The Bloody Duke's Sister Chapter 19
After a day of building roads, the villagers were finally able to get the carriages in. As agreed, Mark distributed food rations to all those who worked.
September in the north is cool, especially at night. The villagers secretly looked at this group of nobles who suddenly appeared, wanting to get close but afraid of angering each other, but fortunately the village chief was a talkative person.
"I've seen the princess, I wonder what you're doing this time?" The village chief was an old man in his sixties, thin and with a crooked back.
"Don't be polite, find us a house to live in temporarily, and we'll talk about the details tomorrow." Vivien glanced at the dim sky and replied softly.
"There are indeed empty houses in the village, but they don't live in them all year round, I'm afraid ......" the village chief hesitated.
The house was spacious for the villagers, but it was not even as good as a kennel for the nobles. Even if this princess seems to be kind, if she is angered, I am afraid that it will be widely implicated.
"It's okay, I knew what was going on before I came here."
Vivian smiled softly, and the village chief bit her lip and said cautiously: "The people in the village don't have much knowledge, if you accidentally bump into the princess, I hope you will forgive me." ”
"As long as they don't do illegal and criminal things, I naturally don't need to pay attention to them."
"Thank you, princess."
The village chief made up his mind and personally led Vivien and the others to a desolate church. Because the village was so poor, the priest had long since left, and the church was empty and looked gloomy and dark.
Vivien was not worried about housing, after all, the knights were very capable, and the village chief called the villagers to come and help, so the house was quickly cleaned.
There was nothing in the village, pots and pans, food and clothes were all brought by them. There is no money to spend here, and if you want to buy something, you need to ride a horse for three hours to get to town.
Dinner was mushroom soup with bread, Vivien took a bath and rested, and the knights took turns keeping vigil. The villagers were very afraid of them, but after a long time, they found that they were very regular, so they were not so afraid.
For the next week, the knight and maid spent the day tidying up the church and trying to make it suitable for work. Vivien takes Evans, Karna, and the brothers Mark and Martin around the nearby villages.
The villagers felt that the princess had been abandoned by the family, otherwise she would not have eaten the fireworks of the world, how could she come to such a poor place?
After shopping, Vivien called four village chiefs for a meeting, and the topic was: How to improve the living standards of the villagers?
Of the four village chiefs, only one is a young man in his twenties, and the other three are all old men in their sixties and seventies. There is light in the young man's eyes, but he doesn't know what he can do except brute force?
The eyes of the elders were dark, they may have tried many times when they were young, but unfortunately they all failed, otherwise this place would not be so poor and backward.
Vivien asked the knights to investigate in detail and report back to herself, after all, it was better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. Even if it takes longer than planned, it's worth it.
In the north, the winter freezes in September, and the only crop that can be grown is potatoes, but the poor land leads to low annual yields, which has to find another way.
Vivien asked Mark to lead some of the villagers in making soap, because there were many limestone and animals in the nearby mountains, making soap was the easiest and fastest way; Martin led the rest of the villagers to make wigs.
The aristocracy has a great demand for wigs, and as long as they add a variety of hair dyes, they can make a lot of colors, and they are not afraid of no business.
Time flies, Vivien is busy every day, and in the blink of an eye, it snows heavily. There was a fire burning in the furnace, and the church has been renovated many times and is now very strong.
The soap business is in full swing, and the wigs have also been taken over by a merchant group, and the villagers are very happy.
Vivien looked at the white expanse of the house, and suddenly said to Karna, "I want to see the flowers, do you go to the mountains to look for them?" ”
"Yes, master." Karna turned and ran out.
He could now understand simple commands, and knew that Vivien was their master, and that if she wanted to eat, she had to be obedient. Evans wanted to train him to be a knight, but his temper was too big and he needed to run in for a long time.
"Miss, I'm afraid there are no flowers blooming at this time, right?" Anne said as she looked at Karna, who had disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"He's lived in the mountains for so many years, and he definitely knows where the flowers are." Vivien spoke indifferently.
