Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed. The supplies had been transported more than twenty times, but Sadekamp said that there were still about half of the supplies left in the Red River Valley Manor Castle. It would probably take another month to finish. Buckingham had no other choice but to order for the transportation to be sped up. Many of the carriages had broken down during the month of transportation, and there were more than a hundred waiting to be repaired.
Today was a good day, at least for Laurist, because the first outermost layer of the city wall had been completed. At this moment, Laurist was on top of this newly built wall. The wall was 7.5 meters tall, 3.5 meters wide, and 86 meters long. The front was 72 meters, and the two sides protruded 7 meters, forming a concave shape.
Unlike the wall at the back, Lollister borrowed the shape of the towers on ancient Chinese city walls and built a five-meter-long tower that protruded two meters forward and one meter higher than the city wall at the front of the city gate. As a result, this section of the city wall looked especially majestic and won unanimous praise.
Laurist was very satisfied as he patted the sawtooth-shaped firing ports on the wall. With the protection of this wall, at least he did not have to worry about being easily conquered. What made Laurist feel strange was that according to Josk's report, he had increased his patrols in the area, but did not find anything. It was as if the Cummings Family had forgotten about the Red River Valley Manor Castle. Logically speaking, the Cummings Family knew that the Viscount Manor Castle had been occupied. Even if they could not send troops to take it back, they should have at least sent scouts to monitor the surroundings. Josk's report was a little strange.
Unless, the Cummings Family had not received news that the Red River Valley Manor Castle had been occupied. But was that possible? Laurist smiled, thinking that he was dreaming. Forget it, let's not think about this problem anymore. We'll deal with it when it comes. I've already taken advantage of the situation, so there's no need to think about anything good.
"Old Man Barlek, has Miss Tracey arranged the construction of the second layer of the city wall?"
Old Man Barlek was by his side, and he answered Laurist's question, "Miss Tracey asked me to finish the foundation of the wall first. I heard that there are still some disagreements on the top part, and they haven't decided on a design plan yet."
"Oh, then I'll go see her," Lollister said.
Miss Tracy was still in the rooms between the walls at the back. When Laurist entered, he bumped into Master Siroba. With a scream, Master Xiloba shrank himself into a corner. Then, there was the sound of water dripping. Master Xiloba was so scared that he peed his pants again …
Laurist was annoyed and embarrassed. How many times had this happened? Every time he came to look for Miss Trish, this Master Siroba would always do this to him, and then it was Little Winnie …
As expected, Laurist heard little Winnie's scream, "Miss, it's not good. The man-eating demon is here again …"
The room was filled with snickers …
Laurist walked in with a dark face, ignoring Master Xiloba who was hiding in a corner and shivering. Ever since he arrived at Miss Tracy's place, this guy had been claiming that Laurist was a man-eating demon. Everyone knew that he was scared out of his wits by Laurist, and they found it funny. Even Miss Tracy's maid, Winnie, believed it without a doubt. She even sneaked over to Laurist and asked him if human flesh tasted good. Laurist got playful and opened his mouth as if he was going to eat her, scaring little Winnie away. The result of this was that Laurist was now known as a man-eating demon in little Winnie's heart.
"Ouch!" Little Winnie's pained cry came from the room, "Miss, why did you knock me?"
Miss Tracy said, "If I don't knock you, who else would I knock? Only you would believe such an obvious lie. You barged in recklessly and ruined the model I just built."
"Miss, I really didn't lie to you. He wanted to eat me last time … Oh no, he's here …" Little Winnie slipped behind Miss Tracy's chair.
Alright, although Miss Tracy spoke righteously to her maid, she giggled when she saw Laurist's flustered face. She even laughed until she couldn't catch her breath …
"Am I that funny?" Laurist was displeased.
