Chapter 98, Purchasing the Throwing Gun and Secretary Bozer-Kendall

After unsuccessfully recruiting him, Baron Kendall read a poem and left.

Although he didn’t know the meaning of the poem the Baron read, at least Kil could feel that the Baron was not angry at his silent refusal to solicit.

He didn't know that because he was facing a war, the Baron himself was not sure whether Keir could successfully survive the war, so he was not interested in recruiting. At the same time, as long as you are from Kendall County, you must work under me. stubborn.

If Keir was completely trained as a knight by the Baron family of Chengen, then it goes without saying that after completing his training, he would have to be loyal to the Baron Kendall family.

Not to mention lifelong loyalty, at least there will definitely be a confrontation with the Earl in the future, and Kiel will be indispensable.

The army repaired for a while at noon when the wind was light, and then set off as quickly as possible.

Kil looked at Bloodyster who was lying on his carriage. He had lost a lot of blood. Although the wound on his leg was healed by the priests using magic, the lack of blood in his body and the nutrients and physical energy consumed during the healing process made him Bloodfangster must eat well and sleep for a long time.

It looks like it won't be able to work properly for a short period of time.

Bloodfangster's horse was slaughtered by the harpy monster. Even if they snatched back part of the horse's body after defeating the monster, the loss of this strong horse was a loss. Only a small amount of luggage recovered could be used again. Others were torn to pieces by the monster's claws.

The body of the dead horse was cut into pieces by the accompanying cooks and prepared to be used in everyone's dinner tonight. After seeing this, Keir argued hard and finally begged for some from the clerk in charge of food. The money is regarded as the cost of "purchasing" horse meat for military logistics.

It's just that the money is not much, a pitiful little amount.

Kil placed the small bag of coins next to Bloodfangster and left his carriage.

Bloodfangster used to spend the night at his local escort friend's place every night. The previous patron transferred his employment relationship to the local caravan, and the caravan arranged him to the Kendall people. Work as a guide.

In this way, when nothing happens, Xueyangster can rely on his personal connections to stay and rest with friends he knows. But once he falls asleep after treatment, no one knows where he should be placed.

After all, Kil had been working with him for about ten days, and he was the one who saved the person, so he took on the responsibility of taking care of him.

After starting the march in the afternoon, Kiel rode on his own horse and patrolled around the army with several baron guards. These baron guards were no longer the same group of people, because at noon, Knight Rumi cursed the baron guards who were just running away in the morning, and then asked the baron to replace them with another group of people.

The Baron also felt very embarrassed. Although the Baron himself knew that these personal guards under him always dared to fight to the death when they were protecting him, but when these personal guards were attacked by monsters that they did not want to protect, they did not want to bear the loss and were injured. After directly encountering the enemy, he fled. Although he saved himself, the scene was really ugly.

So the baron recruited several people in his bodyguard who dared to face the monster and fight.

Kiel was extraordinarily brave in the morning against the harpies. This was noticed by everyone. So at this time, Kiel led a patrol. These baron guards, who usually had their eyes high above their heads, came closer and started to fight with Kiel. When you spoke, there was a hint of flattery in your words.

"You ask me what weapon I should use against monsters at this time?" This was a question asked by a younger baron guard to Kiel.

Funny to say, this young baron's bodyguard is at least ten years older than Kiel. Not to mention anything else, in terms of combat experience, they have far surpassed the group of Kendall Gate guards who taught Keer martial arts before.

Raising this question at this time is obviously a bit of a sign of flattery, and maybe there are other reasons.

Of course, the meaning of this flattery is open and honest, and the profession of fighting for a living always respects the strong. Kil's ability to show the same fighting power as Rumi Knight when facing monsters and perform equally well has already allowed everyone to praise him directly.

Keir thought about the question for a moment. He was really thinking about it, not just pretending.

He suddenly clapped his palms: "I think we have to throw a spear. The attack range of the spear is too small when facing flying monsters, and the crossbow arrow is not heavy enough in flight, so it is easy to be disturbed by strong winds in its flight path. Only when Only when throwing spears and spears between these two weapons will there be a two-way balance point in terms of attack distance and weapon weight."

Several of the baron's guards looked at each other. Unexpectedly, what this young man Kiel said was quite reasonable.

However, although the weapons of the town guards and the baron's personal guards are not unified, and they are all prepared according to their own proficiency in martial arts, weapons such as throwing guns are still rarely used by people. At least these few don't have equipment at this time.

