My Wife Is Great Fief Lord

Chapter 349 Preparations for the Southern Expedition

Time flies, and more than ten days later, it is only one day before Gervais leaves for Winterfell to join Alice.

At this moment, Gervais just came out of the cultivation space, with an unstoppable happy smile on his face.

After Gervais’ hard work these days and the help of ten times the bonus of red strange fruit, he finally broke through to become a bronze high-level Knight.

“Finally, I have some self-defense in front of me! I have broken three realms in a few months, and I’m afraid I can scare people to death! Haha! I really am a genius!”

Gervais is complacent, and at the same time slightly sighed in relief,

Although all the nobles and nobles of Jean dukedom expect to obtain merits and benefits in the southern expedition, Alban dukedom is not the kind of there’s no resistance The lambs to be slaughtered each year, and the Dukedom’s size and aristocracy are not a minority in Alban’s Dukedom.

After Gervais broke through to become a bronze high-level Knight, with a crit and a sword cut, he has already hardened a silver early-level Knight, so his confidence at this time has greatly increased.

“Your Majesty!”

When Gervais came to the vestibule, Thomas was directing a group of slaves to load the cargo on the carriage. Seeing Gervais’ face full of joy, he immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully. greeting.

“Well, Thomas, how are the supplies ready?”

“Sir, the supplies have been counted and are now being loaded into the truck. When you leave tomorrow, you can set off directly! “

“Well done, Thomas!”

Gervais complimented Thomas with satisfaction as he looked at the 15 cars that were slowly filling up in front of him.

The number of Gervais’s southern expedition is estimated to be the largest among the minor nobles, with a total number of 293 people. You must know that the minimum number of viscounts required by the call-up order is 150 people, which means Gervais is already twice the minimum requirement.

This is very rare among nobles. Even if other minor nobles have sufficient soldiers, most of them will only bring enough soldiers, and it is good that they do not violate the minimum requirements. After all, they will go out for two months. , food and drink expenses are counted on their own heads, no nobleman would be so generous.

Of course, the majority of Gervais’ 293 people were non-combatants.

Among them, there are 11 personal guards, 14 Laurie’s guard squads, 98 slave soldiers in total, 130 battlefield rescue squads, 30 slaves in charge of baggage, and finally 10 slaves. Storm Collar selected 10 serfs to cook for the soldiers.

“My lord, the blacksmith Bernard just came to the castle. He said that the weapons and equipment you customized at him have been forged, and I have just let the servants ride the carriage to get them!”

Thomas’s smile grew brighter and his figure became more humble at the compliment from Gervais.

“Oh! After this batch of weapons and equipment is shipped back, you will let Ike be responsible for distributing it to the soldiers.”

“As for the forging wages, you will directly settle it to Bo after verifying that it is correct. Nader will do it!”

“Yes! Your lord!”

“By the way, Thomas, did Bernard say that I asked him to work the little steel cannon the other day? Are you ready?”

Gervais suddenly remembered something about the artillery, which was the front-mounted artillery in the previous life.

Originally Gervais did not have the idea of forging artillery, after all, this thing consumes too much gunpowder, and Gervais’s inventory is simply unable to support the large consumption of artillery.

But since capturing Wright’s ship some time ago, and then occupying the Golden Island, Gervais has the idea of building a gun.

Of course, he didn’t plan to build too many, just make four or five small cannons. These small-caliber artillery pieces were prepared for the defense of Golden Island.

After all, the Golden Island is isolated overseas. If there is an enemy attacking by boat, the troops on the Storm Territory may not be able to support so quickly, and at this time, artillery has become very important to protect the safety of Golden Island. thing.

The artillery can shell the enemy’s ships at a distance of several hundred meters, which can effectively prevent the enemy’s ships from approaching the landing.

In order to verify the practicality of the artillery, Gervais found Bernard again a few days ago, and loaded the fire with the six pounds he had drawn, ***, and handed the paper to Bernard, hoping he You can finish forging a door before you set off.

The artillery is actually no different from the musket. The only difficulty lies in the material. If the material is not up to standard, no one wants to try the artillery blast, but Gervais has something like Mithril. , so the only difficulty can be ignored directly, but the scale of the niter mine is what limits the development of the Gervais artillery.

“Sir, it has been forged! Just now, the blacksmith Bernard asked me to send a few more people because your small steel cannon weighs several hundred pounds! He said that there are fewer people to carry it.

