My Wife Is Great Fief Lord

Chapter 118 The Territory is developing

In the next half a month, the entire Storm Territory entered a busy state.

The serfs were busy looking for and picking wild grapes. Except when they had to go to the ground to take care of them, they were almost always looking for vines. It was picked by other serfs. After all, the grapes ripen quickly or slowly. Fortunately, Gervais’ territory is wide enough, and the number of serfs is not large, so that there is no conflict between the serfs.

In just one week, Gervais harvested 5,000 kilograms of grapes, but in the next few days, the number of grapes gradually began to decrease. The ones sent later were because they were immature a few days ago. After waiting for more than a week to slowly mature, the serfs picked them and sent them to the castle to exchange money.

These grapes were carefully classified by Thomas when they were purchased. The size of the grapes, the degree of sweetness and sourness, and the price of each grape were different. Of course, the serfs did not dare to complain. When they arrived at the copper plate, they all cheered and left happily with the copper plate.

Many people not only do not complain about the fief lord sorting the grapes, but are very grateful to Gervais for giving them this opportunity to earn so many coins. necessities, but picking a few wild fruits now gives them the money to buy the necessities of life, which can greatly improve their lives.

Because they can receive thousands of kilograms of grapes every day, the entire castle is moving. The maids and maids are responsible for washing and drying the grapes, and these dried grapes will be sent to the corner. in the small courtyard.

After the door of the small courtyard is closed, the miners in the space will come out of 10 people. Under the leadership of Rick, these grapes will be collected into the mining space. These 10 people will be responsible for making wine in the future. , Gervais has taught them the process of wine making.

When 10 people walked out of the space, Thomas and four guards with long bows stood on the top of the wall, as long as the miners dared to If there are any unnecessary actions or unscrupulous attempts, the guards will shoot arrows at them without the slightest hesitation, and the miners have also been explained in advance, all of them keep quiet out of fear, and they don’t even dare to lift their heads, all obediently and honestly After carrying the grapes, they all returned to the space neatly.

The matter of boiling salt and making gunpowder has also been put on the agenda. In order to prevent leaks, the boiling of salt and gunpowder are also carried out in the ore space, and all the miners are responsible for these two tasks. 3 miners are responsible for boiling the nitrate, the other 7 miners are responsible for making gunpowder, and Rick, who was appointed by Gervais as the manager, does not need to work, he only needs to take care of these miners.

As the gunpowder ore and gunpowder were continuously produced, the small stone house where Gervais used to store these two items was also slowly filled. In the wooden barrels of No. 1, and the underground of the small stone house has been raised with a layer of bluestone.

For safety, the stone house is located at the innermost end of the vestibule. Gervais also ordered a wooden fence to be built outside the stone house, and no one could approach without his permission.

When everyone else is busy, Gervais is also busy with cultivation Battle Qi. He will enter the cultivation space on time every morning. Only at noon will he exit under the reminder of Anna’s little maid. The cultivation space went to lunch, and after lunch Gervais ran non-stop to the gentle slope of the castle to train his 30 new guards.

After a week of basic training, Gervais is gratified that the recruits can finally distinguish between left and right, and can respond immediately to the passwords issued by Gervais. They are decent, if they are equipped with weapons and equipment, they will look like a proper strong army. Of course, this is just the appearance. These people of true strength are still the same, because Gervais has not yet started to teach them the martial skill and the cooperation of the squad.

Since the guards knew that Gervais would choose 10 people from among them as their personal guards, they all trained hard. For example, when running in the morning, there were several new recruits running and running. Collapsing on the ground, Gervais had to send a carriage to follow, with a servant sitting on it. If anyone fainted, he immediately helped them to rest on the carriage, and then fed them water to avoid accidents.

Of course, no matter how hard they try, some people will of course fall behind, but the duration of the list of people behind will change.

Among the 30 people, Alec’s performance was the best, which made Gervais a little impressed. In every long-distance run, Alec was the first to reach the finish line. In other subjects training in the afternoon, Alec was also obvious. It is easier to understand the meaning of Gervais than other serfs. I don’t know if it is because of his experience of blacksmithing. When turning left and right, Alec never made a mistake.

After 15 days of training, Bernard finally sent the weapons and equipment that Gervais asked him to make for the first time, 20 pairs of leather armor, 20 long swords and small round shields. It was at this time that Gervais also The 10 best-performing recruits were selected out of the 30 to become their own Guards.

The 20 long swords and 20 leather armor round shields were all assigned to ordinary guards, and those 21 people were completely integrated with the original 7 guards, and Laurie and Audrey were the two of them. Captain , divided them into two teams, one with exactly 14 people.

Because there were only 20 places for forging weapons, one of the guards could only receive the old weapons and equipment. Of course, the quality and performance are no different from the new ones. In order to compensate the guard who got the old equipment, Gervais deliberately ordered an extra set of new linen blouses to be given to him, which turned the guard’s depression into joy.

As a native of Earth, Gervais knows that it’s a common human disease to suffer from unevenness, so even if he doesn’t appease the soldier, it won’t cause any trouble, but Gervais doesn’t want to be so small Things have left hidden dangers in his army.

After the ordinary guards were equipped with weapons, Gervais’ 10 Guards did not have weapons yet, each with a grotesquely shaped stick in his hand. If Bernard saw it, he would definitely Recognized, this thing looked exactly like the thing on the blueprint that Gervais had him forge.

Because of this stick, the original excitement of the Guards immediately vanished, and instead they were ridiculed by those ordinary guards.

Originally, these 10 people were selected by the fief lord as members of the personal guards, and the common guards were envious of them all, but when they all got the weapons and equipment, they started training with full of energy. Seeing that the 10 guards were all dressed in civilian clothes and were training with wooden sticks, they immediately began to watch jokes openly and secretly, all taking this opportunity to vent their depression.

(End of this chapter)