Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 264 Paid Features (4000 words)
After a hasty dinner, Rhodes ran to the yard and began to practice swordsmanship. The dinner was cooked by the chef brought by the chief bachelor, and the dishes were not to Rhodes' liking.

But it suits Baron and Hamer's taste, especially the fried steak that is charred on the outside and undercooked with blood on the inside.

"Why did your steak come out without taking a bite, which made me a little full." Baron walked out while picking his teeth.

Originally, at this time, he should have started to work as a supervisor, supervising the bandits digging in the rocky mountains in the north, but Quentin was short of manpower to build the port and houses, so all the bandits were going to work as coolies.

"I don't like to eat that kind of food." Rhodes took out a two-handed sword from the space ring and began to practice Dugu Nine Swords.

It suddenly occurred to him that he still needed to find someone to identify the items in the space ring, and wondered if the chief scholar would identify equipment items.

"Sigh, many young people don't know how to taste food like you. Steaks like this are the most tender and delicious." Baron shook his head and sighed.

"I like to chase after a live cow to eat, that kind of meat is more tender." Rhode couldn't help complaining.

Baron didn't know how to continue the conversation.

After seeing Baron go out for a walk, Rhodes continued to concentrate on practicing the sword.

Dugu Nine Swords doesn't pay attention to moves, so there are moves to win without moves. This martial art is very suitable for Rhodes, because he often forgets how to move next when using other martial arts.

For example, Baihong swordsmanship, he has almost forgotten the complete swordsmanship moves now, or he has not memorized them completely at all, and every time he practices, he follows the images displayed in the system bit by bit.

Later, this problem did not exist in the martial arts that were practiced entirely by secret books, such as the flame palm and the powerful vajra leg. He thought it was necessary to spare time to review those martial arts that were learned entirely by the system.

But it doesn't seem to be too necessary. He later mastered both the Golden Bell Cover Iron Shirt and Taizu Changquan through cheats, and he has reached the system's recognition of [Superiority].

For martial arts like the Baihong swordsmanship, he has no cheats to practice, and there is no place in the skill list for him to mount it.

And its power is far inferior to Liangyi Swordsmanship and Dugu Nine Swords.

"I'll practice with you to see how far your strength has improved recently." Hamer saw Rhodes practicing sword, and his hands were a little itchy because he hadn't fought for a long time.

Rhode knew that Hamer would not be his opponent, but he still agreed to his request.

"You bring your hammer up, let's make a gesture." Rhodes took the sword back, walked to the side and took a training blunt sword for soldiers.

"No, I also use this blunt sword." Hammer also picked up a blunt sword, made a defensive posture, and signaled Rhodes to attack him.

Hamer's strength is probably between the second and third ranks. In Rhodes' eyes, his defensive posture has more than a dozen flaws.

Rhodes rushed forward and stabbed at one of the openings with his sword. Hamer wanted to parry, but was knocked down by Rhodes' next change of the blunt sword in his hand.

"You lost." Rhodes put the blunt sword on Hamer's shoulder.

Hammer was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect that he would be defeated by Rhodes in a single meeting.

"If you use a hammer, I may not be your opponent." Rhodes wanted to try Hammer's emotions.

"It's okay to lose, you don't need to comfort me, and I won't become angry with embarrassment, anyway, I don't plan to continue to develop in the field of fighting in the future." Hammer said.

"You are very talented in blacksmithing or carpentry. Being a warrior is a waste of your talent." Rhodes nodded.

"I've already selected the stonemason you want. I wonder why you want a stonemason who can carve?" Hammer asked.

Rhodes took out an animal skin scroll from the space ring and handed it to Hammer, which recorded the principle of printing, which he wrote in the afternoon.

The principle of printing is very simple, and Hammer can understand it without anyone explaining it to him.

"With this kind of technology, we can manufacture and sell books on a large scale." Hamer couldn't help nodding while watching.

"The most important thing is that we can use this to control the public opinion in the mainland. As long as we print all the things we want to spread on paper and throw them in those pubs, it won't be long before people in the mainland will know the above things. "Rhode's idea originated from newspapers.

