Chapter 72: Jump across the Volo River and develop southward (5k)
At this time, outside the Shadow Crack, his younger brother Ivan Louis, Vincent, Qiao Si and others were also waiting silently.
There was a wall around the crack. There were no windows on the wall, only a solid wooden door. Therefore they cannot see the scene inside. But they still waited silently outside the wall.
After all, this is the promotion ceremony for the first Dharma Knight in the manor besides the lord. Once promoted successfully, it will be a great encouragement to these knights.
The signing of the contract actually takes a very short time. Apart from the preliminary preparations, once you enter the magic circle, it is just a matter of reciting a few spells.
But the waiting at this moment feels like a passing year for them.
Ivan Lewis looked at the door with a nervous expression, constantly cheering for his brother in his heart.
Nina, who was standing aside, saw how nervous everyone was, and thought that the expressions on the faces of these knights were both nervous and expectant. He looked like a husband waiting for a pregnant woman to give birth outside the delivery room.
Thinking of pregnant women and childbirth, Nina couldn't help but touch her belly.
Speaking of which, ever since she gave her body to her master, she had always wanted to give birth to a boy and a half girl for her master so that her position would be stable.
But I don’t know why, but the owner doesn’t seem to agree with this matter, and the protective measures are very strict.
Although Nina felt aggrieved, she could only cooperate with her master.
However, although Nina is currently unable to give birth to an heir for her master, she is very satisfied now. After all, she is now the only woman in the manor who can get into the owner's bed.
Of course, she still didn't dare to have any extravagant expectations when it came to becoming her master's wife. She vaguely felt that Calcif might have more hope than herself.
The reason why she thought so was because she had seen Calcifer's face in the bathroom of the castle. This girl who stood out from the refugees was so beautiful that she put Nina to shame.
Moreover, the owner also likes to have her by his side.
But one thing Nina confirmed was that the master had not visited Calcif. She hoped that this day would come as late as possible.
After thinking wildly for a while, Nina shook her head. Then I thought, what color underwear should I wear tonight to please my master?
The upper body is of course a semi-sheer gauze bra designed by the owner herself. As for the lower body, is it black stockings or nothing at all?
While he was thinking, Ivan walked over and said, "Miss Nina, you can go inside and take a look. Has anything happened? Why haven't you seen the master or Yale come out after waiting for so long?" Ivan usually
said He called the maid by her first name, but because Nina was Romo's woman, he specially added the title of "Miss" and sounded very respectful.
Nina rarely greeted these knights. She lowered her head and said softly: "I don't dare to go in. Unless the master calls or reports something, the master will not let me enter the Shadow Crack at other times." Ivan was helpless
. He had no choice but to return to the crowd of knights angrily.
Just when he was about to continue waiting, he suddenly saw the door open, and Romo's voice came from inside: "Go and call Cassif." "
Yes, sir." Nina responded immediately and ran hurriedly Go to Soulsplit Castle to find Calcifer.
When the knights heard these words, their hearts suddenly sank. They all knew that the almost silent Calcifer was a healer who was proficient in natural magic. Call Calcif at this juncture. Could it be that something happened to Yale inside?
If you fail to sign a contract, the magic will be disordered in the body, and you will either die or be injured.
Ivan was even more worried at this moment. He wanted to go in to check on his brother's injury, but he did not dare to rush in without Luo Mo's call.
'As long as the lord is here, Yale will be fine! 'With no choice, Ivan could only comfort himself in this way.
After a while, Calcif hurried over behind Nina.
She looked a little panicked, her hands and lips were covered with shiny fat, and the air was filled with the smell of braised elbow.
Before entering the courtyard of Shadow Crack, she asked Nina for a cotton towel and wanted to wipe the oil stains on her hands and lips, but she heard Romo inside say impatiently: "Are you there yet? Come in quickly."
Calcifer had no choice but to jog all the way into the courtyard.
Ivan and others fell into waiting again, but this time they did not wait too long. They only heard Luo Mo say from inside: "Okay, you go ahead and eat braised pork. I will also send some to my room later. Two people came in from outside, Qiao." Si and Ivan, you two come in."
Then, Kashif quickly walked out of the yard and headed towards the Soul Split Castle. Because her face was covered, the knights could not tell from her expression whether things were good or bad.
Ivan and Qiao Si looked at each other and immediately walked into the wall.
This was their first time coming to the Shadow Cleft, and they were a little shocked when they saw this weird and mysterious sanctuary.
Immediately, they saw Yale half lying on the ground.
His hands and feet were sore, his face was red, and he was breathing heavily.
