Unknown Knight

On the second day, Aix slept until almost noon, then he got up lazily. Thinking of the historical records that "from then on the king no longer attended the court early in the morning", he could not help but sneer. It was not that these kings were Versailles, but that they were indeed powerless at the time, not to mention maintaining the clarity and dignity that a king should have. This is how incompetent kings came to be.

After eating a few bites of bread and drinking a few sips of the kudzu flower that Yamila had prepared for him, Aix began his day as a lord. He first walked around the inner village, accompanied by Manide who temporarily acted as his secretary. He chatted with the people who were working while walking, and stopped to chat from time to time to understand everyone's ideas. He also asked Manide to record them when necessary. Especially when he met the elderly, he would always go up to ask about their well-being and listen to their suggestions and voices, acting the image of a lord who was sympathetic to the people and respected the elderly and loved the young very realistically.

After visiting the outer villages in the afternoon, he also went out of the village and walked around the territory. He first went to the vineyard left by the previous village to take a look. The weeds here have been cleared, and the grapes are sprouting leaves and vines, growing well. It is said that the grapes in this village were very famous in the past, and Aix decided to vigorously develop it. In this era, the common people and rich farmers drink beer brewed from wheat, while the nobles drink wine exclusively. As long as the quality is good, there is no worry about sales. With the knowledge accumulated in his original world, Aix is ​​confident that he can improve the quality and make wine one of the pillar industries of the territory.

In addition, Aix discovered another problem. The village was located on a slope facing south with the mountain behind it. Although the slope was very gentle, less than 10 degrees, and did not affect all farming, there were countless stones of different sizes scattered on it, which were very difficult to clean up and increased the difficulty of reclaiming wasteland. Aix racked his brains but could not come up with an effective specific method. It seemed that it would be difficult to clean up the stones in a short period of time, and he could only do it slowly in the future.

After returning to the territory at night, he also studied the planning map of the entire territory by Amanti. At this time, he discovered an important mistake of Amanti. Although he planned various territory buildings, such as blacksmith shops, warehouses, houses, public toilets, public bathrooms, leather workshops, barracks and so on, he did not consider the living environment and life convenience at all. Various functional buildings were scattered in the territory in a disorderly manner. It is estimated that he built wherever he thought of referring to the examples. Maybe he did not consider these at all. After all, these are concepts that only exist in modern times.

For example, public baths were built near drinking water sources for the convenience of obtaining water, without considering that sewage discharged from the bathrooms would pollute the drinking water; blacksmith shops were close to residential areas, without considering that the sound of ironmaking would affect the rest of nearby residents; public toilets were unevenly distributed, making them inconvenient for some residents; leather workshops were located in the middle of residential areas and were smelly, and there were many other problems. Aix asked Manide to record all the problems found today and prepare to solve them one by one in the future.

The next day, Aix called a meeting of all management members and read out the issues that Manide had recorded the day before one by one at the meeting. Then Aix proposed three concepts: living environment, convenient life, and environmental pollution, and required that future territory construction should be carried out based on these three basic conditions.

Hearing Manidro listing the problems one by one, the consul Amanti couldn't help but blush with shame. Aix stopped any criticism of the current problems. He first affirmed the efforts of Amanti and everyone in recent times, and then explained to everyone that these new knowledge were learned from a secret book by him, which ordinary people could not know. Everyone should not be too harsh on themselves, but can slowly study and improve. Only then did Amanti's expression improve.

Finally, Aix asked Amanti to be responsible, with the assistance of Manide and others, to redraft a planning plan based on the spirit of today's meeting and the three concepts discussed in the meeting, and then bring it to him for approval after it was finalized.

The next morning, Amanti gave the revised plan to Aix with red eyes. It was obvious that he did not sleep well last night. Aix poured him a cup of hot milk and asked him to sit down and have breakfast together.

During lunch time, Aix took a look at the plan and was basically satisfied with it. It seemed that Amanti and others understood yesterday's meeting. This plan was also carefully considered, but there were still some problems that needed to be improved. This cannot be blamed, after all, the limitations of knowledge are there.

