Is the military important?

Important, not important.

Most of the time, there is no need to solve the problem by means of war. As the saying goes, war is just a continuation of politics.

There is absolutely no need to use military means to solve problems that can be solved by political means.

It's a pity that that's for civilized society.

For a world where a disagreement can be fought at a moment's notice, the military is undoubtedly a top priority.

Since the first day she came into this world, Claire has heard jokes about wars between nobles I don't know how many times.

Anything that fights because of a woman's land is considered good, for example, there are people who feel insulted because the other party pees into their own territory and goes to war, and there are people who want to go to war because an egg runs to the other party's territory.

In short, the petty fights between the two nobles sometimes may not even have a reason, just because of the good weather today.

Claire also understands that the nobles and their knights, the professionals. As a professional full-time army, in addition to fighting, there is no other place to show value, so it naturally has to do everything possible to fight.

Of course, this is just a small fight, so everyone will make an appointment at a time and place, start a fight with each other, and end the charge. There are still a few who really fight, and the reasons are often more serious, although there is also a plot where love is a light, but there is no such trivial thing after all.

In view of this, Claire's military construction has been his top priority since he was given the territory.

Whether it is in terms of training methods or weapons and equipment, he has done it all by himself. In order to build a strong army, in order to sweep the continent with a strong army one day in the future.

can lie flat and draw lines, who wants to be distracted and more. Can be covered by firepower, who wants to fight with you with bayonets. Claire understands this truth better than anyone else.

So, Claire first went to see the situation in the two workshops.

They are the ironmaking workshop and the musket workshop, and the situation in both workshops is quite good, and the food of the craftsmen is very good, even if Claire tastes it, she feels that her appetite is great.

As for the production capacity of the workshop, there has been progress compared to before, and the reason for the progress is, of course, the increase in investment and equipment.

If you want to talk about the highlights, it is not nothing, designed and made by Bella, which can be said to be the world's first processing lathe, appeared in the musket workshop.

With the help of this machining lathe, skilled workers can produce close to two hundred barrels a day.

This amount is not much in the previous life, but in the current Edmund Territory, it is completely a god-like existence.

When she saw this lathe, Claire was so excited that she almost couldn't help but give Bella a big hug.

But considering whether there was a suspicion of taking advantage of the other party, when she was about to touch the other party's body, Claire still stopped abruptly and patted the other party's shoulder instead to show encouragement.

It's just that this move, looking at the eyes of others, is still a little strange.

Bella blushed and said softly.

"What are you doing!"

Wade coughed lightly and twisted his head to the side, as for the others, they were either looking at the machine or the floor at the moment, pretending not to see.

At this time, Claire also realized that something was wrong, and her actions seemed to be a little too intimate.

Claire coughed as well, and quickly diverted the subject.

"Ahem, the dust is still a bit big, remember to prepare masks for the workers, for the safety of everyone's lives, you still have to wear masks often."

Masks? A group of people were puzzled, and Claire explained it simply.

It's just that in this way, Claire also successfully diverted the topic, but Bella didn't seem to be affected, and still looked at herself faintly, which made Claire, who was secretly observing each other with squinted eyes, a little numb.

No, no, I know I'm handsome and handsome, but no, maybe Bella has a crush on me. Although Bella has a sweet voice, white skin, beautiful long legs, and is intelligent and kind, I am a good man, and I can't just give in.

Besides, Bella has taken a fancy to me, will little Lori be mad?

A royal sister, a Lori, oh, it's really hard to choose. Only children make choices...

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." The call of others interrupted Claire's thoughts.

"Ah, we must pay close attention to production safety, not only to the craftsmen, but also to everyone." Claire came back to her senses and continued, since she is an adult, it is naturally ...

After playing the question for a while, Claire led everyone to see her baby army.

For the Musket Corps, everyone actually attaches great importance to it, not only because of Claire, but also because of an element of curiosity.