"Haha … Haha … man-eating demon … Hahaha …"
Laurist saw little Winnie peeking her head out from behind the chair. He had a sudden impulse and made a funny face. He even bared his fangs and pretended to pounce on her …
"Ah …" Little Winnie was terrified. She felt that it wasn't safe behind the lady's chair, so she risked her life and rushed out of the room, not forgetting to shut the door tightly.
Miss Tracy laughed even more when she saw Laurist scaring little Winnie. She kept slamming the table.
"Are you done laughing? I want to ask you …" Laurist looked helplessly at Miss Tracy, who was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down her cheeks.
"Enough, haha … I want to stop too, haha … But … seeing you … haha … makes me want to laugh again … haha …" Miss Tracy covered her mouth and giggled.
Laurist was enraged. He couldn't tolerate this anymore. He had to take some measures.
Laurist walked around the big desk and pulled Miss Tracy up. Before Miss Tracy could react, he planted a kiss on her alluring red lips …
The laughter finally stopped, but Miss Tracy was also dumbfounded. Her almond-shaped eyes widened, and she was completely stupefied … Only when Laurist sucked her little tongue out and intertwined it with his did she realize what was going on …
"Ah!" Laurist cried out in pain. "Why did you bite me?"
Miss Tracy pushed Laurist away. Her breasts rose and fell violently, and her fair face was bright red. "Sir, you're too rude."
"Call me Locke," Laurist said. "But you're not laughing now …"
"Locke, don't get any ideas …" Miss Tracy said angrily. "I swore in front of Siming Ryde that I would inherit my mother's career. I would never talk about marriage in this life, and I would become a great scholar …"
Siming Ryde, the God of Knowledge and Wisdom of Galinthea, had a unique temple. It was a circular tower that was said to be modeled after the legendary magic.
"Alright." Laurist stopped while he was ahead. "Then I wish you success in achieving your wish and becoming a great female scholar. Now, can we get down to business? "
Miss Tracy sat down again. Her face was still red, and she did not dare to look at Laurist. "Sir, what's the matter?"
"I heard from Father Barlek that the shape of the second wall hasn't been decided yet. What's going on?"
Seeing that Laurist was getting down to business, Miss Tracy also forgot about the previous matter. "It's like this. The main thing is that Master Xiluba thinks that if the second wall is built according to the current model, the protruding tower in the middle will be difficult to deal with. I'll have someone send the model over for you to take a look and let Master Xiluba explain it to you."
"Don't, that master has already peed his pants. I don't want him to do it again," Laurist said.
Miss Tracy laughed, but then thought of something. She rolled her eyes at Laurist and held back her laughter. She reached for her teacup, but found that it was empty.
"Locke, ask little Winnie to come in and pour me a cup of tea," Miss Tracy said naturally. However, she only reacted after she finished speaking. She blushed and lowered her head, not daring to look at Laurist.
"Okay." Laurist obediently got up and opened the door.
As soon as he opened the door, a little head almost bumped into Laurist.
"What are you doing? Little Winnie? "Laurist grabbed her.
However, little Winnie didn't seem to be afraid of Laurist. She kept poking her head into the room and sighed in relief when she saw that Miss Tracy was still sitting behind the table. "Oh … Miss, Winnie shouldn't have forgotten about you and left you alone in the room. Thank goodness you weren't eaten … Ah! Oh no, little Winnie was caught. Miss, save me … "
Little Winnie realized that her shoulder was grabbed by Laurist and immediately cried.
"Stop it, Winnie. Get me a glass of water and a basin of water to wash my face. Alright, ask Sang Ben to bring the wall model over, "Miss Tracy said.
Little Winnie walked around Lollister from afar as she served tea, which made Miss Tresty want to laugh. On the other hand, Lollister resisted the urge to tease little Winnie and sat upright with a serious expression on his face.
"Ah, Miss, why is your face so red? It's so pretty," Little Winnie said.
"It's all your fault. Why did you close the door? It's too hot, that's why I'm blushing," Miss Tracy tried to cover up.
Loriste chuckled soundlessly.
