Chapter 225, Dwarf Engineer Dugan - Iron Man

"Well..." Late at night, when Teresa went to the guest room to rest, in the master room, Ryan was chatting with Olika, and at the same time smiled at the big lump wrapped in a quilt on his bed: "Veronica, come out !"

"This is really the most humiliating day in my life!" Witch Garland still wrapped herself in a quilt, her voice was out of breath: "I actually lost to Trovik, that little princess of Garland! Uh Ryan ,hug me!"

Ryan had no choice but to lift Veronica out of the quilt and hugged her on his lap. Even so, Witch Garland buried her head in his chest and was unwilling to get up. Ryan stroked the witch's back: "You It's normal not to be able to beat her, although Teresa's strength is slightly weaker than yours, but her full set of equipment and staff are much stronger than yours."

After speaking, Ryan seemed to think of something, and he couldn't help laughing again.

"You're still laughing!!!" Veronica was so angry that she twisted her man's waist hard, then she remembered something, and buried her all-red beauty into Ryan's chest again.

When Ryan rushed to the reception room, Witch Jialan was tied up on the sofa, her eyes were red and she was about to cry. Ryan quickly untied the rope and hugged her to comfort her for a long time.

Ryan is not surprised that Veronica will lose to Teresa. In terms of strength, Teresa is slightly weaker than Veronica, but compared to a full set of equipment and magic scrolls, Wei Wei Ronika is good at light and fire magic, and she is indeed no match for Teresa if she can't fully use it.

"Okay, okay, it's okay, Veronica, I won't underestimate you because of this." Ryan could only continue to comfort her: "It doesn't matter if you fail, you can beat her again in the future."

"Hmph, I originally made an appointment with her. If she loses to me, she will leave immediately, but I didn't expect that she got a magic scroll with seven rings from Elder Aurora." Veronica finally recovered. , she sat on Ryan's lap, put her arms around his neck and complained: "It was evenly matched at the beginning, Ryan, my feet are sore, please rub it for me."

Ryan smiled and helped Witch Garland rub her beautiful fleshy feet, and sighed inwardly: Veronica is really a smart woman, she knows exactly what she wants, and she lost to the magician Teresa is not important, the witch immediately took this opportunity to find her back from him.

Teresa still needs practice.

Since the sorceress also came to Ryan's territory, the open and secret struggle between the two witches began. Teresa was superior in capital, and Veronica was superior in cleverness. After reading a lot of jokes, of course, it was the Baron himself who benefited in the end.

Teresa was very unconvinced at first,

Always felt that she was the best until she met Suria.

The appearance of the Duke's daughter finally made her understand something.

Ryan can't control so much now, the baron has his own affairs to do.

That's about artillery.

When Ryan first mentioned the artillery to the dwarf craftsman, Deron actually refused, because Ryan couldn't tell him to make artillery and he would do it.

Here we have to mention the "Holy Alliance" between the Empire and the Dwarf High King. Even after countless years, this covenant is still observed by the Empire and the Dwarves. Among them, the secret of gunpowder is what the Dwarves selflessly shared with the Empire. The gift of powerful gunpowder weapons turned a new page in warfare.

Therefore, the empire and the dwarves strictly abided by the agreement and jointly kept the gunpowder technology secret. In Brittania on the gray mountain side, the only artillery that the knights can get is some outdated old-fashioned cannons eliminated by the empire, most of which can only be used. It is not convenient to carry and transport.

So what is Brittania's main siege weapon?

It's a trebuchet.

Lane saw this massive siege weapon firsthand at Korona, consisting of about six to eight carts of timber parts, the huge straight arms of the trebuchet being pulled by a series of levers, gears and coiled mechanisms And down into the firing position, the other end is connected to a huge stone counterweight. A large noose is attached to the long arm of the trebuchet, capable of containing rocks, stone building debris and even dead livestock. When the trebuchet fires, the extra momentum the noose adds to the moving long arm makes the catapult The machine can shoot farther and be more powerful than ordinary crossbows.

If Ryan looks at it from the perspective of the Celestial Dynasty, this thing is the "returning cannon" used by the Mongols to attack the city.

