With a dozen craftsmen brought by Felix to join the construction army of the Valley Knights, the two-story lord's mansion in the courtyard of the wooden castle was quickly completed The main frame was quickly completed, and the craftsmen were splicing pieces of smooth thick wood into the frame, and a two-story mansion with a wooden frame about sixty feet long and wide had basically taken shape.

Early in the morning, Art had just come out of the tent outside the wooden fort, and instead of going directly to the army training ground in the open space to the south, he went straight into the wooden fort and came to the busy construction site in the courtyard, where the frame of a two-story wooden house had been completed, and the craftsmen and laborers were fitting the planks into the frame.

Cooper, who was sketching on a parchment drawing, saw Art coming, and quickly put down the quill in his hand to greet him, "Master, the wooden frame part of the mansion has been built, the bottom floor of the mansion has been raised by one foot with earth and stone, the wall base five feet from the base foot up is all surrounded by stones and caulked with modulated clay, and the upper part is all built with high-quality wood, so that the foundation of the house is stable and not easy to be damp, there are five rooms of all sizes on the first floor, the widest in the middle is the lord's hall, and the two rooms on the left are your official room and storeroom, On the right is the kitchen and guest room, and a small wooden cabin will be built to serve as a servant's house by opening the wall outside the kitchen. The second floor is your solitary place, according to your requirements, there is a lord's bedroom, a noble room, a small office, two miscellaneous rooms, the lord's bedroom is also equipped with the washing room you want, and there is a secret room next to the bedroom; On the inside of the second floor, there will also be a thatched hut with a livestock shed underneath, and a small terrace on the outside of the second floor facing the valley stream. In addition, now there are a little more craftsmen in the wooden castle, and you can add another roof attic on the second floor. ”

Art gently took down the drawings on the wooden board in front of Cooper, and looked at them carefully, Cooper was worthy of being a builder, and the drawings he made had a clear structure and reasonable structure, "Very good, just do this, you have to take into account speed and quality, this is my first mansion, I don't want to have such and such problems just after living in." "Anyway, return the drawings to Cooper.

Cooper took the drawings with both hands and promised, "Don't worry, sir, I will put all my energy into the construction of the mansion." ”

Cooper pointed to the busy craftsmen and laborers who came and went in and out of the construction site, and said: "During this time, all the craftsmen and laborers have been working day and night, and it is estimated that it will be basically completed in about twenty days, and then you only need to put all the utensils brought back from Talburg into the mansion, and you can move in." ”

Art nodded with satisfaction, and said, "The craftsmen and laborers have worked hard, and everyone has worked hard during this time, so you should instruct the men to provide sufficient food for the craftsmen and laborers, and tell the craftsmen that in addition to the salary they should pay, I will have another reward when the mansion is completed, and the same will be true for labor." ”

"Yes sir, I will definitely convey your gratitude."

There was a lot of laborer labor in the construction site of the mansion, and there was no need for Art to do it himself, so after a round of inspection, Art left the courtyard and came to the parish school located next to the central chapel of the expanded wooden castle.

The parish school is next to the chapel, but it is larger than the chapel, and there are three rooms in it, in addition to the hall that serves as a classroom, as a bedroom for the apprentices to sleep and eat, and a smaller room is the house of the Persian healer Fanaz, because this is a woman, it is difficult for Art to arrange her to live in Thomas's valley doctor's workshop, so she can only set aside a separate room in the school to live, which is not only convenient for Fanaz to teach medicine in the school, but also allows her to supervise the daily life of the apprentices in the school nearby.

Art walked into the school, where Father Hamish taught the apprentices basic theological knowledge in the morning.

Father Hamish had been so drunk last night that he was still burping his apprentices with a mouthful of wine as he lectured his apprentices, and Art stood outside the classroom door and listened through the crack in the wooden door as the unscrupulous priest told the children Bible stories," ...... After this, Abraham led his people on a perilous journey, despite the doubts around him. Along the way, he went through numerous trials and witnessed the destruction of the sinful Sodom. His cause was inherited by his descendants, and Moses led his people out of Pharaoh's slavery, established the Jews with various miracles, and made a covenant with Yahweh with the Ten Commandments. ”

"Okay children, that's all for today's Bible story, write your new five letters." Hamish saw the shadow of Art outside the door, and ended the lecture and went straight to the classroom door.

"Good day, Father Hamish." Art bowed his head slightly and greeted Hamish.

"Good day, Lord Art." Hamish nodded back.

"It's been more than a month since you've been in the valley, how are you, are you still used to being here?" Art asked.

"It's very good, at least no one here scolds me for drinking, and the wine here tastes good."

