The promise of slow wear for the rest of your life

Elligot is the cheap nephew of the original owner.

Hearing his question, the old butler suddenly slapped his forehead and said angrily, "Hey!? Look at me, I'm really old and have a bad memory. I actually forgot to ask someone to call Young Master Elliott to come out to greet you. At this time, He should still be taking a nap. I'll ask someone to call him up to see you."

The old butler was about to turn his head and call for someone, but Anol hurriedly stopped him: "No need. Let him come to see me after he wakes up."

After the words fell, Anol continued without waiting for the old butler to refuse, "Butler Basil, I have a few things that I need you to do yourself."

Hearing this, the old housekeeper's attention was once again indistinctly diverted.

He said, "What's the matter? Master, just tell me!"

Arnold took out a bag of silver coins and handed it to him, saying, "The first thing you need to do is hire someone to repair it later. Choose one of the houses around the castle for the soldiers who came with me."

"Then hire someone to build a few more houses on the open space on the west side of the manor. In about two or three days, the group of slaves I received will arrive. We need to prepare a place for them to live in advance. "

Hearing the words, the old butler didn't take the bag of silver coins, but frowned and asked, "Master, how many slaves did you take?"

"About 500 people in total."

"There are so many?! In that case, we have to build another house for them to live in."

The old butler was surprised for a moment, but then pushed back the silver coin that Arnold handed over.

"My lord, you should keep these silver coins for your own use. Even if there are silver coins in our poor place, there is no land to spend them. If you use this to hire people to work, no one will come here."

Anol: "..." I almost forgot, this place is so poor that there is not even a businessman.

"Then use the food I brought back to hire someone." Anor said while putting away the bag of silver coins, and then said: "The second thing, you will send someone to send these territorial merger documents to File it with the administrator."

"Then, send people to the three counties merged into Thorn Ridge to count the actual total population there. You can ask the soldiers who came with me to do this."

The old butler nodded solemnly, and took the stack of documents from Arnold with both hands.

Arnold glanced down at the pitted and dilapidated wooden floor in the room, and pointed out: "You can spend two days on the third thing, and wait until you're done with the first thing."

"At that time, you can directly ask the hired people to repair the castle along the way. The roof does not need to be moved, as long as the leaks are repaired."

"The floor doesn't need to be moved a lot, just fill it up if you can. For the big holes that can't be filled, no matter what material you use, just fill them up and make the ground level."

"In this way, Elliott will not always be tripped every time he enters this room."

Hearing the last sentence, the old housekeeper couldn't help sighing with tears in his eyes: "Master, you are really kind to Young Master Elrigett."

A Nuoer felt a little guilty and lowered his head to straighten his sleeves, but didn't answer the words.

In fact, he only proposed to repair the castle because he didn't want to walk around his own house and had to be careful not to step on the pit at all times.

As for the fact that Oligot always tripped over, it was just an excuse he mentioned to make the repair of the castle more logical.

The old butler naturally couldn't think of the little thoughts he had hidden in his heart.

Arnold was silent for a moment before continuing: "As for the fourth thing, you can ask someone to do it later. Of the [-] carts I brought back, [-] were loaded with food and cloth rewarded by the king." .”

"There are eleven carts of grain and seven carts of cloth. You ask people to distribute three carts of grain and two carts of coarse cloth to the people. The remaining eight carts of grain, one cart is used for employment and food, and the remaining seven carts of grain and five carts of cloth, all collected in granaries and warehouses for spare use.”

"There is also a car loaded with seeds that I bought from a merchant when I was in the capital. The growth conditions do not require too much soil. When you distribute food and cloth, let the leaders take those seeds as well. Take some."

"Then, let them plant land if they have land, and plant wasteland if they don't have land. Not a single seed can be wasted."

The old housekeeper hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly: "Did you ask clearly this time? Can those seeds really germinate and grow on our land?"

"Yes." Arnold nodded with great certainty.After all, the super-level system will never lie to him.

Seeing this, the old housekeeper immediately beamed with joy: "Just ask clearly. I will definitely let everyone plant it, and not a single one will be wasted,"

Arnold: "Other than that, there's nothing else to do for now. Go get busy."

"Hey." The old housekeeper responded, "Master, you must be tired after rushing all the way back. I have already prepared hot water and food in the kitchen. I think it should be ready for this meeting. You should wash up first to get rid of the dust. , or eat something first?"

"Let's wash up first."

"Then I'll ask someone to prepare water for you first. Just wait for a while."

Arnold nodded and said, "Well, let's go."

The old butler immediately walked out of the room with a document in his hand.

There are not many servants in the castle.

There are only six in total.

Among them, one is the old butler Basil.One is Cord, the son of the old housekeeper.

One is Mina, the wife of the old butler's son, and two are the old butler's grandson and granddaughter, Nick and Illya.

The remaining one is Cudo, the old steward's brother.

Before the arrival of the original owner, Nick and Illya were both Eligot's personal servants.

After the original owner arrived, the old butler transferred Nick to the original owner to serve him.

Elijah continued to stay with Eligot to take care of her.

Mina is in charge of the affairs in the kitchen, and incidentally responsible for chores such as washing clothes.

Ke De is responsible for maintaining the only wildebeest in the manor, and is also responsible for taking care of the chores in the manor and helping the old housekeeper with the affairs of the castle.

Cudo is responsible for guarding the gate of the manor and concurrently serving as the agricultural officer of the territory.If he needs to go out, Cod will temporarily guard the gate of the manor on his behalf.

