Nicole brought more than a hundred carts of stone, and in order to unload the heavy limestone from the ox cart, Victor mobilized all the men he could, plus the hundreds of young men under Nicole's command, and it took a whole day to complete the work.

The limestone was polished into strips of stone, and the limestone was dismantled from the castle abandoned by the princes, and the stone was neatly stacked in the open space in front of the village of Kawaguchi. And those empty ox carts will go to the brick kiln village to load the green bricks, and then return to the Black Castle, which is the agreement of the green bricks for the castle.

"My dear, none of the newly canonized lords of our York family have a castle yet, and Madame said that you should build your castle first. Nicole grabbed Victor's arm and whispered.

Victor smiled: "Are you afraid that I will be killed by others?"

Nicole pursed her lips and smiled, which was a tacit acquiescence. Although Victor has silver-level combat power and is as fast as the wind, after all, he is not like a knight who can wear heavy armor and has long physical strength, and once Victor's energy is exhausted, he loses the ability to break through, so the castle is a great guarantee for an extraordinary shooter like Victor.

"Nicole, thank you for being with me!" Victor said sincerely, looking at Nicole's sheared eyes.

Victor and Nicole had an agreement, and after Nicole had made enough contributions to the family, she would leave the York family and join Victor and become his knight.

However, Sylvia summoned Nicole upon her return from the royal capital. She made it clear to Nicole that if she wanted to leave the family, she would have to serve the family for another ten years. Just when Nicole was stunned, Sylvia offered to let Nicole inherit the territory at the entrance to the Swamp so that she could be neighbors with Victor. Nicole turned her head in agreement, and Sylvia gave her a noble name, Flenia York, and made her a baron on the spot. Nicole thus became a vassal lord of the House of York, and her hereditary domain was the 3,000 square kilometers of land at the entrance to the Everglades.

Nicole came happily and happily told Victor what had happened. Victor was both depressed and moved when he heard this.

Sylvia adhered to her usual style, she sold Nicole and asked Nicole to help her count the money, and by the way, she put Victor in it, and what made Victor most depressed was that he, like Nicole, had no way to be angry with Sylvia, but to be grateful to her.

There is no reason why Nicole should not be grateful to Sylvia, the barony, the hereditary territory of 3,000 square kilometers, and the neighbors of her lover, helping each other, and getting along day and night, it can be said that Sylvia helped Nicole realize all her dreams. But Victor, from the lord's point of view, has a different taste.

A fiefdom of 3,000 square kilometers and a hereditary baronial title were attractive to most knights. But if there are no rivers, no lakes, no resources in the territory, no one will be interested, even if the territory is ten times larger. And that territory is not only like this, but also has to defend against the terrible Ant-Man, which means that the inaugural lord only has responsibilities and risks, but does not have the resources and benefits to strengthen the family. Victor suspected that no knight in the York family was willing to be the lord of the wronged lord, so Sylvia asked Nicole to take the blame.

The House of York was to build a fortress at the entrance to the Everglades and garrison 800 to 1,500 soldiers, and if ten farmers supported one soldier, the barony would need at least 10,000 farmers, plus their relatives, 20,000 men. However, that territory is mostly hilly, there are no rivers and lakes, and it only relies on mountain streams, let alone 20,000 people, even 2,000 people can't support it. The Yorks had to transport supplies here, and the 20-day journey was a huge cost for people to eat and chew. Then the best thing to do is to buy supplies from the surrounding lords, and Victor's farming system gives Sylvia hope, and she thinks that Randall's output will be enough to meet the needs of the fortress, so she fools Nicole around. Who made Nicole Victor's woman? blow the pillow wind, be coquettish, play petty, and say anything.

Compared to the resourceful Sylvia, Nicole is undoubtedly a simple fool, she doesn't think about any family, what lord, what barren territory, Nicole just wants to be close to Victor, that's all. Victor asked himself if he couldn't do Nicole like this, Nicole's affection, he could only thank him in addition to being moved.

Nicole smiled at the corner of her mouth, arched her head on Victor's shoulder, and said: "Madame participated in the hunting event held by the royal family, and has reached a consensus with the royal family, when the season of water passes, the kingdom will organize the surrounding lords to send us materials and stones, and the family will mobilize 25,000 young men to my territory, and give priority to building a fortress at the exit of this swamp." ”

"25,000 young people?" Victor asked with a solemn expression: "With so many people, how can we solve the problem of food, clothing, housing, and transportation? How can we solve the problem of public order? Who is responsible for organizing these young people? Who is the commander of this operation?"

"The kingdom is responsible for the rations of these people, as for the commander?" said Nicole, pointing to her nose.

"You, you're the commander?"

