The promise of slow wear for the rest of your life

About half a magic hour later, Nick boldly delivered tea and snacks on time as usual.

Arnold saw it. After Nick entered the study, both hands holding the tea tray were trembling.

He was really scared, but he still held back his fear and brought them tea and snacks.

Arnold couldn't bear it, and just waited for him to put down the tea tray.He waved his hand to signal him to leave.

Seeing this, Nick felt like he was being pardoned, and hurriedly left the study.

Anol got up by himself, poured two cups of tea, and handed one of them to Orgus.

After Olgus took it as a matter of course, he asked, "Is he afraid of me?"

Arnold said tactfully: "It should be."

Olgus felt wronged: "I have restrained all my breath."

"They're afraid of your identity and nothing else," Arnold said.

"The human race is really timid." Orgus sighed, and then said: "You are an exception."

Arnold acted flattered, and said insincerely: "It is my honor to be regarded as an exception by you."

As for what he thinks in his heart, only he knows.

There were few things to do in winter, and Arnold quickly dealt with the few backlogs of government affairs from yesterday.

At this time, Algus still did not express his intention to leave the study.

In this way, it is not easy for Arnold to leave alone, so he can only find an idle book to read to pass the time.

The entire castle only has a fireplace on the first floor.

Although the second floor is slightly warmer, it is still not as warm as the first floor.

Arnold stayed in the study, and it would be fine for a while, but after a long time, he was too cold to sit still.

Even with hot tea in my hand, I couldn't stop the sneezes one after another.

When the third one was hit, Arnold couldn't help getting up and said, "I'm going downstairs to stay, do you want to stay here, or go down with me and stay warm by the fireplace?"

Olgus looked up at his reddened nose and said, "Then let's go down together."

One person and one dragon immediately went downstairs.

Downstairs, Nick, Mina, Ilya, Elliott and the others who were sitting near the fireplace to keep warm got up to leave when they saw them coming.

Anol reassured, "It's okay. Just stay here."

Pity it didn't work.

Nick and the others still smiled and shook their heads, and retreated.

Only Eligot did not retreat. Instead, he got up and ran to Arnold, holding up the figurine in his hand for him to watch.

Arnold looked down at the small carving, and he could only tell the type from the spread wings on both sides. He raised his hand and rubbed the top of the little guy's hair, and encouraged him: "This bird is not bad, look at it." It’s very expressive.”

Elliott nodded happily, and corrected, "It's Flying Eagle."

To be honest, Arnold really didn't see it, but it didn't matter, he just boasted: "Oliget is really amazing."

Elliott was very happy, and passed the small carving forward again, saying, "To uncle."

"Thank you. I will keep it well." Arnold took the carving and looked it over carefully.Then he ordered Nick, who was hiding in the corner of the stairs, to place it on the desk in the study.

The three of them sat down by the fireplace, and Olgus was still looking through the history books he had brought down.

Arnold held hot tea to keep warm.

Eligot took another piece of wood and continued to carve carefully with a carving knife in his hand.

Half a noon passed by just like that.

At noon, Mina brought lunch to the dining table.

Arnold and Elligot moved over to eat.

Orgus didn't move.

After the meal, Eligot went back to the room with Illya for an afternoon nap.

Arnold thought it was too cold upstairs, so he didn't go up to rest, but returned to sit by the fireplace, reading idle books to pass the time.

In the blink of an eye, the afternoon passed by like this.

After the dinner was brought to the table by Mina, Arnold took Elligot who came to play with him to use it.

Algus still sat there without moving.

It wasn't until after the meal that Arnold went upstairs to rest that Olgus got up and went upstairs with him.

For the next three days, Orgus was like this.

He would stay in Arnold's study in the morning, and when Arnold finished handling the government affairs in the territory, he would go downstairs with Arnold and stay by the fireplace, and he would stay there for a whole day.

The sense of presence is not too strong to say that it is strong, but it is not too weak to say that it is weak.

After such a long time, the old housekeeper and the others gradually got used to seeing him.

The more times I saw him, the more I was sure that he would not hurt others casually, and they were not so afraid of him.

Later, Nick even dared to chat with him, asking him if he would like some tea and snacks.

Seeing them like this, Arnold slowly felt relieved, no longer worrying about when they would scare him out of problems all day long.

Early this morning, Arnold, whose study room was still occupied, went to the reception room with Ke De to deal with the government affairs in the territory.

Hospitality room.

After Kodd finished talking about the government affairs of the territory, he turned to talking about things in the manor.

