Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

"Master Marquis, I just took a strength test in the church in June, and I am now a mid-level chivalrous knight at level 8."

Other extraordinary people don't have a system like Ma Youfu, who can check the level intuitively.If you want to know your own strength, you can only find a special organization to test it.

In addition to the church, some powerful monarchs will also fund and set up special institutions to provide rating services for extraordinary people, so as to recruit talents.

In the power dispute between the secular and the church, the power to assess the strength of the extraordinary is often a point of conflict.

"Well, very good. Your surname is Bayar, right?" Ma Youfu nodded and asked again.

Bayard didn't know why Lord Marquis asked his surname again, but he admitted honestly: "Yes, Lord Marquis. Our Bayard family has always lived in the mountainous area of ​​Dauphiné."

"That's right. You go to take a shower first and take care of your appearance. Then I have something important to tell you."

Although there are doubts in his heart, Ma Youfu's order cannot be doubted.Bayard had to go to the bathroom under the guidance of Antoinette, who pouted his lips.

Let the second generation do nothing else, but he is very professional in extravagance and extravagance.A country knight actually spent huge sums of money to build a Roman-style bathroom at home, sometimes enjoying himself and sometimes entertaining guests.

"Miss Menelles, this bathroom is simply an unparalleled work of art. Even the Duke of Anjou would be amazed by it after seeing it." Bayard praised.

He noticed that the girl around him seemed to be in the wrong mood, so he specially flattered her.Unexpectedly, Antoinette, who usually likes to be praised the most, didn't respond. She just gave Bayard a sour look, then turned and left.

The eldest lady of the Meneles family is indeed "jealous".

She didn't expect that after Bayar appeared, he would attract all the attention of the Marquis.

The gentleman from the Holy See rushed to the Rhone River overnight to investigate the phenomenon of celestial sphere convergence, and the saint also led the cavalry to patrol the surrounding area.Originally, this supper was supposed to be a wonderful and ambiguous time alone between the Marquis and himself, but who knew that a Bayar appeared in the middle of the meal and ruined everything.How could Antoinette not be depressed?

Who knows that things are worse than she imagined.

Bayard took a shower and changed into new clothes. After taking a seat, Ma Youfu used the excuse that "there is something important to discuss", implying Antoinette to avoid it for the time being.

If she hadn't heard that the Lord Marquis never lacked women, she would have wondered if the other party had taken a fancy to the young and handsome knight.

Ma Youfu asked Antoinette to avoid it temporarily, because there was indeed something that was inconvenient to disclose, and Bayard needed to be told.

After there were only two people in the restaurant, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the other party: "Mr. Bayar, this is your father's letter, you can read it."

"Father's letter?" Puzzled immediately on Bayar's brow.

The Bayar family announced that his father died last year in a hunting accident.But in fact, it is another matter.

His father bears a striking resemblance to a distant cousin of the same family.And that distant cousin was actually the illegitimate son of Charles VI.

A few months ago, the special envoy of King Charles VII of France came to the Bayard family's territory in Dauphine, hoping to find the cousin who was said to have saved the king's life, and canonize him as the Duke of Berry.

However, that cousin had already contracted a serious lower body disease due to his unruly life at that time, and was in a dying state.

After some plotting, Bayard's father finally agreed to take his cousin's place as Duke of Berry.

Charles VII chose his illegitimate half-brother as the Duke of Berry because he took a fancy to the other party's royal blood and his family situation where he could not have children.As the replacement, Bayar's father naturally had to sever all ties with the family in order to make way for the heir of Charles VII in the future.

Although Charles VII gave Bayar's father a large sum of money as compensation, he was still worried that his sudden "death" would drag his son down.

In the few days before the imperial meeting, Bayard's father, who had become the Duke of Berry, contacted Ma Youfu on the condition that he defected from the Duke of Bourbon's camp, hoping that Ma Youfu could recruit his son to his command and train him with all his heart.

He knew the ability of this Sirisian, and thought that his son, who was extremely talented, could only display his talent to the greatest extent under Ma Youfu's command.

Ma Youfu didn't pay much attention to the surname "Bayal" at that time, and only agreed to Duke Berry's request in order to win more allies so that he could win the imperial meeting.

When he planned to go south to hunt down the Salt Spray Pirates, he made a stop at Dauphiné to find the son of the Duke of Berry.Unexpectedly, they met each other in Provence in advance.

And after hearing the name of the other party reported by the second generation, Ma Youfu realized that he had picked up a big gift bag from a famous general.

Although he doesn't have the habit of collecting historical celebrities like the Three Kingdoms game players, but if he really has the opportunity to recruit a famous historical general, he must not miss it.

Therefore, the beautiful Miss Antoinette can only be left out.

"Mr. Bayar, are you willing to be the captain of my guard? I am very optimistic about you. After you have accumulated enough experience, you will soon have the opportunity to lead the army alone. The upcoming Crusade is your best use Big stage."

Not to mention that Ma Youfu is the most respected aristocratic figure in Bayar's heart, but the great prospect that the Marquis has described to him—or the big cake, has already made his heart surge.

