Start as Inherited Baroness

A family dinner ended in a happy atmosphere.

When Carlisle left, Simon sent someone to deliver the soap he ordered, so that he could not see the actual product and feel panicked.

Winnis seemed to be in a good mood when she saw her father and brother this time, with a smile on her lips.

Now her belly is very big and she will give birth soon.

Carlisle also brought several midwives with him on this trip, and they were very thoughtful.

In addition, Milin and Yaxue were also pregnant one after another, but the pregnancy was much shorter, only three or four months.

"My lord, where are you going to sleep tonight?" Winnies has become much plumper and more feminine.

"I'm not going anywhere, I'm just going to stay with you." Simon said fondly, touching her hair and cheeks.

...

In the blink of an eye, it was a few days later.

During these days, in addition to practicing fighting skills, Simon also studied magic. Now he has burned the runes of spark magic in his spiritual sea.

It will be easier to light a fire in the future and no more flint will be needed.

In addition, several caravans came to Yongyi Territory, and they brought a lot of food, ironware, salt and other necessary supplies.

In addition to salt, Simon bought some as appropriate.

There was also a slave trading caravan, which brought hundreds of serfs, and he surrounded them all.

Now Simon is not short of money at all. What he wants to do is to transform these beautiful metals into useful materials and productivity.

If the money is not spent, it is useless and can only be used as decoration.

This morning, after Simon finished breakfast, he was listening to Mader's government report.

"Lord Baron, the crops in the fields currently under the responsibility of the fifteen slave manors are growing well. If this continues, there will definitely be a bumper harvest this year.

In addition, now that the weather is getting warmer and the land is not so hard, the serfs have started to reclaim land again and are expected to be able to reclaim 20,000 acres.

This is almost the limit of what the serfs can farm. ” In terms of farming, Mader took the lead.

The Brave Resolute Territory currently has more than 1,000 cattle for farming, and each of the fifteen slave manors can be allocated sixty or seventy cattle, which is almost enough.

Now, after many scattered purchases of serfs, three thousand have emerged.

"How many fields were cultivated in the free village? Are they counted?" Simon nodded after hearing this and asked again.

"Reporting to Lord Baron, there are no detailed statistics on this yet. The main reason is that the villages are too scattered and the specifications of the cultivated land are relatively messy, making it difficult to count.

There are probably more than 6,500 households of free people in Yongyi's leadership, so they must cultivate more than 60,000 acres of fertile land..." Ma De said with some uncertainty.

"You also need to count this. I want to know how much food can be produced in the territory." Simon ordered.

"Yes! Sir! I will make statistics right now! I will definitely give you a true and accurate number!" Ma De promised immediately.

"It doesn't have to be too accurate, just have a rough number." Seeing this, Simon smiled lightly.

"Yes! Lord Baron!

The Yaman Knights have already built stone outposts and bridges on the banks of the Qingluo River. I wonder what else needs to be built? "Made asked for instructions.

"Construct a stone outpost covering an area of ​​three to five acres at the southern end of the Fearless Territory. After that, dig a moat outside Fort Brave."

Simon thought for a moment and then ordered.

"Yes!" Ma De concentrated on writing it down.

Afterwards, they chatted for a while and discussed various details of the development of the territory.

Just when it was about to end, Mailan suddenly knocked on the door and reported: "Lord Baron! Knight Airey wants to see you!"

"Huh? Let him in!

Please step back first, and follow the established plan in the future.

In addition to being used for building houses in Yongyi Town, the bricks from the kiln are also sold to the residents. Don't set the price too high and accept credit. "

Simon ordered immediately.

"Yes! Lord Baron! I resign!" Ma De bowed respectfully and exited the hall.

Just in time to meet Airei who walked in, the two of them smiled slightly and nodded in greeting.

"Greetings, Lord Baron!" Airei saluted.

"What's going on? Are you here so early?" Simon asked with a smile.

"Sir, I'm getting married. Yesterday... the lady came here with her father and asked my opinion. I agreed to marry her." Ai Lei said respectfully.

"Okay, has the date been set?" Simon heard this and smiled.

"Is it possible to use the temple in the Fort of Fortitude in three days?" Airei asked.

"Of course, I will go to watch the ceremony in person. In addition, I will also arrange a house for you to live in the outer city.

I will reward you with fifty more golden eagles to purchase for your home. Simon said after a moment of pondering.

In fact, he had just wanted to make him a knight, but he thought that he had not made any achievements recently and it was not easy to reward him excessively, so he gave up.

"Thank you, Lord Baron!" Ai Lei said with a happy face, seemingly quite satisfied.

"Well, if you have nothing to do, just go and arrange the marriage.

If you need anything, just tell Mad and we'll get it from the warehouse. "Simon said.

"Yes! I resign!" Airei bowed and respectfully exited the Lord's Hall.

After he was completely out, Simon immediately called up the panel and took a look. He was relieved to find that Airei's loyalty had not diminished in any way.

A few days later, it was the day of Airei's wedding, and he went to the church to watch the ceremony as scheduled.

The bride does have some color, only slightly inferior to Winnis, but Simon will definitely not look at her too much. His wife cannot act recklessly.

Otherwise, it is easy to be stabbed in the back when marching and fighting one day.

This episode passed quickly, and as for the houses for the outer city of Ailei, they were all arranged by Mai Lan.

Time passed in a flash and it was a month later.

During this period, nothing special happened except that a few caravans came every few days.

Simon focused on purchasing some iron blocks and promoting wood and salt. Soap only cooperated with powerful caravans, which had not appeared yet.

Among them, salt was particularly easy to sell. Almost every time it was mentioned, the business could be done.

After all, Xisaidi was deep inland and not fully developed. Currently, there were not many territories that produced salt.

Simon's place has become a hot commodity. He clearly felt that the number of caravans coming to Yongyi Territory has increased, including many noble caravans.

When they have nothing to do, they do business, and when they have something to do, they will become spies. I am afraid that many of them are sent by nobles to gather intelligence.

However, the salt accumulated over a winter has almost been sold out. After they understand this kind of output, they should not be interested.

After all, it was only a few hundred golden eagles of profit. Simon currently had nearly 4,000 troops at his disposal, so it was not worth starting a conflict over this matter.

This peaceful life did not last long.

Just as Winis and Kailin were about to give birth, Aile hurried to report: "Sir, there is another smoke rising in the west. Something is wrong. There should be an enemy invasion!"

Simon, who was studying magic in the lord's hall, frowned when he heard this. He went to the rooftop of the main castle and looked south. There were indeed several black smoke rising.

"Malan! Gather the guards! Aile, gather the patrol soldiers in the city and go over to take a look."