Release that Witch

33. Chapter 33 gunpowder

    “It’s all standing up, and the Fourth Prince is down.” Iron Axe cried his hand when he hadn’t rested for a quarter of an hour.

    Van’er quickly returned to his position. The previous special training allowed him to reflexively obey the command. Almost subconsciously, he had already picked up the wooden pole and put forward the preparatory movements of the previous stab.

    The prince and his party walked up the wall and walked behind the team. Van’er Yu Guang noticed that His Highness had slowed down when he passed his position.

    Roland sighed in his heart and said that it was the truth to ruin the morning and ruin the day early. After finishing the aftermath of the night attack on the castle, I had to come to review the results of the recent training of the militia team. Poor self did not sleep for a night, now it is sleepy again and again. But he can’t help but the team has now moved to the stage of training. As the highest commander, long-term lack of appearance will lead to a decline in his sense of existence and the people will become unstable.

    Mmm.What should I say when I check it out? Roland thought about it, comrades are good, comrades have worked hard? If no one picks up the next half, this slogan will be very embarrassing, or casually pull a personal chat about the family, showing his corporal Li Xian, brushing the reputation.

    He planned to shoot a young man who looked pretty strong.

    “The training is hard, I feel tired and tired? Eat three meals? ”

    Based on the experience gained from the past, the reaction of the other party should be excited and loud. “Not tired, very good!”As a result, he was excited and excited. He turned and kneeling on one knee and went down and scared Roland.

    Van’er felt that he had been taken care of by the heavens, and the prince of the prince actually cares for his training in a friendly tone! Usually don’t say the royal family, even ordinary nobles are not willing to say a word to them. He subconsciously imitated Knight’s bow to the Prince’s Hall, and whether or not the etiquette was appropriate for him, there was only one voice in his heart: he would return to Old Street and his Van’er could count as the number one.

    After being asked to stand up, Van’er’s brain was still in chaos, and he couldn’t remember how to answer it.

    Finally, when His Royal Highness asked what opinions or opinions he had about the training, Van’er suddenly woke up a lot – this is a good opportunity! If you can let your Highness think that the militia team can’t afford to guard the wall, do you not have to worry about running or staying all day?

    He carefully crafted the wording in his heart, “respect…Esteemed’s Highness, the current number of the Militia team is too small. According to the current training method, when Evil Beast strikes, everyone can only defend the range of less than one-third of the wall. Look…”

    Even if the prince recruits a few more batches, the training time is too late, Van’er thought. In addition, the weapon used by these people is also a big expense. It is difficult for Border Town to make a rifle for 300 people in two months, and even 100 are very stubborn – so they still use wooden poles to train. .

    If His Royal Highness can realize this, he may recruit a group of mercenaries from other towns as the main defensive force. At least they can go directly to the battlefield without training, and bring their own weapons and armor, which is relatively expensive.

    Roland thought for a moment and nodded. “You said it is good. It is not realistic to rely on a militia team to guard the entire wall.”

    Van’er has a heart, and His Highness means…Agree with your own opinion?

    But Fourth Prince didn’t say what he was expecting to hear, but called Iron Axe to his side. “Evil Beast is in a sense a variant of the beast. They don’t have the ability to think?”

    “Yes, Your Royal Highness, the Evil Beast of the common species is no different from the beast, and even the habits are basically the same…But the hybrid species, I don’t see much, I’m not sure. ”

    “Ten it will be alright, although the foot from Scarlet Water River to Northern Slope Mountain is nearly 1,800 feet (600 meters) long, we can lure them to attack specific areas.”

    “Do you mean traps?”Iron Axe asked.

    “It’s a trap, but it’s not like the ones that hunters use. Ordinary traps hide themselves by hiding themselves, and I plan to do the opposite, setting pocket barriers away from the walls, such as fences, slopes, and ditch, forcing these brainless Evil Beasts to bypass. The constant obstacles will lead prey to the designated location and eventually focus on the defensive area we have prepared,” Roland said of looking at Iron Axe. “As for how to lure these monsters, I think no one is better at you than you. ”

    Iron Axe thought, “It’s okay to guide them, Wolf species don’t like water, Wild boar species, and other Evil Beast have their own habits. But your Highness, this will cause all Evil Beast to be concentrated in the 600-foot range. Is it too dangerous? ”

    “If you just rely on long guns and bows, that’s true.”Roland said with confidence, “But now we have a new weapon.”

    When he left, the prince came back to Van’er and patted him on the shoulder. “The observation is good, what is your name?”

    “Where…Van’er, Your Highness. ”

    “I will propose to your Chief Knight to let you serve as the deputy team, Mr. Van’er, and do it well.”

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    Roland built a new bungalow in the backyard of the Burning House to make a snow powder – the gunpowder.

    This three-square-meter house has only one entrance and exit and carries out the strictest security system. Two Knights are guarded at the door, and any entrants need to register and search for them to prevent the introduction of firelights. Any fire source is prohibited indoors, so it will only start during the day. In order to prevent Nightingale from sneaking in, the gauze was hung on the door frame.

    “This is what you said about the new weapon?”Carter, who was summoned, pinched a little black powder with his fingers and sniffed it in front of his nose. “Is this not a snow powder?”

    Iron Axe may not be clear, but Carter often attends the royal ceremony, and naturally knows that this is what is in the bucket. The formula of the alchemical workshop, the formula is a secret to outsiders, but the prince wants to be sure.

    “It’s snow powder, but it’s not exactly,” Roland said. “The latest improvement in the alchemical workshop, I call it gunpowder.”

    The gunpowder is a must-have farming artifact for any passer. The material comes from a wide range of sources. As long as you know the best ratio of sulfur, charcoal and saltpeter 1 to 1.5 to 7.5, you can make it without any technical threshold.

    The snow powder of this era is 60% of charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter account for 20%, other rare materials (such as mercury, butter, honey, etc.) account for 20% of inferior products, burning slow, less gas release, fully play Does not play the role that gunpowder should have. But Roland knows that alchemists are constantly experimenting with other ratios for up to thirty years, and snow powder that is closer to the standard black gunpowder formula will appear.

    In history, the gunpowder was invented for a long time before it was completely eliminated. It was because of the formulation and the corresponding weapon manufacturing process could not keep up.

    However, many people have neglected it, even if it does not rely on guns, the gunpowder itself is a terrible weapon.