"The Knights I have trained with my own hands, a single charge can end the battle!" Payne patted his chest with great confidence and said, "If they don't resist fiercely, I promise you that I won't kill them, and I will leave them with a small life to return to Lindong City." ”

Killing a nobleman is still more troublesome, if it is found out that Rand is behind the scenes, then due to the law and face, the Duke of Winton can only let Rand go to the interrogation table.

Ron was very skilled in this matter, and his army, after robbing a city and executing the local nobles, would choose to slaughter all the inhabitants in the vicinity, and fake the appearance of a bandit invasion to ensure that the crime of killing the nobles would not fall on him, and even if the Duke of Winton had heard of it, he would not have punished this genius son without solid evidence.

Rand even suspected that if Ron killed a nobleman in front of his father and many soldiers, the Duke of Winton would choose to execute all witnesses in order to save Ron.

After all, in the eyes of the Duke of Winton, Ron was the only son who was qualified to inherit his will.

"These old nobles are really stupid, they would actually think of taking refuge in Ron's Lindong City, and they don't want to think about what kind of business Ron started with," Rand couldn't help but shake his head as he watched the nobles carry boxes of assets onto the carriage, "Even in areas thousands of miles away, he will regularly plunder and rob, how can he not want the wealth sent to the door?"

"Anyway, it's all about giving people money, what's the difference between being snatched by Ron and being snatched by me?" Lantenu pouted, pointing to Baron Batu, who was packing his bags, and said to Payne, "If I can get this old guy's money, I can buy a whole cavalry column of equipment right away." ”

In the establishment of the Duke of Winton, the number of a cavalry column is 800 people, and the purchase of plate armor stirrups and forehead guards equipped with cavalry, plus excellent war horses, requires at least 650,000 silver coins, and Baron Batuu's wealth began to accumulate from his grandfather's generation, and the efforts of three generations have made his pockets puff up many times more than that of the lord of Lante.

On the mainland, silver and gold were hard currency, and the Duke of Winton was able to rise rapidly, which also took advantage of owning several staggering silver mines.

"It's a pity, his personal armament is stronger, so he can only watch his money flow into Ron's pocket. Rand gritted his teeth greedily.

Payne stood aside, as if thinking about something, he raised an eyebrow, leaned over to Rand's side, and whispered, "My lord, if you really want to get this money, I can help you, as long as you give that latest weapon to the Knights!"

Payne felt that he had chosen to follow Rand was really following the right person, the lord seemed to have endless ideas in his head, whether it was from the powerful ballista, or the newly tested weapons like steel pipes, they all had surprising special effects, and the fireworks that were originally only used for viewing could produce such a powerful deterrent and impact after being improved by the lord, just like the lord said......

Conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy.

Although he didn't understand what this meant, Payne always had a feeling that the lord was extraordinary, he was eclectic, bold enough to hire demon seeds to work for him, and he didn't deliberately keep himself away from the commoners like ordinary nobles, he had a brilliant mind and a risk-taking spirit, maybe he could defeat that brilliant Ron, truly inherit the title of Duke of Winton, and recreate or even surpass the supreme glory of the Capet family in the era of King Lionheart!

"You mean the firebolt?" Rand did not publicize the news of the successful development of the firebolt, in fact, due to the shortage of materials, he only made less than fifteen rounds of single-shot firecracker, this weapon has more stringent requirements for materials than ballistas, especially the position of the cartridge, the high temperature brought by the shotgun will melt and deform the steel canister when it is fired, so the iron ore used in the general casting armor cannot meet the requirements at all.

Even with the help of the Oaks, this firearm could not be produced on a large scale.

"Yes, it's the kind of weapon that shoots flames, and if I have it, I'll be able to keep the situation under control before they can resist with arms!" said Penn confidently, as a close confidant of Rand, who had the privilege of participating in the firecracker's test-firing ceremony.

When the flame ignited the fuse, a huge roar mixed with bursting fire spewed out for a full meter, and when the smoke cleared, the wild goat, which was used as a target five meters away, was forced backwards three or four steps away by the rushing projectile, and the whole body was covered with blood holes, and the wounds were in a burning state, which looked extremely miserable.

In close combat, this deterrent is much greater than the tip of a knife and a spear, and it is much more extensive in terms of striking area.

For handling reasons, Rand installed a wooden handle on the end of the firebolt to make it easier to carry and fire.

"After firing once, it will be troublesome to reload," this is its disadvantage, considering this, so Rand has not decided whether to put it into battle, in battle, the gun needs to be quickly cooled after firing before it can be reloaded, and modern guns have special cooling oil, and in this day and age, it can only be cooled by air cooling.

To put it simply, the Fire Gun is like a big move, with strong close-range lethality, wide coverage, and sufficient deterrence, but the disadvantage is that the cooldown time is relatively long.

"One launch is enough to settle the battle!Lord Lord, don't you understand how powerful this firearm is to deter people?" Payne had a fanatical expression on his face, "I was mentally prepared at the time, but my ears were still thundering, and my legs were even a little weak. ”

Rand has never had any doubts about the power of *, what he cares about is whether the emergence of hot weapons means that the cold weapon cavalry combat method that has lasted for thousands of years on this continent will be impacted and changed.

If this is indeed the case, then the Holy See will not target him because of this.

"You must be clever in disguise, and you must not reveal your true identity, otherwise you will be in trouble. Rand instructed Payne very seriously.

For the current Rand, the Holy See is not an existence that he can fight against at all, although he has wisdom and weapons beyond the times, but what he needs more is time, he needs to develop his territory and economy, recruit troops for himself, and not attract the attention of others, everything must wait for himself to accumulate enough strength.

To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence: obscene development, don't wave!