Chapter 156: Wayne Manor
Bilbo ran barefoot through the village of Shire, and soon ran near the village market.
It was still early in the morning, and before he could get closer, he saw that the entire market was already crowded, and it was very lively, and almost half of the residents of Shire Village were crowded here.
The current consul of Shire, who is also their village chief, is eighty-three-year-old Ford. Standing on a semicircular wooden box, holding a trumpet rolled in oiled paper, Contenst cried out loudly:
"The villagers of Shire Village have recruited workers, this is a big project!"
"Dear Mr. Wayne, I would like to recruit some workers from our Shire to build a large estate beyond the birch grove on the other side of the river."
"The construction period is one year, the pay is twice the market price, and now there is a need for masons, carpenters, stonemasons, blacksmiths, porters, handymen, unlimited quantities, three meals a day, three days off per month, and paid leave on rainy days."
"It's an unheard-of high salary, and Mr. Wayne is such a generous man."
"Sign up now, start work the day after tomorrow, whether you join this project or not, this afternoon, Mr. Wayne will invite the villagers of Shire Village to hold a grand open-air party next to the birch forest."
"This is a noble and generous gentleman, and as hospitable hobbits, we should be more enthusiastic about helping our future neighbor."
"Alright, Mr. Wayne's ingredients have been purchased, I'm going to pick ten hobbits with great cooking skills now, and then bring your kitchen utensils, and go with me to the birch forest on the other side of the river to prepare food for this open-air banquet."
"We're going to entertain this gentleman from afar with the best food of the hobbits."
After saying this, Archon Ford smiled and nodded to a handsome man behind him who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and the handsome man nodded in response, looking at the short hobbit residents who were only half his height, with a gentle smile on his face.
Then the old consul took up the trumpet again and shouted:
"Get moving, move, boys, show your warmth and show us hobbit hospitality."
"Today will be a happy day, but also a day to remember."
Listening to Old Ford's rough smoky voice, Bilbo stood at the back of the crowd, stood on tiptoe, and finally got a good look over the heads of his companions and saw the big man.
He had a handsome face, short blond hair tied into a ponytail, and was dressed in a gorgeous satin robe, and he was very strong, but he did not look very old, with amber pupils, and a pair of pointed ears.
It was very different from the big man he had seen decades ago, at least, Bilbo had never seen a big man with pointed ears, but he was somewhat similar to the legendary elf.
And Bilbo also noticed that the big man named Wayne, although he was dressed in a satin costume that only decent people could afford to make, carried a huge sword behind his back, and the length of the sword alone was a head taller than that of the average hobbit.
This filled Bilbo, who was born with adventure genes in his blood, full of curiosity, and he guessed that Wayne must be a man with many stories and an experienced warrior.
If you can drink milk tea, eat snacks, smoke a pipe, and listen to these adventure stories from the outside world, it will definitely be an unforgettable time.
Soon, under his leadership, the group went home to pack up pots and pans, and surrounded Wayne to the birch grove on the other side of the lake.
And Bilbo also took this opportunity to sneak near Wayne, the cat was in the crowd, secretly looking at this strange big man, especially the huge sword with a gorgeous blue scabbard behind him, this size, this weight, at first glance, is not a weapon that ordinary people can use.
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Wayne, who was surrounded by a group of hobbits in the middle, also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
This group of cute halflings is really as good as in the movie, kind-hearted and hospitable, and will always bring out their best food to entertain guests from afar.
Today, he was just trying to find the consul in the village, hoping to hire a group of workers to help him build a house.
Unexpectedly, the archon old Ford would be so enthusiastic, not only accompanied him to complete the recruitment of workers, but also enthusiastically gave him advice, and even when he proposed to hold an open-air banquet to entertain new neighbors, old Ford was also very enthusiastic to help him and arrange related matters.
It can only be said that the Middle-earth world written by Tolkien is really a fantasy world with clear distinction between good and evil.
In this world, the forces of darkness and light are clearly demarcated, and the races on the light side are all kind, brave, noble, and represent all kinds of positive emotions.
And the race on the dark side, this is the inherently bad embryo, evil, depraved, filthy, and hopeless.
In this world, there are not many conspiracies, there are not many deceits, as long as you are on the side of justice, you can be loved, respected and worshiped by many people, you can make close friends, and you can also find unforgettable love.
But if you are on the side of evil, you will be disgusted by all the righteous races, corrupted by the forces of darkness, and become a monster through and through.
In short, the social environment is better than the per capita people, bloody and barbaric people in the witcher world.
A group of halflings surrounded him, and after leaving the village, he could see a group of hobbit children standing at the entrance of the village, watching them walk farther and farther away.
Apparently they were too young to leave the village.
Wayne, who was looking at the beautiful environment of Charles Village, suddenly noticed that among the group of halflings who were following him, there was a very familiar figure, and after he looked at it a few times, he immediately guessed who this person was.
Bilbo. Baggins is the male protagonist in the Lord of the Rings movies that he once liked very much, a good man with a righteous heart, even the One Ring cannot corrupt his heart.
Although it is slightly different from the appearance in the movie, it is still recognizable overall.
However, after seeing him, Wayne didn't feel surprised, this was what he expected.
According to the last time he got the news, Bilbo. Baggins should be forty-one years old this year, and there are still nine years left before his fiftieth birthday and trip to the Lonely Mountain.
And nine years is quite a long time, even if you convert to the witcher world, it will take close to two years, so it is still early, he still has a lot of time to lay out, a lot of time to get to know the heroes in this world, and he is not in a hurry to contact this future protagonist now.
Time passed quickly, and under the command of old Ford, the enthusiastic Hobbit villagers quickly built a banquet venue for Wayne, such as tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, all of which were provided by these villagers for free, saving Wayne a lot of trouble.
However, Grandpa Wayne is not a bad money-maker, and he spent money to buy all the good wine, food, snacks and fruits in the bazaar, and he did not hesitate to entertain these future neighbors, taking out all these things and letting the villagers enjoy them at will.
And, in response to the enthusiastic help of these hobbit villagers, he also prepared several specialty dishes by himself, such as creamy mushroom soup, roasted whole sheep, roasted whole pig, roasted whole fish, etc., making full use of his superb cooking skills to cook many food recipes from other worlds.
As the hobbits who pay the most attention to food and life in the whole of Middle-earth, these dwarfs are immediately conquered by Wayne's superb cooking skills.
Coupled with his handsome appearance, gentle disposition, and generous approach, the Hobbit villagers of Shire Village quickly accepted this rather mysterious Mr. Wayne from other places as their new neighbor.
Over the next few months, the good-natured Shire workers, under the command of the foremen and Archon Ford Sr., all turned into diligent architects, and with the help of drawings provided by Wayne, began to build the huge structure that became known as Wayne Manor.
During this time, Wayne lived a few hundred meters away in a simple wooden house built by the river.
The most work every day is to train the Xiaoice wolf White Fang and the hatched deathclaw cubs, while improving their taming level, while establishing a real master-slave relationship with these two little guys.
However, the amount of money spent on building a manor is undoubtedly very huge, although Vivien helped him exchange Middle-earth coins, which saved him a lot of trouble and expense, but it is not Wayne's character to sit back and eat.
After spending two or three months in Middle-earth, he gained some knowledge of the local environment and the customs of the people through the books he bought from the hobbits.
As a witcher and a quest master, he decided to visit the populous gathering spots.
In a world full of magical creatures, there are often bounties waiting for the warriors to pick them up.
(There's another chapter in the evening.,I'm a little lazy today.,It's two more.) Boom! )
(End of chapter)