The night after the tournament was destined to be a night of revelry.

Hundreds of bonfires were lit on the banks of the Silver Moon River, and the skinned cattle and sheep slowly turned on the barbecue forks, and the men next to them were busy applying spices and salt water until the meat was roasted with fat and fragrant. A long table set up outside the tent was piled high with vegetables, sea buckthorn fruit, strawberries and bread.

More than 2,000 contestants and their entourage sat around the campfire and chatted while enjoying the food and wine provided by the hosts for free. The troupe mates weave through the crowd, quietly inviting well-dressed guests to the troupe tent to watch the performances, and patting their chests to ensure how young and beautiful the troupe's actors are.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the night performances of the touring troupe are more than just cabarets, juggling and animal taming, and guests can also receive solo performances from the troupe's cast for a small fee. These actors are all handsome men and women, and it is precisely because of the limited number of people that night performances are only open to the wealthy. If the guest is handsome enough, able to produce the blood documents issued by the church, and good at sweet words, the girls of the troupe will not mind spending a wonderful time with him. Many of the down-and-out bards wandered around with itinerant troupes.

Of course, for most people, the itinerant troupe is a place for vassals to have fun and choose their personal maids, and ordinary commoners prefer to have some fun in inns or taverns, but not tonight.

This morning, the priest of the church began to distribute pork to the people of Jinshui City, and everyone received more than a pound of fresh pork. Tens of thousands of believers finished their prayers of thanksgiving, including the tavern hostess, hurried home to share dinner with their families, and pork could not be stored for long in such a hot weather.

As a result, the smell of pork soup fills the entire Jinshui City.

The halls of Blackcastle were brightly lit, and 11 knights, 69 apprentice knights, and 576 promising nobles gathered for a feast hosted by the hosts. From now on, they will be rooted in the Centaur Hills and serve the House of York. The chefs of Jinshuicheng have come up with 12 points of ability, stewing, stir-frying, steaming, boiling, frying, roasting, stewing, all kinds of skills, and the delicacies are served on the table like water. The new members of the York family were full of praise and praise for their mouths full of food, and they even thought that this grand feast would go down in history.

In fact, for this banquet, the chefs began to prepare as early as 7 days ago, they were divided into 20 groups, and a total of 1,000 people were mobilized, which led to a jaw-dropping gastronomic feast. The chief painter of the York family preserved the scene of more than 700 people eating at the same time with a brush, and even achieved a famous painting.

Unfortunately, the top of the House of York did not attend the Black Castle Dinner, and they were all waiting for their guests to visit at Rose Manor.

Hundreds of lizard oil candles illuminate the elegant and ornate manor hall. Sophia wore a sleeveless and collarless thin linen robe, revealing her fair and flawless right shoulder and a pair of well-proportioned and moist arms, no belt, no jewelry, purple hair draped casually over her shoulders, and her delicate feet stepped on a pair of rush-woven sandals, looking comfortable and lazy.

Everyone is dressed in the same attire, regardless of status, regardless of position, background, decision-making, the pursuit of a relaxed and free meeting environment and a relaxed and freehand conversation atmosphere.

This is very much in line with the needs of VIPs.

The envoys who observed the tournament were mainly the heirs of the major families, and there were also hostile forces, and everyone came to the Centaur Hill with the purpose of temptation, and it was impossible to reach any effective agreement, so there was no need to be too solemn and serious.

At this moment, Sophia was a little uncomfortable.

The grand knights and lords of the York family surrounded Victor and talked affectionately, and Sophia, as the Viscountess of Randall, was also surrounded by 8 grand knights.

Anyone would feel uncomfortable being surrounded by strange knights, and the most embarrassing thing was that Sophia didn't even quite understand what they were talking about, she was like an outsider. And Victor's free-spirited, laughing and laughing appearance reminded her of the Marquis of Bastern, the minister of the Iris Palace.

Sophia looked at Victor's familiar face and thought that the old fellow might not be as good as my little husband, at least I wouldn't be standing here like a vase and smirking when he convened the court council.

"Hanas, your luck is enviable. ”

"yes, we've only built a few stream reservoirs, and you've started digging canals. It seems that my territory was the last to build a canal. Earl Trandon sighed.

Viscount Hanas said with a smile on his face, "This is thanks to Victor for helping us open the blue brick market in the Kingdom of Dordor. ”

The cost of the water conservancy project in the hills was huge, and the financial resources of the York family were not enough to support the construction of the main canal. To this end, Victor developed a strategy of raising canals with bricks, but this strategy could not meet the needs of all lords. Viscount Hanas is one of them.

The domain of Viscount Hanas is located in the northern part of the Centaur Hills, bordering the Viscount of Sauron, and he is the northernmost lord and the last lord to build the main canal in the list of lords of the House of York.

According to the agreement, whoever repairs the main canal will have the leading power to sell the green bricks to the outside world. However, due to the geographical location, transportation costs and market capacity, by the time Hanas began to build the main canal, the green brick market was already saturated, and the green bricks he produced could only be digested internally, and could not be exported to generate income. This meant that the cost of building an aqueduct for Viscount Hanas was several times higher than that of other lords.

Victor reached an agreement with Viscount Negus of the Kingdom of Duoduo for the sale of green bricks, and the situation suddenly changed.