Keir reminded: "I think the locals in the Western Province commonly use weapons such as spears and spears. You can find a way to get some from the local caravans following you. Although you haven't practiced it yet, this thing only needs to be If thrown at close range, it will cause powerful damage, so I don’t think it’s a big deal in terms of technique.”

Kiel may not remember it, but he himself is quite talented in throwing weapons, and he seems to be able to do it without practice. But others are not as ambitious as him, and their weapons cannot be mastered by quantity after years of practice.

Facing Kiel's proposal, the baron's guards were a little moved, but a little hesitant.

"Kiel, we are on patrol now. Isn't it difficult to leave at this time?" someone asked.

Kil also knew the other party's concerns, but unlike others, Kil's view was a higher level: "It doesn't matter. It won't work if you leave without permission, but you are borrowing weapons that can effectively kill monsters. This is to fight against monsters." The first important thing. Tell Knight Rumi, he will definitely agree. Don’t worry.”

Kiel's statement seems to make sense, but one of the baron's guards said sheepishly: "Kiel, weapons are the most important part of every soldier. Can we just go over and find someone to borrow them?"

"No one would lend their weapons to others at this time, would they? If we just go by like this, we will definitely be rejected."

"I have to think of another way."

Seeing their prevarication, Kil waved his hand and said, "Try it first. In this way, everyone and I will go to Knight Rumi first and tell him about this matter. Then, um, then we will go to the logistics clerk. Ask the other party for some money. Let's go with the money. It's not a loan, but a transaction. I think throwing spears and throwing guns is not a valuable thing. I can buy some from others for the time being. Someone will definitely sell their extra weapons. .”

Everyone's eyes lit up at Kiel's proposal. They looked at each other, as if they were waiting for Kiel to say this after they had shied away from it before.

Is it hard for them to think of these things?

Not necessarily. After all, I still didn’t want to get ahead on my own. Instead, I used Kil, who had shown off himself just this morning, to talk to Knight Rumi and ask for money from the clerk who was in charge of the logistics.

Several of the baron's guards are all familiar friends, and they know it is done just by looking at each other.

So Kiel led a team on horseback to find Knight Rumi, who was commanding the militia in the front team, and told him about the incident.

"No problem, you go and come back quickly. Try to get as many spears and spears as possible. Knight Crow and I each need at least fifty." Knight Rumi glared at the baron's personal guards he knew, and then responded to their request. Conditions were added.

The knight's conditions made several of the baron's guards look at each other. They didn't dare to ask what they would do if they couldn't buy so many spears and spears. They had no choice but to say nothing in embarrassment and watched the young Kiel agree without hesitation.

Oops.

Several people looked at each other, as if they shot themselves in the foot.

They only asked local merchants to come out to do business, and they would bring a large number of extra spears and spears with them.

After Gil took care of Knight Rumi, he led the people and ran to the logistics carriage in the center of the army's march.

At this time, a strong wind blew in the sky again. In order not to be blown down, the soldiers held their arms together in pairs, holding a weapon in one hand and holding a companion walking side by side.

As they passed by the walking militiamen, their murmurs of complaints were drowned in the roaring wind.

Kiel gestured to the baron's guards behind him, asking others to follow him.

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When the cavalry approaches a large number of logistics carriages on the way, it is of course impossible to run directly towards them, otherwise a collision will occur. In fact, Kiel and others first walked from the side of the carriage team to the back of the carriage team, caught up with the carriage team, and then lined up in a row to pass through the gap between the carriages, turning left and right to find what they needed. Looking for someone.

Fortunately, although the logistics carriages all look similar, if you look carefully, you can still easily tell which carriage is for what purpose and who is riding in which carriage.

The largest number of logistics carriages are those carrying various military marching supplies. This kind of carriage has a wide body and must be pulled by at least two horses in the front. If it is a heavy object, the wheels of the carriage are wider than other carriages. The carriage has four horses.

There are others similar to the carriages of the blacksmiths accompanying the army. Just by listening to the sound, you can tell which carriage the blacksmith is on, not to mention that there are all kinds of tools hanging on the outside of the carriage where the blacksmith is sitting that are not afraid of getting wet. These are all small ways to make it easier for the blacksmith to access when the carriage is stopped.

It is even easier to distinguish the carriages with people on them.

