Arold sat back by the warm fireplace, not far from his feet, on a bear skin laid on the ground, where little William sat playing with the wooden horse and the dolls, and his wife, Princess Josie, leaned on Arrod's arms, a very warm family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"My wife, you're emaciated." Arold held Princess Josie's white little hand, caressed her face with the other hand, and said softly to Princess Josie.

"Ever since you left, I've always had nightmares, in which you're covered in blood, and I try to grab your hand, but in a blink of an eye you're gone." Princess Josie sighed softly and said to Arrod.

"It's me who is not good, I won't let you worry about it again in the future." Arold swore to Princess Josie.

"Yes." Under the flame of the fireplace, Princess Josie nodded gently, her cheeks rose red, looking at his wife's delicate face, Arrod couldn't help but feel a wave in her heart.

"The nurse will take little William to play elsewhere!" Arold said to the maid standing at the doorway.

"Yes, Lord Duke." The nurse hurriedly stepped forward to pick up little William, opened the door and took little William to her room, and several maids also followed.

"You, this is ~." Princess Josie seemed to have a premonition and struggled to get up from Arold's arms, but was held by Arold's strong arms.

"Don't go, I always dream of you during the journey." Arold smiled and put her lips to Princess Josie's neck and whispered into her ear.

"What do you dream of me?" Princess Josie bowed her head shyly and resigned herself to Arrod's mercy.

"I dreamed that you were meticulously lying on a bear skin, hooking your fingers at me." Arold bit Princess Josie's earlobe and said to her.

"Sakura~~." Princess Josie fell limply in Arrod's arms, the flames in the fireplace jumped brightly, and the hot light radiated in the bedroom, as if to melt everything, and soon the sound of the bedroom falling to the ground, and the sound of silk cracking, followed by the wheezing of beasts and the moaning of the woman who made the maids outside the door blush, and on the bearskin carpet on the floor, the bear's wide open mouth seemed to look at something in surprise, and in its dark eyes reflected the figure of an entangled pair of lovers.

The next morning, the sun shone through the window in the bedroom, Arrod's eyes moved, he opened his eyes to see Princess Josie lying in his arms with a sweet face, and Arrod's mouth showed a smile.

"Hmm." Arold sat up cautiously, covered Princess Josie's sleek white dazzling body with a woolen blanket, and tiptoed into his pants and lining.

"Lord Duke." Several maids who were asleep leaning against the door heard the sound of Arold opening the door, and they quickly stood up and greeted Arold.

"Shhhhh Arold put on a shawl and said to the maids.

"Yes, Lord Duke." After the maids hurriedly curtsied to Arrod, they secretly glanced at Arold's strong body, Princess Josie's hissing and exhaustive crying did not stop last night, this Duke can really toss, the maids thought shyly.

Arold walked in the cloister of the castle, passing by the servants and courtiers around him saluting him, everything was so calm, Arold stood in the cloister with his arms crossed and looked at the courtyard, where the flowers were in full bloom, but the last warm period of autumn was almost over, and soon the cold north wind was coming.

"Lord Duke." Brother Elvet was passing by with a few of his men, and when he saw Arold standing there, Brother Elvet hurriedly walked over.

"Oh, Brother Elvet, everything is normal during the time I'm gone, right?" Arold looked at Brother Elvet and asked him with a smile.

"Everything is fine in the territory, and there is good news today." Brother Elvet said with a smile to Arrod.

"Oh, what's the good news?" Arold asked.

"The armed merchant ship you asked the dock to build will be launched today, and Soros asked me to ask if the Duke is free to attend the launching ceremony today?" Brother Elvet reports on Arrod.

"Oh, that's a good thing! Of course I'm going, you just go and tell Soros. "Arold knew that his territory would be populated more and more, that a lot of trade would ensure that his territory would prosper, and that it was a very important time for his territory to be able to build ships, and the launch of this armed merchant ship meant that Mecklenburg already had the capacity to build ships.

Brother Elvet left with Arrod's orders, and Arrod looked for a while and found that Havina had not appeared, so he curiously grabbed a court attendant and inquired, only to find out that Havina seemed to have been busy with a spy case recently, and went to the island of Rügen, Count Ron.

"Rügen? Where did she go and what did she do, could it be that something happened to the Vikings? Arold rubbed his chin in confusion and pondered, his commercial shipping routes must pass through the waters of Denmark and Norway, and there could be no fork in Northern Europe.

"I don't know, Havina was in a hurry, and this time she was in a carriage, as if she didn't want anyone else to know." The court attendant said to Arryd.