"It was sent by the villagers, and they were all very sad to hear that you would be leaving in a few days." Lola walks into the house with a large bag of potatoes, she has been visiting on behalf of Vivien when someone has been injured just now.
The villagers were saddened by the fact that the princess was expected to leave before the New Year. Fortunately, Laura was relieved that even if the princess left, the soap and wig business would not be affected, and they were relieved.
"There is no such thing as a feast in the world, and it seems that we are going to make potato stew tonight." Vivien said with a smile.
"It just so happens that the knights hit two rabbits yesterday." Lola smiled and put the potatoes in the kitchen.
Vivien looked out the window in a daze, and she didn't know how the village development that Victor was responsible for? I heard Evans say that a stranger had entered the village, and I thought he had sent someone to investigate.
"Miss, I heard that someone wants to steal." Martin came in to report that since the villagers learned that the fake was well-intentioned, some people had thoughts that they shouldn't have.
"You go and tell the village chief to take care of the people, otherwise I will cut off all the business." Vivien snorted coldly.
She spent three months finding things to do for the people here and distributing food to them to starve. Now there are people who will take revenge, it seems that they are full of food and support!
"Yes, princess." Martin nodded and left.
The snow outside the window stopped, and it was white as far as the eye could see, and I wondered if Karna had found a place?
After lunch, Vivien continued to look at the papers. As it darkened and her eyes ached, she got up and went to the window to rest.
Suddenly, a dark figure approached in the distance, and within a moment, Karna ran to the window and excitedly handed Vivien a handful of small yellow flowers.
Karna's face was red from the cold, and he stammered, but his eyes were scorching.
"Miss, the flowers you want."
"Karna, you're doing well." Vivien touched Karna's hair, and then said to Anne behind her, "Hurry up and serve him a bowl of hot soup to get rid of the cold, so as to save him from catching a cold." ”
"Yes, miss." Anne responded with a smile.
Karna went to the fire, drank the soup with a bang, and then rudely wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said, "Miss, I have seen a strange cave in the mountain, and it seems to be shining in it. ”
"Oh, what does the cave look like?"
"Well, it's so big, I looked at it, and it was pitch black......"
Karna couldn't quite describe it, but judging by the way he jumped up and down, Vivien confirmed that the cave he had discovered was a hidden blue diamond mine.
Because she specially told Karna some time ago that there is a flower in the Chilara Mountains that blooms in winter, I think he took this sentence to heart.
It was too late to make it up the mountain, so Vivien was silent. When she woke up the next day, the weather was good, and she offered to go to see the cave.
Evans, fearing danger, followed him without leaving an inch, and at the same time took the knight and the Mark brothers with him, and a group of eight people went up the mountain.
The territory had long been in Vivien's name, and she couldn't help but laugh at the thought that the mines she would find later belonged to her. Evans was a little baffled and thought that Miss liked to come out and play?
Victor sent people to keep an eye on Vivien every day, but for three months, not only did she not do anything out of the ordinary, but she also got along with the villagers very well, which made him very angry.
"Young master, my mother is sick, please help, I am willing to repay you for being a slave and a maid!" A young girl knelt in front of Victor with a puff, and if she hadn't been cornered, she wouldn't have dared to be so rude.
"Get up and talk, I've just read a few medical books, and there's no guarantee that I'll cure your mother." Victor made a look of embarrassment.
"No, as long as you're willing to help, no matter what the outcome is, I'm very grateful to you."
"Alright then, get your mother here."
"Thank you young master, thank you young master!"
The girl thanked her and left, and Victor smiled at the corners of her mouth. Although I can't do anything with my sister, it's very simple to use villagers for experiments, even if it's dead, because there are no doctors here!
The girl carried her mother to Victor's room, then nervously went home and waited. She heard that the young master knew how to heal, and her mother would definitely be fine, and the girl knelt on the ground and prayed.
On the other side, Victor tied the crumpled woman to a pillar, then pulled out a dagger and began to bleed.
He likes to bleed people, and prefers to see the desperate appearance of the other person. It's a shame that it would be nice if the person who was tied up was Vivienne!