Chapter 122: Recruitment

After the glass was successfully fired, selling glass became an important thing.

Because the cost of firing glass is high, the price of glass products cannot be sold too low.

But if the price is too high, it will be difficult to compete with Viscount Luomen's territory.

Moreover, the market in Geda Province has been monopolized by Viscount Luomen for many years, and it is also difficult to break the monopoly.

After thinking about it, Richard decided to open up a new track and use glass to make mirrors.

Make glass mirrors by hand-plating silver to avoid competing with glass products sold by Viscount Luomen.

But the silver-plated mirror is just a layer of window paper. If Viscount Luomen wants to imitate it, it is not too difficult.

Because of glass products, the two territories will inevitably compete in the future.

Richard is not afraid of competition. As long as the territory wants to develop, it will face constant competition.

Only through repeated competition can the territory overcome obstacles and become stronger and stronger.

In addition, glass bottles can be made, filled with white wine to make luxury goods, and glass canned fruit can be made. In short, glass can be sold through multiple channels to increase the output of glass and reduce the cost of glass products.

August is the season of autumn harvest.

This summer, the climate is hot, dry and rainless, and the crop yield in the northern Xinjiang region has been severely reduced.

The dry land that was expected to produce 5,400 tons of grain only produced 3,200 tons this year, a 40% decrease from normal years.

Fortunately, the drought did not have a serious impact on the production of paddy fields. The output of 4,000 hectares of paddy fields was 8,400 tons, a 7% decrease.

This year's new grain output is 11,600 tons. In addition to being enough for 25,000 people and more than 2,000 orc slaves to eat for a year, there are about 2,000 tons left, which can continue to feed 3,000 people.

In recent years, Richard has also saved 6,000 tons of grain in reserve for emergencies.

The steel plant has been in production for more than a year and has sufficient steel supply. In more than a year, the territory has produced 150 steel plate armors and 120 chain mails.

Now the armor rate of soldiers in the Harland territory has exceeded 40%.

Officers above the squadron are equipped with snake scale armor, and all senior officers in the territory have monster leather armor for protection.

The autumn harvest had just been completed, and Richard was accompanying Sophia in the castle. In the evening, an urgent letter broke the tranquility of the castle.

Richard opened the letter and was immediately surprised. It turned out to be a conscription order sent by Black River Castle.

In June of this year, the cult organization Bloody Horn launched a rebellion in Canyon County, killed Edmund, the political officer of Canyon County, and captured the county capital Victory City.

The seven hereditary barons of Canyon County received the news and organized an army to suppress the rebellion, but were defeated by the Bloody Horn.

Barons Emile and Eugene died in the battle, and Barons Cram, Dassault and Fernan were missing.

The noble coalition was defeated, and the Bloody Horn successfully blocked the entrance to the Dragon Canyon and blocked the reinforcements from the Sodamian Province.

After the incident, Governor Jerram was furious and mobilized the city defense army to cooperate with the noble coalition to suppress the rebellion, but he did not expect to be defeated by the rebels again.

Seeing that the rebels were gaining momentum and had already developed towards Wright County and Brena County, Jerram could only recruit nobles in the north of the province and continue to organize the army to suppress the rebellion.

Because William led his troops into Graveson Castle on the southern foot of the Eagle Mountains to prevent the orcs from attacking next year, the Harland family had no one with a high position in Black River Castle.

The noble ladies that Mrs. Ola made friends with at a critical moment were of no use at all.

The rebellion had already broken out for two months, and the Harland family had no idea about it.

The conscription order was delivered to Richard, requiring the conscription of three squadrons of soldiers, and the officers leading the troops must be hereditary nobles.

What is the situation in Canyon County?

Richard had no idea at all and could only accept the order helplessly.

If you think about it with your head, you will know that the situation in Canyon County is already very serious. If it is an ordinary rebellion, the previous two times can be easily suppressed, and there is no need to mobilize the power of the northern lords of Geda Province.

The most important task of the northern lords is to guard against orcs.

Although the northern lords are relatively poor, their combat experience far exceeds that of the southern lords. Border nobles always give people the impression of being barbaric and poor.

I heard that the Northern Army will also dispatch two battalions to the south to suppress the rebellion this time.

The military forces guarding against orcs will be dispatched to suppress the rebellion, which shows how bad the situation is.

The Harland family already has three hereditary nobles. William is in the Northern Army, and Sophia is pregnant. Now only Richard can lead the troops to the battlefield and fulfill the obligations of the lord.

The conscription order leaves very little time for the Harland territory.

The soldiers of the Harland territory must appear in Black River Fort in seven days.

Richard decided to let the soldiers take a three-day vacation and go home to see their relatives and friends.

Gather in three days, train for three days, and then take a boat to Black River Fort.

This time Richard decided to take the first, fifth, and eighth infantry squadrons to perform the task of suppressing the rebellion. The cavalry squadron also followed Richard.

The first squadron was established the longest, with the largest number of veterans, more than fifteen senior warrior students, and its combat effectiveness is second to none, not inferior to the main squadron of the Mad Lion Legion.

The Fifth Squadron was formed by Sophia, and the officers are from the Stob Family. It has been five years now. Although its combat effectiveness is not as good as the First and Second Squadrons, it is also the main squadron of the Harland Territory, far exceeding the city defense army.

The Eighth Squadron has not been trained for a long time and has not yet completed the training of recruits, but the officers are well equipped. The reason why Richard took the Eighth Squadron out this time was to let them accumulate some combat experience.

Troops with combat experience can only be relied on at critical moments.

The cavalry squadron acts as a trump card. If the war goes badly, they can also withdraw Richard from the war.

The strength of the rebels is not very strong nor very weak, which is just right for the 8th squadron to practice.

After the training, Richard waved to Sophia who came to see him off, and boarded the transport ship with the soldiers.

After the ship started, Richard quietly opened the attribute panel in his mind.

After eight months of hard training, the breathing experience of the Mad Lion Legion increased by more than 11,000 points, and the meditation experience of the highlands only increased by 5,300 points.

According to Richard's estimation, without the killing experience, the breathing experience can increase by 1,200 points per month, and the meditation experience can only increase by 300 points.

The reason why Richard's meditation experience increased by 5,300 points is entirely because he created a new spell, which caused a weak elemental tide surge, giving him excellent meditation feedback. The effect of meditation for one month exceeded that of a normal year.

Obviously, with normal practice, Richard is more talented in breathing.

In addition, in these eight months, Richard also learned three new spells.

Blood typing is a spell created by Richard, Sophia, and Wendy. Because it is a new spell, the three did not intend to learn it.

However, the hospital needs blood transfusion experiments. If the blood type is not identified, the transfusion will become very dangerous.

Richard's worldview has matured and he is unwilling to use human life for experiments. In the end, he decided to take a risk and was the first to learn this spell.

Unexpectedly, after this spell was engraved in the mental space, it actually caused the elemental tide to surge, giving Richard special feedback, and his mental power increased by two points.

The other two new spells are lightning ball and treatment of severe injuries.

Treatment of severe injuries is a fourth-ring magic. After using this magic, it can even treat serious injuries such as internal bleeding.

Even in the state of war, the entire Mad Lion Corps has strengthened the power of the church priests, and there are no more than ten people who can release the fourth-ring magic.

There are only three intermediate magicians in the Mad Lion Corps.

The magic level has reached the intermediate level, which is very rare in the Grant Kingdom. Together with the power of the church, there are only more than 200 people in total, which is rarer than the hereditary baron.

With a population of tens of millions, there are only more than 200 mid-level magicians, as rare as academicians in the previous life.