I was a knight in the Middle Ages

Chapter 146 New Identity

"I wonder why Captain Arthur called me?" Alpha thought that this might not be the best time, as there were still some things that needed to be dealt with.

"In view of your discovery of the dark potion factory on the grassland, the Vatican will give you three special rewards." Arthur has transferred all the information and products of the dark potion laboratory, and he came here only to deal with the aftermath.

Along the way, although Alpha eliminated many grassland bandits, it was of little significance to the Church. Therefore, the Church would not give Alpha any substantial rewards, at most a word of encouragement to keep up the good work and create brilliance together.

"Lord Arthur, I wonder what the reward is?" When it comes to rewards, the Holy See is really good. The initial Hymn of Light, the later Fighting Spirit Pride Art and the Sword of Arthur are all treasures.

"I exchanged all the rewards for sunstones. Considering your slow training speed, these three sunstones can help you break through to the advanced level. I hope that your strength will be greatly improved when you come next time." Arthur could see that Alpha's current strength was at most elementary, lower than the intermediate level before.

"Lord Arthur, may I ask what the other two rewards are?" Alpha was a little curious. As for arguing with Arthur, Alpha didn't have the courage to do so.

"You'd better not ask. By the way, protect Athena well, otherwise no one can save you." Arthur left the mine after saying this.

After bidding farewell to Arthur, Alpha led a large group of people to leave the mine with the old man of Menis Iron Mine again. This time, Tasli insisted on staying with Alpha on the grounds of improving her strength. Alpha saw that the situation was clear and there was no need for a large number of people, so there was no need to keep Tasli.

When Alpha returned to the Titanium Mine City, he was surprised to find that the old blacksmith had actually developed a steam engine. Although the steam engine was leaking air all around and creaked when it turned, it was undoubtedly a great achievement.

"Old blacksmith, you are so amazing that you can actually develop the steam engine." Alpha just drew a sketch at the beginning, and this was definitely a big surprise for Alpha.

"Master Alpha, although the machine has been developed, the roundness requirement of the cylinder cannot be met and the airtightness is extremely poor. What's the use of it?" According to Alpha's drawings, the cylinder is connected to the crankshaft and the main shaft, but the old blacksmith was at a loss as to what to do next.

"You can add some drive shafts and connect wheels. It can be used to make trains or lathes. It has a wide range of uses." Alpha originally just wanted to research firearms, but unexpectedly, by accident, he developed the steam engine first.

"Train? Lathe?" The old blacksmith was confused.

"A train is actually an iron vehicle that uses coal to boil water to drive a steam engine. It can transport large amounts of materials at one time." Alpha wants to connect the three cities, and the train is a necessary tool.

“With a lathe, you can make the cylinder you need, and add rubber rings to improve the sealing effect.” Alfa now has rubber and does not need to look for it everywhere.

"I will draw the blueprints as soon as possible, and you can explore them step by step based on them." Industrial construction takes a lot of time, and Alpha's most urgent task at the moment is to improve his own strength, so this time he came back he still focused on studying gunpowder and firearms.

"Sir, it is theoretically feasible to use copper bullets, but wouldn't that be too wasteful? These bullets are basically disposable." The old blacksmith was surprised to hear that Alpha was going to replace the current oil paper bullets with copper shell bullets.

"It's okay. As long as gunpowder technology continues to develop, firearms will definitely dominate the future. The consumption of bullets is huge, so the specifications must be unified." Today's oil paper bullets vary in size, making it difficult to control them stably, not to mention accuracy.

"Okay, I will make a new gun and a batch of bullets as soon as possible." The old blacksmith is now very interested in researching new gadgets. Except for the most complicated parts that need to be made by him personally, other weapons and equipment can be made by apprentices. Now, the old blacksmith has more than a hundred apprentices, which makes him very happy.

"Okay, then the new gun and new bullets will be handed over to you." Shotguns do not require too high precision and can now be made by apprentices, but what Alpha needs now is a weapon with a little more accuracy and penetrating power, which requires the old blacksmith to do it himself.

With the development of gunpowder technology, Alpha began to add lead cores to copper shell bullets to improve the penetration of bullets. Based on this, Alpha also designed a new type of firearm - the rifle.

Rifles are similar in structure to rifles, but are more stable and accurate than rifles. This new weapon can effectively replace traditional weapons such as bows and crossbows.

In addition, Alpha also improved the structure of the musket. If the bullets could keep up with the production, Alpha would have learned to shoot from the AK. However, such consumption is probably not something a junior knight can use.

However, this is not something that can be transformed in a short period of time. Currently, we are only exploring production in small batches. The key is the limitations of gunpowder technology, which makes unlimited development impossible.

Now that development in all aspects has been put on the right track, the four major families have successfully absorbed Allison and Orff's interests in the grasslands, and have not caused too much panic.

Also because of the efforts of Yasuo and Florina, the population of Alpha's Titanium Mine City is growing explosively. After Alpha stayed for a week, the population has reached 50,000, and is still gathering rapidly.

