As soon as Richard finished his spring ploughing, an acquaintance came to the territory.

This man was none other than Richard's old prefect, Sharp Valla.

After not meeting Captain Sharp for a few years, Sharp's strength has also improved, and he has advanced to a sixth-order warrior.

When he was in the Eighth Brigade, Richard was a person on Roland's line, and his relationship with Sharp was very average.

Of course, at that time, Sharp's status was high, and it was impossible to pay attention to a petty officer like Richard.

Sharp came to the territory, leaving Richard with some doubts.

Whatever Sharp's intentions, Richard responded with the same and politely welcomed him into his tent.

Richard was still a barren place, Fort Sophia was a large construction site, no houses were built for the time being, and most of the slaves lived in tents.

Although Richard was a lord and lived in better conditions, he still lived in a larger, thicker tent.

From the late autumn of last year to the present, thousands of people have been working for half a year, and Richard has undergone some changes.

The foundation of Sophia Fort has been dug halfway, and building materials such as lime and boulders are piled up near the foundation.

In order to protect the slave laborers, Richard brought the new squadron to the vicinity for training, and hunted some wild beasts by the way, improving the food and supplementing nutrition for the slaves.

The new squadron has been training for three months and has slightly improved its equipment.

Although he still has no armor, he has a longbow in his hand.

There is a large amount of timber suitable for making bows and arrows in northern Xinjiang, and there are also large oak forests in the Harland family's territory.

Purple wood is also common in northern Xinjiang, and elm and ash are also suitable for bowmaking.

Although the forging of armor is not easy, Haaland's territory can only forge a few dozen pieces a year.

However, bows and arrows were relatively easy to make, and the abundance of wood in the territory was suitable for making longbows.

The human strength of the Dawn Continent is generally very large, and it is also very suitable for using longbows.

Both the central main army and the private army of the nobility were equipped with a large number of longbows.

Within a few months, the bow and arrow had been manufactured.

Sharp entered the tent, and Richard made him a glass of brown sugar water.

"This is brown sugar water, which tastes similar to honey, and is a specialty of our territory, and the production is relatively small. Sir, you taste it. ”

"It tastes good, I feel better than honey water."

Sharp put down the water glass, he was born in the military, and his personality is also a straightforward person, and he speaks very directly. When he saw Richard, he said straight to the point: "I came to Haaland this time to ask for your help." ”

"We are old friends, we were still in the same brigade before, you are my old commander, as long as I can help, I will not shirk it."

"The last time the orcs invaded the war, I accumulated enough merits and obtained a fief. The group of Platos fortresses, where we fought before, is in my fiefdom.

Because of the destruction of the orcs, the walls of the Platos fortress group are very badly damaged, I need a lot of bricks now, and your territory is the closest to the Platos fortress group, I found that you have built the castle and have transported a large number of bricks. I have no choice but to ask you for help. ”

Captain Sharp's strength is not as strong as William's, and his accumulation is not as deep as William's, and their family does not have the help of talents like Bernie, Powell, and Richard, so it stands to reason that they cannot be named hereditary barons.

Seeing Richard's puzzled face, Sharp immediately understood his thoughts and explained a few more words.

"I have a new wife, Baroness Raphael."

Hearing this, Richard nodded in realization.

There are more than a hundred barons in the northern region, and the number of female barons is very small, no more than ten.

In the three provinces directly under the royal family, the number of barons is even less, after all, women are not very suitable for war compared to men.

Baron Raphael is almost the opposite of women, she is tall and strong, she is a seventh-order silver knight, and her combat power is a few points stronger than William.

This baron is the second daughter of Baron Fanta, who has followed her father in fighting against the orcs since the age of thirteen, and has now received two fiefdoms, and is a very famous baron in the province of Gascoigne.

Richard had met Baron Raphael once in Castle Blaze a few years ago.

The baroness is more than two meters tall, weighs three hundred pounds, and has strong muscle groups on her arms and thighs.

Although I found a rich woman's sister, I could save decades of struggle.

Anyway, Richard would rather fight a bachelor for the rest of his life than find such a woman to marry.

Captain Sharp relied on the military exploits of his majestic wife to successfully achieve a class leap, obtain a fief, and realize the long-cherished wish that many people cannot achieve in a lifetime.

The Platos fortress complex was originally the headquarters of the Lion Legion, but the continuous war caused the Lion Legion to suffer heavy losses and was forced to shrink its strength.

The Platos fortress complex is now in abandonment.

In order to re-operate the Platos Line, this area could only be given to the noble private army.

The land near the Platos fortress complex was given to three powerful barons, Richard, Raphael, and Harden.

The above also hopes to use their power to stabilize this area and relieve the pressure on the Wild Lion Army.

Compared to Richard's territory, the Sharpraphael Union is only half the area, less than a thousand square kilometers.

However, there are many intact castles in the territory, and although the castles need to be repaired, they are worth much more than Richard's territory in a short period of time.

At the very least, Sharp didn't need to build castles and open roads in the wild territory, saving tens of thousands of gold coins.

However, in the long run, the territory has the potential to develop, and the castle can be built for gold, but the expansion of the territory pays for the war exploits.

Exploits mean the sacrifice of countless lives.

"How many bricks do you need, Sir Sharp? Although the distance between our two territories is close, the road is not passable, and if the number is small, you can use cattle and horses to carry it, and if the number is large, I am afraid that the road will need to be repaired. ”

"Nine castles, the bricks have been picked up and smashed by the orcs, and we are going to rebuild the five, eight, and nine fortresses in a short time, and according to statistics, we need twenty-six million bricks. With such a large volume of transportation, the road should indeed be repaired.

We went to the royal capital and bought 2,000 slaves, and if they were all used to build roads, fifteen kilometers of roads, we could barely build them in ten days. ”

"Twenty-six million bricks? If it's hundreds of thousands of bricks, according to our relationship, it's okay not to have money. I can't give it away for such a large amount.

Now the ex-factory price of the brick kiln outside, one gold coin can buy 3,000 bricks. We are comrades in a brigade, and one gold coin can sell you four thousand bricks.

I'm also in charge of transporting the bricks to Sophia Fort, and the remaining fifteen kilometres are up to you. ”

The price given by Richard is very competitive, 25% cheaper than the market price outside, and Richard also provides a transportation task of 30 kilometers.

Bisharp bought bricks from big cities such as Fort Flame and Fort Blackriver, saving 55 percent of the cost.

After listening to Richard's conditions, Sharp immediately agreed.

In this transaction, Sharp felt that Richard was really good, he didn't take interests too seriously, and he talked about the feelings between his comrades.

This order is worth a total of 6,500 gold coins.

But Richard didn't have to pay too much cost, the brick kiln factory workers were not free people, and the labor cost was very low, as long as they took care of the food.

In fact, this extra gold coin was equivalent to a blessing in disguise for Richard. He was afraid that the cooked duck would fly away, and the asking price was naturally very low, and the efficiency of burning bricks in Haaland's territory was dozens of times that of a single kiln, even if the selling price was reduced, the wheeled brick kiln factory in Haaland's territory still had a very high profit.

(End of chapter)