Chapter 206: Anxiety (I)

Saleen said, pulling out a stack of drawings from a drawer. Spread it out on the table. Aini glanced at it and saw that these were all blueprints, all weapons and equipment.

"This is cavalry armor, this style, a thousand years ago, right?" Ani was a little strange, he picked up a drawing and asked Salin. This thing is too heavy and expensive to maintain. If it is understandable that Salin wants to form a cavalry brigade of two hundred people, he wants to form a large mercenary group. This armor simply does not make sense.

Such heavy armor must be used only by choosing a good war horse, ordinary horses are not physically fit, and the cavalry wearing this armor can only get on the horse before the charge, and can only put the armor on the chariot for transportation in peacetime, and rely on the help of auxiliary soldiers to put it on before the battle.

Good warhorses are expensive, even more expensive than some Warcraft. If Saleen does this, even if he only forms a flag regiment, I am afraid that it will cost him all his money.

At that time, the knight class was still there, and the Fourth Dynasty was extravagant, so it would design such expensive and gorgeous armor that was not practical. However, the Fourth Dynasty owned the entire continent. It was still very easy to put together a strong cavalry of a few thousand men. Saleen can't, although there are many places in the north that produce horses, but there are not many good horses that can carry this kind of armor.

Although the Caucasian demon wolf can also carry weight, once the demon wolf carries such a cavalry, the advantage of the demon wolf disappears. The power of this cavalry lies in its powerful impact, which can kill even heavy infantry. If the number of heavy infantry is insufficient, this kind of cavalry wearing nearly 100 pounds of armor can tear a hole in the position of the heavy infantry.

Salin smiled: "How could I make that kind of armor, even if there is a skeleton warhorse, I will not spend such unjust money." This is magic armor, made of alchemy, and weighs only about a dozen catties. ”

"Magic armor? Isn't that more expensive!"

"Magic armor is expensive because it creates magical attributes, as well as magic resistance. I have only one piece of armor, which is the sturdy technique, and this thing can't protect against a fireball. ”

"The cost won't be too low!"

"Cost, I found that the shells in the sea are good alchemy materials, and this thing can still be farmed. And the manufacture of this armor is very simple, Rex has hundreds of low-level mages and thousands of magic apprentices in his hands, even if he makes ten thousand sets, it is not a difficult thing. Salin's smile was meaningful, "Anyway, those magicians usually rely on this to cultivate, so I should provide materials for free." ”

Ani was completely speechless, and Saleen even had to make the most of Rex.

"But this thing can't defend against heavy weapons, right?" said Aini, who was from the Clyde family. Even though he had not been involved in weapon design, he could see at a glance the weakness of this armor.

Salin laughed and said, "This is not for generals, and the enemy is just an ordinary swordsman, not even a swordsman." If the enemy is really that strong, such as Zola, when he is holding a tear stain, even the saint-level armor can't defend against it, right?"

"That's right. Ani's face flushed.

"The main performance of this armor is to defend against bows and arrows, light weapons, and it is best against the enemy's cavalry, even if our warriors lose their horses, they can become powerful infantry with this armor. More than a dozen pounds of armor, of course, is not considered heavy infantry, and it does not affect the march. ”

"What is this?" Ani picked up another drawing, not understanding.

"The head of the spear can be used as a dagger, and the soldier carries a piece of fire glue with him, and as long as he has a suitable wooden rod, he can make a long spear in a minute. ”

"I know this, I mean this next to me. ”

"It's a torch. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The elemental mage uses magic powder as an incendiary agent, and the magic powder is diluted. Add sulfur and a little monster bone powder, and the power of burning is not small, but it is difficult to control and cannot be used for alchemy. This is a double-layered ceramic cylinder, with a magic array at the end, which only needs a magic apprentice to activate, and the flame that goes out can burn for at least a minute, and within five meters, there is nothing left. ”

"Five meters? Ani muttered, he knew that Saleen would not design useless things, but on the battlefield, the worst bows and arrows could shoot tens of meters away, and some infantry had spears of more than seven meters.

"It's not a field battle, this thing is erected on the city wall, and the enemy rushes up, and it burns in pieces. It's a pity that this powder is too unstable to be controlled, if only it could control the explosion. ”

Aini looked at a table of drawings and asked, "You designed these?"

"Almost, most of it was me who came up with it. ”

"It's a shame you didn't make weapons, hey, if the Clyde family had someone like you, the Williams family would have given up the weapons business a long time ago. ”

Aini found that the weapons designed by Saleen had limitations, but they had one thing in common: they were low in cost. This kind of weapon for soldiers is to be mass-produced, the price is too high, the nobles can't afford it, and you will naturally have no business.

