Chapter 266: Waiting

The sails of the fleet gradually disappeared on the edge of the sea and air, and they were never seen again.

Only three battalions of 9,000 men were sent to the island of Hilovas for reinforcements this time, and the ships were too few to transport so many. If it weren't for the addition of eight whaling ships, Sambarwood's fleet would have carried more than 4,000 troops at a time, even if there were two more large ocean-going armed merchant ships newly launched from the Cow Horn Bay Shipyard.

Lorist wanted to lead the team himself, but was stopped by Boderfinger and other men. Bodfinger said that you can't do anything, and you can't do everything alone, and we, as retainers, sit back and enjoy the success, which will be a shame for us knights.

Moreover, with the nature of the slave traders and slave catchers of the Haneyabada Kingdom, they rarely stay for more than a month when they rob and plunder a place, maybe when the fleet arrives on the island of Hilowas, the island will already be empty, and it is a waste of time for the adults to run in vain, so it is better to wait for our news in the family territory and deal with the affairs of the family, and always running outside will delay many things in the family territory......

Bodfinger said it tactfully, but Lorist understood what he meant, he was safe in the Northland here, and if he didn't stay in the family territory for a long time, maybe the three allies would have something to think about. At the end of last year, the four parties were received by Bodfinger and Speer, and this year he has to show up anyway.

As for Lorist's concern about encountering the enemy on Hilovas Island, Bodfinger smiled and said that it was not a big deal, according to the reports of the family soldiers and guards of the third battalion of the guards who survived, the enemy's large army was a rabble, and the only thing to worry about was those great sword masters. However, this time they went to the island of Hilovas with two heavily armored barracks and a one-wheeled steel crossbow battalion, and after forming a military formation, even the great sword master did not dare to face its front.

Bodfinger believed that if the enemy was few or had already left Hilowas, the strength of the three battalions would sweep the island and deal with the aftermath. If the enemy is still entrenched on the island of Hilowas, then Bodfinger will take up a position to fight the enemy and wait for reinforcements. At that time, at the speed of the Flying Fish of Dawn, it will only take ten days to bring Lorist to the island.

Joining the fleet for reinforcements on Hilois Island were five of the Norton Family's Golden Knights, in addition to Bodfinger, Joske, and Sambarwood, as well as Tiger Ross, who was stalking, and Yuri, who had just been promoted to Golden Knight. In addition, there are two people with special missions, Tagger and El, who are in charge of forming the Volibell Investigation Bureau.

The order given to them by Lorist was that if the island of Hilovas was recovered, they would go to the city of Moldon, and go to the Kingdom of Haneabada through the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, find out the whereabouts of those who were taken captive, and find a way to save the captured family knights and civil officials, and most importantly, find out the whereabouts of Shi Fatzi and others, and by the way, investigate the military power of the Kingdom of Haneabada and all the big slave owners and slave traders, and the situation of the slave catchers......

The sea breeze blows in your face, with a faint smell of sea. This is the horn-shaped cliff of Hornhorn Bay, and it is this semi-circular arc cliff that envelops Hornhorn Bay and forms a tranquil bay that is not afraid of the wind and waves outside. With nearly a thousand laborers, the family carved a path to the top of this cliff, and prepared to build a lighthouse at the very edge of this cliff, so as to bring light and guidance to the lost ship on a dark night without a silver moon.

Lorist went to the top of this cliff to see off the fleet, second, to see the location of the lighthouse, and thirdly, he had his own plan in mind, to see if he could build a fort on this cliff in the future, so that he would not be afraid of a foreign fleet attacking Oxhorn Bay and the harbor city.

The fleet was gone, and Lorist walked inside the cliffs and looked out at the harbour city and Cowhorn Bay below.

The harbour city is still bustling with people on construction sites, and the family's setbacks on Hilovas Island have not affected the development of the new city. This time, Lorist arranged for more than 700 residents of Shiratori Town to flee here, and the cries of those refugees who missed their relatives were heard from time to time in the past two days......

On the other side of Oxhorn Bay is a shipyard that is getting bigger and bigger, and from the top of the cliff, you can see that the keels of five ships are lined up in the open space of the shipyard, and countless workers are toiling around the keels like ants around the food, and in a few months, these five new ships will be launched into the family's cutting-edge warships.

On the dock of the Cowhorn Bay Shipyard, there is also a larger warship similar to the Flying Fish of Dawn, this is the family's new large three-masted schooner battleship Storm, one hundred and twenty-eight good men selected from all the sailors are familiar with the maneuverability of this new ship, and when Sambarwood returns this time, this Storm will be equipped with twenty-four bronze cannons, becoming a veritable storm at sea, invincible warship......

