Lord Lance spared no expense and gave him great authority to train the artillerymen, but in reality, Barton was well aware that only a few artillerymen could be considered trained.
It wasn't that Hamlet lacked people, nor that his teaching was inadequate—the problem was simply that there were too few cannons on hand, making practical training difficult.
How could this rotation possibly help the gunners acquire a feel for correcting their aim?
Moreover, they only had three cannons. Two large-caliber ones were stationed at the port, ready to defend against pirates, leaving only a single small-caliber cannon for training.
In such circumstances, even if he trained a group of artillerymen, they would still be caught in the predicament of having no cannons to use.
The only solution to this problem was to tackle the issue with the cannons themselves.
Barton had been paying close attention to this issue, and after arranging the training, he hurried to a very special place in Hamlet.