The power of the trebuchet is extremely powerful. It can be said that compared with the giant cannon of the empire, the power of the trebuchet is not bad at all. The huge stones thrown by the trebuchet can destroy most of the enemies, even many green creatures who like to move in groups. The nightmare of leather and beastmen, the disadvantage of trebuchet is that it is not convenient to carry, it is not convenient to load and unload, and compared with the rate of fire of artillery, the rate of fire of trebuchet is obviously much slower.

Under the personal blessing of the Lake God Prophet and even the Lake God Witch, the trebuchet strengthened by the gods can throw three times the stones and add magic damage, which proves the super power of the trebuchet.

Still, most knights generally display disdain for these machines, and several dukes refuse to use them altogether. Nevertheless, owning a trebuchet is still a symbol of wealth and status. The manufacture of a trebuchet requires a long time and manual work by craftsmen. There are only a limited number of craftsmen in Brittany who can make this powerful war machine, and the lord The people all urgently need them to serve themselves. Although the knights will not operate this kind of war machine by themselves, they can still barely understand the strategic value of the trebuchet. The serfs will be ordered by the lord to operate this precious weapon. war machine, because serfs can't claim honor, and won't understand what it means to fight for a lady.

The craftsmen who can make trebuchets in the Kingdom are all in Lyonnaise or Montfort. Given the bad relationship between Ryan and the two dukes, it is basically impossible to second craftsmen to make trebuchets.

Time came to the midsummer season, and Ryan took his knight Olivier, Hux, and housekeeper Katzenberg to check the latest results in the dwarf workshop on the Chinon River.

"My baron, since the dwarves are unwilling to share their technology, why can you still persuade them to make artillery for you?" The big bald head of the butler Katzenberg reflected bright light in the sun, and the baron's butler passed by every time. I have to shave my head every ten days.

"I can't let the dwarves share the artillery technology with us, but we can hire the dwarves." Ryan walked towards the inside of the workshop with his hands behind his back: "I have reached an agreement with Mr. Delong. He will make artillery for us. We employ dwarven engineers to operate the artillery."

"Dwarf mercenaries?" Olivier was very interested in this. As a young knight introduced by Grand Duke Schulz of Marienburg, it seemed nothing to fight side by side with dwarves. In the empire, mercenaries were also commonplace.

On the contrary, Hux, who has a serious personality, seems to have a lot of doubts. After these few battles, the Knight Ranger has become more stable. There are more than a hundred infantry, Hux has trained them to a certain combat effectiveness.

Neither Ryan's training method nor Angron's training method is suitable for training these serf soldiers, because the situation is different, that kind of intensity training is too difficult for serfs who cannot guarantee food supply and adequate nutrition.

"My baron, there is no tradition of hiring dwarves in Britannia. We have only hired mercenaries from the empire, and it's still under the condition of the king's permission. Is there any need for discussion if you directly hire dwarves like this?" Hux said hesitantly. .

"I have already prayed to the lady, and she agreed to this request." Ryan didn't care, he directly announced his decision: "The dwarf brothers are our friends, and we will fight side by side."

Now neither Olivier, Katzenberg, nor Hux had any more opinions.

If a twenty-six-year-old baron said that, the knights would probably scoff, but they would never believe it in their hearts, thinking that the baron was lying, a complete lie.

But Ryan is different. When he said this sentence, the knights and even the sergeants who followed them were convinced that their lord had created too many miracles, and the lady of the lake showed her magic again and again. He is the lady's God's Choice champion and the most beloved knight of the Fairy of the Lake. Since Ryan said that the Fairy of the Lake agrees, then the Fairy of the Lake must agree.

The knights couldn't help feeling a little excited at the thought of having the dwarves' giant cannons to assist their attack. The knights of Brittania were originally known as the number one knights in the old world. If they could have the help of artillery

When they arrived at the dwarf workshop, a whole team of dwarf mercenaries was already waiting. The dwarf headed by him was wearing a round helmet, his long beard covered half of his stomach, and he was carrying two large long guns on his back. With a barrel of firecracker and a long piece of white bread dangling from his mouth, everyone could smell a strong smell of black gunpowder from him far away.

"Hello, bearded man." After Ryan recognized the length of the dwarf's beard and the gold and silver jewelry on the beard, he said in a respectful tone: "Welcome to my territory, I am the baron here , Holy Grail Knight Ryan Malcador."

