Standing on the bridge and looking upstream, I found that the embankment on this side was made of stones, and the walls were smooth like a city wall, and the height was about 10 meters.

Gervais knew that the embankment should be used as a defensive wall, to defend against the orc invasion in the winter season, but it was still summer, and the banks of the Withered Leaf River were overgrown with weeds and no human figures. From an hour's journey to the Dead Leaf River, Gervais never encountered a pedestrian or caravan.

Gervais had mixed feelings, thinking that his territory was like an abandoned child, and that he would be invaded by orcs every year.

"I'm going to have to settle this matter sooner or later!" As a man, Gervais is also very possessive, unwilling to let his territory be plundered year after year, and silently calculates in his heart.

However, according to Gandalf, he is not capable of solving it at the moment, but as long as he has a dream, he will one day come true, and as a time-traveler with a golden finger, Gervais vows to defend his territory.

"Then set a small goal first! Earn 1.8 million gold coins first, and then fight the riots! Gervais set a small goal with great pride, and had no doubt that he would be able to accomplish it in his lifetime. You know, 1.8 million gold coins are about the same as 18 billion on the earth.

"Let's go!" After setting a small goal on the bridge of the Withered Leaf River, Gervais couldn't wait to ride his horse, and it only took half a day for him to reach his final destination, Viscount Majoor's Castle!

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"This is a small town?" Gervais was a little difficult to accept, and after a small half day of traveling, he finally came to the place where people gathered again.

It's also the only town in his domain, Marina Town. Located in the south of the Grevais Domain, named for its proximity to the sea, the Marina Town was the most prosperous part of the Viscount of Majoel 30 years ago, and the huge castle perched on a hillside can already be seen in the distance.

To get to the castle, you need to pass through the town, and when Gervais stands at the intersection of the town, looking at the dilapidated wooden houses and thatched houses, it is incredulous.

His impression of the small town in this world was still the town outside Gandalf's castle, and along the way he had seen many market towns in his territory, either prosperous or dilapidated, but they were many times better than this seaside town. The seaside town in front of him was a standard village, and the only thing that was commendable was that the road leading to the castle was fairly wide.

After a cursory glance, Gervais saw only three or two houses made of stone, all weather-beaten and moss-covered walls. The rest are all wooden huts thatched huts. At this moment, there were not many pedestrians on the street, and three or two passers-by in shabby linen shirts saw from a distance that their group all turned around and ran into the alley by the side of the road.

At this time, Gervais felt that his small goal on the Dead Leaf River Bridge was set a little high!

"My lord, there's someone in front of you!" Thomas suddenly reminded him.

Gervais was still looking around, trying to find some bustling scene in the town in front of him, but unfortunately he found nothing, no pedestrians, no market, and his mind was half cold. Hearing Thomas's words, Gervais came back to his senses and looked at the end of the avenue.

The three guards beside him had already taken two steps forward, faintly guarding Gervais in the middle.

"Don't be nervous, it should be the guards here!" Gervais saw more than a dozen people hurrying towards him at the end of the street, and when they entered some of them, he found them wearing fiery red cloth shirts on the outermost part of their clothes, which was the only dress of the Jones family guards.

In this world, there is no standard military uniform, because of the sparse population and low productivity, it is difficult for the small nobles to support a large number of formal troops, and only in the event of war will they issue a conscription order, and directly recruit serfs as soldiers, and the weapons are also very casual, with hoes for hoeing, wood knives for chopping wood, and those who cannot afford iron tools even sharpen the wood to participate in the battle directly, not to mention uniform dress.

When there was no war, the minor nobles would only organize guards ranging from a dozen to a few dozen to guard the castle and inspect the territory. These people are the elite soldiers under the hands of the little nobles, basically equipped with knives, guns, bows and arrows, as well as leather armor, as for the clothing, they are casual, they like to wear whatever they like, basically they are casual clothes made of linen.

The big nobles are different, because of the need for rule, the territory is wide, much richer than the small nobles, will recruit a large number of guards to guard the various main roads and military fortresses in the territory, in addition to weapons and armor, will let the guards on the outermost layer of the clothes on a piece of cloth representing a certain family, the middle of the cloth shirt left a large hole from the head, after draping on the body, and then use the belt to tighten the cloth strip on the body, not only beautiful but also does not affect the battle.

"I've seen Baron Gervais!" A group of people quickly rushed to Gervais and them, and several guards raised their right hands to their chests, stood up straight, all bowed their heads, and saluted Gervais in unison.

