There was a knock on the door, and Signa ran out barefoot and in her pajamas to open the door, and a series of footsteps followed the floor of the outer hallway.

Not long after, Signa's little head poked through the crack in the door, and shouted to the two people who were sleeping in their arms on the big bed, "Someone is looking for you!" Surdak, I heard that he is a noble lord who has come from the city of Highlandsa! ”

Surdak, naked, sat up from the big bed and lifted the corner of the curtain to look out, it was just past morning.

No one in the village would wake up so early in the winter, and in the past, they could save a breakfast by sleeping for a while, but now no one in the village cares about the grains, but they are still used to climbing high in the sun and getting up again, and there is nothing to do anyway......

Selena lay lazily on the bed, the room was warm, she had a blanket to cover her body, her blonde curls spread out on the bed, she sat up with her body, and helped Surdak tie the leather armor.

Surdak turned around and patted her fair face, and said to Selena, "It's not a wise choice to go to the sulfur mines at this time, after all, it's about to snow, you can wait until spring......"

Selena kissed Surdak on the cheek, and it seemed that she had developed a kobold slave believer, which made her confident greatly, and raised her delicate cheeks slightly, the corners of her mouth were raised, with a faint charm, and said to Surdak: "Go ahead, get busy." ”

Walking out of Selena's townhouse, Andrew stood across the street and shouted, "Captain! ”。

Surdak walked over and asked, "Andrew, who's coming for me?" ”

"It's Lord Viscount Emmett......" Andrew the indigenous warrior said to Surdak.

……

A splendid magic caravan was parked outside the courtyard of Surdak's house, and the coachman with a hat on his face was lying on the throne and napping in the sun, and two snow-white horses with no hair in the stray were standing side by side in front of the car.

Surdak pushed the door and walked into the courtyard, and saw Rita coming out of the kitchen, walking out of the courtyard with a fruit bowl in her hand, Surdak asked in a low voice:

"Lord Viscount in the living room?"

Rita nodded, blushing, and said in a low voice:

"Mother is talking to him, and I'm going to bring some food to the coachman."

Surdak walked into the living room of the villa, and saw four guards camp knights standing on both sides of the door of the living room, and when he saw Surdak enter, he immediately gave a military salute to Surdak, and his eyes were full of admiration, obviously they knew Surdak.

Surdak couldn't call their names, so he could only stop and return the same military salute.

The living room of the new home is also very magnificent, this set of light brown soft leather sofa was given by Carl, and there is a delicate coffee table lake wall table, old Sheila and Viscount Emmett sat in the living room chatting, Viscount Emmett is very talkative, and his speech and demeanor are a gentleman's style.

He didn't expect Viscount Emmett to come to Wall Village, walked in front of Viscount Emmett, and saluted Viscount Emmett,

"Lord Viscount Emmett!"

With a faint smile on his face, Viscount Emmett looked up at Surdak, but his restrained gaze was a little sharp, and he said very directly:

"Baron Surdak, I didn't expect you to build this place so well, no wonder Lord Luthor is so optimistic about you."

Surdak smiled slightly, sat down in the chair opposite Old Sheila, and asked:

"Lord Viscount, what are you doing all this to the Wasteland?"

Viscount Emmett paused for a moment before saying: "This time I brought the Barren Land to be entrusted by others, there are two main things, the Barren Land Security Squadron has been established for almost half a month, and I haven't seen you go to the guard battalion to receive municipal grants, I will come to see how the guard battalion squadron is prepared." The preparatory work can be carried out slowly, but the municipal appropriation must be collected as soon as possible, and if we wait for the winter to pass and the spring to submit next year's financial application, this year's appropriation will be in vain. ”

Surdak knew that to form a squadron, there would definitely be a special allocation from the guard battalion, but he didn't expect that there would be so many statements in it.

"Ahh I'm just going back to the guard camp to recruit some knights, thanks to Viscount Emmett's reminder! ”

Viscount Emmett nodded slightly, and said: "This is located in a remote place, and there are frequent incidents of robbers washing villages, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to recruit enough knights from the guard battalion, but you can try to recruit at the Knight Academy......"

