Lady of the Lord From the East

Slaughter came to a large group of new serfs born from foreign refugees. This was the second major event during Wei Wei's absence.

And the next few things were all about her.

One is that this year's spring ploughing went very smoothly. The newly planted corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes are growing well. The vegetables such as tomatoes, pumpkins, etc. that were distributed to everyone, I heard that the germination rate is also very high in the hands of the people. I heard that most of them are It germinated smoothly, and the slaves who still need to continue breeding have also helped her to grow to the villa as last year. Because of the experience of last year, the slaves have done well this year without any guidance. So far The fields are growing well.

Furthermore, the piglets that were promised to be distributed last year were delivered by the businessman who sold piglets shortly after the spring ploughing. Because there were too many, Felix sent them directly to the slaughterhouse and asked the butcher to help castrate them. After most of the boar piglets were raised in the slaughterhouse for a period of time, after confirming that they recovered smoothly, they were distributed to the registered colonists together with the sow piglets.

In winter, there are many people who have registered to collect pigs. This time, there are naturally long queues of people who come to collect pigs. Moreover, because the place where the piglets are divided is not in the castle, but a slaughterhouse that anyone can go to, it also attracts a lot of people watching the fun. , With the experience of last year, this year, no one thinks that castration of piglets is a ridiculous thing. It is even heard that some people who have not obtained the qualification to raise pigs but have some savings on hand even bought pigs with their own money. , and then specially sent the boar to the slaughterhouse and asked someone to help castrate. I heard from the businessman who sold the piglets, and the breeding of barrows has also become popular in several nearby counties. As for pushers, except for Sardinson The pigs raised in the county last year are really delicious, and there is also a strong promotion from pig sellers.

It has been almost a month since these piglets were delivered to the colonists. So far, everyone has raised them well. Even if there are some minor disasters, the solutions Wei Wei has specially written in the brochure is enough. They take care of these little situations on their own.

By the way, before the piglets were delivered, a new batch of piglets was also obtained from the farm. They were all hybrids of wild boars and domestic pigs. The mixed piglets had strong resistance to stress and were the same as pure wild boars. They are omnivores and eat basically everything. It is better to feed them without domestic pigs. After successfully completing this crossbreeding task, the farm seems to have found a new target. At present, they are in contact with the businessman who sells pigs and ask them to help bring some Domestic pigs of other breeds that are not available locally come back, ready to breed other better breeds.

Then there are the hares that have been moved to the hillside for free-range breeding. At first, these hares wanted to escape, but the wall surrounding the hill was built high enough, and the foundation was drilled so deeply that the hares could not jump over the wall, and their digging ability was not as good as that of a hole. Rabbits, can't dig through the foundation, and people patrol along the wall every day, and fill up any holes they see. These wild rabbits can't escape. After a while, they find that they live here and have food and drink. There are natural enemies, and they are very safe, so they slowly adapt to it and no longer think about running away. Among them, those hares who have been taken care of by humans since birth are not afraid of people at all. They don’t run away when they see someone coming. He is docile, and in just a few months, even the first hare that was born in the castle is now a rabbit parent, and has more than one litter. , they can sell these rabbits to the outside world.

These are the things that are more important and have something to do with Wei Wei in Satinson in the past few months. Felix can't remember some other scattered things for a while, so naturally he didn't tell her.

But there is one more thing that has nothing to do with Sardinson.

"Ellen is about to take over Princia, and I have already written to invite him to participate in the naming ceremony of the child. If nothing else, he will not meet in the capital again after attending the naming ceremony, but will stay in Princia directly. "

This is a bit unexpected news, Wei Wei is surprised: "I remember you said that he can become the Count of Princia only after marriage? Did we receive his wedding invitation?"

It's unlikely. If Ellen is going to get married, Felix will definitely go to the wedding. Is it because she is going to give birth, so he didn't go?

If so, will that affect their friendship?

"Don't think about it, it's not what you think." Felix touched Wei Wei's hair, which was still somewhat wet even if he asked the maid to help dry it, "There's no wedding, and I'm afraid Ellen won't be able to do it any time soon. Considering the issue of marriage, but his title has indeed been obtained, and now we can call him the Earl of Princia."

"what happened?"

Speaking of this, Felix didn't know what to put on his face: "This is a scandal. I didn't really want to tell you. Do you remember Ellen's fiancee?"

