Before winter was about to end, it snowed again.
Xia Zuoyi stayed in the castle every day and did not go out. Most of the time he spent reading books, or the two little tigers, Rua, Rua Snowball and briquettes.
The rest of the time continued to dig into the alchemy laboratory to study the proportions of herbs.
He went from knowing nothing and a little about herbal medicine at first, and now he knows a lot, thanks to the precious reading time every night before going to bed.
Now that the content to be learned has increased a lot, the time needed to be used has also become more.
Xia Zuoyi is often in a daze during the day, and is actually immersed in the system interface and reads carefully.
Judit sometimes saw him staring out of the window, his eyes could not help but change from concern to worry.
Probably because he was afraid that he would have a problem in the castle, he wrapped him tightly the next day and took him out to play snowball fights and build snowmen with Gibran, Toby and others.
Xia Zoe: "..."
Judit had enough of the old father's heart.
The full-scale construction of Weissus and Fort Comoy begins with gathering enough craftsmen.
Given that there are plans for the next full five years to be implemented.
Xia Zoe's plan is to hope that the craftsmen will be able to settle in Weissus or Fort Komoy from now on.
He adopted the previous propaganda strategy to give enough attractive benefits and attractive conditions. Not only did he need to promote it in the territory, but he also sent people to go to various cities with the Thorns Chamber of Commerce for all-round communication.
Artisans who are interested in this can bring their families and follow the Chamber of Commerce of Thorns to Wissas and Fort Comoy to settle in.
There are fifteen cities in Gadayat.
Although the current sales range of rose salt is not small, it still does not cover the entire kingdom of Gadayat.
If Xia Zuoyi wants to accumulate enough funds before the reconstruction of the two cities, and if the capital chain cannot be broken in the subsequent construction, he must continue to sell the rose salt.
The Thorns Chamber of Commerce looking for sales routes in various cities, developing offline sellers, or establishing branches of the Chamber of Commerce is a plan that must be implemented exactly.
This is just like in modern advertising, but the means are more primitive.
After the tasks and daily training of the soldier's training camp came to an end, everything started to go on the right track, and some knights were idle.
The Thorns Chamber of Commerce is divided into two teams to set off separately.
Valk sent two of his men, Tyler and Barna, to leave Weissus with one of the chambers of commerce, both for protection and for publicity.
Mike Andrew is now out of slavery and has been promoted from squad leader to deputy platoon leader.
Fernandi dispatched Mike and his squad leader and friend, Maier, to set off with the other team.
neramo.
It is known as the most lively city in the Kingdom of Gadayat, and it is also the territory owned by Bath Ridges.
The lord holds an important position in the royal city, and does not need to sit in the territory from time to time, and there will be special people to manage it.
The lord only needs to collect the money after tax, or deal with some things that his subordinates can't handle.
Tyler and Barna arrive in Nilamor with the Chamber of Thorns.
The two were walking on the road.
Barna sighed: "Niramo is indeed worthy of being known as the most lively city in Gadayat. Look, there are people coming and going on the street, oh, the girl over there is waving at me..."
Taylor said lightly: "It's better to stay if you like it so much, and I won't take you back to Wessas."
Bana hurriedly said: "Don't, brother, I mean, it's still a good and interesting territory for the little earl. I don't even want to go back to the royal city, so how can I stay in the enemy's territory."
He was standing behind Lord Valk at that time and heard Matthew Luke reveal their conspiracy. He was really ashamed that Bath Ridges, as the Duke of Gadayat, even colluded with the Gaenas to murder the nobles.
Barna couldn't help sighing again: "However, it would be nice if Neramo also became the territory of the little earl."
Tyler automatically filtered the meaningless words out of his mouth and walked forward without looking sideways.
The two escorted the Thorns Chamber of Commerce to the designated location, and after the person in charge of the Chamber of Commerce began to enter the handover process with offline sellers, they had time to hang out in Nilamouri.
They bought some specialties and gifts from Neramore and planned to go back and give them to Lord Little Count and Lord Valk.
Niramone does have a lot of fresh stuff that isn't found in Vessus and Fort Comoy.
Because it is built next to the Volley River, the traffic is also relatively developed.
If you just grab someone on the road, you might have come here from another country.
There is a craftsman's guild in Nilamor.
Tyler and Barna plan to recruit talent in the guild.
The so-called craftsmen's guild is nothing more than a decent low-rise building.
The stone carvings outside the guild were painted with patterns in the style of hammers and chiseled axes, and a few slightly old parchments were pasted at the door. The guards were yawning boredly when they entered the door.
Barna said: "There are obviously a lot fewer people near the guild..."
The words are not over yet.
A middle-aged man suddenly rolled out from the door of the craftsmen's guild.
He was wearing a special craftsman's robe made by the guild, and he made a "tear" sound because his knees slammed on the ground. The hem of his clothes was torn in one place, and it was also stained with a little dirt and dust.
Many people stood behind the man, not only not helping him, but also staring at him with sharp laughter.
