Chapter 100 went wrong

As the day broke, Lorist got out of the tent and stretched. Sedkamp, who was standing aside, handed over a linen towel, and after Lorist wiped his face, he handed over a glass of mouthwash.

"My lord, breakfast is ready. Said Sedercamp.

Lorist waved his hand: "No, just get me two loaves of bread." Let's go to the wall in front of you. ”

I slept too late last night and woke up late in the morning. Lorist came to the wall in front of him, and found that Papa Barrick, who had been rescued from the copper mines, was standing at the head of the city, and when he saw Lorist coming, Papa Barrick bowed from a distance.

Lorist went up the city wall, and saw a lot of slave laborers digging the moat outside, they sent the excavated earth to it, and several slave laborers put the earth into a rectangular wooden frame, poured a spoonful of water, and put a large wooden board on it, and several slave laborers jumped on it and stepped on it, and trampled the dirt as flat as the wooden frame, and then removed the wooden frame, and obtained a rectangular block of earth two feet long and one and a half feet wide. Then the slave laborers left the clod of dirt there, moved to the side, re-erected the wooden frame, and began to fill it with dirt again.

"What are they doing?" asked Lorlist.

Papa Balek replied, "My lord, they are making mud bricks. The mud dug out of the moat with the glue vine juice and left to dry for two days will form a very strong mud brick, and then the city wall will be built with these mud bricks, and the speed will be very fast. It is said that it is several times faster than building a city wall with stone, and as long as the foundation of the city wall is built, it will be as strong and durable as the stone city wall. But the idea came from a slave laborer, and Miss Tresti promoted him to her as a consultant to her......"

Loris nodded, "Those who are talented and willing to serve the family should be rewarded, Miss Tresti did the right thing." What are those people doing?"

Lorist refers to the rows of scaffolding built along the mountain walls, on which slave laborers work.

"My lord, this is to level the mountain wall so that no one will climb up the mountain wall on either side of the wall and pose a threat to the guards on the wall, which is also the suggestion of the slave laborer. It is also a good idea that the rubble that has been excavated from the leveling of the mountain wall can be filled into the city walls. Papa Balek said.

"Very well, I'm almost done digging the moat, when will the walls be built?" asked Lorlist.

"In two days, the foundations of the walls will be dug in no time, and some slave laborers will be digging the stones for the foundations. Papa Barleck pointed to a straight line of lime in the ground below and said, "Look, my lord, the foundation is dug in the lime line." ”

"Yes, by the way, Miss Dressy won't come in the morning?" asked Lorlist.

Daddy Balek shook his head: "She won't come, all the steps to build the city wall have been arranged, and now this place is my responsibility, unless there is an accident, Miss Dressy will not come to the city in general, it is too messy and dirty here." ”

"Okay, then you're busy, I'll go talk to Miss Theresti about something. Lorist patted Papa Balek on the shoulder and turned away.

......

Lorist went to the back wall and walked to the five large houses in the middle. As soon as I entered the door, it was really lively, and three or four slave laborers were holding various small carving knives and carefully carving the small items in their hands. In the middle of the room, next to the table with the sand table, was Miss Theresty's little maid, Winnie, who was fiddling with a model of a small house in her hand.

"What are you doing, little Winnie?" said Lorlist.

Little Winnie saw that it was Lorlist, and hurriedly straightened up: "My lord, I'm making a model." Look, the city is beautiful, isn't it?"

Lorist saw that the sand table on the table was gone, and there was a square wooden plate, which was piled up with the topography of the castle site and the model of the city after the construction was completed. It seems that Miss Theresti has rebuilt the original unfinished castle model with a new model of the castle according to her own ideas these days.

Lorist remembers that the original model of the unfinished castle was more focused on military use, that model was a military fortress. The model of the city now on the table resembles a commercial city like a garden. In addition to the two walls in front and back, and the castle built on the hill on the left, Miss Dressy vacated the whole valley and made it into a commercial and residential area, and there were gardens, small squares, and even small flower beds separating the houses from the houses. Lorist can imagine that if the city model is completed, the city in this valley will really be like a big garden, and it will be very beautiful indeed.

But such a city was not to Lorlist's liking, and he first praised it for its beauty, and then asked where Miss Theresty was.

Winnie pointed to the suite inside, and Lorist walked over and knocked on the door, and Miss Theresty's voice was a little hoarse from inside, "Please come in." ”

Lorist opened the door and entered, and found that there were three tables in the small room, and on the next table against the wall was the large sand table that had been on the table outside, and the desk next to the large sand table was Miss Theresty's desk, and on the table were various sticky notes and animal skin books. On the other side of the house stood a large square table with several pieces of drawing paper with various castle motifs, and at the square table stood Miss Theresti and her old butler of the black iron ranks, and a middle-aged man with short hair and a dark complexion.

"Your ......Excellency," Miss Dressy and her old butler saluted Lorlist, while the middle-aged man looked a little panicked and at a loss.

"Who is he?" Lorist asked, looking at the middle-aged man.

"My lord, his name is Sangben, he was a slave laborer, he was a good drawer, and he was also familiar with all kinds of construction techniques, so I promoted him to be a consultant. Sanamoto, salute your lordship quickly. Miss Theresti explained.

