Tales of the Reincarnated Lord

　　 Chapter 84 The Plan of the Kenmes Family

　　 Lorist felt that the city wall in front was totally different from the one he had seized. The city wall that he seized was no more than four meters high, and was built up of chaotic rocks. The city wall in front of me was seven meters high, and it was still a double city wall. The city wall inside was at least ten meters high. Even the surface of the city wall is smeared with green clay, smooth and flat.

　　On the city wall of Lorister, he discovered that the more than ten-meter-high city wall he thought was just a row of houses built on the city wall, but the roof was changed to the jagged style of the city wall and connected to the city wall. Some of these houses were equipped with ordnance, some were guards’ dormitories, and in front of the house was a torn apart garrison crossbow, which should have been overturned by Chosk.

　　 Josk had already been waiting on the wall, and saw Lorist rushing over.

Lorester said uncomfortably: "If you are lucky this time, all you encounter are mercenaries who are greedy for life and fear of death. If the guards of the city wall are regular garrisons, you would not be so cheap and not hurt one person. Down this city wall."

　　 Josk smiled and said, "My lord said..."

　　 "Also, I will not be allowed to pretend that I didn't hear it in the future, so that I don't have any face..." Lorist continued to complain.

　　 Josk laughed.

　　 "By the way, what important thing did you find?" Lorist finally remembered his original intention.

　　Joske pointed to the front: "It's in the room in front. You'll know when you go and see, my lord."

　　Josk refers to the five large houses in the middle of the city wall that are two meters higher than the side. There are a few guards standing outside the house, taking care of a few prisoners.

　　 The middle one of the five houses is the largest. It is about six meters long and three meters wide as the house on the wall. Entering Menlolist, I saw a large row of gears and a large wheel filled with the opposite wall.

　　 "Is this a device for lifting iron fences?" Lorist asked.

　　 Generally larger cities or some wealthy lords will install a thick and strong iron fence in the gate tunnel, which is usually raised, and will be put down after the enemy's siege to destroy the gate during the war to form a new defensive barrier.

　　Josk nodded.

"Day, does the Viscount Kenmey show that he has money? To spend such a big price to build such a luxurious defensive wall in this place where birds cannot lay eggs, if you want to seal the Norton family's transportation route to the outside world, the price It's too big, what does he want to do?"

　　 "My lord, you turn around, and the answer is on your right." Josk said.

　　 Lorist turned around, and on the right was a small suite, with large and small maps hanging on the wall of the suite, and a large table in the middle, on which was a large sand table and several castle models.

　　 It is clear at a glance on the big sand table, a mountain city surrounded by mountains and rivers, surrounded by farmland, not far from the mountain city is a mine, and next to the mine is a large workshop. At the end of the mountain where the mountain city is located is a heavily guarded barracks castle.

　　 "This sand table is well done, where is this mountain city?" Lorist said.

　　Josk shook his head: "My lord, I don't know, what I show you is not the sand table, but the model of the castle next to it. I think this should be building a castle."

Next to the big sand table is a model of a castle that has not yet been completed and assembled, but the two walls, one long and one short, soon let Lorist understand that he is standing on the long wall in front of the model. .

"Oh, this Viscount Kenmey really has a big capital..." Lorist stomped his feet: "Look, the floor and the outside of the city wall are all green clay. I really want to build such a building. Castle, it costs tens of thousands of gold for this green clay. By the way, where did the beard go?"

　　 Green clay is the first choice building material for the construction of palaces and castles in Gailint Asia. Its effect is similar to the cement of Lorist’s previous life. The ingredients are also very similar. They are all lime, and the clay is roasted into ash and then mixed with fine sand. The difference is that cement is cheap, green clay is expensive, cement is mixed with water, and blue clay is mixed with glue.

　　Lorrist’s attendant Reddy came from the Roman Empire, where there is a famous mountain area that is forbidden by the Roman Empire, and those who enter it die. Because this mountainous area is a famous rubber vine producing area on the mainland. It is said that the gum vine was originally not a plant of Galintia, but was transplanted from a subplane world by a magician thousands of years ago. These rubber vines are wet and thick like a large wine barrel. Cut a saliva on the surface, and a light blue juice will flow out.

　　This kind of light blue juice looks like clear water, but as long as it is heated, it will have a lot of viscosity, and it will become very hard after setting. People use the juice of this rubber cane, add ten times the water, heat it, and stir it with the lime clay spun yarn to form a green clay. This is the best bonding material for Galinthia construction and also the most expensive material. A bucket of 100 kilograms of gum vine juice requires a goldford. In the Romon Empire, the annual sales of gum vine juice can generate hundreds of thousands to millions of Golden Ford.

