Come to another world and become a lord

Chapter 54 Early Preparation

Baron Henry's fiefdom is located in the Greven Valley, including three villages and a meadow. Its main castle, Grey Castle, is the Baron's own residence. When Carl actually went to visit, he understood the real reason why Henry had been saying that he didn't want to make the banquet too big. This is a three-story small castle with a standard rectangular structure, surrounded by walls. The area of ​​the castle is not even one-third of the main castle of Rick, and there is no attached town. There is no separate banquet hall inside the castle, and there are only two or three guest rooms. In the center, a not very large lord meeting hall is used to handle government affairs and also serves to entertain guests.

"Is this... your castle?" Carl asked Henry hesitantly after taking a look around.

"Yes," Henry replied, and then added, "It should be said that this is the size of a baron's castle."

"So...actually Rickburg is an exception?" Carl regretted saying this. Isn't this nonsense? Rickburg was originally built by the king, and its function was to serve as a frontline base for living when defending the border. Its specifications were basically determined by the requirements of the kingdom.

"Don't underestimate Rickburg." Henry replied, "Although Rickburg's population is not large, its main castle is built according to the standard scale of a main city. It not only has a complete church, stables, barracks, but also provides separate residences for visiting nobles. As far as I know, in terms of the area of ​​the main castle, it is even a little larger than Lord Morton's Candle Castle. What's more, which baron's castle can have an outer city and a town?"

That's true. If you think about it this way, he got Rickburg right after becoming a Baron, which is really a luxurious configuration at the beginning.

And Alia showed a worried look:

"We can't accommodate Myrna with this kind of standard, and there won't be enough guest rooms."

After hearing her words, Henry showed a rare look of embarrassment on his face.

"Then...how about holding the banquet in Rick Castle? If you don't mind." Carl said to Henry. Rick Castle's specifications were definitely sufficient, and its banquet hall was originally built for the king to hold banquets.

Henry nodded, and the three of them happily settled the matter.

Later, Carl met Henry's daughter Selena, a beautiful and shy girl with wavy blonde hair and bright green eyes.

"Respected... Baron Flandol, it is my honor to meet you..."

After she performed a standard lady's etiquette to Carl, she shyly retreated behind her father. Carl first glanced at Henry, then at Selena. Well, at least the color of her eyes was inherited from her father. According to him, Henry's wife died not long after giving birth to Elena, and Henry never remarried. So far, he has only one daughter.

This is incredible in the eyes of most people, especially for a noble, because it involves the issue of inheritance. The first is the gender issue. Daughters inheriting the title are more likely to be discussed and watched by people around them than sons. And the core problem is that if there is only one child, the risk will be greatly increased. Only one direct heir is likely to make other people in the family's collateral lineage have evil thoughts. Under such an inheritance system, people often do everything they can to gain power.

All we can say is that Henry was a true knight who strictly adhered to his moral code and was loyal to his wife until his death.

However, the next person he met was not so friendly. He was Henry's nephew, William, a handsome apprentice knight with thick black hair and deep blue eyes. He followed Selina closely and was very attentive to the girl, but when he looked at Carl, his eyes were no longer friendly, and even had a hint of hostility.

Henry explained to Karl: “Don’t mind it, this kid looks at everyone like this, as long as the other person is a man. His parents died early, and he has lived with me since he was a child. He and Selena can be considered childhood sweethearts.”

As long as the other person is a man, is it the same for everyone? Karl nodded thoughtfully.

Afterwards, to show respect, Carl also told Selena that he planned to hold the banquet in Rickburg and asked her if she agreed. Selena immediately nodded and agreed after hearing this:

"Then... let's do as Baron Flandol says..."

Although she was shy, her face showed uncontrollable joy, especially when everyone packed up and started to head towards Rickburg. The girl seemed to be extremely excited about going on a long journey. On the other hand, William's hostility towards Karl seemed to deepen.

However, Carl didn't care too much about it. He arranged separate houses for several people. Of course, as Selena was the protagonist of this event, the house arranged for her was the best. When the girl saw the arranged room, she even showed joy and surprise. But this was not surprising. After seeing Grey Castle, Carl realized that the configuration of Rick Castle was actually far beyond the status of a baron.

Of course, these are not the main points. At this time, his mind is focused on the production of spirits and perfumes. It is only a week away from Selena's birthday. He needs to speed up the production so that these inventions can be unveiled in time for the banquet. Especially for perfume, the production process under normal circumstances will be very long, and the number of flowers and plants required to refine a bottle of traditional essence is often huge. Although Carl used opportunistic methods, in order to be able to refine several bottles of perfume completely, almost half of the manpower of Rickburg was mobilized just to collect raw materials, not to mention the later production. And brewing is also a big project. It is not too much, but at least it must be guaranteed that everyone can taste it at the banquet. For this reason, he even vacated a warehouse in the castle as a temporary brewery, and a group of servants began to prepare there day and night. All efforts are to prepare things before the banquet.

During this period, Alia sent Myrna Karl's invitation letter and a private letter, explaining Karl's current request for inviting the merchant group. It must be said that with Alia's relationship, it was indeed a lot more convenient.

A week later, when Myrna arrived, Karl was really surprised. It was early in the morning when a guard knocked on his door and reported that a large number of ships were approaching. When Karl got dressed and walked up to the top of the city wall to look, he was almost stunned. More than a dozen merchant ships of different sizes were docked at the dock of Rickburg, crowding the small port. The largest ship was carrying the iconic white fox flag of the Aaron family. Needless to say, it was Myrna's ship.

And Alia's report made him overjoyed.

"It's beyond our expectations." The girl said, "This time, not only the two major chambers of commerce came, but also the famous Hammer Trade Group from the East, the Star Trade Road from the South, and..."

She kept saying the names of merchant groups one by one. In addition to the merchant groups, many nobles also came together, including some important figures of the kingdom. It seemed that this time Myrna played a big trick on them. When she put forward her request, in order to please the prime minister, everyone followed this young lady north. All of a sudden, all kinds of merchant groups with names in half of the kingdom appeared in Rickburg, preparing to celebrate the birthday of a baron's daughter.

When Karl met him at the dock, he saw Myrna again, the arrogant young lady. She walked up to him with her head held high and then complained:

"Your notification was too late. In order to arrive in time, we had to let everyone take the boat..."

Then he glanced at the merchant ship behind him and said boastfully:

"How about it? You didn't expect that I could bring so many people here at once. But you have to understand that this is not for you, but for the sake of Master~"

Then she snorted coldly and threw herself into Alia's arms.