Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

The old dwarf shouted inside.After a while, a dwarf who was somewhat similar to Volgar, but more stocky, came over.

His beard was extremely long, braided into four fancy and intricate braids, and smeared with some kind of fireproof substance - a necessary measure for a dwarf who worked by the fire all the year round and regarded his beard as his life. .

"Cousin mentioned you to me before." Joey held out his hand.

After shaking hands, Joein shook his head: "Walgar said you want to buy weapons? But you don't have the hands of a warrior. So what do you want to buy? One-handed crossbows? Mage likes to use this kind of thing for self-defense. Or a musket?"

The elderly dwarf on the side took a beautifully made musket from the shelf and handed it to Yofu Ma.

"Made with Milanese craftsmanship, enchanted with a 'Guided Shot' spell, and added a new ignition device - a snake rod, which is easy to operate, unlike those old-fashioned muskets."

Ma Youfu looked at the weapon in his hand, and could feel that there was indeed a flow of magic in it.

The snake rod is a curved metal rod like a snake, the middle part is nailed to the gun body, and the gunpowder is ignited by lever movement around the axis.

This already has the prototype of the gun, indicating that there is no technical obstacle to the birth of the arquebus.What is lacking is the experience of vision.

But Yoof Ma won't get the arquebus out now.In this way, in addition to getting a relatively easy-to-use firearm, the rest of the benefits will be taken up by the craftsman in front of him.

He doesn't plan to spread this "high-tech" until he has his own fief and army.

"Join, how much is this firearm?"

"Sixty ducats in gold."

Youfu Ma shook his head with a painful face: "It's too expensive, are there other options?"

Qiao Yin asked the old dwarf who was watching the shop to fetch a flamingo gun with silver light flowing.

"No enchantment, old-fashioned design, but the gun body is mixed with 2% mithril, so it is lighter and stronger, and can be used as a club when there is no bullet. Twenty ducats."

"can it be cheaper?"

"No. But I can give you a bag of gunpowder and bullets."

"Deal. But I need to buy more bullets and gunpowder." Youfu Ma laughed.

Buying a volleyball is a pretense, what he really needs is the ammunition and gunpowder that comes with it.

Chapter 14 Enchanting

Yoo Ma prepares to make a grenade.

The firearms of this era, muskets can't be used very much, and artillery can't be used by one person, only hand grenades can greatly improve his combat effectiveness in a short period of time.

Whether in the East or the West, grenades have been on the battlefield for hundreds of years.The Byzantine used Greek fire in clay pots against the Turks.In Western Europe, grenades were mainly used for defending cities.

However, those primitive grenades filled with gunpowder in clay pots could not satisfy Yoof Ma's needs.The weapon he wanted to make was as close as possible to the modern hand grenade of later generations.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to buy a musket, he bought a lot of gunpowder, as well as lead bullets that could be used to make fragments.All that remains to be solved is the shell of the grenade.

Yofu Ma showed Joyce his drawings.

Because of a beautiful beard, Qiao Yin, who is known as a beautiful man in the dwarves, glanced at it and frowned: "You want to make this kind of round iron shell that can be held in one palm, and make it as thin as possible?"

If Youfu Ma bought gunpowder and lead bullets directly, maybe Qiao Yin would think of something, but now he just shook his head and said to himself a few "unprecedented and strange requests".

"This is not a problem that a blacksmith can solve. You need the power of magic." Joyn pointed to the old dwarf beside him, and said, "He is Barendar, the only rune mage of our Horn clan. He can use 'Metallic Physique'. But the price is..."

When it comes to magic, it's always expensive.

"Please quote, I will consider it myself."

Joey calculated with his fingers: "We can first create the thinnest iron plate as possible, and then let Barenda use metal shaping to further process it. One spell can roughly process one such iron shell, and the total cost is two of you. Ducat is alright."

Shape Metal is a second-level spell that costs one ducat to cast once.Including the cost of materials and labor, the price Qiao Yin offered was quite appropriate.

