Lord Harland.

Seeing that there were more than ten professional officers in Fort William, Mayor Spencer nodded with satisfaction.

Just based on the strength shown at the banquet, the Harland territory already exceeded that of the average baron family.

Spencer knew that this was not the full strength of the Harland family.

Baron William served as the captain of the main army in Black River Fort, and he was already a powerful sixth-tier fighter.

Bernie is with William, serving as deputy captain and a fourth-level professional.

In addition, William has two adult sons, both serving in the Eighth Brigade of the Wild Lions, and they all appeared at the banquet today.

Following Li Cha's introduction one by one, Spencer also got to know the situation of these officers.

The fifth-level warrior Soros, the fourth-level Roland, the third-level Martin, Heyman, and Norman, the second-level Alves, Bradrick, and the first-level Jennings, Vincent, and Graham.

More importantly, there are two magicians in the Harland family.

Baronial families with magical heritage are very rare.

Counting the vassals of the Earl, Marquis, and Duke, there are hundreds of hereditary families in the Grant Kingdom.

Among the hereditary barons, there are probably no more than one-tenth of them who have magical inheritance.

Even if there is magic inheritance, the next generation in the family may not have magic talent.

Nobles with magic inheritance failed to train magicians

Spencer has seen the statistics of the kingdom. In the entire Grant Kingdom, the number of magicians is only over 600.

Among the more than 600 people, the vast majority were from noble families.

It is very rare for a baron family to produce two qualified magicians.

Spencer exchanged a few words with everyone, and then waved to Richard secretly.

The two came to a corner unobtrusively, and Spencer asked quietly: "What is the reason why the Harland family defeated an orc brigade in Fort William?"

Upon hearing this, Li Cha's expression immediately became serious.

Before making the counterweight trebuchet, Richard had already carefully considered the possible leakage of the trebuchet.

As long as such a huge weapon appears on the battlefield, technical secrets cannot be kept at all.

It is not difficult to manufacture a counterweight trebuchet, as long as the window paper is pierced, some qualified carpenters can be found, and it can be manufactured slowly.

The key technology is the calculation of ballistics, using appropriate counterweights and stone bullets of appropriate weight, and accurately projecting stone bullets to a fixed area.

Without the mathematical knowledge mastered by Li Cha, one cannot measure the accurate acceleration of gravity, one does not know how to calculate parabolic trajectories, one does not know how to analyze Newtonian mechanics, and one does not know the principle of levers, so one cannot measure accurate ballistic trajectories.

Without accurate ballistic guidance, one can only rely on the experience of soldiers operating trebuchets to aim and strike, and the accuracy will be very poor. The striking effect is slightly better than the torque trebuchet.

Despite this, the counterweighted trebuchet is still a powerful weapon.

Even senior professionals above the seventh level will still be seriously injured if they are hit by heavy stone bullets.

The counterweight trebuchet is also a very efficient weapon in attacking or defending.

The first time you use this weapon, you are likely to achieve unexpected results and achieve a major victory.

For a kingdom, a major victory can often determine the country's fate.

However, this kind of weapon is simple to make. As long as a smart person takes a look at it, there is a high chance that it can be copied.

Therefore, confidentiality issues are also very important before use.

If the enemy is prepared and does not enter the battlefield preset by one's own side, it will be difficult to achieve better results.

Spencer is a bureaucrat directly appointed by the Grant royal family. He has the status of a court baron. He is an important representative of the royal family in northern Xinjiang.Since he spoke, he was actually asking on behalf of the royal family.

Now the Harland family is a vassal of the Grant royal family. From the moral point of view of the nobility of the Dawn Continent, the Harland family should also be loyal to the king.

What's more, the Harland family and the royal family don't have too much conflict of interest now, but the relationship between the two parties is one of mutual prosperity and mutual loss.

Deliver the counterweighted trebuchet to the royal family and the Harland family can gain merit.

According to past practice, the invention of an important battle can be decided, and even a hereditary territory can be exchanged.

Even if the counterweight trebuchet is not easy to keep secret, this invention is less important and can still be exchanged for three great achievements.

So after Mayor Spencer asked, Richard decided to tell the truth.

"This sentence is easy to say, because of the invention of a new weapon."

"What kind of weapon is it?" After hearing what Richard said, Spencer asked eagerly.

"It's a new type of trebuchet that can project two hundred kilograms of stone projectiles three hundred meters away."

"Can you let me have a look? I know it's presumptuous, but I swear on the honor of the nobility that I will never do anything against the Harland family."

Spencer's ancestor is the legendary warrior Augustus Allen.

This powerful legendary warrior came from a very ordinary background, a mercenary from the Northern Xinjiang region.

Augustus was very lucky. His life was a legendary life. Relying on his own struggle, he married the princess of the Grant royal family and became the hereditary duke of the Kingdom of Ryan.

But the development of the Allen family was not smooth.

After the death of Augustus, the Allen family gradually declined in the brutal noble competition.

Most of the duchy was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and a small part was occupied by the Orc Empire.

Only a small part of it belongs to the Allen family now.

Some members of the Allen family became earls of the Kingdom of Rhine, while others defected to their relatives, the Grant royal family.

Spencer is not the eldest son of the family, and the order of succession to the title is very low.

After defecting to the Grant royal family, although Spencer made some military exploits, it was far from enough to be named a hereditary baron.

Moreover, he did not want to seal the fiefdom in northern Xinjiang.

The Allen family is a hereditary noble in the northern part of the Kingdom of Rhine.

Spencer grew up hearing the history of the family's decline countless times.

Even a powerful ducal family will gradually decline in the face of years of war.

If you want to seal the territory in a relatively safe hinterland, you need complex interest exchanges and relationship dredging.

It is very important to Spencer if the Harland family can be persuaded to dedicate the secret weapon to the royal family.If this matter is done, his ability will enter the eyes of the nobles of the capital.

Although Spencer stared at him with fiery eyes, Richard still shook his head and said: "Although this new trebuchet is powerful, it is easier to imitate. To be honest, we still lack mutual trust, so I am a little worried about letting you watch the trebuchet. .

If Mayor Spencer abandons the Harland family and dedicates the trebuchet to the Kingdom of Charlie, our Harland family will get nothing.

I think both of us might as well write a letter to the king, the Harland family will receive meritorious service, and Mr. Spencer's ability can also be recognized by the king. "