Martin returned to Lorrainburg, where he had wanted to go out of town to get a good look at the situation near Ggent. Because under his arrangement, Lorraine began to play a pressing defense.

To put it simply, it is to take advantage of the rapid solidification of cement to build a group of starry bunkers on the western side of the mountain.

The bunker doesn't need to be too big, it's just three floors. Each floor is about 3 meters. Even the passage on the lowest level is very narrow, only human can pass through, and standard orc warriors will definitely not be able to squeeze in.

The second floor is wider and serves as the core area for defending against enemies, resulting in a standard octagonal shape with several narrow shooting holes in each direction.

At the top is a beacon that signals the orcs to attack.

Relying on this new type of bunker,

Today, the de facto control area of Lorrainburg extends to the foot of the mountain. In about three months, it will be able to stretch all the way to the mountainside.

According to Martin's practice, the bunkers were built all the time, preferably next to Gjint. Then the orcs were bled alive.

It's a safe and spicy way to do it.

In the past, Bakaria failed to besiege Ggent, wasn't it because of the complex terrain and logistical supply difficulties?

The civilians transporting food and ordnance are always attacked by orcs who appear out of nowhere, resulting in heavy losses.

Well, now Martin shamelessly uses cement and implements layer by layer. Basically, every time a new bunker is built now, it will be within the sight of the previous bunker, and if there is really any problem, the craftsmen and the troops in charge of the guard can quickly withdraw to a safe area.

Moreover, in the future, a low wall of about three meters will be built between the bunkers and the bunkers as cover, and between the low walls will be paved with thick concrete floors that even if the orcs dig holes.

This may seem like a clumsy approach, but it can effectively strangle the orc's living space and control its area of activity.

In addition, after the last heavy damage to the orcs, Gegent's orcs didn't know whether they were scared or what, and their brains were hot, and thousands of orcs actually ran to the Baden Forest Province in the west to make trouble.

This disguised the operation of Lorrainburg, but only suffered the lords of the Baden Forest......

The total strength of Lorraine has jumped to almost 3,000 in one fell swoop. This is already the strength of a half-knight order.

Normally, Martin would not have been able to raise such a large number of soldiers, because the civilians of Fort Lorraine were now in the early five thousand. However, the cross-border trade and the looting of all the Duke of Ravenna's possessions forged a slightly deformed prosperity.

Every day, you can see the grain ships coming from Kurt City to assemble in Lorraineburg, waiting for the convoy to return, and immediately sail against the current to Rick City.

Because the Lopez family only recognizes the Lorraine family's banner of the Chamber of Commerce, and does not accept the grain of any other caravans, this leads to Martin being able to collect hundreds of gold coins on the spot as long as he stamps a seal and acknowledges that the grain on a cargo ship that is not much larger than a sampan belongs to his family.

Selling the Duke's treasure, plus Karna's second ration, Martin had a staggering 1 million gold coins on hand. It is no exaggeration to say that he is already richer than King Bakaria.

Of course, it is not a secret that the old nobles have more fortifications than the king.

Martin was sensible, and he knew that the way to make high profits from the grain trade was only temporary. Once the Lopez family clears the rebels in Rick Province, the demand for food will drop dramatically.

The only way to do this is to develop more specialties in the long run.

Martin had already found out that there were not only iron mines, but also clay mines near Lorraineburg. This can form a rather distinctive industrial chain.

Whether it's for the safety of the mines, or to ensure the safety of this trade route, the only way to turn Lorrainburg into a hen that lays golden eggs is the only way to defeat the orcs in Gzint.

In order to achieve this goal, Martin makes a lot of money and spends it quickly.

In addition to the equipment for the 3,000 men, the biggest expense was the money for hiring craftsmen. If it were all the lords of the Lorraine family, Martin could not only summon them for free, but also collect taxes on them. But many of the craftsmen were hired freemen, which required a lot of money.

The construction of the city wall and the cement factory to make cement cost Martin almost 100,000 gold coins in two months. After all, in the province of Kot, the recruitment of Lorraine has not yet ended, and counting the cost of recruiting troops and equipment, 300,000 gold coins will fly at once. And that's not even counting the other messy expenses.

Although there is money, it is empty!

Looking at the ledger, Martin was almost out of breath.

"You can rest first. Seeing Martin's dark circles, Jaime sent Martin back to the City Lord's Mansion.

Jaime took the initiative to build a temporary lord's house for Martin. However, it was not on a front-facing hillside, and according to James's method, it could be used as a salon after it was renovated.

I thought that the newly built City Lord's Mansion would not even have a few decent pieces of furniture, but Martin was already mentally prepared to lay on the floor. As a result, he found that he had really seen the luxury of the aristocracy of this era.

Although the three-storey bungalow had not yet been renovated, all of it had freshly built concrete walls, and even the windows had been improvised for it, Jaime had a group of maids and hung all the walls with tapestries and carpeted all the floors.

And it is in the style of a decoration according to the Duke's Palace of Lorraine.

As for the furniture, it was shipped from the Duke's palace in Kurt first. The finest cowhide is dyed brown and red, and the carved armrests made of the finest sandalwood wood make such a sofa feel like a whole person is in it just by sitting on it.

I don't know which one sent the gift, anyway, there was no such thing in the Duke's Palace of Lorraine in the past.

And, the beautiful maid.

Young and beautiful, with a golden ponytail, and a white and flawless standard melon seed face with absolute deference.

This level ...... Uh-huh, no words!

Wait! Something seems wrong!

In this era when the level of civilization is equal to that of the Middle Ages, the origin of a woman can be seen almost at a glance.

This is not the Earth Celestial Empire of the 21st century, and the physiognomy of rural and urban populations is already very close. In Bakaria, the farmer's daughter may not be obvious until the age of five, and once she reaches the age of ten, don't expect any beautiful village girl.

Working in the fields for a long time will make the fingers easily become thick and ugly, and the skin will be rougher and duller. There are ten fingers hidden in black soil, which can't be washed cleanly, and there are often obvious freckles or something.

Not only is this maid's skin smooth and delicate, but her thin waist is definitely the result of long-term tightening of the waist, and her unusually standard court stance has obviously undergone strict etiquette training.

Martin stopped the maid who was scrambling to wipe the cabinet: "I haven't seen you before, what's your name." ”

The maid hurriedly lowered her head and performed a non-standard maid salute.

Her gesture made Martin have deeper doubts, it was a lady's ceremony.

"I ...... My name is Susan. ”

"Where's the last name?" said Martin, suddenly.

The maid suddenly panicked, looked up and saw Martin's face, and immediately showed a frightened expression: "Susan...... Susan Ravenna!"