In the past, there were three major consumer markets for the green bricks of the Centaur Hill, the first was the internal market of the Centaur Hill, the second was the Copper City of the Solim family in the south of Gambis, and the Wisdom City of the Wellington family in the south-central part of the country was collectively called the Southern Market, and the third was the neighbor to the east of Jinshui City, the western lord led by the Nimes family, which was called the Eastern Market. Now, add the markets of the Viscountdom of Sauron and the Viscount of Negus, and even sell the bricks to the territories further north through the Viscount Negus.

The distance of the green brick market determines the order of eating meat and drinking soup, and Victor's Pinghu Town and the Duke of York's Golden Water City not only eat meat first, but also control the distribution of the green brick market. Viscount Hanas couldn't even drink the soup of the Blue Brick Trade, but now that Victor has opened the Northern Market, he has become the leader of the Northern Lords.

Both Earls of Terrandon and Viscount Gilres, both lords of the North, were envious of Hanas's luck, and Hanas was naturally grateful to Victor. You know, the brick trade can drive the flow of goods, which represents wealth and prosperity.

"Victor, if there's anything you need help with in Raventown, just ask. Hanas said, patting his strong chest.

"Hanas, is there anything Viscount Randall needs your help with?" Lady Audair glanced at Victor coquettishly, and smiled, "I'm afraid it's true that you need Victor's help." ”

"That's what Mrs. Audrey said. Viscount Hanas laughed and said eagerly: "Victor, I didn't expect that my territory would be the first to build a canal, can you take the time to help me look at the location of the canal, so as not to make mistakes and omissions when opening the canal in the future." ”

Victor shook the wine glass in his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to worry about the location of the main canal, although there is no water diversion canal yet, Master Edwin and I have completed the topographic mapping work. Every medium-sized stream reservoir is a node, and you only need to build a reservoir according to the sign of the sand table, and then connect the reservoir without mistakes. ”

"Then I'm relieved. Hanas smiled and said, "Victor, I have one more thing I want to ask you for. ”

"I want to hear about it. Victor took a sip of the golden orchid made from purple cane and said lightly.

Hannaston paused and explained, "That's right, there is only one giant brick kiln in my territory, which was originally enough. But now, I'm going to sell the bricks to Viscount Sauron and Viscount Negus, and a giant brick kiln obviously can't meet the demand for green bricks in the three realms. So, I ordered the construction of two more giant brick kilns. The problem was that I didn't have that many builders and brick makers. Your Excellency, can you lend me some manpower, and when my brick kiln is on track, I will return them to you, and I am willing to pay their wages and pay a fee to the Randalls. ”

Victor pondered for a moment, frowned, and said, "I'm afraid it's been more than a year and a half for the two brick kilns to get on the right track, right? It's not easy for me to train skilled stewards and craftsmen, and most of these people are free people. It is impossible for me to break the rules of canonization and distribute land to them right away. If these people voluntarily stay in your territory, I doubt you will be able to give them back to me?" After a pause, he said with a smirk, "Your Excellency Hanas, you don't want to dig into my corner, do you?"

"This ......" Hanas took a sip of wine, concealed his embarrassment, and said sincerely: "Victor, please help, I really need this batch of manpower, I can pay you a persuasion, 100 gold soles for each ordinary craftsman, 350 gold soles for stewards, what do you think?"

Victor shook his head and said, "This can't be. The Duke made the same request, but I refused. Before the end of this year's water season, the main canal of the Randall Territory will be fully connected, and I will hand over the leadership of the sales of green bricks to Jinshui City, but the Randall Territory will also build ring canals, auxiliary canals, small stream reservoirs, and terraces, and the demand for green bricks is still very large, and it is necessary to retain sufficient skilled craftsmen and stewards. However, I will follow the agreement and hand over the profits from the sale of the bricks to Lord Embiter to fund the construction of the main canal. In the future, if you have any questions, you should consult with the Duke. ”

The Duke of York patted his round belly and said with a smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, don't beat my idea. Although I am your sovereign, I will not interfere in your internal affairs. Moreover, the territory under my direct jurisdiction is more than 50,000 square kilometers, the main canals are longer than yours, the reservoirs are more than yours, and the towns also need a large number of green bricks, and there are still people to lend them to you. ”

"Embiter, you can't say that. The Earl of Turlandon relied on himself to be the elder of the Duke of York, and said bluntly: "Victor is not our lord, when he led the green brick industry, he not only opened up the market of Yeliu City, but also helped us open the blue brick market in the north. As our lord, you can't do nothing, can you?"

Viscount Gilis also took the opportunity to say: "The southern, central and northern parts of the Centaur Hill should be dug at the same time to obtain soil and make bricks for sale. Only in this way can the water conservancy project be completed ahead of schedule and everyone will benefit. Lord Duke, you can't just ignore us northern lords!"

Embither smacked his lips and said, "Otherwise, you will send someone to learn, and I guarantee that my stewards and craftsmen will teach you......"

"My lord, we don't lack skills, and we can train stewards and craftsmen ourselves. What we lack is skilled craftsmen and stewards, and we need a lot of them now!"

"Didn't Victor just say that, I'm short of manpower, so it's useless for you to force me!" Embiter rolled his eyes and simply played the scoundrel.

The after-bath reception was free to speak. The family whose territory was located in the north immediately quarreled with the central lord. Lady Caterina glanced at Bruce, who understood and interjected, "Don't worry, everyone, I have a question for Victor." ”

"Bruce, you ask. "Victor said generously.

Bruce smiled and said, "Victor, what I want to ask is about the terraces. ”