Don’t move.”

Thomas swiftly replied.

“Very well, Thomas, you can send someone to Tiangong stone house later, and let them bring the gun mount I arranged to make a few days ago!”

Listen By the time his little steel gun was completed, Gervais was eager to have a try, but the gunpowder was too precious, so he gave up the idea of trying the gun, and he still trusted Bernard’s craftsmanship.

“Yes, my lord! I’ll send someone to Tiangong stone house in a little while!”

Thomas responded respectfully.

“Yes! Then you’ll be busy first!”

After confirming everything, Gervais returned to the inner castle, first took a comfortable bath, and then walked Study, sitting at the desk.

“The woods from the beach to the small lake in Golden Island have been cleared, and the camp construction is already underway!”

“The piers of Storm Collar and Golden Island have been built. It will be completed in a while!”

Gervais holds a notepad in his hand, which is densely packed with various projects that need to be arranged or have been arranged.

These projects were planned by Gervais during this period of time, in order to prevent the development of the territory from stagnating after he started.

For projects that are already in progress or completed, Gervais will put a tick in the back to ensure that he can be seen at a glance, and which things have not been arranged.

“Recruit 14 guards, and arrange for Audrey to do it on his own later, just in time for them to train down the gentle slopes!”

Gervais set his sights on On the last row of items to be arranged, this is a guard recruitment plan.

In the last battle with the pirates, Audrey’s subordinates lost 2 people, from the original 14 to 12. This time, Gervais plans to recruit 14 soldiers again, and then join Laurie and Aodri. The number of people in two squares in Delhi is expanded to 20 people in one square.

“Build an earthen wall on the edge of the dark forest!”

“Do you want to cross this off? After all, it is now known that the appearance of the orcs is a conspiracy of the church, and I am not going to The Storm Lord resists the orc invasion.”

Flipping forward a page in the notepad, Gervais hesitated when he saw the to-do items he wrote down some time ago.

This plan was written by Gervais before Wright’s attack, when he didn’t know the real reason for the orcs’ appearance.

So prepare to wait for the completion of the town’s stone house construction, let the idle residents and slaves go to the edge of the dark forest, and build a four-meter-high earth wall there.

When the time comes Gervais can use the dirt wall to tentatively resist the orc invasion, and by the way, generate a wave of energy points.

The territory of Gervais is on the edge of the dark forest, but because of the mountain range, the border area between the Gervais territory and the dark forest is only less than ten kilometers.

Gervais has only one requirement for this earth wall, and that is height. As for firmness, Gervais has no requirements, as long as people step on it, it will not collapse.

Because if you want to build a solid wall like a castle, let alone one or two months, even if it is a half-year construction period, with more than 2,000 people in the territory, it will be enough.

Is it useful to build such a weak earth wall?

Certainly useful, the earthen walls of Gervais are specially prepared for the orcs, and the time for the orcs to appear is in the winter season of each year.

The reason why the winter in this world is called the cold winter is because once winter comes, the temperature will become extremely low, and the most extreme temperature can sometimes be as low as minus thirty or forty degrees.

Such a low temperature, it is no exaggeration to say that there is no problem with dripping water into ice and urine into columns.

Therefore, as long as the temperature drops, Gervais will let people pour water on the earth wall, as long as it is poured half a month continuously, this originally soft earth wall when the time comes is definitely not weaker than Copper Wall Iron Bastion.

And the wall is frozen, the surface is extremely smooth, and the defensive power is quite high.

“Let’s build it! These people are idle anyway, so it’s better to find something for them to do.”

“Although I may not resist the invasion of the orcs , but having a dirt wall can also make it more difficult for the orcs to invade, maybe when the time comes these orcs will all go along the dirt wall to Lanny’s territory!”

After thinking for a moment, Gervais still prepared The construction of this earth wall is supposed to give some benefits to the serfs, so that they can also work and get paid in the autumn.

There is a place to consume the energy of these serfs and slaves, and also prevent them from being full and supporting, causing instability.

After Gervais led the southern expedition, only Audrey’s 12-man Squad guards guarded the territory during this period, and they also needed to assign manpower to patrol the island, which was regarded as an absolute defense emptiness.

Although Bernard, an expert who hides his identity, is in charge, it is best not to cause trouble if he can. After all, Bernard’s shots all day, there is also the risk of exposure.

It’s a little late to go home today! sorry, guys!

(end of this chapter)