At the same time, in the castle that originally belonged to Quint, Ulric was sitting leisurely in the castle hall.
Although the castle was invaded by dark creatures last time and suffered varying degrees of damage, after these days of cleaning and repairs, the castle has been restored to its original state.
"Young master, we have already rushed over and warned the serfs according to your instructions. If they dare to come back, they will be killed without mercy, and their father or brother will also die."
"Very good, now that my father's instructions are done! Let's go! Seal my good brother's castle!"
Ulric came here this time not only to check out Quint Castle, but also to complete the tasks assigned by the Black Iron Earl.
The Black Iron Earldom also has the family members of the Daughter of Doom. In the past, these Daughter of Doom family members were left to fend for themselves on the edge of the grassland.
However, in order to retaliate against Nalant, this time the Black Iron Earl specifically ordered that all the families of these girls of misfortune be driven to the Storm Territory.
Don't think this is child's play, there is a high probability that relatives of the Daughter of Misfortune will become Daughters of Misfortune.
Therefore, if we drive these two hundred people over, we believe that one day it will bring misfortune to the Storm Territory. Even if only one or two Daughters of Doom appear, it will be enough for the Storm Territory to be unlucky.
After saying that, Ulric led his men to lock the gate of the castle, and then returned to the Black Iron Castle with the cavalry of the Black Iron Knights.
As for the Quint Territory, there will be no such territory in the future and it will be re-integrated into the Black Iron Earldom.
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"The family members of the Lady of Misfortune?" Nalant thought of something when he heard this.
"Old guy, you are trying to trick me, but I'm afraid you don't know. This is simply giving me my head!"
If the intruders were ordinary serfs, Narant would have to worry about some conspiracy.
Now that he heard that these people were all relatives of the Daughter of Doom, Lant knew what the Black Iron Earl was planning.
If other lords were faced with such a situation, they would probably turn green in the face, which would mean an increase in danger for the territory.
But for Narant, he would like to have as many Daughters of Doom as possible. If he were not forced to keep a low profile due to formality, Narant really wanted to issue a notice to all the nobles, asking them to send out the Daughters of Doom.
Nuquan sent the storm collar.
This will not only increase his population, but also increase his chances of getting a lucky girl.
"Sir, what should we do now? This girl said that they will be killed if they go back!" Vivian felt the same for these girls and looked at her master with some anxiety at this moment.
Although she knew that she could change the fate of the Daughter of Misfortune, there were so many old and weak people here and only a few middle-aged serfs. Such a population was of little use to the nobles, but would become a burden.
"Since you can't go back, then stay!" In Nalant's eyes, there is no one who is old or weak, and everyone can give full play to their abilities.
Besides, as long as one or two lucky girls appear among the two hundred people, he will definitely make a profit without losing anything.
"Ah! Really, my lord! You are such a kind lord!" Vivian looked at his lord with admiration, her beautiful eyes were watery, and he liked his lord's kind heart.
"Oh, Vivian, wasn't your lord unkind before?"
"Well! Sir, when I saw you for the first time, I knew that you were the kindest nobleman!" Vivian actually started patting the horses as well.
"Haha!" Nalant was in a great mood after receiving the horse from the lucky girl Jiao Didi. "Vivian, then you will be responsible for settling them! You will also conduct a census of them at that time!"
"Yes, sir!"
Next, Narant ordered the guards to take these serfs to Lucky Village.
Of course, although there is a clear reason for these people to die, Naranti is not really without precautions.
He left Vivian in charge of settling these serf girls, and he returned to the castle. At the same time, he ordered Shirley to send Xiao Huihui and Bee to monitor these serfs.
It may be true that most of them are the Daughters of Doom, but I am worried that there are spies among them, so I asked Shirley to keep an eye on them, so that if there is any abnormal movement, he can track it.
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"Sir, the first batch of mined ore has been crushed at the mill. Civil Affairs Officer Mario has just sent someone to deliver it. Do you want to check it?"
