On August 13th, Lorist had a daughter. The new mother, Miss Theresty, named her baby Nicole Oligas. Lorist had no choice but to have a good talk with Miss Theresty. Regarding the identity of the two parties, Miss Teresty finally rejected his suggestion and insisted on her celibate life.
"Lock, I understand what you mean." Miss Teresty looked tenderly at little Origas in her arms, and in her heart, the child is now in front of Lorist: "I think this is very good, don't we Don't you admit that little Oligas is your daughter if you don't get married? I am a female scholar, and I am really not suitable to be the wife of a lord, because I will spend a lot of time on boring entertainment, and then I will put my I put all my energy into establishing the academy, and I am satisfied with little Olga Si inheriting Nico's family name... "
Lorist couldn't convince Miss Teresty, who had made up her mind, and couldn't lose her temper in front of the mother and daughter, so she retreated angrily.
Lorist, who had a bad nose, was in a bad mood, so he took his sword to find Viscount Christopher, who was a prisoner of war. Now the only one who can practice against Lorist is this first-level swordsman. After parrying more than a hundred moves, Viscount Christopher wisely gave up his sword and conceded defeat, then asked curiously while taking the towel handed over by Schwader: "What's wrong with you today, you seem to be particularly violent …”
"It's nothing, I'm feeling a little bored. By the way, I'm going to visit Maple Forest Villa in two days. Would you like to go with me?" Lorist asked.
Although Viscount Christopher was a prisoner of war, he was free in Rock Castle. Except that he could not go back, he was treated the same as visiting nobles.
"No, I'd better stay here. I just want to find a leisure time to experience our experience of sword competition. I don't want to go with you and be dragged by you as a sword target every day..." Viscount Christopher rejected Luo Lister's invitation.
Well, since this is the case, Lorist is not reluctant, and then he went to the back hill of the castle, which is a newly built training ground, where Reddy practiced the alchemy that Lorist taught him in a small stone house. Entraining air.
What surprised Lorist was not the progress of Reddy's cultivation of Pill Sea Entraining Qi, but that Reddy's silver battle energy didn't seem to be affected at all, unlike when Lorist practiced Jinshuijue, the battle energy in his blood flowed to the meridians and Run in Dantian. After thinking about it, Lorist thinks that there may be two reasons. One is that the Danhai Yin Qi technique is peaceful, not as overbearing as the Jinshui Jue. The second is that Reddy is already a silver-ranked Dou Qi with a solid foundation, and he is still practicing the first level of the Danhai Entrainment Technique. Judging from the response of the Dou Qi, the first two levels of the Danhai Entrainment Technique should still be regrettable The dominance of vindictiveness.
Lorist asked Reddy to sit cross-legged, and he himself sat behind him, with his palms pressed against his back. While letting Reddy perform the Danhai Yin Qi Technique, he input internal force for assistance. The advantage of doing this is that it can strengthen Reddy's experience and feelings about the internal force running in the meridians, and it can also grasp the various situations in which Reddy learns internal force and practice Danhai Yinqi...
After a short week, Lorist withdrew his palms, and Reddy's internal condition was as expected. After practicing the Pill Sea Entraining Qi Technique, although the silver battle energy was still there, Reddy could no longer improve his battle energy. In other words, he can only stay at the level of one silver star forever and can no longer be promoted to the next level.
The first and second layers of the Danhai Yin Qi technique are mainly to familiarize yourself with the small Zhoutian and expand the twelve main channels. The main purpose is to nourish Qi and store energy. What is really difficult is the next three levels of realm. The third level is to open up the eight extraordinary meridians and connect the twelve serious meridians, so that the internal force can run the Great Circle. The third level is already at the peak of Ming Jin, the fourth level is the dark energy stage, and the fifth level is the legendary Hua Jin. Compared with fighting qi, Lorist estimates that the Hua Jin stage is equivalent to The realm of the Juggernaut is over.
It is not a whim that Lorist wants to go back to Maplewood Villa in two days. He has not returned to Maplewood Villa to visit his precious son since he was assassinated last year, and Lorist has just received a letter from Papa Barek. According to the report, the construction of the shipyard has been completed, but a fierce quarrel erupted among the craftsmen on what kind of sea-going ship to build, and Lorist had to personally go to decide on the plan of the ship.
Lorist ordered Reddy to stay here and practice the Pill Sea Entraining Qi Technique well, and enter the second floor within three months. This time, when he went to Fenglin Villa, there was Schwader by his side, so Reddy wouldn't be needed as an attendant. .
After returning to Fenglin Villa, Lorist found that Elina was very happy to welcome him. After all, the two-and-a-half-year-old boy with a thick head and a tiger head had long forgotten his father, and not only opened his mouth when he hugged him Crying loudly, and because he occupied his mother, he crawled over and took a big bite, making Lorist dumbfounded.
