The manure pits and playgrounds cleaned by the English team were located on both sides of the castle, so Wu Xin and Delia had to pass through most of the castle on the way to the playground.

Wu Xin casually talked about something at sea, and although Delia didn't respond a few words, her relaxed expression showed that the priestess was clearly enjoying the journey.

Walking to the gate, Wu Xin saw an unexpected person, he was talking to the guards, but the guards obviously had no intention of letting them go.

He told Delia to wait for him for a moment and go over and talk to him.

"Didn't you get into the castle last night? Why are you waiting for me here this time? "The person who came to Wu Xin is Sherlock." Anything else you forgot to mention? ”

Last night, Sherlock infiltrated the castle and gave Wu Xin a lot of supplies.

"It's easier for me to enter the castle at night only." Wu Xin smiled slightly, in broad daylight, many things were not easy to do, "Actually, I came to you this time just to be able to enter the castle more conveniently in the future, so that it will be much more convenient for me to bring things to you." ”

Wu Xin understood his hint, but didn't speak, waiting for him to continue.

"Why didn't you tell me last night that you became the manager of the English group?" Sherlock complained, this can't be blamed on Wu Xin, in fact, Sherlock came and went in a hurry last night and didn't have much room to talk to him at all.

Compared to becoming a knight trainee, the position of the manager of this English group involves a lot more insiders, so all parties are very low-key.

Last night, Sherlock was able to congratulate himself so quickly on becoming a knight trainee that Wu Xin felt his intelligence ability, and he was able to know this information so quickly, which showed that Sherlock's deafness and vision were more than he expected.

"You don't realize you have important resources at your disposal." Sherlock continued, as if he hated iron. "You're throwing money and food into the sea right now."

Sherlock pretended to be mysterious, but Wu Xin almost immediately understood what he was fighting in combination with the duties he had been given.

"You want to deal in manure?" Wu Xin's words made Sherlock's eyes widen suddenly, he didn't expect Wu Xin to respond like this at all.

"You also know that manure can make the land fertile?" Sherlock was genuinely surprised, but he quickly showed a sudden expression, "Then I don't have to explain anything, this business can get you a lot of money, and increasing the production of food will give you a position within the Order." ”

Wu Xin did not immediately respond to Sherlock, and after he was given this position, he found that the way these people disposed of the manure pit was very strange, and in this world where there was an obvious lack of fertilizer, they threw all the manure that could be used as fertilizer into the sea.

There is still a dung pit in the castle of the Knights, and most of the residents of the town directly throw their excrement around the town, and those who have no public morality even fall directly on the road of the town in the night.

So only after the rain will the town have a brief period of fresh air.

Wu Xin had already tried several knight apprenticeships in the English and German groups, except for one member of the German group, who all thought that Wu Xin was joking, and it was not a good joke.

Planting food on manure? What's so funny about this joke?

Wu Xin realized that the use of manure is actually not a matter of common sense, but an absolutely valuable technology.

However, according to Sherlock, the technology is already spreading, but there is still a lot of resistance.

"Don't worry about those old stubborn and foolish men and women, His Royal Highness the Regent has said that people need to eat, and this is the greatest truth. Unless there is clear evidence, the means to increase food production will eventually triumph. "When Sherlock spoke of His Royal Highness the Regent, he looked completely adoring." Let's do the same as His Royal Highness the Regent, and start with vegetables that have a relatively short growth cycle and are not a matter of life and death. ”

"Let me think again." Wu Xin understood Sherlock's plan, so that he could enter and leave the castle freely, but Wu Xin was not very interested, and the connections needed for this kind of thing were still a little insufficient.

Sherlock raised the price a bit.

"As long as you give me all the excrement of all kinds, I will give you ten thalers a month!"

"And you don't have to send the manure to the sea so far in the future, the workload can be reduced, and those servants will support you more."

"Don't think about it, it's definitely safe to grow vegetables with dung."

Regardless of what Sherlock said, Wu Xin eventually left with Delia.

Di Liya didn't ask Wu Xin about the content of the conversation, but Wu Xin took the initiative to mention it: "Di Liya, what do you think about the issue of increasing grain production?" ”

"When the grain production is high, there will be more Lambs of God, and this is one of the greatest contributions we can make to God. Deliya was still very happy that Wu Xin could take the initiative to bring up the content of the conversation.

"That's right, the person I just spoke to was a Venetian merchant who mentioned to me a very cutting-edge, very high-end new technology!"

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"Is this technique really possible?" Wu Xin said all the way, but Deliya still seemed very hesitant. "Could it be a conspiracy of the evil gods..........

Wu Xin shook his head helplessly, even Di Liya, who trusted him very much, hesitated like this, the difficulty of promoting manure will definitely not be small.

"Cesare, this way."

The playground inside the castle of the Knights was small, and as soon as Wu Xin and Delia appeared, they were immediately noticed.

A cheerful voice rang out at once.

Wu Xin saw a knight apprentice who was waving his arms at him, and also waved his hand in a friendly manner: "Ah, Brother Seymour, I'm here." ”

Wu Xin and Di Liya joined a corner of the English group on the playground together, and there were only five knight trainees in the two English groups, except for Di Liya, the others were all men, and they practiced together.

"Ah, you're familiar with the new apprentice?" This Seymour squeezed his eyebrows at Wu Xin, and he was quite familiar.

"I just happened to run into it on the road." Just now Wu Xin and Delia walked into the playground a few steps away, and she had already gone to practice with other female knight trainees.

