The next day, one of Baron Brace's younger brothers, drunk and accidentally fell from the stairs while having an "in-depth exchange" with the noblewoman, and Baron Brace was unfortunately declared dead after asking for treatment, and was buried the next day.

This matter is strange everywhere, but the nobles never need to explain what they do, and the commoners are busy digging in the fields, so naturally they don't care.

It's just that since that day, there has been an extra Mr. Quinn in Baron Brace's castle, but strangely no one has ever seen what he looks like......

Ryan, who is far away in Dorman City, doesn't know about these things, otherwise he would definitely be very interested, and he is now counting the results of this trip.

The mental damage fee given by the Blaise family is still very considerable, but after seeing the tragic situation of Fitrol, he still feels that it is a little cheap for him to let Blaise go back like that.

Until now, Fitrol has not been able to get out of bed and move, his body is very weak, he is not an extraordinary person, and the strengthening effect of the source liquid is not of much use to him, so he can only rely on alchemy potions to support and heal.

This time, Ryan demanded a total of 2,000 Jindler, as well as hundreds of slaves, and the rest was a batch of grain.

To be honest, in this world, the value of more than a hundred people in Fitrol is no different from those slaves, and they can get so much because of Brace's small life.

If it weren't for his little life being pinched in Ryan's hands, he wouldn't have been able to get this money anyway.

Ryan was not stingy, and rewarded the group a lot, and Fitrol, who has always been tenacious and unyielding, directly rewarded a hundred gold, In this world, this is not a small amount.

In addition, Fitlor was ordered to go out to purchase precious materials this time, all kinds of metals, crystals, magic materials, etc., to be honest, the cost is very heavy.

With such a large amount of money in his hands, Ryan was very hesitant, but fortunately, he didn't see the wrong person, and the henchmen who stayed with him said that he had always adhered to his duty and did not overstep.

Pure magic crystals are unexpectedly rarely harvested, and magic crystals have always been a rarity in the absence of channels.

Fortunately, magic crystals with a single attribute are not widely used, and the price is relatively low, and he successfully acquired several sets, which made Ryan very happy, and the research on the core of alchemy can finally be restarted.

As soon as he received it, he sent someone to send it to Liman to start the development of the alchemy core again, Liman had already practiced countless times in his heart, and he believed that he would be able to see the finished product later.

Crystal bomb he has always been thinking about, this time Fitrol also bought a lot of used magic crystals, this kind of is generally used as decorations, the price is slightly lower than ordinary crystals, if the price is right, you can receive a lot.

It is worth mentioning that after gathering a large number of craftsmen in the territory to conduct multi-faceted research and experiments, the Tang Dao, which had never been eyebrow-raising, finally made new progress.

In the military blacksmith shop hand-picked by Ryan, there are more than two hundred blacksmiths with rich forging experience, and their origins are complex, some are local, some are fleeing, and some are brought by Karinman and others when they come to the territory.

Following the rough template and description given by Ryan, after hundreds of experiments, they finally made a war knife that was more suitable for the battlefield than the broadsword.

Ryan listened to the rambling of a silver-haired old blacksmith as he focused on the beautifully crafted sword in front of him.

The scabbard is black and straight, with patterns on it, and it is cold and heavy to the hand, but it is lighter than a large sword.

The Tang knife is mainly a one-handed knife, and Ryan also asked the craftsman to continue this design, which is very suitable for both horse and foot combat, and the handle of the knife has been treated to increase friction and allow soldiers to have a more powerful grip on the battlefield.

The knife is a straight blade, the body length is about one meter, the blade is eighty centimeters long, a little longer than the Tang knife, the thickness of the knife is only a few millimeters, and the dark knife surface reflects a burst of cold.

According to the blacksmith, the material used in his hand was stainless steel smelted from black iron, combined with high-performance rebar iron.

Therefore, the whole body of the knife is dark, but it has its own spiral-like pattern, which is very beautiful.

The forging process is very complicated, first of all, two pieces of stainless steel are folded and forged at high temperature, formed after more than a dozen foldings, and finally a piece of rebar iron is clamped to raise the temperature to continue forging.

Let the three pieces of steel become a whole, and then extend to the basic shape of the knife, at this time, because the steel knife has been forged at high temperature, the surface has been decarbonized, and the hardness has become smaller, and then it has to be carburized to strengthen the surface hardness.

