Farming Road from Baron to Emperor

Chapter 97 The preparations for the iris collar start

A few letters, a few knights, and a few horses rushed from the manor of the great prince to Iris Collar.

In Steel Town, Baron Patel was half-reclining on a chair with his feet dangling in the air. There was a small table in front of him. On the table were roasted wild boar legs, boiled turtle broth, and exquisite wheat bread. The small town Baron Patel unexpectedly returned to his previous chubby appearance. From the side, he looked like a tortoise with all four feet in the air.

He sat up straight forward, picked up a small knife on the table, cut off a few pieces of meat along the wild boar leg, put it in his mouth, then slightly narrowed his small eyes, his face was full of intoxication, he didn't know Some thought he was tasting wine.

Suddenly his servant rushed to Baron Patel and said, "Sir, Mr. Mina sent someone to deliver a letter from the lord." After speaking, he handed over a letter with both hands.

Ok?Why did Master Shire write to him at this time? Isn't he in Wangcheng now? Could something have happened in Wangcheng, or he found out that I was lazy here.

Patel hurriedly stood up, his calf thumped, walked to the front, and reached for the letter.He held up the letter, looked at both sides, and finally checked the seal of the letter carefully. After confirming that it was correct, he took the letter, sat back on the chair, opened the envelope, took out the letter paper, and read it on the chair .

The servant saw that Baron Patel's face changed a few times one after another, and his heart sank. Could it be that the master's laziness has been discovered these days, or that the serfs of Cosmos have suffered too many deaths and injuries recently, and Lord Shire knows that he is dissatisfied. Woolen cloth.

However, in this cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, it is very normal for people to die if they work hard every day, whether they have enough clothes to wear, and it is fortunate that there is no heavy snowfall, otherwise more people would die.

Baron Patel wanted to cry, but he reached out and took the wild boar leg, took a heavy bite in retaliation, and then patted the round belly with his greasy hand, you are going to suffer again brother.

Baron Patel stuffed the letter back into the envelope, then stood up and walked outside.

The servant followed Baron Patel and asked boldly, "Sir, what happened?"

Baron Patel waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's a good thing, but the days to come may be tough again."

How can a good thing be a bad day?The servant was full of questions, but he didn't dare to ask too many questions.

Curiosity killed the cat, and the curious servant has long since disappeared. It is enough to know that this is not a bad thing. If the sky falls, there will be a tall man to support it.The servant straightened up slightly, then hurriedly bent down again, it was broken, Baron Patel was not as tall as him.

Baron Patel recalled the contents of the letter, and his heart seemed to be bleeding. The leisurely days are over, and he will be busy again.

In the letter, Charles first praised him for his achievements these days, and unilaterally communicated with him about the future prospects of the steel town, but these were nothing.After all, that is all future work, so what does it have to do with him now.

The important thing is that Shire also left him with a few ardent expectations, the casting of the iron tripod, the current output of the steel town, the storage of weapons and armor, the making of iron farm tools, sending people to the serfs to ask about planting experience methods, and then summed up Get up and teach the serfs how much food the serfs have now.

It felt like Master Shire couldn't wait to know all about the cherry blossom collar, calla lily collar, and steel town, and then he was about to do big things next.

Baron Patel touched his big belly again. It was hard for him to raise it, and it might be gone again, alas.

He looked at the servants following him and said, "Tell the serfs of Cosmos, don't steal and play tricks. These houses are for them to live in. If they haven't been built before the heavy snow comes, hey, then they will have to do it." Get ready for the cold."

Heavy snow means death. I hope there will be no snow this year, otherwise the mining and transportation of iron ore will cause serious problems.

The servant nodded and said: "Yes, master, I'll tell them right away, this group of people usually know how to be lazy, and they don't work at all unless they give a good whip. They don't even care about building a house for themselves. What a bunch of bastards."

"Go."

"Yes, sir."

After the servant walked away, Baron Patel's two short legs sped up and rushed towards the blacksmith shop.

The bitter cold wind was mixed with the sound of iron hammering, and thick black smoke rose from several rows of manicured roofs.Baron Patel wrapped his vest tightly, the soft down was very comfortable and warm.

