The militia training camp was actually a military fortress built on a hill outside the town, with five hundred regular troops stationed in it, but it did not belong to the Purple Tulip Principality, but to the private army of Viscount Lane.

Viscount Lane is the lord of the miners' town, and has the highest level of leadership over the freemen, artisans, merchants, and craftsmen of the miners' town, as well as the squires, farmers, and serfs in the country.

However, the miners up and down the town, for the reputation of this Viscount Lane, it can be called good, not only because of the small tax revenue, but also because of the promotion of commerce, industry and mining, all of which spare no effort.

It is also because of this open-minded and rational impetus that the miners' town, despite its proximity to the border, also has good business practices and is one of the most famous metallurgical bases in the country.

"Hey, little Hawk, come on!"

"Little Hawke is old enough to go to militia training?"

"Oh-oh, our genius little blacksmith!"

There are many residents in the miners' town, but most of them are small merchants and craftsmen, in fact, many self-employed blacksmiths, so most of them are familiar and have quite good relations.

After all, they all work for those big merchants and Viscount Lane, and most of the iron tools they create are sold to these two, so they are not competitive, so they all get along very well.

"Oh, of course!"

Hawke carried his infantry dagger and iron-clad round shield, and always walked past with a smile on his face, many familiar faces, all uncles and aunts, as well as those mercenaries who occasionally passed by, hurried or drunk.

As a well-known blacksmith, Hawke's weapons and equipment are also selling well, and the occasional high-quality steel weapons are in high demand, but those mercenaries are in high demand!

After all, walking out of the hill of the Three Dukes outside the miner's town, it is a wasteland full of thieves, horse bandits, and alien monsters, and in the veins far away from the miner's town, from time to time, you will also find the undead creatures produced by the condensation of dark energy.

However, in addition to the mayor's escort of more than 100 people, the militia of 300 people, the more than 500 soldiers of Viscount Lane stationed in Miner Town, and the 500 knights who only belong to the king, in fact, there are no extra troops.

After all, all kinds of robbers and alien races in the wasteland know that as long as they cross the hill of the three dukes, then it is the rich Purple Tulip Principality, and the miners' town bears the brunt, and the defense task is quite important!

In this case, it was organized by the mayor of the town, guaranteed by Viscount Lane, and funded by the big merchants to hire mercenaries and adventurers to eradicate or defend certain places, so the entire mercenary industry in the miner town can be regarded as prosperous.

"Oh, that's pretty good."

Walking on the flat streets, Hawke still looked around with novelty, and the horse-drawn carts and ox carts transporting iron ingots and iron products on the road came and went, and people were smiling, which showed that the economy of the miners' town was developing.

And according to his own reasoning, if this continues for twenty or thirty years, and the whole metallurgical industry is completely formed, and large factories appear, and then big capitalists appear, I am afraid that some kind of industrial revolution and something like that will be produced.

But it's impossible to think about it, after all, the theocracy of this world is supreme, although the rights of the nobility occupy the mainstream of the country, but the gods who exist high in the sky and look down on them are the most cutting-edge small clusters of existence.

If the industrial revolution really breaks out, the social turmoil will be quite serious, and it will even be used by the demons of hell and the demons of the abyss, which is not a trivial matter.

"Hawke! Hawk! ”

As soon as he saw the unique wall of miners' town made of slag, there was a cheerful greeting from behind him, and Hawke turned his head suspiciously, only to find a young man with a short sword at his waist running over with a smile.

But Hawk was stunned, looking at the familiar face, and then a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth, this young man he knew, touching his chin, he also raised his hand and waved: "Hi, Pete!" ”

"Aha, Hawke, you're carrying a shield and an infantry dagger?"

Pete is the second son of the owner of the restaurant on the next street, and he is also thirteen years old this year, and he has met and played several times, although he can be called an acquaintance, he cannot be called a friend.

However, Hawke has so many years of experience in the past and present life, and he doesn't mind having one more friend, especially when he is about to enter the militia training, and he needs to unite the friends he knows around him to form his own small force in the future.

After all, he has already made up his mind and is ready to develop in the military world, especially with the help of the game system, and the good habit of soaking in a military forum in his previous life, which can make him feel like a fish in water.

"Well, I'm ready to be a good sword and shield warrior, and I'm very confident."

Walking forward side by side with Pete, Hawk patted the infantry dagger that was obviously longer on his waist, with a slight smile on his face, he turned his head to look at Pete's dagger, and couldn't help asking, "What do you want to choose?" ”

The dagger is not so much a weapon for frontal combat as it is for self-defense, and a short sword that is only forty centimeters long will be quite weak in the face of the enemy's spears, knives, and swords.

"Oh, I'm going to be a crossbowman."

Pete touched the back of his head slightly, smiled a little embarrassedly, shrugged his shoulders and said regretfully: "But a crossbow is too expensive, and my father won't spend that expensive price for me." ”

Saying that, he sighed a little decadently, shook his head and said: "I will definitely inherit the eldest brother of the restaurant in the future, and I don't want a large amount of expenses to be spent on me like this, after all, as the second child, I have no inheritance rights." ”

The inheritance rights in this world are also relatively similar to the medieval Europe in the previous life, only the eldest son has the right to inherit, as for the other sons, then I'm sorry, when they become adults, it depends on how much money your father and brother will give you to send you out of the house.

After all, in the previous life, the ancient Chinese family division system and the Tui En Decree were completely absent in this world, even if it was the son of a nobleman or even a king, it was also a primogeniture system, and it had nothing to do with other sons.

However, the other sons of the nobility, before leaving, would receive a great fortune, and they would wear the honorable surname on their heads, and most of them would become diplomats, musicians, scholars, and other professions with fame and wealth.

"Don't worry, there's a crossbow there."

Hawke also shook his head slightly, he really couldn't say anything about this inheritance of other people's families, so he could only pat him on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "Pete, there must be a lot of crossbows in the armory that can still be used, and I will help you debug it when the time comes." ”

The price of a crossbow is nearly double that of a bow, after all, this kind of thing is extremely lethal, and it is cumbersome to make weapons, in fact, even in the armory, those crossbows that have been eliminated will not be thrown into it unless they are already very tattered.

In fact, the same is true of other weapons, the contents of the armory are only for the militia, if you want to use real standard weapons, you still have to become the regular army of the king or lord, it is possible.

"Oh, Hawke, that's a thank you."

Pete shrugged his shoulders and smiled, exhaled softly, and walked forward with Hawke, but said helplessly: "I also see this matter very lightly, which is why I want to join the militia." ”

In this regard, Hawk could only pat him on the shoulder, and the two quickly walked towards the front side by side, but after this episode, the relationship between the two has become a lot closer.

After all, Pete is a thirteen-year-old child, even the children of this world are precocious, but it is still not enough to see Hawke, an old guy who is in his sixties in his past and present lives combined.

At the gate of the city stood with three servants led by the tax collector, and each of them had to pay a copper coin to enter and leave the gate, and of course the merchant's goods and carriages were counted separately.

Next to it, ten militiamen in leather armor with long swords in hand sat there, lazily watching the people passing by at the city gate, talking about each other's topics, not many of them were related to the bitches in the town.

But don't underestimate them, every man in Miners Town has a will as hard as iron ore. This sentence was not said in vain, and it was spread all over the Purple Tulip Principality.

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