The success of the black powder experiment led Narant to plan to use saltpeter in large quantities to make black powder.
Although there is no war in his castle for the time being, such a large-scale murder weapon is always prepared.
In addition, he also drew a long-handled grenade shape and sent it to the blacksmith shop, and asked Blacksmith John to forge an identical iron shell according to the drawing.
Of course, because Narant wanted to stock up on this grenade shell, there was no limit on the time limit.
Just let John the blacksmith be free to forge it.
As for the anti-personnel shrapnel inside, the requirements for this thing were not high, so Narant directly asked John to hand it over to his apprentice to make it.
Now the two barbarian apprentices have been learning under John for nearly two months, and there is still no problem in forging small iron particles without any requirements.
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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, five days have passed since the grenade experiment, and finally the day of the weekly meteor shower has arrived.
After these days of hard work by the residents, the wheat harvest has gradually come to an end, and this season's bumper harvest is destined.
According to preliminary statistics, in the past, the harvest per mu of cultivated land was only more than 200 kilograms of wheat, and basically no more than 300 kilograms. However, this time it has more than tripled, reaching about 600 kilograms per mu.
Produce.
Although they still need to pay half of the tax, even after paying the tax, they can get more food than last year's total harvest.
This put every household of serfs farming wheat in Stormland into a state of elation.
As a result, the respect that the serfs have for Nalant can be imagined. Now, anyone who dares to say even one word that is not true of Nalant in the Storm Territory will definitely be drowned in the spit of the serfs.
In addition to the wheat harvest, the decoration of the manor in the square is also in full swing these days.
The decoration of the second manor has been completed, because Nalant once again allocated two stonemasons and two carpenters to Mario from the new serfs, and the decoration of the third manor has been mostly completed.
Judging from the situation, the seven manors in the front row of the square should be fully renovated before the arrival of the Earl.
Speaking of the craftsmen among the new serfs, I have to say that the Black Iron Family really gave Nalant a big gift this time.
In addition to Captain Jack, as well as the stonemason and carpenter, Nalant checked the population registration book and found that there was a tailor and a jeweler among the new serfs.
Narant even suspected that the appearance of the Daughter of Misfortune was also targeted, specifically targeting the families of craftsmen.
Of course, this is just a joke.
In fact, this is just survivor bias. The reason why the proportion of artisan families is high is because they have skills and can support their families.
And those families without craftsmanship are prone to starvation and freezing to death.
The above is the basic situation of the development of the territory. With Mario and Thomas to worry about it, Nalant only needs to check it occasionally. What he is really most concerned about is the progress of this side mission.
Fortunately, Jack didn't lie. He did know how to repair ships.
Just two days ago, Kenby Cowdung sent back the news that the ship had been repaired under the leadership of Jack.
The repair time actually only took three days. Although there was sufficient manpower, Nalant was still very happy.
He directly rewarded each of the nine people, including Jack and the crew members who helped with the repairs, with a piece of brown sugar and black bread!
In the past two days, Jack has been working hard on the ship to teach the sailors how to operate the sailboat.
I believe that in a few days, Nalant's first sea-going ship will be able to actually go to sea and ride in the blue ocean.
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"What do these words mean? Do you remember them?"
"Master Butler, these seven words are 'respected lord'!"
"That's right, it's the words 'Dear Lord'! For example, if you are in other places in the future and want to write a letter to report the situation to the Lord, you must first write the seven words "book" in the upper left corner of the letter paper, and then you can start.
report……"
In the morning, after breakfast, Nalant came to the vestibule and saw Thomas using wooden boards and black charcoal to teach the servants and ordinary guards such as Quick how to read.
At the beginning, all the servants were very happy and worked hard to learn writing.
But when rough guys like Quik, who only knew how to kill, learned that they needed to learn writing, it was like killing them.
If they didn't know that Nalant was severely suppressing them, they would probably rather go to the Fiery Forest and fight with the monsters to the death than learn this text.
According to Quick himself, that is: 'Sir, when we kill the enemy, we will kill wherever you point us. There is no need to learn these words that look like tadpoles!'
However, when Nalant told them about the possibility of assigning war horses to them to learn how to write well, Quick and others no longer dared to say "no".
War horse!
That is equivalent to the existence of supercars in previous lives.
In this world, even ordinary people selling goods are still the existence of Mercedes-Benz and BMW to them.
And the war horse is simply a Lamborghini Porsche.
And when they heard their master say that if anyone couldn't write a hundred characters fluently within three months, then the war horse would have no place, all the guards immediately pressed their heads and began to study hard.
Of course, it is not only Thomas who is responsible for teaching, but also Vivian and Mario occasionally.
After all, they all have a lot to do in their own jobs, so taking turns teaching them will not delay their business.
After checking the vestibule for a while, Nalant went to the stables.
"Bailong! It's time for breakfast!" Nalant took two bundles of licorice and put them into Bailong's manger.
Bailong's eyes rolled when he saw Nalant. Although there was no longer any hostility, there was no deep love between man and beast.
Bailong just lowered his head silently and ate the licorice.
"When the saddle and your light armor are forged in a few days, I will take you out of the castle for a walk." Nalant didn't care. This is how difficult it is to tame an adult monster.
Otherwise, the Earl family would have used Warcraft Cavalry long ago.
If you want to tame a monster, you have the best chance of success by training it from cubs, but the cost is too high.
And with Shirley by his side, Narant will always let this guy know how good he is in the long run.
Especially when the purple alfalfa blooms next season, this guy will probably be reluctant to leave.
"My lord! My lord!"
While Nalant was feeding the white dragon, little Shirley came to the stable out of breath.
"What's wrong, Shirley? Is there something going on in the territory?" Seeing the little girl's fair and tender face turning red, Nalant was also surprised. Now, little girl Shirley has truly become his scout.
"Well! No, sir, it's ice cream. My mother said that the ice cream has been made. Because the sun is too strong outside, she wants you to go back to the inner castle to taste it!"
Narant: "..."
Nalant immediately rubbed the little Loli's head vigorously.
No wonder he was so anxious. It turned out that this girl was here for food. Narant thought it was something big.
This ice cream was made by Nalant after he told Rose the rough method of making it a few days ago and asked her to try it. Since he already has the cream ice cubes, he would be able to make it sooner or later.