"Conrad Brown, why don't you look at the threshold and see if it falls."
"He probably has eyes on the top of his head and can't see haha."
"Conrad Brown, don't you get up quickly, are you waiting for us to help you?!"
…
Even the guards at the gate were smiling mockingly and pointing at the man.
Taylor and Barna see it clearly.
The man named Conrad Brown fell because someone behind him tripped him with his foot as he was about to go out.
Conrad Brown has slightly dull blond hair, and his face looks kind and handsome. At this time, he is slowly standing up from the ground with his head bowed and his knees supported.
Seeing that Conrad Brown was silent, the people behind even wanted to go over and make up for it.
Someone next to him watched the two knights, Tyler and Barna, walking towards this place, pulled the man and signaled to stop.
"Is there anything wrong with the two adults?"
A man with a flat nose who seemed to have the right to speak rubbed his hands and asked, "Are you looking for someone to work?"
"What happened to you?"
Taylor pointed to Conrad Brown, who was standing silently on the side.
This group of people obviously bullied him for no reason, and they didn't say anything when they saw it.
After a while, the man with a flat nose said: "This... You don't know, he is not from our Gadayat."
"He was originally a civilian of the Anas Empire. Later, because he offended the nobles, his family fled to Gadayat and lived in Nilamo for almost two years."
The flat-nosed man's words didn't mention how Conrad Brown had offended them, but some other reason.
The Volri River flows through the Anas Empire, and there are many cities along its banks, Neramore is one of them.
Therefore, over the years, many foreign people have followed the boats ashore and settled here.
Barna whispered to Tyler: "The little earl has instructed not to be in a bad mood, not to be lazy and slippery... Let's find out what happened first."
Taylor nodded.
It seems that if you ask the man with the flat nose and others, you won't be able to find any useful information.
Taylor ordered Conrad Brown to follow them away.
Conrad Brown was obviously stunned and had no way to refuse, so he followed Taylor and Barna away.
Tyler and Barna took him to a tavern and ordered three glasses of rye.
"Tell me, why are they bullying you?"
Barna pushed one of the glasses of rye in front of Conrad Brown.
Conrad Brown hesitated.
He doesn't understand at all why these two knights brought him here. It stands to reason that few people would care about the gossip of the craftsmen's guild...
Taylor saw his doubts: "You just need to answer honestly, and don't worry about the rest."
Conrad Brown's words were careful: "Because of a construction problem... I'm making the exact opposite of theirs..."
"But it turned out that my opinion was correct in the end, so they are somewhat... Sir Knight, it's actually a small conflict, it will pass in a few days, I didn't expect to trouble you... "
Tyler frowned, and when he saw Conrad Brown rubbing his hands in a look that clearly didn't want to talk much and was wary, he waved him away.
Conrad Brown left.
A big man who was sitting at the next table came over and said with a pleasing smile on his face: "Are the two adults wanting to know about Conrad Brown?"
"You can ask me, I know everything."
Tyler and Barna looked at each other.
"What do you think."
The big man smiled and tapped the wine glass.
Banayan brought two more glasses of rye.
The big man couldn't wait to drink a cup immediately, then slammed the empty wine glass on the table, wiped his mouth and said, "Happy."
Taylor: "Can we talk now?"
The big man nodded hurriedly: "Of course."
"Conrad Brown is quite famous recently. He previously designed a new type of river dam and wanted to build it on the upper reaches of the Volley River, but who knows, the drawings were just taken out by a person in the craftsman's guild. robbed."
"This person is the son of the guild president, and holds a lot of power in his hands. After the blueprint is taken away, he will never be able to get it back. Besides, Conrad Brown escaped from the Anas Empire. If life was good before, it wouldn’t be…”
Dahan laughed twice and continued: "Outsiders are often discriminated against and bullied in our Nilamo, and Conrad Brown is no exception."
"After his drawings were taken away, no one spoke out about it."
"Originally, the dam was built according to the design on the drawings, but the chairman's son deliberately reduced key dimensions in order to save money and embezzled, and cut corners..."
"Conrad Brown reported the situation to the top several times after he found it, but who would care? It's not in vain... Later, although the dam was built, it was washed away by heavy rain some time ago, killing several people."
"The president of the guild was held accountable, and his son was also punished to a certain extent. Then he started to rebuild according to Conrad Brown's design, but it has not been completed until now. The craftsman's guild is obviously in the drag the process."
Barna couldn't help but said: "It seems that Conrad Brown is clearly not wrong at all."
Dahan said: "Conrad Brown is not wrong, but he offended the president of the craftsman's guild, and the president's son doesn't like him, so it's not uncommon to be bullied every day."
"We're all used to it."
Taylor frowned: "Isn't the president removed?"
Dahan: "How can you, this president has a relationship with many people. If you bribe him, you will continue to serve as a bribe. Conrad Brown is probably guessing whether you two want to trick him. , it was prudent to say nothing."