Riding and Slashing

Chapter 139 The Musketeer and the Technician
General Kryon didn't have any other intentions, he just thought that a female soldier like Amy should be able to talk to Dean, so that Dean would not keep hiding.

It seems that Dean's temperament is a bit dull, probably the kind of simple-minded person who concentrates on technology.

He has attended the Royal Academy, is more educated than his father, has his own career and ideas, and only wants to pursue his own ideals and true love, plus maybe a little axis...

It is normal for such a person not to accept his father's arrangement.

Moreover, Dean was the lord directly under Emperor Marius. Although Kryon was his father, he could not force him to order.Even if it is a political marriage or a temporary marriage contract, it must be under the condition that Dean himself is willing.

Kryon's thinking is actually quite flexible. He had originally agreed with Dean to deal with this matter first. As long as Dean behaved, he and the village civil officer could announce that Dean had engaged in a marriage contract.

Even if the two parties are really not suitable, just wait for a while and then dissolve the engagement.

The 'girl' that General Kryon was looking for was also an older unmarried young woman. She was already 27, and she was about to reach the age stipulated by this special decree, so it was a deal, and both parties could avoid the punishment of the decree. .

But no matter how perfunctory this kind of thing is, at least both men and women must be voluntary, and both parties must be present.

Moreover, Dean is a local lord. If he himself disagrees, civil officials would not dare to fake it.

But Dean had promised well yesterday, but he quit today.

He refused to even put on a show, saying that he could not deceive Goddess Damia...

He probably didn't want to have any communication with the woman he didn't like from the bottom of his heart. Now he has been in the manor and is unwilling to come out. It is basically difficult for father and son to communicate effectively.

In fact, Kryon just wanted to use this image of a "mercenary" to persuade Dean to come out, or make an appointment--at worst, he could trick Dean into his Karen Deer Castle, which is the front line, where military control is implemented. Lyon can cover the sky with one hand at Karen Deer Castle...

"Miss, I'm sorry to scare you just now. I just hope you can meet Dean and help me 'date' him out, while it happens to be Damia's holiday-if you don't have an engagement or a crush ...Of course, if there is, it is indeed my offense."

Kryon bowed slightly to Amy, speaking earnestly.

He didn't intend to force anyone, and he didn't mean to force anyone. He just wanted Amy to attract Dean to show his face. In his opinion, this should not be a difficult thing for a mercenary.

Moreover, for southerners, it is a local custom and normal to invite people to dance on this festival.

Kryon must have been extremely worried to make such a bad move, and it really meant that he was in a hurry to go to the doctor.

But the problem is, Amy is a noble from Sarleon, neither a southerner nor a mercenary, and she can't dance at all...

No noble would agree to such a request—how could a noble girl lower her profile and do such a thing?

This is actually one of the reasons why Kryon has been having trouble solving problems.

Amy wiped the sweat from her head with her sleeve and breathed a sigh of relief, as long as she wasn't playing hooligans.

However, if Amy was really a mercenary, it would be very difficult to refuse a general's request. Although Kryon didn't mean to force it, Amy was still a little uneasy.

——If you want to refuse, it is best to show your aristocratic status. Kryon will definitely not ask a noble girl in the Sarleon Realm to do such a thing that will be laughed at.

But she is the daughter of Godric of White Hart Castle...

She wasn't sure if Cleon would detain her. Bacchus' generals had suffered a lot at White Hart.

Sarah frowned too. She had a similar experience and knew it was troublesome.

Amy thought about it for a while, and refused directly: "General, I'm sorry, I have someone I like. And I'm a believer of the goddess Eunomia, so it's inconvenient to participate in Damia's festival..."

But seeing Kryon's disappointed expression, she added: "However, I may be able to persuade Lord Dean for you, but not in this way..."

Sarah stared at Amy in surprise: "But we still have to hurry... The big boss is still waiting for us!"

She didn't understand what Amy meant. Although Kryon looked like an old man worried about his son now, he was a general of the enemy country!

Amy shook her head at Sarah: "It's okay, it's just a few words, the carriage also needs to rest."

Kryon originally thought it was over, and was sighing. Hearing Amy say this, he was a little overjoyed: "That's great, you may really be able to persuade him for me, please come with me, noble lady!"

They all use honorific titles.

Obviously, as long as there is a slight chance, Kryon is willing to try.

Afterwards, General Kryon personally led the way, leading the two girls to a manor in the village, and began to arrange the pestilence fighters under him along the way. It seemed that he really planned to get Dean to Karen Deer Castle.

This is indeed a civilian general who is anxious about his son.

Sarah whispered in Amy's ear, "What's going on, Amy? Why are you meeting Dean?"

"Didn't he just say that Lord Dean's specialty is water conservancy and agriculture, and he has achieved considerable results... Isn't it that we came out this time to solve the food problem in Mettenheim? I think meeting Dean Might be good. General Kryon won't hurt us anyway, and we won't lose anything."

Amy is acting more and more like a lord now, and wants to seize every opportunity.

She even waved to the Mettenheim people in the distance, signaling them not to follow.

