Chapter 196: The Black Hand Behind the Scenes
Nat pointed to a bush in front of him and said to Adès, "Just this one." ”
More than a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and the miners who have explored have reported to Molly and Adès, the reserves of the mine are still very large, and the baron didn't take this copper mine seriously at all, and when he heard his subordinates say that it had been exhausted, he immediately gave up, and as soon as Molly went back, he coordinated with the housekeeper and Baron Scott, and spent four thousand gold coins to buy the two mountains in the copper mine.
As long as Molly caravered out the land near the foot of the mountain, a knight domain with a mountain mine would be complete, and Adès also sent the message to Hunter through the remote telegraph disk brought by Evie Guò, so Druinate rushed over to help Adès plan the forest near the territory.
"It's good here, the terrain is a little higher, so that when it rains and flash floods, it won't wash away the village, and it's on the edge of the river, along the terrain, and then slowly dig out a moat around the river, so that the defense can be regarded as relying on. Molly looked at the location that Nat had designated for the village to be founded, with aristocratic eyes.
Nat glanced at the small dirt road leading to the Black Iron Harbor and said to Adès, "But this road is indeed a problem, but it can only be repaired slowly in the future, and there are not so many workers to take advantage of." ”
Ades looked at this path that couldn't even be used by carriages, shook his head slightly, and said: "At first, it can only be transported by pack beasts, and the villagers' entry and exit are also like this, and when there are more people in the future, a road that can run carriages can be built to lead to the Black Iron Port." ”
Molly then said to Adès: "I can allocate the villagers of a village to you according to the general nobles. And now there are more unemployed people in the Black Iron Port, and I heard that the slaves in the black market are unsalable. You can pick a group of obedient ones and add them to the villagers. It is also possible to lease part of the land in exchange for a group of tenant farmers. ”
Nat nodded secretly, aristocratic education is different, and all kinds of measures to increase the population can be thought of at once, and they are all able to work immediately when they come.
"Lord Cardinal said that whether or not your village will build a lady's altar, the church will support you unconditionally, and will send two junior druids to help you clear your land. Nat conveyed to Adès Cardinal's commitment to represent the Church.
He paused for a moment, then said, "Wait until the farmland is cleared." The Hunters and their husbands will also come to live for a while, and Colleen has now successfully advanced to the agricultural druids of Mother Earth, and with her, the harvest of the farmland is guaranteed, and the minds of the new immigrants will be stable. ”
Molly heard this, and was a little dumbfounded, the support of the Church of the Forest Goddess for Ades is really unlimited, and it is necessary for people to give it.
Finally, Nat couldn't help but add, "But Adès." You are also a believer in the lady, and I hope that when you build a village, you will not go too far into deforestation, especially when you are rebuilding the mines. I know you have to use wood in it, but I hope you cut it sparingly, preferably with crop rotation. ”
Ades nodded and said, "This is a must." And as a believer in a lady, there is nothing to say about setting up an altar in the territory. There must be, and by virtue of the altar. Here I am also going to set up a small branch of the church so that my brothers and sisters can have a place to stay. ”
Nat patted Adès on the shoulder, with such a heart, it is not in vain that everyone is so supportive.
The place where you settle down, it sounds like no big deal, but as the believers of the goddess of the forest develop here, it will slowly affect the nearby villagers, as long as the believers reach a certain level, this is a stronghold of the church, and with such a stronghold, the church can preach and develop here.
Ades saw that the location of the village had been chosen, and looked back at Molly, the next thing is to rely on Molly's support, the construction of the village, this must have skilled workers, and Ades has preliminarily designed the village and his knight's manor in this month, good drainage function, perfect sanitation system, can not let people casually build the village into a mess.
However, this has already been discussed with Molly, as long as the location is determined, Molly can instruct the housekeeper to send workers over to build, and the allocated villagers can also help, after all, the village has been built, and they will live more comfortably in the future.
Molly saw that Ades looked back at herself, and understood that Ades was sure to build a village here, turned around and beckoned, and the butler quickly walked over, and after saluting, Molly pulled him aside, pointed to the nearby terrain, and after asking for it, the butler left quickly to arrange manpower.