Art also felt very strange about this priest, he did not have the consciousness of other priests to practice asceticism, and he was also dissolute and unruly, and did not care about the rules and precepts of the church, but this strange guy could still return to his original position when presiding over the sacraments of the church, so Art not only did not deliberately correct anything, but even asked Cooper to give Hamish a sufficient supply of drinks and supplies, so this guy who was not welcomed outside lived a very nourishing life in the valley. Now Father Hamish is not only in charge of the affairs of the chapel, but he is also in charge of the assistant parish school.

According to the previous arrangement, the parish school was directly managed by the civil magistrate, but later Cooper reminded Art that in order not to arouse suspicion, it would be more appropriate to completely attach the school to the name of the church, and Art adopted the opinions of the people, and the parish school claimed to be a place for training believers and adopting orphans, and the parish school mainly studied simple general literature, arithmetic, military training, theology, medicine, etc. In addition, the army will also select some clever and intelligent soldiers to enter the academy from time to time.

"Father Hamish, in the future, I will provide all the supplies for the church, and I will also ask the civil magistrate to pay the church a monthly fee of one hundred and twenty pfennigs for your use." Art didn't want the power of the church to spread uncontrollably in his territory, nor did he want Hamish to interfere in his rule over his territory with the help of religion, so he had to block Hamish's appetite with money, food, and materials from the beginning.

Hamish was a wise man, and he understood Arter's deep meaning, and said, "It doesn't matter to me personally, but the church will definitely notice this rich land of yours in time, and if the church wants to collect holy taxes (tithes) on your land, then it is not for me to do the Lord." However, I will not meddle in your worldly affairs, nor will you meddle in my personal life, and I have left the prosperous city of Lucesin to come to this remote valley not to listen to you and me about the cultivation of virtue. ”

Art was amused by the chubby priest in front of him, who knew that he was a good man by nature, who was only a drunkard and always unkempt, but that it was harmless to his rule, and that it was okay to indulge within the limits.

"Yes, I promise your conditions."

"Fabulous!" Hamish burped, lifted the corner of his skirt around his waist, took off the wine bag hidden inside, and took a sip......

While the two were talking, Fanaz, a Persian woman with a large bundle of herbs in her hand, walked into the school from the outside, bowed slightly to Yat and Father Hamish, and pushed open the wooden door and entered the classroom.

Hamish's eyes moved with the Persian woman for a moment, and he frowned and turned to Art and said, "Lord Art, I just said that I don't want to dictate the affairs of your territory, but isn't it inappropriate to let a pagan woman teach the orphans of the saints?" Moreover, this Persian woman taught medicine mostly things that were not recognized by the church, and the same healer Thomas, who used some strange cures to treat the wounded. Now you don't have many people, and this place is quite closed, if there are many people in the future, I am afraid that it will attract the attention of the church, and I am afraid that it will be the people of the Inquisition......"

Hamish was a very enlightened clergyman, and he was reluctantly receptive to these miraculous healing techniques, but as a man who had been infected with religion since childhood, he was well aware of the Church's attitude towards heresy, so he couldn't help but remind this little lord who had treated him well.

Art bowed his head and pondered for a moment, as far as he was concerned, he absolutely accepted the healing skills of Thomas and Fanaz, and he himself often used the healing techniques he knew in his previous life to heal the wounded, but as the spiritual ruler of this dark age, the Church would not tolerate the appearance of heresies that challenged God's authority.

"Thank you, Father Hamish, for your advice, but you have also seen that Thomas and Fanaz's medical skills are indeed effective, and they have also treated many wounded soldiers for me. Moreover, Thomas was originally a devout saint, and Fanaz was willing to be baptized as a saint, since they were all saints, the medical skills they used were only to transmit the light of God, so that the saints could not be corrupted and tortured by disease. I guess that's what God wants to see, right? Art knew that it was impossible to convince Hamish with this foolishness, but he hoped that Hamish was not a calculating man.

Apparently unable to convince Hamish by his sophistry, Arter shook his head and said, "Lord Art, I am just reminding you to pay attention to these things, and believe me I know better than you what the heads of the temple think all day. ”

"But it's a good idea for you to baptize that Persian woman, at least when people think she's a heretic."

Adam said yes, then looked through the crack in the door and saw the Persian woman Faraz holding up a calendula plant in her hand for the apprentices to discern carefully, and then said: "Children, remember that this grass is called calendula grass, its main function is to heal festering wounds and speed up the healing of wounds, and this grass can be ground into powder and mixed with a small amount of belladonna powder to relieve pain, but the dosage must be controlled......"

"I really picked up a baby!" Art thought for a moment, then turned and continued to discuss with Father Hamish about the baptism of this pagan woman......