Chapter 331

The mountain fortress is located at the top of the hill. Its architectural style is the same as that of the ordinary Baron castle. It is tall and clumsy without any artistic decoration. However, anyone standing in front of the castle will feel the indestructible majestic momentum and the sense of massiness supporting the years.

Victor often thought that if the mountain fortress was not destroyed by the war, it would still stand here quietly thousands of years later. The weathered city wall was desolate under the pale moonlight. The castle was silent, and the surging sound of pines was mixed with the sad cry of lone wolves. A team of adventurers came here occasionally. Can they imagine its past glory from the ancient and mysterious ruins?

Maybe our eyes are facing each other in the distance, thousands of years apart.

Victor stood on the windowsill on the fifth floor and looked at the blacksmith workshop and the fast bird breeding farm outside the castle. He couldn't help feeling and secretly proud.

This is the pleasure of power.

In Victor's memory, although the father of the little Baron had the title of Baron and a 700 square kilometer manor, as a vassal of the royal family, he could not build a castle without the consent of the king, otherwise it would be regarded as treason. In fact, he can't build a castle.

For ordinary lords, building a castle is a waste of people and money. No matter how strong the castle is built and carefully maintained, its service life will not exceed 300 years, unless they build the outer wall of the castle with Obsidian that resists weathering and rain erosion like the York family. Most lords manage the territory conscientiously. In any case, they must first save the gold coins for rebuilding the castle. If the black sheep squander this wealth, the territory may be annexed by the neighbors or taken back by the king.

Victor has an alchemy tower and a giant brick kiln. It needs manpower, technology and materials. When Sylvia's layout is completed, Pinghu City will rise. Every town led by Randall will build castles, and the hill camp will become an epic fortress city.

Covering an area of 320000 square meters, it has 20 fortresses and 7 towers, with an average height of 55 meters, the main building height of 76 meters and the highest tower of 94 meters. It is built of rock brick and white sand and powder wall. It is incomparable.

This is by no means a daydream. The auxiliary alchemist has surveyed the geological conditions of the hill camp and has completed the design scheme. Victor will giggle every time he watches the design drawing of candle castle.

Butz doesn't care what his master thinks at the moment. He reports the situation of the mountain fortress.

"Adult, there are 517 healthy chicks hatched in the fast bird breeding farm this year, including 271 male chicks, with an incubation rate of 78% and a health rate of 87%. There are 162 first-year males, 93 second-year males and 67 third-year males in the fast bird breeding farm this year."

"The physical fitness and training level of these third instar males have improved compared with the same period in previous years. The test results show that their average weight-bearing capacity is 260 pounds, increased by 30 pounds, their ultimate weight-bearing capacity is 380 pounds, increased by 60 pounds, and their average weight is 395 kilograms, an increase of 30 kilograms over the same period in previous years. Their maximum sprint speed on the flat ground has decreased slightly, with an average speed of 81 kilometers per hour, The average obstacle crossing speed increased to 52 kilometers per hour, and their endurance increased by 50%

"In addition, their fat decreases, their muscle fibers become rough and their body strength increases."

"In other words, they are no longer fresh and delicious."

Victor left the windowsill, returned to the main seat, smiled and said, "I've never eaten fast bird, and I'm not going to let others eat fast bird meat." Then he nodded to imosen, "well done!"

The fast bird was originally a war bird raised by halflings. The halflings moved westward with the forest people and horses. Most of the remaining fast birds are unusable goods. They wander around the people and horses hills. They have neither natural enemies nor training. They eat and sleep all day. They are fat, fresh and tender. They are tired to death carrying a hundred kilograms of heavy objects. They have the style of war animals.

Although the alchemist militia can cultivate fast birds, their level is far from comparable to that of extraordinary animal trainers. Under the careful training of imosen, these fast birds finally show a trace of war animal atmosphere, which is like ordinary people are transforming into elite soldiers.

no They used to be just a flock of meat birds, not even ordinary birds.

In any case, the potential of fast bird is gratifying, and imosen is definitely a national treasure. Victor was now quite sure that Sylvia would never hand imosen over if he fell into the hands of the York family.

Thinking of this, the last doubt about keeping wizards has disappeared.

Imosen took out a sheepskin scroll and presented it respectfully, saying with reserve and complacency: "My Lord, although these three-year-old fast birds can ride, they are still teenagers. You can give them to riders for two years to cultivate their feelings and run in their ability to fight together. Only five-year-old fast birds are adults, and their intelligence and physical fitness will reach their peak. If you strictly use the training methods and feed formula I designed, the peak period of fast birds can be as long as 6 years. Of course , the feeding cost has also increased, mainly by increasing the proportion of meat and herbs. "

"Compared with 2000 elite swift bird riding, what is a little meat! Hehe... 10 pounds of beef tenderloin, a live lizard, 6 lizard eggs, 5 pounds of white peas, 10 pounds of purple sugarcane leaves, 1 pound of Perilla grass, blue tendon grass and ground rhizome every day? Hehe... It's really nothing."

Victor put down the scroll with a dry smile and asked kindly, "can't pork tenderloin?"

Imosen shook his head.

Victor turned to Bousso and asked, "the average life span of a fast bird is 25 years?"

"Yes." Bousso replied.

Emerson said: "my Lord, I have observed the soul potential and body structure of the fast bird, and cultivated them according to my method. Their life span should be about 30 years. Their weight-bearing capacity at the peak will not be less than 320 pounds. Their explosive power is twice that of now, and their physical strength is twice that of now. This should be the limit of the fast bird."

Victor calmed down and asked, "how long can the fast bird serve?"