Surdak nodded noncommittally, he had not been in a hurry to do this, mainly because he didn't want to recruit those new recruits in the Knight Academy.

Do you want to take them to battle?

Ever since Surdak saw the performance of the students of the Bena High Swordsman Academy on the battlefield of Handanar County, he had not been impressed by these academy students.

Viscount Emmett continued: "The other thing I have come here for is to ask my superiors to see what your attitude is. ”

"Forehead ......"

Surdak immediately sat up straight and assumed a listening posture.

If you can ask Viscount Emmett to be a lobbyist or his boss, you must be a high-powered nobleman, even if you pretend, you must give enough respect.

Viscount Emmett first looked at old Sheila, who was sitting opposite, and then with a noble smile on his face, he said to Surdak:

"Marquis Luther was the head of the Formation Swordsman Regiment when I was in the military service before, I heard that you have been to Pena City before, and met Miss Luther's palm, Miss Zhuhai Thurway, and you had a very good conversation that time, so I made a special trip to you to ask what you mean, Lord Luther wants to marry Miss Hathaway to you, are you willing?"

Surdak hesitated for a moment, then glanced at old Sheila, who was sitting opposite.

Old Sheila's face was calm, and she sat there quietly as if she were about to fall asleep.

Viscount Emmett was not at all tactful, and there was no room for manoeuvre in what he said, so he almost did not say directly to Surdak: 'Marquis Luthor is going to marry his daughter to you, and I have come to inform you about it...... Accept it! ’

Surdak groaned for a moment, then said:

"Actually, I had planned to go to Pena City in person after the harvest festival to ask for the advice of the Marquis of Luthor, and if the Marquis agreed, I would propose to Miss Hathaway, but the affairs on this side of the Wastelands have kept me unable to get out, so I have not been able to leave."

Old Sheila's eyelids twitched, and she looked up at Surdak, her eyes a little wincing with a hint of surprise.

Viscount Emmett did not know about the relationship between Surdak and Hathaway, but was asked by the Marquis of Luthor to come here to inquire about Surdak's thoughts.

Hearing Surdak say this, he immediately smiled at Surdak and said, "I see, Lord Luthor also said in the letter that you and Miss Hathaway had a good conversation at the ball, but I don't know why there is no follow-up ......"

"You've done a great job in the Maga Plane War, and Lord Luthor admires you so much......"

When Viscount Emmett said this, his tone became more cordial, after all, the newly promoted noble baron in front of him was about to marry the beloved daughter of the Marquis of Luthor.

This time he came to Wall Village, probably mainly for this matter, he didn't care much about the formation of the guard battalion squadron in the barren land, and saw Surdak express his love for Miss Hathaway at first sight, and he was very happy, and he could be regarded as successfully completing his mission.

Viscount Emmett did not stop at the village of Wall, but had a modest lunch at Surdak's house, and then left in the luxurious magic caravan.

……

The warm afternoon sun shone into the oak floor of the living room, and the old Sheila leaned back on the chaise longue. His legs were covered with blankets, and his eyes were closed as if he was asleep.

Little Peter sat on the floor, piling blocks with a faint pine scent, and he built a castle on the floor.

Surdak walked in, and little Peter hurriedly ran over and hugged Surdak's big. legs, begging him to join him in his game of blocks, Surdak touched little Peter's head and said softly, "Aunt Rita seems to have something to show you......"

"What does my aunt want to give me?" Little Peter immediately gave up the bricks in his hand and ran out of the house with a puff of smoke.

Surdak rubbed his hands together and sat down in the chair opposite Old Sheila, and he did not hurry to speak, but sat quietly enjoying the silence of the afternoon.

Old Sheila slowly opened her eyes, the wrinkles on her face had deepened a lot, her hair was almost completely white, and she seemed to be getting older over the course of the year.

"The one who made you a nobleman?" Old Sheila asked slowly.

"Yes." Surdak replied.

"How's his daughter's personality?" Old Sheila asked again with a look of worry in her eyes.

"It's fine." Surdak said.