Lorist felt that he owed Elina mother and son a lot, so he decided to let them go back to Rock Castle to live with him, so that that stinky brat would never fail to recognize him as his father in the future. But on this point, Elina was just as stubborn as Miss Teresty, and she was unwilling to leave Maplewood Villa, so Lorist had no choice but to grant her wish in the end.
After hovering in Fenglin Villa for two days, Lorist set off for Niujiao Bay. Niujiao Bay is a large bay connected by the Blade's Edge Mountains and the Black Mud Swamp. After shouting, it became the official name, and the place name Niujiaowan was also marked on the map of the family territory.
The passage between the Blade's Edge Mountains and the seaside highlands of the Black Mud Swamp has been opened, and it is less than a day's journey from Fenglin Villa to Huyang Town. When Lorist arrived at the entrance of the Blade's Edge Mountains with the guard battalion, he found that Master Siluoba, who was in charge of the general development project of the Black Mud Swamp, and his deputy, Sang Ben, had brought a group of people to measure something on the hillside. When Lister and the others arrived, they hurriedly greeted them.
"What are you doing?" Lorist asked as he dismounted.
In a few years, Master Ciroba saw that Lorist would no longer pee his pants like before. On the contrary, he is now very grateful to Lorist for giving him the opportunity to show his talents. With the current situation outside, no kingdom or principality is willing to invest such a huge amount of money in such infrastructure construction. What Master Xi Luoba can be sure of is that as long as the development project of the Black Mire Swamp is completed, he will be recorded in history as the designer of the chief project. This is the real opportunity for him.
However, because I used to regard Lorist as a demon, and I was so scared that I wet my pants several times when facing him, so Master Ciroba still felt a little embarrassed when he saw Lorist, so he signaled his deputy, Sang Ben, to go up and answer. .
Sang Ben bowed to Lorist and said humbly: "My lord, we are going to see if we can build a fort on this mountainside, and we are measuring whether the area here is big enough..."
"Oh?" Lorist looked around, and really found that this is a good place to build a fortress castle. This was originally a pointed mountain, but now the mountain seems to have been cut in half by a knife, and the upper part of the mountain has been destroyed. It turns into various mountain rocks and rubble and fills it below to become a part of the passage. Building a fortress castle here can not only overlook the black mud swamp, but also block the road from the Blade's Edge Mountains to Huyang Town. There is a guarantee.
"That's right, your planning and design are well considered and thoughtful." Lorist praised.
"My lord, the current idea is still on paper. We are considering whether to cut off half of the next mountain and connect it with here. First, the area will be expanded, and second, the spring on the back mountain can be directly It will become the water source for the fortress castle, but this will double the amount of work, and we are evaluating this..."Sang Ben reported.
Lorist nodded: "I believe in your profession, and I believe that you will make the right choice for the prosperity of the family. This matter is up to you to decide, and I will not interfere."
"My lord, there is one more thing you need to decide." Sang Ben stepped forward and pointed to the direction of the sea: "My lord, in the planning and construction of the original harbor city, the family planned to fill up the reef area near the sea. However, after a year of investigation and research led by Master Si Luoba, we believe that it is a thankless task to fill up the reef area with a width of tens to hundreds of meters in the offshore. The safety of the city leaves hidden dangers. We believe that the offshore submerged reef area should be preserved. It is only necessary to fill in the area where the shipyard is located and build two piers leading to the deep sea, which is enough to meet the needs of the family fleet... "
"Well, I've been at the shipyard during this time. You guys will summarize your opinions and plans at night, write a report to me, and present your preliminary vision and planning drawings for the harbor city. I will call the various departments of the family Discuss and decide." Lorist said, then nodded to Master Siloba, mounted his horse and walked along the passage to the shipyard by the sea.
The shipyard is located in a recessed place in the innermost part of Oxhorn Bay, and the open space behind it is filled with huge dried logs. Papa Barek led a group of master carpenters to lead Lorist and the others into a spacious hall. , Inside the hall is a large pool, on which floats a dozen models of sailing ships of different sizes and styles.
Papa Barek pointed to the sea ship models floating on the pool and said: "Master, this already includes most of the types of sea ships in Galintia, but what type of sea ship is the first to be built?" Some of them can’t make a decision, some think that warships should be built, and some think that merchant ships should be built, so we ask your lord to come and make a decision.”
Lorist shook his head: "Our family hasn't opened up sea trade routes yet, so we don't need to build merchant ships right away. The construction of warships is long and complicated, and it's not what we need urgently. The most important thing is to build the family's navy barracks in the first place. Build a training ship for sailors that can sail at sea."
"Yes, but my lord, there is no such thing as a training ship among the types of sea ships..." The oldest old craftsman stood up.
