"Ahem, this ......" The lord laughed twice without embarrassment, clapped his palm, and the maids obediently lined up and walked away.

"Alas, I'm a soft-hearted man. ”

"Since that battle, many tribes have been destroyed, and these vassal tribes have lost the protection of their suzerains and cannot survive. Richard's face was full of compassion, like a virtuous monk who swept the floor and was worried about hurting the ants, "They took the initiative to come to the high mountain fort, who could bear to refuse." ”

"Later Gunther ...... No, it's Nehru, who has a lot of bad ideas. It is said that those girls are helpless, and it is also a good thing to choose some to be maids. He seemed to be the embodiment of a benevolent priest who was worried that moths would put out the flames and covered the lamp with a gauze, and he did not see the blood-colored ripper in the mouth of the tavern bard.

It can be seen that many rumors in this world are unreasonable.

"It's none of my business...... Nehru was silent as he looked at the lord's expression, "it was my idea. ”

"So you're glad to do it?" Anne rolled her eyes.

This person, even all intelligent beings in a broad sense, once he has more contact with Gaoshan Castle, it is difficult to say anything else, and he must have learned very quickly by rolling his eyes.

"No, I rightly refused. Richard touched Qiqiu's furry ears, and his serious expression lasted for a moment before he suddenly smiled, "But after thinking about it, what he said does make some sense, I am a lord......"

Later, I couldn't resist my repeated requests, and the adults reluctantly agreed. Nehru continued.

Once this kind of thing starts, although there seems to be something in my heart that will never go back, it is inevitable that I will be handy.

"Yes, yes, that's right. The lord nodded repeatedly.

"Okay. Anne held out her hand to Richard, "In the future, I will be in charge of the permanent store of the comptoir in Alpine Fort, and I hope we can cooperate happily." ”

"Of course. Richard grabbed the half-elf's little hand and shook it twice.

"One more thing. Anne, who had been standing between Richard and the cloaked man's retinue, suddenly stepped back to get out of the way, "I'd like to introduce a famous naturalist, Mr. Buckland. ”

"Good day, Lord Richard. The cloaked man slowly removed his hood and lowered his head to support the tortoiseshell round glasses on the bridge of his nose. The glasses were missing a leg and were barely hanging on the ears with thin hemp rope.

Famous...... I've never heard of it.

Richard got up from the wicker chair: "Tiger...... Tiger Man?"

It is not difficult to determine the race, the slender pointed ears are elves, and the half-orcs are similar to humans and have various animal characteristics, in short, according to the external characteristics, they are basically the same.

But the lord was hesitating at the moment - although the person in front of him had a tiger head, he was not as tall as Annie, he was a short and fat little old man, like the legendary top warrior with a height of three blades and a weight of a thousand pounds.

"Mr. Buckland comes from the famous White Tiger Clan and is better at art than fighting. Anne motioned with her eyes to Richard not to make such a fuss.

"My nickname is 'Sugar', so Lord Lord, you can also call me Sugar White Tiger. Buckland winked innocently as he finished speaking, not understanding why the pioneer lord suddenly showed a smiling expression.

"Day...... Good day, Mr. Sugar White Tiger. ”

In the eyes of the lord, he must have some degree of albinism, so he had to wear a cloak to shield himself from the sun as much as possible.

In response to the saying that the smart head does not grow hair, this "sugar white tiger" is unfortunately also a top person, and although the small amount of hair on the top of the head is obviously carefully combed to cover the naked scalp, this attempt is completely futile.

"Mr. Buckland would like to do some naturalist research on the wilderness at Alpine Fort. Anne said.

"That's fine, it doesn't look like I'm eating much anyway. "Lord Lord, I'll tell you the truth, this little old man doesn't look like he's annoying, at least not the kind of annoying," but it's surprising to see a tiger scholar in Pompeii. ”

Buckland stroked his chest, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "His Majesty Pompeii Sagree's palace guard has absorbed many tiger guards, so it is not surprising to see tiger people in Pompeii. ”

A few more unnutritious nonsense were exchanged, Buckland said that he would collect specimens and leave by himself, and Richard ordered the people to help Anne's caravan build a residence first.

As the population of the castle grew, the small hills became more and more difficult to accommodate, and the current pattern was that the guards and the lord himself were stationed on the hills to ensure a good view, while the rest of the lords settled around like egg whites wrapped in egg yolks.

Since the hills have become important military areas, the trading houses can no longer enter and exit at will as they did in the early days, and the places assigned to them are also in the territorial areas.

"Chief, we're leaving. Gunther came with three barbarian warriors and a dozen vassal servants to bid farewell to Richard. He had decided to return to his hometown in the Far North and move the entire tribe to Alpine Fort.

"Go early and come back early. Richard punched him twice in the chest.

The population and output of the Alpine Fort were rapidly increasing, and the Guards were a bit overstretched in comparison.

Since almost all of the people are not a combat-savvy race, the avenues of expansion are extremely limited, mainly falling on centaurs and barbarians.

Hurt initially defected to Richard with only the more mature veterans of the tribe, who later became the first archers of Alpine Fort and excelled in all battles. Now, the centaurs who had just come of age followed in the footsteps of their predecessors, took up their longbows, swallowed potions, and swore to fight for the Alpine Castle, raising the number of centaurs to nearly forty.

And if Gunther's trip goes well, the maximum number of Moon Guards will welcome a group of barbarians to join.

After seeing them leave, the lord made the first purchase request to the Woya Trading House: "Help me pay attention to whether there are any high-grade Douqi Secret Codes on the market, and if you need money, you will deduct it from the payment for iron weapons." ”

"Okay, but don't get your hopes up. Anne spoke of the well-known truth: "Good things are often not bought with money." ”

"Big Brother Richard. Robbie walked over with two heavy dark circles under his eyes, he was still half-asleep and wandering away, and when he got closer, he suddenly realized that Anne was there.

"Good day, Miss Anne. He said hello curtly.

"What's the matter?" said Richard pinched a hazelnut and fed it to Chiqiu, who had been running around all the time.

"The new blast furnace is finished, and the blacksmiths are preparing to open it. ”

When Richard looked up, he saw several black smoke rising in the distance.

With the addition of the dwarven tribes, there were plenty of qualified blacksmiths and an ample source of ore, and the military industry of Alpine Fort was finally starting to get on track.