Although the violence of public opinion in newspapers is not as powerful as that of the Internet, it can still help him destroy many people.

For example, the current Regent of the Roman Empire, Rhodes felt that it would not be a good thing for him after the name "Kingslayer" became famous, which made it harder for the people of the Roman Empire to accept him, no matter what The probability of being a talent from the Roman Empire or a refugee coming to his territory will be even smaller, and the difficulty of conducting trade with the Roman Empire will also increase a lot.

He decided to throw this pot to Duke Elvis after a while, to see what the current emperor of the Roman Empire would think of his uncle, and the Roman Empire was likely to be torn apart.

This has many benefits for Rhodes. If the Roman Empire falls into civil strife, he will have more time to develop.

If the Roman Empire attacked the Fortress of Glory, he would need to bring troops to reinforce it. If the Fortress of Glory was breached, his territory would become a battleground between two countries, and everything in the territory would be destroyed.

"I'm going to have a good talk with that mason to see if he's reliable. It's not a good thing for us to spread such technology." Hamer took the animal skin scroll and walked out.

Rhodes didn't say anything else. With the printing and papermaking technology, it is possible to popularize education. One of the important reasons why Europe can develop so fast is that China's papermaking and printing technology have been passed on to the past, which has promoted the development of literature and art. The revival and the Reformation promoted the emancipation of the mind and social progress, and neither gunpowder was the key to universal education.

After Hamer left, Rhodes continued to pick up the sword and practiced Dugu Nine Swords against the air.

After practicing for a while, Rhodes heard the system suddenly send him a special reminder message.

[Whether to spend 24 chivalry points to open the martial arts system PLUS for a month]

Rhodes felt a little speechless after seeing this news. When will the system add such a payment function.

Thinking that he only needed 24 points of chivalry, he decided to give it a try. Anyway, this point of chivalry is not much.

Rhodes clicked the [Yes] button.

[Congratulations on opening a one-month martial arts system PLUS, continuous subscription to enjoy 20 points/month discount]

Rhodes opened the system and took a closer look, and found that no new functions had been added. He felt that he might have been tricked.

So he continued to pick up the sword and started to practice. Just after he slashed a sword, the system gave another reminder.

[This is a sword that is too strong.Dear, I suggest that you should pay attention to using less strength next time, if it is easy to be hit in actual combat. 】

Sure enough, he was the uncle after spending money. The system not only instructed him to practice martial arts, but his attitude was not as cold as before.

After the system was upgraded, some language packs should have been added. This kind of language pack similar to Taobao's customer service made Rhodes feel a bit chilly, especially since the system still used its mechanically synthesized voice to pronounce it word by word.

He clicked on the message, found a setting button, and found that in addition to the previous default language pack, there were also member-only language packs like this one.

In addition, there are voice packs that add a lot of voice prompt functions, but most of them require additional payment. For example, you can buy Baron's voice pack for a little chivalrous value. Into the voice of Balon.

Rhodes spent a little chivalrous value to buy Michelle's voice pack. Her voice is much better than the system's default non-masculine, cold, mechanically synthesized voice.

But is it a little perverted?
Rhode suddenly thought of this question.

But using Baron's voice pack, that would be even more perverted!

Afterwards, he changed the language pack back to the default one. The default language pack looks a little more comfortable than the Taobao customer service model exclusive to PLUS members.

Rhodes tried to stab forward again, and Michel's voice suddenly sounded in his ear.

[This sword is too random, and the power is not exhausted]

When he was going to practice, he turned on the voice function, so as not to have to open the information bar to see if he had just practiced to a standard, and then turned off the voice broadcast function when he was in battle.

Rhodes continued to practice swords. After practicing for more than an hour, none of the swords was judged to be no problem by the system.

Either the strength is weak, or the strength is completely exhausted, or there is a problem with the force.

Rhodes was a little skeptical that the system would find the error no matter what.