The middle-aged man Sang Ben hurriedly bowed deeply to Lorlist, and Lorist waved his hand and said, "No need to be polite, I heard Daddy Balek talk about you and say that you are very good." Do your job, and the Norton family will not treat anyone who is willing to serve the family with all their loyalty. ”

Miss Theresti asked, "My lord, have you seen the model of the city outside?"

Loris nodded: "Miss Theresty, I came to discuss something with you, I have seen the model of the city outside, and to be honest, I am not satisfied, because you have made a mistake about the main purpose of building this castle." ”

"But my lord, you didn't tell me about the main purpose for which this castle was built. Miss Theresti retorted.

"It's my fault, you're the first time you've come into contact with the construction of a castle, and I don't explain to you the purpose and purpose of building this castle in detail, so that you get it in the wrong direction, and I don't blame you. Let's go out and talk about it. ”

Lorist and Miss Terry came to the outer room, pointed to the model of the city, and said, "Miss Dressy, look at the castle site, it is the throat of this area, and the main road of communication to the outside world of our family territory. By controlling this place, our family will be able to advance and retreat. If we lose this castle, our family will be trapped in the Northlands. The Kenmas family designed this place as a militarized fortress, which was not what I wanted. I originally wanted to build this as a castle that combines military and life, but I didn't expect that you would design this place as a city for life and commerce, like a garden, beautiful and beautiful, but it weakened its military function, except for the two city walls. If the walls are attacked by the enemy and the walls are lost, the entire city will fall. ”

Miss Theresti sighed, "Well, my lord, tell me how to build this castle, but it's just paperwork now, and it's still too late." ”

Lorist directly dismantled the model of the city on the table: "The center of this city is the castle, and the castle is also the last defensive fortress of the entire city. However, I would like to require the castle to have strong defenses, and the style is up to you, so you can build it more beautifully without compromising your defenses. There should be a square in front of the castle, and two walls should be built on the left and right sides of the castle and two walls in front and back, and two more towers should be built in the middle of these two walls, so that in case the front wall is lost, as long as the iron gate leading to the front wall can be closed, the traffic on the city wall can be cut off, and the defenders can still resist with the tower, or even counterattack. ”

"On both sides of the castle were warehouses and arsenals on the inside of the walls, and outside the walls were barracks and stables. In the middle is the avenue leading to the front and rear gates, and the remaining two-thirds of the space on the opposite side is the commercial and residential areas, which are arranged by you. There are no other requirements, but the city can accommodate up to 15,000 people, and you need to pay attention to the arrangement of wells and sewers, so be it. ”

Theresdy's old butler wrote down Lorlist's request, and then handed the note to her young lady. Miss Trestinty looked at the note, and after confirming that what was written on it was exactly what Lorist said, she handed the note to Sanmoto, who was standing next to her: "Sanmoto, you design a rough pattern according to the requirements of the adults, and then we will revise it." ”

"Yes, sir. Sammoto said respectfully.

Little Winnie was teary-eyed on the side, looking at the city model on the wooden plate being messed up by Lorliste, and was about to cry: "Miss, the adults are so bad, you see my models are like this......"

Lorist Khan: "I'm sorry, Winnie, I'm really sorry, I didn't pay attention either......"

Miss Theresti wiped Winnie's face, "It's okay, we can make another prettier." By the way, my lord, what did you just say you asked me to discuss?"

Lorist and Miss Theresti returned to their suite.

"That's the ......" Lorist explained straight to the point that he wanted to lure the Kenmas family convoy into the castle site to force him to surrender, so he hoped that Miss Theresy would cooperate in the next two days to change the distribution of slave labor, so that her plan could be carried out smoothly.

"Alas, my lord, I really hate these fights and killings, you men always like such fights and wars, why can't you build castles quietly?" Miss Theresti sighed deeply.

Lorist spread his hands: "No way, if we don't find a way to annihilate this convoy, then the Kenmax family will immediately know the fact that this place has been occupied by us, and they will probably send troops to attack us immediately." The wall in front of us has not yet been built, and with the original four-meter-high stone wall, it will be difficult for us to resist the continuous attack, and the casualties will be very large. And by eliminating this convoy, we will be able to continue to hide the news of our occupation here. By the time the Kenmasses knew they were coming, we might have already built the walls. At that time, we will rely on the city wall to defend it, and the inside will be able to continue to build safely. ”

"Alright, my lord, everything is as you wish, and I will cooperate with your actions. Miss Theresti said.

"By the way, there is another thing, I brought a steward from the family, his name is Hansk, he is good at calculations, I arranged for him to help build the castle under you, and I will tell him to report to you later. Lorist said.

Miss Theresti nodded, and then remembered something: "My lord, what are you going to call this castle after it is built?"

Lorist thought for a moment and said, "Let's call it the Rock Castle, I hope it will be as strong as a rock, and it will be unshakable." ”

Miss Theresti seemed upset, pouting, and looking unsightly.

Lorist was stunned for a moment, quickly figured out the reason, and said with a smile: "Miss Theresty, I understand what you mean, I'm sorry." It's just that this place will become our family's main fort, so the name should be chosen carefully. If you are willing to continue to build this mountain town on the sand table after the castle is built, then I can name this mountain town after your surname, or Trysti City, what do you think? If you are not happy to use your surname and first name, I can give you the right to name the mountain town, and you can choose the name of the mountain town. Do you see this?"

......