Warlord: King of All Clans

When Leo met the two professors, they were drinking coffee together.

"Hello, professors."

Master Freeman looked at Leo, somewhat surprised at his youth, "Sir Mondo, please take a seat."

At this time, Leo was no longer wearing any equipment, but he was still wearing a leather armor under his light jacket.

For the Northern warriors, who are used to living in the North where blood is seen every other day, suddenly taking off all their armor is as uncomfortable as taking off all their clothes and going out.

He was already taller and more muscular than the people from the southern border, and because of the leather lining, he looked even more majestic and upright.

This is the university town of the southern imperial capital, the core area of ​​human civilization. Rio, with the aura of a Nordic warrior, seems out of place here.

Many students and citizens passing by couldn't help but look back.

Sitting down, watching the maid bring a cup of coffee, and Professor Herod, who was dressed in a gentleman's suit, holding a newspaper in his hand, Leo felt as if he had just walked from the medieval Nordic countryside into the French court of the Renaissance, and then to the streets of the Victorian era.

Next to Professor Herod's chair, there was a cane.

Seeing Leo's eyes fall on the cane, Professor Herod smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's just an ordinary cane. It won't suddenly spray out pellets to kill people."

Leo laughed and said, "I wish it could kill people."

Just one sentence of dialogue reveals the cultural differences between the north and the south.

The historian, who had lived in the imperial capital for a long time, was a model of the southern noble gentleman. He did not want his belongings to pose a threat to his guests, so he immediately explained that this was just a civilized staff.

But Leo from the North would rather it be a weapon.

After chatting for a while, Leo began to lead the topic to the alchemical musket. "When Denise went on an expedition to the North, the spells she cast impressed me deeply. That alchemical musket was ingeniously designed and powerful. I was very curious."

Master Freeman at the side laughed, "I have seen Denise's magic before, it is very unique. If she were not Herod's student, she would be able to show her talent more if she became my alchemy apprentice."

Leo nodded repeatedly. Conventional magic spells rely solely on magic power. Low-level extraordinary people like Denise who use alchemy combined with spells are indeed extremely talented.

Freeman added: "As for the alchemical musket, it was my work more than ten years ago and can be considered my proudest work."

"Although the people in the South are not as brave as those in the North, they are also quite martial. Swords and canes were very popular during that time. Others hid a sword in their canes, and I hid a gun in my cane. It made perfect sense."

Leo asked curiously, "Are there any new works now?"

Freeman shook his head and said, "The upper limit of this thing is not high. It's not worth continuing to study."

Leoton felt sorry, "I think it's quite interesting."

If an anti-tank sniper rifle were presented to you at this time, you would not say that!

Freeman obviously knew what Leo was up to, and he said casually, "An alchemical rifle costs hundreds of gold, which is equivalent to an awakening potion, and it also relies on the magic power of a transcendent to fire. The lower limit is too high."

"Dwarven muskets are cheap. If they are put into production at the alchemy workshop, each one will cost less than three gold coins. However, their power is limited and they cannot penetrate plate armor. They are not as good as the current military crossbows. At least the crossbow arrows can be enchanted to increase their power."

"One lower limit is too high, and the other upper limit is too low. It's neither too high nor too low. Adventurers can use it to save their lives, but large-scale armaments are useless."

Leo wanted to refute, but he didn't say anything. He just nodded and said, "That's true. The plate armor and heavy crossbows from the South are both excellent things. We in the North are very jealous of them."

The purpose of his coming here was to seek more advanced firearms manufacturing technology, not to brag about the advantages of muskets and artillery in front of the people of the Southern Territory.

What if you convince the other party?

With the industrial level of the imperial capital, developing early muskets and artillery was just a piece of paper.

The early hot weapons of the Middle Ages were suppressed by the developed cold weapons for hundreds of years before they rose to prominence. However, the cold weapons of this world are combined with extraordinary power, which has blocked the path of hot weapons even more.