"Almost 8 to 12 years." Emerson said confidently.

Fast bird is a combat partner. Even if you retire, you can't kill it! According to the 30-year service life and 10-year service life of the fast bird, if you want to maintain 2000 fast bird light riding, the population of the fast bird cannot be less than 12000. The daily feeding cost of each fast bird is 1 silver sol, and the total annual feeding cost is 200000 gold sol!

What a desperate number... It costs so much to raise a fast bird and ride a light horse. How many gold coins will the fast Dragon Knights eat? No wonder the Gambis royal family is in a tight financial situation. No wonder Sylvia gave me the fast bird to keep... I was cheated by her again!

Victor fell on the table, his forehead propped up, dejected.

"Are you sick, my lord?" Imosen asked nervously.

"I'm fine... You did a good job. I mean, you're very capable. Well, you're so capable..."

Victor folded his arms, cheered up and said, "there's a little more light riding of the 2000 fast bird... Mainly because I don't have so many elite riders, so 800... Oh no, 400! I decided that 400 light riding of the fast bird is enough."

"I need 40 fast birds to ride every year and 60 for Sylvia. The breeding scale of fast birds can't be less than 4200... It's still a little more!" Victor blinked and asked helplessly, "Emerson, can your female fight?"

"Yes." Imosen nodded and hesitated, "however, the physical quality of female birds is not as good as that of male birds. They can bear up to 280 pounds..."

"Enough!"

Victor stood up, waved his arm and said, "the second generation of male birds only have 230 pounds of weight-bearing capacity! Emerson, you can do it!"

If you don't take charge of your family, you don't know the price of firewood and rice. If you're not a lord, you don't know what militarism is. As long as the female can use it, the breeding scale of fast birds can be reduced by half. The combat effectiveness of female birds is a little poor, but with female birds around, male birds may beat chicken blood.

The Lord's appreciation made imosen's bones lighter by three points. He said proudly: "Sir, my domesticated war horse is also first-class!"

"I have no doubt about it."

Victor patted the wizard on the shoulder and said, "but your most important task now is to explore the potential of camel antelopes. As long as their weight-bearing capacity is increased to 600 pounds, I won't hesitate to give them a reward! Well, I'll cover all the expenses of your wife!"

"Generous and kind Master, I will never let you down." Imosen was overjoyed, bowed and said, "I'm going to see the camel antelope!"

The wizard left happily, and Victor lost his smile. It is not known whether the male bird sees the female bird like beating chicken blood. Imosen must be beating chicken blood.

Victor leaned back in his chair and said lazily, "keep reporting."

"According to your request, we have built the first batch of 600 silver foot crossbows. The alchemy auxiliary soldiers can easily open the crossbow strings, and their range and penetration effect meet the standards. There are 232 pairs of crocodile skin armor. At present, the materials harvested every month can ensure the production progress of 30 pairs of crocodile skin armor. This number is increasing every month. It is estimated that it will take 12 months to complete the first batch of 800 pairs of crocodile skin armor."

Victor pondered for a moment and asked, "how long is the service life of crocodile skin armor?"

"No more than 8 years."

Victor thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't have so many elite cavalry. The mountain fortress first reserves 500 pairs of crocodile skin armor, and then suspends the production of all armaments, including pedal crossbows." After a pause, he said, "Jack, when the production of crocodile skin armor is completed, stop hunting hexapod crocodiles, giant beetles and shadow spiders, and let them restore their population first. As long as we control the Everglades, we can collect animal resources at any time."

"As you wish, my Lord." Jack nodded.

"Report on the survey and mining of minerals in mountainous areas and the distribution of personnel." Said Victor.

"From the southern gap to the central gap of the skylark mountains, there are 7 fine iron mines, 2 se silver mines, 1 copper mine and 1 Obsidian mine in the 780km mountain area. At present, we have built two large melting furnaces near the recent fine iron mine and Se silver mine for on-site mining and smelting."

"The mountain fortress has 120 auxiliary soldiers, 600 militia, 30 alchemical war mastiffs, 90 alchemical crows and 274 camel antelopes. Among them, 200 miners, 20 camel antelope transport teams, 100 craftsmen, and the rest 400 are responsible for breeding fast birds and camel antelopes, collecting animal and plant resources, and inspection tasks."

"There are 15 war mastiffs, 120 alchemical crows, 5 alchemical dragon lizards, 50 militia and 30 auxiliary soldiers in the swamp forward camp."

"There are 10 war mastiffs, 40 alchemical crows, 10 auxiliary soldiers and 80 militia in the mountain stronghold of Raven town."

Jack added: "in addition, the alchemical crows found traces of human activities in the mountains near the central gap. After my personal investigation, I confirmed that they were Knights of the York family."

"There are no beasts in the human horse hills. The Knights of the York family can only take students into the mountains for trial." Victor smiled and said, "remove all the posts in the north so that they won't be caught by the York family. Order the alchemists in the mountain area of raventown to return to Randall and give the place to the barbarians."

"And..." Victor got up, paced back and forth for two steps, looked up and said, "there are 720 people in the mountain fortress, only 400 people are retained, and the remaining 300 people go back to the hill camp for standby. I have other arrangements for them. The swamp forward camp retains the alchemical dragon lizard and 30 alchemical militia, adds 10 alchemical war mastiffs, and the rest go back to the hill camp."

Bousso said, "my Lord, in this way, our resource collection efficiency and material production efficiency will be reduced."

"It doesn't matter. The supplies are full."

Victor looked at the new green brick warehouse at the bottom of the valley through the window and murmured, "it's time to transform the mountain fortress."