Chapter 209
The Marquis of Black Brown and the Earl of Bucks came here to congratulate him this time and brought gifts.
The Marquis of Black Brown presented a ritual sword inlaid with gems, which should be quite gorgeous whether worn or hung on the wall. As the new earl, Rand just lacks enough decorations with a row.
The Bucks Earl provided some shipbuilding drawings from the Ice Sea Pirates.
It just helped Rand accelerate the advancement of shipbuilding technology.
Rand also looked at the two great nobles again.
When he first met the Black Brown Marquis, he was a strong and strong man. At that time, the Black Brown Marquis was still an earl, and his hair and beard were also black.
Now the black-brown Marquis' hair and beard are mixed with a lot of gray and white.
The Black Brown Marquis didn't have much time.
The Bucks Earl is better, but now there are a lot more wrinkles on her face.
If you don’t take good care of yourself or are a strong professional in this era, it will be difficult to live a long life.
I just don't know how long the Bucks Earl can live.
After the congratulations, the Marquis of Black Brown said in a very calm manner that he had changed his heir and hoped that Rand would take care of his young descendants.
As for the incompetent Jayne, the Marquis of Black Brown hoped that Rand would arrange for him a knight's enthronement and then go to the south to polish it.
Rand nodded and agreed. With today's help and recognition from the Black Brown Marquis is indispensable, and these things are not troublesome to Rand.
The Marquis of Black Brown said that in order to repay Rand's help, the Marquis of Black Brown understood that it would provide Rand with educational funds. Before the heirs grew up to be qualified to inherit the title, a considerable portion of the taxes in the Marquis of Black Brown would be delivered to Rand. Virtue dominates.
This is simply a entrusting one's own will. Originally, Rand thought that even if the Black Brown Marquis could not live for too long, it would still last for a few years, but now it seems that the situation is worse than he thought.
Rand let out a long sigh, swept these things out of his mind, and said, "Do you want to try my latest secret fish soup?"
The Marquis of Black Brown and the Earl of Bucks both smiled and expressed their interest in fish soup.
It is almost spring now, but the frozen rivers have not yet thawed. The climate here is not particularly cold, and the ocean in winter is still rolling with waves.
The fish soup is delicious and can warm your chest and abdomen in such a season.
The Marquis of Black Brown and the Earl of Bucks carefully inspected the construction of the port and asked about Rand's follow-up development plan.
Although they trust Rand quite well, investing in such matters still needs to be carefully reviewed.
However, Rand's plan did not make any mistakes, and both the Marquis of the Black Brown and the Earl of the Bucks decided to invest.
Xinyue Port is now quite lively.
Since the investment of Grand Duke Thorn's aunt had been shipped to the crescent moon, Rand did not hesitate to use the money to hire adventurers and civilians.
And buy slaves from slave merchants.
The port is still in the very early stage of construction, but the roads here to other places have been almost completed.
The subsequent construction materials and manpower will be transported here much faster.
Moreover, some pavements have been replaced with masonry pavement.
The improvements to the carriage at this time are mainly the wheel axles.
This can turn a two-wheeled carriage into a four-wheeled carriage and can be steered by a differential speed, which will greatly increase freight volume.
As for the kilns that burn bricks, multiple kilns are spliced together, which can reduce the heat loss of the kiln and improve the efficiency of the kilns' bricks.
Rand had thought about making cement, but there were no suitable limestone veins around him, and he did not have a good means to obtain a large amount of limestone.
Another thing is that it will take some time to develop cement. Now, shipbuilding technology is still preferred, and the masonry and stone pavement are already quite excellent.
Chapter 300 Utilitarians discovered that new heresies appeared
After the Black Brown Marquis and the Bucks Earl bid farewell to Rand, they left the Full Moon Corner.
The Bucks Earl returns to the territory, while the Black Brown Marquis heads north.
Now the king has issued a conscript order to the nobles, and the nobles must provide troops and supplies to support the war in the northern border.
And this time, the Black Brown Marquis will go there in person.
Originally, the Bucks Earl, as a friend of the Black Brown Marquis, planned to accompany him, but was rejected by the Black Brown Marquis.
The meaning of the Black Brown Marquis is probably a bit difficult to guess, but it is still a bit difficult to accept.
After parting with Rand, the Bucks Earl who returned to the Bucks Earl's corps, beat and scolded the servants in a few ways.
Then he smashed all the treasures in his study to the ground.
Most of the nobles in the North regarded death as honor. The Bucks Earl thought he had seen through life and death for a long time, but when such a thing really happened to his friends, he still felt a little difficult to accept.
And Rand, who was in the full moon at this time, was also not in a good mood.
The Marquis of Black Brown was a good boss and an excellent and reliable ally, and Rand also regarded him as his commander and friend.
He was powerless to do anything about the physical condition of the Black Brown Marquis. He could not treat this kind of life force that was about to be lost and his life span was at its end.
Now we can only do the things that the Black Brown Marquis entrusted to him.
It is not difficult to take good care of the two young children of the Black Brown Marquis. Those two children around ten years old are very plastic, and spending time on education should not be too bad in the future.
The trouble is that Jayne.
This Jayne is a waste, and a stupid pig.
If he had no father like the Black Brown Marquis, he would not even be worthy of joining Rand's army.
For such a person, his ability to make mistakes should be limited.
It is definitely the most efficient to be imprisoned in prison for a lifetime after he canonized him as a knight. It perfectly meets the requirements of hardship and living, but it is obviously impossible to do so.
Now the Black Brown Marquis entrusts several of his children to him.
In other words, in a sense, Rand is Jayne's adoptive father!
Although neither Rand nor Jayne would admit this relationship.
