Gawain Cecil returned safely, bringing documents signed by the king and news of the royal family's support.
Viscount Andrew, who had been waiting in Tanzanian town for nearly three months, felt that he had made the right decision: the founding hero seven hundred years ago did not let him down. He was not like himself. He was just a warrior as he was worried at first, but he was a man of cunning and strategy.
It’s just that he didn’t expect that the founding hero would choose the Dark Mountains as the starting point for reviving his family.
As a small nobleman sitting in the southern border area, Viscount Andrew is naturally no stranger to the Dark Mountains - in fact, the original Cecil Territory and Leslie Territory are both on the north side of the Dark Mountains, and when the weather is clear On days like this, as long as you look up, you can see the magnificent natural barrier. The mountains block the unhealthy air from the Gondor Wasteland. At the same time, they also make many people talk about it because of its numerous monsters and frequent strange stories. Even the most desperate hunters rarely go there. Earn a living in the dark mountains—even if the southern lords open up hunting rights in the mountains.
The original Cecil Territory is located a little west of the northern part of the Dark Mountains. To the northeast is Tanzanian Town, and the "New Cecil Territory" selected by Gawain is located in the southeast of Tanzanian Town. , the three roughly form a triangle, but the distance between the "New Cecil Territory" and the Dark Mountains is the closest among the three, and its southern part even goes directly deep into the mountains.
The Baishui River flowing in front of Tanzanian Town has a tributary that will flow into the "New Cecil Territory". From the perspective of transportation, the new home is a good place: it is easy to get people from Tanzanian Material support from Sang Town, and if the territory develops in the future, trade costs will also be reduced a lot.
But the premise is that Gawain and his people can really gain a foothold in that barren land.
In the castle of Viscount Andrew, this thin and rigorous nobleman seemed worried: "With all due respect, Your Excellency, the first place you chose is not... so suitable. Although there is a lot of land, it is too close to the Dark Mountains and lacks protection from civilized society. The beasts in the mountains are a great threat, and every year in the foggy moon, unclean winds will cross the mountains and blow from the wasteland of Gondor. Strong soldiers may be fine, but those poor civilians and serfs cannot bear it..."
"You should have seen the map and know that although the places I can choose are vast, the conditions are very different. Almost," Gawain seemed disapproving, "In a circle close to the Dark Mountains, the land I chose is already the best - the unclean wind can be resisted with medicine and magic to prevent problems. I will find a way to solve it myself. As long as we can survive the first year, we can mine the ore from the Dark Mountains and the territory will be able to gain a foothold."
He couldn't directly say what he said. So you chose that place because there is a treasure trove of national fortunes from seven hundred years ago buried in the mountain, right?
At least you have to wait until you open the treasure house and collect all the things.After Xidu is obtained, this matter can be known to outsiders, and it must be known to a limited extent - it is impossible to hide it completely. Those materials must be used. Once they are used for construction, any fool can guess the truth. .
It can only be guaranteed that before all those things are put into use, the fewer people know about it, the better.
Seeing Gawain’s firm attitude, Viscount Andrew certainly couldn’t say anything more. He just reminded: “This is your decision, and I will naturally try to support it, but please remember. Keep our original deal."
Gawain smiled slightly: "Don't worry, the Cecil family never owes debts - if you are really worried, I will give you one or two of the antiques I have. ?”
Rebecca, who was sitting across the table and reporting what she had seen in the capital to Aunt Hetty, suddenly raised her head and looked in the direction of Gawain, her eyes shining: “My ancestors have the same idea as me!” Does this mean that he has inherited the family tradition?
Hetty knocked on Rebecca's forehead gently: "Don't look around - go on, you were at the banquet hosted by the king and you were only busy eating from beginning to end? !"
"I still drink - I am an adult, I can drink a little..."
Looking at this girl who is not thinking well, Hetty looked desperate. : "Oh my God..."
As for Viscount Andrew, of course he could not accept Gawain's "good intentions", so he had to quickly wave his hands: "No, no, no, I believe in the credibility of the Cecil family. And the guarantee from the founding hero... Then when are you going to set off?"
"The sooner the better," Gawain nodded. "We will leave at least as soon as the supplies are prepared. I have to wait a month before I can let my people get established in their new home."
For those who escaped from the disaster in the old Cecil Territory, it took three months. Months of training were over, and the lords returned from the royal capital, which meant that they had to prepare for a new life immediately.
Even most of them don’t know what their new life is like.
Knight Philip and Knight Byron were sent out to take people in Tanzanian town to purchase necessary supplies and materials necessary for building a new territory - food, tools, tents, medicines, and many more There are so many necessities that they never thought of.
