When Jian Chen returned to his station. The Captain of the Half-Elven Guard is handing out new equipment from the Empress to the soldiers.

The guards were now all dressed in Imperial leather armor, which was painted blue and had a mighty white griffin emblem in much better material and craftsmanship than the leather armor that the lord had originally ordered in the town, not only looking gorgeous and exquisite, but also lighter and stronger.

There are also iron infantry helmets matched with leather armor, leather combat boots inlaid with iron plates, leather gloves, and waterproof cloaks, all of which are the standard equipment of the imperial ** team.

After wearing this equipment, the soldiers of the Lord's Guard looked no different from the regular army of the Empire in terms of appearance.

In terms of weapons, the empress is also very generous, with long halberds, heavy crossbows, long swords, and iron round shields for infantry.

Among them, what made Jian Chen the most happy was the two hundred heavy crossbows, the lethality and range of these heavy crossbows and the accuracy were quite amazing, even if it was an ordinary steel armor, it could be shot through with an arrow within the range, but unfortunately the operation was quite inconvenient, and the crossbow could be loaded smoothly with the help of foot force, and the shooting frequency was slow to a heinous level.

However, as the standard equipment of the emperor's ** team, this heavy crossbow certainly has its own uniqueness, in order to make up for the lack of this crossbow in the rate of fire, the skilled craftsmen of the empire designed the crossbow into a two-shot firing method, which can be loaded with two crossbow arrows at a time.

That is, these heavy crossbows can be reloaded twice at a time. And the Empire's long-range troops have also become a well-known and powerful army on the continent of Erathia with this heavy crossbow.

However, Jian Chen was a little troubled by this, because he seemed to remember that there was a kind of repeater on Earth that could be loaded with ten arrows at a time.

In Jian Chen's opinion, the craftsmen of the empire are really a little lazy, even if they have already designed two consecutive rounds, why not work hard and change it to ten consecutive rounds?

The level of craftsmanship in this world is still too backward!

Chen Jian shook his head and sighed, but it was a pity that he didn't know anything about the design of the bow and crossbow, although he had ideas, he couldn't put them into action, otherwise he must improve this kind of crossbow.

If it can do ten bursts, this heavy crossbow is not much different from the more primitive rifles.

Unfortunately, with these heavy crossbows, the crossbowmen of the Lord's Guard will not be in the same awkward situation as they did last time in the face of dwarves in full steel armor.

The armament of the iron round shield also greatly strengthened the defense ability of the lord's guard, and compared with the original thick wooden shield of the guard, these iron shields were undoubtedly more protective of the safety of the soldiers.

As for those halberds and long swords, Jian Chen didn't care much about them, because the soldiers of the guard were currently learning the sword skills of the big-eared monster clan and the sword skills of the elf clan, although these halberds and long swords were of good quality, they were useless.

At this time, the lord's guard not only changed in terms of equipment, but also in other aspects.

In the days of Jian Chen's absence, the half-elf Pete, as the captain of the guard, had to take on the heavy responsibility of temporarily leading everyone, and the young half-blood captain of the guard had succeeded in making everyone recognize his identity and consciously accept his command due to his usual performance, superb archery and martial arts skills, and loyalty to the lord.

As a result, the half-elf Pete found that it was not as easy and easy as he imagined to be a leader.

In the past, he just blindly followed the orders of the lord. He did whatever the lord asked him to do, and he didn't think much about the deep meaning, anyway, when the sky fell, the lord was on top of him, and he just had to follow the lord firmly.

At that time, he didn't realize how busy the lord was, let alone how difficult these things were.

Now that the lord has left with Empress Catherine, the half-elves know that managing a small team of two hundred people is not as simple as they thought.

The half-elf, who had never been in management, was a little scrambling at first, which led to a food shortage in this small barracks, because he was too focused on arranging the daily training of the soldiers and forgot to arrange for the manpower to make everyone's lunch - until the chefs found that the food was running out and reported it to him, the half-elf remembered that the food in the barracks was almost exhausted, and he had not sent anyone to the underground secret room where the food was stored to retrieve it again.

As a result of this omission, the soldiers had to eat lunch with dinner that day, as it was already late when the food was retrieved and ready.

Luckily, the soldiers didn't get emotionally soothed by Robert, a psychiatrist, and instead felt a little sympathy for the half-elven guard captain, who was blushing and embarrassed by his mistake.

After this incident, the half-elf no longer dared to be careless, he cheered up his spirits, and began to think back to the previous practices of the lord, and finally there was no major mistake.

And Robert, Polly, Orlison and others also consciously helped the half-elf share some things. And remind him from time to time of details that he didn't notice but needed to pay attention to.

