Chapter 18 Planning
While Levi was still engaged in construction and development in the territory, Gary Norton and several craftsmen of the Norton family finally arrived at Snow Dragon Fortress, the capital of Yorkshire, on a bipedal flying dragon.
In the war between the Fontaine Kingdom and the Orcs twenty years ago, the Fontaine Kingdom achieved an epic victory and opened up five counties to the north. Yorkshire was at the core of the five newly developed counties. at.
The fiefdom of the Marquis of Ashan, who made great contributions to the kingdom in that war, was the entire Yorkshire plus an earldom in the hinterland of the kingdom.
Yes, the entire Yorkshire belongs to the Marquis of Ashan. He is one of the few great nobles in the north and even in the entire Fontaine Kingdom.
The layout of the Fontaine Kingdom is like an onion. The outermost one or two layers are border counties, with a total of 22. These border counties will be entrusted to the nobles for self-governance.
Among the 26 counties in the hinterland, two hinterland counties are directly under the royal family, and four hinterland counties are additional fiefdoms for the great nobles in the kingdom. The remaining twenty hinterland counties are governed by officials appointed by the royal government, but these officials are essentially descendants of nobles or royal families.
Border counties are responsible for resisting foreign enemies and constantly encroaching on enemy forces. The hinterland counties provide support to the border counties and accumulate strength in peacetime.
In several wars in the kingdom's history, the kingdom's standing elite legion supported by the hinterland counties always played the decisive role.
As the kingdom's territory continues to expand, the country will always have new border counties. At the same time, some border counties will become hinterland counties, and their enfeoffed nobles will also be transferred to other border counties to continue to assume the obligations of the nobles.
After the nobles in the border counties accumulated merit and became count or above, they were eligible to obtain a small fief in the hinterland as a reward. This was considered a privilege of the nobles.
In the last pioneering war against the orcs launched by the Kingdom of Fontaine, Count Ashan was successfully promoted to the title of Marquis due to his outstanding military exploits. In the Kingdom of Fontaine, which has no actual duke, the marquis family is already the first echelon of nobles.
Yorkshire is the core of the kingdom's five newly expanded counties. Snow Dragon Fortress, the capital of Yorkshire, is the former enemy headquarters for the entire northern border. Against the background of the massive invasion of orcs, countless people and materials are circulated here, and the entire Snow Dragon Fortress is Dragon Fortress seemed extremely busy.
At this time, Marquis Ashan, who had been buried among a pile of official documents, finally had a moment of free time. He took a sip of coffee and asked:
"Garry Norton, right? What is the reason why Earl Norton sent you here? I am now I'm quite busy, so you'd better seize the time to talk about business."
"My Lord Marquis, my father sent me here this time for only one major matter related to the safety of the defense line. Please take a look at this document."
With that, Gallieu stepped forward. Handed over a stack of documents.
Marquis Ashan took the document and looked through it, his expression becoming more serious the more he looked at it. Finally, Marquis Ashan frowned and asked:
"I took a look and the principle is correct, but is the data real? If the performance of this new trebuchet is as you described, then this thing is indeed of great use to the current situation. "
Lord Marquis, we don't dare to mess around in such a major matter. The test data is absolutely true! Moreover, we have also applied it on a small scale on a battlefield, and the effect is very good!" Gallieu hurriedly patted his chest to the Marquis of Ashan. He assured, and then continued:
"My father thinks that this new type of trebuchet should be rolled out as soon as possible before the orcs react, so as to catch them off guard." "
Well, I will consider this matter carefully. You can go down and take a brief rest first. Maybe I'll be looking for you again later."
After sending Gallie away, Marquis Ashan thought quietly for a while, and then summoned his personal guards to give a few instructions.
Half an hour later, in a hidden conference room, several powerful figures from Snow Dragon Fortress gathered together.
Marquis Ashan pushed out the stack of documents that Gallie gave him and said,
"Everyone, take a look. This is a very interesting set of things provided by Earl Norton. I want to apply this thing to the battlefield as soon as possible. ."
Immediately, several people began to circulate it.
After the stack of documents was circulated for a round, Marquis Ashan looked at an old lady dressed as a wizard.
"Master Yelena, I want to hear your opinion." Several people around him couldn't help but become serious after hearing this. This seemingly inconspicuous old witch is recognized as the number one alchemist in the North and the top three alchemist in the kingdom. Many of the epic equipment circulated in the kingdom were crafted by her.
At the same time, in terms of personal strength, as a sixth-order sun-level wizard, Yelena is almost at the top of the Fontaine Wizard Association.
"Lord Marquis, I can only say that the person who designed this new trebuchet is really a genius.
For a long time, many alchemists, including me, have fixed their sights on the extraordinary realm. No one can think of anything beyond the extraordinary. The field can also be very promising.
My evaluation is that as long as the material strength is high enough and the quantity is sufficient, the upper limit of the power of this counterweight trebuchet will be terrifyingly high." "
What about practical applications?"
"I I remember that there should be more than a hundred giant golden-grained yew trees in the fortress warehouse. I can use some alchemical methods to treat these woods and then use them as the main beam of the new trebuchet. The
bearing part of the new trebuchet can be made of raffia iron. Waiting for materials to be made. As long as you allocate enough manpower to me, I can build 100 50-meter-high giant counterweight trebuchets in half a month.
As for the power, if it is densely covered in an area, I feel six The possibility of Tier Yaori being killed is not low. If you are lucky, Tier 7 Sanctuary may also have a chance to severely damage or even kill you."
Marquis Yashan nodded after hearing this, "Well, then I would also like to hear the opinions of everyone here. ."
At this time, a general who was always eager to stand up directly.
"Lord Marquis, the situation ahead is tense. The Kingdom Council is still arguing about whether to dispatch the standing army. I think we should fully roll out this new trebuchet and put it into use as soon as possible!" "
Inappropriate! This trebuchet structure is not appropriate! It's too simple, we can make it, and the orcs can easily imitate it! This thing might be more powerful for attacking a city than for defending it!" Another general immediately retorted.
"It's urgent now, so why bother with all this! There are only one Bauhinia Pass and one Ice Peak Fortress between the orc army and the Snow Dragon Fortress!
Now we will roll out the new trebuchets to reduce the defensive pressure in all parts of the north. , so draw reinforcements from them!"
"I don't agree with your statement! Even if this can temporarily relieve the pressure on other defenses, how many reinforcements can be drawn?
And if the orcs learn the new trebuchet, those How can we defend the city when the garrison is removed? Aren't you afraid that it will cause a complete collapse?"
"Okay."
A powerful wave emanated from the Marquis and enveloped the entire conference room, and the entire room fell silent instantly. .
"Speak calmly and don't get excited."
Marquis Ashan leaned on his seat, put his right hand on the table, and slowly clasped the conference table with his index finger, as if he was thinking about something.
"Go and call Gary Norton."
The adjutant of Marquis Ashan promised.
"Everyone, please wait a moment. I have an idea, but there are some things that need to be confirmed."
(End of Chapter)