In May, the earth rejuvenated, and the barony of the valley flourished.

The grain fields in the south of Mubao are full of busy farmers, and people harvest a winter and spring wheat from the field into patches of golden grains and full grains in the drying field.

Under the willow trees on the bank of the river near the village of the valley, Baron Arte, lord of the valley, held a long thin wooden pole with a thin cotton thread hanging down to the surface of the water, on which a goose feather was floating.

Beside Arte, the newly-minted baroness lay in a chair in the shade of greenery, happily watching her dear husband concentrate on fishing.

Lottie touched her belly and whispered to Art beside her, "Honey, my mother said that it is better to stay in the house and not move around freely when she is just pregnant. It's good for you to take me every day to pick flowers and fruits or fish and catch shrimp. ”

Art glanced back at Lottie and smiled, "Don't listen to your mother, you can't be suffocated by being locked in your room every day?" You have just become pregnant, take a walk while you can still move, it is spring, it is the season of flowers, the air is fresh, and more movement is good for you and the baby in your belly. ”

"What kind of fresh air ~ say something you don't understand. I think you're just sitting here alone and bored, so you have to let me accompany you. Lottie poked Art in the arm.

"Hmmm! It's rare for me to be idle for ten days and a half months, so you should accompany me~"

"Quick, the fish is hooked, and I have fresh fish soup to drink tonight." Seeing that the goose feather float moved up and down a few times, the Yate fish rod was lifted up hard, and a fat river fish was lifted out of the water.

Yate put a river fish into a wicker box that had been filled with more than a dozen fatty river fish on the side, "How fat are the fish in this river, how can I finish fishing alone, how about we specially allow the people to fish in this river during the fishing season?" ”

"Well, although you allow the people to go into the mountains to hunt, it is impossible for many old and weak, women and children to hunt, let them catch all kinds of fish, and also add a delicious meat to their table." Lottie agreed with Arte.

"Well, I'll go back and ask Cooper to grant the people the right to fish and hunt."

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While Art and Lottie were fishing in the river, not far downstream of the river, Ron was frolicking in the river with his guards, and it was their quietest time in a year.

The army has been strained for too long, and the next step will be to continuously expand the armament and reorganize training, in order to allow the soldiers and officers of the army to properly mediate and relax, Yat has granted the army a special ten-day repair period.

The defenses of the valley and beyond, were handed over to the peasants of the valley garrison under Bass.

Considering that soldiers need to spend money during the recuperation period, Yate issued a month's salary to all the soldiers and officers who went out to fight, so that the soldiers and officers had a salary in their pockets and did not panic.

During the renovations, some alcoholic officers and soldiers stayed in the tavern of the wooden fort all day long, exchanging the copper coins in their money bags for the fruit wine and ale of Lady Emma's house;

Some officers and soldiers were reluctant to spend lavishly, so after obtaining the consent of the commander, they entered in groups to hunt, and then brought the prey back to the wooden fort and handed it to the gang for some hard-earned money, which was then made into delicious food by the guy;

Some officers and soldiers came to several settlements and villages where the people lived, looking for a girl they liked, and after giving a gift, they took the girl to wander in the grass and woods;

There were also a few officers and soldiers who had relatives in the valley, who exchanged the military salaries they had accumulated for a long time for food and materials to bring home to support their wives and children;

And the commanders and senior officers of the army took advantage of some free time to pay their salaries and hire people to build wooden houses in the newly demarcated area outside the wooden fort......

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Downstream of the river, five miles south of the village of Kutim, a third village in the flatlands of the valley along the river has taken shape.

The village was to be built larger than the village of Kutim, and the civil magistrate Cooper, together with some of the craftsmen, laborers, laborers, and reformed prisoners of war under the command of the construction steward, plus a large number of new and unsheltered lords, a total of more than 17 people, had been busy in this pre-planned vacant land for more than three months, and more than a dozen large and small houses had been built on the vacant land.

With the continuous addition of new recruits, the wooden houses in the newly built villages are constantly being built and expanded.

It's not a Sunday, but the two priests of the Wooden Castle Church {Hamish are parish priests, and Robert is the military priest who is temporarily living in the church. Came early to the newly built village to pray for the unstable people who had just arrived in the valley, and to warn them to follow God's will and work and multiply in this paradise that God had chosen as the "Garden of Eden......

As God's messengers, every word of the two priests' will for God was deeply embedded in the minds of the people, and it was more effective than boiling thick porridge and wheat paste a hundred times.

That's the power of faith.

At the end of May, Yate, who had been idle for more than ten days, began to be busy again, not because of the expansion and training of the army, but because of the successive groups of people who came to the valley to congratulate.

Most of these people were the large and small noble lords and wealthy merchant gentry of Tinets.

