Chapter 138

Delta, pachmann sandbar.

Pachmann sandbar is a low-lying island located in the northeast hinterland of the Mississippi River Delta.

Different from the salt marsh covering more than half of the sandbar, it is surrounded by small cobweb like rivers and the surrounding terrain is slightly higher, forming a natural dam to control the backflow of seawater.

Therefore, it has a rare soil without salt crystallization. Even if it is barren and sandy, it can still carry a small cotton plantation and feed the affiliated black slave Town, pachmann town.

The island is also a well-known seabird habitat. All year round, gentlemen who hunt birds come in admiration, holding dogs, carrying guns and three or five close attendants. They stop at the pelican farm next to the town and enjoy their leisurely killing time.

Karen and pierce give people the same feeling, a pair of well-off father and son, wearing brand-new and comfortable shirts and breeches, with a large group of fierce white attendants.

If they insist on distinguishing them from common seabird hunters... They have no hunting dogs around them, but they have a full 40 double barrel shotgun with powerful firepower, just like a small army.

The owner of the farm secretly played drums in his heart.

Ordinary rich businessmen can't support such a big show, let alone teach their followers to obey orders and strict rules.

The guest named Karen may be a senior bureaucrat in the inland, or a senior officer of the colonial army

In short, it must be the kind of big man above!

If you can establish proper contact with such a big man... For example, engagement?

Pierce felt a burning look sweeping behind his back and was so uncomfortable that he beat several spirits.

Karen gave him a worried look: "little Pierce, won't you be ill?"

"How could it!" pierce blushed and waved his hand again and again. "In order not to delay everyone, I specially asked Mr. Soland for a panacea! Mr. Soland said that although his medicine can't cure any disease, it can absolutely ensure that I won't suffer from any disease in the next week!"

"And this strange medicine!"

"It is the most high-end crystallization of alchemy and modern medicine!"

"Is it... Azot?"

"It's not a panacea." pierce shook his head with regret and admiration. "Mr. Soland admitted that although he mastered the formula for refining a panacea, he had no ability to refine a real panacea until he found the fifth element."

Karen couldn't help taking a breath: "if it's not the real azote, is it some kind of substitute?"

"Has Mr. Scott ever heard of star antimony? Mr. Soland said that it is a kind of impure azote, which cannot be purified and separated because it is bound by the law of chaos. It is the great discovery of the last sage!"

"Star antimony? The strange crystal described in basil Valentine's triumph of antimony?"

"Mr. Scott really knows the star antimony!" pierce danced his fist excitedly. "Mr. Soland said that the last sage improved the formula of warlock Valentine, successfully prepared the star antimony, and detected the existence of azote. This is a great breakthrough from the fifth element since the Renaissance and the decline of alchemy!"

"Really...?"

"Of course it's true! Modern medicine, alchemy, uses cow dung, donkey whiskers, rabbit urine, mouse excrement and an appropriate amount of salt and sulfur to mix. After stewing, it burns the essence with high fire to get crystal. This is star antimony! Mr. Scott has never seen its beauty. It's like intercepting fragments in the starry sky and collecting them into black gemstones. As long as he eats it, he will be invincible in a week!"

"Did you eat?"

"Of course!"

"What's the smell?"

"Good medicine tastes bitter!"

"Ah..."

"Mr. Scott, is Mr. Soland great? I want to ask him for alchemy and medicine!"

"It's certainly good for young people to learn. The problem is that they include shooting, fencing, drawing, command, meteorology and financial management. The captain also insists that you learn noble etiquette and literature, plus alchemy..."

"I can squeeze out two more hours! Four hours a day is enough!"

Looking at the crazy look on little Pierce's face, Karen sighed with pity, stretched out his hand and rubbed his hair again: "if you really want to learn, go and ask Daniel after this time. Alchemy is not a self cherished knowledge, he will promise..."

……

I was speechless all night.

Early the next morning, Karen and pierce led all 40 gunmen out, carrying sufficient supplies and equipment, and plunged into the vast forest across two or three islands.

No one wants to inform the owner of the farm, because their only purpose here is to let the Musketeers get familiar with their new guns as soon as possible without attracting the attention of outsiders.

In a clearing in the dense forest, Karen stood in front of the crowd with his new gun high in his hand.

"See the rags on your hands! It is a Double Barrel Shotgun made by a local gunner. Its caliber is 0.109, the fastest firing speed is 3 rounds per minute, the effective range is 50 meters, the best range is 8 meters, and the firing rate is 60%. Because it has two barrels and uses a larger charge and lead bullet, it has great power and dense firepower, and is deeply loved by fur hunters."

"No doubt! Compared with the maritime commute you are used to, this is a scrap iron to the letter! But it is your new weapon!"

"You are all long-term sailors of the chamber of Commerce and the most loyal subordinates in the captain's heart. When the captain transferred the whole musket team from the golden deer to the jackdaw, you should understand that our identity should not be exposed!"

"Therefore, the maritime commuter has been left on the golden deer. Including your Hunter Mr. yatis, you should be familiar with the new gun and master the new gun. This is your mission!"

"Next, make a group of four and shoot at least 100 rounds a day! The captain's requirement is that each group ensure that the fire of standing shooting is uninterrupted and the suppression of mobile shooting is not reduced! You have only three days to be careful of poisonous snakes in the forest and crocodiles by the water! Now, dissolve!"

"Yes, sir!"

With tacit understanding, the fire gun team quickly divided into ten groups, like fireworks, scattered into the quiet jungle in the twinkling of an eye.

Soon, there was a dense gunfire in the woods.

Pierce leaned on a Kentucky rifle taller than him and looked depressed: "two barrels, three rounds per minute... Even if the firing rate is not reliable, the firing speed of their team is much higher than that of maritime commuter..."

Karen looked at him tearfully: "you're a hunter. This is still a land war. The 50 meter range is too short and dangerous for you."

"I know..." pierce took Kentucky in both hands. "But the barrel of this broken gun is too long. Even if the land is more spacious than the observation deck and one shot in three minutes, I can't support you like I did on the ship."

"No need for support." Karen smiled contemptuously. "You didn't act with us in the captain's plan. It's important to be familiar with the new gun at the moment."

"Yes." pierce stamped his feet and raised his head sharply with his rifle. "Mr. Scott, do you think my brother's plan... Is too complicated?"

"Is it complicated?" Karen thought for a moment. "The captain's idea is not wrong. The cost of participating in the war is too high and the cost performance is too low. Waiting for count galvis to be assassinated and appear at the right time, water and fire is the best way to save people."

"In that case, we'll wait for the assassin to appear. If it's bad, we can organize a fake assassination. Why do we have to make it come true? The variables are too great."

"You're still too young." Karen smiled and patted pierce on the shoulder. "Humans are often afraid of acting for the first time. If we just wait and see what happens, it's likely that people who want to assassinate count galvis won't really do it until the war outside the city is over. Such a development is good for count galvis, but not for us."

"We need to make things more interesting and uncontrollable. As the captain said, the count takes the greatest risk, and we compete for the greatest wealth. After all, wealth is in danger."