"Deal, I want ten iron shells."

"Delivery the day after tomorrow, this old bone of mine can cast five second-level spells a day, which is the limit." Barenda said.

"Okay." Yofu Ma nodded.

For 22 ducats, he bought the fire door gun and a large amount of gunpowder and bullets, and paid a deposit of ten ducats for making grenade shells.

The world where magic exists is different. As long as you are willing to spend money, you can make "black technology" products far beyond the times.

It's a pity that magic is a luxury, so these things can only be used in a small range and cannot be popularized.

In the warm farewell of the dwarves to send off their patrons, Mayof leaves the camp.

Back at his own residence in the ducal palace, he began the first steps of making grenades.

In Yoof Ma's conception, the main killing effect of the grenade he made was not the impact of the explosion of gunpowder, nor the splashing fragments.

The power of black powder is not very reliable.Fragmentation is enough to kill ordinary people, but whether it can kill those professionals wearing enchanted armor, there is a question mark.

Using extraordinary power to deal with extraordinary power, supplemented by the ingenuity of technology, is Yofu Ma's idea.

Yoof Ma picked up a buckshot.The muskets of this era were very large, and the lead bullets in his hand were almost fifteen millimeters in diameter.

This size is the limit of his ability to use the "magic mark" as a level 1 artificer.

Youfu Ma took a deep breath, concentrated, and the imprint of the "Acid Splash" spell appeared in his mind.He touched the fingertips of the lead bullet, and the magic power was rapidly condensing, gradually showing a faint blue light.

Using his fingers as a pen and magic as his ink, Yoo Ma began to write on the lead bullet.

This process is very long.Fingertips move inch by inch.The first time was a little rusty. About half an hour later, Yofu Ma finished the engraving with sweat.

An ordinary buckshot has now become a magic item.

As long as the trigger conditions set by Ma Youfu are met, the acid splashing spell in the lead bullet will be released immediately.One can imagine the power of a grenade stuffed with more than a dozen such acid lead bullets when it explodes.Even those knights who are well-equipped and have reached the middle rank may not be able to bear it.

In addition to the acid used to kill, Ma Youfu also plans to make a batch of lead bullets engraved with "Power Shock" and "Flash Technique".

These two kinds of buckshot are mixed and packed in an iron case, which is a shock grenade that can produce strong light and stun.

Artificers do have advantages over other spellcasters in making magic props.Yofu Ma spent an afternoon getting more and more proficient. After exhausting his magic power, he made fifty enchanted lead bullets in total.

This efficiency can crush the dwarf rune mage who can only cast five second-level spells a day.

Before dinner, Volga finally came back.

As soon as he walked into Yofu Ma's room, he happily put a bag on the table.

"Bought both cane sugar and apples. Hey, God of Wealth, Samohe, the kind of card you asked me to order has been picked up by a card maker. They say this literate card is very interesting, It can be used to enlighten children, and the aristocracy and wealthy bourgeoisie are potential customers.”

Volgar took out three bundles of parchment scrolls: "Three spell scrolls, Mage Armor, Shield, and Shaloman Snake's Touch. This is what I got for selling your idea."

Poker games have already swept Europe in this era.However, the cards of various European countries have their own unique suits and patterns.It was not until a few decades later that French card manufacturers invented a method of printing cards on a large scale, which defeated competitors in other countries in terms of cost and output.

The playing cards that Ma Youfu asked Volga to print is the most common French version, except that he printed a common word and corresponding pattern on each card, which can be used for literacy.

The village girl in Lorraine had no serious education since she was a child, and now she can barely write her name crookedly.

Literacy poker, a gadget that entertains and teaches, should be able to generate a wave of goodwill.

Yofu Ma had to go back and persuade Charles VII that if he had Joan of Arc's support, the success rate would be much higher.So before leaving, he had to meet the saint.

"I thought the idea of ​​literacy poker would be used by the card maker for free. You can sell it, my business acumen surprises me, my friend." Youfu Ma laughed.