Now that Art has been promoted to the Baron of the Frontier of the Imperial Court, and concurrently serves as the Inspector of the Southern Frontier of the Imperial Court, and also controls the north-south trade routes and border entrances and exits that control the lifeblood of commerce and trade in the eastern part of the entire kingdom, and the always fierce Baron Bazel is still imprisoned in the prison of Art, those who need to do business or are subject to the jurisdiction of Art have figured out the direction of the wind, and have personally congratulated Art in the valley with valuable gifts.

For these aristocratic squires who usually didn't even look at Art, Art didn't want to pay attention.

Those ordinary squires and wealthy merchants could only send the valuable congratulatory gifts they carried to the garrison camp of Boulder Town, and after leaving a name, they were ordered to return;

For those knights and nobles who had a bit of brains, Yat sent Otto and Angus to the Boulder town camp to accompany them to a few feasts, and after accepting the gifts, they sent away;

Several barons from the county also went to the valley to congratulate Art on his promotion, and for these people, Art only reluctantly took time to accompany them to a simple dinner, and then "gifted" them out of the country after saying a few polite words of mutual care and support......

Looking at the last group of guests who had left the valley wooden fort, Cooper, the civil magistrate and steward of the valley, showed a trace of worry on his face, "Sir, will we treat the lords and nobles of the county like this, will it cause their hostility?" ”

Art patted the dust on the baron's regular robes and replied, "Cooper, you are also a man of experience. If I give them a good face today, they will think that I am a good talker, and when it comes time to squeeze their bones and boil oil, they will blame me. Today, I showed people with a cold face, and they only knew that I was not a good giver, and they would not dare to shirk my requests in the future. This is the human heart. ”

Cooper looked down and thought for a moment, and that was indeed the case.

When Art was about to turn around and go back to the mansion to rest, a sentry rode back to the wooden fort, "My lord, Baron Antayas of Andermatt Fort has come to congratulate you personally with a few knights, and is now resting at the Beiguan Military Fort, are they allowed to enter the valley?" ”

Art turned around and walked up to the sentry and ordered, "Quick, order the Beiguan Military Fort to entertain Baron Antayas well, and tell him that I will go to Beiguan to meet him immediately."

Then he commanded Cooper: "Cooper, order the men to prepare bread, bacon, fruits, vegetables, and wine, and I will entertain Baron Antayas."

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Baron Antayas led two of Andermatt's most powerful subordinates, Druid and Chloe, to visit the Barony of the Valley, where they were received by Arte and his wife Lottie, as well as the commanders of the army and several stewards of the civil administration.

Antaas was very grateful to Art for not only allowing him to buy southern goods from the border at a low price and sell them to the eastern counties through Fort Andermatt, but also moved by Art's funding of his 20,000 fennigs.

Out of sincere congratulations to their friends, Antayas and his entourage brought Yate two sets of chain mail, three military horses, ten gōng nǔs, and three wagons of mountain goods and furs, as well as wheat and grain, which was already a rich gift for the not wealthy Andermatt Fort.

By the way, after hearing that Art was fond of hunting, Baron Antaas personally purchased two excellent breeds of deer hounds from the eastern border of the country and gave them to Art.

When Art had just sent Antayas and his party out of the Beiguan Military Fort, a cavalry team appeared in the wasteland outside the Beiguan Military Fort.

They were the ranks of Berrion, viscount of the court of Provence.

The war between Provence and the Lombards was drawing to an end, and Berrion had marched to the southern border of Vilno.

When Viscount Berrion learned of Art's promotion to baron through the Southern Caravan, he sent his knights of the Inner House with a set of full-body plate armor carefully crafted by Milan's top armor craftsmen, although it was impossible for him to escape from the north himself.

This set of plate armor was originally a gift from the Provençal court to Berion, but it was given to Art by the Viscount of Berion as the most valuable gift, and the two were of similar size, which was also very suitable.

This set of plate armor ranges from foot armor, shin armor, knee armor, thigh armor, and spurs to armpit shields, upper arm armor, forearm armor, and hand armor covering the arms and hands; From the breastplate covering the body, waist armor

From detachable visors and neck armor to cover the head and neck, it is all available. These are just the large parts of the entire plate armor, and there are many small bits and pieces that connect the large parts.

What amazes Art the most is that the entire set of plate armor is made of fine iron, but it is not too bulky, and some joints are also perfectly handled, so that the movement is not too sluggish after wearing it.

After getting this plate armor, Art couldn't put it down. However, he was not in a hurry to put on this plate armor to show it around, and sent the plate armor to the craftsman's workshop, so that several craftsmen could carefully study and explore, and strive to imitate this plate armor.

However, after two days of research, several craftsmen replied directly to Art - it could not be imitated.

Art was not disappointed by this result, and he simply ordered the craftsmen to do their best to make a simple batch of plate armor based on this plate armor......