Chapter 41: The Desolate Law and the Desolate Crossbow
Allen was quite concerned about the lack of war horses among the territorial warriors. In an era of cold weapons like the mainland, cavalry was always much more powerful than infantry.
Unlike the grasslands in the north where horses can be raised on a large scale in the southern part of the continent, there are very few places where horses can be raised in the south. Most of them are small pastures. This has also led to the fact that most of the noble territories are dominated by infantry. Of course, this is also different from warriors.
It is related to strength. If the warriors of other territories were like Qinghuang Territory and all their warriors reached the level of cavalry, I guess the nobles would be willing to spend a lot of money to equip their warriors with war horses!
Now Allen can only curse Viscount Bernard for returning in defeat. The entire Musen Territory suffered heavy losses. In addition, Currit was dead at that time. By then, all the barons had suffered heavy losses from themselves. Naturally, no one could stop Ai.
Lun went to seize Ironstone Territory's horses.
Although it seems a bit unkind to do so, those who can become nobles are basically not good people. It is commonplace to exploit the people and kill serfs at will... Allen knows that he is one of them, but at least he will not exploit them at will.
Exploiting the citizens and serfs, Allen is considered to be lenient to the citizens in his own territory.
If you think more badly, if Viscount Bernard dies, then the viscounty will no longer be able to suppress the barons below. This is also the opportunity that Allen has been waiting for. From time to time, Allen will think of Viscount Bernard.
The idea of interception, but Allen did not act rashly.
After all, although Viscount Bernard is no longer at his peak, he has rich combat experience. If he misses a hit or loses his hand, Allen will not only become the enemy of Musen Territory, but also leave an indelible stain such as killing the feudal lord.
Allen couldn't afford this price, so he gave up this tempting idea...
Putting aside the matter of war horses for the time being, if Musen Leader loses the battle, he can collect all the Iron Stone Leader war horses without spending a penny. If the battle is won, then Allen will have to spend money to buy them.
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A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and Qinghuang Territory began to operate in an orderly manner under the management of the Nine Divisions. The Health Department and the Security Department established branch offices in each village. The security environment in the territory has been greatly improved, and there will be no more
As soon as we entered the village, the road was full of excrement and the stench was overwhelming. The gangsters and bullies in Haohao Township have also become quails, and some are even eating prison food.
The Engineering and Construction Department is carrying out a series of construction plans such as the Qinghuang Town street widening plan and the village water canal unblocking plan.
The household registration office is re-measuring the land area and sorting out the household registrations of each village. The finance office is developing steadily, and the etiquette and education office is starting to build the first school in the territory. It will not take long to start teaching.
The Criminal Law Department compiled and summarized the legal documents given by Allen, and finally issued the first territorial regulations. Allen named it the "Green Wasteland Law", although it still has many areas that need to be improved.
In order to promote the "Qinghuang Law" to the entire territory, Allen summoned the village chiefs and asked them to take the lead in promoting it in the villages. As for Qinghuang Town, it was originally under the direct jurisdiction of the Government Affairs Office. In the town, the streets and small streets
The alley is covered with yellow paper with Qinghuang Fa written on it.
At this time, Allen was no longer in the castle dealing with territory affairs. He was rushing to the Army Logistics Bureau. The reason was that with the efforts of a large number of craftsmen from the Weapons Research Branch of the Logistics Bureau, the first crossbow in the other world was born in the Qinghuang Territory.
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"Lord Baron!" Newman greeted Allen after seeing him coming.
"Lord Baron..." A group of craftsmen behind Newman also shouted.
"Okay! Hurry! Where's the crossbow?" Allen said anxiously. This is a long-range strike weapon on the battlefield. Who doesn't want to see it first?
"Here it is!" Newman quickly picked up the crossbow from the crowd.
Allen took it with both hands.
I saw that the whole body of this crossbow was pitch black and painted with a kind of moisture-proof paint. The length of the bow arms was about one meter. The whole body was made of mulberry wood. There were goat's horns affixed to the inside of the bow arms. Unknown animal tendons were affixed to the outside of the bow arms. The trigger was made of goat's horns.
, the arrow trough made of redbud wood, bonded with isinglass, is a natural killing weapon.
Allen held the black crossbow and loved it very much.
"Where's the crossbow? Bring it here, I want to test fire it!" Allen couldn't wait to test the power of this guy.
"Lord Baron, due to time constraints and the difficulty of manufacturing crossbow arrows, there are only ten arrows." Newman reminded.
Allen looked at the arrow Newman handed over, a rhombus-shaped iron arrowhead, and an arrow shaft made of birch wood. The whole body was pitch black and exuded a metallic luster.
Allen slowly put an arrow into the arrow trough, pulled out the flexible crossbow string and hung it on the hook. He held the trigger with his hand, raised the crossbow slightly, and pulled the trigger.
With a "swish" sound, the arrow flew out from the string, like a black lightning, piercing the air, hitting the big tree a hundred meters away, and struck hard on the trunk, causing the leaves on the tree to fall one after another.
"Okay!" Allen laughed, very satisfied with the power of this crossbow.
Others also cheered.
Newman and others were also surprised by the power of the crossbow. Seeing the Baron laughing happily, they also echoed.
In order to test the actual killing range of this crossbow, Allen subsequently conducted many experiments, and finally determined that the crossbow arrows could reach up to 250 meters, and could effectively kill soldiers without armor within 200 meters.
Meshe killed leather-armored soldiers, and he could kill iron-armored soldiers within a hundred meters.
In other words, this crossbow can threaten low-level knights wearing armor within a hundred meters. However, due to the ability of mid-level knights to attach elements, it can protect the knights, and the power of the crossbow will be weakened.
After driving away the other craftsmen, Allen handed the crossbow to Newman.
"The manufacturing method of Newman's crossbow must not be leaked!" Allen solemnly warned Newman.
"Don't worry, Lord Baron. I am the only one who knows all the crossbow production drawings. Other craftsmen only know a small part of them. The important parts are all under my control. And this is only the first generation of crossbows, and it will be improved through the drawings in the future."
." Newman replied.
"Okay, you must be on guard against others!"
"By the way, now that the first-generation crossbow has been successfully researched, we should seize the time to make a batch for the territory warriors to practice. Let's call them Qinghuang Crossbow!" Allen reminded.
"Yes, Lord Baron!"
"Since your Weapons Research Branch has developed the crossbow, a reward is essential. When Patton goes to the Finance Department and the Government Affairs Department, Newman, your salary will be doubled, and the salary of other craftsmen will be increased by 30%." Allen rewarded generously.
"Yes!" Patton behind him responded.
"Thank you, Lord Baron, for the reward!" Newman's face flushed with excitement, and his rough hands kept shaking.
In fact, Newman doesn't pay much attention to rewards, but the reward the Baron gave to himself and others is the recognition of his research results. How can he not be excited! The Baron appointed him as deputy director because of his trust in Newman. If
He didn't complete the task assigned by the Baron, so how could he have the face to face the Baron.