"I've heard your name, Baron, the champion of women in the lake, who killed a bunch of greenskins, and the champion of chaos." The dwarf widened his eyes, raised his head, and folded his hands on his chest: " Deron told me that you can bring my brothers and sisters jobs, income, and endless ale, so I brought my brothers and sisters here, my name is Dugan Iron man, nice to meet you."

"Yes, my baron, when you said that you need to hire a team of dwarven mercenaries, I immediately thought of my good friend Dugan. He is an excellent fighter and an engineering expert." Walked out of the workshop: "He knows how to make the artillery you want. He will make heavy cannons and organ guns as long as the price is right."

"Very well, how many clansmen do you have?" Ryan nodded repeatedly, and he asked Dugan.

"About one hundred, more than sixty of them are excellent fighters and workers." Dugan raised his head: "We have been wandering in the mountains for too long, maybe Deron is right, it is time to come out and find a We can’t let our children go hungry.”

"I am willing to accept you and your clansmen, but I hope that you will obey the rules in my territory, and you will have to exchange your labor and work results for the endless malt wine." Ryan stretched out his hand towards the dwarf. shot.

"It's a fair decision. We never take advantage of our human brothers. I believe that you, the Holy Grail Knight, will not treat us badly." Dugan agreed, and the dwarf reached out to shake hands with him: "Also, dwarves are never afraid of fighting. If there is any war, the dwarves will never run away!"

"Then Katzenberg, I will tell you how to arrange the communities of these dwarves." Ryan said to his butler: "Remember, keep them far away from the pointed ears, I don't want to watch the battle of long beards A second play on my territory."

"Okay, my baron, I will arrange a safe place for them. In fact, baron, your territory seems to be blessed by a lady. I have never been blessed by a lady since I came here. Troubled by green skins and beastmen." Katzenberg nodded again and again, he was wearing a pair of round-frame sunglasses, which were the masterpieces of dwarf craftsmen, and Deron used some scraps of iron and glass to match them, unexpectedly Extremely popular, orders keep coming.

"Hehe, just take it as if you are indeed blessed by the lady." Ryan smiled disapprovingly.

Facing greenskins and beastmen, Angron and the imperial army would shoot and kill them. Only those fugitive slaves who could not survive became robbers. For the sake of being human, Angron and the imperial army turned a blind eye Close one eye.

Lopes and Olivier are mainly doing this. The two knights often lead the army inside to wipe out the nearby bandit dens. One is to train troops, and the other is to earn some extra money. They have already entered the Another duchy.

Dugan didn't understand what Ryan and the others were discussing, and the dwarf was not good at human language, so he said to Deron, "Is this human really credible?"

"Don't worry, I've been working on him for several months. This human being is indeed credible, and very powerful, and he's still a younger brother." Delong stroked his beard with satisfaction: "He has a very complete set of things here, and he's as good as he is." Many nobles in this country are different. He will not judge our behavior, and is willing to give us full power, and the tax he collects is much lower than other territories. If you want me to say, this is a good place, so I will stay here .”

"It's just a younger brother who is so powerful?" Dugan was surprised, and he looked at Deron's shiny beard with envy.

For dwarves, a beard is a symbol of status, age and status. A beard needs to be combed and washed frequently to be beautiful. Deron's beard is so beautiful that Dugan is very envious.

"Yeah, if you've met his brother, you'll know how strong his brother is. Moreover, he seems to know some secrets that no one knows. Look at this." Deron took out the talisman that Ryan gave him. Wen: "I've searched all the classics, but I can't find any records of this rune. I have written to the chief dwarf rune lord master Clark Harsh at the Eternal Peak, asking him to look at the details of this rune. Perhaps, this will be the most important discovery of the dwarves in hundreds of years."

"What a mysterious lord." Dugan nodded: "Okay, let's settle down first. After so many wars and wanderings, it's time for the tribe to have a home."

Just as the knight and the dwarves reached an agreement that the dwarves would make their home here, a group of wood elves appeared.

The wood elf headed by Ryan is Dailina, the woodland lord whom Ryan had met: "Hello, Your Excellency Ryan, you are finally back, we have been waiting for you for a long time."

"What does the friend in the forest want me to do?"

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