Chapter Eighty-Six: Going Home

Lorist stepped out of the house and stood on the rampart and looked down.

This should actually be regarded as a valley, and the two walls are separated by about 300 meters. When the mountains arrived, there was a sudden break, and a great road passed through it. The gap over there is not big, and the wall is only seventy or eighty meters long. Inside the city wall, however, there is a distance of seven or eight hundred meters between the mountains and the valleys between the mountains, and then the mountains surround them, leaving a gap of more than two hundred meters on this side. Now that the walls have been built, the valley has been sealed.

It's a great place to build a city. The valley is connected to the gentle hills, which is suitable for building a castle on the mountain. On the other side, although it is only a lonely hill, the mountain is steep and long, and the ridges go deep into the Black Forest in the distance, forming a natural defensive barrier against traffic.

In the valley, the slave laborers gathered in groups in their camps to bask in the sun, chatting and quarrelling. A day without work is also an extremely rare day of rest for them. More than a dozen guards lined up to patrol the camp, and from time to time they greeted the awe and envy of the slave laborers.

On the other side of the valley are rows of rudimentary wooden houses, surrounded by rows of unbarked logs. There was the storehouse that Boris's butler said, and there were nearly 7,000 barrels of rattan juice, grain and some building materials piled up in it.

Not far from the storehouse was a wagon camp, which was set up by the convoy brought by Lorlist. Some of the guards' families used a horse-drawn cart to bring several large buckets of water from a waterhole under a distant rock face to wash and dry their clothes next to the camp.

A girl was catching insects in the grass next to the camp, and a ponytail whip was flicked behind her.

Isn't that Miss Theresty's maid Winnie the Younger? When she saw Winnie Lorlist, she remembered Miss Theresty, and slapped her forehead, and the person in charge of building the city was there.

"Go and bring Miss Theresti here, and say I have something to consult with her. Lorist instructed one of the guards beside him.

Miss Theresti led little Winnie and her black iron butler to the city wall, and Lorist welcomed them into the room with the large sand table.

Lorist recounted his plans to build the city, and cordially invited Miss Theresti to be the person in charge of the city.

Miss Theresti asked Lorist strangely why she had been asked to be the person in charge of the city's construction.

Lorist spread the water and bluntly said that he couldn't help it, and there was no one under him. Fortunately, the design drafts needed to build the castle have been completed, and even the model of the castle has been half made. Except for some local details in the process of building the city, there is no need to redesign a set of drawings for the construction of the city.

Miss Theresti, the daughter and pupil of Sir Nicol Albeth, the famous female scholar of relics, inherited her mother's knowledge and mantle in the study of relics, and was also a female scholar. Lorist said that since he could even figure out the twisting tunnels of the ruins, it was not a problem to understand the design of the city, but who could Miss Shetresti, the person in charge of the construction of the city, turn to?

Miss Theresy was still a little hesitant, and Lorist said that as the person in charge of the city, he would arrange for Miss Theresty's subordinates. Even in his own absence, there were also Josk and the bearded Ovikis in charge of the defense. Miss Theresti only had to focus on the building of the city, and Lorist would have Reddy and Boris Butler come and listen to Miss Theresty's orders, as well as the nearly a thousand slave laborers.

At present, the situation in the Northland is turbulent, and Lorist is really immaculate. If Miss Tristi is willing to help, the sooner she can help Lorist settle down on the inside, the sooner Lorist will be able to take her to the black mud swamps of the Northlands. After the city is built, Miss Theresti will be able to choose one of the villas on the hillside as her residence and permanent property, and Lorist will provide her with a generous amount of money for her to continue her research on the ruins.

I don't know what condition moved Miss Theresty, and she finally nodded and agreed to be the person in charge of the city.

Lorist breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered Boris to be brought in as butler, and Reddy as he was to be instructed to assist Miss Theresti in all matters relating to the construction of the city. Then the five large houses in the middle of the city walls were given to Miss Theresti to serve as the headquarters for the construction of the city.

Early the next morning, Lorist found nearly a thousand slave laborers leaving the city in an orderly manner, and Reddy and Theresti's black iron butler escorted him with more than forty guards, seeing that the procession was heading to collect building materials.

