The ground floor of the castle is mainly the rooms and storage rooms where the chambers live, and the upper floor is the lord's hall where banquets and councils are held, and there is a spacious chapel next to it, so that the Duke can listen to the teachings of God and cleanse his soul from the world.

The third floor is cluttered with the daily living rooms of scholars and the miscellaneous and dilapidated rooms they use for experiments, partly ventilated and sunny, partly shaded and windy, which can meet all the harsh conditions needed, of course, the scholars who fiddle with the strange things that can make explosions, there is another laboratory outside the castle, so that they don't have to meet the dead rats one day, and mix a few raw materials together to tear the castle down, which one do you want me to cry on?

There is a small waterwheel on the outer wall of the castle at the bottom of the hill near the river, which can be skillfully controlled by four or five workers to bring clean water to the castle, solve the problem of high draft, and also provide a guarantee for the castle to hold after the fall of the outer city.

In order to commend the old scholar who rummaged in the pile of old papers for more than half a year, only to find a certain decayed parchment scroll that was about to fall apart, recording the drawings of the precision waterwheel in the ancient Roman era, I generously allocated a large room to him, and envied other scholars who crowded the room every day to dump old books, and also hoped that I could find something valuable to exchange for a better experimental environment, I watched all this happen with a smile, and said to Leonardo with satisfaction:

"Look, that's what I said about the catfish effect......"

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Waking up from last night's hangover, I hugged the beauty in my arms with satisfaction, lying in my cozy large bedroom specially furnished, a ray of sunlight penetrated through the thick nylon curtains, and scratched a dazzling trace on the ground, I turned over on the bed covered with a cashmere blanket, closed my eyes comfortably and prepared to sleep.

Yesterday's banquet was a great success, showing all the visitors the power of Nijmegen, especially its solid economic strength, with a table full of dishes and exquisite cutlery, which absolutely blinded the eyes of those who had never seen the world's native buns, and the silver plate and the whole set of knives and forks alone were enough to make their mouth water, not to mention the unlimited supply of delicious food made with so many precious ingredients that they almost chewed on the silver plate.

After a few glasses of mellow wine, the envoys immediately revealed their true nature, and they all knew everything and said everything, and the accompanying Nijmegen nobles hugged their arms and called each other brothers, and a few of them happily promised that when the Nijmegen Chamber of Commerce settled in their territory, they would definitely say a few kind words in front of the lord.

I stared at the harmonious scene in front of me with a smile, but I was thinking in my heart how to exchange the least input for the highest output, and take the opportunity to slaughter him.

It took a few days to finally get the big and small things done, and I gradually got used to the life of the castle, and it was a pleasant thing to stand on the small balcony at the top of the tower every evening and watch the sun slowly set over the horizon of the meandering Vaal River.

"Oda Nobunaga, who was in the world's martial arts back then, stood on the castle tower on the verge of Lake Biwa Azuchi Castle and looked down on the world, isn't that his temperament?" My arms were intertwined, and I faced my land with confidence, and pride grew in my chest.

After finishing the short chores of the parents, I finally had time to free up my hands and clean up the official business that had accumulated in the past few days, in fact, in the final analysis, the official business of Nijmegen was the household chores of me, the Duke, but it involved more people.

Wangcai took a group of palace clerks to run around the city every day to arrange for residents to move in, and there will definitely be some small friction and unpleasant places between you and me, but it is not good to make too much trouble in front of the old palace minister, and you will move into the new home smoothly.

Leonardo is in charge of the financial power of Nijmegen, and every payment he handles must be carefully reviewed, and he can be skinned, and he can be pierced by his neck, and over time he will get the nickname of a stingy old goat, and sometimes when he is serious, he will not even give me the face of the duke, and no one can spend money in a special way, but then again, only in this way can I rest assured that I can hand over the money bag to him to take care of, without worrying about being misappropriated and digging the foot of the wall, is there a better financial steward than a miser who does not recognize his relatives?

Leonardo is dealing with a group of clerks who are about his age, or just looks about the same age as him, and has been immersed in books and numbers all year round, so that these smart brains are full of flowers, and the severe lack of sleep has caused deep dark circles under his eyes, and his facial skin is dull, how to look at how to be the same age as Leonardo.

Although the generations of Enides have accumulated a lot of family funds, but the actual control of the capital in my hands is not much, only the part related to Leonardo, in order to ensure that the organization will not be wiped out by external forces, Enides was forced to divide into many veins to implement a single line of contact, each leader is only responsible for running his own organization, and does not interfere with each other's actions, unless necessary, they do not interact with each other, which causes the current very embarrassing situation.

