On the second Sunday of March, the chapel of the Wooden Fort in the Valley was filled with worshippers.

Lottie, the wife of the lord of the valley knights, is taking the people to receive the blessings of the parish priest Hamish, and most of the believers who come to the church to worship are the people of the wooden castle and the first group of farmers on the other side of the valley, they have basically been able to solve the problem of food and clothing, so they have the leisure to come to the wooden castle to pursue their inner faith.

Lord Almighty, hallowed be your name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

forgive us our debts, just as we forgive our debtors.

We will not be tempted. Deliver us from evil. [or as a deliverance from evil]

For the kingdom, quán bǐng, glory, is all yours forever

Amen!!!

Amen~

"Lady Lottie, you can get up, the Lord has heard your prayers, and he will let the light come upon your head." The prayers were over, but Lottie was still praying with her head bowed and clasped in front of the temple icon.

"Almighty Lord, may your light guide my beloved home, and let my beloved and his warriors pass in peace and triumph." Lottie slowly opened her eyes, and her right hand was drawn on her chest.

"Dear Father Hamish, surely the Holy Lord will be able to hear my humble supplication?" Lottie asked Hamish softly, the parish priest.

Hamish also drew a holy cross and said with relief: "The Holy Lord can hear the prayers of every faithful person, and surely your husband and his warriors will return safely."

"Thank you, priest." Lottie was picked up by her personal maid, Ollie, and walked out of the church.

Lottie walked out of the church, and Emma was already waiting at the door with Camille and Salter's little daughter, Emma was carrying a wooden basket in her arm, which contained small bread, apples, raisins, dried fruits, and other food.

In the open space outside the church, more than 30 lords who had finished their prayers waited quietly here for their lord's wife.

Lottie walked out of the church door and glanced at the crowd outside the church with a smile, and Ollie, the valet of life, took the basket from Emma's hand and followed Lottie.

Lottie took out two small pieces of bread from the wooden basket and handed them to a peasant woman who had come to church, then took out an apple and bent down and handed it to the little girl next to the peasant woman.

"Thank you, ma'am, and God bless you." The peasant woman bowed to Lottie.

Lottie nodded slightly, and walked over to the next leader......

It's something Lottie has done almost every Sunday since Atlant went south.

The food is not much, and it is not worth much, but it is an act of kindness, and Lottie hopes to pray for the blessing of her lover from afar through her charity.

Lottie handed the bread, apples, or dried fruits and grapes in the basket to the lords, and the lords accepted the kindness of the lord's wife with gratitude.

Halfway through the almsgiving, there was a burst of cheers outside the gate of the wooden fort, and a peasant soldier from the wooden fort patrol rushed to the door of the church, puffing out his eyes and shouting: "My lord! It's an adult~ My lord, they're back!! ”

The crowd had not yet heard the words of the peasants and soldiers, and stayed where they were.

"Who's back?" Emma stepped forward to ask the sentry guards.

"My lord! It's Lord Art! And Chief Angus and your chief Ron, they're back, and they're on their way to Woodcastle! The peasant replied excitedly.

The crowd erupted and rushed to the gate.

Lottie lifted her skirt as well, and hurried to the castle gate, accompanied by Emma and Ollie.

Everyone looked at the horse lane to the north, and after a while, several figures riding majestic war horses appeared in everyone's eyes.

Art took the lead, leading everyone along the carriageway to slowly approach the wooden fort.

Coming to the crowd, Art jumped off the horse and paced to Lottie in the middle of the crowd, "I'm back~"

Lottie stared blankly at the emaciated man with stubble in front of him for a long time, and suddenly raised his hand and smashed his fist on his chest, and then hugged the man who had been thinking about him day and night.

There were earth-shattering cheers from the crowd.

Ron, who was hiding at the back of the line, was infected by the cheers of the people, mustered up the courage to slowly move to the front row, and shouted to Emma who was following Lottie, "Mother, I'm back~"

Emma squeezed out, looked at the young man whose face was torn by the scar, and exclaimed, "Ron? What happened to you!!! ”

Kuangtong~

The basket Ollie was carrying fell to the ground, her eyes staring straight into Ron's face, and she took several steps back.

The smile that had just appeared on Ron's face slowly froze......

............

In the afternoon, a small but lively banquet was held in the wooden castle of the valley, and the people returning home had a feast of the taste that they had been thinking about day and night. First-time arrivals were also treated to a welcome meal.

At night, in the lord's hall on the first floor of the knight's mansion, Art had already taken off the heavy chain mail and plate armor of the battle, and changed into a comfortable cotton robe, and the stubble on his face was also shaved clean by Lottie.

The civil officials, led by Cooper, were all gathered here, and since Bas had been promoted to commander of the Valley Garrison Corps, he was responsible for the stability of the valley and all of Ath's territories and spheres of influence during the army's expeditions, so Art also let him participate in the council.

"You have been in the valley for months, and you have worked hard. This time the time was short, the army had already marched to the east to prepare for another battle with the Lombards, and this time we only stopped to see the valley, and in two days I had to go out of the valley to catch up with the army. I called you over today to listen to the big events in the valley and arrange the important tasks for the next period of time~"

Several stewards of the civil affairs made brief reports to Yate on many matters such as wasteland reclamation, grain sowing and harvesting, village construction, the progress of the Beiguan Military Fort, the operation of the wooden fort's craftsman's workshop, the apprenticeship and teaching of the academy, and the recruitment and training of the garrison corps.

Yate quietly listened to the reports of his key stewards, and from time to time offered encouragement and praise for their work and arranged deployments, "I am very happy to hear your introduction just now, during the time I left, not only did you not relax the task in hand, but also exceeded my expectations for you. This time, I don't have time to talk to you about the merits, and when we return from the eastern realm, I will position you to discuss the merits. ”

"Next, in addition to what you have to do in the valley, you have to do a few big things."

"One is to bury the bones of the heroic souls we brought back, and their families and relatives should also be well resettled, and the full amount of the pension should be paid, and all the benefits they should enjoy should not be discounted. In addition, the group of people I brought back from Provence should also be properly arranged, suitable for those who enter the workshop to enter the workshop, and suitable for those who are suitable for farming to open up the wasteland and farm. ”

"Second, from now on, the civil administration began to organize people to collect grain and hoard it in the wooden fort. It is mainly through going out to buy grain, and the surplus grain in the hands of the farmers in the valley can also be purchased at the price. Not only do you have to try to ensure that the valley granary has a year's worth of food for the people, but you also have to make sure that you have enough food for the army when they need the valley food. ”

"The above two things belong to the category of civil affairs, led by Cooper, and you fully cooperate."

"The third is to strengthen the construction of the valley garrison corps. Although the wars in Provence and Lombardy in the southern continent tended to be extinguished, they were far from being extinguished. And the north is even more undercurrent. ”

"In the next period of time, the Valley Garrison Corps will enter a new round of expansion and reorganization, and at the same time strengthen liaison with the border outpost town and the garrison camp of the Boulder Town Patrol Team, and I will ensure that the army has no worries during the expedition. Bass took the lead in this matter, with the full support of Cooper and the civil authorities. ”

"Then there are other trivial matters in the territory. The first is the parish school......"

He also arranged for a group of people to deploy an important matter, and did not end the discussion until the waning moon west oblique.

Back upstairs, Art thought Lottie was resting, but when she opened the door, Lottie was staring at him affectionately from a half-bedridden bed in a light gauze dress.

Art didn't understand what his wife was thinking at the moment, so he closed the door with his backhand and slammed it on......