When Maximinus opened the door, Salian and Estfaria saw a number of strange-looking plates in the room, all of which had distinct slivers on them, unlike the traditional ones that were as smooth as mirrors. One of the www.biquge.info most appealing to the two of them was a part of what appeared to be a breastplate, composed of three separate pieces of armor in the shape of a dome with willow nails, and the surface presented very intricate carved lines and ridges, and Salian saw the sparkle in Estfaria's eyes.

"Brother Meier, these are the new generation of plate armor that my family is developing, although the technology is not yet mature, but even the experimental products are much more protective than the traditional plate armor, I want to ask you to see how useful they are. ”

"Haha, little brother Max, your stuff surprises me so much, it seems that there will be no one on the battlefield in the future who is no match for the Grand Duke's army. Let me think about it, originally ordinary swords have no lethal power against plate armor, and magic attacks have nothing to do with the strength of the plate armor itself, it depends on the quality of the anti-magic alchemy coating and the built-in magic array. Among the long-range weapons, the ones that can penetrate or destroy three-millimeter plate armor are nothing more than magic guns, long-eared sniper bows, or several types of crossbows. In melee combat, they are either heavy weapons that can only be used by the hard-walled, such as large hammers or axes, or armor-piercing swords that are used by skilled warriors to attack gaps in plate armor. ”

"Oh, it's still the eldest brother who thinks thoughtfully, and it's right to call you here. So take a look at this breastplate, the most successful of our experiments for the time being. ”

"Oh my God, how beautiful the ridges and ornaments are on this, and the dome is so perfect!"

"Hehe, this highly decorative thing like a pleated bulge originally appeared to compete with the armor produced in Itkanlia in the south, but we later found that this shape can greatly increase the structural strength of the armor, so now we use as many pleated bulges as possible, but it is too difficult to take into account both folds and dome with the forging technology I have mastered, and it took half a year to build just the three pieces of dome armor spliced together with willow nails to protect the chest, but the effect is very good. To be honest, I've already experimented with a long-handled tomahawk, and the protection is even improved with a millimeter of thickness lowered. ”

"Well, that's no better, you must know that the scale of the war is much larger than before, and in the absence of so many war horses, there are more and more people fighting on foot, and with such a light armor, the time of battle can be greatly increased. ”

"Oh, Brother Meyer, I didn't even think of that, and sure enough, I was right to let you see. Haha, do you have any other comments?"

"According to what you said, it's very good against heavy weapons. ”

"I can only say that there are some improvements, because I don't have a master of rare weapons like chain hammers here, so I can't do experiments, but even if the plate armor can withstand the chain hammer, the people inside may not be able to withstand the strong impact, which I am still researching. ”

"Haha, it's already very good, it's a small probability event to encounter that kind of heavy hit, there are not many masters with both strength and skill, and now the biggest threat to plate armor on the battlefield is those long-range weapons, and the first consideration is to defend against their attacks. Salian couldn't help but raise his voice out of pride, but fortunately the young man didn't understand the meaning.

"Brother Meyer, you have a point. As a Schwartenn, you should know something about the Hohenstlingen family, right?"

Salian suppressed the surprise in his heart, but still replied to Max calmly and naturally.

"Of course, the Earl of the Frontier is the man of the year in our place. Although the reputation is not good, it is all gossip, but in fact he is a good man, honest and trustworthy, and Miss Alice knows very well. ”

"Hehe, of course, the Earl is not only a good man, but also very generous, and said that he would give me a magic weapon!"

"Oh, that's the kind of thing, I've heard that the Earl's own magic weapons are superb, Alice, you're so lucky!"

Salian spoke to Miss Tvey in a cordial tone, and Estherfaria was very pleased to hear this.

"In that case, Brother Meier, you must know that the Hohenstlingen family is very good at making weapons, and I have here a gear crossbow that they have made, and I heard my father say that he ordered it from his father, the current Earl of Hohensteringen, for three hundred florin gold coins, which at that time could buy ten sets of armor. However, it is said that this cross bow can penetrate all the plate armor of that era, and it is called the king of cross bows, so I don't know if it can penetrate this cuirass I made now. ”

Sally thought that he had only seen the blueprint of this crossbow, and had not touched the real thing, and he was really lucky to be able to see with his own eyes how his family's top-of-the-line weapons could deal with today's latest plate armor.