In Galintia, people who have no money buy a piece of mud dragon sebum and turn it into a cementitious material to build a house. Although it is strong, the house has a faint muddy smell and is easy to attract mosquitoes. It needs to be brushed with lime water and sprayed with insect repellent. . The second is to use a kind of black glutinous rice, which is cooked into gruel and then mixed with clay lime yarn. It is also a very good building bonding material. It's just that buildings built with this kind of bonding material are prone to mold during the rainy season and require regular cleaning.

　　The best construction bonding material is green clay, which is as solid as a rock after solidification, and has a delicate fragrance that can repel insects and ants. Loris has been in Moriente for a long time, where he is a big consumer of gum vine juice, and he is no stranger to green clay. This will also be amazed by the masterpiece of the Viscount Kenmes who used green clay to build a castle in the Northland.

　　 "My lord, Oviz took half of the guards out to arrest people." Josk said.

"Arrests?"

"Well, it is the slave labor who built this city wall. The surrendered mercenary leader said that during this time the supply of green clay was not available, and the manager responsible for building the castle asked nearly a thousand slave laborers to collect lime, dig clay and scouring. The sand is gone. Owiecki brought people to catch these slave laborers." Jost explained.

　　 Lorist then remembered that when he came over, he did not see the laborers who built the city. He had gone out to collect construction materials.

　　 "The prisoners outside are mercenaries? Call the leader in and ask him something." Lorist said.

　　 The mercenary leader who surrendered was soon brought to Lorester.

　　 Lorist wanted to ask about the Norton family.

The mercenary leader thought for a while and replied: "My lord, I have been hired by Lord Kenmes for less than two months. But I heard that about half a year ago, Lord Kenmes sent troops to occupy the mine, and then went to attack. In the Norton family’s manor castle, dozens of people died, and after a confrontation for more than half a month, they returned without success. Then Lord Viscount began to build the wall here. The wall was just completed when I was hired and came here. For more than a month, I have not seen anyone from the Norton family, nor have I met Norton’s spies who were sent out to patrol. However, when I was transporting supplies to the mine, I heard the defending mercenary say, More than a month ago, the Viscount Lord saw the Norton family members after retiring. They found that the mine was occupied and left. Later, they never heard about the Norton family."

　　 "Then the people in the Norton family who were in charge of the copper mine before, do you know their whereabouts?" Lorist asked.

The mercenary leader shook his head: "I don't know this very well, but I think it should have been thrown into the mine by the Viscount Lord for digging. Last month, more than a thousand catties of copper ingots were transported there and stored. In the warehouse here."

　　 There was a noise outside at this time, and a guard came in to report that the bearded Ović had returned with slave labor.

Lorester and Josk went up to the roof of the city wall and took a look. A serpent-like labor force was approaching the city gate in the distance. Next to the group, the guards riding on tall horses, and the bearded Ović walked in front. .

　　 It took more than half a day to settle nearly a thousand slave laborers. This is also due to the fact that these laborers have been slaves for a long time and are more submissive, and their original camps were still there when the city wall was built.

　　 Lorist summoned Josk, Sederkamp, ​​Pat, Reddy and Oviz to discuss what to do next.

　　Sedkamp and Pat came over and screamed when they saw the big sand table. This is the family territory, the terrain of the Morgen hills.

"My lord, look, that mine is our copper mine, and here..." Sedkamp pointed to the barracks castle in the lower corner of the sand table and said, "This castle is where we are now. But there is no such thing here. This mountain city, there is no such a large area of ​​farmland, it should be all forests, and there is no such river..."

　　 Hearing what Sedkamp said, Lorist was interested, and ordered the bearded Oviz to bring along the architects and managers who were in charge of building the castle.

The so-called architect is a middle-aged man in his forties. He bluntly admitted that the castle model came from his handwriting, but he refused to answer some of the details of the castle raised by Lorist, and he also annoyed Lorist for taking advantage of others. The despicable act of attacking and occupying his castle construction site requires Lorist to apologize immediately and leave here, otherwise Lorist will bear all the consequences.

　　 Lorist and everyone looked at each other, wondering if the master architect was ill. In the end, Lorist was amused by the constant accusations of the middle-aged man: "You ran into my yard to build a house for you. I came out as the master to stop him and became my own? Tie it to the flagpole outside and give me fifty whips to make him sober."

　　 Next was the general manager. Sodkamp and Pat recognized this old man with a goatee. He was the chief butler of Viscount Kenmez, named Boris. I've seen it several times in the past when discussing disputes over copper mines, but I didn't expect to be appointed by the Viscount Lord as the general manager of the castle construction.

　　 This Boris with a goatee is a coward. Following the scream of the architect outside with a whip, he stood trembling all over, answering questions. Soon, he confessed clearly about the sand table, the reason why Viscount Kenmais built the castle here, and his family background.