Old Sheila sat up from her chaise longue and looked at him with a straight face, "You have now become a nobleman, a magistrate of the wasteland, and if you wish, we will not object!" But I hope you will treat Natasha as you always do in the future. Well, I think you need to discuss this matter with Natasha, after all, it will affect her life. ”

"I will."

Surdak didn't expect that old Sheila didn't have much rejection of this matter.

Seeing Surdak's expression, old Sheila's gaze moved from his face to the window, and a bird swept past the window.

Old Sheila said softly to Surdak: "I know that you have been doing everything you can to make our lives better throughout the year, I have seen him in my dreams more than once, I told him about our current life, and he has been telling me that you should have your own life, and that your life should not be just this little wall village, you have your journey." ”

"That's all I have here." Surdak said, looking into old Sheila's eyes.

"I know, you've always done that!" A faint smile finally appeared on old Sheila's face with a hint of melancholy, and she said, "Go, go and have a good talk with your wife, she is so gentle." ”

Surdak stood up and said, "I'll try to get her consent." ”

……

Surdak felt that there was no way to open his mouth about this matter anyway.

Telling his wife that I want to marry another one is so shameless, and his skin is not so thick.

So he had been struggling all afternoon, and he wanted to organize the language well to prevent Natasha from reacting too violently.

Natasha was folding her clothes, the room was faintly scented, there was a set of leather armor hanging on the wooden shelf in the corner, she was also going to apply some oil to the Surdak leather armor, she was wearing a cotton skirt with sheepskin sedled shoulders, and her face was full of happy smiles.

Seeing Surdak walking in from the door, he hurriedly walked over and helped Surdak take off the soft leather armor on his body.

Surdak turned around and took Natasha in his arms, caressed her back with both hands, and said to her, "I may want to...... Marry a noble lady. ”

"Hmmm! I know, Rita told me all. Natasha rested her head on his shoulder, her eyes sparkling.

"I wonder what you think?" Surdak asked with some weakness.

"What?" Natasha was slightly stunned and asked strangely.

"Another wife?" Surdak said.

"She's the young lady of the noble family who recommended you to be a baron?" Natasha asked, staring at Surdak.

"Yes." Surdak replied.

Natasha asked with some trepidation, "Will she drive me away?" ”

"No, I promise." Surdak said.

Natasha was happy again, and she said, "Oh, I'll get along with her." ”

"I ...... You don't blame me? Surdak asked, somewhat surprised.

Natasha smiled reluctantly before whispering, "I know...... You have become a noble baron, you are his confidant, and if you want to make this relationship stronger, is there any better way than to marry your daughter to you? ”

"The daughters of the nobles in the city of Highlandsa almost have to accept this fate, I know."

She fell into Surdak's arms and whispered.

……

Surdak has been busy preparing for the formation of the guard battalion squadron recently, and has also taken the militia battalion around the barren land for a long time, he does not know much about what has happened in the village of Vol recently, only that after the fourth-level water storage was rudely built, the old village chief ordered all the gates to be closed, and is trying his best to fill the reservoir.

After the townhouses in the village were built, the villagers would also go to Oak Ridge to pick some chestnuts and mushrooms, and would also stock up on cassava and other rations for the kobolds.

The kobold slaves began to build roads with large quantities of ash cement, and Surdak planned to build a flat and wide road between the Badlands and the city of Highland, which was only an extension of the original roadbed, so as long as there were enough manpower and material resources, it was not difficult.

He didn't know anything else that had happened in the village during this time.

For example, the old village chief announced the system of rewards and punishments for kobold slaves, and a convoy was set up in the village......

With the earth-shaking changes that have taken place in the village of Wall, the villagers will at least no longer lack food and clothing, and can live in warm houses before the winter snowstorm, so during the period after the harvest festival in Wall Village, many young villagers have held weddings, and many people from other villages want to marry their daughters to Wall Village, even if they marry two wives on the same day, it is not uncommon, because everyone knows that at least marrying into Wall Village will not starve again.

The population of the village has increased dramatically during this time, and it is estimated that the population of Wall Village will increase significantly next summer.