It is obvious that Jayne would not realize how much benefit it would be to recognize Rand as his adoptive father.
Rand also held a special meeting to discuss the issue of caring for Jayne
Ellie has a lot of administrative experience. When Rand asked this question, she said, "Kill the chicken to scare the monkey."
"What do you mean?" Rand asked.
"After he was crowned a knight, he let him do whatever he wanted in the territory for a while, and then hang his legs in front of him." Ellie replied, this was the way many great nobles would adopt to educate their children.
All decisions of a superior will have an impact on the people around you.
Rand felt that the lives of the dog-legged and the villagers who were bullied by him were also fate.
After asking Elsa and Olena about their opinions.
Rand decided: “I want to set up a special position to recruit from proven and reliable superior professionals, and the job is to watch Jayne not let him make mistakes and impart knowledge and experience to him.”
"Then the assessment is conducted, and the bonus is determined based on Jayne's test score."
Anyway, if Jayne really can't support the mud, it'll be rotten. If he can help him up, he can support him, which is worthy of the Black Brown Marquis' entrustment.
Moreover, Rand does not need to take care of Jayne for the rest of his life. After Jayne's younger brother and sister grow up and inherits the title and settles as the marquis, the new Black Brown Marquis can think about how to deal with this useless stupid brother.
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After the collapse of the Torch Church, it was divided into three factions.
Karin, the leader of the Original Sect, now discusses with Bishop Kahn at the resort villa to discuss how to work with the cult.
The situation of the Turtle Sect is unknown. The Central Cathedral of the Torch Church in the Holy City has been turned into ruins. The Pope and a large number of the highest professionals are missing and are suspected to have been invaded by the evil gods.
The turtle sect that has lost most of its advanced combat power is already a dead bone in the tomb.
After utilitarians seized a lot of profits in the gold mine war, they found a piece of land and built their new holy city.
Because the utilitarians have no lower limit on the means of making money and their combat power is preserved intact, they have now regained their place on this continent. Although they are far inferior to the Torch Church, they are at least better than the Torch Sect and the Original Intention Sect, which now looks like they are still a mess.
But recently their leader, the Grand Knight of the Church, discovered some problems.
In front of the mahogany table, the Grand Knight of the Temple picked up several pieces of information in front of the table.
Judging from the current information, the Turtle Sect probably encountered Karin, but I don’t know why there were traces of evil gods in the Holy City.
However, it seems that Karin should have been seriously injured or died, which made him feel relieved.
The Chuxin Sect did not do anything. Bishop Kahn's old immortal seemed to be in the territory of an earl in the Frost Moon Kingdom, and I don't know what he was doing.
Without Karin, the only thing that needs to be worried about in the original school is Bishop Kahn.
But what exactly is Bishop Kahn doing?
According to his intelligence network, it seems that a new Torch Church sect appeared in the Frost Moon Kingdom.
The Grand Knight of the Temple frowned and looked at the intelligence documents in his hand.
Here is also a copy of the teachings of the new faction.
Overall, it is still the doctrine of the Torch Church, but many details have been changed so that the meaning of the overall doctrine will change in many places.
This is simply heresy!
Even if Karin disappeared, how could Bishop Kahn allow such heresy to appear in this world?
Is this old guy confused?
Moreover, the Torch Church is divided into three in just over a year, but someone dared to tamper with the doctrine of the Torch Church?
This is a provocation to their new holy city!
This must be dealt with seriously.
The new holy city is far away from the Frost Moon Kingdom, so he doesn't care too much about ordinary things.
But this is unbearable, and heresy makes him feel more hated than a cult.
To put it bluntly, the popularity of cults can actually increase the income of the Torch Church. For example, in the recent incident of the undead, many nobles have come to buy materials and ritual tools to deal with evil from the New Holy City.
Even though the New Holy City raised the price significantly, many nobles still bought it with their noses.
But heresy, heresy will only threaten the orthodox status and will also compete with orthodox for income, which is simply unbearable.
Since Bishop Kahn doesn't care, the strength of the turtle faction has greatly lost.
Then, as the only orthodox now, the new holy city will clear the heresy.
It just so happened that the New Holy City made a lot of money due to the prevalence of cults during this period, and there was enough money to arrange people to deal with the problem of heresy.
The Grand Knight of the Holy Temple called his subordinates and said, "I will send foreign traffic notices to the Kingdom of Frost Moon. At the same time, I will also sign an extermination order. All heresies must be cleared and no one will be left."
Chapter 301 Road construction! bridge! Offense and defense are easy to form!
Spring is coming soon.
The full moon leads the plain earth with a new layer of green.
The originally frozen river beach has also thawed.
The silver-white river water flows continuously.
If you stay in Xinyue Port, you can still feel the sound of the sea tide slapping on the shore, but in the full moon, you can only feel a few rays of wet sea breeze.
Rand and Taran are supervising people to build roads.
"I have compacted the soil for me. Let me tell you, don't be lazy. I have records of which project was built by whom! If you cut corners, the Lord will hold you infinitely accountable!" Talan held the whip with a whip Roaring there.
In fact, Talan felt that if anyone dared to cut corners, he would just hang himself, and there was no need to hold him accountable if he didn't understand anything.
What kind of life did they live in the past? Being a bandit is uncomfortable, and if you want to rob, you have to fight for your life.
Moreover, if you are injured, you won’t have much chance of recuperation. When you were young, Taran, as the leader of the bandit, gave up many companions who had lost their combat power.
Because there is no excess food to take care of the disabled.
Later, Taran became the village chief of a village and was exploited by local nobles at all levels, and could be robbed by other bandits.
I feel that no matter what I do, I have to do my best to survive, and it depends on my luck.
Taran has also known these villagers under his command now, and his original life was also very bad.