Being a lord in another world begins with farming

Chapter 9 Toilets and Bathrooms

"Repair the castle?" Owen, who finally didn't need to worry about those chores anymore, was writing and drawing on the parchment with a quill pen. Hearing this, he raised his head and said in a daze, apparently he hadn't recovered for a while.

After Maya's patient explanation, Owen finally understood the necessity of repairing the castle. At the same time, he found out from the other party's description that it was not the world that was behind, but the northern border, the Hydera family.

If the existence of nobles is counted from the elders and priests who hold real power in the tribe, it has been as long as two to three thousand years.

Under the long-term accumulation and monopoly, the power and resources held by the nobles are getting bigger and bigger, and more and more, and then they develop a variety of luxury and convenience.

For example, imperial nobles have already used flush toilets, and the bathrooms are not only equipped with brass water pipes, but also connected to boilers that can provide hot water. The design is exquisite, beyond the imagination of the poor.

In terms of enjoyment alone, the nobles of the empire have reached the level of rich people in the 80s and [-]s of their previous lives, and even surpassed it.

As for the reason, although there are no electrical appliances in this world, there are unscientific things like magic.

Born on the border of the Northland, raised in a castle, and active in the territory, among the people he came into contact with, only his parents and the housekeeper were able to speak fluently. As a result, Owen's knowledge may not be as good as that of a businessman who travels from place to place. Therefore, his judgment of the world is very limited. problem.

Owen obviously didn't realize that this is a world with magic before, and occupations such as knights can't simply wield weapons. In fact, most occupations have their own extraordinary-level inheritance, which is far from being as simple as he saw. .

There is no way, the people who came to the northern border to open up were all losers who could not get along in the empire, criminals and refugees, they themselves had nothing, so where did they get the accumulation and background?
Fortunately, Maya, as the Countess's most trusted person, has come into contact with Transcendence, and from her mouth, Owen learned the more real side of this world.

Although the extraordinary power of this world has not reached the level of destroying the world with a forbidden spell, it is still not to be underestimated. The arms of the empire era alone may not be enough. This makes Owen, who is already under a lot of pressure, feel anxious.

Owen plans to revise his plan again. He must find a way to break through the upper limit of the progress value as soon as possible. As long as he has more progress points, he can exchange for stronger power.

The problem is that he still can't find a way to break through the upper limit of the current progress value. Many times he has to constantly modify the plan, because it is either impossible or too difficult, so he is really too difficult.

Fortunately, there is no problem in repairing the castle. Anyway, there are no foreign enemies now, and the decoration of the castle is more comfortable. Therefore, Owen cooperated with Maya to mobilize resources to carry out a simple repair of this centuries-old ruins.

But don’t think about toilets and brass pipes. The cost of transporting them reminds Owen of the heart-saving pills, and he can only redeem them from the system later.

Due to limited conditions, Maya simply asked the craftsmen to repair some damaged parts of the castle, and then focused on building new toilets and bathrooms, that is, squatting pits with water channels and large bathtubs.

For the latter two, Owen is very satisfied, even if it costs some progress points, it is worth it.

Instead of squatting on the bay window that feels like it will be sucked in by a black hole, it can be used arbitrarily across both sides of the river and lake. How refreshing is that feeling.

The most important thing is that Owen found the straw paper. Thinking about the thatch, leaves, sticks, stone flakes and other cleaning materials kissed by the chrysanthemum before, it is hard to say, and you will get hurt if you don’t pay attention. What’s more embarrassing is , If you don't wipe it clean, after it dries, you will suddenly find that you have scum when you walk, which is simply the scene of social death.

In contrast, the role of the bathroom is also not small, because I know from memory that Owen really can't take a shower a few times a year in his life, and the old skin on his body is full of dirt, so he can't resist taking a quick hot shower. The lure of a bath.

After the transformation in the two places was completed, Owen had a good time to excrete first, then squatted in the hot water that could shed pig hair, gritted his teeth and soaked for a long time, rubbed two catties of mud, and then changed into a full body new clothes.

When he walked out of the bathroom, the clothes on his body were obviously made of soft cotton cloth. Owen felt rough in a daze, which showed how delicate the skin after washing off the dirt was now.

In addition to these two things, three meals a day are also handed over to two maids to take care of, so that Owen can finally get rid of everything by himself.

The renovation of the castle, as well as the improvement of basic necessities of life, did not take up much of Owen's time. Even some impulses belonging to this age were suppressed by him, because he had too many more important things to deal with.

After eating and dressing warmly, but being hacked to death with a knife, is this considered to be a dead ghost rather than death?So how dare Owen relax.

From his memory, Owen knew that the northern border was not safe, otherwise Hydera I and II would have disappeared.

In the Northland, when there is no harvest and harvest, it is the time for robbers.

Some of these robbers are refugees or criminals from the empire, some are local aborigines, and now they are driven to the north to be more northern barbarians, and some are lords who take the lead to get rich. In any case, killing people for the sake of stuttering is fundamental to them. A piece of cake.

Although the northern border has been developed for more than [-] years, it is really not much different from when it first came. There is not enough food every day, and people are starved to death every year. Therefore, in order to survive, killing people and grabbing food has long been integrated into life.

If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people in the empire who couldn't survive, and every year people went to the Northland with dreams to seek a living, there would have been no one in this ghostly place long ago.

It's a pity that the better places on the northern border have long been occupied by people. They have nothing to eat or live in. If they don't want to sell themselves as slaves, they can only become robbers.

The previous Hydera I and II had hanged robbers and fought with their neighbors when they were alive. It was commonplace to rob food, money and people. Otherwise, how did the family support hundreds of soldiers in its heyday? At the same time, there are three knights including grandfather, uncle and second uncle. You must know that the cost of supporting a knight is more than ten elite soldiers.

How did these come about, of course they were snatched.

However, the Hydera family acted so arrogantly, which naturally aroused public outrage. At the beginning, the grandfather and the uncle and the second uncle led the soldiers to destroy the robbers. As a result, all three were killed in battle, and most of the soldiers were lost. If there is nothing wrong with it, no one will believe it.

If the robbers had this level of fighting power, they would have taken over their territory and become nobles long ago, so they all understand how these people died.

And this is already the norm on the northern border. Here, everyone is waving their fists. Whoever has a bigger fist can fill his stomach, become stronger, and grab more things.

On the contrary, there is no way out for the cowardly here. Compromise and compromise will only result in death in the end, without exception.

Owen doesn't like this kind of life. It feels like he immigrated to a beautiful country. Unfortunately, just like his previous life, he can only actively adapt to life, and it is impossible for life to adapt to him.

(End of this chapter)