At the same time, due to Alpha's business policies, all aspects are improving rapidly, and there is a momentum to replace Balor City as the largest city in the southern grassland.

For this reason, Talos and Flinna both came to Alpha, and Alpha also emphasized that it would be handled in a low-key manner. However, merchants are profit-driven, and the people need security and stability, which Alpha's titanium mining city can provide. In the end, Balor had no choice but to implement the same policy, and because of its geographical advantages, it also developed rapidly.

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After getting new weapons and ammunition, Alpha, the leader of the Sky Knights, left behind a lot of blueprints and formed a new mercenary group of less than 30 people with Monkey, Tasili, Gulis and Tyrant Beargus, named Sky. Once, they accepted a caravan escort mission and entered the Fatalia Empire.

On the other side, Rowling, Lilia, Fatam and Lislia also formed the Silver Wing Mercenary Group, which was active on the border between the Fatalia Empire and the Portos Kingdom, clearing out bandits and accepting missions. This mercenary group was ready to welcome or support Alpha at any time. Although there were only 200 people, their all-silver titanium alloy equipment made them extremely powerful.

The remaining personnel, led by Makino, continued to be called the Alpha Mercenary Group, and were mainly responsible for the safety and stability of the Titanium Mine City, Trade Fort, Menis Iron Mine and Kalia Gold Mine.

However, Alpha did not know that the shotgun he lost had been obtained by the Black Church, and the Black Church had imitated and modified the gun. In the end, the world's first firearms battalion was not formed by Alpha, but by the Black Church, but the effect was not good and the cost was very high.

"Athena, the Black Church you said is the former Holy Church? How did it become like this?" It was the first time that Alpha heard of the Dark Church and the Holy Church, and he couldn't connect the two together.

"You must know this history. You will naturally be able to get in touch with it after you become the true leader of the Ninth Knights." Athena was still as cold as ever, not giving Alpha any face.

"Lord Alpha..." Tasli knew that she had called him wrong and immediately changed the address. Now Alpha was renamed Apollo Smith, an ancient and declining nobleman from Portos. Alpha spent money to add a branch to his family tree.

Now everyone has had plastic surgery by the monkey, and it is almost impossible to recognize Alpha from his appearance. Even Alpha's weapons and equipment have been changed to a unified style. He no longer uses long swords and Arthur's greatsword, but spears, long swords, bows, crossbows, round shields and gray armor like everyone else.

Rowling's Silver Wings Mercenary Group is mainly silver-white, while the Sky Mercenary Group has slightly changed its color scheme to gray-white, adding only a small amount of black armor alloy to enhance defense. Correspondingly, the weight of weapons and equipment will also increase. Alpha's Sky Mercenary Group is mainly gray-white, with stronger defense and attack power, but not as fast as the Silver Wings Mercenary Group.

Ancient Romans was a merchant who hired the Sky Mercenaries. He mainly dealt in the trade of silk fabrics and food, and it seemed that he also traded slaves, but that was not the purpose of this trip.

While Alpha was talking to the leader of Rowling's Silver Wing Mercenary Group, Tasli came over and shouted, "Lord Apollo, Guromas wants to see you."

The Sky Mercenary Group was newly established in the past two years. They have accepted twelve escort missions and all of them were successful, but they were all short-distance escort missions with little experience and low commissions. This mission is to depart from Balor, escort supplies to the New City Mining City, and then continue to leave the country, which is a long-distance escort. The mission is dangerous, but the rewards are generous. If the Sky Mercenary Group can successfully complete this long-distance escort mission, it will be upgraded to a D-level mercenary group. Therefore, Alpha does not care that the current team's mission commission is relatively low.

Guromas' mission was difficult this time, because the grassland bandit group had just been wiped out, and the nobles sent him to buy weapons and equipment to test the situation, without any reference at all.

"Mr. Guromas, what can I do for you?" Alpha had to end his conversation with Athena and went to the front of the meeting to meet his boss.

"Captain Apollo, I heard that you are from an old aristocratic family in the grassland. Why do you want to set up a mercenary group and show up in public?" Ancient Romans has a typical aristocratic mentality, and aristocrats are supreme.

"Your Excellency knows very well that the family's glory will not last long. It will always decline." Alpha pretended to be profound.

"Your family is not doing well in business and is about to go bankrupt!" A young and handsome man came out of the carriage. He was the young master of this trade, Hillel Dylan. He had a delicate appearance, so delicate that Alpha once suspected that he was a woman. However, he had an Adam's apple, a flat chest, and a wrong voice.

"What Hillier said is not right. If it weren't for the fact that we are a side branch and have no right of inheritance, if I were given the opportunity to inherit the family estate, it would definitely not be like this now." Alpha argued vigorously.

"It's a pity there is no if." Hillier continued to taunt.

"Captain Apollo, I called you here to ask you what you think about the New City Mining City?" Guromas interrupted the argument between the two to avoid a conflict.

Hillier is his master and he cannot be offended; although Apollo is a team bodyguard, his price is only half of the usual price and he cannot be offended for the sake of profit.