When Wayne finally returned to the Lord's Mansion to rest, he saw Reverend Merris waiting in the living room. Wayne sensed something was wrong. Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief.

Merris greeted him warmly.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, I didn't expect Young Master Wayne to recover so quickly. It's not a loss that he is the son of the Count of Niels, and in terms of physical health, he can catch up with him back then. ”

Wayne replied skillfully, "Pastor Merris is also in good spirits, and it seems that he usually sings praises to the Father. He was sheltered by the Father. ”

Merris felt that Wayne was not the same as before, as if he was more sleek.

"Master Wayne, I heard that you defeated the mage yesterday with a secret weapon. I want to see it. ”

Wayne instantly understood what Merris meant.

The Church of this world is also a behemoth, with its own territory, its army. Build churches in the name of God.

And this church is not a showmanship, they will be a kind of magic. This magic heals illness and restores wounds. However, this magic is not offensive, causing the magic to be pressed by magic and unable to raise its head all the time. This is also the reason why the church and the magic association are incompatible, if it weren't for the fact that the magic association doesn't care much about the world, the so-called church would have become a real showmanship.

This in turn led to the fact that the Church was always defeated when it encountered the kingdom armies of the Magi. For thousands of years, the church has been looking for ways to defeat magic.

This time Merris found himself, and it was inevitable. After Wayne made up his mind, he decided to blackmail the church, he didn't believe in God.

"Yes, Pastor Merris. I call this secret weapon a cannon, and that's how I used it to defeat the magician. ”

Merris's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said to Wayne with a red face, "Young Master Wayne, I want to see this secret weapon, and I will see it immediately." ”

Merris stood up and tugged at Wayne's sleeve, but found that he couldn't pull it. Looking back, Wayne took a sip of tea calmly. Only then did he come to his senses, when did this Wayne become so cunning.

After Merris sat down, Wayne spoke slowly, "Pastor Merris, I won't talk too much nonsense. I can show you the artillery, and I can also provide the artillery to the church, but there are conditions. One is that I can't provide artillery at the moment, because I still have to resist the invasion of Stuyard, and I don't have enough of it. The second is that the church should buy me gold coins or equivalent materials for artillery in advance, and personnel are fine. ”

When Merris heard about this contract that was almost the same as the overlord clause, he was immediately a little angry. Even Emperor Rune did not dare to treat the church like this. Said in an almost rebuking tone

"Master Wayne, your clause is too much. You see, even your father, Earl Nils, would not dare to do this to the church. ”

Wayne made a calming gesture. "Bishop Merris, don't worry, since the church is so sincere. I can't help but say yes. How about I give the church a 20% discount?"

Merris eased up and said. Said with a little sadness

"But Master Wayne, if you don't resist Stuyard's attack, my money will be wasted. ”

Wayne gritted his teeth, old fox. Reach out and make a figure of seven.

"Seven folds, Pastor Merris has the lowest bottom line. If it goes any lower, I'll lose money. ”

Merris hesitated for a moment, then nodded in satisfaction.

After seeing Merris off, Wayne sighed. Fortunately, the price of artillery is already high, even if it is a seven-fold discount, it is profitable, and the production process of artillery is secret, and few people know the cost of artillery. Otherwise, I really can't fight this old fox. After selling this cannon to the church, he had to upgrade the cannon himself. After all, only the technical generation difference can make Wayne feel safe.

A few days later, under the supervision of Wayne and led by Reynolds, the blast furnace ironmaking was a success. Steel production has already begun.

With steel, you can give each soldier a set of steel armor, you must know that steel armor is very expensive in this era. You must know that even the top legion of Rune cannot achieve a single piece of armor per person.

But Wayne made a mistake, and steel production went up. There are not enough craftsmen, and even if there is enough steel now, it will take half a month for a skilled craftsman to make a set of armor. This is far from enough.

Now Wayne has a headache. He hadn't rested for a while, things came one after another, and time didn't allow it. It is estimated that there are only eight months left before Stuyard goes south. There simply is not enough military power to counter it on their own.

In order to solve the problem of armor forging, in addition to hiring craftsmen from other places at a high price. Wayne thought of hydraulic forging. However, not in Nolan City, but in the city of Longs, which is located to the west of Nolan City.

Nolan has a river, but the height difference is not large enough to provide enough power. The city of Lons has many rivers and waterfalls, and is rich in water resources. So it's a good place to build a hydraulic forging press.

But first build the steel assembly line.

Now is the expansion of the workshop, but if you build your own steel assembly line, then the area is huge. The artillery-making workshops currently located in the city cannot accommodate them.

If it is placed on the outskirts, if Stuyard goes south, it will be destroyed.

It seems that the steel assembly line will be split, Nolan one, to provide steel for the artillery workshop. The other was built in the city of Longs, in conjunction with the hydraulic forging press.

And the worst thing is that there are not enough craftsmen, and Wayne has almost looted all the craftsmen in his five cities, only a few hundred people. We have to expand our enrollment.

If only you could get your hands on the dwarven craftsmen in the west of the kingdom of Rune, they are known for their craftsmanship. The armor and elven bows and arrows they craft are some of the best armor and offensive weapons on the continent.

Although he is in the northwest, he is hundreds of miles away from the dwarven kingdom, and there are deserts and mountains in the middle. It's impossible to recruit dwarves.

But Wayne now has a big killer - money. You can buy artisan slaves with money, and hire artisans with a lot of money. It's also a shame that the general protagonists make money, but now they have been spending money, and they have spent at least 200,000 gold coins before and after. Fortunately, his pockets and Nolan's vault are thick, otherwise he would have gone bankrupt a long time ago.

Wayne immediately drafted a petition in order to unleash the full potential of Nolan City to find an artisan for himself.

Two days later, the hustle and bustle of the vegetable market.

A woman stood in the middle of a group of women and said, "Eh, you've heard, our lord has put up a notice. Now the craftsman can earn one gold coin a month working with him, which is usually the money they can earn in half a year. What's even better is that the notice also says that a recommended Artisan will also have a gold coin. ”

At this time, another woman of a similar age spoke, "I will contact the second uncle, he is having a miserable time in the black chess market." The Marquis of Barnfinger was to pay a war tax, one silver coin per month. You know, ten silver coins are equivalent to one gold coin!"

However, the woman, who had no craftsmen to recommend, said jealously, "Then I won't come to Nolan City, you must know that Stuyard is going south." When the time comes, whether money or life is important!"

The woman in the middle immediately retorted, "You don't know about the fact that the lord used a secret weapon to defeat the magician at the south gate a few days ago. I'll tell you that this weapon can even be defeated by magicians, and the long-eared monkey with long ears and fine skin and tender flesh is probably not enough for the lord to stuff his teeth. ”

The woman who retorted was immediately deflated, but the thought that Nolan could hold the city this time couldn't help but feel better.

Such arguments take place in taverns, shops, and on the side of the street. In short, where there are people in Nolan, there will be people who will discuss.

Unknowingly, Wayne brings confidence and hope to Nolan.