Wei Wei nodded, of course she remembered that, after all, she had met a few times in the capital, and the other party even attended their wedding, but although Felix and Alan were good friends, she had little contact with the fiancee. Of course, the main reason was that the other party didn't seem to want to communicate with her, and she hardly said anything other than polite greetings when they met, so Wei Wei didn't warm up to the other party.

"That lady, she..." Felixton paused before saying, "She eloped with someone."

Oh hoo? ! ! !

Hearing such big news, Wei Wei was surprised at first, and then looked at Felix with a shocked face (eight) and shocked (gua): "Who did you elope with?"

"It is said to be with the guards beside her." Seeing his wife's curiosity, Felix said directly: "You know, Ellen's reputation among the maiden ladies in the capital is actually not very good."

It's really not very good, and it has now been renamed Alan Devonhill Princia because of the integrated knighthood. He is seen as a handsome guy who can compete with Felix, but his reputation as a **** is also widely spread. , and in order not to be forced into marriage by his family, his previous contacts were courtesans and young aristocratic widows. Although he never provokes young girls who have not yet married, it is also because of this that people think that he has a bad character. , is not a good candidate who can be entrusted for life.

Although nobles value each other's family background more when they get married, that is what adults think. Young girls still have some longing for love, and Allen's fiancee obviously belongs to the kind that cares more about love than about love. People of family background.

So it was time to talk about marriage. Her fiancée finally ran away with the bodyguard she liked, and it was obviously planned for a long time, so that her family could not be caught off guard. When she found out about this, the young lady She and her lover had already carried a lot of gold and silver, and they had gone somewhere, but they couldn't find it.

At first, they planned to conceal this matter and secretly find someone back to continue the marriage, but after searching for half a month without any sign of dealing with it, this matter was finally noticed by Allen's family. His father was very Angry, he canceled the marriage directly, and then scolded Allen again, and then also to avoid the discussion of other people in the capital, they did not have the idea of ​​arranging a fiancee for him for the time being, but out of sight and out of mind He gave him the title of Earl and let him take over Princia, so Aaron is now the Earl of Princia, but because he served in the military before, after inheriting the title, this military position can continue or retire, And since there was no war recently, and he was just hanging out in the army, Allen simply chose to resign and is currently going through the handover procedures. Soon he will leave the capital and go to Princia to take over his territory.

So Felix invited him to the naming ceremony was much more convenient than before.

"So does this matter have a big impact on Allen? Is he angry?" The fiancée ran away. He should be very angry, right?

"That's not true. In fact, I would know about it, or he wrote to me personally."

Felix and Alan have been friends for many years, and they are still brothers from the same school. They know each other's character very well, so he could see that Alan was really not angry when he wrote this in the letter. Or sad, on the contrary, he told him the news in an almost relieved tone, as if for him it was not some bad news that would bring scandal, but great news, he even wrote in the letter Said that because of this, at least in the past year or two, no one should urge him to marry.

When he heard what happened to Allen, Felix's first reaction was that it was right to promise Wei Wei to arrange a female **** for her, although he knew that his wife would never and could not run away with other men. , but Allen's experience still raised a lot of sense of crisis in him. He secretly decided that he must not arrange young and handsome guards by her side, even if Wei Wei would not be tempted, but if those guards tried Seduce her?

That's absolutely not possible, so the female guards are good, very good!

At this time, there is only one week left before the naming ceremony. Fortunately, there are not many guests invited for the naming ceremony, and the preparation work is relatively simple. The full moon feast that follows is the focus of the castle's recent busyness. This is the biggest event this year. There was a celebratory banquet, and the surrounding nobles would not come to talk about it. After Felix sent the invitation letter from the capital, it was just a polite distribution. As a result, many nobles from the capital replied that they would come to Sardinson County to attend the banquet. , As a result, the number of guests has doubled from the original number, and since many of those guests have come from afar, they not only have to entertain them for the banquet, but also prepare temporary guest rooms for them, so the recent whole The castle is being cleaned, and the floor where the masters live is not missed. Because there are too many guests this time, in order to prevent insufficient guest rooms, Felix and Wei Wei live on the floor next to the male and female master bedrooms. The vacant rooms will also be sorted out, and the highest-ranking guests will likely be placed here.

