Chapter 502: Lion Castle

"It's so beautiful! But we can't keep calling him Imperial Outpost, right?" Olaf scratched his head and looked at Apophis Breo.

Apophis Breo was startled, and suddenly realized that what Olaf said was quite correct. Not all castles had distinctive names, although during the prosperity of the empire, the current outpost was the size of the castle. It's a bit small, but considering the current environment in Middle-earth, it's already a pretty good castle. And as the cornerstone of the Baronial Castle, the Imperial Outpost has already set the tone for the castle from the beginning of its design. In other words, it can be regarded as a bankrupt version of the Imperial Baron Castle!

"What's a nice name?" Apophis Breo was filled with excitement as he looked at his first castle. He rubbed his hands with tears in his eyes.

"Let's call it Lion Castle! I hope it will guard here like a lion and protect our territory!" Apophis Breo was full of expectations and hopes for this castle.

"Hoo~" In the biting cold wind, a lion flag of the Junlin family fluttered in the wind over the main castle. It was raised spontaneously by the soldiers who had just surrounded them.

"..." Apophis Breo trembled, and a few tears fell from his eyes. After many years, the great King's Landing family once again let the flag fly on this land, and the lion of the King's Landing family returned!

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"Ahem!" Olaf opened the narrow wooden window of the castle to let in the outside air. The dust in the castle was stirred up and he coughed violently.

"Dragon God!" Apophis Breo also looked at the dusty castle with emotion and smashed his mouth.

"Get some rags, go down there and get some water and wipe the castle down!" Apophis Breo ordered, looking at the dust that could bury everyone.

"Wow!" Apophis Breo spread out a piece of yellowed paper, which turned out to be a detailed map of the castle. He found a window and started studying it regardless of the biting cold wind.

"Sir, what are you doing?" Olaf came in from the outside carrying large and small bags. When he looked up, he saw Apophis Breo looking like a thief.

"I'm studying the map of this castle!" Apophis Breo said without raising his head.

"This place can accommodate 500 soldiers! I'm thinking about how to place them?" Apophis Breo said, looking at the map.

"Let me take a look!" Olaf came up and looked at the map.

"That must be the auxiliary castle! Such an obvious barracks..." Olaf glanced at the map twice and rolled his eyes at Apophis Breo. The design of this castle is already very obvious, right? The four square auxiliary castles with a side length of 20 meters are two stories high. The first floor is full of functional rooms and cannot be inhabited, but the second floor is divided into ten rooms. Although the space is a bit cramped, each room is packed. It is still possible for ten soldiers to live there. The fort alone can house 400 soldiers. Not to mention the five-story main castle, which is more than enough to house the lord's family and the lord's hundreds of personal guards.

The problem is that Apophis currently has about two hundred people who can't even fill the auxiliary castle, let alone the main castle. Olaf has nothing to study. Anyway, there are not many people, so how can those people be filled? Down.

"We now have 200 soldiers, and on average there are 50 people in one of the auxiliary forts! The knights will follow you to the main castle, isn't that the end?" Olaf spread his hands, and those who didn't know thought you were the Grand Duke of King's Landing. How many thousands of men do you have under your command? I was worried about where to live, but in the end... there were only about two hundred people?

"That's well said... makes sense..." Apophis Breo's mouth twitched slightly.

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At noon, the knights came back with large and small bags and led the cavalry. When they first saw the castle in front of them, they were already dancing incoherently with excitement. They were even more excited when they saw the flag of the King's Landing family flying on the main castle. They were crying so hard. If the orcs saw it, they would probably think that Roland was dead. Otherwise, how could these knights cry so sadly?

"Stop being stuck, welcome home! Bring the horse in!" Apophis Breo waved to the knights.

The knights who wiped away their tears immediately recovered and helped Sharma walk up in groups.

"Your Highness, the terrain here is a bit high, and the horse cannot pull the sledge up!" Looking at the stone steps on the ground, the knight could only ask everyone to untie the sledge and pull the horse up first.

"Wait a minute, I'm going to call for help!" Another centurion looked at the sledges piled with large and small bags and turned around and ran towards the Lion's Castle, which was still being cleaned.

"Wait, the brothers are here!" Olaf called the soldiers to come out to help, and everyone entered the Lion's Castle carrying large and small bags.

"Thank God! I can have a peaceful sleep tonight!" Olaf looked at the bundled sleeping bag and smiled.

"Dragon God bless me, as long as I don't get windy, I'll be satisfied!" The great knight laughed and shook his head.

"Although our homeland is in dire straits, everything will be fine!" Apophis Breo cheered everyone on.

"If you have time to pour chicken soup here, why not think of ways to fill in the missing items in the territory!" Olaf complained as he looked at Apophis Breo who was giving advice.

"Well, the first priority now is the lack of beds! Nothing can improve morale better than sleeping on a soft bed! If so, then add a beautiful woman to it!" The knight nodded with deep understanding.

"I agree, my waist is almost broken!" Another centurion raised his hand.

"It seems that everyone's demands are very simple!" Apophis Breo smiled.

"Hundreds of beds are a big effort! Don't forget that the top of the mountain here doesn't produce wood..." the knight reminded.

"That's right, let me tell you to make do with it first. Take down all the marching tents. Those canvases can be used as paving on the ground. Although the blanket is not as comfortable as a bed, it is still much better than sleeping on the hard ground!" Apophis Bray Ou thought of a compromise.

"Let's go! Let's go up and have a look!" Apophis Breo invited the others excitedly.

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Several people climbed up the spiral staircase and finally reached the top of the main castle. At this moment, everyone looked down and felt as if they could see all the mountains. In order to accommodate the water source, the Lion Castle was close to the edge of the mountain, and there was a cliff next to it, which was bare. Apart from the weathered walls of varying heights, only the Lion Castle stands proudly on the top of the mountain, with the flag of the wandering lion flying on the top of the mountains.

"It feels so empty..." Apophis Breo said with some dissatisfaction.

"It's okay, we will just expand in the future! Such a large area is enough for us to build a mountain city!" Olaf is in a good mood.

"That's right! I will definitely make this the largest mountain city in the empire!" Apophis Breo's eyes flashed with ambition and passion.