"What, Brother Max, you still have such a high-end collection in your house, I must take a look!"

"Well, I'll send someone to get it now. Guards, Guards, give my orders and fetch the crossbow from the arsenal on the first floor. ”

After a while, a mediocre-looking crossbow was delivered to Maximus. Salian couldn't wait to take the crossbow from his hand, Max laughed, he didn't know the connection between this weapon and Salian, he just thought it was the curiosity of an ordinary mercenary. He explained to him as he watched Salian fiddle with his crossbow.

"Brother Meier, don't underestimate this crossbow, although the size is small, but you should have noticed, its bow arm is not made of wood but made of metal, I heard that it contains magic titanium metal, and these magic titanium metal is not included in the price of three hundred gold coins, my father provided it to the producer for free, and its bowstring is made of unicorn hamstrings, which is also the material provided by my father, it can be imagined that it still has strong elasticity in the case of reduced size. The cleverly designed three sets of gears on it allow the average person to wind it with one hand. The gears on the first level can be adjusted in multiple gears, and as long as you have enough strength, you can complete the winding in three seconds, and for women and children with little strength, you can easily adjust to the slow gear, and the middle gear set allows you to rest during the winding without recoiling. ”

Listening to Maximinus's detailed introduction, Salian really couldn't laugh or cry in his heart, but he still pretended to be very happy and nodded frequently.

"Haha, little brother Max, let's hurry up and experiment, I can't wait!"

"No problem, there's the proving ground next door, let's go over. ”

They came to a large room next door, put the plate armor on a dummy mold, according to the distance marked on the ground, and at a distance of three hundred paces they first experimented, using ordinary triangular arrows, under the gaze of Salian and Estherfaria, the arrow wound by Maximus himself failed to break through the breastplate, which was also expected by Sallian, three hundred steps was the theoretical maximum range of the crossbow, and in the absence of gravitational acceleration, this distance was really not powerful。 Then they came to the two hundred paces to continue the experiment, this time the arrow fired made the dummy sway, but still did not shoot through the armor, Miss Witt looked at Salian and frowned slightly, Salian gave her another reassuring look.

At last they came to the eighty paces, which was the range of the crossbow's greatest advantage, and the result was still disappointing, although the arrow hung on the breastplate, but when they walked in, it was only pinched at the seam between the rivet and the plate armor. This time, Salian was in a cold sweat, but his endurance was very good, and he immediately adjusted his mentality.

"Congratulations, Brother Max, it seems that the bow and arrow are no longer capable of doing anything against your new plate armor. ”

"Hehe, thanks to the eldest brother for reminding me, I will have to improve the shape of the willow nails in the future, so that the effect will be better. ”

"Well, and the magic guns, Brother Max, this kind of thing is also a major threat. ”

"That's true, but I don't have such a thing here for the time being, let's get it in the experiment in the future!Haha, big brother, thank you so much today, let's go, Miss Anna should have picked out the armor too." ”

"Of course, you are the master here, and we will follow you. ”

As soon as Makminus stepped out of the door, Salian quickly gestured to Miss Werther, pointing to the plate armor experiments piled up on the table, and the clever Miss Werther immediately understood, and she quickly touched her emerald ring. When they left the room, there might have been something missing from the pile, but perhaps it hadn't really diminished due to the haphazard pile.

When they returned to the armor workshop office, Anna had already made her choices and was measuring her body with the help of several female employees, and Salian could tell that she was very happy.

"Meier, I've chosen, I want the set of plate armor you like, haha, and I also asked them to go outside and measure the dimensions of the Nightmare Beast, they said that they have never made the Nightmare Beast's horse armor, it may be a little difficult. ”

Hearing this, Makminus confidently said to Anna: "Miss Anna, please rest assured of this, I will personally supervise it to ensure that the quality of the horse armor is the same as your full body armor." ”

"Haha, Anna, you should rest assured, with the words of Brother Max, you will definitely be satisfied!"

"Alright, alright, now that the armor matter has been settled, then I'll take you to see the magic cannon, I think you must have been looking forward to it for a long time. Also, Brother Meier, you don't have to keep it a secret when you see the magic guide cannon, but you have to help me publicize it a lot, as a senior mercenary, you must have a lot of connections, right?"

