Three days later, the wedding of Chief Knight Carter Lannis and Westland Star May was held in the castle garden.
In addition to the family members of the two parties, all the members of the Star Flower Theatre Company, the City Hall and the Witch Union were also present.
In this era, the wedding ceremony was generally performed by the church. The wedding of the royal family and nobles was witnessed by the regional bishop. Then ordinary nobles and wealthy businessmen invited priests or priests to bless them according to their status and wealth, while the commoners had to go to the church themselves and pay For the cost of several silver wolves, let the priest preside over the wedding for him. Of course, if you can't afford this price, there are many people who live directly together.
The Western Border now has no place for the church, so the wedding host will naturally be replaced by the City Hall. In Roland's plan, the City Hall will send officials to issue marriage certificates free of charge, and at the same time register both parties in the marriage. This time Carter's wedding It was an excellent propaganda example and he even thought about the slogan, that is, it is convenient, legal, and zero cost.
When May appeared in the garden wearing a wedding dress, there was a cry of amazement. Although she was not a witch, her unique temperament as a big-name actor still attracted everyone's attention. Even Roland had to sigh with emotion. Carter's vision Really good. If it weren't for the better publicity effect and the repeated requests of the knights, he would really be reluctant to take out the wedding dress early.
As the other protagonist of this wedding, Carter Lannis, appeared in a black dress with the same extraordinary temperament. With his well-groomed and handsome face, the two of them standing together were a match made in heaven.
"They really look like a good match," Anna exclaimed.
"We will have such a day sooner or later," Roland squeezed her hand gently, "by then everyone will know your name."
"Well," she tilted her head and smiled.
It is easy to marry a witch, but it is very difficult to gain the approval of the majority of the people. It is difficult to achieve this without absolute power or high prestige. Therefore, the most basic thing is to wait until the civil war in the kingdom has subsided, and he will become the well-deserved King of Greycastle before marrying Anna. He doesn't want others to think that Anna is just a witch who has been hiding as a plaything, just like what the nobles did in the past.
However, Roland believes that this day will not be too far away, the month of the devil is over, the town is about to be fully operational in preparation for the spring offensive, and soon a thunderous blow will fall on Tifeko, taking his throne Completely smashed.
"The two exchange tokens... er, next is..." The official from the city hall was obviously not familiar with the new marriage procedure written by Roland. He lowered his head and looked at the record book, "The newcomer kisses."
"Wow..." There was a burst of shouts at the scene, and the members of the Star Flower Troupe, especially Irene, excitedly grabbed the morning light and swayed left and right, and then pulled others to clap and cheer for May.
"Isn't it just kissing," Lightning curled his lips. "Every time I return from an expedition, my father has to be kissed several times by those maids."
"Gu..." Maisie, who was squatting on top of her head, tilted her head and covered her face with one wing, but... The pigeon's eyes are on the sides of her head.
"His Royal Highness, you have decided this process... is it really good?" Scroll asked while holding his forehead.
"It's a special case, not every newlywed couple has to do this," Roland smiled. "After all, it's for publicity, and the more eye-catching the better." He looked at Soraya, "You should put Draw this moment in detail!"
"Don't worry, leave it to me," the latter stared at the two of them without blinking, the magic pen in her hand gleaming, showing that she was also interested in it.
Carter was obviously a little nervous about this step. After being sluggish for a while, May finally took the initiative to stand on tiptoe and kiss him.
There was a burst of warm applause in the garden.
"Finally, please send blessings from His Royal Highness."
Roland walked out of the crowd, came to the two of them, and patted Carter on the shoulder, "Good job." Then he said to May, "I wish you happiness."
"Is this all right..." Carter hesitated.
"Of course, go back and have a good rest. I'll give you two days off," Roland smiled. "Wade should be able to arrive in the town in the afternoon, just leave the work to him."
"Thank you, Your Highness," the two smiled at each other and responded in unison.
Then the wedding came to an end in a lively sound of firecrackers simulated by echoes.
In the afternoon, General Manager Barov and Construction Minister Karl came to the castle office to report to Roland the progress of the town's three-way project.
"So far, the water supply equipment in each residential area has been installed in place, and most of the heating pipes have been buried," Karl said, pointing to a town planning map, "but the power supply... While the factory area is about to be completed, the four residential areas are still in the trenching stage. Since you went to Longsong Fortress, this part of the work has almost come to a standstill."
Roland nodded, there was nothing he could do. Except for him, no one else could understand what the circuit was and how the current worked. I want all the townspeople to use electric lights, maybe after April or May. "It doesn't matter, now that the evil moon has passed, the construction of the heating part can be postponed. The next most important thing is the power supply project and the construction of the Kingdom Avenue. The former is related to the use of time, and the latter is the key to strengthening the connection between the two places after the city is built. "He ordered, "In addition, after the completion of the Kingdom Avenue, do not dismiss the redundant workers, but continue to build the road connecting the shoal."
"You mean... to the mountain range to the south?"
"Yes, there will be our direct access to the sea," Roland affirmed. When Tilly and the others return to Sleeping Island, Lian should set foot in the West again. With the help of Earl Spell, the opening of the mountain passage will definitely be faster. "Besides, after the establishment of Neverwinter City, those handymen are also my subjects. When the Kingdom Avenue is completed, I will grant them official resident status." He looked at Barov, "I will leave this to you. ."
"Yes."
"In addition, the construction of the community should not stop, whether it is extending to the open space between the town and the fortress, or expanding to the south bank of the Chishui River. The focus this year is still to expand the population. I hope that by the end of the year, the urban population will be doubled. three times as much."
Barov took a deep breath, "Your Highness, that's almost 100,000 people."
"And the Western Territory can afford to support so many people," Roland said solemnly, "You can take it as a planned goal."
Graycastle is not without population potential, a large city with more than 20,000 people, the suburban population used to support it is at least about 100,000. The more prosperous the city, the larger the scale of the latter, which is also a phenomenon caused by the contemporary backward agricultural level. The Western Region does not have such restrictions, and with the use of steam engines, there is no need for so many people to maintain the supply of materials.
"Finally, since the factory area has electric lighting, after the construction of the city, it will be changed to three shifts of production, especially the ammunition processing part," the prince said to the director of the city hall, "each time period is calculated according to the past daily salary, the more you work The more, the more the reward. You can start promoting it from today, and I hope that the factory will not stop for a moment until we completely reunite Greycastle.”
"As ordered, Your Highness," Barov bowed in response. (., Your support is my biggest motivation.) 16-12-16 11:20:40