After repeating it again, Rand finally confirmed one thing, and that was that his ears were completely fine.

Since his ears are fine, then there must be something wrong with Snow's brain.

Ignoring his sincerity and generous treatment, Snow who said no to his own solicitation, must have a wrong string in his brain!

Could it be that a mistake in Passa's treatment caused Snow's cerebral cortex to become blocked?

Otherwise, how can you explain what comes out of his mouth?

"You mean, refusing to sign this contract?" Rand frowned.

After hearing Snow say the word yes categorically, even Connor was stunned, not only Rand didn't understand, but even the demon seeds were confused by Snow's sudden abnormality.

"Snow, didn't you persuade everyone to come to the Kongdu Territory in the first place?Then why are you ...... now" Andy opened his mouth slightly, and his tone was full of doubts: "What about rejecting Lord Rand's kindness?"

"Teacher, don't you want to stay here, but didn't you say that this is the only land where we can live like normal people?" asked Connor in a whisper, tugging at Snow's sleeve.

"Don't you feel like the pay isn't right?" Lightning reminded, "There's no need to ...... for this kind of thing."

"Oh my God, is this still a low salary?" Hurricane secretly picked up Snow's contract book, and after looking at it, he suddenly howled: "Every year, one zero, two zeros, three zeros, four zeros......

"Ten thousand silver coins! a whole ten thousand silver coins! is that too little?" "Wind's eyes turned red, and he looked at Snow lying on the bed, the roots of his teeth itching with hatred.

I really don't know how blessed I am!

That's worth five years of my salary!

Jealousy blinded me......

Ignoring the frantic wind on the side, Rand gradually tightened his brow.

"Why?"

Snow didn't try to explain it to his companions, he let Connor hold him up, supporting his weak body and shuddering to his feet.

His expression was resolute, and even had a taste that bordered on solemnity and sacredness, and he took two steps forward as if he had made up his mind.

Perhaps guessing what Snow wanted to do next, Andy covered his mouth in disbelief, Lightning thoughtful, and Hurricane still struggling with the high-paying offer......

Rand was vaguely aware of something, but he was a little surprised, but at this moment, all other emotions were redundant, and all he could do was wait quietly for Snow to say that.

"I can't agree to your offer just because I ......"

"Choose to be loyal to you!"

Rand felt a trance, and then ecstasy, wasn't that exactly what he wanted, taking in the demon seeds at great risk, and giving them generous treatment, including having the soldiers take a large number of weapons with them to rescue the captured Snow during the dangerous winter months.

What Rand has done and what he wants is the loyalty of the demon seeds!

The binding force of contracts and oaths is too limited, and the premise that the demons are willing to serve them is that they have given them superior conditions, and if in the future, there are other hegemons who give them more favorable treatment, and Rand does not dare to guarantee that the demons will not betray him because of this.

Rand doesn't mind, guessing people's hearts with the worst malice.

Loyalty, created with money, is the most volatile.

Like Snow, loyal and convincing is what Rand wants to see the most.

"I, Snow Noland, pledge allegiance to my lord Rand Capet, I am loyal and will not leave you, I will serve as your sword and shield, I will give you my life and glory, from now until death!" Snow fell to one knee and placed his right hand into a fist above his heart.

This is not the etiquette used by knights when taking oaths, in fact, this set of actions and oath Snow are not exactly right, and it is a bit strange.

But that's enough, the ritual is just a form of expression, and most importantly, the one that can be felt from the tone......

Sincerity that cannot be faked.

Rand drew his sword and, according to the etiquette of the nobles, placed the tip of the sword on top of Snow's head and lightly touched it three times.

"Rand Capet of the Golden Lion," Rand paused and said with a sigh of relief, "accept your allegiance." ”

......

The temperature is slowly rising, the stream outside the cabin town has thawed, and a breath called spring is gradually spreading in the empty crossing collar that has been frozen all winter.

The bare trees are starting to sprout, and some warm-loving migratory birds are starting their return journey.

Sitting in the drawing room, Rand listened to the ticking sound from the window, which was the sound of melting snow, although it sounded quite pleasant, but after that, the water formed by the melting snow would paralyze the air in the next half a month.

The mud road of the empty crossing has always been a problem in Rand's heart, without any hardened pavement, after rain or snow melts, the road surface will become a slippery mud pool, not only can the carriage not pass, even the walking is particularly laborious.

If you want to develop industry, then as a transportation road, you must repair it, otherwise the transportation is inconvenient, a large number of products cannot be transported, and the accumulation in the air ferry can only become a pile of useless waste.

As for the hardening of roads, it was common in this era to use a slate pavement with a layer of gravel or pebbles underneath, mud in the middle, and a relatively flat large stone slab on the top.

A paved road several hundred meters long required a staggering amount of manual work, including the selection of stone slabs of the right volume, polishing them into a suitable shape, and finally transporting them to the construction site by horses, where craftsmen fixed the slabs to the gravel at the bottom layer.

Rand brushed the plan down first.

If you use this method to repair a hardened road, I am afraid that a 200-meter road will need to be repaired for several months, or even longer, and the labor and material costs required are also very staggering.

Due to the high cost of construction, even in the powerful Winterfell, only the traffic arteries at the city gate have been hardened, and the total length is no more than a thousand meters, and the rest of the paths are still dirt roads or gravel roads.

Moreover, the disadvantages of this pavement are also obvious, the slate is fixed together with a crude adhesive, and there is nothing unusual at first, but with more and more stress, the gap between the slate bond will become larger and larger, and the rainwater will flow down the gap, soften the soil below, resulting in the loss of the gravel surface below.

Eventually, the road surface collapsed.

After much consideration, Rand finally settled on a material for road hardening.

The main material for the construction of roads consists of asphalt.

That is, we often say, asphalt roads.