My Wife Is Great Fief Lord

Chapter 12 The Journey

But no matter how Bonita persuaded, Vivienne just pursed her lips, didn’t answer, and hurried towards the castle. Only after hearing the horses from Gervais did he glance at the white horse that Bonita was holding.

This horse was sent to Vivienne by the servants of Fort Baron before Gervais left, but he met Vivienne and Bonita on the way to the castle, so the white horse was led by Bonita.

In the memory of the original owner, what Vivienne wanted most was a horse, because her dream was also to become a Knight.

It’s just that although Nathan is a lord, there are only three horses in the manor. One is a war horse given by Gandalf, which can be used to kill enemies. It is Nathan’s lifeblood. The other two are old and common horses, used to consign the goods of the estate, and naturally impossible for Vivienne to have fun.

countess sent three horses to Gervais, and Gervais had his own mount, just one more horse than the two that Thomas and Jimmy were riding.

For Vivienne, Gervais could not comfort for the time being, and could only send her a horse, hoping that the horse would protect the girl.

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After riding for a whole morning without stopping, the entire group of Gervais has reached the periphery zone of Gandalf’s territory. The road became more and more difficult to walk as it moved away from the castle. There were no villages and farmland on both sides of the road, only clumps of weeds and groves.

Although the Gandalf territory is also in the plains, the population of this world is too sparse, and many places are deserted and undeveloped. The development of each noble territory relies on the castle to radiate in all directions, unless a certain Some places have special development value, such as minerals, otherwise the farther away from the lord’s castle, the more desolate it will be.

From where Gervais is now, he can walk out of Baron Gandalf’s territory in more than ten minutes.

When you walk out of Baron Gandalf’s lead, there will be a buffer zone of three to five kilometers, which is an evolutionary product of this world in order to avoid disputes between nobles.

Any product within the nominal buffer zone does not belong to both lords, but to the vassal they are loyal to, such as the buffer zone between Baron Gandalf and other vassal nobles. of Alice count.

However, the buffer zone is only a narrow dividing line, and the monarchs with ownership rights will not really manage and develop the buffer zone.

This resulted in the derivation of this rule, the default unwritten rules among vassals. In the buffer zone, the lords of both sides can take half of each for development and utilization.

Both sides can acquire any resources near the edge of their own territory, but cannot station troops or build villages. This can greatly reduce the possibility of conflict between the two parties, and can also obtain additional benefits. If there is a real conflict and things get bigger, the behavior of the two parties can be regarded as illegal mining. Both principal and interest may be spit out and handed over to their own monarch.

Seeing that it was noon, Gervais ordered everyone to prepare to rest and continue their journey after lunch.

I found an open and flat area at random. Except for Gervais, everyone else started busy. The three guards were in charge of guarding, but Gervais just let them explore a little in the vicinity and let them stay where they were. rest.

After rushing all morning, Gervais knew that they must be very tired. This place belongs to his father’s territory. The woods are not dense, and it is almost impossible to encounter danger.

I could have had dry food for lunch, that is, some bread and jerky. The combination of the two not only fills me up, but also replenishes enough energy, so I don’t need to consider the taste.

But Gervais has a cook Jimmy in their entire group, so Gandalf deliberately ordered someone to kill a sheep in the morning, and cleaned it up, cut it up and brought it to Gervais’ entire group, enough for them to eat two meals. If it wasn’t for the hot weather, I could have brought more.

Sit down with a random rock, Gervais pulled out a note with a long list of items that Gandalf had given him. Because Gervais has his own territory, he will start a family on his own.

However, Gervais’s territory is very poor now, so Gandalf prepared some urgently needed items such as grain, seeds, and iron for Gervais.

These supplies take time to collect, and it will take a few days for them to be shipped to Gervais’s territory. When the supplies arrive at Gervais’s territory, he can check the number against the list.

“This is the cost of dividing the family!” Gervais laughed, but fortunately, he has a noble father, otherwise he would be poor and poor, and it would be a problem to support his entire group in the territory, although there are more than 2,000 in the territory. Man, but Gervais didn’t think the poor serfs could squeeze much oil out of him.

“My lord, thank you for your hard work! Wash your face!” Thomas had already handed a wet towel to Gervais at some point.

