"Sir, John is willing to forge weapons for you. You don't have to pay too much, you just need to pay as an ordinary blacksmith!"
"Since you said so, then I will pay you with the wages of an excellent blacksmith. However, I will build you a new blacksmith shop and a house to live in at Wheat Leaf Village in a while!"
Nalant didn't force it. Considering that John blacksmith would have no use even if he took the money, he might as well provide material rewards at the moment.
After explaining the weapons and equipment, Nalant returned directly to the castle with three thin stabbing swords.
In the next few days, everything in the territory went as usual, and everything developed according to Nalant's plan.
The barbarian guards took turns learning to stand and walk in unison under the guidance of Quick and Vivian.
Although the barbarians were worse than the guards at the beginning, they couldn't tell the right from the left at all.
But with Nalant's original teaching experience, their progress can be seen day by day.
Nalant doesn't have to worry about the guards for the time being.
The second furnace of the brick kiln on the territory was also fired. The bricks obtained this time were the same as last time, and all reached the acceptable strength for use.
Under such circumstances, Nalant simply made a decision to suspend the construction of stone houses in the square and let the masons build the big brick kiln first.
Nalant made this decision because he found that using stone to build a house was too expensive and too slow.
Moreover, now that he has blue bricks, he can use them to build a small town. Not only will the cost be lower, but the speed will also be faster.
Recently, the caravans coming to the territory have become more and more frequent, but because the construction project has not been completed, it is not possible to attract these caravans to stay overnight.
Of course, the slow construction speed of stone houses is not only due to the difficulty of the craftsmanship itself, but also because there are too few craftsmen.
After Nalant learned of Mario's report, he immediately notified the masons and carpenters to select three young men as apprentices.
This notification is mandatory.
However, Nalant will also provide compensation.
That is, when the quota of three apprentices is filled, each craftsman's salary can be increased by ten copper coins per day on the original basis.
If these apprentices can officially start their apprenticeships by then, there will be a one-time silver coin reward.
After being rewarded like this, the craftsmen were happy to accept it and selected young men they were satisfied with as apprentices.
During this process, Nalant asked Catherine to go back and ask John if he could also recruit one or two blacksmith apprentices.
John did not refuse after knowing it, but he made a request, that is, he only wanted to recruit barbarian apprentices.
Nalant feels that John is already full of resistance to the existence of apprentices because of the incident where Catherine was reported.
However, for his sake, he did not refuse.
The reason for letting the barbarian become an apprentice is because although the barbarian looks fierce and barbaric on the surface, he is actually simple and honest at heart and does not have so much scheming, so he put forward this condition.
To this, Nalant of course agreed wholeheartedly. He wanted a blacksmith, and it didn't matter whether he was an ordinary serf or a barbarian.
Moreover, barbarians also have an advantage, that is, they are powerful. It can also be said that they are specially born for the craft of blacksmithing.
In addition to the development on the Wheat Leaf Village side, the recent sea-going movement on the Lucky Village side is also in full swing.
Thanks to the fact that marine resources have not been over-exploited, large crabs and large oysters are constantly being produced and delivered to the castle these days.
However, this made the castle unable to digest it.
But crabs can't be made into dried crabs, and oysters can't be made into dried oysters.
So Nalant asked chef Rose to bring two apprentices, and these two apprentices were selected from the girls of Lucky Village.
Selected to learn cooking skills from her, once Wheat Leaf Village has a caravan coming, then let the two girls go to Wheat Leaf Village in person to be responsible for roasting oysters and selling them.
Such a move was welcomed by the caravans. Of course, the villagers of Wheat Leaf Village also welcomed it, because the grilled oysters were so delicious.
Although the price of a grilled oyster requires two Copper Coin, whether it is the caravan who came to Storm Territory after all the hard work or the local people who have temporarily escaped poverty, they are very happy to spend a little money to taste this unprecedented delicacy.
"Sir! A messenger came from outside the castle. He said he was sent by Lord Andrew!"
This morning, Nalant was practicing Battle Qi, and Thomas came to the back garden to report.
"The messenger sent by my father? Ask him to wait for me in the hall!" Hearing this, Nalant stopped practicing.
Under the service of the personal maid Lilia, he washed himself briefly before entering the inner castle.
However, just after entering the inner castle, there was a strong smell of sulfur.
Of course, Nalant has known this sulfur smell for a long time, because the repair work on the castle has now started.
According to Thomas, before the renovation, all corners of the castle, including storage rooms, basements, etc., were completely cleaned.
Sulfur is the world's best way to get rid of some insects and ants in dark corners.
Speaking of which, there is a small episode before the deworming.
That is, Nalant was quite excited the day before yesterday after learning that sulfur existed in this world, and asked Thomas if there was any saltpeter.
As a time traveler, things like gunpowder are commonplace.
But the answer I got from Thomas was that Thomas didn't even know what saltpeter was.
This turned Nalant's joy into disappointment. Fortunately, this world is an extraordinary fantasy world, so even if there is gunpowder, it is actually just the icing on the cake for him as a time traveler. Nalant then forgot about the gunpowder.
Holding my nose, I walked all the way to the lobby, where a messenger was already waiting.
"Clo has met Master Nalant!"
"It turns out to be Captain Clo. I didn't expect my father to send you here!" When Nalant saw the person clearly, he found that he was also an acquaintance, one of his father's guard captains.
Back then, Nalant had practiced swordsmanship with this guard captain.
"Master Nalant, you... you have changed so much!" As someone who is relatively familiar with Nalant, Clo also discovered the changes in Nalant immediately.
In the past, Nalant was notoriously cowardly among the three siblings. He shrank and walked slowly.
But now he walks with a steady pace and extraordinary bearing. His confident and warm smile is completely different from before.
"Captain Clo, people will grow, and a difficult environment can sharpen a person's character faster! So, I have grown up now!" Nalant nodded with a smile and gave a reasonable answer.
"Clo Captain, let's sit down and talk!"
"Master Nalant is right, I believe that adults will be very happy after seeing you in person!" Clo nodded seriously and sat on the stool on the side at Nalant's invitation.
Then he continued, "Master Nalant, this is the letter you asked me to bring you this time!"
Clo took out a letter directly from his pocket.
Nalant took the letter, confirmed that the fire paint seal was intact, and then directly tore it open and looked at it.
"That Sir Walade is willing to pay me a store?"