"Sir...Sir, I just went to inspect the territory. I didn't greet you immediately. Please forgive me!" Benny felt guilty, but he also knew that Gervais didn't know what he had done yet, so

Although I was very nervous in my heart, I was still calm on the outside and spoke to Gervais in a respectful tone.

"Oh!" After hearing what he said, Gervais simply said "Oh" and said to them with a non-committal expression, his face still stern: "Lead the way, let's go to the castle to see it first!"

"Yes! Lord Lord!" The ten guards replied in unison.

After saying that, the seven guards who had arrived earlier lowered their heads and glanced at Benny. When they saw that Benny was already taking the lead towards the castle, they followed timidly.

Gervais and the others followed them on horseback. Although it was slow, Gervais was not in a hurry.

While sitting on the horse and walking, Gervais looked around the town. He only took a general look outside. Walking on the main road in the town, he gained a deeper understanding of the poverty in Binhai Town.

The lanes on both sides of the main road are all dirty muddy roads, and the thatched awnings of the wooden houses on the muddy roadside are also in dire straits. Some of the wall bases have multiple large holes, and only a few broken wooden boards are nailed to the holes.

The walls of some houses are actually made of branches.

The only few stone houses in the town are along the main road. Although the outer walls have been damaged and some stones have fallen off, they are the only buildings that can be seen in the town.

After passing several stone houses, Gervais took a look inside. One of them should be a blacksmith's shop. Although it was a bit dark inside and couldn't see clearly, Gervais could hear the rhythmic tapping of iron tools coming from inside.

In this world where iron is a rare resource, such collisions can only be heard in blacksmith shops.

As for the other two stone houses, when Gervais and others passed by, the doors and windows were closed tightly, and the appearance inside could not be seen. It was not known whether they were used for living or other purposes.

Go through the town and walk for another four or five minutes to reach the bottom of the castle. Viscount Major's Castle is different from Gandalf's castle. In comparison, Viscount Major's Castle is about four times larger than Gandalf's Baron's Castle.

More than twice as much, and it was built on a hill 20 to 30 meters high. The mountain is surrounded by steep rock walls. The smallest drop is more than 20 meters. Only right in front of the hill, there is a strip of more than 10 meters.

A wide gentle slope leads to the castle gate.

Gervais looked at the majestic castle in front of him, and it was hard to imagine how the orcs had conquered this fortress-like castle.

It can be said that Viscount Macauer took great pains when he chose to build the castle here.

Because this hill is surrounded by steep cliffs of tens of meters, the castle is built on it. When a war breaks out, as long as the uphill passage more than ten meters wide is guarded, the castle will be as stable as Mount Tai. There are no explosives in this world. If you want to start from there,

Starting from the mountain, the threat to the castle is very slim. If you want to capture the castle, you can only choose to attack from the narrow road up the mountain.

After a while, the group of people followed the passage up the mountain and arrived in front of the castle.

Looking up at the castle, the scene at this moment is different from the feeling of looking at it from a distance. In the distance, I just feel that the castle is standing on a hill, which is quite spectacular.

But when you stand at the lower level of the castle and look up, the castle is like a giant towering in front of you, blocking out the sky and the sun. It is extremely shocking. It is foreseeable that if an enemy comes to invade, when he reaches the bottom of the castle, he will be able to see it just by looking up.

Feeling insignificant, I felt like giving up.

I don’t know how many years it took to build this castle. This is definitely a huge project. No wonder Viscount Machor has the confidence to resist the invasion of orcs in the castle. Sitting in this castle, Gervais can’t help but have a feeling in his heart at this moment.

I have the heroic spirit in the world.

…

"Let's go in and see what the inside of my castle looks like!" Looking at the castle that belonged to him in front of him, Gervais was filled with excitement. After taking a rough look at the appearance of the castle, Gervais walked in first.

castle,

When you walk into the gate of the castle, what you see is different from the vestibule of Rose Castle. There is also a tree pond garden in the vestibule of Rose Castle, but inside this castle is a wide open space, similar to Gandalf's Castle, except that the area of ​​the open space is significantly larger than that of Gandalf Castle.

Much wider.

In the front yard, because no nobles have lived there for more than thirty years, the place looks desolate. Although it can be seen that it must be maintained by people, low weeds can still be seen everywhere.

At the foot of the city wall on the left side of the vestibule, there is a row of wooden houses. Some clothes are dried outside the wooden houses, and scattered garbage can be seen on the ground. Gervais is not surprised, this should be the house where these guards live.

Although guards are stationed at the castle, they cannot live in the castle's inner castle. In this world, the castle is the residence of the nobles and a symbol of their status. Even if the castle has no real owner for a period of time.

However, they, the soldiers responsible for the garrison, can only move or live outside the inner fort. They are not allowed to enter the inner fort unless there are special reasons. The vestibule is where all their activities are in the castle.

