After Allen formed the nine branches, the territory became lively. Except for the other five branches that still had no leaders, the other four branches had been established in Qinghuang Town under the leadership of Kaili, Tingsi, Barry, and Allen.
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Except for Allen's Supervision Office, which had only established its location, the other three offices had begun to recruit people with Allen's permission, and were initially operational in just a few days.
Since the Government Office and the Finance Office have their original foundations, Allen does not need to pay much attention. Only Barry's Security Office has been created from scratch. In order to give Barry a certain amount of support, Allen will recruit soldiers who have been injured and retired from the territorial army.
He was summoned to the security office and became a security guard.
Although they cannot participate in the battle, they still have to maintain the security of the territory. This can also be regarded as Allen's way out for those who should be injured and discharged in the future.
As for the Shadow Section led by Andy, it has spread the scope of Shadow's intelligence to other viscountries outside Musen territory.
After watching the soldiers' training every day, Allen planned to see how the giant water frogs were doing. Calculating time, more than a hundred baby frogs should have grown up.
It takes about a year for giant water mist frogs to grow from tadpoles to being able to reproduce. It only takes two months to grow them into meat frogs. And Allen is not planning to raise all of the more than one hundred giant frogs to sexual maturity. He only wants to raise them to sexual maturity.
We plan to keep three pairs of giant water-marked frogs as seed frogs, and kill the rest in mid-August for the soldiers to eat to increase the number of cavalry.
He took Barton and Bud to the back mountain. After seeing three curare trees that had grown to half a man's height, he warned the two to be extremely careful with the three curare trees in the future.
This is the fate of a dead rabbit that cannot die again.
Allen had already figured out the cause of death of these rabbits. He ate the leaves of the curare tree at will, but ignored the sharp thorns on the branches and leaves. After being punctured in the mouth, they died of poisoning.
Ignoring the three curare trees, I quickly walked to the sinkhole. I could hear the constant "croaking" sounds, which made my scalp feel numb.
He casually gestured to Barton to hand over the wooden pole in his hand. This was a fishing rod specially made by Allen for observing the giant water-marked frog. ...Tie a thick rope to the wooden pole, and an iron hook with raw meat on it was tied to the other end of the rope.
, everything was ready, Allen threw the iron hook into the sinkhole.
"collapse!"
After a while, the loose rope was straightened instantly, and the giant frog took the bait.
Feeling the pulling force from his hand, Allen began to pull the rope upwards. After a while, the rope was almost pulled in. The hooked water-marked giant frog appeared at the mouth of the pit. The sharp hook passed through the giant frog's lip, and the giant frog only
It can make a weak "croak" sound in pain, knock the giant frog unconscious, take off the hook, and throw it down again.
The giant frogs are now almost as big as their parents. Allen plans to kill all the other giant frogs in mid-August and give all the giant frog meat to the territorial warriors in an effort to improve the warriors' strength as soon as possible.
Come up, according to Antonio's report, more than a dozen soldiers have recently broken through to the cavalry.
After understanding the growth situation of the giant water-marked frog, Allen was going to go to the territorial weapons depot to take a look. A long time ago, Allen discovered that the territorial soldiers wore leather armor of varying quality, and some weapons were also rusty.
There are even gaps.
We arrived at the weapons depot. The weapons depot was maintained by Newman, the castle's specialized blacksmith. Newman looked to be in his forties and was very strong. His face was dark and rosy due to working beside the iron furnace all year round, and his hands were covered with calluses.
"Lord Baron! You are here." Newman said after seeing Allen.
"Newman, open the arsenal!" Allen said
"Yes! Lord Baron." Newman bowed slightly, then took out a key from his arms, selected one, and opened the door of the weapons depot.
As the door of the weapons depot was opened, Allen entered first.
The armory was the size of a basketball court. It was empty, but it was very clean. It was completely different from the mess that Allen had imagined before arriving. It seemed that Newman had cleaned it frequently.
He looked at several sets of full-body chainmail armor on the wall, as well as some broken swords and rusty spearheads piled in the corner.
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Although he had expected it beforehand, Allen was still surprised.
Allen couldn't help but ask Newman.
"Lord Baron, since there were only two hundred warriors in the territory before, now the territory's warriors have suddenly expanded to five hundred. It's too sudden and there is insufficient preparation. We can only give the old weapons that we retired to the warriors for use first. Moreover, leather armor is also difficult to obtain.
, the soldier's leather armor was also retired before." Newman explained to Allen in detail.
"Then what's going on with these sets of chainmail?"
"Lord Baron, these sets of chainmail are the only sets of armor left in the territory. Lord Antonio got his armor from here, but because the quantity is too small, there is no equipment to go out."
Allen also knew a thing or two about the preciousness of iron armor. Just because the baronial realm only had a few sets of iron armor, you could tell how precious it was.
Due to the iron-making technology of the Scarlet Continent, the utilization rate of iron ore is extremely low. Under normal circumstances, the iron extraction rate can only reach about 20%. In addition, the process of making a set of chain armor is complicated and complicated.
If an experienced craftsman can produce two sets of armor a month, he is considered very powerful.
As a result, a set of full-body chain mail can be sold for about two hundred gold dragons. Soldiers are often proud of having a set of iron armor. Antonio's iron armor was given by Alan's father.
The embarrassing situation of the weapons and equipment of the territorial warriors made Allen reflect on the fact that he had neglected the matter of warriors' equipment. He didn't think about it until now, but fortunately it was not too late.
Under the same strength, superior equipment is one of the factors for victory.
This reminds Allen of the sharp contrast between firearms and cold weapons in his previous life. However, firearms are not something that Allen can consider for the time being. Moreover, this world has extraordinary attributes, and the rules of making gunpowder may be different from those of his previous life.
The possibility is very low.
Influenced by his previous life, Allen has a special liking for long-range strikes. Firearms cannot be made, but bows and crossbows with the same long-range strike capabilities as firearms can still be made.
However, bows have already appeared in this world, but the production of bows is too complicated and takes too long, and the price is extremely high. An inferior bow costs one hundred gold dragons, while an excellent bow can cost more than one thousand gold dragons.
It is very unrealistic to ration soldiers from the beginning.
Allen aimed at the crossbow. Generally, a bow takes one year to make, and its range is about one hundred meters. It also takes nearly a year to make a crossbow, but its range can reach two hundred meters. The most important thing is to master it skillfully.
A bow requires years of continuous training, but mastering a crossbow only requires a few days of training.
There is no reason for Allen not to choose the crossbow as a long-range attack weapon. Although he cannot make a powerful crossbow now, Allen still has to prepare for the corresponding preparations. Then Allen has found the production process and the single-shot powerful crossbow through the Origin Bead.
method and record it.
To make a crossbow, you need to find suitable wood and dry it in the shade before making the crossbow body. The bow requires multiple steps such as air-drying and soaking the animal sinews. Others also require some iron sheets and other materials, which is very complicated.