General Creon didn't have any other intentions, he just thought that a female warrior like Amy should be able to talk to Dean so that Dean wouldn't stay in hiding.

It seems that Dean's temperament is a bit dull, probably the simple-minded person who is dedicated to studying technology.

Went to the Royal Academy, was more educated than his father, had his own career and ideas, and was bent on pursuing his ideals and true love, plus maybe a bit of a shaft......

It is also normal for such people to be reluctant to accept their father's arrangement.

Moreover, Dean was a lord directly under Emperor Marius, and Creon, although his father, could not force him to command. Even if it was a political marriage or a temporary marriage, it had to be Dean's own will.

Creon's thinking is actually quite flexible, he originally agreed with Dean to deal with this matter first, as long as Dean behaved, he could announce with the village civil magistrate that Dean was engaged.

Even if the two sides are really not suitable, just wait for this period and then dissolve the marriage contract.

The 'girl' that General Creon was looking for was also an older unmarried young woman, twenty-seven or eighteen, and she was approaching the age specified in this special decree, so it was originally negotiated, and both sides could have avoided the punishment of the decree because of this.

But no matter how perfunctory this kind of thing is, at least it must be done voluntarily by both men and women, and both must be present.

Moreover, Dean is a local lord, and if he himself does not agree, the civil officials will not dare to fake.

But Dean promised to do well yesterday, but he didn't do it today.

He refused to even make a show, saying that he could not deceive the goddess Damia......

He probably didn't want to have any communication with the woman he didn't like from the bottom of his heart, and now he has been reluctant to come out of the manor, and it is basically difficult for the father and son to communicate effectively.

Creon actually just wants to use this image of a "mercenary" to persuade Dean to come out, or make an appointment - it's a big deal to trick Dean into going to his own Cullen Deer Castle, which is the front line, and the military is in Cullen Deer Castle......

"Miss, I'm sorry I scared you just now. I just want you to meet Dean and help me 'date' him out while it happens to be Dalmia's festival – if you don't have a marriage contract or someone you want...... Of course, if there is, then it is indeed me who is offended. ”

Creon bowed slightly to Amy, his words earnest.

He didn't intend to force anyone, and he didn't mean to force it, he just wanted Amy to lure Dean out and show his face, which in his opinion shouldn't be a difficult thing for a mercenary.

Moreover, for southerners, it is a local custom to ask someone to dance on this festival, which is normal.

Creon should have been very worried before he made this decision, and he did have the meaning of rushing to the doctor in a hurry.

But the problem is that Amy is a nobleman in the Lion Realm, neither a southerner nor a mercenary, and she can't dance at all......

No nobleman would grant such a request - how could a noble girl lower her profile and do such a thing?

This is actually one of the reasons why Creon has been struggling to solve the problem.

Amy wiped the sweat from her head with her sleeve and breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she wasn't a hooligan.

However, if Amy is really a mercenary, a general's request is actually very difficult to refuse, and although Creon has no intention of forcing it, Amy is still a little uneasy.

- If you want to refuse, it's best to show your nobility, Creon will definitely not ask a noble girl in the Lion Realm to do such a thing that would be ridiculed.

But she's Godric's daughter in White Hartburg......

She wasn't sure if Creon would hold her back, Bacchus' generals had suffered a lot at White Hart.

Sarah frowned as well, she had had a similar experience and knew it was troublesome.

Amy thought about it, and first rejected it directly: "General, I'm sorry, I have someone I like." And I am a devotee of the goddess Unomea, so it is inconvenient to participate in the festival of Damia......"

But looking at Creon's disappointed expression, she added, "However, I may be able to help you persuade Lord Dean, but not in this way......"

Sarah stared at Amy in surprise, "But we still have to hurry...... The big boss is still waiting for us! ”

She didn't understand what Amy meant, and although Creon seemed to be just an old man anxious about his son, he was a general in an enemy country!

Amy shook her head at Sarah: "It's okay, it's just time to say a few words, the carriage would have needed to rest." ”

Creon originally thought that there was no play, and was sighing, but when he heard Amy say this, he was a little overjoyed: "That's great, you can probably really help me persuade him, please come with me, noble lady!" ”

All of them are honorific.

Clearly, Creon is willing to try at the slightest opportunity.

Then General Creon himself led the way in front and led the two girls to a manor in the village, and began to arrange for his plague repellents along the way, apparently really intending to get Dean to Karen Deer Castle.

This is indeed a civilian general who is anxious about his son.

Sarah whispered in Amy's ear, "What's going on, Amy?" Why are you going to see Dean? ”

"Didn't he just say that Lord Dean's specialty is water conservancy and agriculture, and he has achieved great results...... Aren't we coming out this time to solve the food problem in Metenheim? I think it might be good to meet Dean. Anyway, General Creon won't hurt us, and we won't delay anything. ”

Amy's current style is becoming more and more like the lord, and she wants to take advantage of any opportunity.

She even waved her hand at the Metenheim in the distance, signaling them not to follow.

Sarah nodded, but she whispered meaningfully, "Amy, it seems that you really have someone you like......"

