The craftsmen in the kingdom capable of making catapults are all in Leonais or Montfort. Given the strained relationship between Laine and these two dukes, borrowing craftsmen to make catapults is practically impossible.
The time had reached midsummer, and Laine, along with his knight Olivier and Hex, and steward Kasenberg, went to a dwarf workshop by the Xinong River to inspect the latest achievements.
"My Baron, since the dwarves are unwilling to share their technology, how did you manage to persuade them to make cannons for you?" Steward Kasenberg's bald head reflected brightly under the sun, as he shaved his head once every ten days.
"I couldn't make the dwarves share their cannon technology with us, but we can hire them." Laine walked into the workshop with his hands behind his back. "I reached an agreement with Mr. Delong; he will make cannons for us, and we hire dwarf engineers to operate them."
