Chapter 206: Worry (Part 1)

Salin said, taking out a stack of drawings from the drawer and spreading them on the table. Enni glanced at it and saw that these were all design drawings, all of which were weapons and equipment.

"Is this cavalry armor? This style is from a thousand years ago?" Enni was a little surprised. He picked up a drawing and asked Salin. This thing is too heavy and expensive, which is not conducive to maintenance. If Salin wants to form a cavalry brigade of 200 people, it is understandable, but what he wants to form a large mercenary group. This kind of armor has no meaning at all.

Such heavy armor must be selected to use a good war horse. Ordinary horses are not in good condition. Cavalry wearing this armor can only get on horses before charging. Usually, they can only put the armor on a chariot and transport it. They can use auxiliary soldiers to help put it on before fighting.

Good war horses are expensive, even more expensive than some monsters. Salin does this, even if he only forms a flag group, he will probably spend all his money.

The knight class was still there, and the Fourth Dynasty was extremely luxurious, so it designed such expensive and luxurious armor. However, the Fourth Dynasty had the entire continent, and it was still very easy to gather a powerful cavalry of thousands of people. Salin was not good. Although there were many places in the north that produced horses, there were not many good horses that could carry such armor.

Although the Caucasian demon wolf can also bear weights, once the demon wolf carries such a cavalry on it, the demon wolf's advantage will disappear. The power of this cavalry lies in its powerful impact force, and it can even kill heavy infantry. If the number of heavy infantry is insufficient, such cavalry wearing nearly 100 kilograms of heavy armor can tear a hole in the heavy infantry position.

Salin smiled and said, "How could I make that kind of armor? Even if there are skeleton war horses, I wouldn't spend such money. This is magic armor, made with alchemy, and weighs about a dozen pounds."

"Magic armor? That's not more expensive!"

"Magic armor is expensive because it needs to create magical attributes and magic resistance. I only have one armor, which is strength, and this thing cannot defend against a fireball."

"The cost won't be too low!"

"Is it cost? I found that the shells in the sea are very good alchemy materials, and this thing can be cultivated. Moreover, the manufacturing of this kind of armor is very simple. Rex has hundreds of low-level mages and thousands of magic apprentices. Even if he makes ten thousand sets, it is not difficult." Salin's smile was meaningful, "Anyway, those magicians rely on this practice, so I will use it as free materials."

Enni was completely speechless, Salin and Rex had to make the best use of it.

"But this thing cannot defend against heavy weapons, right?" Enni is worthy of being from the Clyde family. Even though he has not participated in weapon design, he still can see the weakness of this armor at a glance.

Salin laughed and said, "This is not for generals. The enemy is just an ordinary swordsman, and it is not even a swordsman. If the enemy is really that powerful, such as Zola, even when he holds tears, he can't defend even with the holy armor, right?"

"That's right." Eni's face turned red.

"The main performance of this armor is to defend against bows and arrows, light weapons, and it is best to deal with enemy cavalry. Even if our soldiers lose their war horses, they can become powerful infantry with this armor. Armor weighing more than ten pounds is certainly not a heavy infantry, and it does not affect the marching."

"What's this?" Eni picked up another drawing, but couldn't understand it.

"The spear head can be used as a dagger. The soldier brings a piece of fire glue with him. As long as there is a suitable wooden pole, a long spear can be created within one minute."

"I know this, I mean the next one."

"This is a fire tube."

"What's the meaning?"

"The elemental mage uses magic powder as a burning agent. After diluting the magic powder, it adds sulfur and a little bit of magic bone powder. The burning power is quite powerful, but it is difficult to control and cannot be used for alchemy. This is a double-layer ceramic cylinder with a magic array at the end. It only requires a magic apprentice to stimulate it. The sprayed flame can burn at least for one minute, and within five meters, nothing will be left."

"Five meters? It seems not suitable for combat." Aini muttered. He knew that Salin would not design useless things, but on the battlefield, the worst bows and arrows could shoot dozens of meters away, and some infantrymen had spears more than seven meters in their hands.

"It's not a field battle. This thing is placed on the city wall. The enemy rushed up and burned it. Unfortunately, this powder is too unstable and cannot be controlled. It would be great if the explosion could be controlled."

Aini looked at the drawings on a table and asked, "Are you designed these?"

"It's almost the same, most of it was thought of."

"It would be a pity that you didn't make weapons. Alas, if there were people like you in the Clyde family, the Williams family would have given up the weapons business long ago."

