[Chapter 59: A Growing Arsenal]

After dealing with the “contract issues” between Will and the ten new serfs, David filled in all the information on the document recording the household registration information of Winter Village.

According to the information on this document, Winter Village is currently a village with thirty permanent residents, and this list does not include Elizabeth.

“Wait for Fording to recruit Van Cleef’s group of stonemasons, maybe the population can exceed fifty.”

Fifty people, I used to think that fifty people were nothing, but after joining the pioneering team, I learned a lot about the conditions of villages and towns in the Kingdom of Tiran. Fifty

permanent residents are already considered a large village. If the various infrastructures planned by David are built, it will be the prototype of a small town.

“If you want to upgrade the village to a town, you must have at least a few hundred permanent residents.”

This is already the minimum standard: a few hundred people, sufficient infrastructure, and all the conditions must be met to become Winter Town. This is David’s next goal.

After finishing these things, it was almost noon.

Put away the files that record all kinds of information about Winter Village. As Winter Village gradually develops, David realizes that he needs to recruit civilian staff such as clerks. In the future, there will be more and more people and more and more files to be sorted out. Can he still handle it?

It was okay when it was a small village, but when it developed into a town, there were not only many things to deal with, but also very messy. It would definitely not be possible to handle everything by yourself.

In addition, Will and Elizabeth also brought a new problem: language! It

was not until Elizabeth sent ten serfs to Will that the daughter of the Governor of Royal Port discovered that the official language of Winter Village was the common language of this world, but everyone who was also a visitor from another world knew English, so she did not realize this. She

also realized that the biggest obstacle between Will and the ordinary villagers of Winter Village was not that Will did not contact them, but that they could not communicate at all because of the language barrier.

Now Will and Elizabeth’s most important personal problem is to learn the language of this world. Fortunately, including Peggy and Sharon, who have just arrived, they have strong learning abilities. Although they have not been here for a long time, they can already use the common language for basic communication.

It was precisely because none of the three captains had ever encountered language barriers that David ignored this matter. He had no special solution for this, and could only let Will study hard.

“So, you want me to write a textbook on the common language?” Laura was moving things back and forth, and she stopped to rest when she saw that it was time for lunch. As a result, she was caught by David: “To make it convenient for Will to learn the language of this world?”

“Not just Will, it will be useful in the future.” In the future, more people will come, and directly making a basic textbook is definitely the best choice. As for whether they are willing to learn? It depends entirely on their personal wishes. David is not going to force it.

“Learn the common language from English?”

“Just write this first.” At present, the textbook for learning the common language from English is the top priority.

“What about Chinese?”

“Don’t worry about it…” David suddenly thought that he would need to use the learning materials of the common language of Azeroth and the common language of this world in the future, but he could only do it himself. After all, in addition to David, only Fording in the village knows the common language of Azeroth, and Fording is now on his way to the western wilderness on horseback in Azeroth.

The two discussed for a while and determined the division of labor: Laura wrote the textbook for learning the common language from English, and David wrote the textbook for learning the common language from the common language of Azeroth. After

discussing this matter, David paid attention to what Laura was busy with these two days.

“Want to take a look?”

“Of course!”

Following Laura to a temporary wooden shed, just behind Laura’s wooden house, that is, to the north of the wooden house.

When Laura opened one of the lids, David was shocked at first, and then surprised: “Machine gun?”

“Two M2 Browning machine guns, and enough bullets.” Laura crossed her arms and raised her head to introduce her efforts during this period to David: “There are also ten HK416 assault rifles, each with additional barrels of various sizes that can be replaced, and accessories including gun lights, various sights, grenade launchers, etc.”

“…” David looked at Laura speechlessly. Is this preparing for war?

But on second thought, the situation facing Winter Village now is no different from a war, so this doubt disappeared instantly, leaving only ecstasy.

“There are 20 more pistols. Considering the power, all the pistols shipped this time are Browning M1911 pistols, including several for the left hand.” With the experience of facing the giant monster, Laura felt that those pistols with too little power could be directly removed from the candidate list, and they would definitely not meet David’s needs.

David took two and weighed them in his hands. He was not thinking about choosing two new guns for himself, but another question: “Do you think Will can make a gun purely by hand?”

