Age of Apocalypse

Half a month passed by, and the assistance from Marquis Stuart arrived as promised.

Not only was this a powerful and imposing knighthood, but there were also boxes of jewelry and wealth. There were even four noble maids specially prepared for Elizabeth, and they even had noble titles.

Since the damage to the Iris Castle had not yet been repaired, Elizabeth held a farewell dinner in the back garden of the castle.

That night, Elizabeth wore a dazzling pink pearl crown and a gorgeous brocade robe, embroidered with beautiful pink roses and dotted with crystal gems and pearls. It showed her nobility and beauty, and was dazzling.

Walking together with Perth, who is wearing a gold brocade robe, they are like a pair of wall figures, which is extremely enviable.

The two of them talked about their past memories until they said goodbye tomorrow.

Elizabeth then said, "I heard that your territory has a special construction team and even water-attribute magic plants. You know that I am a water-attribute knight."

When Perth heard this, he asked with surprise, "How do you know?"

Elizabeth looked at Perth with a smile and thought to herself, didn't you deliberately reveal this to me in the past half month? What a cunning man!

But who knew that this was what she needed at the moment, so she asked, "So, is the shrewd Baron Perth interested in making a long-term deal with the Earldom of Marigold Iris?"

Seeing Elizabeth's slightly thoughtful smile and tone, Perth naturally knew that Elizabeth knew that all this was his plan.

So he said very pertinently, "If it is you, the future Count of Iris, of course there will be no problem.

But you know, this is no small business, and this is my most precious treasure."

Elizabeth, who has a lot of money, naturally knows what Perth thinks, but she also understands that this is a reasonable thing.

Then he said, "Don't worry. If you can make the magic plant into an elemental potion, I will buy at least 60 of them every month, and I will buy each one at a price that is 5 gold Madrid higher than the market price."

Moreover, I will enter into a long-term purchase agreement with you and prepay for three months' usage. As for your construction team, I will also sign a contract with the Tulip Collar City Hall, so you will never suffer any loss.

You know, since I got my father's support, I have a lot of money."

"It's a pleasure to work with you, the beautiful and intelligent countess." What else could Perse say about this, and he bowed and saluted.

Elizabeth raised her chin proudly. Her beautiful chin and slender white neck made her look like an elegant white swan.

Mingyan raised her lips slightly and said, "Of course, I'll wait for your carriage to pick me up."

........

Early the next morning, outside Panshan City.

A team composed of 200 civilians, 500 serfs, 25 mercenaries who joined the Knights, and 13 people from Perth, under the gaze of Elizabeth and Iris

He left amid the cheers of his subjects.

The howling cold wind seemed to bring her distant gaze to the direction away from Perth. Sometimes it blew her long golden hair and fluttered her gorgeous dress.

........

On the way back, refugees continued to gather in Perth. The huge procession also attracted the attention of the towns passing by, and from time to time homeless civilians and serfs joined them.

In the end, there were even thirty civilians and fifty serfs added to Perth's team, which not only made Perth worry about the food reserves of the territory.

Fortunately, when Perth decided to move the refugees, he sent a letter to Governor Nader through Elizabeth, asking him to quickly build a residence to accommodate a large number of civilians and serfs, and ensuring that he would be able to settle down when he returned.

.......

Due to the huge team, Perth had to slow down the return journey, and it took a month to return to the tulip collar. At this time, the winter in the southern part of the Kingdom of York was gradually coming to an end.

Knowing that Perth was finally arriving in the territory, Nader Booker and Jack Hughes greeted him outside the town early.

"Welcome to your triumph, His Excellency Baron Perth." Nader and Jack bowed.

Although Nader had been mentally prepared through the letter from Perth, he was still a little shocked to see so many people at once.

Then he couldn't help but said happily, "Thanks to your wise decision, the servants and the clerks in the city hall will make arrangements for them."

"Do the construction team still have enough manpower? We need our help in the reconstruction work of Iris Collar. This is a big deal." Immediately, Perth said.

Nader said confidently, "Please rest assured, Your Excellency Perth. The construction team can redeploy manpower at any time, and it will not affect anything."

Perth nodded and said to himself that it seemed that Nader Booker's abilities were very good. At least the deployment of various human resources could be quickly adjusted to keep up with the actual needs of the territory.

Instead of just investing everything in, after all, Tulip Town after its initial stage is obviously not suitable for this method.

In this regard, Perth nodded with satisfaction and said, "That's good. Dame Elizabeth's project will be completed at least next spring. You must ensure that the spring construction plan will not be delayed, do you understand Mr. Nader?"

"Of course." Nader nodded.

...