Molly caught up with Adès and said to him: "Okay, let's do the preliminary work first, level the land, lay the sewers, etc., and wait until we go back, the preliminary drawings will be handed over to the workers, and then we can officially start work." ”
Ades smiled and nodded his head and asked her, "While Mr. Nat is here, let's discuss the matter of Ambo Harbor, which is a baron's domain, do you think we can slowly control this small port?"
Molly pursed her lips and smiled: "It's been a lively few days, and those nobles who do maritime trade can't help it, because the day before yesterday, there was a caravan that ventured to go to sea, and after it went out, there was no news at all."
Those nobles thought that this matter could not be delayed any longer, and if it was delayed any longer, the reputation of our side would be stinky, and no one would come to trade, because there were many pirates on the route, and no one could take this risk, so they thought that they had to defeat the pirates in this area. ”
"What does the viscount mean?"
Molly smiled mischievously and said, "They've already sent someone to contact them, but I don't have time to deal with them now, I'm going to build a territory." ”
Nat, who rarely touches Molly, suddenly saw the eldest lady of the Anslow family, who was also a baroness, saying such wayward words, and couldn't help but laugh.
Ades also shook his head, although everyone had reached a consensus before, don't take the lead to lead the fiefdom nobles to form a conquest fleet, but you can't ignore it completely as Molly said now, of course, everyone understands that this is Molly is joking.
Nat turned to the two fiefdom nobles in front of him, who were also rich and rich, and said, "Let me say a few words on behalf of the branch of the Lady of the Forest Church in the Southern Forest.
We have been working together very happily before, we did not have direct access to the market, and the gifts we received in the forest were bartered or taken away by the buyers at a relatively low price, and we were able to make very little profit.
Since Ades established the river fleet and cooperated with the shops in your territory, the church's embarrassment in terms of resources and money has eased at once, so the church is very supportive of Ades' monopoly action this time.
After all, after success, the right to speak about the goods is in our hands, and if your actions require it, the Church's warriors will be ready to provide support, whether it is me, Lord Hunter, or Lord Cardinal. ”
Molly bowed slightly, this is a return to the support of the goddess of the forest, compared with the abandonment of the Church of the Lord of the Dawn, Molly knows the importance of this support, with the help and mediation of Ades, Molly, who has lost the support of the Lord of the Dawn, has received new assistance.
With a touched face and at the same time a reserved attitude, she said to Nat, "Thank you for the grace of the forest lady, the Anslow family will always be grateful for the help she has given us." ”
She paused and continued: "In the current situation, we don't need to take action in person for the time being, I have discussed the steps of implementing this matter with Adès many times before, Anslow is a target of rejection by the fiefdom nobles, and it is not appropriate for us to be too involved in the conquest fleet they have formed at the beginning.
So now we are mainly observing, but as soon as they fail, we will concentrate all our resources and build a fleet on our own, as long as we can make a voyage through Guò intact, then those nobles will have the initiative completely in our hands in the future, whether they want to follow our fleet or entrust us with transporting goods. ”
Natho nodded, this matter Adès is also angry with the church, it is precisely because the church knows that its fighting ability on its side is not bad, so it is still optimistic about this matter.
In a manor in Black Iron Harbor, Baron Scott was talking to a group of people who were also fiefdom nobles: "That Miss Anslow, it seems that she is not worried about the sea at all now, she sent someone to contact me a few days ago and bought my copper mine.
Everyone knows that the copper mine, once it is dug deep, it will be permeable, and it is impossible to dig down, but the people don't know, and the people on our side have never said about it, so this broken hole was finally sold for 4,000 gold coins. ”
A person who sat down not far away asked, "Then are they not participating in this expedition?"
Baron Scott said, "Not really, but they are not interested in maritime matters at the moment, and we have always excluded them from the lucrative trade of trade, so it is not surprising that they have such thoughts." ”
"What if we tolerate her participation in the maritime trade with a limited degree?"
"Do you still have to agree to this? Their family has always had a fleet, okay, when that incident happened before, didn't we agree to the fake bastard to build a fleet, after the Anslow family's affairs came to an end, this fleet has not been canceled. ”
"It's all that impostor, I can't do anything like this, and I have become a sheep, and that fleet is caught by the Anslow family. ”
The nobles below complained one after another, and the chaotic and noisy conversations filled the room at once. (To be continued......) R1292