Aini discovered that the weapons designed by Salin were all limited, but one thing in common is that they were low in cost. This weapon for soldiers was produced on a large scale. The price was too high and the nobles could not afford it, so you naturally lost your business.

The drawings on the table are roughly seen, and there are no less than thirty types of weapons used on the battlefield, from combined shield walls to kettles used by soldiers to drink water, all of which are cheaper materials. After low-level magic processing, they immediately have a relatively high use value.

Aini was glad that most of the weapons here were manufactured by Rex's magicians in the later stage, and the early materials processing was the hardest and least profitable part. Even if Elaine got this business, her income would not be too much. However, Elaine's temperament may still focus on hunting, and this business is optional.

Salin promised to give two people a boat, and even if Elaine loses money, she will take over the business for Salin.

Thinking of this, Enni suddenly asked: "Sarin, the ship you promised to give us is not also a newly designed one, right?"

"Yes, how do you know?" Salin asked curiously.

"Nonsense, you asked us to test the performance of the ship for you. What if something happens?"

"Just get more lifeboats." Salin replied patiently. He promised to give Aini and Elaine a boat, of course it was not for nothing. First of all, the first time he went to the frozen sea to hunt was Salin's own, and then the two of them had to be familiar with the performance of this ship for Salin. Otherwise, Salin was not a charitable nobleman, so why did he give two valuable sea boats for free?

The wooden pirate ship seized by Salin at that time cost more than 10,000 gold coins. The ships designed according to the standards of warships were small in size.

"I don't care what Elaine is doing. If the ship you gave me sinks unexpectedly, you have to give me another one."

"Of course!" Salin agreed and added: "As long as there is something wrong with this ship, I will keep asking you to experiment."

"Sarin, your skin must have solidified the stone skin technique." Aini said helplessly. However, as long as Sarin's ship will not kill anyone, he will not suffer any loss, because in the end he will always get a good ship.

Elaine cannot be considered a loss. The ship Salin gave her must have been carefully manufactured, at least it will not sink immediately. Even if something happens, it will take several test sails before it will be found out. As long as the ship can go to the Ice Sea once and come back safely, Elaine will make a profit.

Salin did this to accumulate some experience for himself. He did not have people who specialize in building sea boats, so he had to go out to recruit. There were definitely not many people recruited, and most of them had to be trained by themselves. It would take at least three years to make a shipbuilder mature. During these three years, workers could not be idle.

After all, Salin is a Skochenya with pure bloodline, and he has the talent for doing business at heart. He doesn't have to calculate such things at all, and naturally he thinks about how to do it.

"Ani, I am a magician. It is impossible for me to put too much energy on it, but no one around me can help me. Fortunately, the design of these things will also help me understand magic. Otherwise, I will be crazy." Since Salin started building this city, he has hardly slept normally, and he relied on meditation to restore energy.

Meditation cannot completely replace sleep, and all magicians understand this. But Salin always feels that there is not enough time, especially after meeting the Black Bishop of the Holy See. He clearly knows that if he doesn't work hard, his previous hard work will be wasted, and the Holy See will throw himself into hell at any time.

For Salin, money may not be important, but strength is very important. To make the city run safely, he must maintain a fleet to avoid being attacked by the Holy See from the sea. How much does it cost to maintain a fleet? Although Salin is not clear, he already knows that maintaining a warship will cost tens of thousands of gold coins in a year.

He had to do these things and had to consider them. If he was still the magic apprentice and still had a piece of bacon for every meal and had white bread as his purpose of life, of course he didn't have to think so much about it, but Salin was no longer the little beggar he used to be, and his purpose of survival was no longer to fill his stomach.

Aini didn't know what to say. He understood the pressure from Salin, but he couldn't help with this kind of thing. He also had to practice magic and know how urgent time was. If he didn't work hard, he might not be able to become a magician in his life. If he didn't become a magician, his life span was up to 120 years. No matter what your origin was, he would also turn into dust.

"Forget it, Aini, let's take a break, have some wine, and have a chat, how about it?" Salin extinguished the magic lamp on the roof and lit the table-top magic lamp on the table. In the huge room, only this part was lit. In the dark corner, in the eye sockets of eighty-seven skeletons, the red soul fire was leaping, and the rhythm was soothing.

"Okay." Aini sat down again, and he had a lot of troubles in his heart. He brought all his savings to this city and had feelings for this city. However, the situation in the mainland seemed to be unfavorable to the development of this city. The expeditionary force of the East China Island Kingdom probably had captured Lianyun City, and his investment was likely to be ruined.
Chapter completed!