After dinner, everyone gathered together for a meeting. Aix pointed out the shortcomings of the plan. First, the zoning was not clear. Only the residential area was demarcated separately. Under Aix's modification, in addition to the residential area, it was subdivided into production areas (various production workshops), administrative areas (offices of various responsible matters), commercial areas (including taverns, baths, market consumption places, etc.) and public buildings scattered in various areas (including public toilets, public garbage pools, warehouses, military barracks, etc.). In addition, Aix also required that every two residents' groups should have a public toilet and a public garbage pool.

The second point is that the pollution caused by wind direction is not taken into consideration. As the territory is backed by mountains, northeast wind blows all year round. In view of this, Aix planned the heavily polluting leather workshop and the reserved wine workshop in the southeast corner of the outer village, and the less polluting blacksmith shop, woodworking workshop, etc. in the southwest corner. In this way, the wind will not blow the stench of pollution into the village and affect everyone's mood.

Once the ideas are sorted out, the rectification can be done quickly. The existing buildings do not need to be dismantled, because houses are basically the same these days, so they only need to be slightly modified, and some even only need to change their uses. Soon, the territory construction has returned to its original order, and the time people originally wasted on functions has been greatly reduced, which has improved efficiency overall. At the same time, the improvement of the living environment has also greatly improved everyone's sense of happiness.

The only headache for Aix now is the stones on the wasteland outside the village that needs to be developed.

One afternoon, while patrolling the village, a child with a backpack ran past Aix. In the backpack were wild vegetables he had collected from outside the village. Another object caught Aix's attention: a round pebble, which was a recreational tool for children in the village. Aix often saw children rolling pebbles around. Looking at the pebbles in the backpack, an idea popped up in Aix's mind, and he slapped his thigh in excitement.

This is actually very simple. It requires Aix to activate his "money ability" skill. It is also an arithmetic problem. In the early stage, Aix is ​​preparing to reclaim 1000 acres of wasteland. Aix has previously estimated that there are about 3-5 stones per square meter of land. Assuming five stones, it is 1000*666*5= stones. At first glance, 333 million stones are a lot, but there are about 200 elderly people and children in the village now. They go in and out every day to dig wild vegetables and pick mushrooms. When they come back, it is no problem to put 10 or 20 more stones in the backpack. Tasks can also be assigned to each member. Each person must carry back at least 20 stones in a backpack every day. A backpack can hold 40 stones, which is half a backpack. Aix stipulates that the excess will be purchased at the price of 40 stones per copper coin.

In this way, in order to get the copper coin, the residents had to collect at least 1.5 backpacks of stones, which is 60 stones. It would take ÷600÷60=92.5 days, or at most three months, to clear the stones from 1000 acres of land, and they would only have to pay less than 600 silver coins. This may seem like a lot, but in fact it is equivalent to spending 600 silver coins to reclaim 1000 acres of land. Moreover, these stones are excellent building materials, and it is estimated that there will be no need to get stones after the entire village is built.

(The measurement units here include mu, m, cm, li, etc., which are not the world's units. The reason for using them is to help readers who like farming have a clear concept in their minds. Please forgive me and understand.)

After one day of trial, the effect was surprisingly good. Just carrying a few baskets of stones everywhere could exchange for a few copper coins. The villagers had never seen such a good thing before. Even if they joined the caravan, they only earned 2 silver coins a month. Now, as long as they collected 10 baskets of stones a day, they could earn 3 silver coins a month. There was no such easy good thing. Even the adults were still enthusiastic about picking up stones in the designated areas after work. The idlest old people and children were in and out all the time. In that day alone, they collected about 13 to 4 stones. Aix estimated that if this continued, the stones in 1000 acres of land would be collected in a month and a half at most.

In a flash, more than half a month passed, and more than 400 acres of arable wasteland had been reclaimed. People in the entire territory were smiling and full of energy, except for Axe, who was worried. He didn't know what was wrong, but he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart these days and had a bad premonition.

'Am I too idle? ' he said to himself.

Indeed, ever since the problem of stones in reclaiming wasteland was solved, there was nothing else that needed him in the territory. Everyone had tasks on hand and was very busy, and no one was free to pay attention to him. Even Cress, who had been a close personal, was either called away by Yamila to help or taken away by Catherine.

Now the outer and inner villages have become a big construction site. People have already found the direction according to his requirements. He is standing by and disturbing their work. He feels redundant. Moreover, the village is full of smoke and dust. He can't stand it. He can only ride his chestnut hunting horse outside the village every day to watch the children picking up stones in the wasteland, and feed the horse by the way.

