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Due to the small number of horses, there are still a lot of coal piled up in the coal mine. However, Gail's arrival has solved a problem for everyone.

With the extra forty or so Charlefan draft horses, the coal can be pulled out in a few more trips.

Watching the mighty crowd gradually go away, George sighed, turned around and asked in the house: "How many degrees is it today?"

"???"

Coughing, George was a little embarrassed, knowing that he accidentally said the wrong thing. However, the careful Aunt Angel seemed to understand his consciousness: "It was already frosted this morning, but it melted after the sun rose."

"Yesterday was the hottest time, it was more than 30 degrees," George muttered.

This temperature is naturally estimated, and the reference is Anthony's "thermal expansion instrument". However, that thing is a bit too complicated compared to a thermometer. It is not filled with mercury but some kind of gas. It is a multifunctional alchemical tool, and it starts from more than 200 degrees.

Recently, George suggested that Anthony make a simple one.

Anthony naturally knew what "temperature" meant, and there were also temperature standards among the scholars. However, there was no mercury in the territory, but Anthony planned to use kerosene to make it, and the temperature he carved was similar to what George understood.

Before returning to the house, George looked to the east - the long river five kilometers away was already shining in the sun. But it was not frozen.

Some knights and wolves were running in the wilderness, catching those prey that came to bask in the sun. And the brand-new armor on them shone brightly in the sun, and the white and red robes on their bodies rustled in the wind.

More than two months ago, the servants of the Kingdom of Heaven began to manufacture these armors according to the blueprint that suddenly appeared in the blacksmith's workshop (the blueprint will appear directly in the blacksmith's workshop).

However, even if the workshop has undergone the highest level of hope transformation, ten servants of the Kingdom of Heaven who work hard for 24 hours, plus the help of all the young and strong people in the territory. It takes three days to make a full-body thickened heavy armor. So far, there are only more than 20 pieces - but one-third of them are made of real steel!

Moreover, it would not take much time to transform the more than 30 pieces of spoils and the dozen pieces brought by the knights themselves.

Although they were not heavy enough, these heirlooms were of good quality, and some of the better ones were also forged with iron. So now the number of knights equipped with full-body armor has reached 70.

If it were in the past, with such armed forces, George could call himself a real baron.

"Before leaving, I can have a chicken meal~" Clapping his hands, George closed the window, put on his clothes, and walked out of the house in a swagger under the blushing eyes of the girls.

After going out, he quietly opened the door in front of the study, and sure enough, he saw Rona secretly flipping through books here. Without disturbing the future university scholar, George went downstairs directly.

He would take Gale away tomorrow, and he had to tell Anthony not to demolish the castle.

After going down a few floors, the sound of ding-li-clang came over. George passed through the corridor and followed the sound all the way down to the basement. On the way, he kept meeting the people transporting soil and stones. Anthony was also busy with a group of people downstairs.

After accompanying Anthony for a while, the two returned to the public study on the first floor of the castle.

Let Rona, who was lying in front of the fireplace in a daze at some point, pour a pot of tea, and they chatted about the current progress of the project and Anthony's plan.

The castle originally had a basement. And there was more than one. But none of them could meet the castle's future needs.

However, George not only planned to expand this one, but also transform and use the others. In the future, he would even build a connected side hall in the castle, connected to this basement.

The fireplace has been transformed now, but what is being done now is a big project, and according to the communication between George and Anthony, this is only the initial stage. The future castle not only needs to be expanded, but also needs a large reservoir.

These waters will not only control the temperature of the workshop, but also warm up the entire castle like a hot spring under a castle.

Looking at the knights and soldiers who kept passing by the door of the study, Anthony sighed and said, "There are indeed many people living in the castle now, and I am afraid that they will continue to increase in the future, so I agree with some of your renovation proposals. But..."

When George heard him say this "but", he knew that this guy was going to persuade him again. He waved his hand, interrupted him, and said, "Don't talk about this for now, Anthony. Is it okay to talk about temperature?"

"If the water is circulated, I have some ideas, and I also have some formulas that can "mold mud into stone" as the "pipeline" you mentioned. But in the current situation, the temperature can only circulate in each basement, and it can't rise to the upper floors. Moreover, the insulation level of this castle itself is enough, so it is simply a waste of coal-George, I don't know why you insist on doing this, it's just a stone in the sewer!"

At this point, Anthony was angry and added two large spoons of sugar to the black tea.

‘You spent so much money, and I didn’t say I felt bad.’ Listening to Anthony’s complaints, George muttered softly. After taking a sip of tea, he slowly said: “I know the castle is well insulated, and even if the weather gets colder, there are simpler ways - such as adding an insulation layer outside the castle wall. But since you have proposed moving the blacksmith workshop into the castle, I really can’t sleep if I don’t make good use of it.”

Looking at Anthony’s frown, George slowly put down the teacup and said: “For example, growing mushrooms - the temperature and humidity in the basement are far from enough now.”

After saying this, Rona on the side widened her eyes.

Anthony also widened his eyes - mushrooms, this was the thing he reminded George about at the beginning. But it was just a casual chat. But he never thought that this guy would think about this matter so much!

Sometimes he really couldn’t understand that even when there was enough food, this lord would think about planting anything on any usable land.

Look at those lords, they plant all kinds of flowers and plants in the castle garden, but this guy only loves cabbage and radish!

To be honest, Anthony thinks that the perfect use of the cultivated space is worth publicizing. But George's stinginess with the land still makes him speechless sometimes.

"Hurry up, Anthony. Don't fall behind in the production of those colored glazes - after the weather gets completely cold, I hope they can cover the inner walls and the sky above the castle. In this way, after covering my smooth white marble with a layer of fertile soil, I can plant in the winter! Hahahaha~"

"Yes, yes" Rona, who had been secretly listening, pulled her tongue hard: "Mushrooms!"

Anthony: "..."

After leaving the castle with Gale's caravan, George did not go directly east, but called all the lords together.

The winter banquet is coming soon, and the lords have different opinions on whether to go or not, but if they go, they are just on the way.

In fact, for all the lords, they are vassals of the Viscount. Even if they do not obey the earl's control, there will be no violation of the oath. But after all, the fall of the capital has made everyone lose their backbone. So when they knew that there would be a meeting in winter, everyone was eager to go.

But now everyone has regained their backers, so they are not so concerned about this matter - they are just a little curious about the situation in the east.

Although they are different from George, they have long known that the countess still rules the west of the valley. They even know that the resources there are richer than here. But they have no chance to go there.

But this time it is a very good opportunity.

George also thinks it is an opportunity.

Of course, he also knows. If the scam is not played well this time, this winter banquet will become a "Hongmen Banquet". But he believes that with his current strength, although there is a big gap with the archbishop in charge of this diocese, if he wants to run away, no one can stop his more than 100 knights!