I'm not a lord

Chapter 107 Everything Serves the War
Lynn stayed in the barracks for a whole week.

He ate and lived with the soldiers, and personally taught them practical combat skills to deal with cavalry.

For example, how to withstand a cavalry charge, how to pull a cavalryman off his horse with an axe, and how to strangle an armored knight in a small-scale fight.

In short, all training is aimed at better eliminating cavalry.

In traditional feudal territories, feudal knights were the only type of soldiers capable of field combat.

After dealing with these knights and their attendants, the only ones left were the conscripts who had not received systematic training.

If the professional soldiers under Lynn's command can't even beat the old farmer with a pitchfork, then he still wants to be the Hammer Lord. It would be better for him to run away with the bucket and go back to his old job as a horse bandit.

But then again, the current Northern Kingdom is really suitable for horse bandits to perform.

A large number of feudal knights were recruited to the front, leaving the territories unguarded.

If the war continues for another six months, the entire Northern Kingdom will undoubtedly be in chaos.

No matter who they are, whether they are landless nobles, down-and-out knights, fugitives, bankrupt refugees, or mercenaries, as long as they take up weapons, they are qualified to become bandits.

The scene of vibrant life and flourishing things is still vivid in our eyes.

After enjoying the future prospects of the North, Lin En called the third and fourth brothers and issued new training instructions.

"Each of you will lead one hundred soldiers under your command and conduct a 70-kilometer long-distance march training."

There is only a narrow forest dirt road of about 60 kilometers connecting the White Bear Territory and the Shoal Territory.

Lin En has equipped these two hundred soldiers with sufficient cooks, grooms, and four-wheeled carriages capable of carrying the entire army's supplies.

He planned to attack the shallows territory by both land and sea, and to divide his troops into two groups.

To this end, soldiers traveling by land need to adapt to long-distance marches in advance.

Before the marching training began, Lin En stood on the high platform of the military camp and reviewed the two hundred soldiers.

"loyalty!"

The effect is very good.

His army was strong, loyal, and impressive.

It's worthy of being an army built with money.

The army is the foundation of Lin En's life, and the upcoming war is too important, so he must give his all.

In order to seize the Shoal Territory, he has staked almost all of his chips.

He spent all the fruits of half a year's farming and several months' salt output on this army.

Although it is not possible for everyone to wear armor, the fifty most elite axe and halberd soldiers have all been equipped with chain mail.

The remaining 150 spearmen were equipped with armor.

Even the one hundred refugee soldiers who were still undergoing initial training were wearing leather armor.

In short, everyone is wearing armor, that's what an army is!
After watching the soldiers leave the barracks, Lynn set off to return to the castle and took the opportunity to inspect the craftsmen's workshops by the river.

The person who has now taken over the management of the papermaking workshop from Lao Liu is Lloyd, the former head of the territory.

During the rainy season, Lin En ordered the village heads to help the serfs build stone houses.

Lloyd's village was built the fastest and its construction quality was also among the best.

Lynn promoted him to manage the papermaking workshop and paid him a monthly salary of four silver coins.

As for his original position as village head, it was taken over by his eldest son.

It was just like that in feudal manors. Management skills were incredibly scarce. While it might sound unpleasant, the son inheriting the father's position was the optimal solution in most situations. Upon hearing that the lord was coming to inspect the work, Lloyd ran to the door to greet him, not even taking off the apron he wore for papermaking.

Although he was the "factory director" and was in charge of a dozen female workers, he was always working on the front line of papermaking.

He is familiar with all the processes of papermaking and is very competent.

Now the Lloyd family are highly valued by the lord and are in great glory.

The man was in charge of the papermaking workshop, the woman worked as a cook in the castle, and the son inherited the position of head of the village.

Lynn always rewards those who have made contributions, and the Lloyd family is the example he created.

He took this opportunity to tell the managers and village heads in the territory that as long as they were hardworking and had outstanding abilities, they would surely be valued by the lord.

After inspecting the papermaking workshop, Lin En went to the blacksmith workshop next door.

The blacksmith workshop under Eric's rule has been expanded. Not only has the area tripled, but the number of hydraulic forging hammers has also been increased by five.

Ten heavy hammers hammered alternately driven by the waterwheel, creating a spectacular scene.

"Master, I am currently leading five apprentices in forging plate armor, and my two foolish sons are leading a group of apprentices in the production of plate armor suits. At the current rate, we can produce one set of plate armor and two sets of plate armor suits per week."

When talking about his two sons, Eric's face was full of disappointment.

If those two idiots had his craft, they could make three suits of plate armor every week.

Although it only has a helmet and a coat, it is plate armor after all, and its defensive capabilities are much stronger than plate armor.

Unfortunately, the two men’s skills are not up to par, and they are unable to forge plate armor for the time being. They can only practice their techniques with plate armor.

Lynn had tried the plate armor made by the two young blacksmiths, and found that its defensive performance was actually very good, at least several levels better than chain mail.

Moreover, plate armor is easy to maintain. If it is damaged, you only need to replace the corresponding armor plate without reducing its performance.

But the production of this thing is still limited. After all, each piece of armor needs to be manually forged by an excellent blacksmith, and it is impossible to make ten sets in a month.

Therefore, it can only be equipped first to officers at the level of squad leader, and it cannot be deployed on a large scale for the time being.

However, Lynn could see that many apprentices had made significant progress in their techniques.

Eric and his two sons did not hide their skills and were teaching their apprentices their craft with all their heart.

Of course, all this is inseparable from Lynn’s high salary policy.

Eric's family of three blacksmiths received a salary of five gold coins every month.

This amount of money could buy a hundred adult goats in White Bear Territory, which was the income of a serf family for several years.

When returning to the castle from the workshop, Lynn passed by the school next to the castle and could hear the sound of reading coming from the school.

The production capacity of the papermaking workshop has gradually stabilized and can fully cover the needs of offices and schools.

With free paper and ink, coupled with Lao Liu's talent for [education], the students' reading and writing skills are improving every day.

These students are not illiterate. They all have a certain learning foundation, so they make rapid progress.

What’s more, what Lao Liu taught was not too profound.

Lynn only requires students to have basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills, plus a little legal knowledge.

According to Lao Liu's estimation, in half a year at most, the students with the best foundation would be able to complete their required studies and become a useful tax collector.

At that time, Lynn will be able to expand the school and allow some students to stay on campus to work, just like cell mitosis, to cultivate more qualified tax collectors.

As for where the students come from?
There aren't many White Bear Territory south of here!
(End of this chapter)