"Don't work on her, she prays and repents as many times as the other girls combined." Seymour didn't think that Wu Xin would be able to catch Delia so quickly. "Did you sleep well last night?"

"Very good, thank you very much." He was extremely enthusiastic about Wu Xin last night, and he handled the bed and bed matters single-handedly, of course Wu Xin wanted to thank him so much.

"Oh, Cesare brothers, you're not honest, you couldn't sleep at all last night." Seymour didn't have the traditional politeness with Wu Xin, he looked at Wu Xin with a cheap smile.

"Hehe....hehe... I haven't slept well lately...."Wu Xin snorted.

"I know, I know." Seymour smiled evilly.

His words made the knight trainees of the other English group laugh.

Seymour didn't say any more, he said appropriately: "Don't laugh, it's training time." ”

The knight apprentice is different from the servant, and there is no longer a group leader, but the more open-minded characters are still very active, and this Seymour is obviously such a person.

He was the only two spellcasters in the English knight trainee at the same time.

He was able to do this, not only because of his cleverness, but also because he was currently the only knight apprentice of the first class in the English group.

Seymour led Wu Xin to the weapon rack in the training ground, where there was an official knight in charge of the playground, and when he saw Wu Xin, he asked, "Are you Cesare Cibo?" ”

Wu Xin was not surprised, there were less than a hundred apprentices on this playground, and most of the knights in charge should recognize that the fresh face was the newcomer, and he agreed: "Yes, my lord, I'm Cesare Cibo." ”

The knight opened the weapon cabinet in front of him and asked Wu Xin, "Do you use a heavy crossbow or a light crossbow?" ”

"I won't use it, huh?" Wu Xin was a little confused, since the other party knew who he was, then he should know that he was a spellcaster, how to let himself practice this.

"If you haven't used it, then light the crossbow." This knight was also French, and he had a cold attitude towards Wu Xin. "This is twelve crossbow arrows, twelve is your quota, you can consume these every month, and you have to buy the excess part, ten coppers one, five light crossbows, Father Erlan has already paid for you."

Since he had already paid the bill, although Wu Xin was a little confused, he accepted it unceremoniously.

This crossbow is well-made, and the most obvious point is that there is not a single burr on the fuselage, which shows that the craftsmen are very strictly supervised, and the twelve crossbow arrows are also cold, and there is not a trace of rust on the iron arrows.

Wu Xin realized that although the Knights Hospitaller had many problems, they still had a sense of distress because they had been facing huge pressure for a long time.

In addition to the light crossbow and crossbow arrows, there was also a small white solid leather bag inside, Wu Xin sniffed it and it should be some kind of grease.

"Spellcasting materials are so expensive, they are only occasionally used in training, and most of the time, you warlocks and mages use crossbows in training." Seeing Wu Xin's confusion, Seymour explained to him why the warlock should be equipped with a light crossbow, and after thinking about it, he said to Wu Xin again.

Wu Xin looked at the playground and found that there was a place where there were several targets, which should be the shooting area.

Several knight apprentices were practicing their bows and arrows, but no one else was seen wielding a crossbow.

In the entire playground, there were no knights who acted as instructors at this time.

Seymour says he can help: "I can teach you that two hours after sunrise, most weapons will have their corresponding knights trained. It's all free practice at this time, and although I don't use the crossbow much, I can still teach you a little basic technique. ”

His own weapon is a long sword, but Wu Xin has no intention of refusing, anyway, this should only be a support skill.

And the other party still has the intention of being close, Wu Xin directly expressed his acceptance: "Then it will trouble you." ”

There are a total of three grass targets in the shooting area, and only one person is practicing, which should be a ranger.

Wu Xin and Seymour found another target and began to practice.

Seymour was not in a hurry to start shooting: "I'm not really good at shooting with a crossbow, but I'm a little better at how to care for and maintain a crossbow than shooting." The chief commander has always been against the use of wooden practice arrows, only using real crossbow arrows, although crossbow arrows can be used several times, but only the loss of hitting the target is small, if it is shot all the way to the stone slab, then the loss is very fast, ten copper can buy an iron crossbow arrow, so don't rush. ”

His movements are very skillful, Wu Xin is not worried that he can't pretend at all, and judging from his movements, his archery skills will not be too bad, and the opening remarks are just modest.

Seymour carefully examined the crossbow he had just bought: "Well, the bowstring and trigger are very good, and there is no trace of force on the drawbar, it is indeed new, and they did not dare to use a refurbished crossbow with the money paid by Father Ayrand." ”

Seymour picked up the bow and crossbow and oiled it with the grease that Wu Xin had just gotten.

While oiling, he said to Wu Xin: "As a spellcaster, shooting is not your main job, and your level must be very limited, so in battle, your main goal is not to shoot your own people." Remember, this is the key, when you are not sure, it is better to maintain deterrence than to shoot at random, you are holding a bow and crossbow, which will naturally put pressure on the enemy. ”

Seymour is clearly talking about the principle in skirmishes, and when there is a large formation, shooting at the crowd does not have this problem.

However, judging from the size of the Knights and the way they fought, skirmishes should account for the vast majority of cases.

He then explained a few key points of using a crossbow, how to bear weight on the shoulder, how to resolve recoil, and Wu Xin also wrote them down one by one.

"Alright, let's give it a try." Seymour explained for about half an hour before Wu Xin began the first test launch.

Just as Wu Xin picked up the bow and crossbow and aimed at the target, he was about to conduct the first test shot.

A disgusting voice he had just heard rang out again.

"Okay, what are you two doing in the shooting lane? Don't get out of the way yet. ”