Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

　　 Chapter 178 The Daily Life of the Family

Lorist took Reddy, Tagle and others to Fengleyuan for a round tour, inspected the construction of various defense facilities in the villages and central towns of various districts, and once again returned to the mysterious iron smelting of the Blade's Edge Mountains. It was already the end of July.

　　 In more than two months, the valley here has changed a lot. First of all, Master Faring has moved his crossbow workshop near the valley. At this time, he is testing a row of real objects made according to Lorist's crossbow design drawings on the hillside. From time to time, I got together with Master Julian next to me and muttered...

　　Secondly, there is an extra row of hydraulic forging machines under the mountain wall waterfall, large and small, simple in structure, and complicated. It seems that these should be hydraulic machines that were later modified by themselves.

　　 When Lorist passed by, Master Farin and Master Julian were very happy.

　　Master Farin ran over to report: "My lord, the elastic steel sheet you want has been made. We have made a series of crossbows, tested the steel sheet, and finalized it..."

　　 Mr. Yu Lian kept his mouth open and he was cheerful.

　　 "Yes, I'm very satisfied. Reddy, I will reward Master Faring and Master Julian with one hundred gold ford, and the rest ten for meritorious personnel." For these technical talents, Lorist has never been stingy.

　　 "Thank you, sir, but you see, this is a real object made based on your crossbow design. During the test, we also found two problems..." Master Farin said.

　　 The crossbow designed by Lorist is not made of all steel, except that the crossbow arm is made of steel, and the eccentric wheel and winding rod structure are all made of steel, and the rest is of wood.

　　 "Oh, what's the problem?" Lorist asked.

"My lord, use elastic steel to make the crossbow arm, so that the direct shooting distance of the crossbow arrow can reach more than 320 meters to more than 350 meters, the error is within two meters. During the test, we found that the usual wood The firing of the crossbow arrows is a bit erratic. The center of gravity is unstable, which is the biggest cause of the aiming error. So we made some iron crossbow arrows. Although the direct shooting distance has been reduced to between 280 meters and 300 meters, aiming and shooting The target error is no more than half a meter. It’s just that the cost of iron crossbows is twice as much as that of wooden crossbows. So it’s up to the adults to decide which type of crossbow to use for this steel crossbow.” Master Farin said.

　　 "Which kind of crossbow arrow is powerful?" Lorist asked.

　　 "Of course it is an iron crossbow." Master Farin replied.

　　 "Then all use iron crossbow arrows, and set up a crossbow arrow processing plant, because even the master is in charge." Lorist settled.

"The second problem is that the bowstrings of this steel crossbow are extremely expensive. The old crossbows can fire more than 20 arrows before the bowstring needs to be replaced, and this type of crossbow uses steel plates as the crossbow arms. After the arrow is released, the amplitude of the steel crossbow arm is very intense, causing great damage to the bowstring. After shooting seven or eight arrows, the bowstring needs to be replaced. But now we and Mr. Julian are preparing to use steel wire to add tendons and hair. Weave a new bowstring, and it will be finalized in a while." Master Farin reported on the second question.

"Very well, Master Farin, Master Julian, I am very relieved of your work. The new steel crossbow will be handed over to you, and the model will be finalized as soon as possible. It is now in mass production. It is the end of July and before October. I hope There are three thousand steel crossbows, so you can be more confident in dealing with the tide of monsters." Lorist nodded and said.

　　 "My lord, we won't let you down." Master Farin replied.

　　 Watching Master Faring continue to command his apprentices and grandchildren to test the steel crossbow, Lorist looked around and asked Master Julian: "Why didn't Master Sid come?"

Master Julian pointed to the waterfall: "My lord, since you designed the hydraulic forging machine, Master Sid has been fascinated by the machinery. You can see that he modified them. He is currently designing a hydraulic forging machine. The wire drawing machine is ready to use water power to pull out the steel wire for making personal lock armor..."

Lorist laughed loudly: "That's right. Master Sid's brain reacts quickly and can think of this. Reddy, don't forget to give Master Sid a reward of 100 Golden Ford, and his staff also has ten... "

　　 "Yes. My lord."

　　……

　　 After being a wealthy boy, Lorist returned to Rock Castle very satisfied. After a few days of making out with Miss Teresti, Lorester finally remembered the business, got up from the gentle nest, and ordered Reddy to recruit Dolles from the team.

"My lord, why. We didn't make any mistakes? Why cut our team?" Dulles was stunned by the blow, his lips trembled and heartbroken. It took him to know the formation of the team. Most of the hard work.

