"You can spend more time with me today, don't get up so early, okay?"

She buried her face in her chest, and exhaled at me in a muffled voice, making her chest itch and teasing her feelings.

"But there's still a lot to do today!"

With a smile on the corner of my mouth, I gently stroked her smooth back, my fingers rubbing along the graceful curves repeatedly, as if I still didn't believe the reality of the beautiful woman in front of me, and I kind of liked this indescribable pleasure.

"We're going to pack up and move to the castle in Nijmegen in a few days, and I've got a new home for you, no worse than the one in Ghent." I assured her as if to show off, just like all men do, to prove my strength in front of the woman I love.

She squeezed my squeaky socket again, and hummed in a nasal and milky voice: "I know you are very busy, you have not been to our common room for so long, so that I can only sleep with my female companions every day, I am not a good woman, but I want to be a qualified wife, and the best mother in the world." ”

She sighed and jerked over, curled up in the quilt, her trembling shoulders sobbing as if she were sobbing.

"What kind of iniquity is this......

Sighing in my heart, I hurriedly leaned in and encircled Serena in my arms from behind, like a shell covered with egg yolks, pressed my chin against her head, and replied softly"

"Don't worry, I won't snub you anymore, you know that I was a little ...... in the past Spiritual cleanliness, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, in short, from today onwards, you are the real mistress of Nijmegen, we will have many healthy children, you will be a good wife, a good mother, and at the same time a qualified housewife, no one has ever doubted this. "In my previous life, I didn't even have a girl, and I learned to make girls happy without a teacher, which makes me rejoice in the instinct of men.

Serena finally stopped sobbing, but her voice was still a little trembling, and I stared at the dust falling from the roof for a long time before she said faintly: "Sometimes I still feel that I am living in a dream, and I am too scared to open my eyes, always thinking that once I return to reality, my soul will fall back to the miserable girl who no one cares about, far from her hometown, and in the dead of night, in the face of the empty room and the cold bed, I have no choice but to hold myself tight." ”

"I know I'm not a good woman, at least not the kind of good woman you have in your heart, but I want to really come into your life, and I want to try to reap the family happiness that a woman deserves from marriage, and the days of indulgence in the past are unbearable, and it is impossible to start over, but after this, I will stand behind my husband and support the whole family like all conscientious women."

"Poor woman......"

What comfort can I give as a husband other than hugging her?

Thinking like this, I opened my arms and hugged her tighter, and the two hot hearts leaned together, and began to live a life of breathing and sharing fate, as for whether this choice was right or wrong, let the just God judge.

We didn't get up until noon, and as soon as we went out, we found that everyone in the castle had a look of excitement on their faces, as if it was a rare joy for their lord and mother to have sex together, more shocking than Mars hitting the earth.

Especially the maids of the court, when they brought water to wash us, they couldn't hold back their laughter and couldn't bear to look funny, and when they walked away, two or three people gathered together and whispered.

"Gossip is really a woman's nature, and it has been known from ancient times to the present."

I pouted, deciding to ignore their curiosity to spy on secrets, and compared to me, Serena's approach was perfect, her every move was as graceful as usual, the only thing that changed was the confidence that was missing in her bones, and people couldn't help but be in awe while admiring her beauty and properness.

Leonardo was still as usual, when there was nothing to do, he sat early under the window of the castle hall to bask in the sun, stretching his wrinkled old skin, as if he was a solar cell, as if he could charge his body, and sometimes he still had words in his mouth, and he didn't know what country tune he was humming, or staring at something with deep eyes, and the old man's comfortable appearance was quite enviable.

"You're so interested!"

I don't know if it's because of last night, I walked into the hall refreshed, saw that everyone was festive, and saw Leonardo in a good mood and made a joke.

He slowly opened his eyes and glanced at me from top to bottom, and immediately laughed in understanding, and made an obscure bellows sound through his phlegm-rich throat, which was no different from a xx standing on a street corner, making people get goosebumps all over their bodies.

"Looks like you've just tamed a wild horse, and you've won easily."

Leonardo picked up the crutches placed on the side of his chair, stood up tremblingly, and approached step by step with his old body.