Although the Duke of Savoy was kind to Bayard, this mediocre ruler could not satisfy the young man's desire to make contributions.

"Master Marquis, I am willing to follow my father's wish and serve you." Bayard knelt in front of Mayouf, "But I have one condition. If the Principality of Savoy is invaded, I hope you will allow me to help the Duke." grown ups."

"No problem." Ma Youfu readily agreed.

If he abandoned his old master so easily, he wouldn't be a Flawless Knight.

Chapter 330 The Third Flintlock

Antoinette didn't sleep particularly well that night.

On the one hand, the originally beautiful banquet night has become a battlefield ravaged by undead.The experience of being infinitely close to death made her feel scared as soon as she closed her eyes, as if those horrible and hideous zombies were right in front of her eyes.

On the other hand, Antoinette, for the first time in her life, became interested in a man.But the Marquis of Lamanche, who saved her life and the entire Menelles family, seemed to have a strong immunity to his beauty.At least, he would rather spend an hour in secret conversation with Pierre, that chivalrous fool than have dinner with himself.

This kind of setback that can't be expected makes Antoinette, who has been able to get most things with a cute and sweet smile since she was a child, feels very uncomfortable.

After waking up in the morning, she found that she had light dark circles under her eyes. Antoinette simply painted herself a "sick makeup" that highlighted her pitiful temperament, hoping to attract the attention of the Marquis.

"Has the Marquis woke up?"

"Your Excellency the Marquis got up at eight o'clock and is in the garden with that gentleman from Rome." The maid who helped Antoinette dress replied.

"What are you doing in the garden?"

"It seems to be researching some kind of weapon. I don't know the specific situation, but it should be very important. After all, Lord Marquis stayed in the garden early in the morning."

"Didn't eat breakfast? That's great!" Antoinette's eyes lit up.

About ten minutes later, she led several servants to the garden, carrying hot honey and freshly baked bread.

Antoinette summed up her mistakes yesterday.With the status of the Marquis of La Manche, he must have seen many women who are no less beautiful than himself.In terms of appearance, she doesn't have much advantage.In terms of family affairs, a daughter of a knight is nothing special.If it weren't for the relationship with his cousin Agnès, Charles VII would have heard about Antoinette's beauty, and it would be difficult for her to enter the king's court.

Cousin Agnès was able to obtain her current status. Apart from her beauty, gentleness and wisdom are also very important capitals.Agnès would not have been so favored if she hadn't always been able to comfort Charles VII when he was in a trough and provide appropriate advice when Charles VII was in a dilemma.

After fully reviewing her cousin's successful experience, Antoinette decided to change her route and use gentleness and consideration to attract the attention of the Marquis.

After coming to the garden, Antoinette saw Mayouf and Donatello standing at a table left over from last night's banquet, staring intently at some iron pipe-shaped weapons.It was only last night that she got to know this new gunpowder-based weapon, but apart from the crackle and smoke when firing, the girl didn't know anything else.

Antoinette was about to approach, but was stopped by Bayard who was standing by.

The young knight had already changed into a military uniform designed by Ma Youfu himself and painted with the coat of arms of the Earl of Rouen.In this era of advocating bright colors and soldiers like to dress fancy to go to the battlefield, this set of military uniforms with black as the main body, supplemented by red and yellow stripes, and the overall style is capable and dignified is extra special.

Although when the military uniforms were distributed at the beginning, some guards felt that the clothes were too simple. Compared with other colleagues with wide sleeves and leggings, the overall shape was an inverted triangle, and the clothes in various colors were too unfashionable, and there was a feeling of resistance at one time.

But later, the guards discovered that this kind of clothing with straight lines and simple shapes is more convenient in life and in battle, and when soldiers wearing uniform uniforms gather together, they can have a stronger sense of oppression against the enemy.

So it is really fragrant.

Of course, it is said that the biggest reason for the guards to accept this new style of "Seres style" clothing is that the Marquis of La Manche once privately revealed that men wearing too tight pants will affect their male performance.

It is precisely because of this gossip that the number of male aristocrats wearing silk stockings and cloth bags in Paris is now much less.

Seeing that Bayard put on new clothes and entered the role of "Captain of the Marquis Guard" so quickly, Antoinette felt sour in his heart.

"Pierre, is there a question?" she asked.

"Miss Menelles, the Marquis and Mr. Donatello are researching necromancer weapons, which are dangerous and outsiders should not approach them."

Seeing Bayard's devotion to his duties, Antoinette had no choice but to shout from a distance: "Master Marquis, I brought you breakfast."

Unexpectedly, Ma Youfu just nodded to express "understand", and continued to tinker with the scraps in the eyes of the bunch of girls.

For Ma Youfu at this time, guns are indeed more attractive than girls.

In the morning, he received a report from his subordinates that when cleaning the battlefield last night, he seized a batch of firearms used by zombies, so he immediately went to check.

Ma Youfu was pleasantly surprised to find that although the firearms used by these sailor zombies were rusty and covered with seaweed and barnacles, they were actually flintlock guns with more advanced technology than matchlock guns.