No wonder Dolles reacted in this way, because the order Lorist gave him was that in addition to handing over the twelve small crossbows to the guard battalion led by El, the remaining more than 300 garrison crossbows in the convoy were selected. Except for the best batch of siege crossbows from the White Lion Army, the rest of the siege crossbows, Lorist, wanted to be sold.

　　Want to come in Dolles, can the team survive without those crossbows? The tearful Dolles was so sad that he almost cried.

　　 Lorist was almost amused, and Dulles thought of where he was going.

　　 "Dolles, Dolles!" Lorist was angry.

　　 "Ah, my lord, I'm..." Dolles looked at Lorist with a weeping face.

"After sealing up those crossbows and transferring them to Speer’s supervisor, immediately recruit troops and expand the chariot group into a corps within three months. There are five brigades, each with 500 crossbows. Thousands and five hundred people. Complete the preparation before October, and then receive the new steel crossbow. I have transferred a dozen family knights to your chariot corps. All the equipment has been ordered, just waiting for you. Signed and paid. This winter’s War of Warcraft is coming, and your chariot regiment will be the main force to deal with Warcraft. Don’t drop me the chain then, do you understand?",

　　 "Big, sir, you are not going to reduce our chariot team, but to expand it into a chariot corps?" Dulles was so happy that he couldn't find it again.

　　 "Yes, you bastard, did you understand what I said?" Lorist looked at Dolles helplessly.

"Listen, I understand, sir, I'll do something right now." Dolles ran out in a panic, and then stuck his head in: "Big. Sir, do we really have so many new crossbows for us? ?"

　　 Lorist nodded: "Of course it is true, and the performance is much better than your old garrison crossbows, otherwise I won't let you seal those crossbows."

　　 "Oh yeah!" Dolles cheered. Ran out happily.

　　 "This fool..." Lorist shook his head, and continued to look down at the documents accumulated on the desk over the past few months.

　　……

　　As of August, the family territory was fairly calm, and the good news continued. The potatoes sown in April harvested more than 170 million catties in July, which beneficially supplemented the family's consumption of food reserves. Next, there will be a batch of millet and millet planted in May that will be harvested in September. The weather will be good this year, and it will be another bumper year. Even if the planted area is not large, it will not completely offset the food consumption of more than 500,000 people. This is good news.

　　 In addition, the raid on the monsters left in Fengleyuan has ended at the end of June. This time, more than 100,000 monsters have become a source of meat for the family territory. According to reports, boiled potatoes with meat of Warcraft has become Fengleyuan's favorite delicacy. However, there were still hundreds of family soldiers casualties in the process of sweeping the Warcraft. These soldiers died and were injured while hunting those carnivorous warcraft. If it were not for the family golden knights and silver knights, there were many. I'm afraid the casualties will increase.

　　 But Lorist believes that if Dolles' chariot regiment is also put into the raid on Warcraft next year, it will greatly reduce the casualties of family soldiers. After reading the report sent by Bodfinger, at present, apart from Josk’s Archer Camp and Miss Baisha’s female battalion, the rest of the family’s armed forces are scattered into various villages and central towns in various districts to assist. Construct defensive facilities such as plug walls and city walls...

　　 As the head of the family's industrial and mining department, Father Barek has submitted the most reports and reported the most good news. First of all, the salt drying plant in the Blade's Edge Mountains has produced high-quality salt in large quantities, which can not only fully supply the needs of the family. It can also become a key product in foreign trade. Secondly, the rubber vine valley has also produced a large number of green vine gum juice, but it is currently used for the construction of Fengleyuan’s defense facilities. According to the development plan of the family territory, the supply of this vine gum juice will be in short supply for at least five years. Maybe you have to import some from outside.

　　 What Lorist is most satisfied with is the prosperous opening of the folk birthday supplies workshops in charge of Father Barrick. At present, there are more than 50,000 people working in these workshops. The largest is the animal skin paper processing plant, which has nearly 10,000 laborers. Thanks to the harvest of the raid, the processing plant has produced 100,000 pieces of animal skin paper that meet the specifications in the past six months. According to statistics, until the end of the year. It is expected to produce up to 500,000 pieces of animal skin paper, with a total commercial value of nearly 20,000 Kingford. It is beneficial to supplement the tension and consumption of family administrative paper.

For the rest of the production workshops and workshops of the folk birthday products, Barrick adopted a strategy of fostering and competition. Each industry has two related workshops, each with its own unique products to maintain and survive. Competitive relations are formed on other products. For example, there are two pottery workshops. One focuses on the production of small plates and bowls, and the other specializes in the production of large pots and pots, avoiding the monopoly of a certain industry by one workshop.

