Chapter 70 Preparations

Yingzui Island, the lord's cabin.

Samwell held another retainer meeting.

But this time, everyone clearly felt the stagnation of the atmosphere.

Samwell did not follow the process to ask everyone to report the work situation, but went straight to the point:

"I have some bad news for you. The Dane family in Starfall City is reorganizing their armaments. It looks like they are going to fight a war."

As soon as the words were finished, everyone's expressions changed instantly.

But there was also a foolish man asking: "My lord, where are the Dane family going to fight?"

Samwell didn't even want to answer this stupid question.

Fortunately, after seeing the strange gazes cast by everyone, the man finally reacted: "The Dane family is coming to beat us?"

"It should be." Samwell's face was heavy. "Our territory is so close to Starfall City. It is inevitable that the Dane family will be hostile to us. This battle will come sooner or later. Therefore, we must be prepared for war."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone had different expressions, some were scared, some were nervous, some were serious, and some were excited... How come some people are still excited?

Oh, it turned out to be the lunatic Cheeman.

That's all right.

Samwell tapped the table with his fingers, attracting everyone's attention, and comforted:

"Don't panic too much, I have already sent a letter to High Court, and I believe the Duke of Metz will send reinforcements over soon."

Hearing this, everyone's expressions improved a lot.

Only Todd Buddha frowned.

He is not those savages, or Gavin from the lower class. Of course, knowing this situation, the Duke of Metz may not necessarily send reinforcements.

After all, the castle has not yet been built. From a legal point of view, Yingzui Island is not considered the territory of the river bend, but a disputed place.

In this case, the Duke of Metz may not be willing to send troops.

As for Mrs. Olenna... If Samwell had accepted the old lady's arrangement from the beginning, then she would definitely persuade the Duke to send troops, but now, it's hard to say.

Moreover, even if the Duke does send troops, it must be that Yingzui Island can hold out until the reinforcements arrive.

Of course, no matter what he thinks in his heart, Todd will definitely not be so stupid as to say these words in public, otherwise, wouldn't it ruin the lord's plan to appease people.

At this time, Samwell has already started deploying preparation tasks.

He first asked Gavin to evacuate the staff, and transferred all the old, weak, women and children in the orphanage to the villages outside the valley for temporary resettlement, leaving only soldiers and young adults in Yingzui Island to assist in the battle.

Then, he ordered Vido to organize artisans and laborers to urgently build defense facilities. He plans to set up two lines of defense. The outer line of defense is composed of ditches and fences, including the small half of Yingzui Island, including the existing important buildings and the valley entrance. As for the second line of defense, it is not yet completed. The castle is gone.

Although the construction has not yet been completed, the city wall is nearly ten feet high and has a fairly good defense.

In fact, Samwell really doesn't want to use this second line of defense, because it will not only mean that his hard work in the past six months will be trampled by the enemy, but also lead to the loss of the only land passage in and out of Yingzui Island. into the hands of the enemy.

In this case, even if the Duke of Metz did send reinforcements, he might be easily blocked by the enemy army from entering the valley.

So unless it is absolutely necessary, he will not give up the first line of defense.

Subsequently, Samwell ordered Todd Flowers to urgently recruit 300 soldiers immediately.

Half were selected from the wildlings, and half were selected from the river bend refugees.

In this way, the strength of Yingzui Island will be close to 600. Of course, the first 200 soldiers who can really rely on it are the first 200 soldiers. In addition, there are 100 soldiers who have received two or three months of training. It can be used. As for the 300 people that Todd has urgently recruited, it is obvious that there is not much hope.

As for weapons and food, Yingzui Island has no shortage for the time being.

Because Samwell had already replaced all the golden dragons he got from the Lannister family with weapons and equipment, as well as food and supplies, in case of emergencies.

Now he is very grateful that he didn't spend all these golden dragons on improving his strength attribute.

No matter how strong he is alone, it is impossible to defeat a hundred with one.

What's more, he actually has a huge weaknessthe agility attribute is too low.

Until now, Samwell has not found any food or ore that can improve agility.

So although his strength has far surpassed that of ordinary people, his weakness is still obvious.

Moreover, no matter how strong he is, he is not invulnerable. If he is cut to the body by a sword, he will still be injured and bleed.

So, he has to find another way...

After explaining the task of preparing for the battle, Samwell asked everyone to split up and prepare immediately.

However, he left Bachelor Coben alone.

"Qyburn, can you make 'Wildfire'?"

When watching the TV series, Samwell was shocked by the terrifying power of this magical alchemy product.

It is an extremely flammable liquid.

Once ignited by wildfire, it cannot be extinguished until the objects contaminated by it are completely burned. Even wildfire can burn on water. In the famous battle of the Blackwater River that happened later, the "little devil" Tyrion It was the Lannisters who destroyed Stannis' naval fleet with wildfire.

With a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, Kebain nodded and said:

"My lord, those tricks of the alchemists certainly won't trouble me. However, if you plan to use them in the upcoming war, I'm afraid there will be some problems."

Samwell was a little happy when he heard the first half of the sentence, but then frowned again:

"what is the problem?"

First of all, building wildfires requires a lot of expensive materials, most of which are not available here and need to be shipped in from other places.

"I'm afraid it's too late..."

"Yes, and even if there are materials, the manufacture of wildfires will take a long time. If the war breaks out in the near future, it will be too late."

Sam Wilton was a little disappointed: "Okay, I see."

Before he could finish the conversation, Cobain said again:

"Sir, if you need a flammable liquid, I can make it for you..."

"Oh?" Samwell immediately became energetic again, "Is the effect similar to wildfire?"

Kyburn shook his head: "Of course it can't be compared with wildfire. It can't burn in water, and its power is much lower. However, it burns at one point, and it's not easy to extinguish. More importantly, you have the main materials here."

"what material?"

"Brandy."

"Brandy?" Samwell actually knew that the alcohol could indeed be ignited when it reached 40 to 50 degrees, but it was quite easy to extinguish it, and it might be difficult to meet his requirements.

And the distiller in his hand couldn't produce a higher concentration of alcohol.

seems to see Samwell's suspicion, Cobain explained:

"Of course, it's not pure brandy. I'll add a little something to it. In this way, its flammability will be greatly improved, and it will not be easily extinguished."

Samwell's eyes lit up, and said:

"You make a copy now and show me!"

"We are happy to help."

(end of this chapter)