7 KINGDOMS: conquest
51.winter preparation
Today, Noran decided to head to the crystal valley with Duke Aaron and the hundreds of workers who were brought in directly from the City of Artus.
"Here you want to make a mansion?" ask Duke Aaron.
Such a beautiful sight for Duke Aaron and those workers, only one shortcoming this region had was not having access to any other city.
"Yes, I'm going to make a mansion and a small town here" Noran said.
"A small town you say? Don't joke, kid! That would cost 10,000 gold coins to build" Duke Aaron said.
For Noran, 10,000 gold coins was not a difficult thing, he only needed to sell some weapons that were in his storage.
"Yes, I think the workers are still lacking" said Noran.
There are 300 workers brought in by Duke Aaron, he wants to make this small town as fast as possible.
"I'm going to find another worker in Turin" Noran said.
Noran gave his 5,000 gold coins to Duke Aaron, a sizable leather pouch looking very full by these gold coins.
"Create a luxurious mansion for me. Is this enough?" ask Noran.
"How much is this?" ask Duke Aaron.
It felt so heavy, he estimated the amount to be around thousands of gold coins.
"There's 5,000 in there" Noran said.
"5,000 words?! And you want to make a mansion with this sum of money?! You can even make a small castle and its castle with this!" duke Aaron said.
This equals income in his territory for a month. He wondered where Noran had that kind of money.
"Don't castle, just build a mansion, for the fort, it looks good, don't forget the watchtower" Noran said.
Duke Aaron almost fainted hearing that, perhaps only Noran could throw away thousands of gold coins without blinking.
"This kid is too rich." murmured Duke Aaron.
As an experienced territory leader, the construction of a mansion was not a big thing for him.
"Put the foundation here, measure it right, don't be slow." Duke Aaron looks to continue to monitor the construction of the Noran mansion.
Meanwhile, in the city of Turin Noran is currently recruiting 500 other workers and told them to come and see Duke Aaron.
For their salary, he fully handed it over to Duke Aaron to set it up.
Noran could imagine how upset and aching Duke Aaron was at the moment.
Noran walked into the mansion, there most of the soldiers he had recruited had come. Noran also instructed them to come and help with the existing development.
With that many workers a simple small town should be able to finish in one week.
Noran walked into the mansion, where Baroness Rianna and her daughter, Alice, were welcoming Noran, and both were quite warm.
"I'm sorry I destroyed the village of Corton" Noran said.
"No, it's okay. I can't blame you, the kobolds who attacked were too strong" said Baroness Rianna.
"Did they attack every year?" ask Noran.
"Yes, every year the kobolds will attack the south, with the loss of the village of Corton, next year their movement will be more free" said Baroness Rianna.
"I guarantee they won't be able to move freely" Noran said.
"What do you mean?" ask Baroness Rianna.
"I will build a small town there, and turn the south into a prosperous region" Noran said.
"Winter is almost here, there are still some problems that must be taken care of, such as winter clothes, food supplies and some other things" said Baroness Rianna.
A stack of files he gave to Noran, all the problems associated with the near-winter.
"Winter clothes? Are there a lot of underprivileged people in this area?" ask Noran.
"The Barliester region is one of the poorest regions in the Rosvelt kingdom" said Baroness Rianna.
Noran read through every written problem and thought of the best solution to each problem.
"For winter clothes, I'll provide them. Is there a large amount of ginger?" ask Noran.
"Jahe? It's just wild plants here, they're too many" said Baroness Rianna.
"Wild plant? Ask the soldiers to collect as much ginger as possible.
And I will hold a winter festival later, so that all residents can enjoy the winter happily" Noran said.
Noran tells Mike to order as many thick clothes as possible, while Sin and Ruli will tour the city and village, listing what is needed this winter.
Meanwhile Toun joins the city army and gathers more ginger.
"Why do you need a lot of ginger plants?" that's what Toun thought.
Currently, Noran was enjoying his free time behind the mansion courtyard and lying down, staring at the sky that was filled with clouds of various shapes.
"What are you doing?" greet Esline.
"Esline, I was enjoying my free time and felt the wind blowing" Noran said.
Esline sat beside him and looked at the sky calmly, Noran now looked at Esline's face.
The wind blew making her hair sway lightly, Esline then glanced her hair behind her ears, making her look so beautiful.
"What do you see?" ask Esline.
"Nothing, just looking at the angel beside me" Noran said.
"Ma... Maas.. An angel?" Esline's face became blushed in embarrassment, he buried his face between his two legs.
"You know what not? Maybe this kingdom will only be able to survive a few more years" said Noran.
"Why?" Esline was curious as to why Noran could think that way.
"Yes, that's for sure. The nobles fought each other and fought over the territory.
While in the other great kingdoms, they united and strengthened their kingdoms.
Just wait for the time and opportunity before they attack the Rosvelt kingdom" Noran said.
As Noran had said, most nobles were busy increasing the strength of their territories and trying to seize other territories.
Making thousands of combat-ready soldiers die in vain, and the young men who were supposed to train to prepare themselves were instead recruited to be young soldiers.
"If that happens, I'll be by your side and make sure you're safe" Noran said.
"Hm...Thank you." said Esline.
She turned her head towards Noran and displayed a sweet smile, it was very beautiful and sweet.
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