Baron Patel walked into one of the largest blacksmith's shops, and a gust of heat hit his face.

"My lord baron, what's the matter?" Karu blacksmith was shirtless, holding a hammer, and asked with a smile.

Baron Patel said: "The lord has written to ask how the production of the iron tripod is going."

Blacksmith Karui frowned, his facial features tightened together.His chin was covered with dense stubble, and he said: "It didn't go well. It's really difficult to make a tripod of the size the lord said. You know, Lord Shire came up with it all." , We have never seen it before, and we really have no experience."

He is not a professional person, Baron Patel naturally can't give any professional advice, but he suggested: "The lord has always said that brainstorming, the strength of the number of people, and now there are so many blacksmiths in the steel town, how much do you get together? More exchanges. Maybe there are some other ideas.

I don't understand the matter of forging, but you also know how much Master Shire attaches importance to this thing. He has mentioned the importance of this thing more than once. If it can be built before the young master returns, you all know the rewards the young master will give you.

Most of the Iris soldiers who can only be serfs are now free citizens. If you can forge them, at least your sons can enter the castle as servants. If you can enter the castle as servants, you will be safe for the rest of your life. , I don’t have to work hard like you. "

Blacksmith Lalu nodded. He heard that the political officer of the Tulip collar is now the servant of Charles. If he can work as a servant in the castle, at least he will not have to worry about it for the rest of his life.

Maybe there is still the possibility of honoring the ancestors. For example, a false title of baron, although he has no territory, is still a nobleman and has his own surname. Blacksmith Lalu can't help showing yearning.

Baron Patel continued to ask: "How is the level of the apprentices now?"

Blacksmith Lalu showed joy on his face, and said happily: "Now the apprentices can already make ordnance, such as spears, spears, and long swords, they can already be made through the assembly line work that the young master said, but Things that are more troublesome like armor still won’t work.”

In fact, this is also related to the selfishness of the blacksmiths. Difficult techniques such as armor making cannot be spread to the outside world casually, but the fellows who eat are enemies, and it is not uncommon for the apprentices to starve to death.What's more, the forging of armor is inherently difficult. Even if the master pays attention to them, it will take several years of hard work. However, if only one part of the armor is forged, it will not take long.

Baron Patel nodded and asked, "How is the current output?"

Blacksmith Lalu said proudly: "The output is already the highest now, and all the smelted iron ore can be turned into weapons immediately. If we want to further increase the output, we can only increase the amount of iron ore smelted."

The current mining of iron ore is mainly done by serfs from cosmos. It has not snowed yet, and it is estimated that the output of iron ore will be lower when it snows in the future. Mining is one aspect, and transportation is also another aspect.

Baron Patel nodded, and continued: "The young master ordered that next, we will make great efforts to build iron farm tools, so that all the serfs in the iris collar can use iron farm tools. From now on, you will allocate half of the iron farm tools. Iron ore is used to make farm implements."

Blacksmith Lalu raised his huge fist, pounded on his chest, and said loudly, "Lord Baron, please rest assured."

"Well, but the production of the iron tripod has to be speeded up. Such a big iron tripod can't be built. You can build a small one to accumulate experience. Didn't the young master often say that failure is the mother of success? You have to try bravely and not be afraid of failure. "

After speaking, Baron Patel wanted to pat Blacksmith Lalu on the shoulder as a sign of encouragement like the young master, but he couldn't reach it on tiptoe. Fortunately, Blacksmith Lalu was clever and bent down in time, which made him Not so embarrassing.

After doing this, Baron Patel chatted with Blacksmith Lalu for a few words and then left. Blacksmith Lalu watched Baron Patel leave with a helpless face. He wanted to tell Baron Patel the latest technological progress.

Due to the improvement in the quality of iron ore, the spears, spears, and long swords that are now forged are much tougher than before, and their length has also increased. These are not more than 01:30 for war. At 01:30, the difference may be a life, but it is a pity that Baron Patel does not understand this. In the words of Master Shire, it is tantamount to playing the piano against a cow.