　　 Viscount Kenmes was born in a merchant family. His father was the president of the largest construction chamber in the former Christian Empire. During the Civil War, his father took refuge in the second prince, donated money and material, and became one of the second prince's pocketbooks. After the establishment of the Iberian Kingdom, Kenmez's father and the second prince negotiated and made the Viscount Kenmez a nobleman in the north at the price of 200,000 Jinford.

　　With the territory, the Kenmax family invested a lot of development funds and established manor castles and immigrant towns in the Red River Valley of the territory. As the former president of the largest construction chamber in the empire, Viscount Kenmez’s father had a keen eye. He believed that the Northland would have a long period of turmoil due to the ambitions of Grand Duke Lukins and the enclaves of the new territories. Although the Kenmes family has a territory in the Northland, the Red River Valley Manor Castle in the territory is unsafe and easy to fall when attacked. Therefore, the Kenmax family sent a large number of survey personnel to conduct a large-scale survey of the territory and the surrounding area. Finally, it was discovered that the Morgen hills in the Norton family territory connected to the Viscount of Kenmax were used to build a castle and lay the ground. The best choice for the Kenmax family's century-old foundation. In order to capture the Morgen hills, the Kenmais family paid for the officials responsible for the enclave and demarcation, and included the Norton family’s copper mine in the territory of the Kenmais. This provoked a dispute with the Norton family, intending to seize the Morgen hills and build a castle while the Norton family was in trouble.

　　 Boris, who has a goatee, said that although the castle model has not been produced and assembled, all the design drafts and renderings are readily available and placed under the table. After the castle is completed, it will be enough to hold 10,000 people. The Kenmes family will move here as its family base. As long as there is a defense team of 3,000 people, even more than ten times the enemy will not be able to capture the castle.

As for the mountain city on the sand table, it is a town that the Kenmes family is going to build after building the castle here. It can accommodate a population of 50,000 to 60,000. It is mainly developed for resources such as copper mines, timber yards, and quarries. After the forest next to the town is cut down, the land will be leveled and connected to the wilderness for reclamation. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland will be obtained. At that time, farms will be set up and water conservancy irrigation facilities will be constructed. Even if the Northland is plowed once a year, it will be enough to ensure the supply of food.

　　In order to realize this magnificent blueprint for development, the Kenmax family plans to invest 300,000 Golden Ford and spend five years laying a foundation for the family for a century. But I didn't expect that, less than four months after the plan started, Lorist would come.

　　 "Do you know how the Kenmes family is going to deal with the Norton family?" Lorist asked.

Butler Boris said: "The master and the young master have discussed that they are not going to destroy the Norton family, because the Norton family is in the front, which can be used to attract the attention of the mountain barbarians. The family can develop safely behind. Matters. If necessary, the master is also prepared to give the Norton family some support, so that the Norton family can resist the invasion of the mountain barbarian. The master also said that he appreciates the force of the Norton family, and it may be possible to make the Norton family a vassal of Kenmes. ."

　　 "Why did you send troops to attack the Norton family manor castle six months ago?"

"That's because the young master heard that Baron Norton, the leader of the Norton family, had passed away for half a year, so he sent someone to discuss with the Norton family whether they could sell the Morgen hills to the Kenmes family. UU read www.uukanshu.com like this The dispute between the two families can be ended. However, the envoy sent by the young master was insulted by the Norton family. They tore up the young master’s letter and said that the Norton family’s territory would not be sold even an inch. Let our master not make this idea. The messenger hurried back. So when the young master was angry, he sent troops to attack Norton’s family castle, but it didn’t take it down. So the young master decided to immediately start implementing the plan. By the way, the Norton family can be trapped in the north. When they can’t stand it, they will naturally I begged the young master for mercy," replied Boris with a goatee.

　　 "By the way, what's the matter with that master architect?" Lorist thought of the middle-aged man with a sick brain.

"My lord, Master Siroba is the most famous architectural artist in the Iberian Kingdom! The Rose Palace designed and built for the second prince by him in the past two years has won unanimous praise and is known as a genius artist who built miracles. , Is highly regarded by the second prince. This time the master spent a lot of money to invite the master Siropa to design the castle and town for the master. Now that the design draft has been completed, he will leave here and return to the king when the model is completed Both. Uh, this master Siroba is more arrogant. In the capital city, he doesn’t even look at the dukes and marquis who are walking in the court. If the adults treat him this way, they will provoke him if they beat him with a whip. It's a big storm." Boris said gently.

　　 "Hehe..." Lorist smiled, the architect really had a mental illness, and those dukes and marquis who walked in the court would not pay attention to them, because they were all honorable nobles and lacked strength. To be so arrogant and rude in front of a nobleman in his own territory is purely asking for trouble.

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