After that, it is quenched, shaped, polished, and sanded...... A series of steps took place before it finally took shape. Compared with the Tang horizontal knife, it may still be a little lacking in technology, but the strength has been strengthened in the material.

So it's really not certain which of the two swords is stronger or weaker, Ryan has learned swordsmanship since he was a child, and he has used a lot of weapons on the battlefield, but he still prefers Tang knives in his heart, maybe it is the magnificent history of that dynasty that attracts him.

"This knife will be called a horizontal knife in the future, if there is any problem with production capacity, say it, I will try to solve it for you." Ryan waved a few tentatively, very taking advantage of it, and couldn't help but feel good, already thinking about changing clothes.

The old blacksmith didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied with the prepared answer: "Venerable lord, this is a ...... The forging of a horizontal sword is not simpler than a one-handed sword, and it is even a little more cumbersome, but at present, mass production is no longer a problem.

It's just that the ore reserves of the Kanna Collar are very small, even if black iron and rebar iron are more common, but they can't make up much, and if you want to change the whole army, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult in a short time. ”

Ryan frowned when he heard this, ore reserves are indeed a problem, whenever he thinks of this, he wants to take out the fools in front of him and whip them a hundred times, a hundred times.

Such a good iron ore is mined indiscriminately, resulting in a pitiful low annual output, otherwise where does he need to worry about iron ore?

"Alas, I will send someone to buy ore vigorously, and now you do your best to build it, I will see at least five hundred in the first batch, and you only have three months."

Ryan sheathed his knife and said solemnly to the blacksmiths. Although they were embarrassed, they did not make any comments, and it seemed that they were still within the scope of acceptance.

With the old blacksmith's special horizontal knife in hand, Ryan staggered back to the castle. Xiyue was sent away by him, Susan was still in the school, and his mother, Karinman, had recently become obsessed with making desserts, and there would be no one in sight.

Circling around, he took the knife to the backyard and saw Sterling teaching his apprentice Levi swordsmanship.

Ryan stopped and watched for a while, and couldn't help but nodded, worthy of being a disciple taught by Sterling, although it has not been for a long time, but it has already looked a little bit.

At this time, Sterling also noticed Ryan's voice, he took out a silk cloth and wiped the sweat oozing from his forehead, walked up to him and said with a smile: "This kid is much worse than you at the beginning, whether it is understanding or physique, he is not top-notch, and his achievements in the future may be limited." ”

"The teacher laughed, Levi is already considered to be in the upper reaches of the many trainee knights in the army, not to mention legendary and extraordinary in the future, at least he can look forward to the rank of great knight."

Ryan smiled and shook his head, Sterling is just too strict, and the requirements and expectations are too high, you must know that the big knight is not a cat or a dog, in the entire province of Green, the big knight is a number of strong people.

"Let's wait until he crosses that hurdle and becomes a real knight, it's too far away for him to say now."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Ryan's hand, a strangely shaped weapon that caught his attention, and from the scabbard, it didn't look like a one-handed sword, let alone a great sword.

I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lei, what is this in your hand?" ”

"Teacher, this is the horizontal knife I mentioned to you before, its forging process is very complicated, but it is more suitable for battlefield play than swords, I plan to let the army change all their equipment in the future."

Ryan raised the knife in his hand, with a hint of pride in his tone, this is the Tang knife known as the strongest sword in the previous life, although it is a little different from the original, but the performance is still very superior, and it is a few streets away from the one-handed sword in terms of armor-piercing ability.

Sterling suddenly became interested, and now the mainstream is all about using swords, not that no one uses swords, but for some reasons it has not been popularized.

But I didn't expect Ryan to have the confidence to take the first step, knowing that this is not a joke.

"It just so happens that we haven't tried our hand since you broke through the high-level knights, so let's see if your sword is good for use."

Sterling pulled the sword in his hand and said confidently.

Ryan's eyes lit up, there were indeed very few times since the breakthrough that he could make him go all out, and Sterling was obviously such a person, and he just wanted to see how far he was from him.

A master and an apprentice stood opposite each other, majestic, and a leaf slowly fell from between the two, and the two suddenly collided with swords in their hands......