Lorist went to the city headquarters, and when he entered the door, he saw Miss Theresti giving instructions to Butler Boris, who nodded repeatedly.

Seeing Lorist coming, Theresti asked what was the matter?

Lorist said that there were a few things he wanted to change, so he took a model of the castle and began to tell Teresty and Butler Boris about what he wanted to change.

The Kenmath family's plan was to make it a barracks castle, with the Kenmath family members in addition to their garrison and their relatives. This is also the most dissatisfying thing about Lorist.

Lorist pointed to the model and said, "You see, in the middle of the valley there is also a large castle to be built, through which the avenue will pass through the belly of this castle, so as to control the traffic of the road." In fact, with these two walls, the castle in the middle of the valley can be removed, and it is enough to have the castle built on the hill next to it as the center of the whole city. Without the castle in the middle, the rest of the place is set aside by the castle on this side to build a square, and the one on the other side of the road is naturally incorporated into the residential and commercial areas established. ”

Miss Theresti thinks that Lorlist's change is the right one, and she hates the original design, so she builds a large castle in the middle of the valley, and the extended walls divide the entire valley space into pieces. Now Lorist is ready to remove the castle in the middle, which not only reduces the difficulty of building the city, but also reduces the amount of work.

The second thing Lorist wanted to change was the four-meter-high stone wall in front of him. It took three months for the Kenmas to have slave laborers build the wall facing the Norton family's domain, and the wall facing the viscount was casually stoned.

Now that Lorist has recaptured the castle site in the Norton family's domain, the rudimentary stone walls have become the first line of defense against the viscountdom. Before Lorist entered, Theresti and Boris's butler discussed how the wall should be modified and reinforced.

Lorist meant not to build the same wall as the one at the foot of the group, so he took a blank piece of vellum paper and drew a convex shape on it, asking for the wall to be built like this. If it is more than 200 meters long like the wall at your feet, it will be a lot of work. Fortunately, the wall in front of it was only seventy or eighty meters long, and it could be completed in a month according to Lorist's requirements.

Seeing that Miss Theresti had made a note of her request, Lorist took her leave.

It's late afternoon. Joske, Sedkamp and Pat returned triumphantly from the copper mines. They brought a dozen mercenary captives and rescued more than seventy Norton children who had been working in the mines.

Sedcamp and Pat brought an old man in his sixties with gray temples to Lorlist: "My lord, this is Daddy Barrick, the family's steward in charge of copper mining. ”

Daddy Balek bowed to Lorlist, his eyes reddening: "Thank you, my lord, for remembering us and rescuing us......"

Lorist hurriedly helped Daddy Balek up, and gently persuaded that there was no need to be polite or anything in his own family. Now that the most difficult moment for the family has passed, the family still needs to develop in the future, and he also needs Daddy Balek and others to continue to do their best for the family. It's just that Daddy Balek and the others have just been rescued from the mine, so they should take good care of their bodies, and they should recuperate here for a while.

Father Balek was very excited, he said that he knew that the family had been unlucky in the past two years, especially after the death of the eldest young master and the third young master, the family had declined even more. This time, Viscount Kenmax sent troops to forcibly occupy the copper mines, captured them and threw them into the mine to mine, he didn't expect the family to come to save them, and thought that they would dig a mine for a lifetime. Unexpectedly, when Lorist heard their news, he sent someone to rescue them first, and he didn't even care about returning to the family's manor, castle, inheritance, title and family domain.

So Papa Balek was very grateful, patted his chest and said that he was in good health, and that he had to arrange something for Lorist to do, and that he didn't want to eat rice, etc. So Lorist simply summoned everyone to a meeting to arrange things one by one, and by the way, arranged for Papa Balek to be sent to Miss Theresty's headquarters for the city.

On the 34th of February, Lorist took Sedcamp and Pat to say goodbye to the group, and the three of them galloped in a four-wheeled carriage to the Norton family's manor castle.

