Claude and his three friends once again climbed over the wall behind the school, but this time they came out after lunch. As Boker said, everyone has money around them now, but there is money around them.
You can't spend money indiscriminately. Go out to eat delicious food every day. Firstly, money will be spent very quickly, just like Claude spent three doriazos on a treat last time. Secondly, if you are used to eating delicious food, the school lunch will be more expensive in the future.
It’s hard to get in. What should I do if I have no money?
Everyone had to admit that what Bockaar said was very reasonable. Even Erikson, who had been clamoring to go to the town to find something delicious, was convinced and went to the canteen to eat the unpalatable lunch with everyone.
Go climb the wall.
This time the destination of the four people is still the old Monk fishing gear and boat supplies store in the slum pier. Although the current store owner Vakuri has changed the ancestral store sign, he has not given up the grocery store business. Clo
The powder muskets for the new muskets needed by De and Boker had to be purchased from him.
Mr. Morsand had a long talk with Claude last night, and he had a frank exchange of his plans for Claude's future life, which made Claude realize that his father's plan for his life path was extremely appropriate.
The consideration was very thoughtful and meticulous, so he had to accept the result.
There is no way, this is not the society in the previous life where you can just leave and survive by working casually. The social structure of this other world is completely different, and the restrictions on personal freedom are very severe. As a civilian, there is no appropriate reason.
If he goes to another place, endless inquiries and inquiries will await him.
If it is during a war, then the suspicion of evading military service will always be around. However, evading military service is not only a felony in the Kingdom of Ovelas, but also in all countries in the Farea continent, and the minimum penalty for evading military service is ten years.
, those who are unlucky may even have to do hard labor indefinitely...
In the Kingdom of Ovilas, only by becoming a citizen can you have personal freedom rights, because you have made contributions to the kingdom and obtained national status. So you can freely walk on the territory of the kingdom, whether you are doing business or traveling, even if
You are also free to carry firearms with you. Of course, you cannot do anything that violates the laws of the kingdom by virtue of your national status.
The mainland of Nubicia is vast and sparsely populated. Although wars have continued over the years, the kingdom's army is basically suppressing and annihilating the rebellious indigenous armed forces. Even if those indigenous armed forces have more or less received covert and covert help from other countries,
He also replaced the primitive weapons such as stone axes and wooden spears in his hands, and picked up a more advanced matchlock gun. However, when facing the kingdom's army, he was still vulnerable, and his battle damage ratio reached dozens or even a hundred.
Get one kingdom soldier casualty.
As the godson of Viscount Jerryhausen Van Kruse, the governor of the Tiersim region, even in name only, Claude went to the mainland of Nubisia to join his godfather and enlisted in the army, and he would definitely get a response.
At the very least, he will not be sent on duty in the more dangerous war-torn places. The most likely thing is that he will be placed in the Governor's Guard. Is there a safer place in the Tiersim area than the Governor's side?
This is Mr. Morsant's analysis. He believes that if Claude can be smarter, gain the trust of Viscount Jerryhausen Van Kruse, and rely on his status as godson, if nothing unexpected happens, he can survive March 4th.
In the next year, he will be regarded as a confidant by the Governor and receive his strong support.
Then it would not take fifteen years, but at most seven or eight years, for Claude to obtain national status. After all, it is easy to perform meritorious service on the battlefield. Even if you are behind the scenes, you can get some credit for assistance such as command and logistics.
From the perspective of security, Mr. Morsan believes that even if the Kingdom and the five countries of the Anti-Austria Alliance go to war in a few years, it will not affect the situation in the seven overseas territories of Nubisia. The Kingdom has deployed nearly 100,000 troops there.
It is enough to clear out several overseas territories of the five countries of the Anti-Austria Alliance on the Nubicia continent, especially since the total number of troops they deployed there is less than 30,000, and there is no way they can be the opponent of the Kingdom's army. The direction of the Kingdom's army is
, the most likely possibility for the enemy is to surrender and go to the prisoner camp.
Therefore, the most brutal war can only occur in the eastern part of the Farea continent. This is likely to be another war with hundreds of thousands or even millions of casualties. The anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance wants to suppress the Kingdom of Ovelas
rise, and the Kingdom must ensure the safety of sea passages leading to the overseas territories of the Nubicia continent. The biggest battlefields for both sides will be the several excellent port cities in the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance in the eastern part of the continent, and the Kingdom must capture at least some of them.
The two provide enough territory for their expanding maritime fleets.
Mr. Morsant has no objection to the Kingdom's victory, but if it wants to defeat the anti-Austrian Five-Nation Alliance, the Kingdom must also pay a correspondingly heavy price in casualties. This war is likely to last as long as three or four years, until both sides have exhausted all their resources.
Only then will they consider sitting down and continuing to bargain and negotiate to restore peace in the eastern part of Farea continent.
However, Mr. Morsan believes that this war will be followed by twenty or thirty years of peace. Both the victorious and the defeated countries will need time to lick their wounds and once again accumulate their respective armaments and wait for the next war.
of the outbreak.