　　 Although the scale of these newly opened civilian birthday supplies factories in the family territory is still very small and immature, it is already amazing to meet the daily needs of more than 500,000 people. When settled down, these small workshops will naturally develop. As long as they can produce some distinctive products, they will become one of the important commodities that the family trades abroad in the future.

Next, Lorist looked at the reports submitted by the three major departments of the family. The head of the personnel department, Kedan, specially submitted a report. He was full of praise for one of his managers and strongly requested the promotion of this manager. Become his deputy.

　　 Lorist looked at the report and wanted to laugh, because the manager’s name was Camora.

　　 The former Baron Camora was deprived of his title by the Duke of Luckins and thrown into the water cell to be rescued. He rejected Lorist’s proposal to hire him as an assistant and insisted on living an ordinary life. But talents are talents. He came to the family territory and passed the recruitment of administrators, and became a manager at the bottom of the personnel department. He quickly stood out in daily administrative affairs and was deeply trusted and appreciated by the director of Kedan. .

　　 Lorist smiled and wrote the approval on the report of the director of Kedan, and the manager could be promoted as appropriate according to the opinion of the director of Kedan. In fact, Lorist had already planned to let Camora stay under Director Kedan for a period of time before he would have the important task entrusted to him.

The last one who submitted the report was Fatty Shi. Fatty Shi, who knew his shame and was courageous afterwards, spent a lot of effort on the few things Lorist had confessed to him. It was only half a year. The planning of the three new towns, the City of Industry at the junction of the Blade's Edge Mountains and the Morgen Hills, has been completed, and construction has begun. The migration of people, the reclamation of wasteland, and the deployment of industries are all in order.

　　As the production center of the family's most important weapon in the future, a series of related production personnel and more than 40,000 family members have settled in the industrial city, and the construction of production bases and residential areas is underway. The mountain city was planned by Fatty Shi to be half-worker and half-agricultural. Most of the production workshops for the people's birthday products were placed there, and the families of miners in various mines in the Morgen Hills were also arranged here. With the addition of nearly 30,000 farmers, Shancheng has become the most populous town in the Norton family territory, with more than 70,000 residents.

　　 The immigrant camp of nearly 500,000 people behind the once bustling Rock Castle, after many diversions and relocations, only the relatives of about 40,000 family soldiers remained. The back city of Rock Castle planned by Fatty Shi was built on the location of the immigrant camp, which is also the slowest place to build. However, more than 100,000 mu of wasteland has been reclaimed outside the city. Fatty Shi's plan is to vigorously carry out the construction of water conservancy facilities next year, which will become a big granary in the family territory in the following year.

　　……

　　 Lorist was watching a report about the mountain barbarian when Tagger came in.

　　 Maybe when the tide of monsters receded, many groups of monsters and carnivorous monsters were left near the Demon Dragon Mountains, and even the border area between the Demon Dragon Mountains and the family territory was not disturbed by the mountain barbarians in the first half of the year. The Five Swords Mercenary Corps stationed at the junction of the two mountains reported that although many traces of the mountain barbarians were found, most of them were hunting. So far, there is no sign of large-scale invasion of the family territory by the mountain barbarians.

　　 Lorist snorted softly. In the second half of last year, the mountain barbarians once launched a thousand-person attack on the military fortress ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ with the intention of pulling out the nail military fortress that controls the deep valley. The Five Swords Mercenary Corps sacrificed thirteen members in that attack, but the warning smoke they cast attracted Chosk’s Archer Battalion and Pachiko’s garrison squadron, attacking the downhill barbarians on both sides. Unfortunately, half of the people's corpses were left behind before they escaped. I hope they can still remember the lessons of last year. The family's current focus is to deal with the monster tide, and it will be their turn when the monster tide is eliminated.

　　 "My lord, I'm back." Tagle saluted respectfully.

　　 "Oh, how are you doing?" Lorist asked, putting down the report in his hand.

　　 When visiting Fengleyuan in the first half of the year, Lorist led people to inspect the isthmus that Tagger suggested to lure the beasts into diversion, and felt very satisfied. The reason why Tagle knew this place was to join Yuri's scout light cavalry for his livelihood. He traveled throughout the Norton family territory, and he paid attention when he discovered this isthmus.

　　 "It's finished. When the first snow falls in winter, we can reinforce the defensive city wall set up in front. I guarantee that those monsters will not be able to get out if they enter the isthmus." Tagore replied.

Lorist stood up and walked to Tagore's side and patted him on the shoulder: "Good job, we can implement the plan when the Warcraft wave arrives this year. It depends on whether the family territory can settle down as soon as possible. Can you succeed this time? Taggar, work hard, I will accept you as a family knight when you reach the Silver Rank."

　　 "Yes, thank you for your cultivation." Tagore said.

　　……(To be continued.)