Baron Patel walked out of the blacksmith shop, the cold wind howled, the cold wind was like a knife, his face was hurt, and his heart was even colder. He didn't know the difficulty of making the iron tripod, but he knew that if he wanted to It is almost impossible to build it before Master Shire comes back, and if you die, it will be a smaller version of you.I hope to satisfy Master Charles.

And in this cold winter, he had to go to the cherry blossom collar and calla lily collar to ask the old serfs about their planting experience and see how much food the serfs had.In this cold and twelfth month of winter, he still has to drill into the woods and walk the rugged and remote paths. He can't eat well or sleep well every day, but why is he secretly excited.Something is wrong, he feels something is wrong with him now.

Mina, the political officer of Tulip City, was also very worried when he saw the letter in front of him.As the servant of the Iris family, Mina is highly bound to the Iris family, so there is no problem with his loyalty, and the letter written by Charles to him is even more revealing.

The young master intends to let me find out the situation of the entire territory of Iris Town. Mustang Town is in charge of Sorel. Sorel has stayed in Mustang Town for many years, so there should be no problem.

Let the newly established steel town be handed over to Baron Patel. He happens to be nearby. Master Shire keeps saying that he praises him, so let him take charge of the cherry blossom collar and calla lily collar. The young master often says that capable people do more things. Well.

As for Flower Town, it has a large population and the newly appointed mayor is inexperienced, so I guess I have to go there.

Mina picked up the letter on the table again. The letter stated that he would tell Mr. Barron to expand the security team, so that every village in the Iris Flower Collar must have members of the security team, and each village should have no less than ten members. personal.

Moreover, the training of the Iris soldiers must be stepped up, the supply of meat and milk must be increased, and the physical training of the Iris recruits must be accelerated. This has to be discussed with the deputy head of the regiment, Mr. Andrew.

Mina was a little puzzled, the young master made such a big noise, did something bad happen in Wangcheng? He also ordered to strengthen the city wall of Tulip City, and asked Mustang Town to build the city wall. Team of workers building houses on the road.

If things go on like this, the food left in the territory won't be able to last for next autumn's food.It doesn't matter, since the young master gave the order, then the young master must have considered it, and the next thing I need to do is to implement it.

Mina called his little servant. As the former servant in the Iris Castle and now the administrative officer of the new Iris collar, he naturally has his own servant.

"Go and fetch Mr. Barron."

"Yes, Mr. Mina"

The servant returned after a while, accompanied by Mr. Barron.

"Mr. Mina, what's the matter with you? There was a property issue between a pair of nobles just now. The issue between them has not been resolved. I have to go back and help them resolve it later."

As a member of the security team, Barron didn't want to get too close to Mr. Mina. Even though Mina is now highly valued by Master Shire, who knows what will happen in the future.

Mr. Mina nodded, and handed over a letter.

After carefully checking the seal, Barron opened the envelope, took out the letter, and read it under the gaze of Mr. Mina.

In the letter, the young master ordered him to expedite the expansion of the security team to cover the entire New Iris Collar, especially the Wild Horse Town and the Flower Town. The number of people should not be less than fifty.

And not only these, Charles also personally entrusted him to select a few clever and loyal young men to send to the eldest prince to contact an old lunatic, and everything must be done in secret, so as not to be discovered.

The expansion work is not difficult, and they already have quite a lot of work experience, and the mayor of Huahua Town is his own person, and the mayor of Mustang Town is also very honest.The only thing needed is money.

However, it is difficult to find a few smart security guards. According to Charles' description, these people are similar to spies, but the security team has no such candidates at all, otherwise he has to go out in person. It can be seen that Master Charles is right. This matter is taken seriously.

But Barron straightened his face and replied, "Don't worry, Mr. Mina, there will be absolutely no problems."

After a few chats, Barron left, and the next person to call was Mr. Andrew.Likewise Mina handed him the letter that Charles had written to him.

The main purpose is to speed up the training of Iris flower recruits and let them see the blood. Now the savages of Iris flower collar are a good choice. They are sturdy, not afraid of death, and dare to work hard. Fortunately, they are weak.

From the arrival of these letters from Charles, the entire iris collar is like a fully powered motor, running up and down, even in the cold winter, it is as warm as spring.

　Just check the full attendance first, and I will change it later, sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)