Hearing that Rael dared to ask the Duke to change the heir so directly, the other three ministers' eyes showed surprise. This guy is so brave!
At this time, Grand Duke Dief looked ugly and said coldly to Rael: "I wonder, Rael, who do you think is the best candidate for the future duke?"
"This is not something Rael can decide. Everything is decided by the Duke!" After hearing this, Rael would not answer the Duke's inquiry rashly.
"What do you three think?" Grand Duke Diff glanced at Rael with dissatisfaction, then turned to look at the other three people.
"Everything is decided by the Duke!" Kurt said first.
"Follow the Duke's arrangements!" The other two people said in unison.
"Everyone, go down! I have made my own decision on this matter!" Grand Duke Difu snorted coldly and left with the help of his servants.
At this time, Minister of State Cote and Minister of Military Affairs Nathan were walking side by side.
"Kurt, what do you think Rael is doing today? He dares to mention such a thing in front of the Duke?" Naxun said curiously. As a soldier, Naxun is naturally no match for civil servants like Kurt.
, he couldn’t figure it out, so he could only ask Kurt.
"Nason, you should know how Rael was promoted from a small official to the Minister of Finance!" Kurt said with a smile.
"He married his sister to Duke Dief!" Nathan said directly, everyone knew about this.
Rael, who was originally just a minor official in Kane's command, started to rise through the ranks after marrying his sister to the Grand Duke of Deif, all the way to the chancellor of the finance.
"Rael is not a fool. He dared to propose such a thing to the Duke in the court today. He naturally has his own purpose. Don't forget, he also has a nephew! Haha!" Kurt laughed.
"Your Excellency Roya?" Nathan was startled and suddenly realized that Your Excellency Roya is also the son of Grand Duke Difu and the nephew of Rael.
"Nathan, I'll give you a piece of advice, it's best not to get into this muddy water!" Kurt shook his head and said.
After hearing this, Nathan did not speak, but just thought for a moment. He did not have a family backing like Kurt. Kurt's family was the most wealthy merchant family in the Kane Territory. They contributed a lot of wealth to the Duke every year. The replacement of the Duke's title was not fundamental.
It doesn't affect him.
He has noticed today's situation. The Duke's situation is not optimistic. There is no telling when an accident will occur. Once the title changes, his position as military minister is likely to be shaken. Although Nathan is not good at strategy, he is not good at this kind of strategy.
Matters related to self-interest are quite sensitive.
Seeing Nathan bowing his head in deep thought, Kurt didn't say anything and just left. He had already given him advice, and it was up to him how he chose.
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At this time, Helan Island, inside the Qinghuang military camp.
A Qinghuang warrior was holding up the Qinghuang crossbow, staring intently at the target in front of him.
"put!"
At the command, the soldier instantly pulled the trigger. The arrow in the arrow trough instantly pierced the air, made a whining sound, and struck the target fifty meters away.
Allen is now testing the protective power of the oil vine shield. The oil vine is a unique plant on Black Orchid Island, and Black Mulberry Village weaves them into oil vine shields to defend against rat claw attacks, and Allen plans to use them in the future.
They equip the Knights.
The oil vine shield is strong and lightweight, making it a one-handed shield suitable for cavalry. It is not used to defend against spear thrusts from the opposite side, but to defend against slashes and arrows flying from a distance.
Allen ordered someone to take the oil vine shield from the target. The crossbow arrow fired from the Qinghuang crossbow at a distance of fifty meters completely penetrated the oil vine shield, and the arrow tip penetrated into the target behind the oil vine shield.
Next, Allen ordered someone to pull the distance to 100 meters and shoot again. Although this time the crossbow arrow once again broke through the defense of the Youteng Shield, it can be seen that the arrow was also stuck on the shield.
Afterwards, Allen experimented with 120 meters, 130 meters and 150 meters, and finally concluded that at 130 meters away, the crossbow arrows could not break through the defense of the oil vine shield.
Afterwards, Allen tested the square slashing characteristics of the Oil Vine Shield and found that as long as the warriors with the ultimate strength of the cavalry did not chop the shield along a straight line, other angled slashes would damage the Oil Vine Shield, but would also be tilted by the shield.
Don't worry, it won't cause harm to anyone.
It can be seen from this that the oil cane shield is a cavalry shield with better performance.
"How are those craftsmen doing with their research?" Allen turned to look at Barton next to him. Barton had successfully been promoted to an intermediate knight last night.
"Sir! After Master Fula's experiments, they found that the sinews of fire-spotted cattle are indeed the best material today!" Barton replied.
Fura and several other craftsmen were the army craftsmen transferred by Allen from the Logistics Bureau, specializing in repairing the worn out and damaged weapons and equipment of the Qinghuang warriors on Black Orchid Island.
"Let's go! Come and take a look with me!" Allen casually threw the oil vine shield in his hand to the soldiers aside, and took Barton to the repair place.
A few minutes later, Allen arrived at the military camp repair office.
"Lord Viscount! We have finished manufacturing the crossbow you want. Please see if it suits you!" At this time, a tall and sturdy middle-aged man said respectfully to Allen. This guy is what Barton just said.
Master Fula is also one of the carpenters in the Logistics Bureau.
"You chose the beef tendon of the flaming cow to make the crossbow string?" Allen asked.
"That's right! Lord Viscount! After our experiments, apart from the tendons of golden sheep, only the tendons of fire-spotted cattle meet the standards best!" Fraula nodded respectfully.
"Let's go! Let's go take a look!" Allen signaled.
Walking into the camp of the training place, the crossbow that Fula just mentioned was placed in the middle.
I can see that this crossbow is very different from the Qinghuang crossbow. The first is the size. This crossbow is more than twice the size of the Qinghuang crossbow. It has two crossbow arms that are more than one meter long. The crossbow machine below is also very huge.
, it can only be held steady by holding it with both hands. Next to it are several arrows with a metallic sheen. These arrows are made of fine iron. They are about one meter long, about the thickness of a thumb, and have blood grooves on both sides of the arrow body.
This is the giant crossbow that Allen asked Fra and the others to build. It is a simple crossbow that Allen streamlined and reduced based on the design of the bed crossbow minus the wooden frame below.
This kind of crossbow is not as big as the ordinary bed crossbow and can be held by one person with both hands. It is a crossbow that Allen wants to distribute specifically to low-level knights. The maximum pulling force of the giant crossbow can reach one thousand kilograms, which is just suitable for low-level knights to operate.
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The huge pulling force naturally requires better crossbow strings to support it. Through experiments by Fra and the others, they found that in addition to the rare tendons of magical beasts such as the golden sheep, the tendons of the fire-spotted cow are the most suitable. Compared with the rarer magical beasts,
Animal tendons, naturally the tendons of fire-spotted cattle are better.
In addition to the crossbow's crossbow strings, which use fire-spotted cattle tendons, the crossbow body and crossbow arms also use hard wood and monster bones.
As for Allen's purpose of creating this kind of giant crossbow, it is naturally to target high-level knights.