Chapter 7 The first shipment
The four days went very quickly, and David taught me very carefully, starting from the basics.
Chen Mo has made considerable progress even after studying the basics with Old David for four days.
Basics of swordsmanship: lv6 (passive)
Effect: Improves sword weapon proficiency.
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Fighting basics: lv4 (passive)
Effect: Improves combat skill proficiency.
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Old David not only taught Chen Mo swordsmanship, but also trained Chen Mo in fighting skills, especially stances and postures.
Old David was good at using long swords and two-handed swords. He first taught Chen Mo some basic sword usage to improve Chen Mo's strength.
Chen Mo has also made rapid progress in the past four days under the guidance of old David, and is much better than when he first entered.
If the current Chen Mo faced the self he had when he first entered, he would definitely be defeated within 25 moves.
Chen Mo came to the training ground early today as usual.
The difference is that there are many people coming to the training ground so early today, and there are three four-wheeled carriages parked, and the carriages are pulled by not very tall and strong horses.
Each four-wheeled carriage is piled with square-shaped melted iron ingots. These iron ingots will be sent to "Sunuo" for sale, and then go to the blacksmith's hands to be tempered into swords, armor, leggings or other weapons.
Iron farm tools.
Selling iron ingots to "Sunuo" is the pillar industry of "Vida" village and the main source of income.
When Chen Mo came over, he found that the village chief was personally inspecting the iron ingots, which showed the importance of iron to "Vida" Village.
"Good morning! Village chief." Chen Mo greeted this hard-working man who had helped him.
"Hey! Good morning, Alleyne!" the village chief replied angrily.
It seems that the village chief is still in good health and should be able to work for many more years, but Chen Mo doesn't care much about this because Chen Mo is a "traveler" and can stay in this world for at most three months.
Today is the day when the iron ingots produced in the village are sent to "Sunuo", which is the focus of concern of the whole village.
If something goes wrong with the iron ingots, the whole village will be unlucky, and business and wages will be affected.
Everyone worked for almost an hour to determine the number of iron ingots, whether the horse had diarrhea or illness, whether the carriage showed signs of serious damage, whether the wooden wheels were deformed, and were spare wheels ready?
Because the iron ingots are very heavy, very heavy and very valuable, everyone has to make sure that the convoy does not stop in the middle of transporting them.
Finally, the iron ingots on the carriage were wrapped in a brown linen cloth and tied with three hemp ropes. After making sure that the iron ingots would not move due to bumps, they patted the carriage to indicate that there was no problem and they were ready to set off.
While waiting for the inspection, the people from the transportation team have already arrived.
After four days, Chen Mo had become a familiar face in the transportation team.
There are twelve escorts in total, including Mike, Ambi, Andy, etc., as well as Little David. Because Little David has the same name as Old David, everyone calls them Big and Little before their names.
At the time of departure, there were a total of 16 people in this convoy. In addition to the twelve escort members including Chen Mo and Old David, Mark, who was responsible for price negotiations in "Sunuo", and three people who wanted to go to "Sunuo"
Villagers.
The current situation in the Kingdom of Swadia is that there are powerful enemies outside and bandits are rampant inside. If the villagers do not want to encounter bandits and bandits on the way to "Suno", it is best to pay money and move with the transport team.
Each four-wheeled carriage has two horses, otherwise one horse would not be able to pull the heavy iron carriage.
Everyone was walking, and no one tried to work the six horses, lest they become the straw that broke the camel's back.
Starting from the white fish belly on the horizon, based on usual experience, we will arrive at "Sunuo" when the stars and the moon are shining.
Today's old David is different from the one in the training ground. He wears chainmail armor and sleeveless plate armor (cloth-covered iron armor) with amazing defensive power. The metal armor that wraps the torso is covered with fabric, with an orange-red background embroidered with
The black lion is the national emblem of Swadia.
Chainmail and sleeveless plate armor are the highest defensive armors in the Swadia continent. At that time, old David said that he almost became a Swadia sergeant. He was not bragging. This set is the standard of Swadia sergeant's armor.
Equipped. This set of armor was saved by old David when he was fighting with Count Rogers.
Old David holds a giant sword in his hand and wears a barrel helmet around his waist. These equipment immediately show Old David's aura as a battle-hardened warrior.
It is estimated that after seeing the heavily armed old David, the poorly equipped plunderers lost the courage to confront him head-on.
This set of equipment is not light, but I heard from the old man in the transportation team that Old David could wear it for a whole day without getting tired. After walking for a long time, the robbers chopped four bastards in a row, scaring the bastards out of their wits.
Chen Mo was very envious of Old David's equipment. After getting familiar with Old David, Chen Mo found that his strength was far better than that of Old David, and his endurance was also much stronger. (Chen Mo's strength is 9, and Old David's strength is about
7)
Therefore, Chen Mo can also use the equipment that old David can use, but Chen Mo will not do anything to deceive his master and destroy his ancestors. Chen Mo silently has a goal.
The transport team walked as far away from woods, hills, and boulders as possible.
However, the route is so long that it is impossible to completely avoid these areas, so the transport team takes a route that does not take too many detours and has few ambush areas.
Of course, the transport team does not take one route every time, but alternates among three routes.
The route we took this time had three dangerous places, two woods and one boulder area.
woods - boulders - woods
Especially the forest area at the back, which is a kind of gorge, is the only place to go from "Vida" village to "Sunuo". The three routes of the transport team will pass through that forest, and even "Weida"
The villages farther west are: "Dalber" and "Nimega".
That forest is also a favorite ambush location for robbers. According to the old man, the transport team encountered robbers there a total of 7 times.
It was also there last time that the transport team lost two people. Although it has now absorbed three more people (Chen Mo and two newcomers), the combat effectiveness may not increase but decrease.
When the transport team leaves, they will make repairs in front of possible ambush locations, so that both the people and the horses can rest and recharge their batteries.
Then when passing a possible ambush point, speed up and stay vigilant so that you can react quickly and fight back if you are ambushed.
When walking through the first forest, Old David put on the powerful barrel helmet early, held a solid oak shield in his left hand, and held a giant sword in one hand in his right hand. He was always ready to receive a wave of arrows from the enemy.
Wait for the enemy to get close, then throw away the oak shield and chop down all the attackers with the giant sword in both hands.
Chen Mo was also on guard with the warrior sword "temporarily loaned" by old David and his worn oak shield.
The other two newcomers have earthen knives and broken wooden boards. The remaining old people have more or less good equipment, but they are completely incomparable with old David.
Chapter completed!