The carriage traveled all night in the wind and snow, and as dawn approached, Asharif and his party finally arrived at Hanfeng Fortress.
His wife and children were still sleeping soundly. Asharif stared at them for a long time, then happily got under the bed and hid the bacon and bread he brought back in a secret compartment.
His voice was a little loud and woke up the child. As soon as the wife opened her eyes and saw her husband, she quickly hugged him in her arms.
"I thought you were dead," the wife cried.
"I thought you..." Asharif choked, not wanting to say the second half of the sentence, "You didn't suffer, did you?"
"Fortunately, someone comes to deliver food every day, including meat and bread, but it was robbed twice by the women of Oleg's family."
"I know that woman," Asharif said angrily, "That woman weighs three hundred pounds and is difficult to deal with at first sight."
The wife looked unconvinced and said: "If it's one-on-one, I can still deal with it. She also has two daughters and a twelve-year-old son."
"I have to have a good talk with Oleg. If he dares to do this again, I will go to the judge for a ruling."
"Judge?" The wife looked at Asharif in surprise, "I have never seen a judge in my life. How can I go to a judge for this kind of thing?"
"Of course, when they encounter this kind of thing in Suixue City, they all go to the judge. Remember the two brothers from the Nevafu family. They always make trouble for me on the construction site. Later, the foreman took me to see the judge.
The judge asked them to apologize to me and give me two silver coins as compensation. These two bastards had no money. The judge said it would be deducted from their wages. I didn’t believe there would be any wages at all. Who knew they were actually paid yesterday?
The wages are paid.”
"What did you say?" The wife looked at Asharif in surprise, "Did they give you money? How much?"
Asharif took out the money bag: "There are nine silver coins in total, four are my wages, and the other five are my rewards. I won the monthly star!"
"What's the Star of the Month?"
"He is the most capable worker this month."
"Oh my God, nine silver coins," the wife's eyes became moist and her voice began to tremble, "I have never seen so many silver coins, and my father never saw it until the day he died."
"I will become the star of the month next month, and I will buy you a lot of good things!"
The wife looked worried and said: "What if Oleg's woman comes to rob him again?"
"Is there no judge here?"
"No, there are only soldiers here."
"Then go to the soldiers and tell them that these women have violated the laws of Suixue City. They will either pay compensation, be whipped, or do hard labor. See if they dare to bully you!"
The wife kissed Asharif's cheek and said softly: "I have always believed that I have never married the wrong person in my life."
"Of course you didn't marry the wrong person! You married the best man in the village. That's what I told your father." Asharif hugged his wife tightly, "I'll buy you bacon in a minute.
Buy bread, buy milk, and buy you some more beautiful clothes."
The wife hesitated for a while, shook her head and said, "You can't buy it here. The things here are too expensive. One pound of bread costs two copper coins. In our hometown, one copper coin can buy five pounds of bread."
Compared with the current price, two copper coins per pound of bread are really very cheap, because wheat has been sold for 80 copper coins in the Lion Country. The food cost of the bread all comes from Reggie's pocket, and Reggie only charges a small labor fee.
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But the prices in Bayer Country are much cheaper, because Bayer Country is not only very scarce in materials, but also in currency. Bayer Country is rich in iron ore, but there are very few gold, silver, and copper mines. They cannot large-scale
They mint the currency that is common on the mainland. Due to the lack of products, they are unable to earn foreign currency.
This has resulted in extremely low prices in Bayer Country. Currency is always the most valuable thing here. For ordinary people, a silver coin is already considered a luxury capital, and the prices of all commodities are unimaginably low.
"Are we... still going back to Bayer?" Asharif suddenly asked a stupid question, which surprised his wife.
"Shouldn't we go back? That's our home."
"But at home, we will never earn so much money," Asharif said, looking at the silver coins in his hand. "I used to earn less than one silver coin in a year, but now I earn nine in a month."
The wife thought for a while and kissed Asharif again: "We make money here, and then we save the money and spend it when we return to our hometown."
"But I still want to buy you some food and a new dress."
"Then spend one silver coin!" The wife gritted her teeth and said this. She was willing to spend one silver coin, which really made a lot of determination for her. "Anyway, they provide us with food, including bread, bacon, and meat."
Yes, as long as we don’t get robbed, we still have enough to eat. Just buy some milk. As for clothes... buy a piece of clothing material and I’ll make it myself!”
"Yes!" Asharif nodded vigorously, "Save the money and don't let anyone find out. I will be the monthly star next month and I will earn you nine more silver coins!"
The wife hugged Asharif tightly and said with a happy smile: "When we go back and buy more land, we will never go hungry again!"
