Mercenaries and Adventurers

Being lifted off the ground so horizontally by Kiel, the blood licking grass feels very shameless, but what can it do with all four hooves in the air?

In panic, he could only yell at his master to please him.

Kiel, who was carrying the entire war horse on his shoulders, heard that it was subdued, and then carefully put the blood licking grass beside him and stood up.

As soon as the four hooves touched the ground, the blood licking grass opened its mouth and used its tongue to please its master, lest the master let it hang helplessly in front of so many humans and horses.

"Okay, okay, stop licking, be honest, let everyone put new clothes on you."

After calming down, Kiel waved to the craftsmen and apprentices around him, asking them to continue to put horse armor on the war horse.

This time the blood licking grass was much more honest, standing obediently on the spot, allowing the little people around it to add some heavy 'new fur' to its body.

The process of the first installation is also a time of continuous polishing and trimming of the minor deficiencies of the armor. If there is a slight problem with the buckle and the connecting belt, it can be solved directly on the spot.

For this reason, the stove next to the stable was kept on fire, and the metal locks with improper shapes were directly put on the stove for repair.

There are also apprentices holding strong scissors to cut off the excess belt. Or, if you encounter a belt that is not long enough, just replace it with a new one on the spot. Tools and materials are readily available, and problems are found on site and solved on site.

Keir was very satisfied, and chatted side by side with Mr. Scott.

"Ha, is this how you usually teach disobedient horses?"

Mr. Scott was still shocked by what happened just now.

Kiel smiled: "Not all of them are like this. Although it is easy to tame the horse, it will only make it feel afraid of me. This is not good. A war horse is a rider's partner, a friend, and a side-by-side fight. A reliable companion. I have to make him like me, not just fear."

Mr. Scott nodded: "That's right. It's the same with business. When dealing with other chambers of commerce, you must not only make them afraid of you, but also find out where you can make a profit from doing business together. Otherwise, just rely on the strength of the chamber of commerce If it is powerful, it will make things difficult for small chambers of commerce in other places, and it will only be unpopular everywhere."

"Knight Kiel, it's not bad that you can understand this truth at such a young age. I didn't understand this truth until I was thirty."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Scott shook his head, as if recalling his previous life experience.

While the two were talking, the blood licking grass's final cloak had been completed. At this time, a tall horse with most parts of its body protected by different armors was standing in the open space in the middle of the stable. Compared with the real war horses covered in armor, the wooden fake horses on the side seemed too far behind in imposing manner.

The blood licking grass's eyes only left a horizontal observation gap on the face armor, and all other places were covered by the one-piece forged metal horse helmet visor.

Pooh-

It spouted a burst of hot air from its nose, and it clearly felt that it had become stronger.

This caused the blood lick to shake its neck from side to side, and the protective long plate armor connected to the neck made a noise of metal friction.

"Come on, add some oil here, and polish the connection a little bit." The old Kent craftsman instructed his and other apprentices, and the other three craftsmen, who were also craftsmen, could finally sit on the side of the wood at this time. Rest on the box for a while.

In order to forge things as soon as possible, they didn't sleep all night last night. The two middle-aged craftsmen did most of the forging work by themselves. And another old craftsman even directed other forging craftsmen who were also in the blacksmith shop to help him forge things together.

Mr. Scott acquiesced to this. After all, although this was an action to please foreign knights, in the final analysis, as one of the actual managers of Dorne Town, he did not like Kiel Knight and his hundreds of refugees. Stay in Dorne town for even one more day.

In the past two days, not only the actual senior executives of other chambers of commerce were repeatedly questioned by people in the town, but he, Scott, also dealt with more than 20 people who came to ask friends and partners who were investigating the matter.

Everyone who came had the same question, just asking them when the team outside the town would be able to leave.

While Keir and his men weren't overly aggressive or aggressive, they caused concern and distress for many in the town.

Many businessmen have seen or heard of how fast and ruthless human beings change their personalities and expressions after seeing wealth and benefits.

Because many of them are like that, they judge others by themselves. These hundreds of people are still an outside group. How can they prevent many people in the town from falling asleep.

Dorne Town itself welcomes foreign population and labor force, but it cannot be integrated as a whole.

Even the particularly vicious gang of bandits had to be disbanded before they could gradually integrate into the production and life of Dorne Town. A gang of bandits wants to act together in the town? How could it be possible.

The town has its own rules and requirements waiting in the open and in the dark, and behind the scenes, the town's armed forces are secretly attacking such forces.

Dorne Town doesn't even have a gang of black forces on the surface, so they know how much the merchants can't tolerate the development of foreign violent forces on their dominant site.

Therefore, during this period of time, not only the army from the north crossed the border, but also the group of hundreds of people who fled the country crossed the border, which made the merchants in the town quite nervous.

Fortunately, several people, including Mr. Scott, finally understood and answered other people's questions by asking Keir.