Sarah nodded, but she whispered meaningfully: "Amy, it seems that you really have someone you like..."

She understood Amy's thoughts. This little girl probably wanted to do something for the lord. She didn't want to be a little girl who was always protected.

Amy didn't answer, but just gave Sarah a harmless look.

Amy's way of thinking today is indeed not like a girl in this world at all.

She already likes to learn new things, and she has a flexible mind and can draw inferences from one instance. She will not stick to tradition, has her own judgment and dares to make decisions, and wants to be a heroine...

Each one has basically nothing to do with noble girls of this era.

Now, after following Li Ang for a few months, this young girl is becoming more and more like a female lord.

That arquebus has always been in Amy's hands.

The buckshot and gunpowder obtained from Forscher were also on her--the arquebus was Amy's trophy, and Forscher was shot by her.

The gunpowder was carried in two leather pockets, and Forscher's brief fall into the water did not wet the gunpowder inside.

The reason why there are two leather pockets is because the firing powder and the primer are two different things.

The percussion powder has a higher proportion of saltpeter, while the ignition powder has a higher proportion of sulfur.The former is to fully detonate, while the latter is to burn quickly so as not to explode in the medicine pool.

The fire rope is also made by Amy herself. Soak it in vinegar with hemp rope and saltpeter for a day, and then dry it in the sun. This kind of fire rope can burn slowly but does not have an open flame. It can burn more than one meter in an hour.

This matchlock is also used to make incense, which is not a new thing.

I don't know why, Li Ang's shooting level with a matchlock gun is far behind Amy's.

Li Ang tried to shoot a few shots, but he never hit the target...

After all, his firearms proficiency was only 40, and it was the first time he used an 'ancient new weapon' such as an arquebus. It was normal that he couldn't hit the target at the beginning.

But it was also the first time for Amy to use a matchlock gun, but after only two test shots, she was able to guarantee that she would not miss the target within [-] meters.

This is probably a human talent.

Maybe Amy was just born good at these sorts of ranged weapons - she's terribly accurate with a crossbow, and she's pretty good with a bow.

It's just that she can't draw a strong bow, so she can only play with a cork bow like Anson. That kind of cork bow can shoot a rabbit and a pheasant at most, but it is not fatal to people, so she usually only carries a crossbow.

But now, the female crossbow is replaced by a more powerful musket.

Moreover, she also designed a Y-shaped gun mount herself without a teacher-in order to make up for her lack of strength and unable to stabilize the level, and also to reduce the impact of recoil.

This matchlock gun weighs up to 1.3 pounds and is [-] meters long. It is not very ergonomic, and it is very difficult to hold it flat.

The gun rack she made was remodeled with her noble sword.

She cut a hole in the weight of the hilt and made a Y-shaped shelf that could be inserted into the hole.

Insert the tip of the sword on the ground, and place the gun on the Y-shaped frame of the hilt, which can not only ensure the stability when shooting, but also avoid the huge recoil impact.

She also deliberately got a lot of fine cloth strips to hang on the rack, because the muzzle-loading gun will use thin cloth strips to compress the lead bullets when reloading to ensure that the seams are tight and airtight.

When shooting, you can also hang the gunpowder and bullet bags on the shelf for easy operation.

If you need to use a sword for self-defense, remove the shelf inserted into the hilt and it will be a normal sword.

Do you think this is the end?

Nope, Amy even made that Y-shaped frame into a slingshot...the musket buckshot is just the right size and weight for the slingshot...

I have to say that Amy is really smart, and her ability to draw inferences from one instance even surpasses that of the lord.

You must know that these things were made when she was only a few days into the gun.

At that time, the lord was still busy formulating wasteland reclamation policies in the territory, and he didn't instruct her to do these things at all. This was all thought of by herself.

So Amy is now a musketeer.

Looking at her talent in management and hands-on ability in weapons, you can tell that this beautiful girl is probably a man in her heart...

The fact is true, Amy has no talent in the things that ordinary noble girls are good at.

She sings out of tune, dances and steps on her feet, cooks and turns any ingredient into charcoal, doesn't know how to make up, and is not good at dressing and matching.

She doesn't even know how to wear a tunic, and she never brings a maid with her - she doesn't like it.

She likes to wear the swordsman uniform and the light half-body armor that Li Ang gave her, in fact, because it is convenient to wear and can satisfy her desire to be a heroine.

There are no perfect people and things in this world, there are gains and losses.

It's just that she is gentle and polite, plus she is well-behaved, so she is easily misunderstood as a lady...

……

There were not many people in Dean's manor, and most of them probably went to the square to participate in the activities.

The lord is now fiddling with a waterwheel in the farmland of the manor, and has devoted himself to work.

Seeing Kryon approaching from a distance, Dean turned around and entered the building, as if he didn't want to communicate with his father.

General Kryon watched his son turn and enter the door from a distance, shook his head and gave Amy and Sarah a wry smile: "Look, he doesn't want to talk to me... I won't go there, he will only make more trouble if I go. conflict."

It seems that the old general knows his son's temperament, but he can't do anything about Dean.