Asharif touched his wife's hair, but was not as excited as his wife because he was thinking about a question.
He also misses his hometown very much, but since coming to Broken Snow City, he has forgotten the feeling of hunger.
Food is provided for free here. Although Justin said that it will not continue to be provided for free next year, he can earn twenty copper coins a day, which is enough to provide food for the family and save some savings.
Should I go back or not? This is a question that requires serious consideration.
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Holiday days are happy, but Reggie is not so lucky. He has been very busy these days.
First, he had to confirm that Hurley's spell could meet his requirements, which was not just to drill holes in the iron plate, but to drill holes in the iron rods.
With the current technology, the craftsmen of Broken Snow City cannot cast iron pipes with sufficient strength, but they can cast iron bars of high quality.
A qualified gun barrel is made by drilling a hole of uniform thickness in the iron rod.
If some fine workmanship is added, rifling can even be carved into the barrel, which means Shattering Snow City has the ability to manufacture muskets.
Reggie didn't want to insert a fuse into the barrel of the gun to make a primitive musket that was neither safe nor guaranteed shooting speed and accuracy. What he wanted to make was a revolving musket that could fire continuously.
The core components of the revolver gun include the barrel and the revolver (cartridge).
These two parts currently require the help of Hurley's ability. After three days of unremitting efforts, Hurley finally succeeded.
He can drill an iron rod with a diameter of 16 millimeters and a length of 70 centimeters into an iron pipe with an inner diameter of 12 millimeters, and this iron pipe has the conditions to become a gun barrel.
He can also drill six bullet nests on an iron rod with a diameter of 70 mm. The core components of the first revolver have been completed, although Hurley's efficiency is extremely low, and he can only make four barrels and two barrels per day.
There is only one magazine, but as long as he continues to improve his proficiency, Reggie will be able to equip some soldiers with a revolver rifle within the next three months.
The drawings have been completed, and the remaining mechanical parts will be handed over to Khalaf. Not only will the rifles be made, but bullets will also be made. Nolos will make the first batch of warheads and cartridge cases according to Reggie's drawings, and Swindell will use
The Loki tree produces large amounts of fuming nitric acid to provide a stable propellant.
Next, Reggie will modify the design of the sentry tower.
Since the muskets can be put into use, the guard tower must also be improved accordingly, and enough shooting holes must be reserved to allow the musketeers to maximize their effectiveness under the cover of the guard tower.
The research and development of muskets is just one of many tasks. After two days of inspection, Camila came to the accurate conclusion that the orc disease came from bacterial infection.
In order to prevent the epidemic from spreading to Broken Snow City, Camila chose to meet Reggie at the pier.
"Can you hear me?" Camilla stood on the boat and shouted loudly, "Go and get the purple potion. Remember it's purple, the green one won't work!"
The green medicine refers to penicillin, and the purple medicine refers to the antibiotics produced by the purple mold in Han Maple Fortress.
Antibiotics are not a problem, purple mold yields are surprisingly high.
The question now is why Camilla dared not get off the ship. Could it be that she was already infected?
"Mi'er!" Reggie shouted with difficulty against the sea breeze, "Are you okay? Come to the shore and let's have a good chat."
"I can't hear you!" I don't know whether she really couldn't hear it or pretended not to hear it. Camilla waved her hand vigorously towards Reggie, "I'm waiting for you here. Go get the potion!"
Calaf sent the potion, and Reggie, despite everyone's objections, boarded another boat and wanted to hand the potion to Camilla himself.
But Camilla kept a distance from him. The two ships were one behind the other, always more than ten meters apart.
"Don't come here! There may be germs on me. I can stop it but you can't!" Camilla shouted, "Give the potion to the orc peons. They are immune to germs. I won't let you touch me. Don't stay here."
It’s a waste of time. When I come back, you can do whatever you want!”
Her frank words made Reggie feel ashamed. Whether it was her mission as a doctor or her love for Reggie, Camilla acted so bravely.
Watching the boat slowly go away, Reggie closed his eyes and prayed silently, praying that this angel-like girl would come back safely.
When approaching the orc's ship, Camilla began to retching violently. She held her forehead with her hands and murmured: "Devils who come from nowhere, go back to where you belong. You can't harm me."
Your body, I expel!"
"Don't force yourself too hard," the orc peon looked at Camilla with tears in his eyes, "Good girl, tell us what to do, and don't get on the boat again."
Mi'er smiled and said: "Little guy, this thing is not that easy to learn. Wait until I am sure that this potion works, and then I will teach Yinge the method."