A rough look at the drawings on the table. There are no less than 30 kinds of weapons used on the battlefield, from the large combined shield wall to the small water bottle used by soldiers to drink water, all of which are made of relatively cheap materials, and after low-level magic processing, they immediately have relatively high use value.

Ani was glad in his heart, most of the weapons here could only be made by Rex's magicians in the later stage, and the material processing in the early stage was the hardest and least profitable part. Even if Elaine gets this business, her income won't be too much. However, Elaine's temperament, I'm afraid she still puts her mind on hunting, and this business is dispensable.

Saleen promised to give two people a boat each, and Elaine would take over the business for Saleen even if she lost money.

Thinking of this, Aini suddenly asked, "Salin, the ship you promised us won't be also a new design, right?"

"yes, how do you know?" asked Salin curiously.

"Nonsense, you're going to let us test the ship's performance for you, what if something happens?"

"It's just a lifeboat. Salin replied patiently. He promised to give Aini and Elaine a boat, of course, not for nothing, first of all, the income from the first hunting trip to the Frozen Sea was Saleen's own. Then the two of them had to familiarize Salin with the performance of such a vessel. Otherwise, Saleen is not a philanthropic aristocrat, so why would he give away two high-value sea ships for nothing.

The cost of the wooden corsair captured by Saleen at the beginning was more than 10,000 gold coins, and the ships designed according to the standard of a warship were hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

"I don't care what happens to Elaine, if the boat you gave me sinks unexpectedly, you'll have to give me another one. ”

"Of course!" Salin agreed, then added, "I'll let you test it as long as there's something wrong with it." ”

"Salin, your skin must have solidified the stone skin technique. Ani said helplessly. But as long as Saleen's ship doesn't kill anyone, he's not at a loss. Because in the end he always gets a good boat.

Elaine can't be regarded as a loss, the ship that Saleen gave her must have been carefully made, at least it won't sink immediately, and even if something happens, it will take a few test voyages to find out. As long as the ship can go to the Frozen Sea once and come back safely, Elaine will be considered earned.

Saleen also did this to accumulate some experience for himself. He didn't have anyone on hand who was specialized in building sea boats, and he had to go outside to solicit them. There will definitely not be too many people recruited, and most of them have to be cultivated by themselves. It takes at least three years for a shipbuilder to mature. In the past three years, the workers have not been idle.

Saleen is also a Skochenian with pure blood, and he has a talent for business in his bones. He didn't have to calculate this kind of thing at all, and naturally thought of how to do it.

"Ani, I'm a magician, so I can't put too much energy into this, but there is no one around me who can help me, but fortunately, the design of these things also helps me understand magic. Otherwise I'm going to really go crazy. "Ever since he started building the city, Saleen has hardly slept normally, and has relied on meditation to regain his energy.

Meditation is not a complete substitute for sleep, and all magicians understand this. However, Salin always felt that there was not enough time, especially after meeting the black cardinal of the Holy See, he clearly knew that if he did not work hard, his previous hard work would be in vain, and the Holy See would send him to hell at any time.

For Saleen, money may not be important, but strength is. For the city to run safely, he must maintain a fleet from being attacked by the Holy See from the sea. How much does it cost to maintain a fleet? Although Salin did not know, he already knew that maintaining a warship would cost tens of thousands of gold coins a year.

These are the things he had to do, he had to think about them. If he had been the magic apprentice, he would still have a piece of bacon at every meal. Of course, there is no need to think so much about eating white bread for the purpose of life, but Salin is no longer the little beggar he used to be, and the purpose of his survival is no longer to fill his stomach.

Aini didn't know what to say, he understood Salin's pressure, but he couldn't help with this kind of thing. He also had to practice magic himself, and he knew how tight the time was. If you don't work hard, you may not be able to become a magician for the rest of your life. If you don't become a magician, you will live up to one hundred and twenty years. No matter what your origins are, you will also be reduced to dust.

"Forget it, Aini, how about we take a break, have some wine, and have a chat?" Salin extinguished the magic lamp on the roof and lit the tabletop magic lamp on the table. Of the huge room, only this one was lit. In the dark corner, within the eye sockets of eighty-seven skeletons, red soul fire danced in a soothing rhythm.

"Okay. Ani sat down again, and he had a lot of troubles in his heart, and he brought all his savings to the city, and he had feelings for the city. However, the situation on the mainland does not seem to be conducive to the development of this city, and the expeditionary force of the island country in the East China Sea is estimated to have already conquered Lianyun City, and its own investment may be lost.

Cut off by sea, cut off by land, Aini doesn't know where the hope is, what will happen tomorrow.