Everyone is looking forward to what kind of consequences and what kind of impact the musket will have when it is used in actual combat for the first time.

Witnessing this moment in history, everyone is looking forward to it. Just like the first time the crossbow bolt was used on the battlefield, no one expected that it would greatly change the battlefield situation, making a machine the most terrifying killing weapon.

And now, everyone thinks that this musket may be more terrifying than a crossbow arrow, after all, the projectiles it fires can pose a threat to professionals.

After taking a look at the Musket Corps' exercises, Claire nodded in satisfaction.

After being equipped with artillery, this musket corps finally has the appearance of a modern army of Blue Star.

First the artillery bombardment, then the musket fire, so that even the cavalry could hardly rush in front of the musket corps.

"The three-stage shooting method is really easy to use, and after experimenting, there is almost no big shooting gap, and the only shortcomings are range and ammunition."

Wade tells Claire about the results of his training, the three-stage shooter.

There are two types of three-stage shooting methods that Claire has seen in her previous life, one is that the soldiers in the first row are responsible for shooting, the soldiers in the second row are responsible for passing, and the soldiers in the third row are responsible for loading. The other is to divide the soldiers into three groups, take turns to shoot forward and reload.

Here,Claire uses the second way,How to say the first way,Although it is the method used by Da Meng,But it always feels a little silly,Different division of labor leads to a big difference in everyone's actual combat ability,Once there are casualties,Combat effectiveness is more seriously damaged。

The soldier in charge of loading can't shoot more accurately than the one who specializes in shooting.

Three-stage shooting plus artillery is absolutely crushing for the army of this era, and the only thing to fear is not ammunition, but the weather.

"What is the range of muskets and artillery now?" Claire asked her concerns.

"The musket has a range of up to 500 paces, and it can do some damage to infantry wearing leather armor, but it may not be able to pierce armor. The ultimate range of the cannon is three or four times that of the musket. Bella thought for a moment and said, after all, he was actually doing the research and development and improvement of these two weapons.

Five hundred steps, which is almost a distance of three hundred meters, this range is enough. Of course, this is against leather armor or unarmored soldiers, and if it is against heavy armor, then the range is estimated to be more than 100 meters.

More than 100 meters, converted into the speed of cavalry, this can also shoot a round in three stages, and at the end of a round, the enemy will rush in front of you.

It sounds terrifying, but in actual combat, under a round of firepower, I'm afraid that only a few professionals will survive.

"There's still a lot of room for improvement in range and accuracy, I have an improved musket blueprint here, which was thought up on the front line during this time, Bella, you see, if there is a chance to get it, if you can get it out in a few days, um..." Claire originally wanted to say that she would agree to the other party's request, but thinking about it, she had only done something that might be misunderstood, and if she said it again, I am afraid that it would really be misunderstood that he had thoughts about Bella.

"Well, I'll give you another generous research fund, and I don't care what you do."

Bella didn't speak first, but took the drawing, looked at it carefully for a moment, and then smiled.

"Then, my lord, it's settled, deal."

Seeing Bella's posture, Claire couldn't help but be shocked, fortunately she didn't talk nonsense just now, it seems that she can really do it.

Well, no, geniuses aren't such geniuses. Who is the traverser, could it be that Bella is the deeply hidden traverser?

complained in his heart, but Claire was still very happy, because what he took out was already a drawing of a standard modern rifle, that is, a loading rifle. Compared to the flintlock pistol, this gun has increased much in power and range.

If you can really change this weapon to face Baron Eden of the Mitchelson family, it doesn't matter if the other party releases water or not, let's beat it up first.

You can get a reloading rifle, and I guess it's not far from sweeping the continent.

"Oh, this musket requires a completely different amount of ammunition, are you sure you can?" Suddenly, Claire thought of a question and reminded it.

"What kind of ammunition?" Bella frowned slightly.

Claire gestured for a moment to describe the pattern of the bullet, and then Bella put away the drawings and said softly.