"Then, should I clean up the room I used to live in?" Wei Wei wondered if she had left something there when she moved out?

Well, it seems that they have all been moved to the master bedroom next door, so no problem.

"No, that room will be reserved." That's the room Wei Wei lived in. Of course Felix couldn't give that room to other people, so that room was locked up, maybe in the future Will be a kid's room, but definitely no more guests.

Wei Wei has been confinement for three weeks. Although it has not been a month, and she has not passed the puerperium period of 42 days after giving birth, she feels that she is recovering well, so she does not need to be locked in the room every day, although she cannot go out for the time being. Seeing the wind, but be prepared, it is still possible to move around in the castle from time to time.

So the recovered Wei Wei began to understand the process of the naming ceremony and the full moon banquet. Before, she heard Felix say that the child's full moon banquet should be held, but she did not know that besides the banquet in the castle, he was still in Sa Both Dinson County and Thrott County have prepared a running water feast, which is very generous.

Fortunately, Wei Wei looked at the menu of Liushui Banquet. The food was very rich, but it used common ingredients, such as vegetables and meat, which were all available in the territory. It didn't cost much to buy a table, relatively speaking. , the cost of all the flowing water mats combined may not be as much as the cost of holding a banquet in the castle. After all, the flowing water table does not need to arrange venues or prepare silverware and tableware, and the ingredients do not need to choose those expensive and rare varieties. For banquets held in the open air at noon, the consumption of candles is also saved. Even the tables, chairs, tableware and tableware have been booked with those hotels, and the rent has been paid. The main purpose of the castle is to invite people to cook. and money to prepare food.

Therefore, the consumption of inviting the subjects to a banquet cannot be compared with that of holding a grand noble banquet. Wei Wei looked at the two expenditure lists for the Full Moon Banquet. The difference between the expenses summed up above was so large that it was probably only by multiplying the running water table several times before it could be worth the aristocratic banquet.

In fact, these things have almost been prepared. Wei Wei will also watch the process, mainly to understand the steps of the naming ceremony, but after reading it, she finds that the future generations are not clear, but now she only needs to be responsible for holding the child and let the priest It's enough to use holy water to baptize him, which is a bit similar to Huaxia's wash three, but one can only wash his hair, and the other needs a bath.

The number of guests on the naming ceremony invited by Felix was much smaller than the list of the full moon banquet that followed. There were only about 20 people, and most of these 20 people were Felix's own friends, with knights as the host.

"Is it okay not to invite those nobles?" The three baptism rituals in ancient China were just as important as the full moon banquet.

"No problem." Felix didn't care. For them, baby baptism was not really that important. After all, it had something to do with the church. The nobles somewhat rejected it, and the guests of the naming ceremony were friends and relatives by default. William There are few members of the Moss family. The only relatives who are close relatives are the royal family and the family of the deceased sister-in-law Peina. However, the former has the closest relationship with them is the king's family. They have a noble status and will not leave the capital easily. Although Lix wrote a letter, there was no reply for the time being, so he tacitly assumed that no one would come from there, and Pena's family, although it was said to be a relative, had a relationship with Felix. It’s a bit far away, and there was no friendship in the past. At present, he is only politely conducting business cooperation in olive oil, so he invited Peina’s parents to the full moon banquet, but did not invite them to participate in the naming ceremony. Europeans always This is how things are done. In terms of interpersonal communication, he prefers to be direct, so when he does this, no one will think there is any problem.

Moreover, although it was a naming ceremony, since most of the guests who attended were knights, I am afraid that many nobles would not be willing to watch the ceremony with them.

The knight friends that Felix knew and knew were basically active in the capital. At the beginning, Felix thought about poaching people back, but in the end he didn't succeed, because everyone who can become a knight already has an object of allegiance. Even if they are good friends, it is not easy to dig such corners, unless the other party is really not very good, but probably because of similarities, Felix's friends have a good future, especially with his William. Earl Muss's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and people related to him are more or less favored by loyal nobles, so people can't dig.

This group of guests was the first to come to Sardinson County, and most of them made an appointment to come together. Allen came with them. After all, Felix's good friend has a basic relationship with him. It won't go anywhere.

