Chapter 51 Plans for the Ironwood Workshop
Roning has already thought about it. As long as the idea of making armour and weapons from black ironwood can be realized, he will first equip all the guards in the territory with a set of them to enhance the guards' defence and combat effectiveness.
Although in front of the extraordinary people, ordinary guards are not of much use.
However, the number of extraordinary people is limited after all. When the two sides are evenly matched, ordinary guards can also play a key role.
And don't forget that there are still savage tribes living in the Wubei Forest and the Wudong Forest. Roning wants to conquer them. After eliminating the opponent's extraordinary people, management and control tasks still need to be completed by ordinary guards. It is very necessary to strengthen their combat effectiveness.
Of course, this is all a story for later.
Ronin is considering that if Carpenter William can bring out the value of black ironwood as expected, he will set up an ironwood workshop to fully produce ironwood armor and weapons and gradually try to sell them to the outside world.
Although craftsmen are paid relatively high wages, skilled carpenters like William generally earn between 10 and 20 pounds a day, which is higher than the value of a butler in the castle, but the value they can create is not low.
Luo Ning considered that in addition to carpenters, he would also need to recruit a few strong young people to work as lumberjacks in the iron and wood workshop.
Black iron trees are not ordinary trees. It is definitely a physically demanding job for ordinary people to cut them down. The lumberjacks must be strong enough, so the investment in this aspect is not small.
In addition, Luo Ning also had to prepare iron tools such as axes, machetes, and saws. He couldn't expect the lumberjacks to slowly grind down the black iron tree with tools such as stone axes or bone knives, right?
So this time, when he went to the herdsman city, he had to buy tools.
During the dinner, the Elrond wizard, who had been busy for two days, finally appeared in the castle.
Recently, he was either healing or on the way to healing, and his mana had never been full.
At first, the townspeople were still afraid of him, but as the news of his healing spread, Elrond didn't even have to go around visiting people, as people would automatically ask him to come over for treatment.
So, the hardworking magician ran around, treating the wounded and actively promoting the lord's kindness.
He told his subjects that his power came from Lord Ronin and that it was the lord's kindness and mercy that relieved their suffering.
After a few days, Elrond became the sacred doctor in the hearts of the people. As a person to whom all sacred doctors had to be loyal, Ronin's image in the hearts of the people became more and more mysterious and majestic.
Sometimes, the people were puzzled. Princet had governed them for so many years, even though he maintained a high-pressure attitude, which made them very disgusted with him.
After Roning came here, he did not issue any policies to reduce the load. He just sent out a magician and recruited twenty servants. However, the people developed a good impression of him.
"Thank you for your hard work these past few days, Elrond!"
Luo Ning raised his glass and said to everyone with a smile: "Let us toast to our holy doctor; may the light warm us!"
McCann and others quickly raised their glasses, "May the light warm us!"
Elrond smiled and raised his cup to drink. "May the light be with you all!"
The taste of beer in the other world is not much different from that on Earth. Roning can't tell the difference and doesn't really like it.
But whether it was McKen or Elrond, they were all very interested in drinks.
As a result, half of the premium beer left by Princet was drunk, and the stingy Chahar could only take out medium-quality beer to entertain everyone.
It would be better to keep those fine beers. What if a distinguished guest came to the castle one day, and the guest could only drink sour beer? Wouldn't that be embarrassing for the lord?
He was also planning in his mind when he could ask the lord to recruit a full-time brewer for the castle.
After eating and drinking, Luo Ning began to make plans for everyone.
"The inspection of the territory has ended in the past two days. Everyone, please get ready tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, I will take Macon, Elron, Tom, Gallen and four guards to the Horse Herder City."
He glanced at Chahar and David and said, "You two will stay in Shanlin Town. Chahar will be in charge of the castle, and David, you will take the guards and cooperate with the political officer Wilson to be responsible for the town's law and order."
Chahar and David quickly agreed.
Although they felt a little disappointed that they could not go out with the lord to do errands, they also knew that the lord had trusted them in a sense by letting them guard the territory.
As for the surrendered Tom, he could take him with him or not. However, considering that David was a little weaker than the other party, Roning finally chose to take Tom with him, masking his face so that he was not afraid of being recognized by others.
"Baron Leisen of Sean has left Swamp Town these days and gone to Black Python City to celebrate Earl Hyde's birthday. There is no need to worry about the threats from there for the time being."
Luo Ning said to David: "Mainly keep an eye on the wild tribes in the woods to the west and north to see if there are any movements. If there is any accident, take the guards and retreat to the castle. Our things are all stored here."
David promised firmly, "Don't worry, sir. Even if I die, I will not let those savages set foot into the castle!"
"Hahaha~"
Luo Ning smiled and said, "It's not that serious. I don't think the savage tribe has the courage to attack rashly."
After all the instructions were given, the dinner was finally over.
Except for McKen, everyone else either went to practice in the evening or to refine their magic power.
"Come on, Mikan. You haven't had a good fight in the past two days. Your body is exhausted."
Roning took out his sword and walked towards the inner castle courtyard with McKen.
"With pleasure!"
McCann followed.
There is a huge gap in strength and agility between a primary perfect knight and a mid-to-late intermediate knight.
In the sparring between Roning and McKen, the latter controlled the strength and was limited to countering the opponent's moves.
For certain attack methods, McKeon would stop and specifically explain the purpose of the attack and how to deal with it.
For Ronin, McKen is both a bodyguard and a melee instructor.
All this discussion lasted for more than an hour, and even though it was relatively cool at night in the mountains, Luo Ning was still sweating all over.
"Sir, your fighting skills have improved again!" McKen said with a smile.
He had the most direct feeling about Ronin's improvement. "Compared with David, your progress is really visible to the naked eye."
Luo Ning was in a good mood, so he didn't hesitate: "Of course, if I'm worse than David, how can I be his master?"
Taking the towel handed over by Bella, Roning wiped the sweat off his face and said, "Bella, go get some water for me. I want to take a bath."
"McKen, today's practice ends here. I won't delay your work any longer."
"Then I wish you a good night!"
Macken left the inner castle, sword in hand.
There is nothing more comfortable than taking a hot bath when you are sweating all over, and Luo Ning also enjoys the process very much.
Soaking in the warm water, every cell in your body is enjoying a moment of relaxation.
"Boom, boom, boom~"
There was a knock on the bathroom door.
Gallon's voice came in, "Master, Political Officer Wilson is outside and said he has something to report to you."
Luo Ning raised his eyebrows. This guy came to report work so late. Could he have been working overtime?
Is the census done?
"I know. I'll come over when I'm done."
Luo Ning thought for a moment and said, "Gallon, ask Wilson if he has had dinner. If not, ask the kitchen to prepare some."
He is a good boss who cares about employees who work overtime.