The carriages of this kind of carriage are not big, and they are not as big as the carriages pulling goods. Moreover, trucks all have an opening and closing door at the rear of the vehicle, and cargo wooden boards used for transporting goods and supplies are hung on the sides of the vehicle.

The doors of the carriages that people ride in all open on the side of the carriage, usually double doors, and there is a folding wooden ladder at the foot of the door for people to go up and down. There are two ventilation wooden windows the size of a human head on the door. The simplest one is a wooden window that opens and closes left and right controlled by a wooden pin. It is more advanced and similar to the carriages used by priests and the carriages used by the baron himself and his attendants. The wooden windows Then there are the exquisite wooden shutters.

Pieces of thin painted wooden boards are delicately fixed on the larger windows with equal spacing. When they are put together, the entire blades fit together like tiles to ensure that outside wind and rain cannot enter the interior of the car.

When opening it, with a gentle touch of your finger, the exquisitely made wooden shutters will be opened, allowing ventilation and lighting without letting people outside the carriage peek into the people inside.

Of course, this kind of wooden window can be opened directly. The external wooden frame connected to the wooden shutter window also has left and right opening and closing wooden pins like ordinary car windows.

By removing the wooden pin, the entire window can be opened inward, making it easier to pass items and talk face to face with people outside the carriage.

In addition, high-end carriages are decorated with bright paint.

Most of them are painted with some abstract decorative patterns in a concise and solemn way, similar to the decorative patterns of thorns, flowers, branches, waves and other decorative patterns painted on the corners of handwritten pages at this time.

And on the baron's own series of carriages, the noble coat of arms of the baron family is painted in conspicuous places. The decoration on the carriage is more luxurious. In addition to the paint decoration, some gold and silver brushes are used in conspicuous places.

This is not a coquettish show, but a reflection of aristocratic rules and status.

According to the laws of the kingdom that Keir heard, ordinary people cannot decorate their carriages with gold and silver. Being reported is a serious crime.

Paint decorations are not something that ordinary people or chambers of commerce can use on their carriages. They must be priests of the church, people related to the nobility, or well-educated people with respectable positions in the town.

This is the kind of clerk that Kiel and the others are looking for in charge of logistics and finance.

We didn't have much contact with Kiel, but we knew each other. We usually had dinner together after setting up camp. These clerks, who were responsible for all aspects of logistics, sat under the barons and knights, and were considered the top figures in the army.

Of course, because Kil is a knight apprentice of Knight Crow, he often sits next to the two knights. Although he has no management power, his status is roughly equal to that of the clerks at this time.

If it were normal in Kendall City, the other party would of course have a much higher status, having the same power and status as the knights.

Who told them to march and fight now?

"Look, that carriage is the carriage that several clerks are riding in." Kiel led several people and gradually caught up with a manned carriage near the center of the motorcade on horseback.

This carriage is painted in solemn brown-black color with simple decorative patterns, vaguely like a hilly city standing in the fields.

Keel recognized Kendall City at a glance and grinned.

Kendal people are proud of this prosperous and tidy city, and he is half Kendal, too.

As he approached the carriage on horseback, a young clerk sitting in the driver's seat in the front row immediately turned back to look at Keir and the others. He wondered what the purpose of these people approaching on horseback was.

"Soldier Kiel, some personal guards. What do you want? Which adult in the car are you looking for?"

The young clerk stood up from his seat. He was a little unsteady due to the strong wind, so he quickly grabbed the side rails of the carriage with his hands and asked loudly to Kiel and others.

Kiel waved his hand and asked several baron guards to wait at their original positions, then accelerated slightly to catch up and approached the young secretary who was accompanying the adults in the car: "We are a special team responsible for patrolling the outer perimeter of the army. .”

"I know, you are Keir, everyone knows you." The young clerk shouted loudly.

After hearing the conversation, the driver who was controlling the reins also leaned up and looked at Kiel.

Kil wore a rare full-covered iron armor. The armor was silver, gray and black, neat, complex and beautiful. There are two metal horns on the helmet that look like an ox and a dragon, and the visor is opened to reveal an overly young face.

The armor was covered with a windproof and rainproof cloak made of fine cloth. He was holding the horse's reins with his free hands, but he didn't see the blue two-handed ax that had caused everyone's heated discussion in the morning.

But as the horse moved, Kil's cloak swayed, and a flash of eye-catching blue flashed through the gap between the cloak and the armor.