"There's nothing wrong with the gun, and we might be able to see the sample tomorrow. But this kind of bullet, well, listening to your description, it should use a lot of copper, it's not difficult to produce, the question is where do you find so much copper? ”

Bella's words almost silenced Claire.

He knew he had made a mistake he shouldn't have made. That is, it is wrong to ignore the situation of the industrial base and pursue more advanced weapons and equipment.

To be honest, thermal weapons are not the most advanced in Claire's knowledge reserves, and there are energy weapons that rely on magical energy, which belong to the standard equipment of the empire, and that is what Claire wants to come up with. The problem is that that kind of product, let alone samples, is far away, and Claire herself may not be able to break with Bella.

For the flintlock pistol to upgrade to a reloading rifle, it is indeed Claire who thinks too much. The territory doesn't have an industrial base, and there aren't enough raw materials, so it's okay to rub bullets by hand, but you have to have enough materials.

"Okay, you get a sample, get a hundred first. As for bullets, it should be barely enough to buy some copper in the market now, so let's arm a hundred-man team for the time being. ”

Bella nodded, no more, she just reminded Claire that Claire was the only one in the entire territory who really made the decision.

The three-day investigation finally ended, and everyone went about their own business.

When Claire returned to her room, she couldn't wait to start inventing.

Now, he desperately needs a device that can detect minerals, whether it is iron ore or copper ore, which is of great help to him at the moment.

It's just that, after carefully searching for memories in his mind, he is sure that he really didn't seem to have touched the relevant equipment in his previous life, and he doesn't know anything about the related magic.

After all, there is a specialization in the art industry, and as a magister back then, his research direction was not in the area of energy. Mineral detection is just a small discipline under the big energy classification, and it really has nothing to do with him.

Based on this, Claire was helpless, what is the matter.

It doesn't matter if you don't have a prospecting device, go to the territory yourself.

Thinking of it, Claire immediately left Tilin Town with a few magic apprentices after returning to the manor to rest for less than half a day.

The next day, when Bella comes to Claire with a prototype of a reloading rifle, she learns that Claire has left town and doesn't know where she went.

"I'm not really going to find a copper mine." Bella muttered. After successfully developing the Blue Star's reloading rifle known as the rifle, Bella also tried the power, and it was indeed not a little bigger than the previous flintlock pistol, and the most important thing was the improvement brought by the change of bullets.

The conical bullet has been greatly improved in terms of armor-piercing ability and range, and it can be called an epoch-making weapon.

"Good morning, Lady Bella, you guessed it, Baron Claire did go to look for the minerals. Yesterday he ran out in a dazzle, saying that with his luck, he didn't believe that there were no mines in such a large territory. ”

At the mention of this, Wade couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

"Since he's not here, forget it, when he comes back, you remember to help me give this to him." Bella yawned and handed Wade the reloading rifle and a few rounds of ammunition.

Wade cautiously took it and asked in disbelief.

"This is the new musket mentioned yesterday?"

"yes." Bei stretched out his jade hand, patted his mouth, and yawned again. "I'll go first, remember to remind Your Excellency the Baron, don't forget what you said."

Wade's attention shifted from the gun's body to Bella's body, and he saw the other party's red eyes and huge dark circles.

"Haven't slept all night?"

"Yes, didn't you promise our baron, how can you sleep if you don't get it out."

"Let's go and rest, take care of yourself."

"Cut, my body is fine, but you, I see that you have been a lot haggard lately, do you want me to use healing magic to help you heal."

Bella's expression is lazy, there is a different kind of beauty, and Wade is stunned when she sees it.

"Don't bother you, go and rest." Wade shook his head helplessly, during the period of time in charge of the territory, he was indeed a little haggard, but this was not enough for outsiders.

"Gone." Bella yawned, shook her head, and muttered as she went. "If you don't take care of your body like this, I'm afraid you're going to die young."