Farming in the Magical World

Are we going to the backyard?

Watching Lenny walk towards the backyard without saying a word, Tim couldn't help but ask. He couldn't understand why Lenny, who had been talking to him, would suddenly go to the backyard.

"You'll find out soon enough!" Lanny didn't stop walking; he just turned around and gave a mysterious smile.

When the two arrived at the backyard, Tim immediately noticed the small house that had suddenly appeared in the corner of the backyard wall.

He wasn't surprised. The structure was rather simple, and he had been away for several days, so it wasn't impossible for him to have built such a small house.

I'm just a little upset. With this eyesore in the backyard, I'm afraid I won't be able to enjoy training as much as I want.

Lanny was unaware of the faint sadness in his heart. He walked all the way to the workshop entrance, pushed the door open, and went inside.

Tim followed him into the house, curiously looking around, and found that the interior was even more rudimentary than the exterior.

A long wooden plank supported by four legs, with some tools he couldn't understand on it.

In addition, there were several clay cup-like objects on the ground, only thicker and larger than regular cups, and each with a handle.

This was actually Lanny's experiment. He was trying to see if he could get the crucible out. If he could, then he would have to find a way to raise the temperature further, and casting would no longer be a pipe dream.

However, we have encountered many problems. One is that we don’t know if there is something wrong with the soil that Iron Hammer dug. The crucible he made will crack after being fired in the furnace for a long time. We have tried several times, but it is still not ideal.

In addition, the sealing problem of push-pull bellows is still not solved, and due to its working principle, its upper limit is actually very low. It is best to use a turbine blower.

Next, he planned to have Iron Hammer try to hammer the gears by hand to see if he could make a human-powered blower. Although he had never seen a human-powered blower before, the basic principle of a blower was similar; the difficulty lay in the fan blades and the gears.

Of course, Tim wasn't there to see these things today, so he didn't explain them. He waved for the three people inside to continue their work, picked up the red-tasseled spear leaning against the wall, and left the room.

three people?

Once outside the room, Lenny realized that he had seen three people. Who was the extra young man? After a moment's thought, it dawned on him that he must be the cheap brother-in-law that Jimmy had mentioned earlier.

Putting aside unimportant matters, he went to the center of the courtyard and handed the red-tasseled spear in his hand to Tim, who was already looking on with curiosity.

He took the red-tasseled spear and weighed it in his hand. It felt much lighter than his own dark-patterned sword, but surprisingly, its thickness and feel were not inferior.

It was about 2.5 meters long, much taller than his nearly 1.9-meter height. The gun body was polished very smoothly by Jimmy, and an iron gun head was inlaid at the front.

Tim immediately recognized that the snow-white spearhead with a bluish tinge was forged using the same method as his own dark-patterned sword, with a hint of bluish light emanating from the snow-white spear tip.

He didn't know that it was a special phenomenon that occurred after quenching, and had little to do with the number of forgings.

Lanny, who was standing beside him, introduced the newly appeared weapon to him: "This is the method I plan to use to deal with the knights."

"It's called the Red Tassel Spear. The shaft is made of hardwood and it has an iron spearhead. It can be used for both thrusting and slashing."

"Try to use the strength of an ordinary person to pierce this armor in front of you and see if you can."

Pointing ahead, Lanny gestured for him to test the power himself.

Standing before the two was the same suit of armor that Tim had pierced with his sword earlier; the hole was still there, making it look rather desolate.

And today, it has sadly been chosen by Lanny as a test subject.

It's estimated that Tim will never want to wear it again; its fate will most likely be to become a dedicated weapons tester in the future.

Tim first held the red-tasseled spear in his hand and swung it up and down to get used to the feel of it before his eyes narrowed and he looked at the armor.

Seeing the hole in his armor, he felt a pang of heartache, but without hesitation, he used the strength of an adult man to thrust at the chest of the armor.

Sizzle...

A screeching sound rang out, and the spearhead successfully pierced through the armor's breastplate, but got stuck inside, with the entire penetration length less than two fingers.

He drew his red-tasseled spear, examined the small hole and the tip, and nodded.

"Yes, it does have an armor-piercing effect, and the weapon is undamaged. It's just that the strength isn't quite enough. Move aside a bit, and I'll try again with the combined strength of both of us."

The second attempt was much more effective; the entire tip of the spear was almost completely pierced into the armor. If the knight were wearing this armor, it would be as if it had been pierced through his chest, and the knight inside would not have felt very comfortable.

Tim drew his red-tasseled spear and stared blankly at the hole easily pierced in the armor. For a moment, he didn't know whether he should be excited or saddened.

Previously, as long as this armor was worn, one was almost invincible except when encountering heavy weapons such as giant hammers and maces. One only needed to swing the greatsword to be invincible.

