Chapter 92: Going to the Blacksmith Shop Again
"Anna, go and help me call Audryk and the others. We're going to the town to recruit new soldiers. Oh, and you guys should go on horseback, too."
After Thomas left, Gervis began to order his little maid Anna around. When Thomas and other outsiders were around, Anna was very quiet. If Gervis didn't have something to tell her, she would usually stand at the back.
Now that Nashen has left, Gervis needs to get down to business. Recruiting soldiers is his top priority, especially now that Lanny's convoy has been intercepted and the camp has been burned down. In this situation, Gervis has to prepare for possible revenge.
"Yes, sir."
When Anna saw her master looking at her, especially examining her carefully, her face turned red and she quickly responded. Then she bowed to Gervis obediently and quickly returned to the castle.
"Haha, you blush after just one look. This is the world. If it were in the previous life, I would definitely get two big eye rolls."
Watching Anna walk into the castle, Gervis murmured happily. Occasionally teasing his personal maid could make Gervis happy both physically and mentally. This was a pleasure that he could hardly experience in his previous life.
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"grown ups!"
In just a moment, Audrey and Laurie followed Anna to the outside of the castle.
"Well, Laurie, Audrey, you two will be responsible for recruiting 30 soldiers, aged between 18 and 22. You will be in charge of selecting the others!"
Gervis nodded to the two of them and left the recruitment of soldiers to them. After all, they were veterans and their vision was definitely better than his. Although they were just selecting enlisted soldiers, there was not much to choose from.
Gervis added 10 more recruits. Originally, due to poverty, he could only recruit 20 soldiers to temporarily maintain the defense of the territory. However, in the near future, he would have a considerable income. Gervis simply recruited 10 more guards as his own personal guards. After all, Viscount Lanny was a big threat to him.
If the population of the territory wasn't so small, Gervis would want to recruit a hundred or eighty people to feel at ease.
Now that he has nitrocellulose to make ice, his seafood business can be launched immediately. And judging from the reactions of Anna, Nashen and others to the ice, he can make money just by selling ice alone.
Gervis would certainly not just sell ice cubes, but would add a little fruit juice, or in a more advanced way, milk, etc., to make popsicles or ice cream, and sell them in other territories, especially to those small nobles.
The cost is just labor and transportation fees, which is definitely a huge profit.
"Yes, sir!"
Laurie and Audry were excited when they heard that Gervase was recruiting soldiers. The three of them followed Gandalf and were considered Gervase's most trusted guards. As long as there were more guards, they might be able to get an official position and become a captain. Although there might be only one vacancy, there was no need to rush. If they could make some progress, it meant there would be opportunities in the future.
"Very good, let's go. I see there are already quite a few people in the town square!"
"Yes, sir!" The two men responded hurriedly. After Gervis climbed onto the horse, the two men also quickly mounted their horses and slowly followed behind Gervis and Anna.
In order to take care of Anna, whose riding skills were not very good, Gervis slowed down the horse and it took five or six minutes to reach the town square.
"My Lord!"
"My Lord!"
Just like the last time, everyone in the town knelt down and saluted when they saw Gervis.
However, the number of people this time is much smaller than when recruiting maids. Most of them are young men, and only a small number of them are accompanied by their family members. After all, the recruitment requirement is 18 years old and above. At this age, people are already independent and parents are not so likely to come and accompany them.
"Get up!"
Gervis responded to the serf.
"Audrey, Laurie, you two go and recruit first. I'm going to the blacksmith shop and will come back later!"
After seeing the serfs stand up, Gervis turned around and said something to Audrey and the other man before riding his horse and continuing to rush towards the front of the town.
Now that the blueprint of the musket has been drawn, Gervis is going to take it to Bernard to make one first, and by the way, forge a set of armor for himself. When intercepting the Lanny convoy last night, Gervis saw the combat power of the knights equipped with armor. A high-level knight can fight on equal terms with a peak knight because he has an advantage in defense.
And the peak knight did not wear armor, perhaps in order to hide his tracks, but only wore chain mail and leather armor, and was easily stabbed in the back by himself. If the peak knight was wearing iron armor, even if he was stabbed by Gervis's enhanced sword, he would have time to react because of the obstruction of the armor and avoid being stabbed directly in the heart.
Arriving at the door of the blacksmith shop, Gervis left Anna outside and walked into the blacksmith shop alone.
"Hello, Lord!"
When Gervis walked through the crowded front room, he saw Bernard with his upper body naked. Bernard was not working as an ironsmith today. He was alone making the wild boar skin that Gervis had sent.
"Hello, Bernard! How is the progress of my customized weaponry?"
Gervis came up to Bernard and watched him soak the cut wild boar skin in a large vat filled with liquid, then asked.
"Sir, the blade of the long sword has been forged. It only needs to be polished and it will be finished. The round shield is almost the same, but the wood is not yet dry, so we need to wait a few days before we can wrap it with iron sheets. As for the leather armor, you can see that it is in progress. We can start installing the iron sheets in three days!"
When Bernard met Gervis, he behaved calmly and methodically informed Gervis of the progress of several weapons and equipment that he had customized.
"Very good, Bernard, I will start recruiting soldiers today. I am very satisfied with your speed!"
At this rate, Gervis would be able to get equipment for twenty guards soon.
"Bernard, look at what I have in my hand?"
After asking about the progress, Gervis took out a small piece of silver-white metal from his arms, which was only the size of a quail egg, and handed it to Bernard.
When Bernard heard Gervis's question, he raised his hand in confusion and took the silver-white metal in Gervis's palm. However, when he glanced at the silver-white metal, his whole body trembled and his body paused for a moment. After a moment, he reacted, looked at the metal in his hand carefully, and then looked up at Gervis.
Bernard's reaction made Gervis a little strange, but he was excited in his heart. The silver metal he showed to Bernard was naturally mithril. The properties of weapons and armor mixed with mithril were incredible, but it also depended on the blacksmith's craftsmanship. A blacksmith with good craftsmanship could bring out the true effect of mithril. A blacksmith with poor craftsmanship who had never even seen mithril would be like throwing money into the water to give him such a precious thing. Although the quality of weapons and armor would definitely be improved by adding mithril, the quality also had different levels and good and bad qualities.
(End of this chapter)
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