Become a matchmaker in otome games

Chapter 438 The first stop to kill chickens and monkeys

Going to collect food is not just going casually, there must be a plan and arrangement.

Fred didn't care, as long as he had the result, the general direction of action had already been given, and he couldn't be asked to make detailed plans.

So it was Nan Nuo who brought Olivia and Nancy to discuss together, and Ulysses also followed.

Ulysses' face was naturally not good-looking.

"I'm going too." He knocked on the table emphatically.

Nancy and Nannuo didn't take his words seriously, and they were still discussing which lord to attack first.

The first target is to be used to scare chickens and monkeys, so we have to pick a big fat sheep and slaughter it once, otherwise it won't have the deterrent effect.

Olivia also ignored him, mainly because he was not familiar with him.

Although she had heard of Ulysses' name for a long time when she was in Wangcheng, she had never come into contact with it, so she really only heard his name, and it was not easy for her to talk to him.

Ulysses seemed to be used to this kind of neglect. He stood behind Nancy reluctantly, bent down and put his chin on Nancy's shoulder, and looked at the map with her: "Hansmore's house is good, his territory is It's fertile land, there are many people, the weather has been good these few years, and the taxes are high, so it's most appropriate to rob their house."

Nannuo pretended not to see Ulysses' hot-eyed behavior. Although his fists were about to move, but looking at Nancy's usual expression, he knew that Ulysses did such things a lot.

This clingy appearance is almost invisible.

He turned to look at Olivia: "What do you think?"

Olivia had no objection, and she also had an idea with Ulysses, but she didn't bring it up immediately: "I think it's okay."

But Ulysses said slowly: "The largest warehouse where Hansmore's family stores grain is not in his house."

Olivia was slightly stunned, a little unresponsive, but Nan Nuo and Nancy understood.

"what do you know?"

"Have you ever cheated on the feelings of the women of the Hansmore family?"

The two asked at the same time.

Ulysses rolled her eyes: "What a lie, she didn't say anything about the door herself, and she used her family affairs to show off everywhere."

The other three didn't believe it. If you want to say whether Ulysses lied or not, then strictly speaking, maybe he didn't, but if you want to say that he didn't deliberately get close to inquire about the news, that's impossible.

But Ulysses certainly didn't suffer.

Among the nobles, it's just that kind of thing. When you are full and warm, you should think about those things that are not on the table. Ulysses has been in the crowd of women all these years.

"Where is that?" Nan Nuo asked.

Ulysses drew a circle on the map: "On an isolated island in the lake."

Hansmore's territory includes a large lake.

"...It's also a good place." Nan Nuo said.

Isn't it a good place? Surrounded by water, not to mention the shade, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If there is any trouble, you can hide on the isolated island. With the food in the store, you can last for several years.

"Are they afraid of death?" Nan Xi asked suspiciously. To store so much food and put it in that kind of place, from her and Nan Nuo's point of view, it was a war preparation measure. Although it seemed prescient, in fact I am still afraid of death.

"That's not true," Ulysses shook his head. "They've been doing it for generations, and they're just too lazy to change the method."

Some things are hard to break once the rules are formed.

But the problem is, it might be a bit difficult for them to rob Hansmo's granary. After all, it's an isolated island, and they can't get there without a boat.

Hansmo's family built a castle on the isolated island. There must be a boatway with a lock, but the boat must also be parked inside the castle. It is impossible to drive the boat out without entering the castle.

If they bring their own boats, um...the people in the castle can kill them, and the Hansmo family can just find a scapegoat, what can they say.

This is still secondary, the most important thing is that they failed to fulfill Fred's mission, and directly shamed them in front of these nobles and lords, so where would the royal family lose face.

The essence of this grain requisition was still a confrontation between the nobles and the royal family.

"Do you want to change someone else?" Olivia asked.

Nannuo and Nancy said in unison: "No change!"

Now that it has been decided, it must be to find a way to overcome this problem, instead of trying to change partners every now and then, that would be too useless.

The two brothers and sisters did not give up until they reached their goals, and began to think about how to break through this natural danger.

From the lake to the island, there is a distance of about 400 meters. Even if you use magic to attack such a distance, it is difficult to attack, unless you are a very powerful magician, but this is too talented. This is not a war. beat.

They also don't want to have too many casualties, but if they want to demonstrate, they will inevitably conflict with the nobles, so they have to find a way to minimize the loss.

With so many preconditions, it is really difficult to tell the truth.

"The trebuchet," Olivia said softly, "if you can use the trebuchet, this distance is enough."

The manor has also been improving the trebuchets. Their purpose is not to kill people, but to give some blows when the opponent prevents them from landing on the island. Therefore, there is no need to prepare stones that are too heavy. Two or three kilograms of stones are used The throwing of the trebuchet is enough to cause a certain degree of lethality to people, and that is enough.

Nan Nuo shook his head: "The trebuchet is not easy to carry."

That kind of heavy machinery, even if it has wheels, requires three or four people to push it. If it encounters a little terrain obstacle, it will be finished, unless it is forcibly overcome by magic or manpower, but it is really laborious. It's a quick fight.

"No need to move it," Olivia said, "send the people in the manor there in advance, and temporarily cut down trees to assemble the trebuchet. It doesn't need to be of high quality, as long as the effect can be used, it will be burned after use. Lose."

It was burned because the principle of the trebuchet is actually not difficult, and other people should not know how the trebuchet was made.

This is a military secret.

She manages the manor, and she has always been aware of the research progress of the manor.

The trebuchet seemed to be very useful at first, but gradually the disadvantages were revealed. The manor is also trying to solve these disadvantages to make the trebuchet more useful, and is also carrying out other research projects.

There are also many people who have their own projects. Since Thomas went out with Felisa to go out alone, many people have their own ideas, and Olivia is not opposed to it. The premise is that they can find investors by themselves. Don’t always Wanting to use Felisa as a springboard, Felisa is not stupid, she doesn't care about projects that are not good for her.

In short, the manor now has blueprints. As long as the dimensions drawn on the blueprints are used and local materials are used, a trebuchet can be assembled in about two to three days.Of course, the parts of the trebuchet can also be prepared here and transported there, but even if the parts are still a lot, it is faster to send them over and make them on the spot.

(End of this chapter)