The success of the black powder experiment led Narant to start a plan to use saltpeter in large quantities to make black powder.
Although his castle is gone for the time being, he has always had such a big killer weapon in the war, so he can be prepared for any danger.
In addition, he also drew a long-handled grenade shape and sent it to the blacksmith shop to have blacksmith John forge an exact iron shell according to the drawing.
Of course, because Narant wanted to stock up on this grenade shell, there was no limit on the time limit.
It can only be forged if John the blacksmith is free.
As for the anti-personnel shrapnel inside, it was not very demanding, so Narant directly asked John to hand it over to his apprentice to make it.
Now the two barbarian apprentices have been learning to forge under John for nearly two months, and there is no problem with any small iron particles required.
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Time flies like a blink of an eye. Five days have passed since the grenade experiment, and finally the day of the weekly meteor shower has arrived.
After these days of hard work by the residents, the wheat harvest has gradually come to an end, and this season's bumper harvest is destined.
According to preliminary statistics, in the past, the maximum harvest per mu of cultivated land was only more than 200 kilograms of wheat, which was basically no more than 300 kilograms. However, this time it has doubled or more than doubled, reaching about 600 kilograms per mu. Produce.
Although they still need to pay half of the tax, even after paying the tax, they can get more food than last year's harvest.
This put every household of serfs farming wheat in Stormland into a state of elation.
As a result, the respect of the serfs for Nalant can be imagined. Anyone who dares to say even one word about Nalant in the Storm Territory will definitely be drowned in the spit of the serfs.
In addition to the wheat harvest, the decoration of the manor in the square is also in full swing these days.
The decoration of the second manor has been completed because Nalant once again allocated two masons and two carpenters to Mario from the new serfs. The decoration of the third manor has also been mostly completed.
Judging from the situation, the seven manors in the front row of the square should be fully renovated before the Earls arrive.
Speaking of the craftsmen among the new serfs, we have to say that the Black Iron Family really gave Nalant a big gift this time.
In addition to Captain Jack, the stonemason and carpenter were also included. After checking the population registration book, Narant found that among the new serfs, there was actually a tailor and a jeweler.
Nalandu also suspected that the appearance of the Daughter of Doom was aimed at the emergence of craftsman families.
Of course, this is just a joke.
In fact, this is just survivor bias. The reason why the proportion of craftsman families is high is because of them. Craftsmanship is the reason why they can support their families.
Families without skills are very likely to starve to death and freeze to death.
The basic situation of the development of the above territory is that while Mario and Thomas worry about it, Nalant only needs to check it occasionally. What he is really most concerned about is the progress of this side mission.
Fortunately, Jack didn't lie. He did know how to repair ships.
Just two days ago, Kenby Cowdung sent back the news that the ship had been repaired under the leadership of Jack.
The repair time actually only took three days, although the reason why there was sufficient manpower was that there was still Nalant's "Long Yan Dayue".
He directly rewarded each of the nine people, including Jack and the crew members who helped with the repairs, with a piece of brown sugar and black bread!
In the past two days, Jack has been working hard on the ship to teach the sailors how to operate the sailboat.
I believe that in a few days, Nalant's first sea-going ship will be able to actually go to sea and ride in the blue ocean.
"What do these words mean? Do you remember them?"
"My Lord Butler means 'respected lord' in these seven words!"
"That's right, there are seven words 'Dear Lord'! For example, if you want to write a letter to report the situation to the Lord when you are in other places, you must write these seven words in the upper left corner of the letter paper first, and then you can Start reporting..."
In the morning, after Nalant finished breakfast, he came to the vestibule and saw Thomas using wooden boards and black charcoal to teach the servants and ordinary guards such as Quick how to read.
At the beginning, all the servants were very happy and worked hard to learn writing.
But when rough guys like Quik, who only knew how to kill, learned that they had to learn writing, it was like killing them.
If they didn't know that Nalant was severely suppressing them, they would probably rather go to the Fiery Forest to find monsters to fight to the death than learn this text.
According to Quake himself, "Your Majesty, we kill the enemy. As long as your Majesty points us, we will kill wherever we are. There is no need to learn these words that look like tadpoles!" '
But when Nalant told them about the things that might be assigned to them, such as learning how to write well, Quick and others no longer dared to say "no".
War horse!
That was equivalent to a supercar in its previous life.
In this world, even if there are ordinary people selling goods, for them, there are still Mercedes-Benz and BMWs.
And the war horse is like a Lamborghini Porsche.
And when they heard their master say that if anyone couldn't write a hundred words fluently within three months, then the war horse would be gone. The guards immediately pressed their heads and started studying hard.
Of course, it was not only Thomas who was responsible for teaching, but also occasionally Vivian and Mario, a few people who knew how to read.
After all, they have a lot of work to do, so they take turns teaching so as not to delay their business.
After checking the vestibule for a while it was Narant and then headed to the stables.
"Bai Long! It's time for breakfast!" Nalant took two bundles of licorice and put them into Bai Long's manger.
Although Bailong had no objection when he saw Nalant's eyes rolling, he didn't feel any disdain and hostility at first. Nothing like the deep love between man and beast happened.
Bailong could only lower his head silently and eat licorice.
"When the saddle and your light armor are forged in a few days, I will take you out of the castle for a walk." Nalant didn't care that there were adult monsters that were difficult to tame.
Otherwise, the Earl family would have used Warcraft Cavalry long ago.
If you want to tame a World of Warcraft, you need to train it from cubs, but the cost is too high for the highest success rate.
As for Narant, Shirley will always let this guy know how good he is in the long run.
Especially when the purple alfalfa blooms next season, I think this guy will be reluctant to leave.
"My lord! My lord!"
Just as Nalant was feeding the white dragon, Shirley came to the stable out of breath.
"What's wrong, Shirley? Is there something going on in the territory?" Seeing the little girl's fair and tender face turn red, Nalant was also surprised and confused. Now, little girl Shirley has really become his scout.
"Well! No, sir, there is ice cream. My mother said that the ice cream was made because the sun was too strong outside, so she wanted you to go back to the inner castle to taste it!"
Narant “…”
Nalant immediately rubbed the little Loli's head vigorously.
No wonder she was so anxious. It turned out that this girl wanted to eat Nalant, so she thought it was a big deal.
A few days ago, Nalant told Rose the rough method of making this ice cream and asked her to try making it. Anyway, he could make cream ice cubes sooner or later.
I didn’t expect it to happen so quickly!