"It's weird, okay, you go down." Arold was puzzled by Havina's actions, knowing that Havina would definitely report to him before, but recently he deliberately alienated Havina for the sake of family harmony, so Havina seemed to be angry with herself.

In the port of Mecklenburg, there is an armed merchant ship docked, Soros proudly looks at this not very large merchant ship, although this merchant ship is small in the eyes of other port lords, but it is made by the shipwrights that Soros has collected for more than half a year.

"Lord Soros, will such a merchant ship be satisfied?" The shipwrights asked Soros worriedly.

"I don't know about this, but the Duke let us do it, so he shouldn't blame us too much!" Soros is also a little unclear, he also knows that this merchant ship is very simple, but you must know that for many territories that rely on maritime transportation, shipwrights and shipwrights are very important resources, and they are generally forbidden to flow out, if it were not for Arrod ordering the Brotherhood of Blood to secretly search for slave markets in other territories, only to collect such a few shipbuilding talents, I am afraid it would not have been built at all.

"This kind of ship is far inferior to the Viking Dragon First Battleship." A Viking warrior on the side looked at it with disdain and said that the Vikings themselves were experts in shipbuilding, but they were very obsessed with the speed of the dragon's head ship, and Arold required that the new ship must have a certain load capacity, so he rejected the Vikings' proposal.

"The Duke is here." At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves was heard from the road, and Arold was seen leading his vassals to the docks.

Soros and the others hurriedly stood outside the port, respectfully welcoming the arrival of Arold and others, and they didn't know whose idea it was, and they also deliberately searched for a few wandering artists who played the double flute with leather bags and made a melodious flute sound.

"Brother, this is your big ship, it's a little small!" Arold and the others had not stopped, a crisp voice sounded, and I saw Arold's sister Lina with wide eyes, looking at the merchant ships parked at the port and said with some disappointment.

"Miss Lena, please be quiet." Herman rode after Lena, and he hurriedly reminded her.

"I'm telling the truth, I still had some expectations." Lena pouted and said unconvinced.

"Okay, my sister, this is the first homemade merchant ship in our territory, although it is a little smaller now, but in the future we will make more and better ships, so that the entire Baltic Sea can sail with Mecklenburg's mighty fleet." Arrod looked at his sister dotingly and said loudly.

"That's right, Lord Duke said." Julian and the others hurriedly said.

"Soros did a good job." Arold kicked the mount under his crotch, slowly walked in front of Soros, and said to Thoros and the shipwrights who bowed respectfully to him.

"Willing to serve the Duke." Soros secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that the ship he made was too small, which would cause Arrod to be dissatisfied, but now it seems that Arold is not angry.

"Congratulations, Lord Soros, but how much did it cost to build this ship?" Brother Elvet, who was also riding a mare, sat down on the horse and walked up to Arrod's side and said.

"Well, the ship cost about seven hundred silver." Soros hesitated, but still said stubbornly.

"What, seven hundred silver houses, this can equip a heavy cavalry." Hearing Soros's words, the nobles' eyes widened in surprise, they didn't expect such a small boat to be so expensive.

"Tsk, I didn't expect such a small ship to cost so much money?" Brother Elvet smacked his mouth and glanced at Arrod.

"Hey, what's the panic? Boats are inherently more expensive, but once they are in operation at sea, the profits they bring to me are huge. "Arold doesn't care, people in this era may be accustomed to land power, but as a traverser knows the importance of sea power, most of the earth is covered with the ocean, as long as you control the sea then you have the initiative, some people in the Celestial Empire in later generations always think that the navy spends money, but they don't know that without a strong navy, your fist will never be able to stretch out, and you can only watch people spread their teeth and claws around you.

"Yes, yes, Lord Duke." Hearing Arrod's assertive insistence, Brother Elvet's face turned a little pale, and he lowered his head and said.

"Soros, if you have a ship, you must also have good sailors, you must not only train a shipyard for me, but also train good sailors for me." Arold instructed Soros.

"Yes, I will do it to Lord Shon." Soros hurriedly promised.

The priest raised the cross in his hand and blessed the first ship of Mecklenburg, and Arold and the nobles stood by to watch, and when the priest had blessed him, Soros asked Arold to name it.

"I made my fortune by building the first fortress, and this first ship is called the Raging Lion!" Arold said to the crowd.

"Angry Lion, okay~~." The nobles cheered.

"Ping~~." Arold picked up a wine bottle and smashed it into the Lion, and the sailors untied the ropes, and the Lion slowly sailed into the sea.