Regarding the garbage littered everywhere, Gervais did not intend to delve into it for the time being. When the guards saw his eyes lingering there, they also looked very frightened.

Gervais believes that from now on they will not dare! Because this castle has a new owner, Baron Gervais.

Squeak...squeak...

When Gervais and his party pushed open the heavy inner fort door, the door lock had become somewhat rusty due to being uninhabited for many years. The moment they pushed the door open, there was a creaking sound, just like the dubbing of a thriller.

The heavy door was completely pushed open, but the inner castle was not as dusty as expected. It seemed that someone had cleaned it regularly. Otherwise, let alone decades, even if no one had lived in it for a year and a half, the inside of the castle would have been filled with dust.

Spider webs are everywhere.

Although it is not spotless now, it only needs a little cleaning before it can be moved in.

"Is this place often cleaned?" Gervais, who was standing at the gate, looked at Benny. Benny had been leading the way just now. He and a few guards also pushed open the gate of the inner castle.

Although Gervais is now sure that Benny has something on his mind and is definitely not a good guy, he just arrived at the territory today and hasn't moved in yet, so he doesn't want to question him right away.

After settling in for food and accommodation today, we will slowly solve these small things tomorrow. The power of life and death is now in their own hands. If they make some small mistakes, let them forget it, but if they do something that is harmful to nature, then Gervais will

Will not be soft-hearted.

If any of them were really guilty, he would use it to win over the hearts and minds of the people in the territory. Although they were all serfs, Gervais, who had traveled through time, knew that these poor and oppressed serfs were the cornerstone of the world.

Although he is not prepared to be a savior, he will not be a cold-blooded person who does not care about the life and death of the people he leads.

"Yes, Lord, there is an order in Winterfell that serfs must come to clean it every month!" Benny answered immediately after hearing the question.

What Gervais didn't know was that although Benny's face looked normal at the moment, the panic in his heart was even worse than before.

Because in addition to doing evil outside, he also did some things in the castle that were unforgivable crimes for the nobles.

For a year and a half, Benny held the highest authority in this territory.

Since Pandora's box was opened this spring, Benny has become unscrupulous in doing things. He wants to enjoy the life of an aristocratic gentleman.

So he moved out of the wooden house at the foot of the city wall and moved into a guest room in the inner castle that only noble gentlemen could live in. He also often visited Viscount Major's study, secretly took some books out of the castle, and assigned his cronies to secretly take them to other places. Selling in small towns for money.

The other seven guards in the castle were a thorn in his side. Because these seven people were there, what he was doing might be leaked. Fortunately, these seven people were recruited from the serfs and used their families as threats. , forced them to live in a guest room in the inner castle for a week, and told them that if this matter was leaked, whether they were forced or not, they would definitely be hanged.

In this sentence, Benny did not deceive them. No matter whether it was right or wrong, they lived privately in the inner castle, and the nobles knew that there was only one way to die.

After finishing this matter, Benny could sit back and relax, and moved into the inner castle with his two men in a grand manner, sleeping on a bed that only noble lords could sleep on.

After sleeping for a few days, Benny felt a little empty. After thinking about it, the noble master would also hold a banquet in the castle. He couldn't hold the banquet. The three of them could only drink in the castle, and it was best to drink wine that only the nobles drank. , but this requires money, so Benny came up with the idea of ​​​​those books that had been placed in the study room for more than thirty years without being read.

At that time, Viscount Macauer was also a veteran nobleman. His family had been passed down for three generations and there were countless collections of treasures in the castle.

But since his death, some of those treasures were damaged by the invasion of orcs, and some were preserved. The few remaining treasures were later cleaned up by the earl, and the valuables were brought back to Rose Castle, except for some useless ones. Books were left behind in the castle.

For real nobles, these ordinary books are useless and can be purchased at any time. But for some free people and even lords, these books can make their empty bookshelves compact, allowing visitors to see the books. You can recognize their accomplishments.

Books are also one of the most expensive items in this world. It takes a month of hard work for ordinary people to save enough money to buy a book. But after Benny stole these books, he sold them at one third of the original price. The money he received was exchanged for good wine for him to enjoy.

Benny originally thought that he would be able to enjoy his aristocratic life until he was transferred and left here, but there was never a shortage of surprises. Where no aristocrat had come for thirty years, one happened to come today, and he was A nobleman who has just become the new owner of this place.

Benny knew that he was doomed because the guest room they had stayed in had not been cleaned, and the matter might be exposed before tonight!

If they do evil outside the castle, the nobles may not kill them. At most, they will fine them money or remove them from their position as guards. But if the three of them live in the inner castle, they will definitely be killed by the baron in front of them. Sent to the gallows!
Chapter completed!