Several plague exorcists brought the two of them into the manor, and the soldiers in the manor didn't ask at all—clearly, it wasn't the first time that Kryon had asked someone to persuade Lord Dean.

Unlike the skinny and short General Kryon, Dean is a slightly fat homeboy.

There are many models in his manor, mostly irrigation equipment such as waterwheels, and some farm tools such as shell blowers.

Obviously, this is a tech geek.

Probably because Kryon didn't enter the manor, the technical nerd didn't hide in the house, but waited for several people in the yard full of models.

"I'm Dean, please go back, ladies... I know it was my father who asked you to persuade me. But I'm not in the mood to talk about personal matters right now, I'm sorry..."

Dean frowned directly and issued the order to evict the guest, his tone very skillful.

Amy smiled: "Your Excellency Dean, we are not interested in your personal affairs... I heard that you are quite professional in water conservancy and agriculture, so I came to ask for advice-do you have any ways to increase food production in the mountains? "

Dean was taken aback for a moment, and then took a closer look at Amy and Sarah.

Then he laughed: "If it's just to discuss this, you are welcome!"

"I have some friends from Mettenheim, and I think you can understand why I am asking this question... that place is all mountains..."

Amy really knows food affairs very well, and she has done a lot of homework before, because most of White Hart Castle is also mountainous, and she has always been concerned about food issues.

The two quickly chatted about specific agricultural affairs.

In this era, Amy's practical ability can really beat most people. In terms of agricultural management, even intellectuals like Sarah can't get in the way.

But Sarah could very keenly feel that something was wrong with Dean - there were two stunning beauties with different styles in front of him, but Dean didn't take a serious look at all, he didn't seem to have any feelings for women!

Sarah has a lot of experience seeing men. This is not the state where Li Ang regards Sarah as an employee, but the state where she is completely indifferent to women...

The lord sometimes sneaks glances at beauties, and jokes with Sarah and Amy when he is free. This is a normal reaction of a man, and he just maintains proper etiquette.

But Dean... completely different, he looked at Amy and Sarah like two potatoes.

Maybe it's better to look at potatoes...

"...This is a human-powered waterwheel that can divert water to the mountains. It is not a new thing, but I have modified it to irrigate places with high drops. If it is difficult to divert water to irrigation canals, then I suggest a variety of this potato, or this ..."

Dean was talking about potatoes. He took the two of them around the manor to look at his equipment. He also dug out a yellow-orange stick and a few dirt-covered potatoes from the cellar.

The way he looked at Tu Tuo was much more complicated than when he looked at women.

"what is this?"

Amy had never seen these two crops.

"It's all food. I call this stick corn or corn, and this bump is potatoes. These are all crops from the Amara continent. I spent nearly ten years improving the varieties. Only in the past two years Results. The planting period of corn is similar to that of wheat, and the yield is higher than that of wheat. Although potatoes can only be planted once a year, their yields are very large, and they are drought-tolerant, which is very suitable for mountainous areas.”

When it comes to what he's good at, Dean is utterly eloquent and unreserved.

"Corn? Is this just harvested? It looks beautiful."

Amy took the corn on the cob. The corn was very big and plump, and it was very dry. The golden corn kernels shone like jade.

"It's just the seeds I picked. Most of them don't grow so well... But corn has a great advantage. It only needs five pounds of seeds for an acre of land, unlike wheat..."

Now Dean looks very enthusiastic. Probably these things are indeed the careers he loves from the bottom of his heart, and they are also his pride.

He was really happy to share these results with Amy, because he could see that Amy was really interested, not just perfunctory at all.

Probably, after leaving the academy, few people can communicate with him on these issues on an equal footing. He usually faces either obsequious farmers or nobles who don't understand the practice. He is probably relatively lonely.

The land in Dean Manor was divided into several parts, and there was a large piece of dried corn stalks standing in the field, and the corn had been broken off.

Dean should be deliberately comparing it with the wheat field, and operating the corn completely according to the time cycle of the wheat.

Amy looked at the corn cobs in her hand, then at the number of corn stalks in the field, and easily came to the conclusion that the yield per mu was at least two hundred pounds.

Before the crops have been scientifically cultivated, the yield and taste are not very good, but this yield has surpassed the wheat of this era.

Amy is keenly aware of the advantages of this crop - high yield and low seed consumption, which means a very high crop-to-income ratio, which is a crop that is very suitable for large-scale planting.

There were still a few acres of low crop, Dean's potatoes, which were still two months away, and now looked like little more than clumps of shrubs.

Amy picked up a potato and weighed it: "Is this the root of that kind of plant? How many such potato lumps can each plant in the field produce?"

"More than two pounds, one plant can bear four or five of these potatoes."

Dean pointed to the big lump in Amy's hand that was nearly half a catty.

"so much?!"

Amy cried out in surprise.

There are at least a thousand plants per mu... thousands of pounds of grain per mu?
"With such a comparison, this advantage should be easy to see? Why are farmers unwilling to plant these new crops?"

Amy looked at the potatoes in her hand as if she were looking at rare treasures.

(End of this chapter)