"Lord Eisen, how many such weapons do you have?"
Rusha couldn't wait to ask."
Now there are only these two."
Owen replied, "Based on the speed at which the blacksmith is hand-crafted, I guess I'll build three more before the winter begins." ”To such a reply, Rusha shook his head in disappointment."
It's too few, if you can form a team with muskets, it won't be a problem to sweep through the Black Wind tribe or defend the city walls.""
Be content, it's already a great thing that such a powerful weapon can be crafted."
After the test firing, Viscount Jarvis looked at the musket in his hand differently, and he couldn't put it down.After listening to the words of the two, Owen smiled and said, "Don't worry, when the steam boring machine is manufactured, the output of muskets will be able to increase immediately."
By the end of the winter, it should be able to arm a team of hundreds of people. ”"Seriously?""
What!"
Rusha and Viscount Jarvis looked at Owen in shock.Hundreds of muskets, a musket unit is about to be born in the border town?
It's scary to think about.Especially Rusha, who has been shaken.As long as you pledge allegiance to Owen, you can get a musket, and revenge is no longer a distant thing.However, he decided to wait and see for a while, and he had to confirm whether Owen was worthy of the Sinking Sands tribe's allegiance.Among those present, only Owen knew that the appearance of muskets showed that the war of hot weapons had arrived.…… Winter is getting closer and closer, and the weather in Frontier Town is already shivering.The interior of the castle had long been heated with hot magic stones, and Owen's office had been moved from his study to a room with a fireplace.Sensing that the time was almost up, Owen summoned Clive over.Sensing the heat in the castle, Clive took off his fur coat before saluting Owen."
Good morning, Lord Marquis, may I ask you what you are looking for me?"
Putting aside the papers in hand, Owen looked up at Clive."
At this time, the population of Frontier Town has stabilized, and no one should flee to Dongsheng Fortress again, I order you to organize a census.""
Population......
Census?
”Clive looked confused.Knowing that Clive must not understand, Owen patiently explained."
It is to send people door-to-door to make statistics, how many people are in each household, names, genders, occupations, etc., all of which must be asked clearly, and then recorded, and finally make a summary and hand it over to me, I want to know the population situation of the next border town."
With that, he handed out a piece of parchment."
Hold, here's what needs to be asked and recorded."
Taking the parchment, Clive glanced at its contents and couldn't help but frown."
Need to be so detailed?
It's going to take a lot of time. ”"Yes."
Owen nodded, "After the statistics are completed, it will also be convenient for future work, such as the deployment of human resources will be easier, as well as the issuance of pensions and the like, to avoid being fraudulently claimed by others." ”In this case, Clive didn't say anything more, and took the task."
Okay, I'll do it.But what about the lizardmen?
”Owen shook his head and said, "Don't count the situation over there, I'll let Rusha deal with it." ”"Yes."
After explaining the task, Owen suddenly asked about Clive's men."
By the way, how about the people who asked you to recruit literate people are now working under you?"
At the mention of the civilians, Clive couldn't help but grumble."
It was really messy at the beginning, and there were mistakes in everything, and even if you were warned in advance, you would still make mistakes.It caused me and my apprentices to scramble and almost try to get them out. ”Speaking of the latter, his tone was much softer."
But now it's much better, my work has been divided a lot, and the pressure has been reduced a lot.""
That's good, this census can also make them exercise more."
Owen said."
Hey, hey."
Clive smiled slyly, "I don't need to say it to Lord Marquis, I'm going to do it too." ”"Alright, then you can go down and do it."
After Clive stepped down, he quickly got a census plan out.Two days later, Clive's men could be seen knocking on the door of each house with several bundles of parchment to make a count.Due to the fact that there are a lot of people running, the current population of Frontier Town is not large.Before the onset of winter, the census was successfully completed.At this time, the population of Frontier Town was only more than 3,000 people, plus the data of the lizard people, taking a whole number, it would be 3,500 people.Looking at this census summary, Owen shook his head helplessly.I didn't expect that the border town had weakened to this point, and I remember that under the governance of the Aisen family, when the border town was at its most glorious, the population was about 20,000 people.Although there are no detailed statistics, they can be roughly estimated.Ever since the land became more and more barren under the curse of the Kaztu, the population of the border town has been declining.In addition, this year, there was such an incident as the Templars abandoning the border town, which caused many people to take refuge in the eastward fortress in a panic.Anyway, starting next spring, the border town will usher in great changes.For those who are willing to stay, Owen will gradually make them live a better life.......
"Ready—thorn!"
”With the command, Kadir stabbed the wooden pole gun in his hand, the movement was almost the same as the last time, and the force was the same, without the slightest slackening.At this time, the militia had long since changed to real weapons training, and not with the previous wooden sticks.His arm was already sore and numb, and though Kadir thought he would not be able to hold it every time, he persevered.I guess it's the effect of the training over the past month.As soon as he hears a command, he reflexively makes movements, even if his body is exhausted."
Take it back, rest all!"
Hearing the rest order, Kadir reacted, it turned out that a set of training had been completed.There was a sound of relaxed exhalation around him, and he exhaled lightly, then put down his spear and sat directly on the ground to rest.Turning his head to look to the other side, it was a training team of lizardmen and knights.Because this team is much more physically stronger than the militia team, each of their training sets takes longer than the militia team.As for the lizardmen coming to the northern wall to help deal with the undead monsters, Kadir felt that the lord was too powerful to convince those powerful thieves.Kadir had come into contact with the lizardmen during his breaks, and found that their personalities were not bad, and some of them even felt grateful to their lords.Remembering the tragedy that happened last year, Kadir even thought that the lord was sent by heaven to save the border town.Since being affected by the curse, he can feel the weakness of the border town, and there are fewer and fewer people.But for some reason, he believed that the lord must have a way to make the border town prosperous again.