She understood Amy's thoughts, this little girl was probably bent on helping the lord do something, and she didn't want to be a little girl who had been protected.

Amy didn't answer, just glared at Sarah without any damage.

Amy's way of thinking now is indeed not at all like a girl in this world.

She already likes to learn new things, and she is flexible and can draw inferences, but she will not stick to tradition, have her own judgment and dare to make decisions, and want to be a heroine......

Each of them has little to do with the aristocratic girls of this era.

Now, after following Leon for a few months, this young girl is becoming more and more like a female lord.

The arquebus, which had always been in Amy's possession now.

The lead bullets and gunpowder he had obtained from Forcher were also on her - the arquebus was Amy's trophy, and Forcher was shot dead by her.

The gunpowder was carried in two leather pockets, and Forcher's brief overfall did not wet the gunpowder inside.

The reason why it is two leather pockets is because the firing charge and the ignition powder are two different things.

The blaster has a higher ratio of saltpeter, while the ignition has a higher ratio of sulfur. The former is for full detonation, while the latter is for quick combustion so as not to explode in the medicine pool.

The fire rope is also made by Amy's own hands, with hemp rope and saltpeter soaked in vinegar for a day, just dry, this kind of fire rope can burn slowly but without open flame, about an hour can burn more than a meter.

This kind of arquebus is also used to make incense, which is not a new thing.

For some reason, Leon's shooting skills with an arquebus are far from Amy's.

Leon had fired a few shots, but he didn't hit the target at all......

After all, his firearms proficiency is only 40, and it is the first time he has used the 'old new weapon' of the arquebus, so it is normal that he will not be able to hit the target at first.

But Amy was also using an arquebus for the first time, but after only two test shots, she was able to ensure that she did not miss the target within 100 meters.

This is probably the talent of man.

Perhaps Amy was naturally good at using these kinds of ranged weapons - she was also terrifyingly accurate with her crossbow and good at her bow and arrow.

It's just that she can't pull a strong bow, so she can only play with a cork bow like Anson, that kind of cork bow can shoot a rabbit and pheasant at most, and it is not lethal to people, so she usually only carries a crossbow.

But now, a more powerful musket has replaced the women's crossbow on her body.

Moreover, she also designed a Y-shaped gun carriage by herself - to compensate for her lack of strength to stabilize the level, and also to reduce the impact of recoil.

The arquebus weighed sixteen pounds and was one meter three, and it was not very ergonomic, making it very difficult to keep it flat.

The gun carriage she made was remodeled from her noble sword.

She made a hole in the counterweight of the hilt and made a Y-shaped shelf that could be inserted into it.

By sticking the tip of the sword into the ground and resting the gun on the Y-shaped frame on the hilt, it can not only ensure stability when shooting, but also avoid the impact of huge recoil.

She also deliberately made a lot of strips of fine cloth to hang on the shelf, because the front gun would use small strips of cloth to compact the lead bullets when reloading to ensure that there was no air leakage in the seams.

When shooting, you can also hang gunpowder and bullet bags on the rack for easy operation.

If you need to defend yourself with a sword, removing the rack that is inserted into the hilt of the sword is a normal sword.

Do you think that's the end of it?

No, Amy even made that Y-shaped frame into a slingshot...... The size and weight of musket buckshot are just right for a slingshot......

I have to say that Amy is really smart, and her ability to draw inferences even exceeds that of Lord Lord.

You know, these things were made when she had only been exposed to muskets for a few days.

At that time, the lord was still busy formulating a wasteland policy in the territory, and he didn't instruct her to do these things at all, which was all her own thoughts.

So Amy is now a musketeer.

Just look at her talent in management and hands-on ability in weapons, this beautiful girl is afraid that she is a man in her heart......

It is also true that Amy has no talent at all for the things that ordinary aristocratic girls are good at.

She sings out of tune, dances and stomps her feet, cooks and can make charcoal from any ingredient, doesn't wear makeup, and is not good at dressing and matching.

She wouldn't even wear a tunic gown, and she never took her maid with her—she was troublesome.

She likes to wear a swordsman's suit and a light bust given to her by Leon, in fact, because it is easy to wear and can satisfy her desire to be a heroine.

There are no perfect people and things in this world, and there are gains and losses.

It's just that she has a gentle and polite temperament, and she is well-behaved, so she is easy to be mistaken for a lady......

……

There weren't many people at Dean's estate, and most of them probably went to the plaza to take part in the activities.

The lord is now fiddling with a waterwheel in the manor's field and is already at work.

Seeing Creon coming from a distance, Dean turned and went upstairs, seemingly not wanting to communicate with his father.

General Creon watched from afar as his son turned to enter the door, shook his head and smiled wryly at Amy and Sarah, "Look, he doesn't want to talk to me...... I won't go, I will only resist more when I go. ”

It seems that the old general knows his son's temperament, but he can't help it.

Several of the Exorcists brought the two into the manor, and the soldiers at the manor didn't even ask—it was clear that Creon wasn't the first time he had found someone to persuade Lord Dean.