The rest of the castle's internal and external affairs are handled by the old butler Basil.

In short, although there are few servants in the castle, they are all capable of supporting three.

Even the people in Thorn Ridge are the same.

Maybe it's because the place is too poor and there are no foreign businessmen willing to come to do business. Although few of the local residents are literate, almost all of them are multi-talented.

Blacksmiths can burn bricks and tiles, stone sculptors can weave cloth, and those who can help people set bones and treat minor injuries and ailments can not only carpentry but also paint, these are nothing new to them.

When Arnold first learned about these things, he was also surprised for a while.

anyway.

Not long after, Nick brought enough hot water into the bathroom, and along the way, he also prepared all the clean clothes, shoes and socks that Arnold needed to change into.

After Arnold washed himself from head to toe, Mina brought hot food in time.

Anol took a seat at the dining table and asked, "Mina, have all the people who came back with me eaten?"

"It's eating. Master, don't worry, Mina has prepared enough bread and soup for them."

"Well, that's good."

Arnold nodded, and then began to eat.

Because before Mina cooked, the several carts of food he brought back hadn't had time to be unsealed.

Therefore, Mina still uses the food stored in the castle to cook.

The bread is all made of coarse grains, and it tastes like grinding your throat.

Except for a little salt and a strong ground bean flavor, there is no other flavor in the thick soup.

It's also thanks to Anol's not picky eaters, and he has taken care of the delicate stomach of the original owner, otherwise it would be really hard for him to eat.

After the meal, Arnold met the original owner's cheap nephew Elligot.

The little guy is not yet seven years old, and his personality is a bit introverted.

After seeing Anol, he whispered "Uncle" and stopped talking.

Then he just stood with his head down, acting quite cramped.

Arnold learned from the memory of the original owner that the original owner was not close to Elliott in previous years.

One was because Elrigett was still young at that time, and the other was because the original owner often went out, and the two spent too little time together.

Therefore, it was not easy for Arnold to show too much familiarity at the moment, so he only told him a few words, asking him to practice calligraphy and reading with the old housekeeper carefully, and then let him leave with Ilya.

The old butler's family has been servants of Bert's house for generations, and the old butler himself has been serving the original owner's younger brother, Old Bert, since he was a child. After decades of being influenced by his ears and eyes, he has already been able to read all kinds of documents.

The original owner was very relieved that he was the enlightenment text for Eligot, and so was Arnold.

After watching Eligot and Illya leave, Arnold went to the original owner's study to deal with the affairs accumulated in the past two years in the territory.

Although the territory of Thorn Ridge has a large area, it has very few people.

Therefore, there are not many affairs that need to be handled by his lord.

Even if there were a few of them, they were all trivial matters.

For example, the two stacks of tax documents with deficits that need to be reviewed by him.

Another example is the various castle expenditure accounts that he needs to read.

Another example is the residence relocation report that needs to be reviewed by him.

Such reports generally deal with foregone conclusions.

Just like the letter he was looking at at this time, it said that a certain village in the territory was attacked by ogres on a certain day of a certain year.The villagers suffered heavy casualties, and the few surviving villagers all moved to live in the next village.

After the report was reviewed by Arnold, it was sent to the administrator for filing.

After that, the tax for that empty village can be reduced or exempted.

At the same time, the household registration of the surviving villagers can also be changed to the neighboring village.

And the neighboring village that took over the surviving villagers will need to pay a few more poll taxes and some land taxes in the coming year.

With the memory of the original owner as the background, Arnold quickly completed the affairs accumulated in the past two years in the territory.

After finishing his business, Arnold left the castle and wandered around.

This manor occupies a large area, but it is a pity that the inside is dilapidated.

There are only a few clumps of low shrubs still growing strongly in the courtyard, pretending to be landscape trees.

The lawn is not only bleak green, but also yellowish in green.

The bird-shaped fountain statue in the center of the lawn is missing a wing.The thorns growing in the fountain pool have climbed the bird's claws.

The field outside the courtyard should have been planted with crops, but now it is overgrown with weeds and thorns, and it is barren.

A manor on a high ground, neither near nor far from the main city.

Standing outside the gate of the manor and looking out, the Thorn City, which has collapsed three and a half walls, can be seen.

Arnold has excellent eyesight, and can even see the outlines of buildings in the city.

Most of those buildings are made of adobe walls and hay roofs, referred to as "grass-roofed earth houses", and their shapes are mostly umbrella-shaped.

Looking down from a distance, it looks like a gray mushroom growing.

On the several hills behind the manor, the trees transplanted by the original owner were still alive and strong.

It's a pity that they all look malnourished, as if they will wither at any time.

After seeing the desolate and dilapidated situation in front of him, and then looking at the last part of the memory left by the original owner, the scene of lush trees and flowers blooming everywhere, Arnold inexplicably felt a sense of admiration in his heart.

In order to save the elves in distress and to continue the inheritance of the elves, the original owner really tried his best.

Although he still failed in the end, it has to be said that the original owner was able to go to the step where the barren hills turned into woodlands, and the old city into a new city, which is already quite remarkable.

One must know that the trees growing in the woodland were all cultivated and planted by the original owner.The new city that reproduced the prosperous scene was also built brick by brick by the original owner.

Every bit of those changes were watered by the painstaking efforts of the original owner.

It's a pity that these were all cheap in the end for the person who poisoned him.

Thinking of this, Anol couldn't help sighing secretly, what a pity! :) :)