Warlord: King of All Clans

During this period, Noreen also witnessed the wide social circle of Riverbend Territory.

On the third day after she arrived at Riverbend, Grant Odalov, the newly promoted Earl of the North, who was also Leo, went to Riverbend in person.

Establish diplomatic relations with the Earldom of the Reach and engage in large-scale official trade.

The content of the trade was handled by his subordinates. Leo accompanied the second son of the Grand Duke, his adopted brother, to play in the river bend for two days and visited the courtyard before sending him away.

Grant also valued Hewan's firearms. Because his own research and development progress was slow, he wanted to purchase a large number of firearms to form a firearms corps.

For the sake of the Grand Duke, Leo couldn't completely refuse, so he sold the twenty retired bronze centurions and the original ten thousand to him, making three times the profit with tears.

The coke blast furnace in Hewan and the rotary refining furnace in Didu produce high-quality molten iron that can be used to directly cast cannons. The centurion can have as many as he wants.

Moreover, with the advancement of craftsmanship and basic science, the range and accuracy of artillery have been greatly improved.

The performance of the previous old bronze centurion is completely outdated.

Of course, Leo would not tell Grant that the artillery at River Bend was no longer the few types it had been before.

Now the military factories in Hewan have begun to differentiate between mountain artillery, field artillery, siege artillery, city defense artillery, and naval guns, and have established independent research teams for each.

They produced different types of artillery and equipped different armies to deal with different war scenarios.

Before this, Hewan Territory was limited by its military industrial capabilities and the number of artillery. No matter what the battle situation was, it only had two types of artillery, the Thousand-Man Captain and the Ten-Thousand-Man Captain, to use.

Take the simplest Centurion field gun as an example. After several improvements, its data has been close to the level of Napoleon's twelve-pound gun, and it is also divided into two models: short-barreled and long-barreled.

Although it is still a traditional smoothbore muzzle-loading cannon, it is completely different from the earliest bronze centurion.

The precision-machined wrought iron barrel allows the Centurion cannon to fire twice as much ammunition without exploding.

Skilled artillerymen can fire three shells per minute to provide fire coverage without causing the barrel to overheat and deform.

In addition to artillery, Grant also wanted to order a batch of flintlock rifles, but Leo could only politely refuse, saying that River Bend's production capacity was too low and his own musketeers were still training with wooden sticks.

In addition to firearms, the towns in Earl Grant's territory were all devastated by war and in urgent need of repair, so construction materials such as cement, iron, ropes, etc. were all in urgent need.

After finally seeing Grant off, Count Hermann from the north came to visit again and took out a secret letter.

This was a secret letter sent by Count Fontenay of Gustav in the south, which severely stated the illegality of the Earldom of Riverbend's occupation of the Earldom of Fruilov's land and the title of Earl of Rio Mundo.

And seek alliances in an attempt to attack from both sides.

Count Hermann was accompanied by Count Beowulf's eldest daughter, Taran, who also presented a generous gift and asked for firearms together.

Leo owed these two families favors, so he could only take out a batch of centurions and short-barreled muskets from the kobold workshop to send them off.

Although these firearms are poor, they are sufficient in quantity.

Moreover, after such a long time, the quality of the firearms workshop of the River Bay Gnolls has been guaranteed. At most, the fire may not start and the bullets may not fly far, but at least they will no longer explode.

The industries in the two remote earls of Frélov and Beowulf are backward. While others have entered the Renaissance, they are still in the classical period.

I was very satisfied with getting such a firearm and felt that Leo was still a good friend.

Noreen could only sigh that Her Royal Highness the Princess no longer had to worry about the survival of the River Bay. There was no ordinary person coming and going in the River Bay anymore, and the nearby earls had all begun to curry favor with Rio.

A week later, Norin set off back to the southern border. The griffin, which had finally gained some weight, once again reluctantly carried Norin on a long-distance flight.

This time, Noreen was no longer shy and hugged Leo goodbye openly.

In addition to taking away the gifts given to the little mouse by the members of the Riverbend House, Noreen also took away the second-generation Alchemical Colossus control module made by Virgil.

Olivia sighed as she watched the griffin turn into a black dot in the air.

The wolf girl from the West was better. She took off all her clothes and rushed into Leo's room without her asking.

The noble lady from the southern territory was too thin-skinned. No matter how much Olivia hinted, Noreen didn't dare to go any further, and in the end she stopped for the sake of propriety.

A heavy snow covered the river bend.

After finishing the necessary welcoming and seeing off, the rest of the social interaction can be taken care of by the people below, and the River Bay House finally has some free time.

The fire in the big house was burning brightly. A large group of people gathered around the only remaining guest, watching him play cards with the three elves from the river bend.

This was a sturdy man about two meters and three meters tall, with white hair hanging down like a waterfall, revealing a pair of wolf ears.

Hatinus, the moonlit wolf god of the West, was invited to play cards at Riverbend.

Leo was also one of the onlookers. Seeing the four elves, Freya, Totos, Snell and Hati, sitting around playing cards, he finally understood why Freya had traveled all the way to Wolf Mountain to find Hati to play cards with her.

Because the people down here can’t get on their table!

In front of the four elves, there was a circle of translucent chess and cards made of magic floating in front of them, with at least a thousand pieces in front of each person.

Driven by their thoughts, the cards were thrown towards the center, colliding with each other and dissipating.

The speed at which the cards were delivered was dizzying. In less than half a minute, thousands of cards disappeared.

Totos jumped up and cheered loudly, "I win!"

All the onlookers looked at each other in confusion.

Leo has been promoted to a high level. After absorbing the power of the dragon soul, his spiritual perception has greatly increased, so he can barely see that they are playing cards.

But with such a fast playing speed, even if he was familiar with the new rules of the Elf Cards, he couldn't keep up with their reactions.

These are not people, they are four computers!

After playing a few games, Totos and Snell ran out of magic power and went off to rest, leaving Freya and Hati to duel.

Leo grabbed Totos and asked curiously, "Is this how you elves exercise?"

Totos nodded happily. "Yes, the elf elder said that the elves' calculation speed is very important. Although no one knows what it is useful for, every elf will not give up practicing. Your cards are much simpler than checkers, and they are also very fun."

"When Queen Ana returns, she will definitely promote playing cards and make them as popular as Elf Checkers in Trahil!"

Leo listened to Totos' words, thinking deeply.

Regardless of the information from the atrium or what Freya said, the elves are pure magical creatures bred by the spring of magic, but Leo always feels that based on their performance, there must be more than that.

Perhaps the elven elders of Highgarden knew more, but a mountain man like Leo had no authority to enter Trasil, let alone the elves' main city, Highgarden.

Arina, who was beside her, was also extremely shocked when she saw the elves playing cards.

Although she is a mid-level transcendent, she majors in physical fitness, and her mental perception is not even as good as Olivia, who has just reached the high-level lower level.

Looking at the dazzling magic cards, Arina felt like she was reading pages of a book blown by the wind. She only had a fleeting glimpse of the content on each page. How could she possibly get the accurate details?