Queen and Her Duke

When Eggers entered the palace that day, the knight came to find Wen Lin and wanted to discuss with her the next training plan for the army.

Under Wen Lin's intentional push, Vicia agreed to the formation of a privateer fleet.

While Eggers is a fighting maniac, he has an equally keen sense of power struggles.

The queen is short of money and is subject to the nobles in many decisions. Privateers can bring huge wealth at the fastest speed, and at the same time can train the soldiers to fight at sea.

But Wen Lin kept Eggers on the air and ignored her.

Wen Lin stayed in the royal court for three days, and Eggers came to the palace every day to block her.

He vaguely guessed that the change in Wen Lin's attitude was related to that meal. Although Eggers couldn't understand it, he was very witty and didn't show up during the meal.

However, Wen Lin stayed in the kitchen all day after that, and Eggers had to go into the kitchen to find her.

In two days, the dough was almost fermented.

Wen Lin came to the kitchen before dawn and started making bread with the "noodle starter" she had prepared.

After the initial attempt was successful, Wen Lin began to teach the kitchen servants how to do it.

After fermentation, the baked bread was soft and delicious. Wen Lin shared it with everyone, and they were all full of praise.

"God, Miss Wen Lin, I swear this is the best bread I've ever eaten,"

"It turns out that the dough can be baked for two days before it can make such delicious bread?"

"…"

Everyone was amazed at the same time, but Wen Lin smiled and shook her head.

"This process is called fermentation, and the time of fermentation is not fixed, it is related to temperature,"

The kitchen manager wisely seized this opportunity and stepped forward to ask about the specific steps and how to judge that the dough was fermented.

Eggers was left aside from the beginning to the end, and after the servants saluted, they all surrounded Wen Lin.

Not angry, Eggers patiently waited silently on the side.

Through this period of observation, Eggers found that Wen Lin has innate talents and talents in many aspects that are unattainable for ordinary people.

Even if his position as the guard officer of the royal capital was robbed, in retrospect, Eggers had to be very convinced.

It was that he never expected that Wen Lin would be angry over a meal.

It was only after nightfall that Wen Lin began to walk out of the kitchen unhurriedly. Eggers strode to catch up, regardless of whether Wen Lin was willing to listen or not, she talked about the arrangements for the past few days on her own.

There are still more than two months before the shipbuilding workshop can prepare a three-masted sailboat that can be launched. Eggers means to use the Liberty and small paddle boats first.

There are definitely not enough 100 people, Eggers has carefully selected 2000 knights out, and now starts to train their water ability every day to prepare for privateering.

In the eyes of others, Wen Lin walked fast, as if she wanted to get rid of Eggers, but Eggers kept following closely.

"Isn't Your Excellency Eggers in love with Your Majesty?"

"Yes, are you attracted by Lord Wen Lin now?"

"But looking at Lord Wen Lin, it seems that you don't want to pay attention to Lord Eggers,"

"…"

The maids whispered, surprised by the scene in the garden.

Although Wen Lin's face was cold, she listened carefully every time Eggers talked about business.

The anger in her heart was almost gone. This time, when I heard Eggers say that 2,000 people had been selected, Wen Lin stopped by the lake and turned her head to ask him,

"Without ships, how will the newly selected two thousand knights be trained?"

"Your Excellency Guard, that's why I came to you,"

A few days ago, I could go to the last time to train under the cliff, but it is not a long-term solution. If you want to improve your combat capability at sea, you still have to go to the sea.

After being silent for a while, Wen Lin estimated that it was almost time for winter ploughing. The residents of the territory were busy building houses, and her land was uncultivated.

Since there is no boat, it is better to do physical training on the farmland.

The capitalists would cry when they heard this idea. Wen Lin couldn't hold back for a while and laughed, but she quickly restrained herself and said with a serious face,

"Your Excellency Eggers, send them all to Yinhe Village in three days, I have my own arrangements,"

Wen Lin was willing to answer, Eggers was already relieved, seeing that Wen Lin didn't want to go into details, he didn't ask.

Having personally experienced Wen Lin's interception of thirty Vatican ships with the Liberty, Eggers would not have any doubts about Wen Lin's ability to command and manage the army.

The two went on to discuss the details later. The most worrying thing for Wen Lin was that although the king had an army of 50,000, only 20,000 were really equipped with elites.

More knight soldiers are actually fiefs living in the royal domain.

They also usually do fighting physical training, but more time is spent on farming or working in exchange for a living reward.

Most of them do not have decent armor and weapons, and their combat effectiveness is only slightly stronger than that of peasants.

Wen Lin was helpless and pinched her eyebrows. The productivity of this era is too backward, and the poor living environment and medical conditions have exacerbated the population imbalance.

In order to achieve significant military results, we must first do a good job in infrastructure.

Money, still get money.

After making up her mind, Wen Lin decided to put the opening of the store in the capital on the agenda in advance.

Throughout the ages, the most profitable business was related to women. Wen Lin thought of a few ideas, thinking about trying it out after she left the palace.

The sky was getting darker, the soft moonlight stretched the shadows of Wen Lin and Eggers, and the leaves rustled in the wind.

The maid beside the queen is hurriedly walking towards Wen Lin,

"Your Majesty Wen Lin, His Majesty is waiting for your meal,"

As long as Wen Lin is in the royal court, she will dine with Vicia, which is a habit that the maids have long known.