“Thank you, Thomas!” Gervais took the towel and thanked the smiling Thomas.

I sigh in my heart that under the feudal social system, there is injustice among people. Some people are born sons of nobles, destined to enjoy the service of others. And some people are born into a life of exploitation.

Fortunately, I crossed over to Gervais, otherwise I would definitely burst into tears.

“Thomas, are you literate?” Gervais suddenly asked.

“My lord! I learned arithmetic in Rose Castle, and how to manage castle affairs!” Hearing Gervais’ question, Thomas’s smile became brighter and his body became more humble, and he quickly put Her specialty told Gervais.

“Oh?” Gervais was a little surprised, didn’t expect any servant from Rose Castle to be so good, in this world, the literacy rate is terrifying. Except for the aristocracy, most people can’t even eat enough to eat, and of course they are not literate. As for the Baron Fort in Gandalf, except for the steward, the other servants were basically illiterate.

Of course, Gervais did not know that every servant of the Rose Castle was carefully selected and cultivated from childhood, and it was not comparable to a small Baron Castle.

“Then you have put this list away, and when the time comes the list of goods will be arranged by you!” Gervais is very happy to have a capable subordinate. In this Knight noble world, every All nobles need a competent steward to arrange the general affairs in the castle, including the recruitment and training management of servants, the arrangement process of holding various banquets, and the consumption and purchase of various materials in the castle, all of which need the steward to arrange. Without a competent steward, there would be chaos in the castle.

Gervais handing this list to Thomas is also a test. If Thomas can successfully complete this matter, Gervais does not mind letting him be the castle’s steward. After all, according to Thomas, he is in the Rose Castle. What I have learned is all about preparing to become a steward.

“Respected adults, you can rest assured, I will arrange this matter!” Thomas was very hot inside, he felt that his steward dream was about to come true.

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As Jimmy will bring all kinds of ingredients, sprinkle on the lamb that has been roasted to golden brown, the aroma instantly fills the nose of everyone, except Gervais and the chef who is the chef. Jimmy and the other four were all swallowing their saliva. Not to mention Jimmy’s roasting skills, it was pure mutton. The few of them rarely eat once or twice a year, so it’s no wonder they are greedy.

“Sir, it’s already baked!” In the eager eyes of everyone, Jimmy finally cooked the mutton, the surface was golden and fragrant.

Gervais didn’t wait for Jimmy to cut it for him, but quickly stepped forward, held the knife, cut the roast lamb, called a few people to his side in turn, and handed the meat to them personally. on hand.

Gervais knows that this is a good opportunity to buy people’s hearts. These people will be his support for a period of time in the future. Although they are also for their own use now, they will definitely not dare to disobey their orders. There is a difference between being ordered to be allegiance to oneself by others and having them willingly allegiance to oneself.

While the Gervais don’t expect to earn their true allegiance just by dividing the meat once, it’s a good start.

Especially seeing the gratitude they showed when they took the roast, Gervais felt it was worth it.

Gervais didn’t know that as a nobleman, a corporal of Li Xian, he personally distributed meat to his subordinates.

Except for some titles of Knight, for ordinary servants like them, this kind of thing is definitely rarely seen in this world, and the nobles who are still class-solidified and hold supreme martial power have long since abandoned this kind of virtuous corporal. The method of winning people’s hearts, but a simpler bait and martial power deterrence.

Of course, there are advantages to various methods. Gervais has no money and martial power these days, so he can only adopt this strategy.

If he has money and martial power in the future, he will not refuse to use simpler methods. After all, a person’s situation determines his choice.

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It took three days for Gervais entire group to lead from Baron Gandalf to Deadleaf River. Gervais did not feel lucky on the first day, but on the morning of the second day, Gervais found that his muscles were sore, and the inner thighs were also very painful from the saddle, and it was hot.

The most unbearable thing for Gervais is that the food for the next two days, except for dry food, is dry food. For the convenience of storage, a lot of salt is added to the bread and jerky. Every time Gervais eats, only You can only eat it if you can soak it in boiled hot water, otherwise you have to drink a lot of water after eating dry food, and you have to put water seven or eight times along the way.

Finally, when standing on the bridge of the Dead Leaf River, Gervais’ eyes were a little wet. After suffering so much, he finally came to his own territory. It was not easy!

(End of this chapter)