There is no patent right in this era, and he has long been prepared for his ideas to be plagiarized.

"Hey, I told them that this kind of poker was invented by a wise man in the East. They agreed to buy it because they thought that playing your name would have a good publicity effect." In the laughter of Walgardho, there was an irresistible smugness.

Ma Youfu believed that, as a middleman, the dwarf must have earned more than these three spell scrolls.But he didn't intend to take all the benefits.It was enough that Volgar was able to complete the task he explained and brought additional surprises.

These three spell scrolls are very useful for enhancing self-protection ability.

Chapter 15 Sweet Party Crusade

After packing up, Yoo Ma went to the kitchen with cane sugar and apples.

"Wait, my friend. Aren't we supposed to go to the restaurant now to eat stew and wine, and end up filling our stomachs with bread dipped in thick gravy? What are you doing in the kitchen?" Volgar asked.

No wonder he was suspicious.

Apple aside, Europeans have a tradition of adding fruit to their dishes.

But sucrose, in this day and age, rarely finds its way into the kitchen.

It was either placed on the table, along with other spices, as a rare condiment to show off status and wealth.

Or as a precious sacrifice in various religious ceremonies, dedicated to the gods.

Or use it as a medicine - Europeans believe that sugar water is good for the kidneys and bladder.

"I'm going to make a Serris traditional dessert that the ladies and kids especially love."

"Hmph, not interested. We dwarves only like spirits and meat!"

Having said that, Volga, driven by curiosity, followed Yofu Ma into the kitchen.

"Two noble guests, it's hot and crowded here, please leave quickly." Seeing the two uninvited guests, the kitchen manager hurriedly shouted.

"I'm going to borrow kitchen utensils." Yoo Ma didn't say much, and threw a sous (a large silver coin worth twelve deniers) over.

The kitchen manager who looked very much in line with the saying "a big head and a thick neck, either a leader or a cook", immediately smiled and asked the cook to give up a stove for Yofu Ma to use.

"You must be the Sirius scholar who is well appreciated by the Duke. May the Seven Saints bless you." The kitchen manager said with a smile, "What can I do for you?"

"I need a frying pan and some sticks. And chopped walnuts. Well, I need a food container."

There is no bamboo in Europe, and no one makes skewers, so Yo-Fu Ma took a while to explain to the kitchen manager what a "tick" is.

He immediately instructed his servants to prepare, while he stood by himself, watching Yofu Ma pick up the kitchen knife with interest and chop the rock candy into pieces.

As a foodie who has followed all kinds of food anchors and put them into practice, it is not difficult for Youfu Ma to boil candy color.

Mix crushed rock sugar and water in a ratio of one to two, pour into a pot and bring to a boil.When the color of the syrup turns dark yellow, roll the cleaned apples and put them on the wooden skewers.

The candy apple is ready.

During the cooking process, the syrup exudes a sweet and wonderful smell under the contrast of heat, which not only makes the kitchen manager and Walgar standing next to it sniffle and swallow, but even the other cooks can't help it. Frequent exploratory glances.

What a wonderful taste this is!It's like a gospel from the goddess of love and beauty!

The fresh and tender fruits are covered with a transparent and bright sugar shell, and then sprinkled with fragrant walnuts. This popular street food in China not only evokes Ma Youfu's nostalgia, but also evokes the greed of shield dwarves. .

The container found by the kitchen master is a kind of dry and hard sliced ​​bread.When some nobles held banquets, they liked to use this kind of bread to serve food. Like the use of precious metal tableware, it was also a means of showing off their wealth.

After the aristocrats finished their meal, this kind of bread filled with gravy and seasonings would be given to the poor, and it was also a rare delicacy.

Grease the crusty bread slices with olive oil to avoid sticking, then arrange the candied apples neatly and garnish with two fresh green mint leaves.

A dessert that is given as a gift and will definitely surprise the girls of this era is complete.

"Walgar, would you like to try it? I need comments from diners."