There are piles of items that need to be prepared. Even Hetty, who has been assisting in the management of territory affairs, and Byron, a veteran of the Cecil family, don’t know how to start. No one knows what it takes to build a territory from scratch. Is there anything that Gawain can help with in this regard? During the great pioneering period seven hundred years ago, the ancestors of Ansu built their homes from scratch. As for the preparations for the pioneering period, Gawain Memories in the mind are valuable experiences.
Of course, due to the seven hundred years of time difference, Gawain's empirical knowledge may not be completely applicable, but the basic theories are not much different.
No matter how the tools develop and change, pioneers are in the wildernessThe problems to be solved in China are still the same, nothing more than food, clothing, housing, transportation, and medical protection.
As for the funding issue, Viscount Andrew had previously returned the gold and silver belongings of the Cecil family, plus the money preserved by Knight Philip. Although it was not sufficient, it was still barely enough to prepare the initial supplies. used.
The refugees from the Cecil Territory were walking around the town, purchasing supplies and hiring vehicles. This naturally attracted the attention of the locals. They had all heard about the resurrection of the founding hero. Recently I heard about Cecil's lord lady returning from the royal capital, so naturally I knew that these "outsiders" who had lived in the town for three months were finally leaving.
Most of the lower-class people in Tanzania Town do not care about the departure or stay of these "outsiders", but the "outsiders" have to buy a lot of things before leaving, which makes the town's business The guild made a huge profit, and their complaints against their lords immediately decreased a lot - before that, the lords had requisitioned many shacks for outsiders to live in, and those poor refugees even had a few coppers on them. They couldn't even find it, which really made many business people very dissatisfied with them.
While the two family knights were busy preparing supplies, Gawain asked Hetty and Rebecca to count all the people in Cecil's territory and ask them to list the more than 800 survivors. into a detailed roster.
“It is necessary to be accurate to each person’s name, age, gender, health status, and skills, and group them by family. At the same time, make another list to list the carpenters, stonemasons, and blacksmiths separately. Yes If possible, give each person a number for easy reference."
This was a task assigned by Gawain to his two great-great-granddaughters. He thought it would be easy. But I didn't expect that the two N-level great-granddaughters would be confused.
They have never heard of basic information registration, nor do they know how this so-called "form" is made.
“You haven’t even carried out basic population registration?” Seeing the blank expressions of Hetty and Rebecca, Gawain felt that he was even more confused than the other party, “Then how did you count the territory? "Rebecca looked innocent when she answered: "The territory around the castle is managed by Aunt Hetty, and the several knight fiefs are managed by themselves. How many knights can they control? Men, as many women as you want, as many old people as you want, and as many children as you want. As for who is the blacksmith and who is the carpenter, almost all the people living around know each other. Just ask."
Gao Wen: " ..."
What the hell? Just ask around? The legendary man who rules the country with his eyes, has a peaceful face, and brings peace to the world with just one command?
Noticing the changing expression on Gawain's face, Heti suddenly became nervous: "My lord ancestor...did you and your ancestors use the form you mentioned to count the population when they founded the country? "?"
Gao Wen quickly reviewed the information in his mind, and after a while, he looked confused.
Damn it...it was even more chaotic back then.
The Empire of Gondor collapsed overnight, and the prosperous and developed central region was completely wiped out. Those who were lucky enough to survive the first wave of impact were all the population of remote areas - and that ancient empire was a typical The development pattern of an unbalanced society is even almost deformed in Gawain's opinion: since the magic technology in this world must rely on magic focus, and the natural magic focus is limited, all the advanced technologies of the Gondor Empire are accumulated in the center of the continent, where the strongest Around the large magic focus "Dark Blue", as for the remote areas with thin magic focus...
It is incredibly backward.
So after the demonic tide broke out with "Deep Blue" as the center, all the advanced technology and advanced knowledge population of the Gondor Empire were sacrificed to the sky, and those who survived continued to radiate energy from then on. They were screened over and over again, and when the pioneers finally led everyone to escape, human civilization could be said to have completely collapsed...
To put it bluntly: the four major kingdoms , was established by a group of primary school students leading a group of illiterate people.
It’s just that in this world with extraordinary power, the individual power at the top can offset the overall decline caused by the backwardness of civilization to a certain extent. That’s why the original four major countries can explode in a group of combat capabilities. It was built with the support of the pioneers and withstood the pressure from all aspects at the beginning of the founding of the country.
But, but, but!
Seven hundred years! Why haven't these unworthy descendants made any progress in seven hundred years?