Chapter Forty-Eight: The Academy's Arsenal

Looking up at the blue-gray tower, the figure peeking out of the window above was none other than Dean Levins, and Lorist stroked his chest and bowed half-before turning away.

Yesterday Lorist received a letter from Dean Levens asking him to meet him in the Dean's office this morning.

After today's meeting, Dean Levens was very polite, he said that he already knew that Lorist was about to leave and return to the Northland to inherit the family domain, which was a good thing, and he wished Lorist a great lord in advance. Then Dean Levens told Lorist that there was a batch of old armor and riding spears in the academy's arsenal to be scrapped or auctioned, and Lorist might as well go and have a look, and if he liked, he could buy them, which might help Lorlist's journey north.

Lorist thanked Dean Levens, took off the double gold teaching badge on his chest and placed it on the table, he didn't know when he would return to Moriente City when he left for the Northland, and he said that he would always remember the ten good times he spent at Dawn Academy.

Dean Levens stroked the gold badge for a long time, and then handed it to Lorist: "Take it back as a souvenir, don't talk about resignation or anything, you are the legend of Dawn Academy, let's be an honorary teacher first, Dawn Academy welcomes you back whenever it is." ”

After bidding farewell to Dean Levins, Lorist went to the academy's arsenal, where basically the weapons and training equipment of the knight and swordsman specialties were kept. For example, the training swords used by Lorist for the students in the sword training class are also received from here.

Uncle Kuzm, the head of the arsenal, was clearly prepared, and after greeting him, he took Lorist to a storeroom, which was already stuffed to the brim.

"There are a total of three hundred and twenty training horses here, and the tip of the spear is the blade of the charge. There are also 700 training swords, and the blade is a real killing weapon. In addition, there were three hundred training obelisk shields, one hundred and fifty crossbows, twenty-four sets of knightly body armor, and two hundred and twenty sets of plate armor for heavily armored swordsmen. Well, there are also eighty-two sets of riding armor, which can be regarded as special armor for scouts. Uncle Kuzm said.

Lorist was very happy, because everything here was eighty percent new, not dilapidated and about to be scrapped. Two days ago, Shi Fatzi reported to himself before he and Bodfinger went to the slave trading port of Nubit that there was no problem with the food, carriages, etc., but the weapons and equipment were a bit troublesome, one was the high price, and the other was that the variety was not complete. Weapons such as long swords and heavy swords are still available when they are folded, but there is no good armor, and most of the leather armor on the market is worn by mercenaries, and there are not many metal armors and they are very expensive. There is not enough time for customization. He asked Lorist to pay more attention to it, and if there was one, he would buy one, and the problem was solved.

"Uncle Kuzm, why do we have so many plate armor in our academy? I remember that our academy doesn't have a heavy armor swordsman major? And what is the matter with those riding armors? I've never seen them before. Lorist asked.

"Hehe, Locke, have you forgotten that our academy merged the Yellow Ribbon Academy, these plate armors are all equipment from the warehouse of the original Yellow Ribbon Academy, and they were accepted by us. It's just that there were very few students who came to our academy last semester to sign up for the heavy armor swordsman major, so the academy is ready to cancel this major. In this way, these plates will not come in handy. I wanted to put it up for auction, but the dean said that you might use it, so I'll let you see it first. Uncle Kuzm explained with a smile.

Lorist smiled embarrassedly, he forgot that the Yellow Ribbon Academy was originally focused on the training of butlers and swordsman guards, and it was not surprising to have these special plate armor for heavily armored swordsmen.

"As for these riders...... Uncle Kuzm touched his chin and fell into memory, "I don't know what to say." In fact, these eighty-two sets of riding armor can also be said to be a kind of failed experiment, and they have been stored in the academy's treasury for nearly ten years. But the storage is very good, the same as new. ”

"Failed test subject?"

"Yes, it's been fifteen years. At that time, there was a book on the knightly profession that caused widespread debate, and the book boldly predicted the decline of the heavy knights, believing that the cavalry of the future must be based on fast, flexible, light and long-range attacks, rather than the hedging of heavy armored knights in the current popular confrontation between two armies. The book also uses scouts as an example, in one battle, scouts were used as light cavalry to cover the battlefield, and their kills and injuries far exceeded those of the heavily armored knights who charged into battle, which illustrates the importance of scouts. The book also envisages that if a light cavalry is formed mainly by scouts to attack and harass a heavy knight, which side will win?"

At that time, the instructors of the academy's knight profession were very hotly debated, and the academy's senior management was also very interested, believing that if the predictions in this book came true, then the knighthood profession would be turned upside down, and if so, the sooner the study of the tactics of the light cavalry would be able to grasp the opportunity, and even take the lead after the light cavalry tactics became popular. Therefore, a sum of money was allocated to ask the instructor of the armor protection major of the academy to design and manufacture this light riding armor according to the characteristics of the scouts. The original plan was to build one hundred and fifty sets and form a squadron of light cavalry for tactical exercises. As a result, the Battle of Blancheco took place, and the 30,000 light cavalry of the Havestan Khanate were defeated by the 5,000 heavily armored knights of the Romon Empire, suffering heavy casualties, and less than 4,000 people fled back. So the book became a joke, and the academy terminated the hussar program, and the eighty-two sets of hussar armor that had been made have been kept in the storehouse until now. Uncle Kuzm said.