But these good days are probably coming to an end.

Looking at the red-tasseled spear in his hand, he thought, "Such a simple weapon, with an iron spearhead, has made the knight's pride lose its luster?"

“The knight can move, and the wooden spear can be cut in half with a single sword strike!” After thinking for a long time, he finally revealed the weapon’s weakness with a heavy heart.

Although he knew in his heart that this was not a defect that was difficult to overcome.

Lanny smiled. Although he couldn't understand Tim's feelings, he could roughly guess that it was nothing more than some nostalgia and sadness about past glories.

However, he didn't think it was a bad thing. As long as the source of change was in his hands, and things could change and not remain unchanged, it wasn't a bad thing.

"It's not a big deal. Remember the formation tutorial I showed you? This red-tasseled spear was made to match the formation."

Tim had to admit that the opponent's idea was good. As long as they could break through the armor, they really couldn't charge around as recklessly as before, and the numerical advantage would become meaningful again.

"Anything else?" Although the red-tasseled spear in his hand was indeed quite good based on actual testing, he tossed it aside with some disgust and looked at Lanny again!

"Well, that's all for now, but the guards won't just be equipped with a red-tasseled spear; they'll also need shields and bows and arrows."

The reason for forging the Red Tassel Spear first was simply to show Tim and Frank that he truly possessed the ability to threaten knights; the other items weren't in such a hurry.

He planned to make the shield out of wooden planks, a square V-shaped shield, so that the gun could be held in one hand at the V-shaped opening of the shield. It didn't need to be too big, just enough to protect most of the body.

In this world, bows and arrows are generally not equipped with iron arrowheads, because it would be useless; they couldn't penetrate armor and would only harm civilians. Civilians already have little protection, so simply sharpening arrows is sufficient. Why bother with iron arrowheads? Ironware isn't cheap.

As for the guards, he also planned to equip them with bows and arrows. But forget about composite bows; he had never even seen one. Those things were practically toys for the rich. He was just a nobody, and he never even had the chance to come into contact with them, so naturally he wouldn't make one.

He doesn't plan to make his own bow. He estimates that the technology involved is quite advanced, and there aren't enough people to handle it right now, so he'll just buy one instead of trying.

Arrows are a consumable item that we could work on, since they are consumed in huge quantities. If we build a makeshift bow and arrow machine, we can shoot arrows as much as we want.

Coupled with iron arrowheads forged from iron hammers, they might even be able to pierce through armor. You wouldn't even need to engage in close combat with a red-tasseled spear; you could just unleash a rain of arrows from afar. How exhilarating!

He can't pursue artillery barrage, but a rain of arrows is still no problem.

Upon hearing Lanny's plan, Tim nodded repeatedly, indicating that it was a fairly comprehensive consideration. He was now somewhat looking forward to the guard that Lanny planned to form.

Lanny, however, said that this matter could not be rushed and that they needed to wait for Frank to take Joseph, the castle coachman, to each village to promote the idea first.

Logically, with six villages, he should have arranged for four more people to work simultaneously. However, the sad thing was that, apart from Frank and Joseph, almost all the servants in the castle were women. In those days, it was too risky and very unsafe to have women climb mountains and wade through rivers.

"Alright, then hurry up. The current situation is not optimistic, and the atmosphere in Elfen is quite tense. The sooner our guard is established, the safer our Castel Ridge will be."

As Lanny watched Tim's somewhat desolate figure walk into the castle, he was about to return to his study when a shout from behind stopped him.

"Master, Master!"

It turned out to be Jimmy, who had been peeking around at the workshop entrance. Seeing that Tim had left, he came over and said, "Master, this is the apprentice I mentioned taking on last time. I brought him here for you to see today, hehe!"

Upon noticing that Cody didn't immediately step forward to bow, Jimmy slapped him on the back of the head. "Call him 'Master'! What are you standing there for...?"

Cody was only sixteen or seventeen years old, with a thin face typical of ordinary people, and his clothes were somewhat worn.

However, his face was very clean, his clothes were washed until they were almost white, and his brown hair was neatly styled. This made him look completely different from the disheveled Jimmy when he first arrived.

Lanny thought that boys his age would have a strong sense of self-esteem, and that Jimmy's patting of his head would make him resentful, but Lanny didn't see any discomfort on his face.

"Your Excellency, Cody sends his greetings!"

Seeing the clean-cut young man smile and bow to him, Lanny had a very good first impression of him.

"Get up. Your name is Cody. How old are you?"

"You're sixteen this year, sir!"

She is polite, sensible, and clean. Although she is of average appearance, she has a very pleasant appearance.

Well, not bad.

He became somewhat curious about how Cody's parents, or perhaps his sister, had raised such an outstanding young man.