Chapter 210: The Firearms Age
Chapter 206 – The Firearm Era
Because the people who came to defect were not the first batch, there was a set process in place long ago, so the grassroots managers in charge of the registration were quick, and it was soon Charlie’s turn.
“Mr. Charlie, this is your temporary identification.” The grassroots administrator handed Charlie a temporary ID card made of composite material and told him to keep it carefully.
“Because the number of serfs you brought with you exceeds two hundred, you have two choices.” The base manager said calmly.
The first was to convert the serfs into five hundred acres of farmland, which he could use to take out a loan to buy tools to hire farmers and be a happy farmer.
The other option was to join the public service, but for the time being it would be a temporary laborer in charge of the military cantonment.
Charlie chose the second option almost without thinking, he did not want to waste the rest of his life on farming and collecting rent.
“Mr. Charlie, you have made a right choice, now we need to make a more detailed registration so that we can arrange your position in this way, so please answer truthfully.” The foundation manager took out another register and spoke to Charlie.
It was Owen’s idea to divide the defectors, because although the assimilation ability of a level 4 town center was stronger, there was one thing that remained unchanged, and that was the sense of belonging, the stronger the sense of belonging, the faster the assimilation would be blocked.
For example, farmers, land is their life, as long as they are given land and houses, it won’t take more than a month to complete the assimilation and become a loyal system population.
Next is the commoners, because they rely on their crafts to make a living, so as long as they can live and work in peace and happiness, they can be assimilated, and with the prosperity of the territory, most of them can be assimilated within one or two months.
The only troublesome point is the group of people with small assets, but after distributing land to them and hiring farmers to work, it won’t take long to indulge in being a happy farmer, after all, ambition and whatnot will fade in a life of food and clothing, it’s only when you’re poor that you’re horizontal, it’s only when you’re rich that you won’t take risks.
But there are always people who naturally dislike the dull life and want to take risks, and their ambition refuses to beat for a peaceful life.
With this kind of mentality, the center of the town will not be able to complete assimilation in a year and a half, and will also become a destabilizing factor, so Owen singled out this part of the population, intending to arrange to the edge of the territory to act as the first line of defense.
And it’s not just ambition, wealth, status, power, as long as you make enough merit he can give, this can also increase the sense of identity, speed up the assimilation, two birds with one stone.
From the town center out of Charlie in accordance with each other’s suggestions, first went to the bathhouse to take a quick hot bath, and then haircut and shave, and then put on a decent and slightly gorgeous officer’s uniforms, the whole person a new look.
Looking at himself in the mirror in the bath hall lobby, Charlie almost didn’t recognize, couldn’t help but put his hand on the sword at his waist to look more heroic.
Because of the relationship between the origin, Charlie not only accept literature, calculation, painting, horseback riding, etiquette and other education, but also learn swordsmanship, archery and command, after all, for the family, has a blood relationship with the illegitimate son is very suitable for as a close to the cultivation, so willing to put down the money.
And as a bastard, want to get ahead can only rely on their own ability, so Charlie from a young age to seriously learn to master more skills, so his ability is really not bad, otherwise the temporary position will not be so high, up is the third degree of Sir.
Owen will be divided into five levels of such temporary workers, respectively, slaves, armed pioneers, knights, Sir, Baron.
Knights, Sirs and Barons are only titles and are divided into 1st, 2nd and 3rd levels, but as long as they have made enough achievements, they can be transferred.
It was because of this that Charlie was so excited and eager to seize this opportunity. From the bathhouse, Charlie followed the road signs to the barracks located next to the castle.
Seeing the majestic castle, the vast barracks and well-trained soldiers, Charlie that envy, simply can not be mentioned, the mouth is almost out.
Not to mention the low-key luxury full of historical flavor of the castle, just four heavily guarded barracks let him dazzled.
Now the barracks are integrated into four major parts, infantry battalion, cavalry battalion, archery battalion, and musketry battalion.
The first three belonged to the traditional soldiers, while the latter belonged to the newly established ones, and the place where Charlie was going to report was the newly built musketry battalion.
Came to the musketry camp, show their own documents, Charlie was able to enter the camp, once inside to see a group of bald is under the reprimand of the instructor in formation, but the hand holding the really musket?
These bald men were speculators and gold diggers who had come to the Northland to look for a chance to make a fortune, and they were made up of all kinds of people, including farmers who had lost their land, wanted criminals, runaway slaves, and even deserters.
The common point is that they are courageous and not willing to be ordinary, in order to get rich, in order to be outstanding, they are willing to do anything, is second only to the adventurers of the unstable factors, so by Owen a brain thrown here for training.
After signing the contract, this group of people were shaved, thrown into the river to wash and clean, and then changed into uniform uniforms, looking decent, but the untamed gaze, and crooked posture, all proved that this was a bunch of pricks who owed a beating.
Barracks is not a place for you to play personality, and no one will spoil them, especially Howard such experienced veterans with soldiers, huh sneer, waved his hand, a long time ago waiting for a long time, each big waisted soldiers put down their weapons to go up is a fat beating, immediately honest.
This kind of people Charlie see more, so his attention quickly put into each other’s hands on the musket.
Musket is not something rare, as early as a few decades ago, the empire gave soldiers large-scale equipment, but because of the complexity of maintenance, low hit rate, easy to blow up and other shortcomings, the popularity of the musket soon disappeared in the army.
But this is not the real reason, but because a doomed turmoil has caused unexpected losses to the empire, and one of the most crucial reasons is the musket.
A hunched-over old farmer who could pull the trigger had a chance of killing a heavily armed soldier who had gone through years of rigorous training, and that chance was rising with numbers.
Especially in the case of 100,000 units of unrest, if equipped with enough muskets and artillery, the destructive power that can be created is difficult to estimate, even the strong castles of the nobles can not resist, which is unbearable for the upper class rulers, so the musket soon disappeared from the empire.
However, after all, when the large-scale installed, the structure of the musket is not complicated, so some places are still there, and even carefully carved boutique has become a favorite hunting tool of the nobles.
Charlie used a musket when he was young, compared to the nobleman special fine hunting rifle, this musket seems to be a lot of rough.
Iron barrel is about two feet long, the muzzle of the gun deliberately made into an open trumpet, coupled with a short thick barrel, easier to load ammunition, but this structure also makes the hit rate, range and the power of the bullet greatly affected, and then take a look at the barrel with the butt of the gun is not carefully polished, Charlie understands that this gun is completely prepared for the cannon fodder.
(End of chapter)