Some soldiers possessed specific skills, such as carpentry or masonry, which allowed them to avoid heavy labor and receive higher wages than ordinary soldiers.
Therefore, at any time, skilled individuals are more valuable, even within the army.
When Winters approached, the armory's gunsmith immediately took out a strange-looking short blunderbuss from the cabinet and reverently handed it over with both hands, "Commander, I have modified the gun you requested."
The exquisite wheel-lock pistol Antonio had given Winters, along with Winters's armor and sidearm, had all fallen to the bottom of Red Sulfur Bay before they ever saw combat.
After Winters and his party returned, he hired several people to dive and salvage them. However, his luck was not as good as before, as the skilled divers found nothing after a day underwater.