[Hundreds of people, including the Kiel knights, will only rest in the town for a whole day, and then continue to advance along the main road, looking for a safe settlement. We welcome everyone to trade and help these poor fleeing farmers. 】

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With the last strap that held the saddle tightened, the steed was finally fully armored and temporarily modified.

"My lord knight, as you can see, the armor of the war horse has been completed. Please check it yourself. My lord, please take a look at it too. This is an excellent set of armor. I believe that similar business in the future will definitely bring great benefits to the chamber of commerce." to earn more.”

The old Kent craftsman straightened his back confidently, even though his face was quite tired, he still spoke loudly.

The apprentices who had participated in all the work were also sitting tiredly on the ground beside them, pointing excitedly at the imposing war horse, and communicating with their partners what they had gained from this work.

Mr. Keir and Mr. Scott both nodded and walked over together.

Kiel patted the horse's up and down with his hands in satisfaction, tapped his fingers, smashed his fists, and even drew out his long sword, hitting all parts of the armor with the blade of the sword.

He was very satisfied with the results. Although the defense was not very good, it was enough to deal with most situations.

If when he met the bandits a few days ago, his war horse already had the armor it has today, and it probably looked different at that time. Although the result is that he defeated the bandit gang, the loss of his own personnel and the course of the battle will be very different.

He probably wouldn't be so embarrassed, and almost capsized in the gutter a few times.

Mr. Scott also circled around the knight's horse, but his focus of observation was quite different.

He was accompanied by four craftsmen who led and participated in this work, so when he kept asking questions about the places he was interested in, the craftsmen immediately gave the answers needed by the steward.

"What is the cost of this part? Is it troublesome to obtain raw materials and make it? How long did it take for a few people to get it done?"

Facing the steward's question, the craftsmen leaned close to the steward's ear and answered in a low voice.

Some of them pleased Mr. Scott, some not so much.

But what they didn't know was that although he lowered his voice as much as possible and whispered the answer, Keir still heard most of their conversation.

He calculated silently in his mind, and found that this set of horse armor cost several gold coins just for the cost of raw materials, not to mention the related manpower and technical costs. Moreover, in order to get this set of horse armor for Kiel earlier, not only did the personnel not have a normal rest, but some other resources and goods were used in it regardless of the cost and process.

But fortunately, the multi-layer protective cloth used in the largest amount has not been sold after being developed and invented by the old Kent craftsman, so the price of this place is not easy to calculate after excluding the cost of raw materials and production costs.

Of course, this multi-layer protective cloth is much cheaper than metal armor in terms of price, and even compared with hard cowhide materials, it also has advantages in price and weight.

"I see, we may be able to launch a complete set of horse armor that uses this kind of multi-layer protective cloth in large quantities in the future. Not only can we manufacture armor here, but we can also produce only this multi-layer protective cloth by ourselves. It is sold to other places, and craftsmen from all over the place make their own armor according to their own requirements."

Mr. Scott touched his chin, and finally figured out such a plan.

When several craftsmen heard this, their performances were different.

The old Kent craftsman who personally invented this multi-layer protective cloth is of course the happiest. As the inventor of the technology and the only master of the production technology today, he is about to make a fortune, needless to say.

And if this new type of material can be popularized, his personal reputation will naturally be greatly improved. For the old craftsman, this is what he values ​​most at this time.

The expression management of the other craftsmen is not so good. Envy is the lowest description on the face. Another craftsman who is also old can no longer stretch his facial muscles, showing envy, jealousy and hatred on his face up.

But that has nothing to do with Kiel.

At this moment, he couldn't wait to jump on the horse, ready to ride around here on the blood licking grass.

Later, he will go to the unmanned commercial road outside the town, try to let the blood licking grass run at full speed, see if there are any problems and deficiencies, and if it can be corrected, it will be corrected on the spot. No, it can only be said that he will pay more attention in the future.

As soon as he got on the horse, Kiel clearly felt the difference from riding the blood lick before.

Because of the thick armor added to the horse, the width of the horse's back has increased a little. This made Keel's legs have to be wider apart than before. As a result, Kiel's feet couldn't even reach the original length of the stirrups hanging on both sides!

This surprised Kiel a little.

"Don't discuss it yet, Kent craftsman. Please change this first."

Kiel looked helpless, his feet couldn't reach the stirrups, it's not that he couldn't ride a horse, but with the stirrups, the rider could be more stable on the horseback, and the related riding and fighting were much easier, and it was easier to fight .

You can ride without the stirrups. But people with average riding skills are likely to be thrown off the horse's back when the horse turns.

"It's easy, my lord knight. You only need to adjust the length of the belt connecting the stirrups a little."

As he spoke, the craftsman called a few reluctant and tired apprentices to come forward, and quickly helped Keel adjust the height of the stirrups.

In this way, Keel put his feet in the stirrups and bumped a little, trying to drive the blood lick forward slowly.