Victor was shocked, organizing 25,000 people to build a fortress is not a simple matter, anyway, he himself definitely does not have this level, Nicole actually has such a ability, which Victor did not expect.

"Look down on me, don't you?" Nicole pinched Victor's arm, strong enough to crush the ant to death.

"I'm the baron of the family, and I'm the lord, and of course the commander. That's only in name, though. Nicole grinned and said: "I am only responsible for supervision, the specific affairs are handled by the family's magistrate, garrison and interior officer, and the church will also send priests and priests to pacify the people and supervise us, the real person in charge is Master Edwin!"

"Master Edwin?" called out Victor in surprise.

"Unexpectedly, Master Edwin is proficient in history, heraldry, monsters, and species, but what he is best at is architecture. Master Edwin is one of the best architects, and the town of Blackcastle was designed by his disciples, and the family invited him back to preside over the construction of the fortress. The average family can't afford to ask Master Edwin, who is the most respected master scholar in our York family, and the most amazing master builder!" said Nicole proudly.

Nicole has reason to be proud that the status of an architect is higher than that of a knight. In this world, there is no formal view or floor plan like that drawn by modern architects, they only draw a sketch on a wooden board. Before the construction of the castle begins, the architect will mark the floor plan on the ground with rulers and vertical lines. Only when the construction is very difficult, such as the vault, will the architect draw detailed drawings, but most of the parts are based solely on their own experience.

In this way, the architectural plan is only in the mind of the architect, so it is impossible for the architect to be fired after the construction work has begun, and at the same time they have the authority to command the building. If the architect had an accident during the construction process, it would be a catastrophe for the construction of the castle. To do this, the lord had to send knights to protect the architect and plead with the priest of the church for divine protection.

There are no more than 60 pinnacle knights in this world, and the master builders who can build giant fortresses can be counted on ten fingers, and Master Edwin, who was born in the York family, is one of them. One can imagine how high Master Edwin's status is, but this old man is not restless, running around all day, interested in other research, and even going to investigate the Swamp, although Sylvia sent Bruce, who is closest to the Silver Knight, to protect him (the Silver Knights of the House of York are all feudal lords, and Sylvia has no right to transfer them in a non-war situation). Only the royal family can mobilize the silver knights of the court nobles), or almost had an accident, for which Sylvia was also scared into a cold sweat.

"So, Master Edwin can mobilize those 25,000 young men?" asked Victor with burning eyes.

"Of course. Nicole nodded.

Victor hurriedly asked again, "So, can Master Edwin mobilize these people and do something else first?"

"To do anything else, if you want to change the construction plan, you need to agree to Master Edwin, me, and the presiding priest. Nicole frowned and asked, "Honey, do you want us to help you build the castle first?"

"Isn't it a bit embarrassing?" asked Victor deliberately.

Nicole bit her lip and said, "Not really. But you don't need Master Edwin for your castle, and you don't need so many people, and there are other architects in the family who can help you build your castle. I mean, more than 20,000 people will help you build the castle, and the kingdom will not pay for their food, and the presiding priest will oversee that. ”

"Looks like I'll have to get rid of the priest of the church in order to complete my plan!" Victor muttered to himself, touching his chin.

Nicole has little resistance to Victor, she doesn't mind helping Victor build a castle, but she can't help but worry that more than 20,000 mouths will eat Victor to bankruptcy, so she must remind Victor not to kill chickens with knives. And Victor didn't think about his own castle at all, all the alchemy auxiliaries with construction skills were better than the master builders, plus hundreds of alchemy militia, building a castle more than 30 meters high was like a backhand. What Victor wanted to build was a six-kilometre-long man-made canal and a small reservoir. Once the project is completed, the artificial river plan will be completed, and the mobilization of more than 20,000 young people is the most critical part of the reservoir project. To mobilize these men, Victor must convince three people, Nicole and Master Edwin need not worry, only the priest is the problem.

"Victor, what's your plan?" asked Nicole curiously.

Victor came back to his senses, only to find that the convex and backward were warped, and the bright and moving Nicole was almost nestled in his arms, and his heart was hot, and he decided to get the female knight first.

"Nicole, when are you going back?" Victor asked softly in Nicole's crystal clear ear, but his hand touched the amazingly elastic buttocks.

Nicole's cheeks were dyed pink, her eyes were like water, and she said charmingly: "Ming, tomorrow......"

"Well, then, Baron Fenicos, let's roll the sheets. ”

"Huh?!okay, okay......"

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While Victor dragged Nicole to roll the sheets, John the old mercenary saw a familiar figure in the toiling crowd, a fat man, sweating profusely carrying bricks to the ox cart.

"Isn't that the boss of Wedge on Amber Street?" Old John flashed his eyes, high-fived his fist, and laughed in a low voice: "Now it's okay! The mercenary group has an employer!"