Seeing his brother like this, Ivan no longer had any hope. He bent down, touched his brother's cheek, and said with tears: "Yale, don't worry, even if you fail, I will continue. I will definitely inherit your dream and become a French knight!" Yale lifted it with difficulty
. With his right hand, he knocked away Ivan's hand touching his cheek, and said angrily: "Who said I failed? Can you hope for me to do better?"
Ivan was stunned for a moment, looked up at Luo Mo, and said tremblingly: " Sir, did he succeed?"
"Succeeded." Lomo explained with a smile: "It's just that there were side effects. He had a very serious hallucination, and just now he tried desperately to jump into the crack. He is now bearing the magic inside. Can't help it, it will be dangerous once he goes in. I couldn't wake him up, so I had to hurt his leg. The pain will wake him up." Ivan was overjoyed and quickly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. Even
Qiao Si was also happy. Upper brow.
This success is of great significance to them. Make them full of hope for their future.
"Kasif has healed his leg injury just now, but he needs to rest for a while. You two take Yale down to rest." Romo said, picking up the magic iron sword beside him and placing it on Ivan He said in his hand: "This is your magic weapon, take it and prepare it."
Ivan was surprised and mechanically took the magic iron sword, and was stunned for a moment.
Qiao Si looked at the sword in Ivan's hand with envy, thinking that he had to break through the third level as soon as possible, otherwise he would really be unable to keep up with the two brothers.
Ivan gently stroked the sword blade, feeling extremely excited. He knelt down on the ground and thanked Luo Mo: "Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Lord!" "
Okay, okay." Luo Mo waved his hand and motioned for them to go out. .
"Yes, sir." The two of them bowed to Luomo together, then helped Yale up and left.
When he reached the door, Ivan suddenly turned around and asked, "Sir, what is the name of the sword you gave me?"
Luo Mo was stumped by this question. After thinking for a while, he said: "Your brother's magic weapon is called a curved sword, so let's call yours a straight sword." "Thank you, sir!" Ivan didn't feel perfunctory at all
. , said happily immediately.
A week later, Ivan also completed his promotion to Shadow Mage Knight with the help of Lomo.
Compared with his brother Yale, Ivan's promotion was relatively smooth, with almost no side effects.
After these two promotions, the two brothers immediately became the most shining presence in the manor. Everyone is envious of them. Two farmers also gave their daughters to the brothers.
The brothers accepted everything and held the wedding ceremony and promotion ceremony together, and the whole manor became lively for a while.
On the wedding day, the brothers kowtowed to Luo Mo again to thank him.
They were all very emotional. Remembering that before they came to Saltine Manor, their manor had just been destroyed by gnolls. Being homeless, they only felt that their future was gloomy, and they still thought about fighting the gnolls who destroyed their home.
On the way to find the Jackal's lair, they overestimated their capabilities and planned to rob Lord Saldin of food. It was Lord Sardin who didn't care about their rudeness and actually took them in.
Unexpectedly, less than a year after arriving at Saldin Manor, the two brothers would be able to survive and become apprentice magic knights. This is something they never dreamed of.
Now the two brothers have two wives each and have a very bright future.
All this was given to them by Lord Saldin.
Therefore, the two brothers regarded Lomo as their reborn parents and swore to the God of the Wilds again at the ceremony that they would always be loyal to Lomo.
Facing the two brothers' oath, Luo Mo was also very happy.
When he took in these two brothers, he took a fancy to their character.
Even though he knew he was outmatched, he still went to find the jackal's lair to avenge his former master. This kind of loyalty and loyalty gave Luomo a sense of trust in them.
It turns out that these two brothers are indeed trustworthy. He also showed extraordinary courage and strength in the last battle.
Now Lomo doesn't care about spending energy and financial resources to train them. To this end, he specially prepared phantom potions suitable for shadow magic for the two of them to help them practice.
He believes that as long as there is a combination of kindness and power, coupled with a complete promotion mechanism. These two brothers will definitely use it for themselves.
Of course, with his own strength as a guarantee, Luo Mo doesn't care even if the two of them have different intentions.
It's nothing more than a failed investment.
After the ceremony, in order to encourage other knights in the manor and maximize the benchmarking effect of these two men, Lomo also held a ring match between brothers at the training ground.
This arena match was an exhibition match. Luo Mo asked the two people to use as much magic as possible and make their moves more fancy, so that the knights could see how cool they could be after mastering magic.
Suddenly, this duel attracted the attention of everyone in the manor. Not only the knights, but also the women and children of the manor came to watch.
While they were performing, Romo was in the second-floor conference hall of the castle, listening to the butler Barron's summary report on the estate these days.
"Master." Barron stood in the conference hall, listening to the cheers coming from the training ground downstairs, and said with a smile: "How about we go and have a look, it's really lively." Luo Mo shook his head and
said : "Forget it, I'm going, they can't let me go. You go on."