Miss Tracy rolled her eyes at Laurist in embarrassment and anger.
… …
Sang Ben came in with the wall model. Laurist looked at the model and realized that the tower he had asked them to build had put them in a difficult position. Galinthea originally didn't have a tower design. Usually, the city walls were towers, just like the cannon towers in the comic books he had read in his previous life. They were then connected by the city walls. Some of the city gates were opened on the city walls, and a tower was built on both sides of the city gates to strengthen the defense.
Laurist had a square tower protruding from the city walls. It was fine if there was only one city wall, but they had to build a second layer of city walls. The second layer of city walls had to be three meters taller than the first layer of city walls, so it would be a problem to connect the towers.
The wall model that Sang Ben had brought over was like this. The two sides of the tower were slanted upwards. Although it didn't affect the defense, the entire design looked a little awkward and unsightly.
Miss Tracy said, "Sir, you see, it's unsightly. That's why Master Xiluba is against this design. He thinks that the tower should be independent and not connected to the city walls. But this way, the defense will be much weaker … "
Laurist pointed at the wall model and said, "Let's go with this. I want a strong defense, not an aesthetic one. Even if the first layer of city walls is breached, the two sides and the three gates in the middle will be closed. The second layer of city walls will be separated from the first layer of city walls, and they can still defend and counterattack. If the tower is independent, then the entire city wall will fall if the tower is taken. "
Miss Tracy frowned and said, "But sir, this really doesn't look good."
"It's fine. I'll have the final say on the design of this wall. I'll allow you to make the design more beautiful when you build the mountain city. I won't interfere with the construction of the mountain city. As long as it's practical, you can make it as beautiful as possible. I look forward to the miraculous and beautiful mountain city you'll build, "Laurist said.
"Alright, sir. Then we'll build the second layer of city walls according to this model." Miss Tracy waved her hand dispiritedly, indicating for Sang Ben to take the wall model back.
"Is there anything else, my lord?" Miss Tracy asked.
"Of course, there's something else." Laurist said, "Little Winnie, don't be so afraid of me. Why don't you go out for a while?"
"No need, little Winnie will stay here." Miss Tracy didn't wait for little Winnie to reply and rejected Laurist's suggestion in a panic.
"But Miss, little Winnie is really afraid." Little Winnie said.
Miss Tracy pulled little Winnie and whispered, "Um, little Winnie, I'm also very afraid, so I hope you can stay with me …"
"Alright, Miss, Little Winnie will stay here to protect Miss …" Little Winnie said bravely. However, she glanced at Lollister and hid behind Miss Trish.
"Sir, if there's anything else, please say it." Miss Tracy looked at Laurist who was scowling at little Winnie. She was both annoyed and amused, so she knocked on the table to remind him.
"Oh, I was wondering if you could arrange some manpower to build two taverns in the planned commercial area …" Laurist said.
A huge question mark appeared on Miss Tracy's head.
"It's like this. Didn't I announce that I would give freedom to all the slave laborers after the migration? Then, I'll have to pay them a salary to continue building the castle. But even with a salary, they won't have a place to spend their money here. So, I want to build the taverns first, then complete the commercial area. That way, these laborers will feel the taste of freedom. "Laurist said.
"Sir, freedom doesn't mean indulging in debauchery and buying things. But your suggestion is worth considering. Now that the camp for the two thousand immigrants that you've forcefully migrated here is arranged in the designated commercial area, where do you think we should move them? "
Loriste pointed at a map spread out on the table. "Here, just outside the city wall behind us, establish a large camp. Apart from the guards, move the rest to this camp. Then, we'll enter the city every morning to start construction. There are three benefits to this. First, it will prevent the construction from being affected, and second, it will leave empty space in the city for you to plan freely. There are more and more resources in Trinity City, so we can ensure the safety of the resources. "
Miss Tracy nodded, "Sir, you've finally come up with a more reliable idea, even though it will cause us more trouble."
Laurist was speechless.
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