"Marek ......," said Lorist, "this time I want to transfer half more veterans from your chariot steel crossbow corps to join the unicycle steel crossbow corps, and speed up the formation of the unicycle steel crossbow corps, and I want to deploy the unicycle steel crossbow corps to the island of Hilowas." ”

The expressionless Malek was silent for a moment, then replied, "My lord, can I make a suggestion?"

"Oh, you name it. Lorist didn't expect the iron-faced Malek to say this, and was stunned for a moment.

"My lord, I know that Dorus is very close to you, but the burden you have given him is too heavy, and he has been running around with you a lot, which is very detrimental to his personal cultivation. Malek hesitated and continued: "Dores used to be the deputy commander of the Chariot Steel Crossbow Corps, as my deputy, I know him very well, and I have also competed with him, his talent is good, but he has stayed in the silver three-star rank for too long, and he has not entered the country for three years. What he needs is time to train himself so that he can be promoted to the Gold Rank in two or three years.

My lord, I understand your intention to form the Wheeler Crossbow Regiment, and you will not let go of the great slave owners and slave traders in the Kingdom of Haneabada, and the day the Wheeler Crossbow Regiment is formed is the day you set out to conquer the Kingdom of Haneyabada. I hope that your lord will exchange Dorus and me for a seat, and let me be the commander of the Wheelwheel Crossbow Regiment, and follow you on the expedition.

My lord, I think this is the best of both worlds, the Chariot Steel Crossbow Corps is responsible for the defense and sortie missions of the Northland family's territory, the Northland has been the world of our Norton family and three allies in the past few years, and there will be no turmoil in the next few years. As the commander of the chariot steel crossbow corps, Dorus just had time to practice well and raise his personal cultivation to the ......"

"Flutter" Lorist couldn't help laughing, Malek said that it wasn't because he couldn't bear the loneliness of staying in the chariot steel crossbow corps without fighting, but the excuse he made was very reasonable, Dorrest should practice hard and be promoted to the gold rank as soon as possible, so that Lorist would not be able to gossip about him.

"Why do you think I'm going on an expedition to the kingdom of Haneabada?" Lorist asked.

"My lord, we are the roaring and angry bears of the Northland, and the family has never been beaten with a big mouth and endured in silence, and from what I know about adults, it is not the kind of character that swallows their anger, and they must take revenge, and judging from the means by which they executed the captured sailors of the kingdom of Haneabada, this revenge will not only be doubled, but also ......cruel," Malek replied.

"Uh......" This sounds so awkward, doesn't it mean that I am narrow-minded and will be repaid? Lorist frowned and thought for a long time, and decided to give up thinking from this aspect, Malek's personality is still very clear, his character is like this, straight to the point, tell the truth.

"That, Malek, in fact, I have a purpose for you to be the commander of the Chariot Steel Crossbow Corps, and there are only a few of you in the family Golden Knight, although there are more Telman, Yuri and Sambawood now, but I think it is still not enough, putting you and the Chariot Corps in the family territory is to use your reputation as a golden knight so that others dare not underestimate the family armed forces of our Norton family. Lorist said.

"My lord, the two spear regiments of Tiger Ross were stationed in Xing'an Yuan and Honghe, and behind them was the Rock Castle, and a garrison brigade was formed in the front and back cities of the Rock Castle, and there was also the first battalion of the guards of Paul Binns in the castle, and the first battalion of the guards guarding the treasury, and the knights of Telman were also there, and no one dared to underestimate our family armament.

The Chariot Steel Crossbow Corps has always been a secret from the outside world, and only the three allies know a little about it, so it doesn't matter if I'm not there. If the adults change the seats between me and Doreus, it can just stimulate Dores and make him understand that if he is not promoted to the gold rank, the adults will not be able to reuse him, so that he can work hard to cultivate......"

Well, Malek even resorted to the method of agitation in order to achieve his goal.

Lorist laughed: "Alright, Malek, you have convinced me, when this incident on Hilois Island is over, I will transfer Dorus back, and you will be the commander of the Singlewheel Steel Crossbow Regiment." Then you should pay close attention to the transfer of veterans from the chariot steel crossbow corps this time, but you can't go too far, so as not to affect the combat effectiveness of the chariot steel crossbow corps. ”

"Yes, I understand, thank you, sir. Malek bowed.

After descending the cliff, Lorist led Schward and a group of guards to the valley where Professor Bob's gunpowder laboratory was located in the Blade Mountains, where the rumbling of cannons could be heard in the distance.

Entering the valley, Professor Bob rushed over when he saw Lorist coming, and shouted in a red voice: "Lord Earl, I can't stand it, either you can change the location of the artillery fire, or get my laboratory to a quieter place!"

