The next day, the Laddie family arrived at Lakeheart Town in a carriage sent by the City Hall.
Accompanying them were several senior officers on the South, including Quirk, but they came on horseback.
Although they set off very early, it was already past 5 pm when the group arrived.
"It's such a unique town!"
Shelah Setia got off the carriage and observed Xin Zhen under the afterglow of the setting sun. Is this where the lord lives? Although it is not as prosperous as Jiaowan, or even not as big as the previous Franklin Harbor, it does have a different flavor.
At this time, Lakeheart Town is no longer what he was when Paul first took over as the lord.
He built several new factories in the Ves River and South Bank, including Paper Mill, porcelain factory, and Mechanical Factory, which are not on Lakeheart Island, because whether it is transporting raw materials or transporting produced goods, it is really inconvenient to enter and exit through the pontoon bridge.
Later, as more and more workers were recruited from outside the town and immigrants came from other places, Government Affairs Council simply built a large number of new buildings in Ves Lake South Bank to accommodate them, and the atmosphere of life here became more and more intense.
Government Affairs Council is planning to officially build a residential area here, but is still hesitating whether to wait until an urban planner is invited or to break ground now.
In order to facilitate transportation between the two places, Government Affairs Council completed a land reclamation project to narrow the water area between Lakeheart Island and South Bank, leaving only a distance as wide as an ordinary city moat.
Although it is a project, it is actually a matter of collecting how many loads of soil the corvees have to carry. Firstly, the water is not very deep, and secondly, Lakeheart Island is not located in the center of Ves Lake, but is located in the water area very far south.
Government Affairs Council built a wide stone bridge to replace the original pontoon bridge, which greatly facilitated transportation out of the town.
As for safety considerations? Lakeheart Town, as the capital of Arda, is home to First Army Battalion, which is fully equipped with firearms. If even they can't stop the enemy, obviously a shallow lake will not have much effect.
"It has changed a lot since I left, and there are more buildings."
Laddie sighed, this town really looks different every day.
Everyone crossed the stone bridge and walked into the town.
"The sign of this store means...Boiled Water Shop? Laddie, am I right?"
"You read that right, Mom."
"Haha, are you kidding me? There is also a shop that sells boiled water?"
Shelah was a little unbelievable, but her daughter immediately put on a serious expression.
"Mom, this is no joke, this is a matter of life and death! Lisa, listen to me carefully."
Then Female Advisor gave them some popular science knowledge about microorganisms in a serious manner.
"Fortunately, our family is used to drinking hot water."
Shelah and Lisa looked pale. They didn't expect that there were so many lives in the water that they couldn't see.
But Shelah suddenly remembered that he often drank raw water at sea when he was young, and suddenly his whole body felt bad.
It wasn't until she walked half a street that she finally regained her composure.
"However, this town is quite neat. Even the towns in Jiaowan cannot do this."
"Garbage can only be thrown into the big barrels on the roadside. Have you seen those people wearing red armbands? If they see littering, they will be fined. If they refuse to pay the fine, they will call the police - similar to our City Garrison, the people who maintain public order - and arrest the person who throws the garbage and put them in jail."
"Fine? Imprisonment? This is too much. It's just throwing away garbage. Shouldn't this kind of situation slowly cultivate people's consciousness?"
Shelah covered her mouth slightly, feeling a little dissatisfied with the local lord.
"To overcorrect must be to overcorrect, but to correct cannot be to overcorrect... well, this is what the lord said."
Quirk and others walking behind were very curious. The couple had been mumbling in foreign languages since they entered the town, and they didn't know what they were talking about.
It didn't take long for the group to arrive in front of the Lord's Manor's door. Internal Guard Unit Soldiers who was standing guard stopped them.
Laddie walked forward and said a few words to Soldiers, and a guard immediately came in to report.
If there is only Female Advisor, just go in directly. Female Advisor works at the Lord's Manor on weekdays. The guards are already familiar with her, but this time there are her family members and everyone from the Southern Ship, and there are quite a lot of them, so the guards have to treat her with caution.
Soon the name Soldiers came out.
"My lord, the count, invites you to meet in the hall."
So everyone followed Laddie to the castle hall, where the local lord - Paul Greiman was already waiting for them. With him were his sworn brothers or Blood Oath Brothers - Elon Ganard, and another Miss Female Advisor - Betty Diaz, standing beside him one on the left and one on the right.
The officers on board the Nanfang stood still and solemnly saluted their lord with a standard military salute. The peculiar way of saluting aroused Shelah's curiosity.
"Welcome my heroes, and... the two ladies from Horn Bay."
Paul and Theron stepped forward and hugged the officers of the Southern Ship one by one, while Irene went over and hugged Laddie.
"Come on, let's stop standing and find a place to sit down."
After everyone sat down, Laddie introduced his mother and Lisa to Paul.
"Mrs. Setia, Miss Lisa, I hope you can live happily here."
"Thank you, Lord Count. Thank you very much for taking in my daughter. My Laddie has caused you trouble."
Shelah knew that the young lord in front of her already knew her daughter's identity, and what she was talking about about taking in and causing trouble was not just about hiring her daughter as a consultant.
I don't know if Paul understood it, but he just smiled and said, "No matter how troublesome it is, she has helped me a lot."
Lisa, who was sitting next to Shelah, blushed and was too nervous to say a word. After all, he was a guest in the lord's home.
But today's protagonists are Quirk and others. After Paul and Shelah exchanged a few polite words, they quickly chatted with them about the process of this voyage.
Quirk and several officers told him in detail the process of entering and leaving the port, their meeting with the Foster Family, and various experiences in Jiaowan.
But Paul was most concerned about their experience on the sea. They asked in detail about the wind direction, ocean currents, and the distribution of towns on the coast.
"Do you think our ocean-going trade can be carried out? As far as maritime transportation is concerned."
"Lord Greiman, I think it is absolutely possible, and it must be carried out as soon as possible. Jiaowan is really a place full of wealth."
Quirk assured him frankly.
After listening to his words, Paul's confidence became stronger.
"Uh... Lord, we received a special gift in Horn Bay. Please make your decision."
"Gift? Is Foster Family giving it to you?"
"No, you'd better take a look first."
Under Paul's puzzled eyes, Quirk called another officer and lifted a wooden box in front of Paul.
The wooden box, which requires two people to lift, looks very heavy at first glance.
Quirk opened the box, and the golden light emitted from it suddenly stunned Paul.