On the barren land, thanks to the irrigation of simple small wells, many green branches and buds have sprung up on the ground that was difficult to cultivate.

There were more wood-tipped fences to guard against wild beasts or bandits, bakeries with ovens, smoke rising from chimneys, a blacksmith's shop, pig iron had just been delivered two days before, and now three blacksmiths were beating the unformed swords and iron to equip the mercenary group.

They sweat faster than they drink, and they can feel the heat from a distance.

There was also a wooden tavern, which was opened by Bran, and when the mercenaries got the supplies or money, they came here to get drunk and play, and continued to spit the money back.

The office was built in the middle of the village, and the original village chief's family was requisitioned to expand, but a bright and wide red stone tile house was built for the village chief, which was enough to accommodate ten people.

These buildings are lined with the Teutonic Black Eagle and the Florentine flag outside the door.

After seeing Bran's carriage, the guards blew their whistles, and then one of them ran into the tavern to report to Iron Mountain.

Iron Mountain is playing with a bewitching wine girl at the moment, and he has been very fond of women in this kind of dress lately...... But if he wanted to find a wife, he preferred the kind of aristocratic woman who was weak and walked very quietly

After hearing the rumor, he immediately pushed the wine girl away rudely, found clear water, spit out a few sips vigorously, and then wiped his face, trying to drive away the smell of wine.

His Highness hates people to drink in the morning, he knows it very well.

After that, he asked people to blow the horn and let all the mercenaries who were resting in other wooden houses get out.

Since it was a sudden visit, Iron Mountain didn't know what Bran was here for, but he still cheered up to greet him.

After Bran and his party stepped into the village, because it had just rained coldly, there was a lot of mud on the ground, and the carriage was easy to sink into the ground, so Bran dismounted and walked.

He was covered with a black cloak that hid his expression.

Bran's cold gaze swept around, Carol was behind, their eyes fixed on the affairs hall, but their footsteps went straight to ...... Bakery away.

The beating of the stomach reminds you that it's time to eat.

Carol said to a mercenary he knew behind him, "Get some pig, chicken, wine, and a pot of boiled hot water, and put it in the office hall." ”

Hot water is what Bran wants, and drinking it in winter is not harmful to keeping his body warm, and he still does it in his previous life.

Outside the bakery, there was a queue of peasant families who were about to get married, so a few peasant women helped to fetch barley flour and prepare it to be baked into hard bread.

The bakery is operated by the village chief's family.

In view of the village chief Raymond, in the past few years, for the service of the Teutonic mercenary group in the village of Rabi - helping to prepare the land, delivering letters, or purchasing supplies, etc., Bran rewarded Raymond with this privilege, and occasionally gave some other civilian goods.

The villagers came to bake bread, which required ten taxes and one one, and most of the rest of the mercenary group baked was given to the Raymond family.

In the past three years, Raymond's wife has been pregnant every year, and the two children have given birth to three children (with twins), and the third child who has not yet been born is also round and conspicuous.

The wife's first child, who was often sick and spent a lot of money, plus the three children of Raymond's ex-wife, as well as relatives and servants who belonged to the family, etc., also degraded the swelling wallet day and night.

Fortunately, relying on Howard's small interests, the family had no worries about food and clothing.

Bran walked to the bakery, and the peasant woman saw the Iron Mountain behind Bran running viciously and crouched down in fright.

Tieshan trained soldiers in the village, and he was violently whipped and educated, and he would hang the wrongdoers to expose them to the sun, so children and women were afraid of him.

"Teacher, Your Highness."

When Iron Mountain was less than twenty paces away, he knelt down on one foot, ignoring the sludge on the ground.

"Your Highness is ahead."

Carol corrected again.

"Your Highness, Teacher."

Again, there was more sludge on the pants.

"In this area, when you have free time, don't bother to drink, lay some gravel or plank." After smelling the wine, Bran pointed to the ground near the bakery, and it was raining so hard that he couldn't walk.

"Yes."

"When that group of people come here for the exam the day after tomorrow, His Highness will personally watch it, and you can arrange it well." Carol Road.

"Yes."

Bran then went into the bakery, where the ventilation was in good condition, the heat was easily evapolated, and there were no rats and bugs.

After inspecting the environment, Bran was relieved to let the baker start to work, and he was very attentive to eating.

When the baker in the house saw the noble man coming, he quickly stopped and said hello, and pushed the barley flour aside, and asked one of the apprentices to quickly take out the fine snow-white wheat flour that was ready to be offered to Lord Tieshan.

"Wait for one person to send five more pieces of bread, and add some butter to the peasant women outside. Also, wood chips, clay, and other things, don't add too much to them, don't take too much advantage. ”

Carol knows Bran too well, and Bran loves to give small benefits to his subordinates, so he helps him say everything at this moment.

At the same time, he also felt that Mo was read more by Ma Lian, and he became more and more nagging himself.

"Yes, yes, I don't dare to mess around!" The baker quickly shook his head in response.

And the apprentice who was called by the master was half a year younger than Bran, but only a little more than one meter three meters tall, very short, he was the eldest son born to Raymond's former deceased wife, named "Tom".

Ugly in appearance, far from another younger brother born to the same mother.

Because Raymond hated this eldest son who might inherit him, Tom was rushed here by his father early to learn the arts, and when he had free time, he helped with the farming.

After Bran left, a teenager who followed him did not leave, he was the "drug tester" next to Bran, and every time he paid attention to the movements of the baker and the apprentice, he made sure that the food was safe, and when the food came on stage, he would be the first to try.

Since the purge of the Pavey Chamber of Commerce, there have been six poisoning accidents in Meath City, and now Howard has ordered that food safety must be done without fail.

Kneading the fluffy bread and getting flour all over his face, Tom was absent-minded.

When the day's work was over, he did not secretly eat the small pieces of delicious bread that he had made in the middle and secretly hidden, as usual.

He walked out of the bakery and approached the red brick chamber until he stopped as he approached the door.

Two guards were standing guard at the door. A faint laugh came out, probably His Highness or some other high-ranking mercenary.

Since His Highness came down, the wine and meat have not been broken, and the other mercenary officers have been sending them in, and the people who went in were reluctant to come out, probably trying to please the young man who rarely came here.

If only I could go in and talk and laugh myself......

After standing for a moment, Tom slowly turned around and returned home. Because of the large number of new members, and his father converted a house into a poultry house, he had to lay on the floor, and before going to bed, he had to take care of his new brother, wipe the house, and fetch water to wash his father's feet.