"Yes." Barron nodded, opened the booklet in his hand and said: "Due to the continuous intake of refugees this year, as of October In the middle of the year, the number of households in the manor has reached 2,192, with a total of 893 households. Including the area of cultivated land after land reclamation has reached more than 8,700 acres. Among them, 1,100 acres are used for Come and plant herbs."
"Yes." Luo Mo nodded, he was very satisfied with this number.
Since the Soul Hunting Fortress is mostly used as a training ground for Romo, he doesn't like to be disturbed. Therefore, almost all the people are concentrated near the Saldin Manor, and there are more and more farmhouses, forming a lively town.
These villagers are divided into groups of ten, and a group leader is selected, called a joint guarantee officer, who is then directly managed by Barron.
Due to the large number of people, Barron had to promote a deputy, who was Pope Jacob, the former mayor of Shaker Town.
Pope's ability to manage people was extremely strong, which greatly relieved Barron's pressure, allowing him to focus most of his attention on farming.
"Where are the knights and militia?" Lomo asked again.
"The number of knights has increased to thirty-two, almost becoming a knighthood. The number of militiamen has reached one hundred and fifty-seven."
Since the knights and militia are specifically managed by Joe and Nicholas, Barron is simply Lifted his mouth.
Luo Mo nodded and said: "Next, I will increase the selection of militiamen. These people have monthly salaries. Now that the number of people is gradually increasing, it is also an expense every month. Barron What do you think about this?"
"Well, that's it." Barron scratched his head, not knowing what Lomo meant.
"What's the use of putting money in their hands without circulation?" Luo Mo smiled and said, "Of course it's to stimulate their consumption." "What does the
master mean?" Barron still didn't understand.
Lomo explained: "Choose a suitable location among the farmhouses. You organize people and open some daily necessities stores. Sell some food, meat, wine, cloth and candy. These things can be enriched Farmers can make a living and recover part of their salaries. Of course, the most important reason is to train a group of business personnel. In the future, our store in Volo City, Saldin House, will need them." Barron heard
this , suddenly understood, and couldn't help but admire Luo Mo: "Sir, you are really smart. In this way, you can really train a group of business people." "As for the price, it is not advisable to sell it too expensive. After all,
we The main purpose is not to make money." Luomo continued: "You have to grasp this degree. If those clerks commit corruption and theft, you will follow the regulations of the manor code and punish them severely." "Understood
. Sir!" Barron immediately bowed and said.
"Speaking of which, I want to report something to you. A few days ago, a refugee raped a villager woman. But when we arrested the refugee, the woman actually came to intercede, saying that she was already He is his own person, and he wants us to release the refugee. As long as two people are consensual, it is not considered rape after they become husband and wife. When the people on the trial team heard this, they didn’t know how to punish them for a moment. If not, let’s not punish him. , this man did violate the manor's rules. It seems a bit unreasonable to castrate a man according to the law. Master, in this case, it should be
punished as it should be." Luo Mo interrupted him and said: " Now is the development stage of the manor, and anything that violates the manor's rules will never be allowed to happen. Just imagine if everyone who violated the rules found ways to make amends afterwards and appease the victims. Then wouldn't our rules be in vain? This matter , they can't help it."
"I understand, sir." Barron noticed a hint of anger in Luo Mo's tone and immediately said solemnly.
At the same time, he secretly cursed himself for being so confused. With such a simple principle, he somehow showed kindness to the man and woman and made his master unhappy.
Luo Mo's tone softened and a smile appeared on his face: "You have done a very good job in the land reclamation work this time. What are your plans for the land reclamation work next?"
When talking about this topic, Barron's face showed embarrassment and said: " Sir, the wasteland near us has almost been opened. From the headquarters to the Soul Split Manor, it has all been connected. Even the land near the eastern dense forest has been almost opened. Go south to the north bank of the Volo River. Continue There's nowhere to go down here."
"What about going west?" Lomo asked.
"We've almost driven west. If we drive further, we'll reach Lord Allen's territory. He gave us a large orchard last time. That's the boundary between our two families." "Okay." Luo Mo pondered
. , said softly: "The only way is to jump across the Volo River and develop the south bank." When
Barron heard this, he was a little worried and said: "There is a large area on the south bank, but I heard that there are often large areas in the dense forests and wilderness over there. Jackals are out and about, so it seems unsafe."
Romo stood up, walked to the window, and looked south of the Volo River.
Looking around, there are continuous dense forests and mountains. It is a misty scene, and one does not know how many dangers are hidden inside.
Since Viscount Alex wants to eliminate the gnolls by himself, he should take action. Anyway, with the development of the manor, sooner or later we will encounter them.
According to the intelligence, the jackals over there are actually not that strong.
It's time to test your knights and militia.
(End of chapter)