While I was sighing in idleness, I suddenly saw Desevi from the hunting team riding a horse from the Black Forest intersection in the distance to report. Desevi was in charge of hunting and also in charge of vigilance. Every time she took people out hunting, she always set up secret sentries at the intersections in and out of the territory. Now that she came here in person, it meant that something had happened. She came up to me, turned over and dismounted and said:

"My lord, I stopped two messengers, a man and a woman, at the intersection today. I told the man that he was not allowed to enter the territory and sent him away. His letter is here. The woman said that she must deliver the letter to you personally, and she is at the intersection at the border of the territory." As she spoke, she handed the letter over.

Aix opened it and saw that it was a letter from Rodelaboye, the lord of Kulau. It read:

'To the good people of Suno City, His Excellency Count Aix of Talboriya, Kingdom of Swadia:

Reading your letter is like seeing you in person. It has been more than a month since we last saw each other. Your heroic and energetic figure is still in my mind. I miss you very much and would like to visit you in person, but I am busy with official duties and cannot get away.

I heard that you have a lot of connections, but I'm in trouble now. I wonder if you can help me. I was ordered by my king, His Highness Yarogerk, to collect 10 catties of military rations within one month. This is not difficult, but my country has been in war for half a year. Now the domestic grain has been exhausted and the trade routes have been cut off. It is really difficult to collect the total. There is still a gap of 4 catties. I hope you can help me and sell some grain to me. Once it arrives, I am willing to buy it at four times the original price.

The king's orders are as heavy as a mountain. Those who disobey them will be punished. I hope my brother will have pity on our friendship and help me this time. I will never forget your kindness and my descendants will inherit your kindness.

The Kulau City Rod Laboye presents'

After reading Rodelaboye's letter, Aix smiled. It seemed that the city lord had reached the end of his rope, otherwise he would not have asked for help from him, whom he had only met once. The sincerity of his words and the humility of his words were enough to show it. However, this was also an opportunity, an opportunity to gain favor and make money, so why not?

He could also take the opportunity to stop by Wocheze to see Miss Tsuna. He always felt that the experience with her that night might be affected by the effect of sweet wormwood. He felt dizzy and hazy, with a kind of regret that was not satisfied. Whenever he thought of Miss Tsuna, his heart itched.

This way I can rest for a few days. Yamila and Cress have been extremely powerful recently. Since they inherited his AV secrets, they have made extraordinary progress these days. They have switched from passive defense to active offense. It seems that they are competing to see who will win the prize first. If I don't leave now, I'm afraid that even if I eat wolfberries every day, I won't be able to make up for it!

Following Desevi to an intersection in the territory, Axe, who was still thinking about Miss Tandre, saw someone related to her, the cross-scarred Nia. Feeling guilty, he hurriedly looked back and found that there was no one behind him. He felt relieved and hurriedly rode past Desevi to Nia, dismounted and said politely:

"Oh, I'm just about to go to your place, thank you for delivering the letter." As he said this, he took the letter handed to him by Nia and opened it to read.

'Swindler, your cheese has been ready for you, but you haven't come to pick it up yet. Do you want me to deliver it to your door? Or do you really want to be a debt-ridden merchant? If so, I will go to you with my shield and sword!

The rain wet the rose buds in the courtyard, and my heart, like the buds, swayed in the wind and rain.

If there is no sunshine, the roses will bloom and only petals will be left on the ground...'

There was no signature, and the last few words had lost their previous elegance and looked a little crooked, as if the letter could not be written any further. There were a few water stains on the blank letter paper, as if something had dripped on it. Could it be tears?

Aix suddenly felt a lump in his stomach, thinking to himself: "It's over, it's over. No wonder I've been feeling anxious and weak during this period of time. It turns out that I really let down the beauty! What a bastard I am!"

He wanted to slap himself a few times, but when he looked up and saw Nia delivering the letter, he found that she was looking at him with murderous eyes. Feeling guilty, he lowered his head and muttered:

"I have no choice. There are more than 600 refugees in the territory during this period. I have to settle them down. I will prepare today and lead the caravan to set off tomorrow. We will arrive in about 10 days at the latest."

Looking up at Nia again, her expression relaxed a little, and without saying anything, she stared at Aix for a few seconds, then snorted coldly, turned around, mounted her horse and left, as decisively as ever.