Kafa was appointed as an insurgent the next morning, managing the hundred and fifty slaves. Before Annen left, he had already led the hundred and fifty slaves to start cutting down trees. There were strong sailors on the fleet to suppress these slaves. Therefore, Annen took the Knights Magpe and his ten soldiers to walk towards his castle together.
There are forests and jungles along the way, and the movement is very slow, but this is also helpless - such a little power cannot open up a real road. Occasionally, a few hunters, when they saw this army, stood respectfully and bowed.
Although hills occupy half of the islands and some lakes occupy some, the small plains suitable for farmland are only one-third, but these thirds are 150 square kilometers, which can develop a total of 10,000 acres of fertile land. Unfortunately, even 10,000 acres of 10,000 acres of fertile land are not yet cultivated. Large areas of plains naturally exist in the form of wasteland and jungle.
It was not until noon that the group saw the gathering place, which was near a huge lake. Relying on the lake, a field had been cultivated, and the fields were green and growing well. Some thatched houses were separated in these fields, forming two villages. In the center of the two villages, a small castle appeared in Anne's vision.
Seeing the armed knights and soldiers, the villagers hid aside and looked at the group with awe and even fear.
In addition to memory, Annien also saw this small castle called "Blue Castle". In this world, the first consideration of the castle is to protect the personal and property safety of the territory, mainly for defense. Due to the lack of financial and material resources, this is called a castle, but it is actually a dirt city.
Built on a high ground made of soil excavated when digging trenches, surrounded by waterless moats. They are surrounded by thick pointed wooden fences. Logically speaking, one soldier should stand on each of the six towers to maintain the guards, but in fact there are only two soldiers.
"Who?" The soldiers discovered the group of people blatantly approaching.
"It's me, Annien, tell my father that I'm back." Annien stopped. Although the simple bow and arrow did not pose any threat to him, there was no need for conflict.
The soldier recognized that the person in charge was indeed his young master, but the fully armed soldiers behind him aroused his vigilance. He thought about it and went down to report it to his baron.
Not long after, an old man had already stood on the arrow tower, and he did see his son, so in a short while, the wooden door opened, and accompanied by four soldiers, he walked out.
"My father, it's me, I'm back." Annien said happily when he saw the old man, and bowed respectfully to him.
"Hello, Lord Baron." Knight Magpe also got off the horse and bowed to him.
"Annien, you are back, ah, are you already a level 5 mage?" The first one the old man saw was the magic badge on his chest. There were five silver threads on the bronze badge.
"Yes, my father, let me introduce you to the Knight Magpe, and his soldiers, whom my good friend Reinstein temporarily appointed to protect me, and will obey my orders within this year."
"Welcome, Knight Magpe!" Although he didn't know his origin, the old Baron Hambis himself was a knight. Of course, he could see the extraordinaryness of these warriors at a glance: "Come on, come to the castle!"
At this time, Gebi had already ordered: "Go and prepare your bath water for all the adults. Yisu, go and prepare today's lunch."
Baron Hambis and everyone crossed a bridge, which was supported by multiple pillars, across the trenches and to the bridge at the entrance of the main wooden fort. Once the wall was broken, the main tower of the castle was the last line of defense in the castle. Walking on the bridge, Annin thought that such a castle was indeed not expensive and had no special requirements for the terrain, but the disadvantage was also obvious, that was, its strength did not meet the requirements, and could only defend against small-scale attacks, especially fire attacks.
For Anne, such weakness is fatal.
He immediately decided that when the conditions were ripe in the future, the Blue Castle would be renovated into a stone castle, and two concentric circle guard walls should be used, and the inner wall was much higher than the outer wall, so as to give the archers on the inner wall a greater field of vision and shooting range, thus forming cross firepower on the inner and outer walls.
Moreover, a huge canal must be dug around the castle to surround the castle as a moat. The river water is just in the front lake, but this is obviously expensive and requires huge manpower and material resources, so I will not consider it for now.
When his son returned, he became a level 5 mage. The old Baron Hambis looked very happy, so the lunch was particularly rich. The first dish was served with appetizing soup, fresh pork, and grilled lamb chops. The second was cheese and flan, and finally apples, and some fruit wine.
