Chapter 130 Pre-war Propaganda
“Although we don’t want to encounter it, it is difficult to avoid the covetousness of bandits. There is no way. The tranquility of our homeland does not lie in groveling to bandits, but in strength.”
“Those around us—Counts of Reese, Counts of Eichstadt, Counts of Ansbach, Counts of Fürth, and Counts of Roth—are obsessed with robbing us of our last coins and raping our families, After killing us with their swords, they point their fingers at our bones and say: 'Look, these are slaves!' It is for this reason that no one wants to trust the safety of their homeland to their mercy. ! We must unite, gather all our strength and hold it in our hands to give the invader a blow when he comes, otherwise we will only die in defeat."
"Since 1024. Since then, our security has been seriously threatened. The current major problems cannot be solved by compromise and concession - today they dare to extort 2 Kreuz from everyone, and tomorrow they dare to extort 2 florins. —The only way to solve our security problems is with iron and blood!”
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Under the bright spring sunshine, several Weisenberg University students parked a carriage in the square of Lingen City. One of them stood on the roof of the car with a small speaker and gave a speech to the citizens, while the others distributed leaflets around.
Heinrich had a mission to go to Wesson to inquire about information, so Frederick asked him to take a look around.
On this day, he arrived at Lingen City, which is 20 kilometers east of Weissenburg City. There is a small river passing by outside the city, and it is surrounded by flat farmland. It is an important food production area in Weissenburg.
Lingen City has just been upgraded from a town to a city. It is not large in scale, with only more than 2,000 people.
Today is Sunday, and there are many stalls on the square. Many surrounding villagers come to the church next to the square to buy some things after worshiping.
People were attracted by the students' speeches and soon surrounded the carriage on several floors, and soon they all let out angry roars.
Heinrich listened quietly to the student's speech outside the crowd. His accent did not sound like someone from Wesson, but his impassioned tone and angry expression were exactly the same as those of the locals around him. .
The content of the speech was exactly the same as the article written by Frederick in the "Wesson Daily News" two days ago, with some colloquial modifications.
A female student walked up to Heinrich. She was wearing the Weisenberg University uniform like other students, with a white shirt and a light gray suit vest on her upper body. The boys wore straight pants, and the girls It is a pleated skirt, full of youthful vitality.
Because Heinrich was wearing a traditional scholar's robe, the girl saluted him and said, "Hello, sir, would you like a leaflet?"
Heinrich recognized her Constantbulean accent and asked after taking the flyer: "Are you from Constantbul too?"
The girl just smiled politely, with a look in her eyes. Full of sadness and no answers.
Heinrich felt as if he had mentioned a topic that should not be touched upon. After receiving the flyer, Heinrich asked: "Can I take the liberty of asking what the badge on your collar means?"< br>
This girl has a round copper badge pinned to her left collar. Below the pattern is an open book, and above it is something that looks like a palette.
Her eyes immediately shone with light, a heartfelt smile appeared on her face, and she said happily: "This is an art teacher qualification badge, which means that I can be an art teacher in a primary school. I am not a good person." It was easy to get the exam.”
Seeing that she was like a child showing off her treasure, Heinrich said with a smile, "Then I should call you professor."
"How could that be possible?" The girl became a little embarrassed, "Only Only scholars who teach in universities can become professors.”
Heinrich nodded and asked about the income of university professors to find a way out for himself.
"Professors' salaries are not very high." The girl replied, "But if you have the ability, you can build your own factory or cooperate with others, and you will make more money."
"My boyfriend is a student of Professor Manuel. He initially studied necromancy and wanted to join the army. Now he has taken out a loan to open a cannery. He is expected to earn more than two hundred florins a year. It's not like It’s so dangerous to go to the battlefield.”
Heinrich hurriedly asked: "How much? How much is the annual income?" He suspected that he had heard wrongly. The average magician in the Royal Mage Group only earns 200 florins a year, and the outstanding magician earns 300 florins. Luo Lin is equivalent to a baron. An excellent magician like himself earns five hundred florins, which is similar to the previous Wesson family, and the money is exchanged for his life.
“More than two hundred florins.” The girl replied, “But after paying off the loan in the first ten years, there is less than two hundred florins left.”
“ We are not as good as others..."
Then she talked about how much other professors and students had earned recently. It was not a secret at Weisenberg University.
Heinrich fell silent, turned around and left with the flyer.
He wanted to bleed Diesel's wallet the day before yesterday, so he asked the guy to treat him to a luxurious meal on the grounds that he was blown up in the cave. As a result, the meal turned into a show off wealth showoff, from The expensive spices from the south are sprinkled freely, the wine is aged for at least fifty years, and what's even worse is that the gold chain around his neck is at least one kilogram.
As for himself, Heinrich sighed, thought no more, picked up the flyer and read it.
The leaflet has a red background and colorful characters. The upper part of the pattern is the bust of five men and women holding Wesson's new weapons. From the clothes, there are soldiers in military uniforms and hoodies. Farmers in straw hats, workers in blacksmith uniforms, businessmen or clerks in suits and top hats, and students in school uniforms. Below are the black silhouettes of defeated soldiers.
Judging from the big characters at the top, it is calling on everyone to join the "One Minute Man".
Heinrich has been reading the old "Wesson Daily" recently and feels that these "one-minute men" are recruiting militiamen, but they don't have to leave the local area, so they save logistical supplies and don't spend much money.
He and the other knights who came with him had used the weapons used by these militiamen at the shooting range.
After entering 1026, Weisenling successively opened several shooting ranges, providing folding rifles for the territorial residents and hunters who are interested in joining the One Minute People to learn and use.
The shooting course has 20 hours, including 5 hours of cultural courses such as theory, safety, law and maintenance. After passing the exam, a gun license will be issued. Only with the gun license can you buy your own gun.
At the same time, Weisenling also promulgated a new "Weapons Law", requiring residents to fold their guns and put them in special bags when carrying guns in public places.
During the previous military exercises, many people saw the new weapons carried by the soldiers. Later, after the city defense army also started to equip the new weapons, everyone saw more of them. Therefore, the shooting range attracted a lot of people's attention as soon as it opened.
The various forces naturally sent people to study it, and Heinrich and the others also tried it. The final conclusion was that this weapon has a similar range to bows and arrows, is more powerful, has about the same reloading speed, and has the same materials. It was extremely expensive, priced at 4 florins after government subsidies, and it was impossible to equip it on a large scale.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but Heinrich felt that this kind of weapon was much less labor-intensive than bows and arrows, and the power of concentrated use after large-scale equipment was still considerable.
Of course, the premise is that you have the money to equip it on a large scale.
The world is not peaceful now, and many people in the Wesson area want to buy this new weapon. Although many people cannot afford 4 florins at the same time, Wesson Bank can sell it to local people with gun licenses. Offering interest-free loans ranging from 1 to 5 years and low-interest loans from 6 to 10 years, long queues formed in front of the shooting range and bank buildings.
Heinrich felt that it would be beneficial to urban defense if citizens and farmers were equipped with such weapons in large numbers.
However, the current siege warfare is mainly based on siege warfare. It is useless to say anything if the food in the city is cut off.
Heinrich walked around the square for a while and found that a stage had just been set up in the corner of the square, with wooden benches set up. Out of curiosity, he went over to take a look.
(End of this chapter)