So he put away the sword, stood on the spot and used a move from Taizu Changquan. Taizu Changquan had reached [Peak of Fire] a long time ago. Although he hadn't reached the [Peak of Perfection] required by the mission, Rhodes had already I find it difficult to have a deeper understanding.

Unless you learn other boxing techniques, get some new ideas, and understand by analogy, it is possible to reach the [Peak of Excellence].

With the last punch at the end of the move, the fist rubbed against the air and made a sound like a sonic boom. This was the first time this had happened.

【This punch is almost perfect】

It seems that I still have a real problem with swordsmanship.

Rhodes stood still and recalled the feeling of the best swords before, and then he went back to the house to take a shower and sleep. The past two days were really exhausting...

It was less than eight o'clock in the morning of the next day, and Rhodes was called up by the chief scholar. He originally planned to get up at ten o'clock, and then start practicing martial arts after working for a while.

"I really don't know how a young man like you can sleep well." The Chief Grand Maester said to Rhodes who was yawning next to him while sitting at the dining table.

Rhodes always felt that this sentence was a bit familiar, as if someone had said it to him before.

After a simple breakfast, Rhodes went to the study on the second floor, and the chief bachelor followed in, sitting next to him, giving Rhodes a sense of parental supervision of children's homework.

There are so many things Rhodes wants to do now that he doesn't know where to start.

The textile mill and the paper mill have already been put into construction, and the residents of the town and the surrounding villages who have nothing to do have participated in it. Rhodes decided to pay them food as a reward.

When these two factories are built, there will be fewer idlers on the territory, and the family income will increase.

For the work of firing porcelain and distilling spirits, Rhodes decided to find a few trustworthy villages and let the people in their entire villages participate in it.

Rhodes is going to use these two things to make the nobles' wool. He plans to find a way to advertise porcelain and spirits first. The nobles who love vanity and luxury will probably drive the prices of these two things to the sky. Then play hunger marketing.

The secrets of porcelain can be kept for a long time. If there is no detailed operation method and formula, the fired porcelain will be ugly, and it cannot be used as an ornament for the nobles in the castle.

As for how to make spirits, it is estimated that smart people will figure it out in a year or two at most.

After thinking about it, he decided to hand over the work of brewing wine and porcelain to the village where he rested after he went to the territory. That village is the closest to the castle. After the road is repaired, it is estimated that it will take a few minutes to ride a horse. The villagers in the village They're also pretty good, relatively simple.

The construction of a steel factory is on the agenda. Without enough steel, many things cannot go on, such as the popularization of those agricultural tools, the development of heavy industry, and the large-scale manufacture of weapons and equipment.

After the steelmaking plant is completed, see if it is possible to cast molds directly, and pour molten iron directly into the molds, so as to produce weapons and equipment on a large scale.

Rhodes felt that as soon as his steelmaking plant was completed, a single plant would produce more steel in one month than the entire continent combined in a whole year.

It won't take long for him to create a steel army, and it shouldn't be a problem to sweep the mainland.

Even if there is a gap between the strength of his soldiers and the strength of other lord soldiers, such a small difference in strength can be made up by equipment advantages.

Within the same level, it must be better equipped.

A farmer in full metal armor with a sword and shield is sure to have no problem killing a battle-hardened but unarmed veteran.

The strength of the farmer is not much worse than that of the veteran. Except for the equipment, the veteran is just more experienced than the farmer and it is easier to make correct on-the-spot judgments.

Thinking of the issue of equipment, Rhodes suddenly remembered that the equipment items he looted from the auction and the corpses in Fortress of Glory last time had not yet been identified.

"Will you appraise it?" Rhodes turned his head and asked the chief academician who was thinking next to him.

"Some, why? What treasure did you get?" The Chief Grand Maester looked at Rhodes with his cloudy eyes
Rhodes nodded, "There are indeed some."

He stood up and looked at the study room, which should be enough for him to take out all the things that need to be identified. He opened the space ring and poured out all the things that needed to be identified.

"Are you trying to exhaust me?" Rhodes felt a little resentful in the tone of the Chief Grand Maester...

(End of this chapter)