But the blood licking plant obediently stood on the spot, still moving its head and neck up and down from time to time, trying to adapt itself to the armor on its body.

"Why don't you go?"

Keel grumbled, and then wiggled his feet again, bumping the horse's belly.

But the blood licking grass still didn't feel it, and stood there without responding.

A middle-aged craftsman next to him saw the reason and reminded: "Master Knight, your war horse is wearing armor, and you are driving it with the original strength. It can't feel it. Please use more strength!"

Once reminded, Kiel understood, and bumped his feet hard. This time, as usual, the blood licking grass responded, and then moved the four legs covered by the hanging multi-layer protective cloth, and walked forward slowly. OK.

Keel pulled the reins, letting the blood licks circle around the small open space.

As soon as the horse walked, the various parts of its body began to rattle, chatter, chatter, chatter, chatter.

The craftsmen saw it, and immediately proposed some minor modifications to reduce the collision and friction between the various parts, so that the final movement will make less noise.

Keel didn't have any problem with this sound, because the knights of Crowe and their horses, the whole set of steel armor, would make a loud metallic sound as long as the horses moved.

He is used to it.

After riding the horse dozens of times around the open space, Kiel dismounted and let the craftsmen adjust the armor again.

This time, the Kent craftsman did not get involved, but discussed with the interested Mr. Scott about the multi-layer protective cloth.

After a while, the sun in the sky went down again, and Keel jumped on the horse again, and continued to let the blood licking grass walk in circles in the open space.

Sure enough, after special adjustments, the bump and friction noise this time were significantly lower than before.

Kiel expressed satisfaction.

Afterwards, he bumped the horse again, causing the Bloodlicker to speed up slightly, and ran around the open space of the stable at a slow trot speed.

At this time, the noise became louder again, and the craftsmen couldn't catch up with the Kiel knight, so they had to stand where they were, waiting for the knight to come around every time, specifically observing and listening to the shortcomings of the horses that needed improvement.

After running dozens of laps, Keel pulled the rein to slow down the Bloodlicker and stop it.

The blood licking grass was a bit reluctant when it just started running, but when it remembered the punishment it had received from its master, it slowed down and stood still, honestly like a good boy.

"Very good, very good!"

Kiel patted the horse's head heavily, and the steel visor on the horse's forehead made a bang sound.

Then came another adjustment.

After the test, the small stable space is not suitable. Of course, the streets in the town were even more inappropriate. The tall and heavy horses charged and galloped, not to mention whether they would scare other horses and pedestrians on the road. The power alone would easily cause the town residents to panic.

For this reason, Kiel led people out of the [Burning Furnace Chamber of Commerce] and went to the unmanned commercial road on the west side of the town.

This is the road when Kiel came, because the only team that dared to cross the westward business road during this period was the armed caravan of the Great Chamber of Commerce, so now there are almost no pedestrians and caravans on the road.

Mr. Scott, who came with him, looked at the empty business road and sighed with regret: "Hey, this road used to raise manpower and funds to repair it every six months. At that time, everyone thought it was troublesome. Looking at it now, The troubles at that time were really happy things.”

He lowered his head and even pulled a pinch of weeds from the commercial road~www.readwn.com~ and twirled them with his hands, then threw them on the ground regrettably.

Kiel enlightened after seeing it: "Don't worry, as long as the war on the border is won and the noble lords and knights from all over the country lead their troops back to their hometown, the trade routes will flourish again. Even because of the large mineral veins that were discovered, Business will happen more often.”

"I hope so. Hmph, everyone thought so last year, ah, 'The Kingdom of St. Hollys is protected and will surely win.' Heh, these words are just deceiving the people below. I didn't expect that even all of us would be deceived." Lied to me. I heard from the deserters who fled to the town before that the neighboring country has a large army, and the most elite knights and troops are on the field. Even if it is a weak neighboring country, it is not an opponent that those careless nobles can defeat. .”

"Fire rages across the battlefield, smoke darkens the sky.

Fear strikes from the flames, and the loser tramples on each other and collapses.

The knight of fire crossed the mountains and ignited one after another deep mountains that no one could set foot on.

It also crushed the bodies and minds of the deserters. "

Mr. Scott looked at Keir: "Do you know, this is a short poem that was passed down from the provincial capital in winter, and it was still sung in taverns and banquets, but now people are not allowed to recite and spread it. I originally thought that the chaos caused by the defeat in the war would last for several years, but Kiel, after seeing you northerners of the Kingdom who came to support me, I think things can still be saved."

Mr. Scott patted Keir on the shoulder heavily: "Afterwards, on the battlefield, don't die. Don't forget, you still owe me a favor."

Keir snorted: "Of course, I will be careful. I am so young, I haven't lived enough."

After chatting, Kiel got on his horse again and rushed towards the straight and unmanned trade road in front of him.