It's human nature that everyone wants to be rewarded for their hard work. Merlin didn't want to go against such a wish. When people meet the basic needs of food, clothing, and security, they will want to get more, such as socializing, such as the recognition of others, and the highest point of human needs is personal presence.

The church's Sunday is a good way to socialize, and the Augustinian school has satisfied the villagers' desire to socialize through this kind of national activity, and seeing Augustine's prestige in the Ashfurnace Castle getting higher and higher, Merlin's anxiety is also getting deeper and deeper.

A week later, the first wines were ripe, and Sulla stood under the fountain on the first floor of Ashoven to announce the start of the first wine festival in Ashhearth.

The banquet was the highlight of the evening, but in addition to eating and drinking, Merlin came up with a new trick.

"Today we will select the Ares warriors of Ashhearth, and the trophy is this golden belt in my hand. Merlin's left hand held up a palm-wide golden belt with black crocodile lines and a palm-sized golden round shield. "Today we will hold the God of War Contest in the Valley of the Ashheart, and the God of War Warriors will be chosen from among the victorious teams. ”

The rules of the God of War Contest are very simple, two teams of ten people on the field to kick the head of the game, whoever kicks in the head more, who wins the final victory. It's a game that every Goth is familiar with, and they've grown up kicking enemy skulls, but here Merlin swapped the enemy's skull valley for a red ball.

All males in Ashrod Valley can participate, as long as you find a team to join. Rommel couldn't help but cast a grateful look at Merlin at this time, they often practiced together in their spare time, and I believe that those adults now can't help but be surprised.

Sulla is in charge of all things in the God of War Competition, and Lance has something more important to do.

"Are you sure you're going to hold a beauty contest in Ashfurnace?" Lance looked at his lord in disbelief.

"No, no," Merlin held out his index finger and shook it, "Lance, watch your words, it's not a beauty pageant, it's a princess, and tonight it's the flower of the ashhearth, the princess of thorns." She'll get a castle of her own!"

Merlin looked up at the top floor of the Ashhearth, and on the third floor there was a white castle, shining golden in the sun, with a high dome and beautiful eaves, full of dreamlike atmosphere.

This is made by the gray golem overnight. On the third level of the Ashhearth, a beautiful castle was built. Those white stones are carefully polished and have a bright luster. In comparison, the castle on the fourth floor looks like a real fortress, and the floors below it look like hillbilly thatched huts at this time.

"Your Highness, are you sure what you want to do?" said Lance, a little worried, he had heard a lot about the depraved and corrupt life of the nobles in the Holy City, but no one had ever done a beauty pageant in his own territory.

"I know what you're worried about?" Merlin laughed, "I'm not choosing the hostess of Ashhearth, it's a wine festival event. Both the God of War Warrior and the Thorn Princess will win a bounty of five hundred gold coins. ”

In fact, there were far more women than men in Ashhearth, as many of them had left their hometowns to become craftsmen and earn money in Hippo or further south. Or become a mercenary and roam all over the world. If only men participate in the activity, it seems a little unfair to women.

"And how should this Thorn Princess be chosen?" asked Lance, distressed.

"I don't care, I just need you to bring a woman to me tonight before the banquet begins," Merlin was more domineering than ever before, "and then I'll deliver the bounty of five hundred gold coins to him, do you understand?"

"I don't understand!" Lance shook his head.

"If you don't understand, don't ask me, I didn't sleep well last night, I'm going back to sleep now. Merlin yawned, stretched, and greeted Yuri, and the two of them left together.

Someone like Lance is all about putting pressure on him, and Merlin increasingly feels that his decision was wise, and he is looking forward to Yuri's performance tonight.

Before lunch, Lance hurried to Merlin's bedroom. Regarding the selection of the Princess of Thorns, he still has no eyebrows so far. The celebration of the first wine festival in Ashfurnace has now been taken over by Bill Sr., and Lance has been in charge of the selection of the Princess of Thorns.

"Your Highness, do you think Miss Sulla is better, or Miss Raj is better?" asked Lance.

"I think you've misunderstood me," Merlin sighed, this Lance was no longer on the same page, "I want an event where everyone participates, and it's the process that matters, not who gets the princess's crown in the end." ”

Lance's face turned pale, and he was at a loss.

"Well, it's a bit hard for you to leave this matter to you, so be it," Merlin stood up, "Let's go to Sula and discuss it together, and put the princess of thorns and the god of war warriors together." ”

Merlin's idea is very simple, interspersed with the activities of the Princess of Thorns in the process of the God of War warrior duel. It can not only ensure that the warriors have time to rest, but also increase the enthusiasm of everyone to participate.

The women of Ashhearth can participate, and all they need to do is perform a song and dance in front of everyone. Every Goth man is born a warrior, and every Goth woman is born a dancer.

Merlin was about to choose a woman to be the flower of Ashhearth, and the news of tonight's Princess of Thorns spread like a gust of wind inside and outside Ashhearth in an instant. Everyone started talking.

"Is Your Highness Merlin planning to choose a wife for yourself?"

"No, of course not, Mr. Bill has said that the marriage of His Highness Merlin will go through Master Stilico. The chosen princess of thorns will receive a bounty of 500 gold coins and a castle. The castle on the fourth floor of the Ashhearth. ”

"Five hundred gold coins, His Highness Merlin is really a big deal. ”

Soon, many boxes were turned over, and the women were excitedly gesturing in front of the mirror, and the temptation of status and money, as well as the events of the wine festival tonight, made these people excited at once. The wine festival has not yet begun, and many people are starting to sing it.