In total, the shelling of Gervais lasted two hours, during which a total of twenty artillery shots were fired.

The reason why it took so long was because Gervais was worried that the high temperature of the gun chamber would damage the structure of the gun, so he would let the gun cool down for ten minutes every time he fired five shots to cool down.

Although the cannon was forged with Mithril, it was likely that there was no need to worry about damage caused by such a low-intensity shot, but Gervais only brought this cannon this time, so he had to be cautious.

The firing of twenty guns also achieved brilliant results, directly destroying seventeen small trebuchets on the western wall.

Of course, the defenders on the walls were not left to be left with trebuchets to shoot at Gervais.

At first, after Gervais destroyed four trebuchets in a row, the defenders finally did not dare to slack off, thinking of blocking the view in front of the trebuchet with a curtain, so that Gervais could not aim at the target.

However, their plan fell through.

Because Gervais had already seen clearly with his telescope when he came on the first day, there was a reserved platform every fifty meters of the walls of White Rock City, and all trebuchets must have been placed on this platform.

Therefore, as long as Gervais adjusts the spacing and the angle of the muzzle, he can completely ignore other factors.

Next, after Gervais once again wiped out the five trebuchets in White Rock Castle in one fell swoop, the defenders on the city walls finally realized that they were wrong.

If Gervais were allowed to do so, all their trebuchets would be wiped out by the inexplicably sharp loud and smoking stuff outside the walls.

So the defenders began to dismantle the remaining intact trebuchets.

This trebuchet was no more cumbersome than a cannon, both dismantling and installing, and it had to pry out the rivets embedded in the city wall for fixation, only to be killed by Gervais in the intervening time.

Simply, the remaining trebuchets were finally dismantled and sent down the city walls.

Since then, there have been no small trebuchets on the western wall.

Moreover, even the defenders on the city walls, whenever they heard the sound of artillery explosions, would subconsciously shrink their heads, because the defenders who were accidentally injured and killed by artillery were no less than ten.

These people were all dressed in death and miserable, and some even had a cannonball in the center of their bodies piercing their chests, and a bloody hole with a large bowl mouth appeared on their bodies, and they could see their backs from their chests.

……

"Viscount Gervais, where did you get this iron pipe weapon, can you sell it?"

"Yes! Viscount Gervais, can you sell one to me when I get back, I'm willing to buy it for fifty gold coins!" ”

"What iron pipe weapon, didn't you hear? Just now, Viscount Gervais said that this thing is called a small steel cannon! ”

"This little steel cannon is so magical, and the name is so good, how can it be worth only fifty gold coins! I'm willing to pay a hundred gold coins to buy it, Viscount Gervais! If I could, I'd pay you half of the deposit right now! ”

When the shocking rumbling cannon finally stopped, a group of small nobles in the rear quickly gathered, looking at the small steel cannon as if they were a peerless beauty stripped naked, and on the other hand, they couldn't stop asking Gervais if they could sell the small steel cannon.

Today is really an eye-opener for them, this small steel cannon is not only majestic when it fires, but also terrifyingly powerful.

You can see it just from the gaps in the walls of White Rock Castle that have been blasted out in the distance.

One of the cannonballs was even more because of Gervais's negligence, the muzzle angle was lowered, and it was fired directly at the city wall, and the whole cannonball was directly embedded in the wall, which highlighted the great power of the small steel cannon.

"Everyone! Everybody! Listen to me! ”

Gervais was surrounded by this group of small nobles and asked, and suddenly felt that his head was big, so he immediately waved his hand to silence everyone.

When the crowd saw Gervais speak, they quickly fell silent.

"Everyone, everyone is a vassal of the Jones family, I'll tell you the truth!"

"Actually, I only have this little steel cannon, I found it from the secret room of Viscount Major's castle, and I don't know how the small steel cannon is forged and where it is produced, so I can't sell the small steel cannon to everyone!"

Gervais opened his eyes and began to talk nonsense.

Of course, this is not to blame Gervais, it is good that such a sharp weapon as the small anti-aircraft cannon is known by the vassals of the Jones family, and he is completely able to hold on to the title of the earl's husband.

But if the king and other big nobles knew about the existence of the little steel cannon and coveted it, not to mention anything else, Alice would definitely have to be under a lot of pressure at that time.

After listening to Gervais's explanation, all the little nobles showed extremely disappointed looks.

They still believed Gervais's words, because they had never seen or heard of such a thing as a small steel cannon, and it was really a treasure that Viscount Marjoll had obtained from nowhere and stored in the castle.