"I understand that the Ruger family's investment needs to be returned, and it will take a long time to develop plate armor, and for the time being, things like magic guide cannons are tools for you to make a fortune!"

"Hehe, I can't hide anything from you, Brother Meier! In this way, I can make a whole set of armor and horse armor that Miss Anna fancied just now, what do you think?"

"Since you are so polite, little brother Max, then you will definitely do your best in the next, although this little energy in the next is very small. It would have been impossible for us mercenaries to afford such weapons. ”

"Brother Meier, you should be able to get in touch with the mercenary captains and adventurer leaders in the various mountains of the empire, I just need you to tell them that the Rokenhausen family is willing to sell the new magic cannon, through which they can let my real potential customers, that is, the princes who have the money to equip the magic cannon, know about this matter, and you don't have to worry about the rest of the matter." ”

"Heck, you're impressed with your business acumen! Well, everything will work out your way. ”

While talking and laughing, they left the armor workshop and came to another larger workshop not far away, although it covers a huge area, but the personnel are much smaller than the armor workshop just now, and the scorching high temperature emitted by the huge wind furnace made Salian and his party amazed, Salian thought that the smelting equipment needed for the magic guide cannon was really different from his petty fight, and he really suffered several blows today.

"Brother Meier, what is being made here is a kind of cannon that I named 'Warcraft', which needs to use eight tons of molten iron to pour the cannon body, you see we will pour the molten iron into the mold at one time, and when it cools, we will use the crane there to lift it, and then rely on the grinding drill driven by the hydraulic turbine to polish and polish the inner wall of the gun chamber, and then put it on the wooden gun carriage after completion. The gun carriage also had separate wheels attached to it, and could be moved by sixteen horses or other forces, of course, such a bulky weapon encounter was useless, but there was no wall in the whole world that could withstand the magic cannonballs fired by such a twenty-caliber monster. ”

Salian and Miss Werther listened patiently to Macminus's introduction, and Salian asked Miss Werther softly, "I don't think there's a way to get this thing back." Of course, Estherfaria gave Salian a good-looking look.

"It's just the manufacturing process, let's just understand a little bit, and then I'll show you the true power of this 'Warcraft'. ”

Then Makminus led them out of the factory and into an open field outside, where they saw several soldiers skillfully filling a "Warcraft" magic cannon ******, with a mountain of dirt behind the cannon supporting it, and in the distance there was a boulder that was supposed to be a target.

"The 'Monster' needs six soldiers to maneuver to launch, and it has to build a dedicated position because its recoil is too high, in addition to having a company of soldiers to guard it. Even with so many shortcomings, it's still very cost-effective, firing three hundred kilograms of magic cannonballs from here can destroy any stationary target two kilometers away, and the stone on the opposite side was actually originally part of a hill, and the last time I did the barrel durability experiment, that hill was shattered to pieces by the continuous firing of magic cannonballs, hahahaha!"

Seeing that the soldiers were ready to launch and were waiting for further orders, Markminus immediately made a gesture to them, and saw one of the soldiers light the fuse in the embrato, and then quickly put his hands on his ears and prostrate himself on the ground.

After a loud bang that made the earth tremble, Salian and the others were surprised to find that the boulder in the distance had vanished, leaving only the powerful elemental fluctuations that filled the air.

"This blow has the magical power of a forbidden spell, right? ”

"Yes, such a shelling can be fired up to five times in a row, but the cannon is scrapped, and it can be used a hundred times if each time is cleaned and cooled down at intervals. It takes half a year to make such a cannon, and you don't have to tell anyone about the cost, because I don't know it myself, hahahaha!"

"I understand that it is the Ruger family's business to negotiate the price. ”

"Hehe, big brother is a knowledgeable person. Alright, let's go back and rest. ”

They returned to the chamber laughing and laughing, and Yulia and Teresa continued their favorite topics, as if they had known each other for ten years.

According to Maximus's arrangement, he will leave Salian and his party here for the night, and he will ask the armor craftsmen to work overtime, and strive to complete Anna's full set of equipment at noon tomorrow, including the nightmare beast's horse armor. Although Anna's plate armor is a new hybrid with a very complex process, and there are many additional armors at Anna's request, it is only a day's work for a large factory that has adopted assembly line production.