In this way, Pete, the half-elf, finally began to slowly establish his prestige as the captain of the guard among the soldiers, and no longer used the power of the lord to command everyone as before.

In Jian Chen's opinion, this change is a pretty good phenomenon, although the half-elf is more like a high-level bodyguard by his side at this time than like a guard officer leading two hundred soldiers, but judging from his performance during this period of time, he has begun to learn how to be a qualified commander, rather than blindly knowing how to charge into battle by himself.

What I need is not only an excellent bodyguard, but for the sake of the future, a military commanding talent with high martial skills, who understands management, and can convince the public is indispensable.

And Pete, who is already a half-elf who is already dead to himself, is undoubtedly the best candidate, and he has slowly entered the role of the captain of the guard.

Jian Chen believed that with the intelligent mind of a half-elf, as long as he took time, he would definitely be able to take on this heavy responsibility very well.

Robert's eye-catching performance also made Chen Jian realize the importance of manipulating public opinion for management, whether it is managing his own guard or managing his own territory.

After the end of this war, according to the empress's idea, there will inevitably be a large number of foreign people in her territory, and the differences in appearance, living habits, and ideologies will definitely cause contradictions between various races, and it is undoubtedly a very good way to reconcile these contradictions and manipulate the trend of public opinion.

If we can make the leaders of all ethnic groups realize that there is no difference in essence through the propaganda of public opinion, and then let them understand and recognize each other. It will definitely be of great help to his rule.

And he, a wise and martial lord, of course, also needs to be properly promoted, so that the people love him more, right?

And Robert is undoubtedly the best person to preside over this work, controlling public opinion is nothing more than fooling the public, and under the hands of the lord, the most able to fool people is the former big liar Robert Undoubtedly, this guy is not only very good at figuring out people's hearts, but also an excellent actor, which has been fully proved in the last fraud incident.

Jian Chen has already begun to think about how to control the trend of public opinion in the territory, the bulletin board seems to be good, those bards should be able to help a lot, right? After all, listening to bards is a fairly common means of leisure in this world.

These bards tend to haunt the bustling streets and noisy taverns, and if used well, they should work well.

Originally, it was a good idea to handle a newspaper, but this unrealistic idea was directly rejected by the lord, just kidding, not to mention that paper is a valuable item in this world, and there is no printing technology yet, it is not a simple matter to run a newspaper, and the cost is too high, not to mention, the people may not all be literate.

It is also worth mentioning. During the Lord's absence, Orison the Big-Eared Monster made a significant contribution to the work of compiling martial arts textbooks.

Ever since the lord went out to fight guerrillas, Orison had led a group of big-eared monsters to guard the prisoners of war in that house, and he couldn't go out at will, so it was boring and dull.

To pass the time, the active-minded Orison had the idea of having the centaurs and dwarven prisoners teach him the martial arts of their respective races.

In Orison's thoughts, it's idle anyway, it's better to find something to do, the lord seems to attach great importance to the compilation of teaching materials, and learn from these guys first. In the future, you can also compare it with the textbook to see if there are any mistakes or omissions, and maybe you can make a small contribution.

With this in mind, Orison began to practice, and as a result, the big-eared monster with some brains found that he was not only very talented in wolf taming, pig and horse training, but also seemed to be a genius in learning martial arts.

In just a short period of time, Orison has already learned a little about the martial arts of centaurs and dwarves.

He'd even made some minor changes to these martial arts to make them more in line with what the Big-Eared Monsters and Human Soldiers were learning from - the Centaurs and Dwarves were so unique in size that some of their martial arts were tricks that other races couldn't.

By the time the lord returned, Orison's spear and battle axe were in good shape, and the throwing spear and throwing axe had some accuracy.

Unfortunately, there were no masters among these prisoners of war, and Orison didn't learn much, most of them were just basic martial arts.

However, as long as Orison is given enough time, he will be able to fully master these martial arts and integrate them with his original martial arts.

With his experience, whether it is the compilation of teaching materials or the study of soldiers in the future, it will undoubtedly achieve twice the result with half the effort.

After discovering his talent, Orison came up with the idea of being the captain of the half-elven guard, and he planned to learn the sword and archery skills of the elves.

Of course, this matter also made Jian Chen, the lord, happy to close his mouth, he knew that he would soon have an additional subordinate with strong martial arts.

And Polly has not been idle during this time, in addition to daily affairs, he has been selecting quick-witted and agile guys among the soldiers, ready to teach them his skills.

Lord Lord said that these people are not only the seeds of the special forces in the future, but also the scouts of the current Lord Guard.

The lord also said that these people will become the strongest group of people in the lord's guard in the future because of their outstanding martial arts and Polly's thief skills.