"Alright, everyone, now that the trebuchets on the city wall have been solved, you can quickly go back and bring the men and carriages I told you earlier to the gate of the camp, and we will proceed with the next siege plan!"

Seeing that these little nobles really believed a little, Gervais's heart blossomed, which could save him a lot of unnecessary trouble.

"That's right! Now it's all about attacking the city to earn rewards! ”

"Okay, Viscount Gervais wait a minute, we'll go back and send someone out right away!"

The little nobles, who were still a little lost, were in high spirits when they heard Gervais's words, and hurriedly asked Gervais and Alice to resign, and then hurried towards the camp.

……

"Gervais, do you really only have one little steel cannon?"

When the little nobles were finished, Alice, who had never spoken, finally spoke.

Of course, she didn't believe Gervais's previous nonsense, and she knew that this so-called small steel cannon was supposed to be about the same thing as Gervais's muskets.

"Alice, there really is only one small steel cannon at the moment!"

"The whole body of this small steel cannon is also forged with mythril, and there are four or five inscriptions under this black lacquer, which is very expensive!"

"Of course, compared to its high cost, the power is also very worthwhile! However, this small steel cannon can't be used on a large scale after all! ”

When Gervais saw Alice's flashing beautiful eyes, he knew that this cheap wife was also impressed by the strength of the little steel cannon, so he didn't hide it and told her directly.

"Why can't it be used on a large scale, is it the problem of the gunpowder you said?"

Alice frowned at first, but immediately thought of the scarcity of gunpowder that Gervais had previously made, and guessed the reason.

"That's right, Alice! Gunpowder is scarce! ”

"I've just fired twenty shots, and I've consumed most of the gunpowder I brought with me, which is all I have in stock! So even if a small steel cannon can be made, but without gunpowder, the small steel cannon is useless. ”

Gervais nodded earnestly.

"Oh!"

Alice's illusions about small steel cannons were extinguished in an instant, and she originally wanted to order one or two small steel cannons from Gervais to use them as the foundation of the Jones family, just like those large trebuchets, these are strategic weapons that can be used as big nobles.

"Uh...... Alice, you don't have to be disappointed either! If I find extra gunpowder again in the future, I'll send you another one! What do you think? ”

Seeing Alice's depressed expression, somehow, Gervais felt a little unbearable, so he didn't even think about it.

However, after saying this, Gervais regretted it a little.

How could there be a surplus of gunpowder, even if he could finally upgrade the golden elf worm into a great elf, the nitrate ore in that space was limited.

If the scope of use of gunpowder increases in the future, even if it is a big elf space, Gervais feels that it will not be enough for his life.

"Thank you, Gervais!"

Hearing Gervais's comforting words, Alice didn't know Gervais's mental activities, obviously moved by him, with a strange look in her eyes, and a beautiful smile appeared on her pretty face again.

Suddenly, Gervais only felt that the pores of his whole body were trembling, and he fell into Alice's smile.

"Cheap wife! What a good thing you make me! ”

Seeing Alice's beautiful smile blooming in front of him, Gervais felt a trace of guilt for no reason, his cheap wife must have taken her words seriously, but she actually regretted it.

"Alas, if you say it yourself, you have to do it with tears!"

After all, Gervais still fell in front of the beauty pass, and thought in his heart that if there was really a surplus of gunpowder in the future, he would really give Alice a small steel cannon.

……

The two continued to talk for a while, and after Ike and the others packed up the small steel cannon, they returned to the camp gate together.

"Lord Alice, Viscount Gervais, this is my subordinate and the carriage!"

"Alice-sama ......"

When Gervais and Alice waited at the gate of the camp for more than ten minutes or so, the little nobles in the camp came to the gate of the camp one after another with the people and carriages that Gervais had explained in advance.

As the expiration of the men and horses began to expire, thousands of people soon gathered at the gate of the camp.

Although most of these people were serfs, without weapons and armor.

However, Gervais has no opinion, he does not need these people to fight the enemy, he is just going to make them coolies.

"Good! Now all of you are under my command, and the one on my left, you are responsible for making two thirty-metre wide passages on the riverbank, and the passages must ensure that the carriage can pass through smoothly and not get trapped. ”

"Those on my right, now take the wagon down the dirt slope over there, and load all the felled trees onto the wagon! Then wait for my command! ”

Seeing that the personnel were basically there, Gervais stood directly on a carriage and began to direct everyone to act!