Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 9 Small town prototype
Another ten days passed, and twenty-five days had passed since the death of Charles' father.Charles stood in front of the window of the study, the warm sunshine shone on his shoulders, holding a glass of red wine in his hand, quietly overlooking the workers who were working below.Loki was behind Ciel, following Ciel's gaze.

At this time, the road from Maimaitun to the castle has been repaired. The town is north-south, and from the entrance of the town to Maimaitun, it turns east and southeast.

However, because the tools were a bit crude, these workers were also building roads for the first time, so the repairs were a bit crooked, but the width was acceptable and could accommodate two carriages.

The Shire also set up a signboard at the furthest point on the south side of Maitun.So it looks pretty good, with a good look, and of course it is definitely very luxurious in this era.

Charles guessed that the visiting VIPs were coming soon, so he didn't let them continue to build the road, but instead went to the north of the castle and built a lime processing center near the mountain.

Makao has almost repaired the houses and shelves in the market, and now he is starting to build a house for the knights on the south side of the castle.The bazaar is generally in the shape of a Chinese character, with openings in the four directions of east, west, north, and south. There are neat houses on the periphery of the bazaar, which are specially prepared by Shire for the blacksmith shop, grocery store, and leather armor shop.

Inside the market are shelves in the north-south direction. There is a simple shed above and a wooden frame below. This is a standard small merchant stall where small merchants or serfs can sell things.For larger merchants, there are two, three large merchants' stalls of the size of small merchants' stalls.

For more powerful merchants and even nobles, there are peripheral houses to choose from.If the market develops well, Shire plans to divide it into divisions. For example, daily necessities such as grain are sold in this bazaar with a hui structure, high-end products are sold in another bazaar with a hui structure, and livestock are sold in another bazaar with a hui structure.Of course that's for later.

To the south of the market is the house where the workers rest daily. After finishing their work and eating at night, they will rest here. Usually there are 8 people in a room, which is relatively crowded, but it is more than enough for sleeping. , in daily life, 5 people are just right.
The houses on the south side of the castle are going to be built more luxuriously, so the speed is relatively slow. It has just started, and there are a few scattered houses standing on the field.It looks lonely.

Shire, who was born as an infrastructure madman, didn't think much of it at ordinary times, but when he started, he discovered that he actually had an unusual enthusiasm for infrastructure.Charles drank the red wine in the glass, and said to Loki behind him: "Has the craftsman who made the lime arranged it?"

Loki said respectfully: "It's already been arranged. They are all bachelors who can't find a wife in the village. They are alone and don't need to drag their families. It's also convenient to arrange. I'll temporarily put them on the first floor of the castle. servants, and at the same time arrange for knights to watch over them."

"Without family members, will they be obedient and obedient?"

"Master, these old bachelors who have never seen a woman, I promise them, as long as they persist for three years, each of them will find a wife for them, and find some more on weekdays... When these people hear this, their bones are softened. Want to make a fuss, not to mention eating enough every day and getting wages, now I am looking forward to marrying a wife in three years, having children, and living a life."

Charles turned around, looked at Loki from the window, handed the wine glass to Loki, and praised: "Not bad, not bad, how is the cleaning of the castle, counting the days, the barons who should come to pay homage should be here soon Come on, be careful not to let these people disturb the visiting distinguished guests."

Loki reached out to take the wine glass, and said, "Don't worry, young master, they all come in and out through the side door of the castle, so they won't disturb the nobles, and the lime processing center in the north of the castle is about to be built for them. In two days It can be moved in one day."

It's not that Charles looks down on these people. In this era, nobles are very precious to their own face. If a distinguished guest comes to visit, of course he will write a letter a few months in advance, saying that he will visit on a certain day of the month and send a bunch of things. If you didn't receive them well, and some serfs ran into them, they might turn against each other on the spot.

Charles continued to look at the town, and his mind was on the divine stone in his body, but it was much smaller than before, probably because it was consumed when he improved his body.However, he still couldn't integrate the luck of the territory into the small town.

Charles guessed that it might be because the town has not been built yet, or the population of the town is not enough, or the luck of the territory is not enough, but the current luck is much better than before when Charles' father just passed away and Charles just inherited the title of baron. few.

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But to the south of Maimaitun, a group of people walked slowly on a rugged path. The first one opened the way was a fully armed earth knight, and a little behind was a retinue knight in leather armor. In the middle were guarding two carriages. .

Baron Barty Calla Lily Blossom disliked the shock of the car, so he rode a horse outside the carriage, followed by guard knights, and there were also a line of guard knights on both sides of the convoy, wrapping the carriage in the middle.There were probably less than a hundred people in this group.