The driver of the car was satisfied. Although he didn't see the whole picture, he at least saw the blue ax of Keir from a close distance.

During the lunch break, people talked a lot about the morning's battle, and Kiel's ax also occupied a lot of space.

Some people say that Gil can achieve the same results as Rumi Knight against monsters because of his obviously extraordinary ax.

Some people disagreed, saying that Kil had a more powerful luminous sword, which he used to assist Knight Lanissa in successfully defeating the Northland Wolves and the Northland Wolf King.

Others sneered at this, thinking that Kiel was so powerful because he formally entered knight training with Knight Crow. Think about how powerful Knight Crow is. He can control the rocks and soil on his horse and run across the river. It's not like he can easily capture a few monsters.

After receiving the answer from the young clerk, Keir nodded, and then said loudly: "We have something to ask Senior Secretary Bozer-Kendall, who is responsible for the military's money affairs, to inform him."

"Okay, wait a minute." The young clerk didn't dare to delay the matter and immediately opened a wooden board behind him. Inside was a metal rod inserted into the car body. The metal rod is held in place by a piece of wood on one side.

The young clerk first removed the wooden block that fixed the metal rod, then grabbed the metal rod embedded in the carriage compartment, pulled it back and forth and pushed it in.

Ding ding.

After two consecutive impacts, the metal rod pushed in seemed to hit another standing metal rod in the carriage, making a crisp metal knocking sound.

‘It’s clever and simple. ’ Kil blinked and took in everything.

"I have called you, my lord, please wait a moment." After the young clerk finished speaking, he pointed to the closed window on one side of the carriage.

Sure enough, within a moment, the closed shutters on the car window were half opened, revealing the face of a middle-aged man. Through the gap, several other secretaries of the same status could be seen inside.

But they are all resting, after all, riding a carriage for a long time is not easy.

At least the butt suffers.

As for the militiamen walking outside, their legs and feet were suffering.

"It's Joe Kiel, and there are a few personal guards. Who are you looking for? What's the matter?" The middle-aged man behind the shutters said in a loud voice, fearing that the people outside who were disturbed by the strong wind would not hear. Said it again louder.

Kil asked the horse to slow down slightly and leaned closer to the carriage window: "Lord Bozer, I'm looking for you."

After looking at Keir, the middle-aged man inside asked, "What's the matter?"

"That's it, that's it." Kil simply told the other party what had happened.

Contrary to what the few baron guards behind him thought, Kiel often dealt with big shots like them and knew how these people behaved, so he didn't feel worried by those people.

For big shots, they usually have to deal with several or even more things in a day. Things that the baron's guards find troublesome are just ordinary things in the eyes of these big shots.

As long as the reason is legitimate, helpful to the work, and approved by others, or even just not explicitly opposed, this kind of 'little thing' can be easily passed.

"How much does it cost?"

Sure enough, Clerk Boze inside understood what was going on and confirmed that Kil had already contacted Knight Rumi before he came. He didn't ask any more questions and just asked Kil how much he wanted.

Before he came, Keir had already made a decision. The throwing gun was neither expensive nor cheap.

The price of a handful of raw materials is several times the price of ordinary crossbow arrows.

Even simple spear throwing can't compare with the price of well-made heavy crossbow arrows.

But those were normal times, and now we are out of nowhere, and we are looking for urgently needed weapons. It is really hard to say how much the price will be.

However, when passing through towns in the Western Province before, Keir also heard about the prices of common commodities in many places. Among them, the price of short-throwing spears commonly used by locals in the Western Province is generally around ten copper coins. After all, it's just a slightly longer wooden stick with a dagger fixed on it for the head.

The more sophisticated ones will use lighter and stronger wood as the spear shaft, and the head and tail are usually equipped with sharp metal for attack. This kind of weapon can be used as a regular long sword to stab, or it can be thrown. , easily penetrates the thin, unhardened leather armor with its weight.

"Now for temporary purchase, I will relax the price, a handful of fifteen copper coins. Knight Rumi said that he and Knight Crow will need a total of one hundred for combat, and each of us will need at least ten, totaling one hundred and sixty. Of course, I don’t think I can buy so many at once, so I will temporarily buy dozens of them in the afternoon and buy them at a cheaper price in the village where I will spend the night.”

Secretary Boze nodded: "Then I'll give you two gold coins. You can buy as many as you want in the afternoon."

After saying that, he took out the coin and handed it to Keir.