Baron Humphrey Blunt came to Bloucester City, where Shepard appointed him as a judge and formed the Inquisition, while Edward Corvinal stayed in the family's domain, and Shepard gave them a black iron mine in their town, which the family would dig up and sell eighty percent to Shepard's Bloucester City.

The biggest advantage of this world is that the rulers don't have to worry about the power of their subordinates and constrain each other, resulting in a bloated bureaucracy, but have to think about how to simplify the ruling structure, and hold the money bag and sword tightly in their hands, if their subordinates have bad intentions, they can be destroyed with a wave of their hands.

Therefore, the merchants of Bloucester City before colluded with the nobles to resist the emergence of the sole lord, but the disadvantage of this is naturally that they are powerless in the face of the attack of the Eastern Route Army.

Shepard watched the city lord's mansion run for a week, although there were still many things to run, but they could rely on their authority to suppress it, and the residents of Bloust had just experienced the war and no one dared to make trouble, which seemed peaceful, which also reassured him and began to prepare for his wedding.

……

There are many benefits to having money, even the church of the gods sometimes has to succumb to the magic of gold coins, and without such power, the goddess of wealth would not be able to return to the medium divine power within a few decades after escaping, and it seems that it is not far from the powerful divine power.

Shepard, who has a family's reserves, is not distressed about spending other people's money, and a lot of gold coins are smashed out, and the wedding-related industries in Bloust City are pulled, and the gold coins like flowing water in the city lord's mansion are spent, which not only makes the citizens staggered and envious of the earl's wealth, but also revives many industries that are almost paralyzed.

In the antechamber of the Earl's Manor behind the City Lord's Mansion, a young blacksmith was holding two boxes waiting for the inspection of the butler of the Earl's Palace.

"Mr. Butler, what do you think of these jewelry and weapons?" The young blacksmith, though a bit of a commoner, spoke very politely and politely, and was obviously not a vulgar man, and although the pronunciation of the lingua franca had a slight accent, his words were clear and fluent, and with these and his youthful appearance, he could mix well as a bard.

The butler with a white goatee on his chin looked through the contents of the two boxes and nodded with satisfaction: "Although the style of these jewelry is ordinary, the workmanship is quite meticulous, and the weapons also look good, I didn't expect you to look young and have good craftsmanship, are you interested in being a special blacksmith in the Earl's Court?" ”

The young blacksmith didn't expect the butler to suddenly send out an invitation, so he was stunned and declined: "My father still needs me to take care of him, I'm sorry." ”

The butler was a little regretful, but he just asked casually, snapped his fingers and called the two servants, pointed to the two boxes, and said, "Send the jewelry box to Miss Rachelna, and give these two long swords to the knight Tommar Rich!" ”

He took out a money bag from his bosom and handed it to the blacksmith: "Please order, here is the rest of the money." ”

The young blacksmith took the money bag in his hand, opened it again and looked at the luster of the coins inside, and immediately smiled: "No problem, thank you, Your Excellency." ”

The blacksmith turned his head to look at the delicate and gorgeous interior of the Earl's Palace, and saw the Earl's guards guarding everywhere, so he wisely suppressed his curiosity to look around, and walked out of the hall honestly.

When he was about to walk out of the door, the blacksmith looked back, but just happened to see a beautiful girl in a long dress in a half-open window somewhere, please concentrate on painting on the canvas, the youthful vitality and the girl's beauty perfectly blended, so that the blacksmith instantly felt that the neighbor's eldest daughter who had been in love with the family next door was simply unsightly.

However, when the blacksmith was about to look again, two tall guards stood in front of him with grim faces, and the ferocity of surviving on the battlefield made the blacksmith shrink his neck and walk out of the gate in a huff.

Behind the half-open window was the studio of the Earl's Court, and the beautiful girl was naturally the soon-to-be-bride Rachelna, who was concentrating on painting, although she had not studied for a long time, but she was very talented, and the carefully prepared paint depicted a young man in a black and red cloak and aristocratic civilian clothes, he stood sideways on the cliff, holding a long sword in one hand, clenched into a fist in the other, staring down the mountain with eyes like electricity, ordinary in appearance but resolute and rigid in temperament, with a slight smile at the corner of his mouth, which was the appearance of Shepard's doppelganger.

