Reborn as the Lord of Another World

Chapter 33

Everyone stand up, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is here, "Iron Axe clapped his hands and shouted before resting for a quarter of an hour.

Van Na quickly returned to his position. The previous special training made him have a conditioned reflex to obey orders. Almost subconsciously, he had already raised the wooden pole and performed the preparatory action of the previous stab.

The prince and his party walked up the city wall and walked behind the team. Van Ner noticed that His Highness slowed down when he passed by his position.

Roland sighed in his heart, saying that getting up late would ruin the morning and getting up early would ruin the day, which was indeed the truth. Just after dealing with the aftermath of the night attack on the castle, he had to come to review the results of the militia's recent training. Pity himself for not sleeping all night, and now he is sleepy. But he can't not come, now that the team has entered the stage of combat training, as the highest commander, not showing up for a long time will cause his sense of existence to decline, and his heart will become unstable.

Well... what should be said during a general review? Roland thought about it, comrades, hello, comrades, have you worked hard? If no one answers the second half, it will be awkward to shout this slogan out, so it's better to chat with someone casually, show your respect for the virtuous, and improve your reputation.

He planned to do so and patted a young man who looked relatively strong.

"You've trained hard. Do you feel tired? Did you eat well for three meals?"

Based on his past experience of reading the news, the other party's reaction should have been to answer excitedly loudly, "Not tired, very good!" But he was excited, turned around and knelt down on one knee, which scared Roland.

Vanna felt that he was favored by heaven. His Royal Highness the Prince actually cared about him in a kind tone whether he was tired from training or not! Normally, not to mention the royal family, even ordinary nobles were unwilling to say a word to them. He instinctively imitated the knight's salute to His Royal Highness the Prince, regardless of whether this etiquette was appropriate for him. There was only one voice in his heart: when he returned to the old street in the future, Vanna could also be considered a top figure.

After being asked to stand up, Fan Na's mind was still in chaos, and he couldn't remember how he answered.

Finally, when His Highness asked if there were any opinions or opinions on the training that could be raised, Vanna suddenly became much clearer - this was a good opportunity! If His Highness could think that the militia alone could not bear the heavy responsibility of guarding the city wall, wouldn't he have to worry about whether to run or stay all day?

He carefully considered his words in his heart, "Your... Respected Highness, the current number of militia is really too small. According to the current training method, when the demonic beasts attack, everyone can only defend less than one-third of the city wall at most. Look..."

Even if the prince recruits a few more batches, there may not be enough time for training, Vanna thought. In addition, the weapons used by these people are also a big expense. It is difficult for Border Town to gather three hundred long spears for three hundred people in two months, and even one hundred is very difficult - so they are still training with wooden poles.

If His Royal Highness could realize this, he might recruit a group of mercenaries from other towns as the main defense force. At least they don't need training to go directly to the battlefield, and they bring their own weapons and armor, but the price is relatively high.

Roland thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "You're right. It's not realistic to rely solely on a militia to guard the entire city wall."

Fanna was delighted. His Highness meant that... he agreed with his opinion?

But the fourth prince did not say the words he expected to hear, but called Iron Axe to his side, "Evil beasts are just mutants of wild beasts in a sense, and they do not have the ability to think, right?"

"Yes, Your Highness, ordinary demonic beasts are still no different from wild beasts, and even their habits are basically the same... But I haven't seen many mixed beasts, and I can't be sure."

"That's fine. Although it's nearly 1,800 feet (600 meters) long from the Chishui River to the foot of the North Slope Mountain, can we lure them to attack a specific area?"

"Are you referring to setting traps?" Iron Axe asked.

"It's a trap, but not the kind that hunters usually use. Ordinary traps capture prey by hiding themselves, but I plan to do the opposite, setting up pocket-shaped barriers, such as fences, slopes, and ditches, far from the city walls, to force these brainless demonic beasts to bypass automatically. The continuous obstacles will guide the prey to the designated location, and finally concentrate in the defensive area we have prepared," Roland said, looking at Iron Axe, "As for how to lure these monsters, I think no one is better than you."

Iron Axe thought for a moment, "Guiding them is not a problem. Wolf breeds don't like to touch water, wild boar breeds are afraid of light, and other evil beasts also have their own habits. But Your Highness, this will cause all evil beasts to concentrate within this 600-foot range. Isn't it too dangerous?"

"If we only rely on long spears and bows, that's true." Roland said confidently, "But now we have new weapons."

When he was about to leave, the prince came up behind Vanna again and patted his shoulder. "Good observation, what's your name?"

"Fan... Fan Na, Your Highness."

"I will propose to my chief knight that you be the deputy of the long spear team. Mr. Vannier, work hard."

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Roland built a new bungalow in the backyard of Duan Burning House, which was used to make snow powder - gunpowder.

This room of about 300 square meters has only one entrance and the strictest security system is implemented. Two knights are guarding the entrance, and anyone who enters needs to register and search to prevent bringing in ignition objects. Any source of fire is prohibited indoors, so work can only be done during the day. In order to prevent nightingales from sneaking in, gauze curtains are also hung at the door frame.

"Is this the new weapon you were talking about?" Carter, who had been summoned, picked up a bit of black powder with his fingers and sniffed it in front of his nose. "Isn't this snow powder?"

Iron Axe may not be clear, but Carter often attends royal ceremonies and naturally knows that this is what is in the Mingli barrel. The recipe for the Alchemy Workshop's proud work is a secret to outsiders, but if the prince wants it, he can definitely get it.

"It's snow powder, but not entirely," Roland said, "the latest improved product of the alchemy workshop, I call it gunpowder."

Gunpowder is a must-have farming artifact for any time traveler. The materials come from a wide range of sources, as long as you know the best ratio of charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter 1:1:7.5, you can make it without any technical threshold.

The snow powder of this era was a low-quality product with 60% charcoal, 20% sulfur and saltpeter , and 20% other strange materials (such as mercury, butter, honey, etc.). It burned slowly, released less gas, and could not fully play the role of gunpowder. But Roland knew that alchemists were also constantly experimenting with other ratios. At most thirty years, snow powder that was closer to the standard black powder formula would appear.

In history, it took a long time after gunpowder was invented to completely eliminate cold weapons, because of the formula and the corresponding weapon manufacturing process could not keep up.

However, many people overlook that even without relying on guns, gunpowder itself is an extremely terrifying weapon