"What!? What do you mean mother has demanded my engineer's heads! Does she know that people from all over the empire will attempt to take the city to kill them! I knew she wanted to kill me and father but our people? That's too far!"
Ibraim seethed in rage, something he has rarely felt in both of his lives. He promptly got up and approached his desk to create new orders for his factories. Effective immediately, firearm and cannon manufacturing takes priority. He only produced around 50 muskets and 2 cannons. Those were not enough to deal with the possible horde that is coming, sure his father may provide some aid as Ibraim would inform him but he knows his father prefers quality over quantity, so he will not raise peasant levies. Luckily for him, his sister was the voice of reason today.
"Calm down brother, my agents have managed to contain mother's declaration but it is only a matter of time before it gets out. Though I cannot promise more than 6 months of secrecy. Whatever you're planning on doing with that militia, you better hurry."
With that deadline set, Ibraim decided to forsake his health by staying up even later to draft some much needed equipment for the militia, such as uniforms, recruitment propaganda, more horses, effective logistical carts, and an expansion of the rail system that is currently used in the area that is nearby the city itself, and the mines within his father's territory.
Much to the ire of his sister who wanted him to get the much needed rest he had, he immediately got to work drafting the new equipment and the orders for the horses needed for his logistical ventures. And within a matter of days, the shipping orders would be sent out for the horses and for some of the local tailors to start the production of uniforms that are in the color of his family's colors of blue and gold. Within the foundries, Ibraim immediately enforces an extended shift from 5am to 8pm with priority on the manufacturing of iron musket balls, the 20-pounder Parrott cannon, and the pattern 1842, known here as the Pattern Alpha, due to it being the first firearm he ever created and subsequently, improve on it until they no longer used muskets in their entirety.
Currently, Ibraim was stationed outdoors with the current battalion of the militia. 500 men strong, he just barely met the requirements to be considered a battalion. Along with these 500 infantry, there were around 6 of the 20-pounder cannons, which were produced exceptionally quickly as the iron needed was cast into the shape of the cannon which then had a team assemble it over the course of an hour. The reason he only has 4 out of the hundreds he could potentially have is that he has been focusing on the muskets and the farming supplies and that he did not need to mass produce the artillery pieces.
Right now, Ibraim was instructing how the artillery and the muskets should act in unison.
"If the enemy army does not break ranks immediately after the first barrage, you have between 1 and 3 minutes to prepare yourselves to fire! But I do not want you to fire immediately! Wait until you see the whites of their eyes or fear on their faces! And remember! Protect the artillery! They are the greatest asset in causing chaos and disruption within the enemy's army!
With that command Ibraim went on to advancing with artillery fire.
"For our artillery officers! If we are forced to meet our enemies on the field, keep the barrage on going! Though between every barrage, elevate your cannons to increase their range by 50 to 100 yards every very minutes! This is called a creeping barrage, and it will greatly reduce casualties of our people if we find ourselves in hand to hand combat! Now then! Let us practice this maneuver! Forward March!"
With this, the battalion started to march forward, albeit out of sync due to Ibraim wanting combat proficiency over looks. Soon, the artillery began their firing process. Firing, loading, elevating, firing. All while Ibraim led at the front of the battalion, yelling at his men that if they flinched, they die. Which is an exaggeration, they would disrupt the entire formation which would mess up the entire training session. With this, the young lord had decided to advance this session once they had reached the end of the marching area. Once after they had regrouped at the beginning of the area, he checked on the stockpile of the cast iron cannon balls before once again addressing his men.
"You all did well not flinching or stopping with the face of artillery in front of you, therefore! We will begin with you all firing your weapons while moving and under artillery fire!"
With that, a brutally long but effective training session would continue, led by Ibraim himself.
As the day comes to an end, he finds himself at the dinner table with his family. The chiefs recently just tried out the new recipes he introduced, all of which included smoked brisket, pork shoulder, pork belly, pulled chicken, pulled pork, beef short ribs, steak, grilled chicken and so much more. The only thing that would make it better would be a cola and french fries to go with it all. Though, he supposes that rice is also good with it all.
He watches as his family hesitate to try the new dishes, he digs right in, many of these recipes were from his past extended family which lived in the south but it works all the same. He had to hold back from crying as he tasted the familiar flavours once again. With Ibraim digging in, slowly the rest of the family begins. One by one, they all begin to taste the absolute delicacy of American BBQ. But to Ibraim, several things are still missing. But he'll make plans for the introduction of cola and carbonated drinks later. Sure, it's good to have a high standard for personal fitness without the land, but people would go insane without a small treat every once in a while.
Once the meal was finished and Ibraim was released from the table, he would once more spend his time in his room. Burning the midnight oil. Of course, it was the introduction of newer technologies that will improve the people's living conditions. But there was also the plan for introducing more foodstuffs from his past life, such as carbonated drinks, ice cream, apple pie, cobbler, pasta, and several soul food recipes.
He decided he might get some of the leftovers from dinner as a snack due to how hungry he was getting again thinking about this.