"If you don't have this type, you can design your own. The requirements for a training ship are very simple. The ship is medium in size, has a small number of long-range weapons, is easy to operate, does not pursue speed, and does not need strong defense. It only requires the ability to resist storms and deep sea voyages. The purpose of the training ship is mainly to train the family sailors so that they can adapt to life at sea, become familiar with and master the skills of various sea-going ships, and form a preliminary combat effectiveness. You can discuss according to my requirements and design a ship that meets the requirements I just mentioned. Can you meet the training ship requirements?" Lorist asked.
"My lord, I think we can try..." The old craftsman looked at the group of companions around him and nodded.
"That's how it is. You can go down and discuss, and then show me the design plan or model. I will live here until you design a ship that satisfies me." Lorist said.
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On the prairie where cattle and sheep are low in the wind, there is a majestic and large-scale fortress castle. From a distance, it looks like a mighty tiger lying quietly on the vast prairie.
This is the power center of the Eastern Wasteland Province, the military god in the minds of the officers and men of the Frontier Defense Corps, the base of the third-level great swordsman Fesabrunn, and also the base camp of the Frontier Defense Corps, the famous Huju Castle.
However, at this moment, Grand Duke Feisabrun blushed and blushed furiously, and the silver cup in his hand had already been crushed into a ball. No matter who it is, it will undoubtedly be in a bad mood to receive several bad news in one morning, especially one of the news reports has touched the bottom line of the military god.
There were still more than a dozen family knights of the Grand Duke Fesabrun standing in the lobby, but they were all silent at the moment, and no one was willing to comfort their lord. Apart from thinking hard and hoping to find a way to solve the predicament they were facing, they still had nothing to say. The Grand Duke's temper is powerless.
"Grandpa, what's the matter with you?" Princess Sylvia walked into the solemn lobby wearing a hunting suit heroically, and the dozen or so family knights present all heaved a sigh of relief. With the arrival of his granddaughter, the Grand Duke will not lose his temper.
"My little girl, why are you here? Grandpa is fine. He received some bad news this morning and is not in a good mood..." Grand Duke Feisabrun forced a smile.
"Let me see what bad news it is." Princess Sylvia picked up a few pieces of animal skin paper on the table next to Grand Duke Fessabrun and looked at it: "A business bulletin from the Vicia Chamber of Commerce? They said they would replace mining equipment , for two years, are you willing to use Jinford to compensate our family for the loss? What does this mean?"
Grand Duke Fesabrun sighed a long time: "Sylvia, your uncle, His Majesty the King actually sold the two iron mines, the lifeblood of the country, to the Vicia Chamber of Commerce for thirty years. And Iberia The sub-kingdom also has these two easy-to-mine and high-quality iron mines, which are the guarantee for the production of the most important military equipment of the kingdom's army. In the previous agreement with His Majesty the king, one-third of its output was used to provide the border guards armament supplies,
Now the two iron mines are handed over to the Vicia Chamber of Commerce for management. Although they recognize the agreement we signed with His Majesty the King, they are the output of iron mines, not complete military equipment. They said that they want to replace the mining equipment, they are obviously deceiving us, even if one-third of their iron ore output is exchanged for Jinford to compensate us, what is the use, what we need is military equipment, not gold coins, now there are Money can’t buy military equipment either…”
"Grandpa, don't worry. I know there is a place that produces good standard equipment. I can contact you for you." Princess Sylvia said.
"Where is it?" Grand Duke Feisabrun was surprised.
"The Norton family in the Northland. Their family's standard armor is the most beautiful and powerful I have ever seen, and the defense is very strong."
"The Norton family? No, no, no, they are our enemies. They not only imprisoned your uncle, your majesty the king, but also your uncle Christopher and more than 15,000 soldiers of the border guards. I am now having a headache as to what price should I use to redeem them..." Grand Duke Fessabrun shook his head repeatedly.
"Grandpa, Earl Norton, the head of the Norton family, once said that there are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. I think you regard him as an enemy, but he may not treat you as an enemy. Uncle is to blame, he originally The Norton family shouldn't have hit the head of the Norton family. The Norton family didn't provoke him. They just stayed in their own family territory and kept their oath to defend the northern frontier for the empire. Uncle insisted on conquering them. Sending a great swordsman to assassinate after losing the battle is really despicable and not aboveboard at all.
The Nortons would retaliate by taking him prisoner and it would have been merciful not to hang him. Besides, they occupied the capital, didn't they treat aunt with courtesy? My godmother and I both met that Lord Norton, who escorted us home after he defeated my uncle's army last time. Just let me go to the Northland and redeem Uncle Christopher and those captured soldiers of the Border Guard Corps by the way. Do you think this is good? "Princess Sylvia took the hand of Grand Duke Feisabrun and began to act like a baby.
"There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests... Hahaha, this is a bit interesting. Well then, Sylvia, you and Sandy will go to the Northland and see what the Norton family will give us. Answer..." Grand Duke Fesabrun made a decision.
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