The thought of becoming one of the instructors of such a group of people made Polly's blood boil with excitement.

He found that although he used to be just a thief with a low status, it seemed that it was not impossible to follow the lord to get ahead, and since he was reused by the lord, Ellie had become more and more gentle with him.

After careful selection, he selected a total of twelve human soldiers from the Lord's Guard, who were in addition to their daily training. Also start practicing stealth, disguise, and other skills with your former thief.

After the words of the Polly general and lord instilled in the twelve, the soldiers, who were originally slightly dissatisfied with the fact that they were going to learn some tricks of stealing chickens and dogs, immediately became full of enthusiasm.

The glory represented by the words "the strongest individual soldier's combat ability" is enough for them to take out all the strength to eat.

Seeing that after he left for a while, not only did everyone not do nothing as they were worried about and waste their time, but everything was in order, and they were pleasantly surprised, and the lord couldn't help but be happy.

This small group of oneself seems to have begun to grow up slowly, and if you want to make a difference in this troubled world, of course you can't rely on the strength of one person, and this group that is gradually maturing will be your biggest help.

The only thing that made Jian Chen regret was that the beautiful magician was not in the barracks at this time.

"My lord, after you left, Master Temple said that she was going to retreat in the magic laboratory for a while, and that she had fought for a while. The study of Rockwin's magic notes, coupled with the guidance of High Priest Ryan, has given her a deeper understanding of qi magic. By the way, she also asked us to move all the usable materials we got from the dragon corpse to the underground vault. ”

In the face of the lord's inquiry, the captain of the half-elf guard gave an answer.

Since the discovery of Terrence. After the underground vault built by Lockin was far stronger than he imagined, the lord who lost the castle used it as his own material warehouse, and also sent people to guard it 24 hours a day, and it was reasonable for the magician to let people move things over.

But there is a very strange thing in this, that is, the female magician is nominally just a personal magic advisor to the lord, not a member of the lord's guard, let alone the commander of the lord's guard, but she can let the half-elf mobilize the soldiers of the lord's guard to help her.

Although this is related to the current ambiguous relationship between her and the lord, the more important reason is that the heroic performance of the female magician in the battle has been recognized by everyone, this woman who dares to fight to the death with the soldiers of the guard until the last moment, and goes out with the lord to fight against strong enemies, although she is not a member of the guard at this time, but it is no different from the exclusive mage of the guard.

And the lord has been wondering when to talk to the sorceress about it, let her join her guard, and completely tie this powerful mage to her chariot.

When the lord, who had asked the magician about his whereabouts, came to the magic laboratory underground, he was surprised to find that the magician had also given him a huge surprise.

Ash, a beautiful magician who has been known as a genius since childhood. After Temple met the lord, he excitedly told the lord that with her current understanding of qi magic, it was very likely that she had reached the level of a master, but it was a pity that Hammondale did not have a magic guild and could not learn more advanced magic.

Originally, the sorceress had planned to ask High Priest Ryan for advice and learning, but unfortunately, High Priest Ryan had already left.

In order to further deepen her understanding of the new realm, the sorceress decided to continue her cultivation underground, and after chatting with the lord for a while, she kicked him out, so that the lord did not even have a chance to invite the mage to join his guard.

However, Jian Chen was not in a hurry, anyway, there would be opportunities in the future, and he got so much good news in a row, and he was in a good mood and rode a pegasus back to his camp triumphantly.

Now wait for the war to end, as long as the war is over, with my own merits, I believe that it is absolutely indispensable to be promoted to the knighthood, and maybe there will be some surprises that surprise me.

And Hammondal, which has been firmly in the hands of the Empire, no matter what the final outcome of the negotiations is, of course Empress Catherine will not spit it out again, after everything is settled, she will definitely send an army in Hammondal, due to the treachery of the Elven Kingdom, the Blackstone Treaty has become a piece of waste paper, without this limit, it is conceivable that the number of this garrison must be indispensable.

At that time, she will no longer have to worry about someone attacking Hammondal, and the Empress has also said that although the previous secret order has lost its due effect, she will also build a larger and stronger castle in Hammondal, and at the same time, in line with her racial integration policy, the town of Hammondale will be expanded into Harmondale City to accommodate more people. And in order to strengthen the rule of the region, the permanent military fortress was also to be built, but from small to large, and even the location of the empress had already been chosen.

And what made Jian Chen happiest was that all of this did not require him, the Lord of Hammondal, to pay a single gold coin, and all the expenses were borne by the imperial treasury.

In other words, as long as he waits, he can sit back and enjoy the results, new castles, new cities, new lords, and a strong army to protect, and the only thing he, the lord, needs to worry about is how to take care of this new territory.