The outcome of that battle did not spread, only that Sterling silently threw away the one-handed sword with an extra gap, and asked Ryan for a horizontal sword, which seemed to be really fragrant.

Time passed slowly in trivialities, and one day, Ryan came to the military camp in the north of the city, where a big event was going on today.

The reform of the military system is finally about to begin, and Lane and Allen have discussed a long time ago that the existing military system should be subdivided from the decimal system to the 52 system.

That is, the whole corps is divided into squads, groups, rates, teams, guards, battalions, and corps.

At present, there is only the First Army Corps under the command of Kanna, which has two full-fledged field battalions and one city defense battalion that is being formed, with a total of more than 2,000 people.

After returning from Baron Brace, he had Alan and DeLai begin to reorganize the army, and at the same time sent a letter bird to Hans, who was stationed at the cement factory, to reorganize as well.

It's just that in this way, the shortage of officers has increased a lot, so Ryan decided to use the assessment method to select officers according to the previous plan, and officers at the rank of commander and below, as long as they can master the basic coordination of the military formation, understand the orders, and dare to fight, they are considered qualified.

From the team level to the battalion level, you need to know how to arrange troops, know a certain art of war, and have a certain judgment of the battlefield situation. The standards for each level are, of course, incremental.

Not to mention above the battalion level, it is necessary to have rich command experience, and each of them needs to have the ability to take charge of their own affairs.

What will be carried out today is the evaluation of officers below the battalion level, and those who meet the requirements will be selected on the basis of merit, and those who do not meet the requirements will not be kept for dry meals, and will be directly downgraded by one level to show fairness.

As the commander of the corps, Delai had already made preparations, and had already formulated the assessment items a few days ago.

Due to the scarcity of the number of transcendents, all the transcendents were excluded from this assessment, and the two knights of the first battalion, Colonn and Kavin of the second battalion, all served as the captains of the guard, each leading five hundred people, and they could be regarded as the second-in-command of each battalion.

Naturally, no one disagrees with this decision, because the gap between the transcendent and the ordinary is desperate.

In addition to the soldiers stationed at the cement factory and the transfer station under the Warcraft Mountains, there are now more than 1,800 soldiers in Dorman City.

Among them, there were 900 people who signed up for the examination, and most of them wanted to compete for the quota of low-ranking officers, after all, low-ranking officers only looked at their personal bravery.

Delai's assessment is very simple, first of all, the test of the flag language and army instructions, needless to say, the flag language, in the field battle, the team is very scattered, and the command cannot be conveyed clearly with manpower.

At this time, the flag language is very important, it can express forward, backward, stop, detour...... and other simple commands, the big soldiers below do not expect to be able to understand all, as officers, they must do this.

The army directives and flag language are similar, but they are a little more detailed and complex, and I won't go into too much detail.

This item is not expected by Ryan and others, and there are very few people who brush it down, after all, those who dare to sign up are prepared, and this kind of foundation naturally cannot be wrong.

The real highlight is in the second item - physical fitness, the army marches and fights, physical fitness is very important, as officers they are especially important, junior officers have not yet been treated with horses, and they also need to run on two legs.

If you can't hold out before the soldiers, isn't that?

The assessment method is very simple, carrying 20 pounds, holding ordnance, three days of dry food and one day of drinking water, running 10 kilometers around the school field, and those who can run within 50 minutes are considered qualified and can carry out the final assessment.

This round of brushing down is more, close to 800 people, and in the end, only more than 300 people remain.

Then there is a simple wrestling competition, a group of five people in a melee, and finally the right number of people left is the squad leader of each squad, and then choose the team leader, the leader and so on from among them.

The evaluation of junior officers lasted for more than two full days before the final candidates were finalized, and the next step was the evaluation of mid-level officers.

There were more than 100 participants, but in the end only 30 people were needed, and several places had already been won by people with excellent command skills.

In addition to the assessment of physical fitness and personal strength, middle-level officers also have command ability as a selection criterion.

Delai built several large sand tables, carried out battle case deduction, which can also be said to be a theoretical test, and then commanded hundreds of people to arrange the troops, which can be regarded as a practical operation.

It was personally assessed by the three of Lane.

In the end, it took two days to complete the assessment, and a few good seedlings really emerged, which were decided by Ryan to focus on cultivating......

(End of chapter)