master." Although he didn't want to, what the young master said was indeed not wrong.
"By the way, are there any skilled blacksmiths in the territory?" Qin Feng saw the armor on Luo Wei's body before, the craftsmanship was really poor, and it didn't have much effect on the battlefield at all.
"There is no young master, the blacksmiths with crafts in the empire are all convulsions of nobles, and they are never allowed to be touched by others," the butler knew more about this than Qin Feng and replied.
Qin Feng sighed and waved his hand: "You go down first, do what I explained." ”
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"Weapons... Armor ....." Qin Feng was looking at what way to make a sophisticated weapon, "By the way, isn't there still a system!" ”
"System, system, do you have anything you can do?"
"Build a blacksmith shop, and the blacksmith comes with the blacksmith."
"How much does it cost to build a blacksmith?" Qin Feng asked, he didn't have much money left in his hand now.
"Blacksmith: 1000 gold, Build Round (1)"
"Let's forget it," looking at the construction cost, Qin Feng suddenly dispelled his thoughts, he couldn't even build half a blacksmith shop with the gold coins he had in hand now.
"The host doesn't need to be in a hurry," the system said, "recruiting troops comes with armor and weapons." ”
"Since that's the case, then I'm relieved." Qin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, although the weapon would be damaged, it was not possible to lead the metro craftsman to build the weapon armor, but there was no problem with tinkering.
Another problem was solved, Qin Feng felt a little more relaxed, came to the window and sat down, drank the tea brought by the maid, and looked at the Boer town outside through the window.
The town of Boer is surrounded by a thick wall, and the distant steward is leading the farmers to harvest the grain, the golden ears of wheat exude a strong aroma of grain, if in previous years, it is now the season for the whole town to celebrate the harvest. But at this time, there was an atmosphere of panic in the town, panic about the future, and anxiety about the future.
"Huh? Retracting his gaze, Qin Feng saw Will hurriedly running into the Baron's Mansion.
"Knock knock knock ......" knock on the door.
"Come in." Qin Feng put down the hot tea in his hand and looked over.
"Young Master," it was indeed Will.
"What happened?" Qin Feng asked.
"There are a few merchants who want to see you." Will replied, "It's a few grain merchants and iron sellers. ”
At this time, the empire was the same as the ancient times of the hometown, salt and iron were monopolized by the state, and it was a big crime to steal salt and iron, but at this time, the empire was in turmoil, and who would care about the previous laws. And even without the orc invasion, the empire has always been short of desperate guys.
Qin Feng didn't care, what he lacked now was money, as for where these merchants would sell the iron ore, it wasn't something he needed to worry about.
"Let them in, and by the way, call the butler too." Qin Feng said that the housekeeper was in charge of civil affairs, and he knew more about how many things in the territory than he did.
It didn't take long for the butler and a few merchants to walk in.
"Lord Baron....." The merchant greeted him with a restrained greeting, and the status of the merchant in the empire was not high.
"Sit down." Qin Feng looked at it and found that even if he was a merchant, there was a big difference between those who sold grain and those who sold iron.
There were two merchants selling grain, all of whom were fat men with fat faces and fat faces, and they had simple faces, and they could only be seen from their eyes that they were shrewd. Iron sellers are the complete opposite, all of them are strong men with scars on their faces, but it is no wonder that none of them have the courage to sell iron to be messed with, most of them sell iron to orcs and barbarians, and it is impossible to do this business without killing people.