But once alchemists and warmongers realize the promise of thermal weapons, combined with the transcendental, development will only be faster than in the Middle Ages.

A top alchemist like Freeman already had a deep understanding of dwarven muskets. If he devoted himself to research and development and produced a World War I rifle by hand, Leo would not be surprised.

He also didn't want to meet the Southerners on the battlefield one day, as the enemy was already equipped with equipment from the World War I era.

By that time, the extraordinary combat power cannot be compared, and the thermal weapons cannot be compared either, so there is no point in fighting.

It would be better to let them guard the knights and the furnace and continue to be confident for another hundred years.

As Hewan's firearms technology has developed to this day, Leo's understanding of firearms manufacturing has become more and more in-depth, and he can better understand the advanced technology embodied in the alchemical musket.

When he was a complete layman, Leo's impression of a musket barrel was just a steel pipe, but once he studied it in depth, he found that it was really damn difficult to make a steel pipe that would not explode!

He had long been jealous of Denise's "Denise's Fireball Technique". The alloy barrel of this alchemical musket made by Master Freeman had reached the level of a World War II rifle barrel, and could withstand a chamber pressure at least three times that of the River Bay musket.

If Hewan's shotgun wants to have the power to kill an Orc warrior with one shot, the barrel must be at least twice as thick, and the steel grade must be further improved, at least from wrought iron to soft steel.

But the kobold blacksmiths of the river bay can rely on their natural sense of smell and great strength to work miracles and mass-produce high-quality wrought iron plates, but they are still unable to hammer out low-carbon soft steel with a uniform texture.

The forging workshop in Hewan was neither capable of producing high-quality alloy steel like that produced by the Imperial Capital Alchemy Laboratory, nor was it capable of rolling it into qualified seamless steel pipes.

The apprentices of Morse's Mage Tower, including Fesa and others, were able to use the alchemy table to manufacture short alloy steel pipes of lower quality, but they could barely reach the length of a pistol barrel.

By hand-rolling a gun barrel that is as long as a finger, one can barely ensure that its thickness and texture are uniform and that the barrel is straight.

However, if you want to roll a straight gun barrel that is more than half a meter long and has acceptable accuracy, only a professional alchemist like Master Morse has the ability to do so.

Leo could only change his mindset. "I saw Denise's musket. The barrel is much stronger than the iron barrel of the dwarf's musket. How is this barrel made? Is there a place in the capital where they can buy it in large quantities?"

Freeman asked curiously, "It's not that there aren't any, but who would produce a large number of useless steel pipes? Apart from the alchemy laboratory, they are not very useful elsewhere."

Leo drank the full cup of coffee in one gulp. "I'm planning to build a castle. This is a great water pipe. Iron pipes will break if they rust, and copper pipes are too expensive. Steel pipes like this are just right."

Freeman laughed. He didn't believe Leo's reason at all, but he didn't try to expose him. "You think too simply. Alloy steel pipes can only be mass-produced in alchemy workshops. The cost is not cheaper than copper pipes. Using them as water pipes is really a bit extravagant."

"All the pipes in the imperial capital are lead pipes."

Leo's eyebrows jumped, "All lead pipes?"

"There are many lead mines in the province of Orantiri, and lead pipes are very easy to produce. Of course, lead pipes are the best."

"The Imperial Palace too?"

"certainly."

This involves historical knowledge, and Denise's mentor, Professor Herod, immediately showed off his expertise and told the younger generation a story, "Seven hundred years ago, when the palace was built, the largest lead and copper mines in the southern territory were mined out, causing lead and copper prices to soar. It was not until five hundred years ago when the western territory joined and a large number of minerals were discovered that prices recovered."

Leo nodded, put the news aside, and continued to ask: "The alchemy workshop in the imperial capital can mass-produce steel pipes? Can I go and have a look? As for the price, we can negotiate. I am the adopted son of the Grand Duke of the Northern Territory, and I am not short of money!"