Time flies, and in the blink of an eye it is more than ten days later, and there is only one day left before Gervais sets off for Winterfell to meet Alice.

At this moment, Gervais had just come out of the practice space, with an unstoppable smile of joy on his face.

After Gervais's hard training these days, and with the help of the red kiwi fruit's tenfold bonus, he finally broke through and became a high-level bronze knight.

"Finally, I have some power to protect myself! I have broken through three realms in a few months. If I tell anyone, I will scare people to death! Haha! I am indeed a genius!"

Gervais was pleased with himself, and at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the nobles of the Principality of Jean, big and small, all hope to gain merit and benefits in the Southern Expedition, the Principality of Alban is not the kind of lamb to be slaughtered without resistance. Every year during the Southern Expedition, the nobles of the Principality of the Principality, large and small, gather in the Principality of Alban.

There are not a few damaged ones either.

After Gervais broke through and became a bronze high-level knight, he relied on critical strikes and sword cuts to fight against a silver junior knight, so his confidence increased greatly at this time.

"grown ups!"

When Gervais came to the vestibule, Thomas was directing a group of slaves to load goods into the carriage. When he saw Gervais' face full of joy, he immediately stepped forward to salute respectfully.

"Well, Thomas, how are the supplies prepared?"

"Sir, the supplies have been inventoried and are being loaded into the truck now. You can set off directly when you set out tomorrow!"

"Well done, Thomas!"

Gervais looked at the 15 carriages in front of him that were slowly being filled, and praised Thomas with satisfaction.

Gervais's number of people in this southern expedition is estimated to be the largest among the small nobles, with the total number reaching 293. You must know that the minimum number of viscounts required in the conscription order is 150, which means that Gervais's number has already reached 293.

Twice the minimum requirement.

This is rare among nobles. Even if other small nobles have sufficient troops, most of them will only bring the required number of people, as long as they do not violate the minimum requirement. After all, the food and drink expenses are included in the two-month expedition.

No nobleman would be so generous when it comes to his own affairs.

Of course, most of the 293 Gervais people were non-combatants.

Among them, there are 11 personal guards, 14 members of Laurie's guard team, a total of 98 slave soldiers, the rest are 130 battlefield rescue teams, 30 slaves in charge of baggage supplies, and finally 10 people selected from the Storm Territory specifically to serve as soldiers

They buried pots for cooking for 10 serfs.

"Sir, blacksmith Bernard has just come to the castle. The weapons and equipment you customized at his place have been forged. I just asked the servant to ride the carriage to pick them up!"

Receiving this compliment from Gervais, Thomas's smile became brighter and his figure became more humble.

"Oh! After this batch of weapons and equipment is shipped back, you ask Ike to be responsible for distributing it to the soldiers."

"As for the forging wages, you can just settle it directly to Bernard after verifying that it is correct!"

"Yes! Sir!"

"By the way, Thomas, did Bernard tell you whether the small steel cannon I asked him to work on a few days ago is ready?"

Gervais suddenly remembered something, which was about artillery. This small steel cannon was the front-loaded artillery in the previous life.

Originally, Gervais had no idea of ​​forging artillery. After all, such a thing consumes too much gunpowder, and Gervais's little inventory could not support the massive consumption of artillery.

However, since the capture of Wright's ship some time ago and the occupation of Golden Island, Gervais had the idea of ​​building a cannon.

Of course, he didn't plan to build too many, just four or five small cannons. These small-caliber artillery were prepared for the defense of Golden Island.

After all, Golden Island is isolated overseas. If an enemy attacks by boat, the troops on the Storm Territory may not be able to support it so quickly. At this time, artillery becomes crucial to protecting the safety of Golden Island.

The artillery can bombard enemy ships from hundreds of meters away, which can effectively prevent enemy ships from approaching the landing.

In order to verify the practicality of the artillery, Gervais found Bernard again a few days ago and gave Bernard the six-pound front-loading gun paper he had drawn, hoping that he could complete the forging before he set off.

One door.

Artillery is actually no different from muskets. The only difficulty lies in the materials. If the materials are not up to standard, no one will be willing to try to explode the barrel of the artillery. However, Gervais has something astonishing as mithril, so this is the only

The difficulty can be ignored directly. What limits the development of Gervais artillery is the scale of the saltpeter mine.