Unlike the skinny and short General Creon, Dean is a slightly chubby otaku.

There are many models in his estate, most of which are irrigation equipment such as waterwheels, and some agricultural implements such as shell blowing trucks.

Obviously, this is a tech nerd.

Probably because Creon didn't enter the manor, the tech nerd didn't hide in the house, but waited for a few people in the courtyard full of models.

"I'm Dean, please come back, young ladies...... I know that my father asked you to persuade me. But I don't have the heart to talk about personal matters right now, I'm sorry......"

Dean frowned directly and gave the eviction order, and his tone was very skillful.

Amy smiled, "Lord Dean, we have no interest in your personal affairs...... I heard that you are quite professional in water conservancy and agriculture, so I came to ask you if there is anything you can do to increase food production in the mountains? ”

Dean was stunned for a moment, then took a closer look at Amy and Sarah.

Then he laughed: "If it's just to discuss this, then you're welcome!" ”

"I have some friends from Metenheim, and I think you can understand why I'm asking this...... It's all mountainous......"

Amy does know a lot about food affairs, and she has done a lot of homework before, because most of White Hart Fort is also mountainous, and she has always been very concerned about food problems.

The two quickly talked about specific agricultural matters.

In this era, Amy's practical ability can indeed beat most people, and when it comes to agricultural management, even intellectuals like Sarah can't interject.

But Sarah can keenly sense that something is wrong with Dean - there are two stunning beauties with different styles in front of him, but Dean doesn't take a serious look at it at all, he doesn't seem to have any feelings for women!

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Sarah has too much experience in looking at men, and this is not the state in which Leon sees Sarah as an employee, but a state of complete indifference to women......

The lord would also sneak a peek at the beauties at times, and joke with Sarah and Amy when he was fine, which was a normal reaction of a man, just maintaining proper etiquette.

But Dean ...... Completely different, he looked at Amy and Sarah as if he were looking at two potatoes.

Maybe you might as well look at the potatoes......

“…… It's a rickshaw that can bring water up the mountain, and it's not a new thing, but I've revamped it to fill places with high drops. If it is difficult to divert water to irrigate the canal, then I recommend a variety of these potatoes, or this ......"

Dean was talking about potatoes as he took the two of them around the manor to look around at his equipment, and pulled out a yellow-orange stick and a few mud-stained potatoes from the cellar.

The way he looked at potatoes was much more complicated than when he looked at women.

"What is this?"

Amy had never seen either crop.

"It's all food. I call this cob jade wheat or corn, and this lump is a potato. These were originally crops from the Amara continent, and it took me nearly ten years to improve the varieties, and it took me two years to bear some results. Corn is grown at a similar time to wheat and yields are somewhat higher than wheat. Although potatoes can only be grown once a year, they are very productive and drought-tolerant, making them ideal for mountainous terrain. ”

When it comes to what he's good at, Dean is completely gushing and unreserved.

"Corn? Is this just harvested? It looks beautiful. ”

Amy took the cob, which was large and plump, and had dried up, and its golden kernels shone like jade.

"It's just the seeds I picked, and most of them don't grow that well...... But corn has a great advantage, you only need five pounds of seed for an acre of land, unlike wheat......"

Dean seems to be enthusiastic now, and probably these things are indeed his passion from the bottom of his heart, and they are also his pride.

He was really happy to share the results with Amy, because he could see that Amy was genuinely interested, not perfunctory at all.

Probably after leaving the academy, there are few people who can communicate with him on an equal footing with these questions, and he usually faces either a farmer who is only a promise, or a nobleman who does not understand practice, and he is probably also relatively lonely.

The field in Dean Manor was divided into several parts, and there was a large area of sun-dried corn stalks standing in the ground, and the corn had been broken.

Dean is supposed to be deliberately comparing it with the wheat field, and the corn is operating exactly according to the wheat time cycle.

Amy looked at the corn cob in her hand, and then at the number of corn stalks in the field, and easily came to the conclusion that the yield per mu was at least two hundred pounds.

Before the crops were scientifically cultivated, the yield and taste were not very good, but this yield has beaten the wheat of this era.

Amy is keenly aware of the advantages of this crop - high yield, low seed consumption, which means a very high seed-to-harvest ratio, which is a very suitable crop for large-scale and large-scale cultivation.

There were still acres of low crops, potatoes planted by Dean that would take two months to harvest, and now looked like just clumps of bushes.

Amy picked up a potato and flipped it, "Is this the rhizome of that plant?" How many of these potato gnocchi can be produced per plant in the field? ”

"Two pounds or more, one plant can produce four or five of these potatoes."

Dean pointed to the big bump in Amy's hand, which was nearly half a catty.

"So much?!"

Amy exclaimed in surprise.

There are at least 1,000 plants per acre of land...... Thousands of pounds of grain per acre?

"With such a comparison, this advantage should be easy to see, right? Why would farmers be reluctant to plant these new crops? ”

Amy looked at the potatoes in her hand as if she were looking at a rare treasure.