Chapter 173 The Caravan Returns (Monthly Ticket Plus)
"Sir! Are you really going to let your guards tame these war horses? Even noble lords rarely own these war horses!"
At the edge of the horse farm, Kenny, as the manager of the stable, had been accompanying Gervis today. Knowing that Gervis actually let these ordinary people tame the war horses, he felt a little distressed, so he bravely asked Gervis carefully.
Kenny did not conceal his words to Gervis, and they were immediately heard by the guards nearby. The guards looked at Gervis with a worried look, and at the same time, they also felt a little hostile towards Kenny. After all, Kenny's words might make them lose the opportunity to own a warhorse.
"Kenny, I know that even some titled knights rarely get one of these war horses, but I don't have any titled knights under my command, so it would be a pity to keep these horses like this. Besides, I don't plan to sell them, so it would be better for my personal guards to tame and use them as soon as possible. Although they are not worthy of these war horses now, I believe that they will be worthy of them in the future!"
"One more thing, there will be more excellent war horses like this in the future, so don't worry!"
At this moment, Gervis looked up to Kenny. He did not expect that in front of all the guards, Kenny was not afraid of offending them and spoke frankly. So Gervis explained to Kenny in detail.
As long as he had the unicorn and those mares, Gervis wouldn't have to worry about not getting such excellent war horses in the future.
After speaking to Kenny, Gervis glanced at the guards behind him.
After hearing what Gervis had just said, each of the guards looked at Gervis with eyes full of admiration, especially Gervis's last sentence, which represented Gervis' affirmation of them.
This made these serf guards, who had been treated like livestock by nobles and commoners since childhood, feel warmth for the first time.
In fact, before becoming guards, they felt that they were no different from livestock, but from this moment on, they realized that their lord treated them as human beings.
"Yes, my Lord!"
Kenny cherishes BMW, and Gervis values him, so he is not afraid of offending the guards. However, since Gervis said so, Kenny did not dare to say anything more and immediately bowed in response.
"Okay, now you can start playing! Ike, you go first!"
There are a total of 13 war horses in the farm, and the remaining 5 are 1 foal and 4 mares. They are all kept in the stable today and have not been brought here.
"Yes, sir!"
Following Gervis's order, Ik, Audrey and the guards were all shocked, clenched their fists in excitement, and began to imagine themselves riding on the tall horse.
Of course, although these horses will be their exclusive mounts in the future, it does not mean that the horses will belong to them. They only have the right to use them but not the right to own them, unless Gervais said that he would give them directly as a reward, just like Gandalf rewarded the war horses to Nashen. Otherwise, these war horses will still be Gervais's property.
Of course, even if it is just the right to use it, it is a huge blessing for these guards.
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As the guards all rode on war horses, their training became more busy. In addition to ground training every day, riding practice was also added to the schedule. Three days after receiving the war horses, the muskets made by Gervis for them were handed over to them.
Because Gervis had them use wooden sticks to practice shooting postures from the beginning, the guards were soon able to shoot effectively. Although they could not hit the target every time, they could hit the target six out of ten times at a distance of fifty meters. This was the result after only four or five days of training.
His shooting accuracy had improved, but loading ammunition was still a bit slow, barely maintaining a speed of one shot per minute. Although Gervis was still not very satisfied, the time would gradually shorten as he practiced more and more.
Gervis vaguely remembered that the firing rate of the matchlock gun on Earth was basically two shots per minute, so Gervis's requirements were not high. As long as the guards could achieve a loading speed of two shots per minute, he would be satisfied.
The guards' current reloading speed of one gun per minute is due to the small wooden bottles with quantitative gunpowder specially made by Gervis. Each person is equipped with 10 such small wooden bottles, which are already filled with a fixed amount of gunpowder and can be directly poured in during reloading.
If it weren't for this small wooden bottle with a fixed quantity, like when Gervis first tested the musket, it took five minutes to load one, and the guards would definitely not be much better than Gervis now.
The training of the guards was in full swing, and Gervis's own mid-level bronze strength had also been consolidated. However, because he had practiced "Secrets of Stealth II", outsiders could only see that Gervis was a beginner-level bronze knight.
Gervis has only just mastered the "Secrets of Stealth Technique 2" and can only conceal his cultivation level of one realm. However, this is exactly what Gervis expected. After all, many people now know that he has become a titled knight. If he suddenly becomes an ordinary person, even a fool will notice his abnormality.
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At this moment, more than twenty days have passed since the caravan set out. Gervis is wandering around in the vineyard. Looking at the sturdy grape vines, Gervis is very happy. The root of each of these grape vines is 10 centimeters thick, and some are as thick as 12 centimeters. It is hard for Gervis to imagine how many years it takes for these grape vines to grow so thick.
"My Lord!"
When Gervis came to the largest grape vine, a middle-aged woman spotted Gervis and immediately knelt on the ground to greet him.
"Get up! I'm just taking a look, you go ahead and do your thing."
"Thank you, sir!"
This middle-aged woman was Anna's mother. After she recovered from her illness, she found that the fields had been abandoned for several months and could not be cultivated this year.
Although Gervis's grape vine is within the space, it still needs regular pruning and watering. Gervis is of course going to hand over such an easy task to the servants or relatives of the guards in his castle. The first person Gervis thought of was the little maid Anna.
Of course, the maid Anna was extremely grateful for Gervis's preference and immediately agreed on behalf of her mother. After all, her mother was alone and would be too busy to farm the fields. However, taking care of the grapes in the space was an easy job and could earn her a lot of salary, three copper coins a day, which was the price offered by Gervis.
"Sir! Butler Thomas is back!"
Just as Gervis wanted to continue checking the growth of the grape vines, he heard Anna's voice calling from behind.
"Are you finally back?"
Gervis was eagerly looking forward to the caravan. First, he was eager to know whether his business plan was feasible. Second, he was too poor and still owed money to Brian. Gervis was not a person who liked to owe money.
Gervis no longer had time to check the vineyard and quickly ran out of the grape space.
"Mother!"
Gervis walked out of the grape space. Anna did not follow him immediately, but called out to her mother.
"Anna, you have grown up, and your mother is proud of you!"
Anna's mother looked at her daughter lovingly. If it weren't for her daughter, she would probably have left this world due to illness. Now not only has she recovered from her illness, but she also got this easy job because of Anna. She felt that she owed her daughter Anna so much.
However, although Anna's mother wanted to talk to her daughter for a while, she knew that her daughter was the lord's personal maid and could not stay here for too long, so she suppressed the words in her heart.
"Go quickly, don't delay the Lord's business!"
"Yes, mother!"
Anna responded obediently, with a happy smile on her face, and then she quickly walked out of the space.
I'll post it today! I'm worried I won't have time to revise and update the chapters tomorrow! I'll be going to Winterfell in two or three chapters!!!
(End of this chapter)
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