There were fifteen of them in this group, 14 of whom were dressed as guards, and only one of them was dressed in a short green robe.

"Lord Gervais, I'm a herald sent by Lord Earl! I have here the title certificate issued to you by Lord Earl, and the certificate of your territory, please accept it! After saluting Gervais, the herald in the green robe immediately took out the two leather scrolls in his arms and handed them to Gervais.

"I don't know what Your Excellency the Herald is called?" Taking the scroll, Gervais looked at it, and it was not made of sheepskin, but a leather that was softer and lighter than sheepskin. Opening the scroll to make sure it was correct, Gervais asked the herald with a smile.

"Honorable Lord, it is my honor to serve Lord Earl and you, you can call me Iger!" The herald saluted again and replied to Gervais.

"Lord Iger, when did you arrive?" Gervais doesn't know what the official position of the herald is, and he doesn't know if he has a title, but since Eagle is practicing aristocratic etiquette, so Gervais is also quite polite in the title, he is now a lord, and he will inevitably have to deal with these people in the future.

"My lord, I have just arrived at the castle before I gave the Earl's order to these guards!" Hearing Gervais address himself, Eagle was even more respectful of Gervais's demeanor. He was only a lord, he didn't even have a domain, he was in Winterfell as a herald, and he didn't expect the husband of the dignified baron, the count, to be so polite to him. Full of affection for Gervais.

"Lord Iger! Thankfully! Be sure to stay at the castle for the night, and let me do my landlord's good! Gervais nodded, and he observed that Eagle had sweat on his face and clothes, indicating that they hadn't been there for long.

The fact that he was able to arrive before himself showed that he was indeed not lazy. He originally thought that if the herald arrived later than him, he would take a few people around the town first to experience the feeling of a private visit to a micro-service, after all, the emperor in the TV series likes to do such things the most, and the audience is also very excited to watch, in case there are some heroes saving the beauty of the bridge It will be even more wonderful, but Eagle and a few people arrive first, and his plan cannot be implemented.

Of course, the ideal is very plump, but the reality is skinny, when he saw the real appearance of the town, Gervais was sure that he would never dare to get off the horse and walk on those muddy roads, because he would 100% step on the excrement dumped indiscriminately by the residents.

"Thank you for your kindness, Mistress Gervais, but my mission is complete, and I need to get back to Rose Castle quickly! I can't accept your kindness, I hope to work for you next time! Eagle replied.

"It's a pity, I hope you have the opportunity to come back to Marina Town next time! I'll treat you well! Gervais nodded, and did not force it, the kindness himself had already been issued, and it didn't matter if the reason Igor said was true or false.

In fact, it's only noon, and Gervais and the others haven't eaten lunch yet, but since it's to entertain guests, they definitely need to prepare wine and food, and Gervais doesn't know what the castle looks like, so he said that he would feast them in the evening.

"It's an honor to serve you! Mistress Gervais, I'm going back now! Otherwise, you won't be able to make it to the next town before dark! Eagle respectfully said goodbye to Gervais.

"Yes, Lord Iger, see you next time!" Gervais nodded.

"See you next time, sir!" With that, Eagle turned and walked towards the castle, where their horses should still be in the castle and now ready to go back and ride.

After Eagle and the guards who followed him walked away, Gervais looked at the remaining guards, and couldn't help frowning, there were only seven guards in front of him, according to the countess, there should be ten guards stationed here, right?

"Who among you is the captain?" Gervais asked, frowning, looking at the seven guards in front of him.

"Back to ...... Back to Lord Baron, Captain, he's not here! Several of the guards bowed their heads, not daring to look at Gervais. Hearing Gervais's question, he didn't dare to answer it, you look at me, I look at you, and finally a knight in the center mustered up the courage to answer Gervais's question, but he still stammered when he spoke.

Hearing the answer, Gervais's brows furrowed even deeper, these guards flinched, their attention was attracted by Igor just now, and they didn't even notice it, several people didn't even have the courage to answer, how could they satisfy Gervais, it was okay to expect this kind of person to catch the thief, if there were three or five fierce thieves, I was afraid that one would be killed in front of them.

Just like the three guards Gandalf sent to him, all veterans of the battlefield, although he was very respectful to see him, Gervais did not see this cowardice and fear when he talked to them.

Of course, it's not that the three guards are disrespectful to Gervais, it's just that while they are in awe of Gervais's identity, that fierce momentum is still there. The metaphysical point is that they all have the evil aura of seeing blood on their bodies, which makes people know at a glance that this person is not easy to mess with.