The firearms of the zombies use a special gunpowder mixed with a special powder that contains the magic power of the undead.Ma Youfu and Donatello experimented and found that this special gunpowder is not afraid of water, but ordinary creatures cannot use it.Only the undead powered by the magic power of the undead can fire this special gunpowder.If you are a spellcaster who has mastered necromancy, you can also wrap your hands with a thin layer of necromantic magic to use this special firearm.

Ma Youfu, who studies "Book of Thousand Laws" every day, of course knows necromancy.However, he did not intend to form an army of undead musketeers.Dismantling and researching these more advanced firearms to produce flintlock guns that humans can use is a serious matter.

Since getting up in the morning, they have been studying the necromancer guns. It took more than three hours for Ma Youfu and Donatello to finish their work.

"I didn't expect that the world on the opposite side of the intersection of the celestial spheres would already be ahead of us in terms of technology." Donatello said with emotion.Witnessing the power of the new musket "invented" by Ma Youfu last night, he was very happy at first, but he saw the flintlock gun that was only popularized after 200 years early in the morning, and he was overwhelmed by a sense of crisis for a while.

"Not only in terms of technology, but also in the field of magic." Ma Youfu said.

These undead flintlock guns dedicated to zombies are obviously modified from ordinary flintlock guns used by humans.If it was a magic weapon in the first place, there would be no need for those complicated gun mechanisms.

This also shows that the magic of the other world has become quite popular, enough to be applied to weapons equipped on a large scale.

At worst, if civilizations from other worlds invade on a large scale through the intersection of the celestial sphere, it may be difficult for the earth side to compete with them.

Thinking about it better, the level of technology displayed in the other world has only reached the level of the seventeenth century, and there is still a chance to catch up.If the intruders on the opposite side were a group of sharp ears driving an ark, wouldn't they only be able to cast twenty shots?

Ma Youfu collected all the seized flintlock guns and packed them up, preparing to send them back to Rouen.Then he wrote a letter to Vera, who was in charge of the military industry department, asking her to immediately organize people to start imitating these firearms after receiving them.

This is just an attempt, and he doesn't have much expectation on whether he can manufacture a flintlock gun that meets the military's large-scale equipment needs in terms of cost and performance.The bolt mechanism composed of more than 20 metal parts on the flintlock is still too difficult to mass-produce with the technical level of this era.Ma Youfu still pinned his greatest hope of forming a firearms unit on the simpler structure of the arquebus.However, stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. There are some more advanced designs on these alien flintlock guns, which can be directly applied to matchlock guns to improve the existing designs.

When everyone was having lunch, Antoinette finally waited for the opportunity to show her mature, virtuous, gentle and considerate side in front of the Marquis.

She no longer took the initiative to be almost explicit like last night, but behaved like a noble lady with the best education, reserved and elegant.But when Ma Youfu had any needs—even if it was just such a small thing as taking a salt shaker, she could quickly and perfectly meet his needs.

This kind of considerate and thoughtful attitude of hospitality while keeping a proper distance, so as not to make people feel uncomfortable, made Ma Youfu feel at home.

He had to sigh with emotion that this Miss Meneles was indeed very socially gifted, even though she knew that she approached him with a purpose, she was still willing to do so.

"Teacher, everyone, forgive me for leaving first. This afternoon I plan to patrol the entire mouth of the Rhone River to see if there are any undead that I missed." Joan got up and left the table.

"Jianna, don't be so anxious. Leave this simple search to the local militia. I believe that Mr. Jean II can accomplish this task excellently." Ma Youfu said.

Rang II, who was exhausted from wearing plate armor for too much exercise in the morning, nodded weakly.

"Even you need to rest after a long run. Why don't you come to my room this afternoon, play poker, and relax? I'm currently thinking of a new book about war and intrigue. Maybe you can Provide some suggestions." Ma Youfu issued an invitation.

Joan of Arc hesitated for a moment, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, teacher, the intersection of the celestial spheres is of great importance, and I have to investigate it myself."

Ma Youfu, who was rejected, could only shrug his shoulders and express his understanding.

He could feel that the girl's trust and dependence on him remained unchanged, but after experiencing what happened in Mont Saint-Michel, she seemed to deliberately avoid being alone with him.

Ma Youfu can also understand that what happened in the illusion is too real, too exciting for a girl like her, and she doesn't know how to face it for a while.However, he was still a little disappointed.

The relationship with Joan of Arc has gradually developed to the first stage of subjects that do not shy away from intimate physical contact. Next, continue to work hard. After subjects two, three, and four, you can enjoy the fun of driving every day.

Who knows that now, the relationship between the two has come to a standstill.

If he is willing to spend more time, Ma Youfu is confident that he can break through the girl's psychological barrier, and let the good things that happened in the illusion reappear in reality.

But he is the marquis who governs hundreds of thousands of people and shoulders important responsibilities, and he is not a high school student reborn in Tokyo. Where does he have so much free time to talk about a sweet love?

Chapter 330 Four Cultural Victory Is OK

Others at the same table may not have noticed, but Antoinette still faintly noticed the subtle atmosphere between Ma Youfu and Joan of Arc.