Rachelina, who was concentrating on the oil painting, laughed stupidly, where would she care that someone outside the window was watching from afar, holding a paintbrush and carefully making changes to the details, but she heard a gentle knock on the door, and when she opened her mouth to allow her to come in, the door was gently pushed open by the guard at the door, allowing the maid with the box to walk in.

"Miss Ricchuna, this is a custom ornament for your wedding, please see if you are satisfied." The maid whispered with some envy, and gently placed the box she was holding on the chair next to Rachela.

The bride to be married happily opened the box, only to see that there were three sets of jewelry inside, one set of pure gold, one set of sterling silver, and a set of gold and silver mixed decorated with precious stones.

Rachela took out a pair and tried it, put it back with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "I like this set of jewelry very much, so put it away." ”

The maid nodded, covered the box, put it away, and walked out of the studio with her arms in her arms, to put the jewelry in the wedding room and wait until the wedding day to take it out and use it.

……

The Prell Manor in Bloucester City is to connect the homes of four wealthy merchants together, there are seven or eight study rooms alone, and it is natural to rearrange the layout, at this time in the large study, there are several valuable changing mirrors on the side of the luxuriously decorated study, so that the glass of equal height is made by the mages with alchemy, and the world has not yet been able to fire the scientific and technological level of transparent glass.

Shepard, who tried on the dress, stood in front of the mirror with his back hand, because of his personal preference, this dress was mainly gold and red, and the tailor he was looking for was a special tailor for a baron in the city of Blost, and he heard that the earl was going to prepare a dress for the wedding, and the landless baron who even had no fief naturally did not hesitate to dedicate the tailor, in view of the rarity and preciousness of the technicians, Shepard also threw him a remote farm, although the output was not high, it was also an independent industry.

The old tailor had good skill and discernment, and spent a great deal of time preparing four dresses for the Count, and Shepard was very satisfied with the two of them, and gave the old tailor a house, and allowed him to move in with his family, and became the chief tailor of the Prell family.

The three maids were on the side to smooth the corners of his clothes and fill in the gaps, the younger sister of the sisters was directing the maids, Eliza's little face was slightly red, and nervously and attentively asked the maids to erase any flaws on the earl's body, until there was a knock on the door, and Duomi walked in with a maid, and said respectfully: "Master, Miss Rachela's ornaments have been shown to her, and the young lady likes them very much, and has been put in the new house; The custom-made two longswords were also inspected by the knight of Ruichi, who said that the longsword fought very well. ”

Hearing this, Shepard said casually: "It seems that the housekeeper has found a good blacksmith this time, and my family does not have an exclusive blacksmith, have you invited him to serve my family?" ”

The maid behind Domi was the one who gave the ornament to Rachela, and then bowed her head and replied: "Lord Earl, the blacksmith refused the butler's invitation, saying that he would go back to take care of his father. ”

Shepard didn't care and said, "Since that's the case, forget it, but the butler did a good job this time, didn't he want his youngest son to join the city guards?" I agreed, but Sidney was in charge of the training requirements, telling the butler that there was no need for waste in my army, and that I could allow his son to join the Night Watchman if he couldn't. ”

"Yes," the maid respectfully exited the study, leaving Domi smiling and sorting out Shepard's clothes with her sister, and for a moment all that remained in the study was the chatter and laughter of the girls.

……

Half a year later.

The prestige of the Prell family has gradually been consolidated in this land, and the vast territory of four or five hundred miles from north to south and one or two hundred miles from east to west has begun to recover from the torment of war.

Shepard, who had a lot of ordinary and advanced breathing methods and combat skills training methods, let Sidney select men and trained a city guard army of more than 3,000 people, including more than 600 cavalry alone, except for Odd as a night watchman, the remaining 600 people were divided into several teams, taking turns to patrol the trade routes and main roads in the county of Prell on time.