Leonardo and his organization recognize me, and the others either refuse to recognize my legitimacy, or they can't be contacted, or even Leonardo himself doesn't know where they are!

Duke Crescenti is the chief leader of this generation, carefully protecting the vast network of Enides, and he didn't even leave a pamphlet like the contact list of the Heaven and Earth Society before he generously went to the execution, so that I played for a long time and was just a hypocrite who was not recognized by most people, it was just a cheat!

"You're asking for more investment in the canal project, and if that's the case, the funding for the construction of the road won't be available in time."

Leonardo took the parchment scroll handed by a clerk and looked at it, squinting his old eyes and reading the numbers with great difficulty, but don't be deceived by his old appearance, even if he is blind, he still maintains an innate keen eye for numbers.

"This is not possible, the two projects must be built at the same time, and one cannot be stopped, and there is no way to explain which is more important."

I waved my hand to reject Leonardo's suggestion, and I didn't bother to read the dossier full of dense numbers, anyway, I am an adult, just issue orders, and with Leonardo's ability, deducting some money from between my teeth is enough to do something earth-shattering.

"We don't have a lot of money left, and we can't spend it all."

Leonardo tapped his age-spotted head and picked up another piece of parchment from the pile of paper: "You have to build a larger paper mill in the lower reaches of the river outside the city, although the toilet paper produced in Nijmegen is very marketable in aristocratic circles, but its meager income minus expenses can make up for the shortfall of the profit is a drop in the bucket, and it is a bad deal." ”

I shrugged helplessly, saying that we must unswervingly maintain the advanced productive forces that promote the progress of this society: "The paper mill cannot be stopped, and the scale will be expanded in the future, and I have asked those scholars who are raised in the court to ponder how to turn the rough straw paper into smooth and smooth paper that can provide writing, and I believe that there will be results soon, think about it, what kind of brilliant achievements will our industry achieve by then?" ”

Leonardo put down the scroll of paper in his hand and frowned very suspiciously: "Maybe then, we can hand over our achievements to God for inspection, if we can all reach heaven......"

Every time I talk to the old guy about money, I will inevitably break up unhappily, it seems that this time is the same, I look at the words and do not speculate, hurriedly find an excuse to leave the room, and do not forget to draw a big cake with him when I leave:

"In a few days, I will draw a drawing and find someone to make you a simple calculation tool called the abacus in the East, which will liberate your brains, make calculations simple, and by the way, let you see the endless creativity of adults and me......"

Leonardo made a frightened expression, then lowered his head and continued to sort out the accounts, leaving me standing at the door waiting to enjoy the compliment, desolate in the face of a room of nerds who did not raise their heads and did not open their eyes, and had to laugh dryly twice, and leave with no interest in themselves.

The resettlement work in the city has been completed for the most part, but then more questions will be put on the agenda, how should the many citizens guide them to correct and healthy living habits, how to let them learn at least not to litter, not to pour dirty water and urine into the drainage ditch in front of the door?

How to ensure that the dense population is not infected with diseases and can effectively maintain law and order and fire safety? What is the arrangement for the bereaved families of disabled soldiers who have lost their ability to work?

You can't all carry dung baskets all over the world to pick up dung, or receive them as servants in the castle in one go, these need to be cleared up little by little, and then form a whole set of rules and regulations to facilitate the future according to the agreement.

Thinking of this, I was so upset that I poured a big sip of ale, and I was determined not to worry about this little bother.

Housework is laborious, so leave it to the person who plays with the brain!

As a member of this era of fire, and first and foremost a knight, war is an indispensable theme in life, and the adage that although the castle is comfortable, it must die if it is warlike, and it must be dangerous if it is forgotten.

It is necessary to maintain an elite duke's direct army, especially in the absence of absolute order, treachery and disobedience often happen, even if it is a brother of a family, it is not uncommon to turn their faces and deny fratricidal tragedies, so taking advantage of this period of relative stability, it is necessary to reorganize the army of Nijmegen, on the one hand, to ensure the safety of the territory, and at the same time, it can also deter those vassals who are in the twilight and make them as well-behaved and obedient as kittens.

Because once their feudal lords are cowardly, they don't mind helping adults take care of the land and family property, and my lord, didn't I just take the opportunity to grab the body of His Majesty Otto and ask for the price? With your own experience, of course, you can't repeat the mistakes of the past.

(End of chapter)