"So we will have a healthy little master next year, which is really a great thing to congratulate! I immediately ordered my subordinates to procure the finest silk from Italy, nay, from the Levant, and cotton from Persia, and ordered someone to prepare the necessary things, as well as a few specialized Saracen doctors, and, by the way, wet nurses. ”

Listening to Leonardo's tireless chatter there, I rubbed my head with a headache, sure enough, the older people are, the more they like children, and talking about these trivial things is simply hilarious, more professional than an old mother, and I can't dampen his enthusiasm, so I can only listen to him with a smile on the corner of my mouth, and finish the stinky and long words, and then seize the opportunity to bring the conversation back on track: "How are things going in the castle?" ”

If there is anything that can immediately bring the old fellow back to his usual state of wisdom and wisdom, it is to talk to him about making money or a series of jobs related to it, Leonardo heard this, and the child who seemed to have found his favorite toy immediately became interested, and then I replied:

"Basically, since the completion of the main body of the city wall last month, the people have been moving to the city one after another, according to your requirements, priority is given to the families of the fallen soldiers, in addition to the castle, the houses of soldiers and merchants, but also to build a complete sewer system, this project is very large and delicate, plus the group of priests work is simply not recognized, in order to achieve perfection meticulously, so the progress of the project is very slow, the cost is increasing day by day, and we have to add funds on the basis of the original budget."

The old guy knocked on his slightly hunched back with a sad face, feeling sorry for me for spending money where it shouldn't be.

If there is anything that can make him from smart and wise to an old mother again, it must be to spend money, this miser has always believed in the principle that money should not be stingy, and that no money should be wasted, and in his opinion the construction of a castle should definitely be invested in a huge amount of money, and it will be built into a fortress that can never be breached, but forget about some novelty of burying pipes in the ground, for this matter he has been babbling in my ear.

I interrupted his continued complaining, and wanted to quickly turn over the article: "Let's talk about the castle, since I went to Italy to fight, I haven't observed the progress of the project for a long time, I wonder if it has been built according to my construction requirements?" ”

Speaking of my whimsical designs, they are all brilliant ideas that even the masters of the architectural guild have admired, but in the actual construction it is also a difficult problem, just the construction of the octagonal front convex tower and the regimental city outside the city gate, the progress of the whole project has been repeatedly slowed down, because the large amount of high-quality stone required has to be transported from another quarry far away, and in order to ensure that it can withstand the great destructive force of the trebuchet, the joints of the stones are smeared with cement to ensure that not even a piece of iron can be inserted, all of which increase the difficulty of the project.

Although the priests and craftsmen built many elaborate machines with the help of ancient drawings and memories of my past lives, progress was still very slow, and the first castle was not completed until the end.

Leonardo stared into my eyes, and then confidently patted his chest and assured: "As a merchant I have traveled to many places, seen the glorious cities of Byzantium, witnessed the majestic walls of Antioch, and have been doing business in Rome for a long time, and know all the civilized cities, but I can guarantee that the castle of Nijmegen is the strongest and most invincible fortress I have ever seen in my life, not to mention the natural terrain advantages, and the exquisite city defense system is unique, unless God forsaken us, Otherwise, even if it is a hundred thousand troops, they can only look at the city and sigh! ”

Although I know that he is exaggerating between the lines, as the main designer of the castle, I am still a little complacent, and the knowledge of this era has made me consider all possible loopholes, and then make up for a lot of innovative things, as I said at the beginning, at least before the invention of artillery, or the enemy is ready to besiege the city for many years, Nijmegen Castle can definitely laugh at all enemies, and stand tall in this era of war.

"You did a good job in this matter, and completed the work with quality and quantity."

I poured the old man a glass of ale and handed it over as an encouragement, patted the back of his hand and continued: "The guards will also be strengthened with the completion of the castle, and I see that the new batch of young men will soon be able to complete their studies and be faithfully impeccable, so let them all be added to the Praetorian Guard." ”

"The peasant children who were raised in the castle?"

Leonardo touched his face and said slowly: "It turns out that you have thought it through, but I didn't even expect this layer, compared to me, you are a scheming that does not match your age." ”

The Praetorian Guard is the backbone of the Nijmegen Territory, similar to the Emperor's Central Army, and must be personally trained by myself from an early age in order to become an elite of the ten.

(End of chapter)