The big meal in front of me was already a luxurious banquet here, but Annin ate even better in the city, so he was careless and focused on his memory, but in fact it was the first time he saw four people - his father's second wife, his two sisters and a younger brother.
To be honest, although this family is a baron, it is still a relatively poor family. Moreover, since the old Baron Hambis was a soldier for almost his whole life, he also adopted a rough management method for his family - of course, more importantly, this human wife and the children below, strictly speaking, have almost no inheritance rights.
Therefore, except for the little favorable treatment of the youngest son, the two fourteen-year-old daughters, both of whom were 1-year-old daughters, were all necessary to work, not ladies who did nothing, but among them, a woman in her thirties, who was not very beautiful, at most she was pretty and had wrinkles at the corners of her eyes - this was his second mother, Jenny, the daughter of a small businessman.
Seeing Anne looking at her, Jenny raised her head and smiled, and there was even a sense of flattery inside. It was not that she had no other thoughts, but her more than ten years of marriage had severely punished her for breaking the rules many times - and it also made her realize that she was really unable to compete with this half-elves' husband and eldest son.
After all, behind Anne was the powerful elves family and Moon City. Not to mention, he was now a magician, and she looked at his chest badge with some fear.
The two sisters are not so charming, but they can also see that they will definitely be pretty young ladies in the future, especially the fourteen-year-old sister. He seems to think she is a bit special. They eat silently and do not speak. Such a big meal is also quite good for them, and it is almost rare to eat once a year. Therefore, while maintaining a certain attitude, try to eat as much as possible.
Even the six-year-old brother didn't even dare to say anything, and he was eating on his own. The atmosphere was quite serious, but the old Baron Hambis liked this out of his military nature. However, Annon found that this would make his status stronger, but on the other hand, he was a little sad. It was a family that was almost like this atmosphere, which was really sad!
The old Baron Hambis asked about Annien, who told his story one by one. Obviously, the old Baron Hambis was quite concerned about his son's affairs and admired his behavior very much, especially when he heard that his son had received the Silver Star Medal of Moon City, he hurriedly said, "Oh, come and show me."
In fact, Annien didn't care about this silver star medal at all. He thought that the act of sending others off with a medal was the most despicable and shameless behavior in the world. People were born and died just for this trash? There was no substantial reward?
However, the old Baron Hambis didn't see this way. He took Annien's Silver Star Medal, looked around and looked at it, and his eyes showed a glimmer of joy: "Okay, I didn't expect you to get the Silver Star Medal so soon. I've served for fifteen years before I got this!"
As he said that, he ordered the butler to go to his bedroom to get it. Sure enough, a wooden box was taken over. When he opened it, he saw that on the white silk, there was a silver star medal that was exactly the same as Anne. He picked up two, compared them, and then the relief from his heart was revealed.
He has been living and dying for Moon City almost his whole life, and his honor to soldiers is better than anything else. Therefore, when he saw his son promising and being able to get the Silver Star Medal, he immediately felt that his son was much closer and made him much happier - this was even happier than his son's status as a fifth-level mage, although he rationally told him that the area of ​​the mage was much more important than the Silver Star Medal.
The little brother seemed to be interested in them too. He stretched his neck and looked at it.
"My father, this time I came, I received the support of my cousin Prince Ryanstein, so I want to expand the port and increase the transaction. Please allow me to preside over the presidency."
"Oh, it turns out that Prince Ryanstein is your cousin. No wonder you can get so much support." The old baron Hanbis came to his senses and said, "Since it is the request of Prince Ryanstein, then you will leave all the port to you. Don't neglect Your Highness."
The prince's identity was an instinctive pressure on the old baron Hambis. Immediately, the son who was related to the prince became different - and the dock, in his opinion, was just a few families and a wasteland, and it was insignificant. Since both the son and the prince wanted to play, let them play.
Annien smiled. He held the tiger flag and easily solved the problem of the old Baron Hambis. Now he has full power in the port area. In the future, he is full of wings, and it is not something that the old Baron Hambis can influence. Although he will definitely inherit the title of the Baron, he does not want to have a very stiff relationship with him at the moment.
After lunch, the two sisters and Jenny automatically packed the tableware, and it seemed that they had become accustomed to it. After everything was packed, Annien called all his relatives to stop him.