"Oh, that's what happened. Lorist said as he opened a chest and pulled out a piece of so-called hussar armor. As soon as he looked at it, Lorist understood.

The popular heavy-armored knights wear close-fitting chain mail before going into battle, and then put on full-body armor, which is extremely defensive. And Lorist had heard from Marin that the scouts of the city defense army were basically close chain mail and a leather armor on the outside, which was similar to the scout equipment of other countries in Guelintea.

The hussar armor that Lorist held in his hand was a combination of chain mail and plate armor, with a chest and shoulders of a whole piece of plate armor, and an arm waist and abdomen of chain mail. The advantage is that it has more defense than the active scout equipment, and it is lighter than the knight's full-body armor. The disadvantage is that it looks a little weird, and it is both plate armor and chain mail, when the plate armor always feels that the defense is not enough, and when the chain mail can't put another layer of armor on the outside, it will be too bulky. No wonder it has been in the warehouse for more than ten years. But Lorist doesn't mind, this armor is very good as a scout armor.

"Well, Uncle Kuzm, I want all of this, and how much is the academy going to sell it to me?" asked Lorlist.

Uncle Kuzm was stunned, and then became happy: "You want it all?" The dean also said that if you don't want it, you will take it to auction, it would be great if you wanted it all, and I would save myself from running to the auction house and grinding my teeth with them. You wait, I'll figure it out. ”

"Three hundred and twenty training lances, one large silver coin, sixteen gold coins in all. Seven hundred training swords, four large silver coins each, a total of one hundred and forty gold coins. Three hundred obelisks for training, and ten large silver coins each, for a total of one hundred and fifty gold merits. One hundred and fifty training crossbows, one gold coin, a total of one hundred and fifty gold coins. Twenty-four sets of knight armor for training, a set of fifteen gold coins, a total of three hundred and sixty gold merits. Two hundred and twenty sets of training plates, a set of ten gold coins, a total of two thousand two hundred gold coins. Eighty-two sets of light cavalry armor, even if you count it as a set of ten gold coins, it cost more than thirty gold coins to make a set back then, a total of eight hundred and twenty gold merits. This adds up to a total of three thousand eight hundred and thirty-six gold coins. "Uncle Kuzm has good calculations and quickly came up with the final result.

"By the way, Uncle Kuzm, can I borrow the Academy's arsenal repair office to repair these weapons? I want to put all the riding guns on the blades, the training sword to sharpen, the shield to cover with a thin layer of stainless steel, and then arrange the armor and cast my family crest on it, and I will add additional money. Lorist was grateful, because Uncle Kuzm had quoted him a third or a quarter of the price of similar equipment out there.

"Of course, these guys in the academy are on vacation and have nothing to do, and they get together every day to either bet or drink, and they are happy to have a chance to make extra money. Kuzm smiled and agreed.

"Well, I'll bring someone over in the afternoon, and he knows how to make badges. Well done I can give an extra bonus to the repair shop. By the way, Uncle Kuzm, is it okay for me to wait three days before I pay?" said Lorlist.

Uncle Kuzm nodded, "No problem, Locke." ”

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In the past two days, it has cost me more than 1,000 to buy 300 weapons and dozens of pieces of armor, and now there is only one choice, to sell the building he took over, so that he can have money to pay for this batch of equipment. Lorist muttered to himself, gritting his teeth when he thought of the dead fat man, and forced himself to be a lord alive, which was really unreasonable.

In the afternoon, Lorist took Sedcamp to the academy's arsenal, and after explaining the matter to him, he went to the Crow Tavern alone to find El. After waiting for most of the day, El hurried to arrive, and was surprised to hear that Lorist wanted to sell the building he had just arrived, so he asked why.

Lorist told him about his current lack of money to buy equipment, and said that you can go out later.

After a while, El returned, handed Lorist a small box, and opened it to see that there were fifty gold dollar scrolls inside.

El said to Lorlist, "Brother, this is all my brother's savings, and you earned most of them for me. I know you won't take my money for nothing, so let's count me as borrowing from you, and the mortgage will be the building. You write an agreement that if you don't pay back the money after 10 years, the building will be mine. In addition, the rent of that building now has about 70 gold coins a year, which should be used as interest for my brother, what do you think?"

"Okay, that's it. El. Thank you for doing my brother a great favor. "Lorist was grateful.

El sighed: "It's nothing, anyway, my brother's money is also there." If you don't worry too much, my brother would also want to go to the Northland with you. That damn fat man was so disgusting in front of his brother. ”

Two days ago, Shi Fatzi and Bodfinger brought a dozen old students of the Sword Society who were willing to follow everyone to the Northland to prepare to go to Nubit Harbor, and before leaving, Lorist held a banquet at the Red Crow Tavern to see them off. Later, El came, and Shi Fatzi said to Elle, from now on you have to call me a knight, because I am a nobleman and you are a commoner, and you have to be respectful to me. On the spot, El was so angry that he smoked.

