The construction of the castle was in order, although the monks who helped with the construction were puzzled by many of Arold's designs and plans, such as the fact that Arold did not allow live poultry and livestock to live in their nests and people. This is because Arrod knew that many human diseases were contracted by intermingling with live poultry and livestock, and in order to avoid diseases that were more terrible than those of his enemies, he made preparations in advance to separate poultry from human settlements.

Some of Arold's other ideas were also extremely rare in the eyes of the monks, the food eaten by people in the Middle Ages was fruit, cheese and barley bread, among which barley bread was not like what we ate in later generations, hard bread was harder than stone, and when eaten it had to be soaked in water and soup to soften before it could be eaten, so Arold ordered the serfs to soak the charred ashes in water, and pour some water soaked in the ashes when the bakers made them with barley flour. These barley breads, which were originally hard, turned out to be fluffy and delicious.

"What is this for?" Tearing off a small piece of fluffy barley bread with his hand, Julian's mouth filled with bread, and he sat in the hall of the Saxon House to dine with Arrod, and John Berg also munched on it, and he was also very puzzled by this, thinking that Arold was like a magician, who made such soft and delicious food out of plant ashes, Julian and John Berg were important people in Arold's team, so they lived on the second floor of the Saxon House when Arold did not have a family.

"Because there is something called alkali in the burnt plant ash, and it is this thing that makes the barley bread that is otherwise hard and soft." Arold had long hated the hard bread. He looked at the people whose morale had risen because of the soft food, and felt that he should innovate and improve the food, the emaciated people were not a good source of soldiers, the forest here was full of elk, the venison obtained by the hunters after hunting, Arold had people smoke it with pine needles and sawn ash, this bacon was not only good, but also conducive to long-term preservation.

"Count, we have divided the peasants into hunting teams, construction teams, cultivation teams, and workshop workers, as you commanded. However, we are still understaffed. Julian now serves as Arold's personal attendant. He had to arrange everything in the castle, and there was no way to do it, Arold didn't have his own courtiers, and now the only nobleman who could use it was Julian. Although Arold did not discriminate between the nobles and the commoners. As long as he has the ability, he is willing to promote. But the problem is that a large number of his people are illiterate, and it is impossible for the stupid peasants to complete their own plans, but Arold has just established himself in Mecklenshire. Prestige has not yet led the nobles to take refuge.

"It's okay, Jeff helped me contact the slave traders, I'll be coming to the Angry Lion Castle in the near future, the manpower problem is easy to solve, the construction of the house must be accelerated, and the sewage canal must be built, the waste water is discharged into the river through the sewage canal, summer is coming and we can't let the castle be full of mosquitoes." Arold picked up the cup and took a sip, he looked at the two current important ministers in front of him, and was a little worried about whether the construction of the canal could be done, don't look at the fact that the canal is just digging a trench in the ground, how to channel sewage into the river along the terrain is indeed a science, which makes him a little worried, but John Berg helped Arold solve this problem.

"Brother Elvet?" Arold was stunned when he heard this name, he felt that it was very familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, and immediately remembered that this was the traitor that Brother Barth had asked him to kill.

"That's right, Brother Elvet was originally in charge of the water conservancy of St. Fonso's monastery, and he has a lot of experience in water conservancy." John Berg took a chicken leg and said to Arold after biting half of it.

"Oh, okay then, let him try." Arold held his chin and thought about it, it was very easy to kill a monk in the land of the infidels, he had originally planned to do this, but since this monk named Elvet had a special talent, then the plan to kill him could be to back off, so Arold said to Johnberg.

"Yes, Lord Count." John Berg put down the drumsticks and nodded to Arrod.

The breakfast meeting of the Angry Lion Castle decided the day's work, and after the meal, Arold walked around the castle to check around, the plans in the castle were progressing smoothly, although there was a bit of a shortage of manpower, but because the goals were set, the projects were progressing, anyway, the most important defense was in place, and other supporting services and facilities could be taken slowly. Because the food brought by Arold was abundant, and the serfs were full of energy, some of them were assigned work, and some of them contributed to the construction of the castle, and when they saw Arold, they took off their hats and saluted him respectfully, not because they were afraid of the nobles, but out of their hearts.