"Oh, is there anything?" asked the old baron Hanbis, who wanted to rest. He was already fifty-three years old. In this world, an ordinary human being at such an age is already an old man. He may only have a few years or more than ten years of life, and he seems a little old.
"I brought some gifts." The soldiers were signaled to take all the gifts from the horses.
First of all, there is a set of extremely exquisite and gorgeous full-body armor - helmets, armed tights, steel shoes, grey armor and leg armor, chain armor skirt, back armor, chest armor, shoulder armor, arm armor, arm armor, wrist armor, elbow armor, neck armor, as well as a dagger and a long sword.
On this set of armor, there are engraved with the badges of the Fenokashu family, and each piece of armor has the brilliance of magic, with dense talismans carved on it.
"Is this?" Although the old Baron Hambis was old, he was quite sensible. He looked around it in surprise. Such a set of armor could buy two medium-sized villages.
"The gift from Prince Ryanstein to our family will be the heirloom of our family in the future. However, I am already a wizard. If you want to use this set, it may depend on my younger brother Rusgen."
"It's so expensive!" The old baron Hanbis couldn't help but feel deeply moved. He had been a soldier and knight for his whole life, and had never worn such good armor. He didn't expect that he would have it when he was old. He looked at his younger son with a complicated expression. He wanted to say something, but finally didn't say it.
"Ah!" Jenny looked happy and exclaimed softly.
You should know that among the noble children, in fact, according to the system of the aristocratic family, the heir is the eldest son, and the land and property of the family are inseparable. As the second son, Rusgen actually cannot have much inheritance rights over the family. Although Rusgen could continue to live in this family when his father was there, he did not have the right to marry in this family. If there was no accident, Rusgen had to be sent out to receive education after he was 1 years old, or become a clergyman in the church, or join the army, or become a housekeeper of others. In fact, Jenny, who was not Annien's personal mother, could also drive her out of the house after the death of the old Baron Hambis - this is what Jenny was most worried about.
It can be said that although the old Baron Hambis is a parent, how to treat his second son Rusgen, Jenny is already the power of Annien in the future. Now, Annien's words mean that Rusgen is a knight, which means that Annien recognizes him as a side branch of the family and continues to stay at home as a knight. Rusgen can obtain at least one hereditary to him in the future and his son's manor as a fief. In any case, Jenny's future is also guaranteed - she can at least live in her son's manor.
Such division is actually unfavorable for a family, because if it were like this for generations, then in a few generations, the family territory would be fully divided and there would be no capital for aristocrats. So what the old Baron Hambis wanted to say, but his young son was loved by him, and his wife Jenny had been a couple for more than ten years, so he finally said nothing.
Since the eldest son is so generous, I can feel at ease. After all, there is only one generation, and even a little decomposition of some land will not shake the family's foundation.
His eldest son Annien was originally influenced by the elves and was always cold and distant to Jenny and his younger brother Rusgen. He had not thought that he had changed a lot after more than a year, and he became more humane. Thinking of this, the old Baron Hambis also smiled with relief - no father did not want his son to live a good life. Since the youngest son wanted to stay in the family as a knight, he had to train him for knights.
"There are some of them for home use." They are nothing more than candles, parchment paper, cloth, etc. The most obvious one is a thick roll of silk, which is an expensive thing.
"Silk is used for Aunt Jenny and her sisters," Annin said.
"Is this too expensive?" The old Baron Hambis did not agree with this luxury. He frowned. For him, the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls was very serious. It was really undesirable to spend family money to give his daughter such luxury.
"It doesn't matter, my father, do you remember that I am a mage? The mage is very profitable. I can buy a silk dress by copying ten scrolls." Annien said with a smile.
"Even if this is the case, don't waste it like this. The family needs money." The old Baron Hanbis's eyebrows slightly dissipated, but he still didn't fully understand.
"At home, I have 3,000 gold coins from Moon City. My father, let's put them away. I know that I have raised my tuition fee the last time and sold all the goods accumulated over the years to me." Annin leaned his hand, and a large stack of gold piled up a hill on the table: "This is 5,000 gold coins, and some money is not needed."
"You have to use money yourself, right?"
"It doesn't matter, I have it, and I'll get money by copying some scrolls now."
Chapter completed!