"Huh?"

As I rode past a reindeer, I felt a familiar sensation that made me pull the reins. The other party is no longer decadent and sloppy in prison, and he also wears a well-made antler fur hat, and the new appearance makes me dare not recognize him. However, the other party soon noticed the movement in front of him and immediately recognized us riding on the deer.

"Ahh It's you! And little Flotra! Long time no see! Uraten took the initiative to greet us, his eyes were full of joy and relief of a safe reunion, "I didn't expect you to come here!" It was a dangerous night, and you didn't catch up with you at the end of the count, and I thought you were ......."

"Yes, at that time, in order to avoid pursuit, Florella and I hid in the tomb of the Hall of the Dead, and hid in the pile of dead people to barely save our lives."

I jumped off the deer, walked up to him, stretched out my hand to greet him, and exchanged pleasantries.

"Huh? How did your hand hurt? Seeing this, Ulatin quickly thought of a series of evil ** incidents that had happened recently, "Could it be that you were also attacked by the crow ghost woman's men on the way here?" ”

Uratzen saw the bandaging marks on my left arm and thought that I, like some of the targeted immigrants, had been ambushed by another group of apostatists. He was right, I was ambushed, but the wound on my hand was made in the temple of the Corrupt Lady.

"Oh, yes, it's chilling that they're going to kill their own people."

"Despicable and shameless crow ghost woman, old monster with a honey-bellied sword!" Urazin cursed indignantly, and finally sighed helplessly, his tone becoming a little low, "Alas...... The most heart-wrenching thing is that it won't be long before the two sides will really meet each other on the battlefield, and our weapons will be stained with the blood of our compatriots. ”

"Ahem......" Before he could say a few serious words, the topic was shifted to the unpleasant aspect. I coughed twice and ended the topic. "By the way, Uratzen, what are you doing here now? Is it still the same as before? ”

"Well, almost. Responsible for liaison work inside and outside the base, and by the way, I will also make a guest appearance as a tour guide. Uratin explained to me his position, and then asked me, "What are you doing here?" Have you met His Majesty? ”

I puffed up my chest and motioned for Uratin to look at the insignia given to me by Mednaqi, "I am now an advisor to His Majesty the King, and I am in charge of advising him - and now I am inspecting the specific conditions of the base area in his name. ”

"Oh? I'm sure you'll be able to make a lot of useful suggestions," Uratin gestured to me as an inviter, "do you need me to show you around here?" ”

I nodded in acknowledgement, "It's a great honor." Thank you. ”

……

Florella was still riding on the back of a reindeer, and every now and then she would ask Uratzen some interesting questions. I took the reins and walked around the base area with Uratin and listened to his explanation of the current situation in the base area.

Walking outside a smelter-style house, Uratin asked me, "Why don't you go in here and have a look?" ”

"Okay."

The craftsmen are working diligently. We were not alarmed in any way by our arrival. I turned to Ulatin and asked, "Where did all these furnaces come from?" ”

"His Majesty has been rooted here in the first place, and after the last time he recaptured Marcas, His Majesty managed to seal everything that could not be taken away, and now most of the tools can be put back into use with a single repair."

"Hmm......," I nodded, and continued, "where do you get the ore from which you get it?" Are there any mines that have been mothballed here before? ”

"Yes, yes, but we don't need to put valuable manpower into that yet." Speaking of this, Uratzen's expression was a little proud, "In the past twenty years, His Majesty the King has accumulated countless silver ore, iron ore and sulfur in the Hidana Mine, which is estimated to be enough for our expenses for a long time. ”

"What a visionary."

I casually gave a thumbs up, and cast my eyes on the busy Oathbreaker Artisan in front of me. The gray-black iron ore and the prepared charcoal were placed in the furnace layer by layer, and I quickly understood the principle of this as a matter of knowledge of the field of materials science: the incomplete combustion of carbon produces carbon monoxide. The iron ore is then reduced to elemental at high temperatures – although the resulting iron is obviously only a blank and not enough for direct use.

I asked the Oath Atteward Craftsman at work, "There should be another process to go after this step of the process is completed, right?" Heating and forging the smelted iron billet repeatedly? ”

"Oh, of course," the Oath Attenuent Craftsman wiped the sweat from his face with a towel. "But before that, we're going to put the molten pig iron and wrought iron together, so they're half-cooked. Finally, we forge them into a homogeneous steel. ”

Oh, isn't this the steel filling method, to my surprise, the technical level of the oath breaker is quite advanced. However, carburizing wrought iron is a difficult technical task, and can a congenitally deficient oath relict really cultivate a reliable craftsman?

