Thirty gold coins, this greedy businessman offered such a terrible price.
Reggie looked at Nelson fiercely, and he once again had the urge to kill him.
However, Reggie still gave the gold coins to Nelson, because he knew that the Cambrian Knights were very formidable enemies.
He had seen a book at Bachelot's house, which contained some records about the Cambrian Knights.
The Cambrian Knights are the strongest fighting force in the Bayer Kingdom, and they are even more feared than the black fans.
They wore armor made of fine steel, covering it from head to toe, all the way to the horseshoes. Ordinary spears could not pierce their armor, and ordinary feather arrows could not even leave a scratch on the armor.
They are all warriors who are one in a million, with superb martial arts skills and bravery. A Cambrian knight can defeat dozens of ordinary soldiers. They will use sharp giant axes to chop off the enemy's head and hang it on the neck of the war horse.
With enough heads, they can be promoted to baron and get their own fief.
These legends are certainly exaggerated, but they also reveal a lot of useful information.
The equipment of the Cambrian Knights is very sophisticated, and the individual combat effectiveness of the soldiers is also very outstanding. According to the records in the book, the Cambrian Knights have to go through at least two battles every year, and they never lose, which shows that they have very rich combat experience.
Next is Nelson's information.
According to Nelson, Sophia was in the Hanmaple Fortress not far from Shattering Snow City. The fortress lord Marquis Nehruv prepared two thousand infantry shield soldiers, one thousand archers, thirty trebuchets and
Lots of black powder.
There are several surrounding towns that have raised more than 2,000 cavalry for the princess.
Sahra, the lord of Ice Rock City, sent five hundred Cambrian knights, who were on their way to Han Maple Fortress.
"There are only five hundred Cambrian knights," Reggie said with a smile. "It seems that Her Royal Highness the Princess despises me a little too much."
"Lord," Nelson looked at Reggie in shock, "You may have never heard of the Camry Knights. They are not ordinary soldiers, but gods of war given to the Bayer Kingdom by God. There are only two thousand in the entire Bayer Country.
Cambrian Knights, five hundred Cambrian Knights can conquer a country."
Reggie didn't say any more. He gave Nelson thirty gold coins and told him to get out immediately. Moreover, Reggie also made a rule for him. From today on, all transactions will be conducted outside the city. Nelson and
His caravan was not allowed to enter the city again.
A businessman is a businessman, and the businessman only has interests in his eyes. God knows what price he will use to sell the information about Shattered Snow City to Sophia.
Reggie called the Grand Maester and told him Nelson's information.
The Grand Bachelor, who had just emerged from grief, fell into haze again. After careful consideration, he gave his advice.
"Lord, it's time."
Reggie nodded and said, "I also think it's time."
"Thank God, you can agree with my idea," Batchelor stood up and said, "I will make some necessary preparations. We'd better set off tonight."
"Wait, where do you want to go, my Grand Maester?"
Bachelo said in surprise: "Of course we are leaving Suixue City. My lord, I have some friendship with the lord of Tuodao City in Dongsang Kingdom. I believe he will be willing to take us in."
"It seems that our ideas are not very consistent," Reggie motioned for Batchelor to sit down first, "I have no intention of leaving Shattered Snow City."
"But even if you release Prince Sean now, the Bayer Kingdom will not give up."
"I have no intention of releasing Prince Sean. The Bair Kingdom has not paid the ransom, and I have not yet seen my one million pounds of grain."
Batchelor shook his head and said: "I don't understand what you mean."
"I mean, it's time for us to prepare for battle."
"Fight?" Batchelor looked at Reggie in confusion and said, "The enemy has an army of five thousand, not counting the five hundred Cambrian Knights. Our black fans have failed. How can we fight with the enemy?"
“Who said our anti-fans failed?”
"Our black powder cannot explode."
"That's because you don't know the magic of explosion!" Reggie said with a smile, "Tonight I will show you what a real anti-fan is."
This time, Reggie still chose the seaside as the test location.
Thank God, Nolos finally realized the mission he shouldered. For two days, he worked day and night and finally produced two hundred qualified iron barrels.
Reggie brought an iron bucket, some lime mixed with clay from the third smelting plant, and twenty pounds of black powder from the processing plant.
The difference from before is that these black powders were wrapped in adhesive paper after being repeatedly compacted.
Reggie took out a thin rope, which was a fuse he made from cotton strips and parchment mixed with gunpowder. He drilled a small hole in the tape, inserted the fuse in, and followed him.
The gunpowder wrapped in tape was put into the iron barrel, the lid of the iron barrel was closed, and the fuse was exposed outside the iron barrel through the small hole in the lid.
Bachelot and Calaf didn't know the point of doing this because they didn't understand the principle of explosion.
Black gunpowder is the most primitive gunpowder. It is not as destructive as yellow gunpowder. Unless it reaches a huge amount, it cannot form a strong explosion in an open environment. If you want limited gunpowder to exert sufficient power, the premise is
There must be a closed space.
The tape is to keep the gunpowder compacted, and the iron bucket is to create a sealed space.
But just adding a lid to the iron bucket is obviously not enough to seal it.
Bayer's method is to drill a small hole in the log, hollow out a whole section of the log, and fill it with gunpowder. This process is too complicated, and the gunpowder cannot be fully compacted.
Reggie used another method, sealing it with cement.
The calcined lime mixed with an appropriate proportion of clay is cement. After making the cement mortar, Reggie carefully sealed the edge of the bucket lid. After leaving it for a period of time, the cement began to harden, and the explosion test was about to begin.
Reggie ordered everyone to step back two hundred feet, hold their heads in their hands, and lie down on the ground. Kalaf complained to you, "I'm too far away, so I can't see anything. I've seen the explosion of black powder.
We don’t have to hide so far.”
Batchelor whispered: "Don't talk, my child, the lord's mood is not very stable."
Reggie was indeed emotionally unstable because he was scared.
Holding a torch, he came to the iron barrel bomb and shouted in his native language: "Plug your ears and come with me to witness the miracle!"
The purpose of Reggie's shouting out this sentence was entirely to embolden his courage, but it caused great misunderstandings for Batchelor and Calaf.
"Grand Maester, did you hear that? He is reciting a spell again, and the lord is going to use magic again."
"Look, my child, I really have a different premonition this time."
Reggie took a deep breath and lit the fuse with the torch.
Damn, the fuse burned faster than expected.
Could it be that too much gunpowder was mixed in?
Reggie threw away the torch and ran away. When he rushed to Batchelor's side, before he could lie down on the ground, his iron barrel bomb had already exploded.