How to Survive in the Roanoke Colony

Chapter 241: Industrial Monastic Order (2)

The small flint from Kin Issei’s disposable lighter refill was a ferrocerium alloy. It was overwhelmingly superior in performance, durability, and longevity compared to natural flints.

It was incomparable to expensive flints that needed to be replaced after firing 10 or 20 shots.

It could even create sparks when slightly wet with rain. Whether wet gunpowder would ignite was a different matter, but.

So far, no one knew about this.

They were just happy that the loading speed had doubled compared to existing muskets.

The overwhelming difference would only become clear decades later when the flintlock method was widely adopted in Europe as well.

For now, the knights and apprentices were just amazed.

These were simultaneously supplied to hundreds of Knight Order members? When did they make them so quickly? There’s been a lot of noise about building factories lately—is this the result?

“Silence.”

As the apprentices chattered like this, Knight Commander Oitotan calmed them down and delivered another piece of news that would excite them.

“We plan to double the number of knights by next year, so those who wish to participate in the knighthood examination should apply from next month.”

Double.

This time, the entire Knight Order became noisy at the news.

They couldn’t understand now.

They were ignorant, as in the case of the flints.

How? Wasn’t the limit about two knights per tractor? If so many knights are recruited, how will they be managed? It’s not like tractors can be dug out of the ground, and they can’t be produced in such large numbers? It’s impossible, isn’t it?

Of course, it was possible.