Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 16 The First Snow
The first snow in winter had just fallen, and ten mighty and majestic cuirassiers held their heads high, holding the flag of the Hydera family, and escorting five fully loaded carriages, and the traces they left were soon getting bigger and bigger. covered by snowstorms.

At this time, standing on the castle and looking at it, there is a vast expanse of whiteness in front of my eyes, and the thick leaden gray clouds are pressed against the ground by the howling cold wind and keep rolling, scattering large flakes of snowflakes, making it difficult to distinguish the sky for a while. How high and how thick is it, and I don't know when the snowstorm will be.

The weather in the Northland is so bad in winter, but in order to avoid showing any flaws, under Owen's order, the convoy really went around outside for three days, and hurried to the castle when it saw that it was about to snow, so tired from the long journey, The wear and tear of the vehicle cannot be faked.

Owen’s grandson is really willing to spend money for Meng Maya alone, and he doesn’t know if it is really necessary, or he is fighting wits and courage with himself, just like a married man will instinctively hide part of his extra income. He couldn't tell himself, maybe he was just trying to cover up his inner confusion and simply find something to do for himself.

The arrival of the convoy injected new vitality into the territory. The knight-like cuirassiers made everyone feel excited, because it was a symbol of strength, and the supplies delivered represented that the territory could survive this cold winter more safely. It is the guarantee of survival.

Although many people came to the castle, the long wooden house is ready-made, and the warm stables are also filled with hay. The best horses recover their strength quickly without damaging their bodies due to long journeys.

Except for the trouble of counting supplies, it didn't take much effort for the peasants to arrange the cuirassiers to follow them. They quickly ate freshly baked bread and hot soup, and then they could sleep soundly.

The castle fell into peace again. Owen didn't say anything about the source of soldiers and supplies, and Maya didn't ask about it. Everyone is an adult. At night, there is me in you and me in you. When doing business during the day, they each do their own thing and don't interfere with each other. This is called the mature side of adults.

Owen was helpless about this, because he didn't want to lie, nor was he good at lying, and he didn't want to hide anything, but the existence of the system was related to his own life and death. There are more troublesome and cumbersome ways to cover up.

The problem is that the arms and materials of the system come out of thin air. He has to find a reasonable source or excuse for these, but he is limited to his territory. All he can do now is to make a simple guide to make people mistakenly believe that Hydera The family kept several hands or received secret support from certain forces.

It sounds unreliable, but even if the infotainment was so developed in the previous life, no one would believe you if you really said that you can travel through cheats, let alone people in this world, so as long as you leave a little clue, they can give you The [-] episodes of brain supplementation came out, not to mention that Owen not only established a temporary stronghold outside, but also adopted split management to avoid revealing the bottom as much as possible.

Now in the territory, Owen, as the lord, has the supreme power. He is responsible for setting the direction of development and providing resources and manpower.

As the second-in-command, Maya is the project leader, mainly to use these resources and manpower more rationally and efficiently, and to prevent Owen from changing his development direction at will.

As Owen's confidant, Charles is responsible for the soldiers in charge of the territory, and she also fulfills this task very well.

As for the identity of the Shire maid, most of the soldiers in the territory come from the system, and Owen's orders are above all else, so with his appointment, command is not a problem.

With such a three-point right, even if Maya thought about it, it would be difficult for her to cross the scope of authority set by Owen to involve other aspects.

Owen didn't know how to deal with it, but this was the best way he could think of.

However, everything came to a standstill as the snow fell thicker and thicker. The whole world seemed to press the pause button, and no one could be seen anymore, even birds and beasts had long since disappeared.

In the most prosperous and powerful imperial capital, people froze to death every winter, not to mention the severe cold in the north, especially the serfs. One of the serfs could no longer crawl out and was directly filled with soil and buried.

In fact, if it weren't for the tenacious vitality of people in this world, there would be almost no living people after a snowfall. After all, even bears would have to gain weight when hibernating.

Fortunately, Owen made preparations in advance, and the village became much more complete. The thatched huts originally built at an angle became simple farmhouses with mud walls and thatched roofs. Reserve the heat.

The mud wall can last for a long time in the rainless north, the thick grass roof can effectively block the wind and snow, and the short building is also good for heat preservation. As long as you light a small bonfire in the house, wrap it in a piece of leather and rags. The clothes are nestled in the haystack, at least they won't fall asleep and never get up again.

Moreover, Owen distributed enough grain and firewood for the winter early. The staple food was rye and crushed black beans, the non-staple food was onion, cabbage and dried wild vegetables, and a small pot of precious meat oil and salt. Although not much, it was enough to guarantee They can survive the cold winter, at least most of them.

Sadly, the castle walls are still not built, but a good distance has been cleared.

The amount of work is also not small, and it is naturally impossible to do it with just a dozen robber coolies, mainly because Owen exchanged another [-] peasants from the empire era, and they are the main force of the work.

Compared with the skinny serfs and the unwilling robber coolies, the peasants in the empire era had skills and worked hard, and with the metal tools in the blacksmith shop, the efficiency was not low.

It's a pity that it's just cleaning up. If you want to completely build the city wall, you need at least a hundred people to be efficient enough, and you have to choose spring when the flowers are blooming, otherwise the frozen land will make people desperate.

Although the city wall has not been built, the appearance of the castle has changed drastically. The ground has been leveled, and some places are paved with stone slabs. There were originally only three long houses, but now they have been expanded to ten. The blacksmith's shop clanged from morning to night, and the bakery next door was also full of smoke, which added a bit of vitality to the place.

The damaged parts inside the castle have been simply repaired. Carpets, drapes, and decorations, these additions have turned the historical atmosphere of the castle into a deposit of heritage, at least it no longer looks like an archaeological relic.

Owen, who had been busy for a long time, finally had time to breathe. For more than half a year, he kept stirring his brain, trying to find golden ideas from it. Unfortunately, his wisdom was not enough, just like no matter how much tofu brain was stirred, he couldn't find abalone. Poor him I can only plan the development of the territory based on the knowledge of the previous life, but when it is actually implemented, I realize that the stuff I traded for hair is like shit.

It's like a certain author who worked hard to get an outline of hundreds of thousands of words, but ended up digressing after a hundred chapters, or the kind that can't be changed even if he changes it, he suddenly has the desire to destroy the world.

(End of this chapter)