Along the way, Perth saw the continuous opening of farmland along the Yuxi River with the improvement of irrigation canals. Although no one was farming at this time, the patches had turned into patches of frozen soil with the cold winter. But as the

With a large number of people moving in, Perth seems to have seen people's joy at harvest.

In addition, specialized workers will perform regular maintenance and repairs on various water channels and waterways every month. This is not a problem at all for the construction team members who have rich planting experience, and the city hall will also collect maintenance fees from each farmer.

Part of the cost is used as extra bonuses to be distributed to maintenance workers, so there is no need to worry about no one doing regular maintenance, and they will even take the initiative to ask for it.

In this regard, Perth couldn't help but be secretly proud of his foresight.

It wasn't until he passed by a farmland close to the forest that Perth saw a scene of a mixture of green and yellow withered leaves and sharp yellow buds.

Although such scenes are not uncommon in winter, especially in the Hogworth continent, which is transitioning from slash-and-burn farming to intensive farming. In their minds, no matter how many weeds there are on the land, they only need to wait until the next spring to burn them and clean them up.

But Perth, who grew up in the countryside in his previous life, knew that no matter how magical the world was, weeds would never grow out of newly plowed fields so quickly.

He asked, "What's going on?"

Sure enough, Nader seemed to think that Perth, who was born in a noble family, was not aware of these attempts, and explained indifferently, "You don't have to worry, these uninhabited lands will be cultivated and cleared by serfs next spring. It will be easy for them."

"

But Perth got off his horse and walked up to take a closer look. He found that the faint elemental breath was wrapped around a feathery diamond-shaped branch and leaf, hanging precariously among the dead leaves. The only white flower was buried and covered.

of buds.

The cyan light trembling around it seemed to be trying its best to resist the brilliance of the cold wind and maintain its weak and weak upgrade.

This is the phenomenon of Trolls being born but malnourished, exactly as recorded in the classics.

What a surprise! Perth thought.

He didn't even have time to get up, so he shouted, "Quick! Find Mr. Chuck to carve the elements and protect the magic circle!"

Then find someone to put some fire pots to warm this dead leaf, and then prepare the fermented fertilizer. Be sure to fertilize it carefully every day.

You must take good care of him and arrange for someone to take turns guarding him!"

For the physically strong knight, Case immediately got on his horse and galloped towards the castle. Nader also quickly asked someone to set up the brazier.

Although they don't know why, everyone firmly believes that Perth will not torment people for no reason, there is always a reason.

But at this time, a clerk carefully approached Nader's ear and said something, which instantly made Nader's face turn extremely ugly.

He raised his hand and slapped the little official with a "slap!" The big one slapped the little official with a sharp force and knocked him to the ground, causing his nose to bleed.

This surprised even Perth. After all, as a consul, Nader is also a somewhat shrewd philistine, and even occasionally flattering.

But for the down-and-out descendant of the Southorn family, even though he could hardly bear the family name, he still had the noble demeanor and dignity engraved in his bones and would never fight anyone in front of him.

Obviously, this little official must have done something to make Nader do something intolerable.

He turned around and said with a smile, "What's going on that makes our Nader Archon so angry?"

Regarding Perth's question, Nader bowed in shame and said, "Please forgive me for my dereliction of duty. I'm afraid the fertilizer you need won't be delivered for a while."

"Oh? Why is that, Governor Nader? Agriculture is the cornerstone of development, you must give me an explanation." Perth raised his eyebrows and looked at Nader knowingly and asked.

Nader seemed to bend even lower and whispered, "Please forgive me for betraying your trust and not knowing that the septic tank serves no other purpose than to accumulate feces!"

Perth has great faith in Nader's ability.

At least as a lord, especially when faced with a territory that is in need of development. Nader's ability is not only excellent, but also makes him worry-free. Especially at the moment, Perth can't find a more suitable candidate than him.

Facing Nader who was worried and ashamed, and the clerk who was waiting anxiously for trial.

Perth smiled gently and said, "I don't blame you. As my executive, you need to have an overview of the overall situation, rather than taking care of these trivial things in real time. You have done a good job.

But as the governor of the territory, there is no doubt about your negligence. I will punish you by reducing your salary this month by half, and fully promote the use and efficacy of fertilizers."

As he said that, he looked at the little official who was kneeling on the ground and almost buried his head in his chest, and said, "As for the specific implementation and guarding of this farmland, let your little official make up for his mistakes."

The clerk was stunned and looked at Perth in disbelief, with a look of surprise mixed with some confusion and confusion.

Upon seeing this, Nader immediately shouted, "What are you still doing, you idiot!"

"Thank you for your kindness and forgiveness, I will never let you down!" The little official was so excited that he seemed to have reacted. He knelt down and kowtowed, shouting excitedly and joyfully.

"I hope so." Perth nodded with satisfaction, thinking that his majesty was still acceptable.