"During this time, the slaves have fried all the harvested sunflower seeds according to the method you said, and packed them for storage. The harvested soybeans have also been squeezed for oil. The squeezed oil is also mostly They are all in barrels and stored according to your instructions."

"The squeezed bean cakes are also according to your instructions. Some of them are used to make the "tofu" you said, and some of them are packaged and stored for storage."

"In addition, the work of the paper mill has come to a halt. The paper produced has also been cut neatly and packaged for storage according to your instructions."

"In the noodle workshop, according to your instructions, only coarse-grain noodles that everyone can eat for a period of time are produced. The iron smelting workshop also produced more agricultural tools according to your instructions."

"At this stage, the oil mill, paper mill, noodle mill and iron smelter are all in a state of suspension. The crops in the field are growing well, and they don't need people to take care of them for the time being. The slaves have nothing to do for a short time, you see How should they be arranged?"

Anor pondered for a moment, then said: "Let them level the hills behind the manor without planting saplings. Collect the stones and save them for road construction later."

"After the hills are flattened, let them level the ground, and then dig canals according to the width and spacing of the canals in the field to divert water."

Ke De wondered: "Are you going to let them reclaim part of the wasteland behind the manor into fields? Or do you just want them to collect stones for later use?"

Arnold shook his head and said, "No. The collection of stones is just a matter of chance. This time their main task is to open up woodlands, not fields."

"When the weather gets warmer, let them transplant all the saplings from the several hills at the back of the manor to the flat land they have created. Only in this way, in the future, slaves will not need to work hard up the mountain every time there is a drought Water those saplings."

In this way, the slaves will not be short of work until the next spring.

When Cordes saw this, his eyes suddenly brightened, "Master is really far-sighted."

The corners of Arnold's lips curved slightly, and he accepted the compliment calmly.

After the matter was settled, Corder commanded the slaves to start work that day.

The slaves were busy, and the knights were not idle either.

Despite the severe cold, Semied, Sari and others took the initiative to ask for orders to sell soybean oil, paper and sunflower seeds produced by the manor.

Arnold agreed to their request without hesitation, and asked people to load hundreds of cars full of manor products for them, as if he was not afraid of them running away with the goods, and gave them [-]% trust.

Moreover, he repeatedly told them to keep warm when traveling in winter.

Simed, Sari and others were very moved, and they scrambled to pat their chests to promise that they would sell the products they brought out at a good price.

This time, because Arnold was in charge of the castle, the knights didn't even leave a single soldier behind.

After the eighty soldiers in total left the manor in batches, most of the family fortune that Arnold had accumulated in the past six months was lost in one fell swoop.

Most of the warehouses at the back of the manor have been emptied, and only a few grain, oil, paper and sunflower seed warehouses have not been touched.

Even so, Kodd still sent several strong slaves to guard the warehouses day and night.

It is worth mentioning that the nearby residents were free and free, and when their lord sent a large number of slaves to dig mountains and flat land, they all ran over to join in the fun.

Of course, they didn't come to work for nothing.

In addition to working hard, they will also bring their families to eat and drink as rewards.

Since they are willing to do it, Arnold will naturally not be stingy with the rations.

Not only that, Arnold also specially ordered a few slaves who were full-time to cook big pots of rice, and asked them to cook more for each meal, so that no one would be too full to eat.

This move can be described as deeply popular.

Within a few days, almost all the people in the territory came to help.

The reason why I say almost is because there are still some too old and too young citizens who have not been able to come.

More than a thousand people worked together, and their movements were not insignificant.

When the weather turned warmer, not to mention the few hills behind the manor that were not planted with saplings, even all the hills within a hundred miles behind those hills were all bulldozed.

The tens of thousands of saplings cultivated by the original owner were all transplanted to the flat land by the slaves and the leaders who came to help within three days.

The snow melted into water, soaked the land, and flowed into the newly dug ditches, bringing abundant water for the transplanted saplings.

At this point, the first piece of woodland in Thorn Ridge finally took shape.

Arnold didn't stop with the formation of this woodland.

Then he asked Kodd to command the slaves to flatten the hills where the saplings had been hollowed out.

Afterwards, he made public the sapling cultivation experience accumulated by the original owner himself, and asked all the slaves and the locals who came to help to participate, cut off some of the branches of the transplanted saplings, and planted them in the newly cleared empty land behind the manor.

When doing this, the slaves naturally had no complaints and did not dare to complain.

The citizens kept silent, but they kept muttering in their hearts.

Even though they had only transplanted a batch of saplings a few days ago, they still didn't feel from the bottom of their hearts that the branches they planted could really survive and grow into saplings. :) :)