At this time, Claude, who had escaped this tragic war in the Nubicia continent, should have obtained national status. He can completely choose his life path again, whether to continue to join the army, or retire and return to White Deer Town to live a peaceful life.
Life, or entering politics, becoming a local official, such as a patrol captain or something...
Mr. Morsant's idea is very beautiful, and he has done his best to ensure Claude's safety. But whether this idea can be realized depends on Claude's luck and his own efforts.
As a father, Mr. Morsant also fulfilled his duties and obligations. It was rare that he spent a large sum of money to buy the Kingdom's latest Obash II standard matchlock gun as a gift for Claude.
"This latest matchlock gun cost me six gold crowns." Mr. Morsan said heartbrokenly: "I asked Rubil to buy it from the gunsmith's workshop in the county town of Barromise. He
I also bought one. Originally, he wanted to buy a cheap old-fashioned matchlock gun for Boa to practice. I advised him that since he wanted to practice and become familiar with the matchlock gun, why not spend more money to buy one that is now equipped by the Kingdom’s army?
A standard matchlock gun? This way, if they enlist in the army in the future, they don’t have to be familiar with that kind of matchlock gun. Lubiwell thought what I said was very reasonable, and bought Boa one like yours..."
Lubiwell was Bockal's father, a well-known big businessman in White Deer Town. The small and somewhat famous Boardman Firm in the three southwest counties was their family's business.
"You said Boa's father also bought him a matchlock gun?" Claude was stunned.
Mr. Morsan nodded: "Yes, Boa, like you, also has to enlist in the army after the age of eighteen. Although his father has considered paying his dues, if the war between the kingdom and the anti-Austrian alliance is
If an outbreak breaks out, even if he has paid the draft, he will still be forcibly drafted into the army. So his father wants to arrange him into the logistics department through connections, so that he can avoid being used as cannon fodder on the battlefield..."
Well, it’s true that snakes have their own paths and rats have their own ways, and each has its own arrangement.
"Claude, I have already given you the gift. But I also have several requests for you." Mr. Morsant said seriously.
There were three requests from his father. First, when Claude wanted to practice matchlock shooting, the location could only be outside the town. Second, Claude needed to buy all the gunpowder guns himself, and the family did not bear the expense.
, it seems that Mr. Morsan also understood that Claude was very rich during this time.
The last request is that Claude can use this matchlock to hunt or something. The family will not object. However, Claude is strictly prohibited from using this matchlock to show off in the town and threaten the lives of others. Once such a situation occurs
, Mr. Morsan will confiscate this matchlock gun without hesitation.
Claude agreed to these three requests made by his father.
The next morning, as soon as they met Bockar, this guy happily told Erikson and Veronique that both he and Claude had one of the kingdom's latest matchlock guns. This made Erikson
After being envious of Verolick for a long time, Ericson decided to go home at night to talk to his father and ask his father to buy him a similarly new matchlock gun.
Claude asked Verricro how to master the accuracy of aiming and shooting a matchlock gun.
Verricro replied that there is no other way but to keep shooting. The more you shoot, the better you will understand the behavior of the matchlock gun in your hand, and you will naturally understand the shooting accuracy and aiming error of the matchlock gun.
Distance, as long as you master this, you will consciously deduct the error distance from your consciousness when aiming in the future, and improve the accuracy of shooting.
This is really unscientific. According to Viricero, shooting a matchlock mainly relies on blindness. Only after firing a lot can you understand some of the distance errors in aiming and shooting. Then the error distance will be automatically adjusted the next time you aim.
Adjustment to ensure that the next launch will be more accurate...
Viricero was telling the truth. This was how he felt when he fired the matchlock gun. It was just like the last time he went to Bailuzhou, by the creek at night, when Viricero shot the mountain deer in the head.
. Fifty or sixty meters apart, it was still in the dark, with only a faint moonlight shining on the water. But Verricro aimed calmly, and according to the three-point-one line, he really matched the two firing points on the matchlock gun.
If the mountain deer is facing straight, the gun will fly to nowhere as soon as it is fired.
It's just that Viricero was very aware of the shooting distance error between the aim of his matchlock gun and the target, so he aimed at a distance of about one finger at an angle to the upper left side of the mountain deer's head. He lit the fire and fired, and the mountain deer was shot in the head.
He fell down, unable to even escape, and soon struggled and twitched to death. Aiming and shooting was actually that simple.
Claude also knew that Viricault did not lie to him. This was actually because he had fired too many matchlocks. It was like the story of the oil seller in the textbook when he was a child in his previous life. There is no other but familiarity. The more you practice, the more you will become proficient.
I know this truth, but it is difficult to explain it clearly to others. Only with more practice will you develop a wonderful intuition and understand whether the shot you fired will hit the target. Only then can you say that you
Really mastered the habits of this matchlock gun.
But this was too slow. Claude thought about it all morning before he came up with his own idea. However, he also had to be familiar with the operation and firing process of this matchlock gun first. Shooting practice was essential, so as soon as he finished eating at noon
After dinner, he took his friends to the slum dock and asked Vakuri to buy gunpowder and guns.
I wish all book friends a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. To celebrate the festival, I will add another chapter today...