"Sir, it's been forged! Blacksmith Bernard just asked me to send a few more people because your little steel cannon weighs several hundred kilograms! He said it can't be lifted without a few people."

Thomas answered quickly.

"Very well, Thomas, you will send someone to Tiangong Stone House later and ask them to deliver the gun mount I arranged to make a few days ago!"

When he heard that his small steel cannon was completed, Gervais was eager to try it, but the gunpowder was too precious, so he gave up the idea of ​​testing the cannon. He still trusted Bernard's craftsmanship.

"Yes, sir! I will send someone to the Tiangong Stone House later!"

Thomas responded respectfully.

"Well! Then you get busy first!"

After confirming everything, Gervais returned to the inner castle. First he took a comfortable bath, then walked to the study and sat at the desk.

"The woods between the beach and the small lake on Golden Island have been cleared, and camp construction is already underway!"

"The docks in Storm Territory and Golden Island are already under construction and will be completed in a while!"

Gervais held a notepad in his hand, which was densely filled with various projects that needed to be arranged or had already been arranged.

These projects were summarized and planned by Gervais during this period, in order to prevent the development of the territory from stagnating after he set off.

For projects that are already in progress or completed, Gervais will put a check mark at the back to ensure that he can see at a glance which things have not yet been arranged.

"Recruit 14 guards. We will arrange for Audrey to complete this later. We just want to take advantage of this time to let them train on the gentle slope!"

Gervais set his sights on the last item to be arranged, which was a Guard recruitment plan.

In the last battle with the pirates, two of Audrey's subordinates were killed, reducing the number from the original 14 to 12. Gervais plans to recruit 14 more soldiers this time, and then combine the two teams of Laurie and Audrey.

The number of people has been expanded to a small team of 20 people.

"Build an earth wall at the edge of the Deep Dark Forest!"

"Should I cross this out? After all, I now know that the emergence of the orcs is a conspiracy of the church, and I am not prepared to resist the orc invasion in the Storm Territory."

Turning the notepad forward to a page, Gervais hesitated a little when he saw the to-do items he had written down some time ago.

This plan was written by Gervais before Wright's attack. At that time, he did not know the real reason for the appearance of the orcs, so he planned to let the idle citizens and slaves go there after the construction of the stone houses in the town was completed.

At the edge of the dark forest, a 4-meter-high earth wall was built there.

At that time, Gervais can use the earth wall to tentatively resist the invasion of the orcs, and gain a wave of energy points at the same time.

Gervase's territory is on the edge of the Deep Dark Forest, but due to the mountains, the area bordering Gervais's Deep Dark Forest is only less than ten kilometers.

Gervais had only one requirement for this earth wall, and that was the height. As for the sturdiness, Gervais had no requirements, as long as it wouldn't collapse if people stepped on it.

Because if you want to build a wall as strong as a castle, then this section of the earth wall will take not just one or two months, but even half a year, and the territory of more than 2,000 people is enough.

As for whether it is useful to build such a weak earth wall?

Of course it is useful. Gervase's earthen walls are specially prepared for orcs, and orcs only appear in the winter season every year.

The reason why winter in this world is called severe winter is because once winter comes, the temperature will become extremely low, and the most extreme temperature can sometimes reach as low as thirty or forty degrees below zero.

At such a low temperature, it is no exaggeration to say that dripping water turns into ice and urine turns into columns without any problems.

Therefore, as long as the temperature drops, Gervais will have people pour water on the earth wall. As long as it is poured continuously for half a month, the originally soft earth wall will definitely not be weaker than the copper wall and iron wall.

Moreover, the wall is frozen, making it extremely smooth, and its defense has been greatly improved.

"Let's build it! These people are idle anyway, so why not find something for them to do."

"Although I may not resist the invasion of orcs, having an earth wall will make it more difficult for orcs to invade. Maybe these orcs will go to Lanni's territory along the earth wall!"

After thinking for a moment, Gervais decided to build this earth wall as a way to provide some benefits to the serfs, so that they would have work and be paid in the autumn.

Moreover, there is a place to consume the energy of these serfs and slaves, so as to prevent them from starving and causing instability.

After Gervais led his team on the southern expedition, the territory was only defended by Audrey's 12-man guard team during this period, and they also needed to dedicate manpower to patrol the islands, which was considered an absolute defense void.
Chapter completed!