"Where did you learn these techniques? Ancestral? ”

"That's what we did. I started as an apprentice in the smelter of Marcus City, was caught in the Hidana mines because I couldn't pay my gambling debts, and then joined the Oathbreakers in prison, and after I escaped with His Majesty the King. ”

Mednaqi's luck was really good, and he picked up a group of professionals for nothing. Compared to these experienced and experienced hands, my shallow theoretical knowledge must not be of much use. Well, I nodded silently and left here with Uratzen.

……

Uratin led me up against the current.

A river runs through the middle of the base, bringing a lot of convenience, and a large number of workshops have been built along the river. The felled logs drift down the river and are eventually picked up by workshops located downstream. Giant waterwheels indicate the identity of these workshops – the Hydrosawmill, which I have seen in Creekwood.

"What will the wood end up with?"

"Build houses, and build fortifications. Are you going to check it out? ”

"No need."

The hydro-powered sawmill was nothing new to me, and I set my sights on the vast fields across the river. There are also a lot of waterwheels on the other side, but they are completely different in size compared to the watermills of our sawmill. I decided to cross the bridge and go to the other side to have a look.

"What does the watermill on the other side of the river do? A water-powered mill? ”

Uratin nodded, it seemed that my guess was correct, on the other side of the river was a field of crops, and it made sense that the mill was built next to it.

"What kinds of crops do you usually grow?"

"Mainly wheat – we'll grind them into flour and bake them into bread. Plus some vegetables. There is also meat from animal husbandry and hunter-gathering, which is what makes up our daily diet. ”

"Pretty good. How much wheat does you grow grow in a year? ”

"I don't know, I've just been out of prison not long ago, don't ask me for too detailed and professional information."

All right. It doesn't matter how familiar it is, just ask, my knowledge of agriculture is very limited. Realizing that I could not provide any useful help in production and construction, I asked Uratin to take me to see the military facilities in the base area.

……

If the forces of Mednaki are to remain invincible in this war, they must grasp three commanding heights.

The first is the political aspect.

Strong fighting spirit, firm stance, united people's hearts...... Undoubtedly, none of the above is a problem. The oathbreakers who are willing to bring all their families to join Mednach will surely support him fanatically and unconditionally, and these people are trustworthy and can fight alongside him. Mednaqi is also a scheming leader, and he will inevitably spare no effort to do the ideological work of his subordinates, and theoretically nothing will go wrong.

Then turn your perspective to your opponent's side. The Oathbreakers, who had made up their minds to be against Mednacki, must have been seduced by the Raven's rhetoric as a sinner who had seduceed the "national hero" Medenaki as a sinner who had led the Oathbreakers astray—and that getting rid of Medenaki would not make them feel guilty, but would have justified it. Therefore, from the perspective of righteousness, the two sides have their own reasons, and no one can take advantage.

Then there's the economic aspect.

There are three main parts to the family in Medenaki. During the World War, Mednaki took advantage of the chaos to capture the city of Marcus and establish the regime of the Oathbreakers. The base where he used to take root was completely abandoned, until now it is back in use—this is one of them; For more than twenty years, the Silverblood family has secretly accumulated in Hidana Prison - this is the second one; The tribes of oathbreakers and the "dowry" they brought with them - this is the third. All three of these are important and should not be overlooked.

Under the guidance of Uratzen, the whole picture of the base area has now been unreservedly displayed in front of me, a thriving scene, full of vitality and hope. The base area of Mednaqi is already small, although it is not yet in full swing. But there will probably be no problem sustaining them through a protracted war.

Finally, there is the military aspect.

How effective is the Oathbreakers? I've only had two personal experiences with this.

The first occurred on the night that Mednaqi escaped from Hidana prison. Led by Mednaqi himself, the Oathbreaker launched a night raid on the Silverbloods. It is said that they have been able to defeat a big man of the Silver Blood Family along the way, and they have successfully killed a big man of the Silver Blood Family - but this is all based on attacking them unprepared, and it is difficult to show their true combat effectiveness.

The second time was an ambush I had just encountered. As in the first attempt, the main attacking side was unprepared. But this time, however, I clearly observed the fatal flaw in the oathbreaker. Needless to say, these reckless men of Ruichi all have considerable individual combat effectiveness, but if they were to be assembled for a large-scale military operation, the result would be unremarkable.

In other words, if the military literacy of the Mednaqi side can be improved in the following time. Then the balance of victory will be greatly tilted, and it will even be able to cancel out the magic advantage of the crow ghost women from the side.

Thinking of this, I can't help but laugh, sure enough, it is the ass that decides the head, at the beginning I thought that Mednach would lose, but now that I have joined the side of Mednaci, I feel that both sides are open.

Having faith is not a bad thing.

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