Chapter 61 Spencer
saw more than ten professional officers in Fort William, and Mayor Spencer nodded with satisfaction.
Just based on the strength shown at the banquet, the Harland territory already exceeded that of the average baron family.
Spencer knows that this is not the full strength of the Harland family.
Baron William serves as the captain of the main legion in Black River Fort and is already a powerful sixth-level warrior.
Bernie is with William, serving as deputy captain and a fourth-level professional.
In addition, William also has two sons who have grown up and are serving in the 8th Battalion of the Mad Lion Legion. They all appeared at the banquet today.
As Richard introduced them one by one, Spencer also got to know the situation of these officers.
The fifth-level warrior Soros, the fourth-level Roland, the third-level Martin, Heyman, and Norman, the second-level Alves, Bradlik, and the first-level Jennings, Vincent, and Graham.
More importantly, there are two magicians in the Harland family.
Baron families with magical heritage are very rare.
Counting the vassals of earls, marquises, and dukes, there are hundreds of hereditary families in the Grant Kingdom.
Probably no more than one-tenth of the hereditary barons have magical heritage.
Even if there is a magic inheritance, the next generation in the family may not have magic talent.
No nobles with magical heritage could cultivate magicians.
Spencer had seen the statistics of the kingdom. In the entire Grant Kingdom, the number of magicians was only over 600.
Among the more than 600 people, the vast majority were from noble families.
It is very rare for a baron family to produce two qualified magicians.
Spencer exchanged greetings with everyone, and then waved to Richard covertly.
The two of them came to a corner without attracting attention, and Spencer asked quietly: "What is the reason why the Harland family defeated an orc brigade in Fort William?"
Upon hearing this, Richard's expression immediately became solemn.
Before making the counterweight trebuchet, Richard had already carefully considered the possible leakage of the trebuchet.
As long as such a huge weapon appears on the battlefield, the technical secrets cannot be kept at all.
It is not difficult to make a counterweight trebuchet. As long as you pierce the window paper, find some qualified carpenters, and slowly explore, you can make it.
The key technology is the calculation of ballistics, using appropriate counterweights and stone bullets of appropriate weight to accurately project the stone bullets to a fixed area.
Without the mathematical knowledge that Richard mastered, he would not be able to accurately measure the acceleration of gravity. If he did not understand the calculation of parabolic trajectories, he would not be able to analyze Newtonian mechanics problems, and if he did not understand the principle of leverage, he would not be able to measure accurate ballistic trajectories.
Without accurate ballistic guidance, one can only rely on the experience of soldiers operating trebuchets to aim and strike, and the accuracy will be very poor. The striking effect is slightly better than the torque trebuchet.
Despite this, the counterweighted trebuchet is still a powerful weapon.
Even senior professionals of level seven or above will still be seriously injured if hit by heavy stone bullets.
In offensive or defensive operations, the counterweight trebuchet is also an extremely efficient weapon.
The first time you use this weapon, you are likely to achieve unexpected results and achieve a major victory.
For a kingdom, a major victory can often determine the country's fate.
However, this kind of weapon is simple to make. As long as a smart person takes a look at it, there is a high chance that it can be copied.
Therefore, confidentiality issues are also very important before use.
If the enemy is prepared and does not enter the battlefield designed by our side, it will be difficult to achieve better results. Spencer was a bureaucrat directly appointed by the Grant royal family and had the status of a court baron. He was an important representative of the royal family in the northern frontier. Now that he has spoken, he is actually asking on behalf of the royal family.
Now the Harland family is a vassal of the Grant royal family. From the moral point of view of the nobility of the Dawn Continent, the Harland family should also be loyal to the king.
Moreover, now there is no big conflict of interest between the Harland family and the royal family. On the contrary, the relationship between the two parties is one of mutual prosperity and mutual loss.
Deliver the counterweighted trebuchet to the royal family and the Harland family can gain merit.
According to past practice, the invention of an important battle can be decided and even exchanged for a hereditary territory.
Even if the counterweight trebuchet is not easy to keep secret, this invention is less important and can still be exchanged for three great achievements.
So after Mayor Spencer asked, Richard decided to tell the truth.
"This sentence sounds simple, because of the invention of a new weapon."
"What kind of weapon is it?" After hearing what Richard said, Spencer asked eagerly.
"It's a new type of trebuchet that can project two hundred kilograms of stone projectiles three hundred meters away." "Can you
let me have a look? I know this is very presumptuous, but I swear on my noble honor that I will never do it. Things that are not good for the Harland family."
Spencer's ancestor is the legendary warrior Augustus Allen.
This powerful legendary warrior came from a very ordinary background and was a mercenary from the northern Xinjiang region.
Augustus was extremely lucky. His life was a legendary one. Through his own efforts, he married the princess of the Grant royal family and became the hereditary Duke of the Kingdom of Lane.
But the development of the Allen family was not smooth.
After the death of Augustus, the Allen family gradually declined in the cruel competition among the nobles.
Most of the duchy was annexed by the Grand Duchy of Stanik, and a small part was occupied by the Orc Empire.
Today, only a small part of it belongs to the Allen family.
Some members of the Allen family became earls of the Kingdom of Rhine, while others defected to their relatives, the Grant royal family.
Spencer is not the eldest son of the family, and is very low in the line of succession.
After joining the Grant royal family, although Spencer made some military exploits, they were far from being granted the title of hereditary baronet.
Moreover, he did not want to seal the fiefdom in northern Xinjiang.
The Allen family is a hereditary noble in the northern part of the Kingdom of Rhine.
Spencer had heard the story of his family's decline countless times since he was a child.
Even a powerful ducal family will gradually decline in the face of years of war.
If you want to seal the territory in a relatively safe hinterland, you need complex exchanges of interests and smooth relationships.
It would be very important to Spencer if the Haaland family could be persuaded to dedicate their secret weapon to the royal family. If this matter is accomplished, his ability will enter the eyes of the great nobles of the royal capital.
Although Spencer stared at him with fiery eyes, Richard still shook his head and said: "Although this new trebuchet is powerful, it is easier to imitate. To be honest, we still lack mutual trust, so I am a little worried about letting you watch the trebuchet. .If
Alderman Spencer abandons the Harland family and dedicates the trebuchet to the Kingdom of Charles, our Harland family will get nothing.
I think it is better for both of us to write a letter to the king separately, Harland The family will gain meritorious service, and Mr. Spencer's abilities will be recognized by the king."
(End of Chapter)