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After saying goodbye to El, Lorist hurried back to Dawn Academy and went to the arsenal to find Uncle Kuzm to pay the bill. He was afraid that he would have a lot of dreams at night, and if he really paid the bill three days later, there would be any leaks in this batch of weapons and equipment.

Uncle Kuzm smiled and said, "I thought you didn't have the money, I didn't expect you to have it so soon." Looks like you're in need of this equipment. ”

Lorist smiled bitterly: "Uncle Kuzm, you know that the journey to the Northland is not smooth now, and Shi Fatzi is preparing an army to escort me back." This batch of weapons and equipment from the academy can be said to have helped me a lot. ”

Uncle Kuzm thought for a moment and said, "Then come with me, there are two more warehouses here for you to see, maybe they can come in handy." ”

Turning left and right with Lorist to the back of the arsenal, there were two large stone houses. Uncle Kuzm opened the door, and Lorist looked inside, and the ground was full of wreckage, and the piles of debris on the ground were half a man high.

Uncle Kuzm said: "This is a place where discarded weapons and equipment are piled up, and the things that the repair office thinks cannot be repaired or are too troublesome to repair are thrown here and ready to be scrapped, and they are cleaned up once in a few years. In fact, there are some things that can come in handy. You see, for example, this spear blade has been changed to a spear head that can be used as a throwing spear. Locke, if you want, you can choose what you want here, and you don't need money. You can add some drink money to the guys at the repair shop, and they'll be happy to fix it for you. ”

Lorist was delighted, grabbed Kuzm's hand and shook it vigorously: "Thank you, thank you, Uncle Kuzm, you have done me a great favor." ”

Uncle Kuzm smiled: "Tap and tap, uncle's old bones can't stand the toss." Yes, this is the key to the gate, you can always bring someone here to clean it up. ”

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After dinner, Lorist sends Telman and Yuri to the study and tells Uncle Kuzm about letting him clean up his arsenal.

Telman said that this was great, and that there were thirty-eight old students in the academy who were willing to follow the adults to the Northlands. Two days ago, Knight Schreed and Knight Bodfinger had taken twelve men to the port of Nubit. Originally, in two days, Yuri was also going to take a group of people to his hometown of the Havistan steppe, where he was going to purchase a batch of war horses. This allowed Yuri to bring a few fewer people, and let Telman take the rest to clean up the academy's arsenal.

Before leaving, Shi Fatzi also gave Yuri 3,000 gold fords, and asked Yuri to purchase at least 200 war horses. But a war horse in Morent City is at least thirty or forty gold coins or more. So Yuri is going to take people back to his hometown and buy a batch of war horses directly on the grassland, saving him a lot of money from being made by those black-hearted horse dealers.

Lorist shook his head, Yuri will be going for about a month this time, so it's better to bring more people, so as not to have any accidents. To clean up the academy's arsenal, you can hire a dozen or so of the students who go out to work and let them clean it up, and Telman only needs to distinguish between those that can be used and those that are discarded. As for myself, I will often watch it in the past, after all, I can't leave the academy now, and I have to make my own decisions about many things.

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Telman led the men to clear the arsenal for three days, and sent someone to call Lorist.

Lorist looked over and saw that the two large houses had been cleared for the most part, and it would be done in three days. There was a mountain of weaponry that Telman had cleared out and thought was useful.

Telman saw Lorist looking at the weapons and equipment, and said a little embarrassed: "My lord, these are just the things that are preliminarily screened out and thought to be usable, in fact, they still have to be selected, and there may be less than a third of them that can really be repaired." We called you because we found these crossbows inside, and they were still intact, but for some reason they were thrown here. I don't know if we can take it, this thing is very useful for our northward journey. ”

Lorist then found that there were twelve crossbows placed in a line next to the garbage mountain, except for the lack of crossbow strings, the other parts were very well preserved, and they did not look worn, especially the bow arm, which was made of unknown materials, black and shiny. This is a small crossbow for vehicles, usually mounted on logistics supply vehicles for long-range defense, but I don't know how so many crossbows are thrown in these two waste warehouses.

Lorist invited Uncle Kuzm over, and Uncle Kuzm looked at the twelve crossbows and thought for a long time before he had an impression, and then went back and took out a yellowed book of animal skin paper, and turned it halfway before saying, "Yes, here it is." ”

These twelve crossbows were specially designed and manufactured by the instructors and students of the college's bow and crossbow manufacturing major eight years ago in order to participate in the ordnance procurement of the city defense army. Although the design and manufacture are very good, because there are too many people to operate, this crossbow needs three people to control, one person to drive, one person to aim and shoot, and one person to wind up the arrow and lose the selection. That's why it's abandoned here.

Uncle Kuzm said, "Take it if you need it, you see, the crossbow has been written on the roster." But you'll have to match this crossbow string yourself, and there's no suitable one in the arsenal for this thing. ”

Lorist and Telman were overjoyed, with these twelve crossbows, there was an additional force guarantee on the way north.