Wen Lin nodded and didn't say a word, but raised her eyebrows and looked at Eggers.

Aware of Wen Lin

Eggers' expression froze, and he leaned over to say goodbye, "Lord Wen Lin, see you in three days,"

After waiting for three days for Wen Lin to calm down, Eggers, who hurried out of the royal court, obviously didn't want to anger her again for no reason.

Eggers thought as he walked, could this be the weirdness of women, no matter how knowledgeable they are, no matter how different they are, they can't avoid getting angry over a little thing?

Eggers, who didn't realize that there was something tricky between Vicia and Wen Lin, felt that her guess was right the more she thought about it. Otherwise, how could she explain Wen Lin's sudden change in attitude?

At the same time, Eggers did not forget to console himself. As a qualified gentleman, tolerant of a learned lady is a very gentle behavior.

Wen Lin walked to the White House only when Eggers was nowhere to be seen.

The food on the table was not unexpectedly more than a freshly baked bread.

Vicia was looking out the door with one hand on her cheek, when she saw Wen Lin coming in, the corner of her mouth pulled it calmly.

"Your Majesty, try the freshly made bread today," Wen Lin walked over and sat down, picked up the freshly made bread and handed it to Vicia's mouth.

Her eyes trembled, and Vicia's gaze lingered on Wen Lin's face for a moment, and Wen Lin's smiling expression was no different.

Hiding the turbulence in her eyes, Vicia opened her mouth and took a small bite on the bread.

Although Vichy had already prepared, she was surprised by the taste of the bread, which was soft and fluffy, with a strong milky fragrance.

Vicia took another bite, accidentally biting Wen Lin's finger.

Not only intentionally but also unintentionally, Vicia's tongue touched Wen Lin's finger lightly.

Wen Lin froze at the touch of the heat and humidity, but did not evade, but calmly turned her eyes away from Vicia's red lips, talking about preparing to open a shop in the capital,

The smile on her face deepened, and Vicia knew that Wen Lin would avoid it if she went further, so she followed Wen Lin's words restrainedly and began to analyze the location suitable for opening a store, and introduced Wen Lin's current business situation.

Merchants have no status in the Golan, they are not attached to lords, nor have their own fiefs, they are outsiders in the strict hierarchy.

Regardless of religion or aristocracy, most of the merchants who rely entirely on reverse buying and selling are disgusted and resisted.

But Wen Lin has official positions and fiefs, which is different from them.

Vicia asked with great interest what store Wen Lin planned to open. The business that the nobles would intervene was nothing more than boat manufacturing, ready-to-wear manufacturing, and weapon manufacturing.

But most of these have been divided up by the powerful nobles in the capital. Although Wen Lin has a shipyard she won from Eggers, she must give priority to the formation of privateer fleets, and to build ships in the shipyard in a short period of time. It will not be sold externally.

Just when Vicia was curious, Wen Lin smiled meaningfully and said, "First, do business with noble ladies and noble ladies,"

At this time, according to Wen Lin's instructions, the prepared bread and milk had already been delivered to the various noble mansions in the capital.

When the housekeepers opened the door, they were all shocked when they saw the royal knights holding sharp blades.

A lot of nobles came to the door in person, and what made them confused was that the knights left behind a few baskets containing food, and there was an invitation letter in the basket.

Open it, it's Wen Lin's reply.

Seeing this, the nobles immediately became interested. The invitation letter sent to Wen Lin's mansion was not answered at all. When the nobles were worried about how to contact Wen Lin, the opportunity came to the door.

However, after seeing the food in the basket, the nobles pursed their lips in surprise. Except for a few ministers in the Privy Council, as soon as they saw the milk, they knew it was from Wen Lin and took it without hesitation. He took a few bites from the bread, and then quickly took it off.

But in the eyes of those who don't know, it's just a few small pieces of bread and a few cups of milk. Is this newly appointed royal guard officer very poor?

After the Holy See's trial, Vicia's prestige was unprecedentedly high, and as a trusted favorite of the Queen, Wen Lin was also missed by many people.

The noble aristocrats have other thoughts, why not bring some precious gifts to His Excellency the Guard Officer at the banquet?

What surprised them, however, was that the bread or milk tasted better than anything they had ever eaten.

It's not that His Excellency the Guard is poor at all, but that these bread and milk are very precious.

The nobles had so many thoughts that they could hardly sleep to guess Wen Lin's intentions.

At this time, Wen Lin and Vicia had already started the steps of digestion after meals.

There are dense maple trees planted by the lake behind the castle. At this time, the leaves are all red. From a distance, they look like clusters of flames burning in the dark night.

Wen Lin held an oil lamp in her hand and walked side by side with Vicia.

The night wind whistled, and the long hair of the two of them converged in the wind. Vicia turned her head and stared at it for a while, then turned to look at Wen Lin.

Wen Lin was looking up at the hills on the other side. The firelight traced her delicate outlines, making her already clear eyes brighter.

The author has something to say: Yesterday was empty, wait for me to take a day off, come back tomorrow, I almost hang up and ask for leave, but even the basic friend of Mai Code stopped me hahahaha, I have to persevere, red duck ~