"Has the Earl accepted your advice?" John Berg went to the mercenary longhouse, one of which held Brother Elvet, in fact, he couldn't run away without imprisoning him, Arold's Angry Lion Castle had all kinds of secret posts in addition to the archers on the arrow tower and the guards at the city gates, these secret posts were equipped with horses, and if they found anyone who left without permission, the dark guard would ride on a horse and arrest him.

"Yes, as you said, the Count has appointed you as the manager of the sewers, are you planning to escape?" Johnberg looked at the young monk in front of him, he knelt under the window opening of the longhouse and seemed to pray, Johnberg did not take the captive in his eyes, but Brother Elvett told Johnberg about the Count of Geneva, which made Johnberg have to give him three points, Brother Elvet turned out to be related to the Count of Geneva, that is to say, a relative of the monarch of Johnberg.

"Run away, no, for what is the reason for running away, I want to help Lord Count Arrod." Brother Elvet stood up, his body slender and very straight, and he stood in front of the strong John Berg with a proud aura, as if he were not a captive but a noble monarch.

"Help Lord Count Arrode?" Johnberg's brow furrowed, he didn't believe the monk in front of him, he heard from the monks of St. Fonso Monastery that Brother Elvet had betrayed Brother Barth and helped Robert kill several high-ranking monks, and now he was going to betray Robert and throw himself into Arrod's arms, or was it just a conspiracy to try to get close to Arold and wait for an opportunity to disadvantage him.

"That's right, the only thing I resent was not being able to get the status I matched, Hoff. Hannes could not recognize my talents, nor could the mediocre Brother Barth, and of course any stupid Robert, which made me think for a time that there was no one in this world who could make me loyal, but Count Arold was like a messenger of God, and he did everything beyond my imagination, and it seemed that the Lord had not abandoned us when there were such young and talented nobles in the world. Brother Elvet spoke eloquently to Johnberg, his face flushed with emotion, and his eyes glowed feverishly.

"I don't know what you're saying, but Lord Count Arrod has a life-saving grace for me, and if you dare to do anything against him, even if you are a relative of the Count of Geneva, I swear to God Lu that I will chase you to the ends of the earth, plunge my sword into your stomach, pull out your intestines, and stuff them into your mouth." John Berg addressed Brother Elvet in a threatening tone, and then turned away without looking back.

"Well, it's funny, to gain the loyalty of the most stubborn Swiss." Brother Elvet just smiled, he had his own set of accounts for the betrayal he had done, but Arrod's mystical knowledge was what fascinated him, looking at the fluffy barley bread on a wooden plate on the wooden table, who knew that the secret of making food soft and refreshing was hidden in the ashes of the plants, and Arold, an ordinary nobleman, was able to uncover the secret of God.

Brother Elvet was a monk with a lot of experience in water conservancy, and under his orders the serfs dug a connecting drainage ditch behind the house building along the terrain, and the outlet of the drainage ditch was dug under the city wall, from where the sewage could flow into the moat without affecting the hygiene of the castle, Arold stood on the roof of the Saxon house and looked at the Elvet monk's masterpiece satisfied, and at this moment the Elvet monk, who was directing the serfs to dig, saw standing on the roof of the Saxon house, Wearing a black lion coat of arms covered by chain mail, carrying a sharp sword, and wearing a red cloak behind him, Arold bowed respectfully to Arold with a smile on his face, and Arold nodded in return when he saw it.

"Lord Earl, our light cavalry has received news that the slave traders sent by Jeff have arrived, and they are already coming." Just then Julian climbed to the roof, and he pointed to the south side of the castle, where there was a path that stretched out of the forest, and faintly saw a carriage coming towards the castle.

"Good news." Arold had a smile on his face, the arrival of the slaves could replenish the manpower, and when the population reached a certain level, he could build another fence around the perimeter, divide the land into various streets, and even he had planned to build a comprehensive area of bazaars and squares, Mecklenburg County was close to the Baltic Sea, and along the Baltic Sea to the west could enter the Nordic Channel and the English Channel, and to the east could enter the territory of the Grand Duchy of Rus', where there were large areas of resources and land, and in addition to this, the fur trade points of various countries were concentrated here, And there's nothing easier to accumulate wealth than building a port and developing commerce. (To be continued......)

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