Chapter Thirty-Eight: More Kobolds (Five Watches)
The technology of casting iron cannons in Lisbon may be a little worse, but the skill of wielding a file is still qualified. A group of craftsmen from the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info were urgently summoned, followed by priests and holy water......
A few days later, a batch of cannons, full of scratches and gnawed by dogs, were transported to various fortresses.
I don't know why, the big guys above call these cannons 'leprosy cannons', never mention their origins, and avoid them.
The soldiers were also panicking, and the name 'leprosy cannon' was apt...... These scarred cannons look uncomfortable, not to mention, iron cannons have always been famous for blowing up their chambers!
But everyone doesn't like to play with Spain, the 'first wrongdoer in Europe' and the 'first religious maniac in Europe', so the War of Independence must be had, and in order to win, these cannons are used with gritted teeth......
Then, unexpectedly, there were more and more 'leprosy cannons' of unknown origin, which almost became the absolute main force of the army, appearing in various battlefields, and even exported out of Portugal to other countries...... Of course, that's for later.
After August, kobolds enter a dormant period. With the exception of small-scale operations to consolidate the areas they occupied, all other military activities have ceased.
On the one hand, the weather is too hot to toss. On the other hand, everyone has a lot of things to do, and they are not in the mood to mess around.
Before, 20,000 people were picked up in a daze, and some problems were exposed. We had a small meeting to discuss the next steps for the development of the 'Doug White North India Joint Stock Company'.
Liu Jingtian: "Although the old man did not personally participate in this battle, I also feel that there are not enough manpower...... Now that it occupies a city, plus a hundred kilometers of alluvial plains, it will not dare to expand, and 10,000 dog heads will not be able to do anything at all!"
Xu Ping'an: "Yes, a kobold is such a small person, and if you see it more, there will be no deterrent." One kobold managing three humans is basically the limit. Although it is in good order now, it is a lot of intelligent people among the indigenous people, who are in managerial positions. If one day, they go on strike, we're really a little scrambling......"
Tesfil is tired these days, and the little sister Guan Renxiu is also tired enough because she has been with her. However, as for the expansion of manpower, it is agreed with both hands and feet: "Pull teeth, big bang! A nature reserve needs so many kobolds to guard, and we have a big gap in manpower! Don't worry, I use transfiguration to turn you into a troll every day, so it's trivial to regenerate dozens of teeth a day!, even if there are only thirty dragon tooth soldiers a day, there are 10,000 a year!"
Liu Jingtian: "......"
Brother Long: "Have you forgotten that Hassan? He is so fierce! It is said that one person killed hundreds of big turbans! I think of a sentence: I am Hassan in society, and people don't talk much!"
Liu Jingtian: "I know the next sentence! The chest is broken with a big stone, and the chrysanthemum opens the cap!"
Xu Ping'an: "There's a girl here, Sven Dot! Look at this line: Africa is chaotic or not, Hassan has the final say!"
Everyone: "This can be had!"
Guan Renxiu couldn't laugh, and said: "When I was trading arms, I looked at him from a distance, and he looked a little like that person...... Hmm, Gorda Statham?"
Brother Long: "No, no, no! Guo Dastatham has a Chinese face, his face is very long, I always feel it, where have I seen it......"
Liu Jingtian scratched his chin and recalled: "The old man has also seen him! Specially flew far away to see his true face, you have to believe the old man's eyesight! Where have you seen his long face...... vaguely looks like singer Yang Kun, but the eyes are wrong, Yang Kun's small eyes are still a little cute. That Hassan, his eyes are deeper......"
Brother Long: "It's a bit like a Tibetan fox!"
Everyone: "......"
However, Hassan ran away, so don't worry about it, it's still quite scary to have such a ruthless person by his side.
Everyone discussed it for a while, and felt that it was the right thing to do next, don't toss it next, and brush more dog heads. However, Brother Long suddenly mentioned one thing: "I heard that Portugal has ruined my art...... Is there such a thing?"
"Uh...... Herpes cannons, right? That's people's freedom, right, don't you toss......"
"What are you kidding! You people who play with equipment don't know what the art of cannon is! Why do some people collect stamps, but not cannons? Because other cannon casters don't have artistic cells! I've decided to make anime serials for the cannons, and see if they are reluctant to file them! Let's have a meat fan first!"
Brother Long is also very good sometimes, maybe it is the arrival of puberty? The name of Lisbon's 'leprosy cannon' came back to Agadir, and he immediately quit doing it, and simply soaked in the cannon factory, vowing to make some epoch-making works of art......
The old man has never seen an otaku collecting cannons...... Something like a gun, forget it, go with you. ”
Liu Jingtian and Xu Ping'an are very busy, needless to say animal activists such as Tersfeier, and they have to catch those fish that slipped through the net in the mountains, and they have to keep an eye on the shipbuilding industry, fantasizing that one day they can go to sea to catch dodos, and it is difficult for the two little girls.
The first batch of kobolds were also launched silently during this time.
However, at present, there is no trade activity, and these simple boats are only used as fishing boats - mainly fishing for sharks, sardines, swordfish and other big guys, these big guys can also summon dragon tooth soldiers, and they come out with whiteboards and elites, no cannon fodder dog heads.
On the other hand, because of the establishment of the Bao (no) protection (people) area (district) all the way to the east, the population increased by 20,000, and Liu Jingtian also had to be busy with Xu Ping'an to settle these guys.
In addition to the most common farmers, there are also many craftsmen from all walks of life. While holding a guild for them, they investigated the price of goods in this world, and found an interesting thing: iron in this world is very expensive!
At first, I just thought that local supplies were scarce and all depended on imports. Now that I have had more contact with the 'business representatives', I have found that iron is also hard currency!
The price comparison between copper and fine iron can even reach 1 to 2!
Better quality steel, even more expensive than copper, some are close to silver!
There is even more ruthless, Damascus patterned steel, which is more expensive than silver of equal weight!
I don't know, is it so pitiful in the Middle Ages, or is this world more strange, gold, silver and copper are too worthless......
When Liu Jingtian learned about it, he was taken aback: "The old man wants to trade! This is more money than robbery!"
Therefore, the industrial plan must be adjusted immediately: the goal in the future is to develop the steel industry and export for livestock!
Then the problem is, there is no iron and coal mine in the local area! Raw materials and markets are both outside, and the Portuguese will be slaughtered as pigs. Liu Jingtian opened the map of the middle school brought by Guan Renxiu and looked for mineral resources......