In Locke's memory, Lorist finds an impression of the castle of the Norton family's estate. There are many, many maple trees in that area, and the scenery is beautiful in autumn. In the midst of many maple forests, there is a huge white hill, on which the Norton family's manor castle sits on it.

Locke Jr. remembers that the family's manor castle was large, with vineyards, chicken and pig farms, and a small lake in the shape of a curved moon, where the children of the manor castle loved to play in the water in the summer. On the other side of the small lake is the family's stable, and the heroic horses are Locke's favorite, and he is often fascinated by them. At that time, his mother was still there, and she always lovingly called little Locke a pony idiot......

Seven hours later, Sedcamp stopped the carriage, and Pat knocked on the door of the carriage: "My lord, here we are. ”

Lorist got out of the carriage, and he found himself standing in front of a gray-white castle, the drawbridge still down.

"What's the matter?, Pat, why haven't the men inside lowered the drawbridge and opened the gate?" asked Lorlist.

Pat said, "My lord, there is no one standing guard on it, and the people inside don't know we're coming......

Sedcamp got into the carriage, found a horn and came out, and put it to his mouth with a "whining" sound......

"Who's down there?" said two people from above the castle, looking down.

"It's me, Sedkamp! and Pat! We've brought the Second Young Master back!" Sedkamp yelled.

"What, the second young master is back?" wait, let's go and report to the old steward and Miss Baisha......" The head on the castle disappeared, and after a while, Lorist heard a short horn sound from inside the castle, and then the drawbridge slowly lowered the "squeak", the door opened, and a female knight wearing a chain vest and long red hair strode out with a horsewhip in her hand.

"Sedekamp, you're still willing to come back, I thought you were going to die in some unknown corner. The knight gave a whip to Sedcamp, who was standing respectfully, and scolded with a smile.

Sedecamp bowed his head and saluted: "Thanks to the eldest lady, we found the second young master and took him back, and we did not disgrace our mission." ”

The knight said, "Lucky for you......"

Then he turned to Pat: "Heh, this trip, the whole person has become unrecognizable, it's really rare." ”

Pat didn't answer, just nodded at the female knight.

The female knight didn't care, skipped Pat, came to Lorist and stared straight at him: "Second young master?"

In Xiao Locke's memory, in addition to his father, the most terrible and annoying thing is the red-haired little girl, robbing his brother with him, following his brother every day, he just pulled down her red braid curiously, and then he was beaten firmly......

Now the red-haired little girl in the past has also grown up and has grown into a tall, sassy female knight.

Lorist cracked his mouth: "Sister Bai, Baisha......"

Seeing that Lorist still remembered her honorific title when she was a child, the red-haired female knight was quite satisfied: "Yes, little Locke has also grown up, and he is so tall." It's good to come back, I've suffered a lot along the way. Go inside, Mr. Kress is waiting for you. ”

Mr. Kress was really old, and Lorist remembered that Mr. Kress was sixty-three years old when little Locke left home. Ten years have passed, and the old manager is even more aging, and he can't even walk with old injuries. However, the foundation of Douqi cultivation is still there, although the energy is not as good as before, but the eyes are still sharp.

Grabbing Lorlist's hand, the old manager of Kress was both happy and regretful: "Child, I don't know whether to be happy about your return or regret letting you come back, the current Norton family is a broken ship that is about to fall apart." They were all about to sink into the water, but the people on board were still arguing over who would take the helm. It's really hard for you to pull you onto the boat and make you the captain of this broken ship. ”

Lorist smiled: "Grandpa Cress, the family is in trouble, and it is an unshirkable obligation and responsibility to come back and share the weal and woe with the family as a child of the Norton family. The Norton family has experienced more than 200 years of wind and frost in the Northland, and I will never let him continue to sink, and Norton will surely become a name that resounded throughout the continent. ”

Mr. Kress smiled with relief: "Child, it's good to be ambitious, but you have to take your time in everything." Go eat and rest, and tomorrow I will arrange for you to hold an inheritance ceremony. The family has been arguing for so long, and it is too unpleasant, and with you in charge, I believe everything will be fine. ”

Lorist stood up from the old steward's bedside and bowed to the old steward before following Sedecamp and Pat towards the dining room......