After Narant finished explaining to Shirley, Thomas found him to report.
"Are you ready? Let's go and have a look!" Nalant has been waiting for the production of saltpeter mine for the past two days. After hearing this, he went directly to the castle storage room.
After arriving at the storage room, Narant saw jars of white powder contained in clay pots, which was saltpeter powder.
"Thomas, how many kilograms does this first batch of saltpeter ore weigh in total?"
"Sir, this big clay pot can hold five kilograms of saltpeter powder, so there should be twenty-five kilograms here!"
"Twenty-five pounds, this yield is not bad!" The elf's scope of action is one acre of land, so naturally it is impossible for one acre of land to be filled with saltpeter mines.
Mineral reserves also vary in level.
In just a few days, we were able to obtain twenty-five kilograms of pure mineral powder, which is already considered a high yield.
"Thomas, you will send four of these jars to Tulip City later! Remember, let the servants keep an eye on the saltpeter powder and make sure no one else steals it!"
"Yes, sir!"
"Well, I took this jar! By the way, now go and ask the servant to grind out a pound of charcoal powder and a pound of sulfur powder. Once they are ready, bring them to the fourth floor. I'll wait above!"
"Yes, sir!" Thomas didn't ask the reason, and respectfully stepped back to make arrangements.
After sending Thomas away, Nalant headed towards the fourth floor with a pound of saltpeter powder in his arms.
Although the use of black powder in this world is very limited, for example, muskets are definitely useless against title knights, and muskets are troublesome to make, cumbersome to use, and not economical.
However, as a time traveler, he was still prepared to light up the technology tree of this gunpowder. After all, the use of gunpowder is not necessarily a musket.
There are other aspects as well. In terms of combat, it may be possible to use "earth peeling off", but in terms of reputation, it is definitely easy to break into mountains and blast rocks.
In short, start the technology tree first so that you will be prepared if you need it later.
As for the production of black gunpowder, I believe that in previous lives, as long as you are a younger generation, you have basically heard of the recipe. After all, the recipe for nitrate, disulfide, and charcoal is everywhere on the Internet.
There is actually no technical content in making it.
Of course, there is one pitfall that you must not step on, that is, the one nitrate mentioned here represents one pound of nitrate, and the two sulfur and three charcoal represent two ounces of sulfur and three ounces of charcoal.
In ancient times, one pound was sixteen taels, so the ratio is 16:2:3!
Take the saltpeter powder to the laboratory on the fourth floor. At this moment, the laboratory finally ushered in its first scientific and technological experiment.
In the past, Narant only used this laboratory as a storage room for valuable materials and a perfume dispensing room.
It didn't take long before the servant delivered the finely divided charcoal powder and sulfur powder Nalant needed.
Narant made the allocation according to the formula, that is, two copies were allocated in the ratio of 16:2:3.
But he didn't stop yet. He remembered that there seemed to be a more precise ratio in the past and present times, and the content of saltpeter powder was slightly reduced.
Of course, he has not seen the specific ratio. He only heard that the ratio of saltpeter to powder should be appropriately reduced.
So he made slight adjustments to the content of saltpeter powder, and the ratios were 15:2:3 and 14:2:3.
One portion of each of these two proportions will be used for comparison after completion, so that he can know which proportion is the best.
"You're done! There's nothing difficult to do next!"
The most difficult thing about making black powder is the ratio. Now that the ratio is solved, the next step is very simple.
First, stir the three well-proportioned black powders. After mixing evenly, they must be soaked and then compacted.
Wait until the black powder is compacted before drying.
When completely dry, carefully mash and sift.
When black powder particles of uniform size are obtained through screening, the work is truly completed.
The particle size is required to be uniform here, so that the gunpowder burns more quickly and violently when used.
Otherwise, one particle will be larger than the other, and the combustion will be uneven and the maximum energy cannot be released instantly.
(The above is purely nonsense, please don’t try it!)