Among them, in the front carriage are Baron Batty Calla Lily's wife, Isabel Calla Calla, and her two daughters, Jaina Calla Calla and Heath Calla Calla.Her wife is the daughter of Naka, a political officer, but after marrying him, she changed her surname to Alocasia. If Batty married the earl's daughter, there is no need to change her surname.

However, the water splashed by the married daughter is basically towards the husband's house, but there are exceptions.Her eldest daughter, Jaina Calla Lily, has already married the son of the Knight Commander, while the remaining youngest daughter is not yet engaged, and plans to take a look at the Iris family's banquet.

In the carriage at the back was his eldest son, Libby Calla Lily, who was already a sure successor. This time, he was mainly helping him expand his contacts, so he didn't bring his younger son.

At this time, there was movement from the front, and then a knight who followed rode up to Batty Calla Lily Flower and said, "Master, there seems to be a signpost ahead."

Batty Alocasia followed the retinue knights to the front of the road sign, and there was a flat road in front of him. Batty Alocasia was a little shocked, as if he was dreaming, and then looked carefully, the direction was correct, and said: "Oh, my God, I've only seen such a road in Tulip Town, the center of the Earldom. It's really incredible. I really don't know how they did it."

A group of people walked on the newly built road. At this time, the carriage did not vibrate. Compared with before, Isabel Calla Lily Flower and her two daughters in the carriage breathed a sigh of relief, and finally It stopped shaking, and if this continues, the body will fall apart.

The youngest daughter of Isabel Calla Lily Flower poked her head out of the carriage curiously, then quickly shrank her head back, like a child who saw something novel and eager to share, and said, "Guess I saw it what?"

Isabel and Jaina looked at Heath with some curiosity. Seeing that she kept keeping secrets and kept silent, Isabel couldn't help it: "Showing off curiosity is not the virtue of nobles."

"Showing off curiosity is what you taught us. It's a good way to deal with men. Now you're trying to teach me." Seeing that Isabel's face was a little ugly, Heath hurriedly said, "I saw a straight road outside. Like the grounds of our castle. No, it's more magnificent than that. It's so far away that I can't see the end of it with a glance."

Isabel snorted with an unfriendly expression, then turned her head away, while her elder sister, Jaina, hugged her younger sister, and then secretly looked outside.

After a while, the group was about to reach Maitun, when a reminder came from outside that they were about to enter the village.Upon hearing this, Isabel, Jaina, Heath in the carriage, and Libby, the eldest son of Barty Calla Lily took out a handkerchief to cover their noses, preparing to welcome the "fragrance" that came with the wind .

To their surprise, they didn't smell any strange smell even when they entered the wheat village. They only smelled some when they were about to go out. They saw a few large dung piles outside the village.

Batty was full of doubts in his heart. He wished he could rush to Iris's castle and ask him face to face, but then he suppressed his thoughts. He was too unnoble, but Batty ordered the leading knight in front to speed up. He believed that Once at the castle, many of its questions will be answered.

Although the group speeded up, the people sitting in the carriage didn't feel bad because the road was easy to walk.

In the evening, a group of people arrived at the gate of the newly built town. The knights in front slowed down, because there was a bend ahead, and if it was too fast, the carriage would not be able to turn around. Saluted, Batty's knights also returned the salute one after another.Ndom said: "Everyone, please follow me." After speaking, he led the way.

Since a few days ago, there have been earth knights taking turns standing guard at the door to welcome the distinguished guests. As for why the majestic earth knights have to do this kind of work, and they don’t feel any boredom when they are on duty day by day, because the retinue knights are not worthy, only the earth knights It is also an honor to have enough weight to welcome you.

Batty and his party followed Ndom into the town. There were rows of neat houses on the left, passing a bridge from time to time, and a few scattered houses on the right, but there were many serfs building houses there. Go forward, you will arrive at the castle soon, the appearance of the house on the left has changed again, and people come out from it from time to time.While Batty was wondering, everyone came to the castle, and the butler Loki was already waiting at the door.

As it was getting late, Loki prepared meals for the group, and asked the servants to lead the servants brought by Batty to familiarize themselves with the castle and their master's room. At the same time, he also sorted out the things Batty and the others brought, and then put them into storage .After all, I have to return the gift later.

The knight Ndom took Batty's knights to live in the worker's residential area. At that time, there were still many vacant houses built according to the family's lifestyle.

Batty then entered the hall to pay homage to Charles' father, Medill Iris, and Charles was also waiting in the hall. Although Batty had many questions, it was obviously not the time to chat. There would be time to communicate at the banquet.

Batty stepped forward and presented a bouquet of calla lilies in front of the coffin, and then gave a comforting gift to Charles, who returned the gift.The two were silent for a while, and Batty walked out, saying the same thing, now is not the time to chat.

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(End of this chapter)