Belch...... This is another mistake, Professor Bob's gunpowder laboratory is located in the valley for Professor Bob to do his own gunpowder experiments and he doesn't think there's anything wrong with it, but if you put those cast bronze cannons here to train gunners, no one can stand the non-stop cannon sound......

"Okay, I'll let them change places right away!" Lorist shouted as he pulled his neck, otherwise no one could hear what was being said.

With a wave of his hand, he asked Schward to go over and order the gunners to stop practicing cannon firing and to be quiet for a while.

Finally, the sound of the cannons stopped, and there was a strong smell of gunpowder in the air.

Master Sid and Master Julien came down from the artillery training ground, both of them wearing scarves and earmuffs.

"Your Excellency, you're here. Master Sid said as he took off his earmuffs, "It's so quiet, I'm a little unaccustomed to the rumble." ”

"You two are crazy!" Professor Bob muttered loudly.

"Haha......" Master Sid and Master Yu Lian both laughed.

"My lord, the thirty-six bronze cannons that have just been cast have all been tested, and all of them are qualified. Now it's being given to the new gunners to practice. Master Sid added sighting devices to the bronze cannon, and the gunners mastered it quickly, and they could already hit five or six out of ten. Master Yu Lian reported.

"Thank you for your hard work. Lorist thanked him and asked, "By the way, have you made the gun carriage I mentioned?" These bronze guns need to be installed in the gun compartment of the ship, not on land, and need such a heavy solid gun mount. ”

Master Sid replied, "My lord, I did get it, but it wasn't the kind of wire spring gun carriage you depicted, and we failed many times to get the wire spring. Later, Master Falin thought that he could borrow from the large ballista system and use the belt made of tendon leather, which could also achieve the goal. We were experimenting with it just now, and so far the results are quite good, and there is no large displacement when the gun is fired. ”

"Okay, let's first equip the twenty-four bronze guns with the same gun mount, transport them to Hornhorn Bay, load the Storm, and let the gunners go on board to practice. The other twelve bronze cannons should also be practiced in a different venue, so as not to disturb Professor Bob here. Lorist said.

"By the way, my lord, there is another problem, those gunners reported that it is useless to shoot accurately on land, and when you get to the ship, the boat will rise and fall with the waves, and you may not be able to hit a single shot of ten shots at that time. So the gunners think it's useless to aim far and get to the ship now, do you have anything you can do?" asked Master Sid.

"Well, that's easy to solve. In his previous life, Lorist had seen a movie about the development of the navy in Russia during the tsarist period, and he still remembered very well the scene of how to train the gunners of a battleship: "After choosing a new training ground near the sea, the gun muzzle faced the sea, and several large swing racks were built, the area was the same size as the gun compartment on the ship. Move the bronze cannon to the swing shelf, put some small boats or wooden models on the sea surface of a few hundred meters, and float on the water, and use these as targets for artillery launching, and shake the swing first when firing to simulate the ups and downs of the wind and waves on the sea, so that the gunners will have experience after more practice, and they will be able to hit accurately at sea in the future......"

For the next ten days, Lorist was busy training the sailors and gunners of the battleship Storm, while dealing with the affairs of the family's domain in the harbor, and then anxiously waited for Bodfinger and the others to send back the news of the reinforcement of Shiloas Island.

There is also good news in the territory, Papa Balek worked hard in the paper mill for more than a month, and finally made white paper, Lorist rewarded the personnel who researched this white paper, and then instructed Papa Balek to expand the production workshop of this white paper, forming a series of production structures, such as the waste materials from the production of this white paper are just used to make plain paper, and then set up a paper cutting factory, which is to use this white paper to make folders of various specifications, notepads, blank picture albums and other finished products, and then take them out for trade and trading.

In addition to the success of the paper-making process, the Mancheni technicians of the glass production base also brought Lorist two new products, one was a gold-framed magnifying glass, and the gold handle was also delicately carved with patterns, which looked graceful and luxurious, needless to say, it must have been the work of the old silversmith.

The second is that the Mancheni technician made a beautiful pair of transparent teapots and teacups out of oil glass, and Lorist rewarded him and pointed out that the transparent teapots and cups look very elegant, which may not please some nouveau riche, and if you can carve some delicate gold patterns on the edges of these teapots and cups, then you can raise the price of these transparent tea sets and sell them for a higher price. Mancheni Technician departed inspired.

Seven or eight days later, just as Lorist was about to pierce it, the Flying Fish of Dawn appeared in the distance and sailed towards Oxhorn Bay.

...... (To be continued.) )