Frederick has been worried about a problem, which is that the newly built village requires a large number of draft horses for plowing and pulling carts.
According to the current tradition, the draft horses in the village are the private property of the lord or a certain rich man, and other villagers pay rent when they need it.
Horses are not cheap. A luxurious war horse costs hundreds of gold florins. A first-class war horse costs about 80 florins. A timid riding horse costs 10 florins. An ordinary draft horse costs 1 florin.
Lin can be taken home, and a strong draft horse costs 2 florins.
It is impossible for a village to have only one draft horse. The total number is enough to give Frederick a headache. Firstly, there is not enough money. Secondly, there may not be so many on the market. Thirdly, there is not even enough pasture to feed the horses in the near future, so
He just had the idea for the excavator.
Now that the excavator was no longer working, Frederick thought about it and could only settle for the next best thing.
The light element was once again shaped into a model by his mental power. This time it was much simpler, the kind that replaced the cylinder of a single-cylinder internal combustion engine through the deformation of "artificial muscles".
Although this kind of engine has many shortcomings, it is good to use it when there is no better choice.
This kind of engine drives the winch at the edge of the field through gears. The rope on the winch pulls a plow or columbine with several plowshares. The plow is pulled from one end of the field to plow the row of plows once, which is more efficient than draft horses.
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At the same time, it can also drive water trucks and small steel mills to grind powder, etc. It has many more uses than draft horses.
Ogilvy thought for a moment and said: "This kind of machine can be made in theory. It can use the cheapest magic muscles. It has enough power and is not expensive. Mass production is no problem."
"However, it has a shortcoming common to all magic muscles. When used at high frequency for a long time, it will become seriously hot and eventually burn out."
"Because it is controlled by magic, there is no way to use magic to cool it down."
Frederick was not very familiar with this kind of material, so he had just studied the newly moved golem puppets in the past few days, and it was hard to make any comments.
"It's enough to just water it." Manua suddenly said, "There is someone next to me who carries water and pours it on to cool down from time to time. What a big deal."
Ogilvy was silent and finally said: "It can indeed be done like this. I will arrange for someone to try it tomorrow."
Frederick was speechless, and then arranged: "This machine can be processed first. If the effect is good, we might be able to increase the price to 10 times the cost and sell it."
Ogilvy immediately became energetic.
Everyone discussed some other things, and the meeting ended half an hour before dinner.
Frederick and others simply bragged and chatted here, and then went to the restaurant at meal time.
Not knowing what they were talking about, Ah Fu sighed deeply and said, "Oh... why is the king targeting us?"
The conference room suddenly became quiet, and no one could figure this out.
"It's very simple." Richard Nall said solemnly, "Because His Majesty William achieved nothing in last year's war, other nobles in the country were very dissatisfied with him."
"However, although Henry died in battle, he gained a lot of fame because of the last battle, and William was jealous."
Wesson led everyone to immediately focus on Richard Nall.
They knew the general story of how old Count Wesson died in battle, but they knew nothing about the details.
Richard Nall was silent for a moment, looked directly at Frederick, and said: "There are some things that you will know sooner or later. The reason why I didn't tell you in advance is because I was worried that you would be too impulsive. What can an eight-year-old child do?
What?"
"Now it seems that you matured earlier than I expected, so I'll tell you."
The faces of Frederick and others became solemn, waiting for Richard Nall's next words.
"I learned of Henry's death in the theater of the Kingdom of Gaul." Richard Nare's words surprised everyone.
He continued in a deep voice: "It was an opera praising Henry's bravery, honor and sacrifice, and the villain was Juste of the Kingdom of Gaul."
"Juste?" Manuel exclaimed, "Is it the Dharma God Juste, the head of the Gallic Royal Mage Group?"
Richard Nall nodded and continued: "On that day, Juste led a surprise attack on the material camp where Henry and the others were stationed. At that time, the camp contained military rations that had just been shipped from China. If it was destroyed, the front line would be hungry.
, there is no need to fight."
"Juste didn't take any action at first, he just cracked the camp's defensive magic in the shortest time, and then people from the Royal Knights and the Royal Mage Group launched an attack on the camp."
Having said this, Richard Nall picked up the tea cup and drank all the tea, looked at Afu and asked: "There is something, you didn't tell Frederick, right?"
Afu replied respectfully: "Mr. Henry said before he left for the expedition that if he could not come back, he would not be able to see that thing until Mr. Frederick had a child."
Frederick was startled, and the corners of his mouth twitched. It couldn't be something like "wanting to practice magical skills and wielding a sword to kill oneself". His father had already started to grow a beard before going to the war, and he even pulled it out to play with. It was not a lie. Richard Nall glanced at Frederick and said: "That is a magic that the Wesson family obtained many years ago to burn life force and increase strength. It is not a secret, many people know it."
Except for Frederick, Wesson led everyone to nod, and Franz said: "Yes, I learned it too."
Richard Nall continued: "At that time, Henry and his eleven knights used this magic, doubled their strength, and frightened the enemy five times their size in the first charge." p>
"No one hesitated or flinched in the ensuing battle, and many people died together with the enemy."
"Juste took action, and Henry was quickly suppressed. He promised that the entire lowland region wanted to recruit Henry to surrender."
"Henry's answer was to burn all his remaining life, almost killing Juste by surprise."
"I went to see Juste before I came here and saw his injuries. He was very serious. He almost died at the time. He will have to recover for several years."
"He said that Henry's strength was not inferior to mine at that moment. If he had just half a breath longer, he would have lost his life."
Richard Nall looked at Frederick and said seriously: "Just asked me to tell you that if you want revenge, he will wait for you."
Psyche held the tea cup and continued the topic: "This magic can be stopped at any time. As long as you don't die, the consumed vitality can be slowly replenished later."
"Maybe we won't return to our peak, but we'll have no problem surviving."
There was silence in the conference room for a long time, with Frederick and Alfred wiping away tears from time to time. Franz leaned on the back of his chair, looked up at the ceiling, and whispered the prayers of the Light Church.
Manuai sighed, as long as the nobles surrendered on the battlefield, they would get the treatment they deserve, and they could go back after waiting for the ransom from their families.
In today's wars, soldiers often suffer numerous casualties, but no nobles suffer any loss. In recent years, there are almost no nobles like Earl Henry Wesson and his knights who fight to the death for the responsibilities on their shoulders.
Manuai once again confirmed one thing. Their king is a fool. With such a loyal minister, he should reward the orphan and publicize him as an example, instead of trying every possible means to plot his territory like now.
The citizens of the Kingdom of Gaul advocate romance, bravery, loyalty and all other good things. It is not surprising that a model figure like Henry Wesson is welcomed there.
Even if he is an enemy on the battlefield, in the words of the Gauls, precious qualities do not distinguish between friend and foe.
Manuel wrote a few lines on his notepad and arranged it when he got back.
Frederick looked at the table in front of him quietly for a long time, then raised his head and said to Richard Nall: "Master, please tell Juste that I will settle the grudges on the battlefield on the battlefield." p>
Then he looked at the people led by Wesson and said solemnly: "This revenge... I will not let anyone go."
There were not many details leaked from the Rhine Alliance side about the attack on the supply camp, which makes this incident very unusual. There may be some hidden secret in it.
From the beginning, Frederick kept in mind that there are smart people in every world, and he should not think that the other person is a fool just because he is a time traveler.
However, a series of recent events seem to be telling him that he may be wrong.