The knights holding the griffin banner are majestic and majestic, and all the sophisticated weapons and half-body armor, riding boots and other equipment show the wealth and strength of the earl, not only the large and small bandit groups have been swept away, relying on the steel feather griffin to fly everywhere, and the uneasy factors in the territory have also been cleared one by one, trolls, ogres and other monsters that make ordinary adventurers frightened are just every meal of the griffin, leaving only the head to be processed and decorated in the earl's palace to show the martial style of the Prell family.

The road is clear, there are naturally caravans, the Earl ordered to set up cards on the land arteries, many caravans will change to waterways, Prell Town is located in the middle of the Prell River, it is very convenient to pass through the north and south, although the north and south of the Prell River are not long, starting from the vicinity of Esmirtaran, all the way to the vicinity of Bloucester City at the end of the downstream, it will take a day or two to go downwind, many people will stop in Prell Town or transfer to the land route from here, which has led to the trade in the territory.

Among other things, the life of the lords was much more varied, and some of the bards and magicians who couldn't get along in Esmirtalan wanted to go to Bloucester City for some opportunities, and occasionally those who were very popular in Prell Town stayed for a long time.

In the Earl's Palace, Rachela, whose stomach was already very obvious, leaned on the soft couch and closed her eyes to rest, and the personal maid was lightly boiling black tea, and the aroma of milk and salt wafted in the room, which made the Countess sleep more peacefully.

The sound of light footsteps slowly approached, and Shepard was about to signal the maid to be quiet, but he didn't expect the maid to salute a little louder, and with a soft sound, Rachela slowly opened her eyes.

"Hey, I didn't want to disturb you when you fell asleep." Shepard shook his head lightly to express his helplessness, and casually told the maid not to panic and continue to make tea, and then walked to the soft chair next to the soft collapse and sat down, holding Rachela's somewhat rough soft because of her pregnancy.

Rachela's cheeks were slightly red, and she looked at the maid on the side, then at the two clerks who followed Shepard and walked in, and whispered, "Why do you have time to come and see me?" Isn't there a council to be held today? ”

Shepard smiled softly: "It's already over, I just went to Madame's place to have a look, and then I came to see you, don't you like to listen to me talk to you about business?" Just let the two of them come over to report, with you by my side, I feel a lot more relaxed, otherwise it would be really annoying to see them. ”

Madame Lisa was seven or eight months pregnant, and she had long been hiding in the deep house and did not dare to show her face, only a few selected honest maids took care of her, but fortunately Shepard went to see her when she had time, and in order to prevent her from suffering from prenatal depression, she taught her to pray to the god of light, and Madame Lisa did not suspect him, but was very pious.

Rachela is naturally a serious countess now, she is smart but a little weak, and her heart is pinned on Shepard, even if the mother and daughter serve a husband as if it is fine, and after pregnancy, she often persuades Shepard to accept the sister flowers, so that he is really loving and pitiful.

Although Rachela has a soft temperament and can't call the shots, she has several teachers to guide her, and now she is also a magic apprentice, she can unleash a few practical tricks, she can be a counselor for Shepard when she has nothing to do, and she can usually handle some unimportant matters.

Seeing the earl's signal, he understood that the earl was usually kind and easy-going, and the clerk, who was decisive in major matters, immediately took a look and reported the affairs respectfully.

Most of the trivial matters are dealt with by his subordinates, and it is natural that there are no trivial matters that can be reported to the earl, Shepard listened with a smile, occasionally asked the clerk to stop, and discussed a few words in a whisper with Rachela, and chuckled a few times before letting him continue, although these things are not complicated for him, but he has to deal with them, otherwise the superior will have no authority, and no matter how strong his strength is, he can only make his subordinates fearful, but not respectful.

The contents of the two clerks' reports did not overlap, and only after one finished speaking, did the other say that Shepard had been listening with a smile until the clerk said something that the city guards had reported: "...... In the largest adventurer's tavern in the city, four men and four women wearing traveler's robes, whose identities are unknown, but who are very strong and generous, have recently come, but no one has seen their appearances, only the gender can be distinguished from the voice, and an announcement has been hung in the adventurer's tavern to recruit adventurers......"

Shepard suddenly interrupted, "Wait, what did you say you heard their names?" ”

The clerk was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "The man's name is Morel, and the woman's name is Fanny, Clanie, Sylvie......"