Some of these people are not the first time to come to Sardinson. They have been invited by Felix to come to Sardinson before, and even when Felix took over the title of earl, some people also took the time to join. The funeral and succession ceremony of his father and brother.

But it's the first time they've set foot here, since they've grown wildly from Sardinson.

In order to hurry up, this group of people naturally took the sea route by boat. The first person to arrive was Princia, the territory of Allen. To be honest, although Allen has long been determined to become the lord of Princia, this is his This is the first time I came here in a few years. It is different from the original impression that although it is still prosperous, it is completely different from the impression of those big cities. This seaside city that has gradually become famous on the coast of the Middle East is becoming more and more popular. There are prosperity worthy of its reputation. The shabby port has been renovated and is being expanded. The city on the edge of the port is even more crowded. There is nothing missing, go in and take a look, as if you can find all the popular and unpopular commodities in the Mediterranean, it really accommodates hundreds of rivers.

"Alan, I didn't expect your territory to be so lively." The knights who got off the boat looked sideways at Alan, both envious and surprised, although they had long known that Alan would inherit Princia sooner or later, But it is only now that I see it, I know that it is so prosperous here.

At first glance, it is even more lively than the shopping street in the capital, isn't it?

"It's the first time I know." Allen was also stunned. He basically didn't care about Princia's affairs before. Those were managed by his mother's people. After taking over the title recently, although he read a little about this The information of the territory, but how can the written information be compared with what he saw with his own eyes, this prosperity scene also scared him.

"But congratulations to you, you have such a good territory, Count Princia."

A nice boy's voice rang out, and Aaron recovered himself, and immediately replied, "You're welcome, Earl Aldridge."

"Just call me Adonis." The handsome young man with green eyes and black hair has a slender figure unique to a young man, but his height is not much lower than Ellen's. It can be imagined that in the future he will be a person who everyone loves. handsome man.

And this is a great noble who has inherited the family title even though he is young.

Adonis Aldridge, the head of the Aldridge family, his territory is a very prosperous large county, there are several big cities in the county, the territory is even comparable to the Duke, and it is located in the transportation hub of Prady, so The Aldrich family has always been a famous big noble in the empire.

Not long ago, Adonis Aldridge's sister was designated as Prince Andrew's princess, and he himself has some royal blood - although it is very far away - so he came to Sardinia as a representative of the royal family this time. Sen County participated in the naming ceremony held by the Williams family, and it was the same, so he and Aaron and others set out from the capital to come here, because there is nothing safer to walk with a group of knights.

Allen didn't know much about the young earl. Although the Aldrich family was a big nobleman, they had always kept a low profile and seldom participated in the social circle of the capital. The previous earl of the Derich family has been in bed all the time. As the only heir to the family, Adonis has to stay with his father to take care of him on the one hand, and take over family affairs on the other hand, so he has no chance to leave the territory at all.

And this is also the first time that Adonis, who inherited the title, left his territory after the death of the old Earl of Aldrich. Of course, he did not come out specifically to participate in the naming ceremony, but because his father agreed before his death. The king's proposal, so Adonis, according to his father's entrustment, escorted his sister to the capital to discuss marriage with the king after taking over the title, and happened to meet the invitation of Sardinson, so the king intends to send the brother of the future second prince and concubine. Instead of attending the royal family, he also wanted to take this opportunity to befriend Earl Williams, so he readily agreed and came with Allen and others who were also going to Sardinson.

Although he hasn't arrived at Sardinson yet, he first saw the brand-new Princia, and his expectations for the former are naturally higher.

They didn't stay in Princia for too long, and the stewards of Princia could only helplessly watch their countess turn around in front of the house, and went straight through Princia to Sri Lanka without even going to the castle. Rotter went.

It only took a few days to walk from Sloot to Sardinson, and along the way, everyone's perception of these two counties was overturned. They had already heard about the county that was downgraded and reclaimed most of its territory, leading to no one to take over, but no one thought that Felix would only take over the place for a year, and this place would become what it is today. Not many, but it looks like it is about to prosper, and even ports and cities are starting to be built here.

"I never knew that Felix had such a strong development ability. It's a waste of him to be a knight." The knights sighed.

Allen and that natural answer: "No, I think most of it owes to him having a good wife."

But after he finished speaking, it was difficult for other people to interface, because everyone knew that his fiancee had just run away with someone, so how would they pick up?