“This…” Laura didn’t expect David to ask this: “In theory, yes.”

There are many people in her world who are engaged in this kind of work. They personally or several people set up a small workshop to take over special custom business: “It just requires special equipment and raw materials.”

Laura guessed that David might want Will to make a gun from scratch, from scratch, which is not a simple matter. The qualified materials alone are enough to give the little blacksmith a headache.

David also understood how troublesome this was, and that this behavior was very uneconomical.

Instead of spending time and energy to train the little blacksmith to become a half-baked engineer, it would be better to let him play his role in his expertise.

As for the custom-made firearms that he had been thinking about, he could use another method to solve it: he would make a request himself, and then Laura would find a top gunsmith to make one, which would not cost much.

Putting the two pistols back into the box, David found that Laura had left a large open space in the wooden shed, and there must be something to be transported.

“Is there anything else that hasn’t been transported? More bullets and grenades?”

“No, it’s a big one.” Laura didn’t say what she wanted to transport, and deliberately showed a mysterious smile.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if you transported a fighter jet now.”

Seeing that David actually looked indifferent, Laura suddenly felt that a lot of fun was missing, and she gave the answer neatly: “It’s a Weasel.”

“What is that?” David’s face was full of question marks, not knowing what Laura was talking about.

“You’ll know after a while.” Laura didn’t explain what the ‘weasel’ was in the end, but she estimated that David would be able to tell what it was after she moved some parts over.

The two chatted for a few more words and turned back to the ‘main street’. Fording was now standing on the road that Mark jokingly called the First Avenue of Winter.

David and Laura walked back to the front from the back of the wooden house only after he noticed that Fording had returned.

“Tirion, have you dealt with all those things?”

It had been a few days since Fording brought all kinds of ‘evidence’ to Azeroth. It seemed that Fording had dealt with all those things. The two horses that Fording was leading at this time were not any of the war horses that David and his team had seized before.

“Yes, they have all been dealt with. Those things are much more valuable than I expected.”

Apart from the six war horses, the armor worn by the cavalry was nothing special, but the armor on Gregory was a little special.

“Gregory’s armor seems to be mixed with some special metal, which makes the armor very hard and tough. A dwarf blacksmith valued it and bought it at a high price.” Fording briefly summarized the transaction. Not only did he exchange two top-level war horses, but he also got some extra goodies. A

top-level war horse in Azeroth means that in addition to being able to carry a knight dressed like a can on a long journey and charge at any time, it can also make itself like a tin can and wear sturdy heavy armor. As for the extra reward that Fording mentioned, it was a few pieces of metal he took out from the bag hanging on the horse’s back.

“What kind of metal is this?” David was not an expert in this field, so there was no need to pretend to look at it for a long time. When Fording took it out, he directly asked for the answer.

“Light cast iron, this metal itself has sacred properties, it is a very special metal.” According to Fording’s description, some paladins and priests like to add this metal when forging weapons or armor. Fording took this thing back specifically, obviously for David: “You can consider using these light cast irons to make a handy weapon… Oh, bows and arrows may not work.”

“Good stuff!”

In fact, when Fording said the name of light cast iron, he knew what this thing was! After all, he once had a painful experience of killing dozens of murlocs but not dropping a piece of light cast iron. The memory was too deep and he couldn’t forget it even if he wanted to.

“In addition, I’m about to reach Ironforge. From Ironforge, I can take the subway directly to Stormwind City. After leaving Stormwind City, I can quickly reach the West Wilderness.” The most difficult part of the journey has ended, and it will be much easier next time, and the speed will naturally be faster.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Fording waved his hand to indicate that it was nothing, and handed the light cast iron to David. After replenishing some food and water, he led the two war horses back to Azeroth. Next, he would hurry as fast as he could and run all the way to the Western Wilds.

Seeing Fording’s figure disappear again, David remembered that he had promised to help Fording get a set of chronicles.

“Laura.”

“What is it?”

“Can you buy the Warcraft Chronicles?” David thought for a moment and added, “If possible, buy a set of Warcraft game as well.”

“Do you want to install a stand-alone version of World of Warcraft?” Laura understood what David was going to do.

“Of course! Remember to install each expansion pack separately.”

(End of this chapter)