[Chapter 111 The New Top Star of the Tilan Kingdom]
When David left, there was still thick snow on the northern plains. It was clearly spring, but the land seemed to be still in the winter.
When he came back, the snow had disappeared, and tender green appeared on the vast land. The breeze that blew across the face from time to time was no longer as sharp as a knife, but just a little cold, which made everyone who had taken off their cloaks on the road put their thick cloaks back on.
“This is Winter Town!” Floyd looked at the village that gradually appeared in his eyes, his eyes full of curiosity.
Is this small village composed of many wooden houses his future?
His sight shifted to the huge “construction site”, where countless craftsmen were busy. He could guess that the area under construction was the real Winter Town.
“It looks like it’s worth looking forward to.”
The scope of the construction site is very large, with various gullies and channels crisscrossing, and the complexity made everyone, including Floyd, a little confused.
“It seems like they are building a drainage canal?”
Several people who were going to live in Winter Town looked at their new home carefully, while the people from Earl Stewart’s family who came for a temporary visit and the Royal Guards simply disliked it.
What future can such a remote and empty country place have?
Several of them secretly glanced at Floyd, thinking that this former teaching knight of the Tilan Knights had really made the most wrong choice in his life.
Floyd could feel the gazes of the crowd, but he didn’t care: he had made his choice and there was no room for regret.
After swearing allegiance to David, he went to the Tilan Knights to handle various procedures, and then caught up with David’s team at the fastest speed.
Because Floyd swore allegiance to the new lord, he could retain his status as a member of the Tilan Knights, but it was only in name only, and he would not hold any position or receive any salary.
“Really not staying for a night to rest?”
When Floyd, Gareth, Cordell, Elias and others looked around, the Royal Guards and the people who helped transport the gifts were ready to leave.
The duty of the guard knights was to escort Baron Glamorgan back to his territory. Now that their mission had been completed, they did not even need to ask David for permission and could leave at any time.
The people sent by Earl Stewart could not be so rude. Their master was very polite to Baron Glamorgan. How could the people sent out not know this?
He could only politely tell David, the baron, that they needed to go back and report to the earl as soon as possible, and that the baron’s territory was basically a large construction site. There was no place for them to stay, right?
In fact, there was still a place to live. David found out as soon as he came back that there was another large wooden house next to the large wooden house that was specially built to accommodate the craftsmen of the Stonemason Union.
Obviously, this was a place that several companions had built in advance in anticipation that David would bring some people back.
Regardless of whether David could successfully upgrade Winter Village to Winter Town this time, everyone would still have to live in the existing house for a while. Because the construction of Winter Fortress was not a matter of a day or a night. Before Winter Town was built, if new people or new villagers came, there must be a place to settle, right?
In addition to the big cabin, there are two separate cabins, which were prepared in advance.
Therefore, Winter Town actually has enough houses to accommodate these people for one night, but since the other party is so resistant, David will not force them to stay.
After a few friendly and polite words, he watched the other party leave after putting away the gifts he was responsible for delivering.
Judging from this direction, they should be preparing to go to Snowfield Castle and rest there.
On the way back, David’s team passed through towns including Wangbei Town, Tieshu Castle, and Snowfield Castle, but did not stop or communicate with anyone. They just rushed all the way to Winter Town and finally arrived at their destination today.
Looking at the familiar cabins, familiar streets and familiar people, David took a deep breath: “The air here is still good!”
He did not indulge in the joy of returning home alone. As a lord, he had to at least settle his men first.
He called Eva who had been waiting nearby: “This is Eva McKenna, who helped me deal with the affairs in the territory before. You can ask her about the affairs in the village.”
“Eva, these people are new to Winter Town. You take them around and settle them down.”
Eva looked at these people and understood that David wanted her to take this group of people around and send these newcomers away so that David could have time to explain the current situation to his companions.
Although she sometimes looked silly, Eva, who was actually very smart and capable, led everyone to the big wooden house and prepared to waste more time there.
When Eva led a group of people to the big wooden house, the people who were notified by Sharon came to David one after another. Mark even sat at the long table, waiting to listen to David’s experience during this period of time after everyone was gathered.
He didn’t wait too long. The few people who were currently in Winter Town quickly gathered together to listen to David’s experience and gains in going to the capital…
At the same time, in the towns in the north of the Kingdom of Tiran, countless people saw the latest notice posted by the officials.
“Winter Town?”
“It is said to be the newest border of the kingdom. A young man established a new town through the pioneering order.”
“Isn’t the pioneering order established a village?”
“Maybe it’s because there are more people? And it’s a new border after all, so establishing a town seems more important?”
“The young man named David was made a baron by His Majesty the King because he successfully established a new town, and was given a surname by His Majesty the King himself.”
“What a lucky guy…”
Various discussions can be seen everywhere in the major towns in the north of the kingdom. From the initial discussion next to the notice, it gradually became the latest topic of conversation for countless people.
For these civilians who have hardly left their hometowns for almost their entire lives, they only see and hear so much on weekdays, and there are few things to talk about.
Everyone was very interested in hearing such a big news this time .
As a result, the news gradually spread from the town to the surrounding villages, and more and more people knew about the new town of Winter Town and the newly promoted nobleman Baron David Glamorgan.
In addition to discussing the lucky Baron David Glamorgan, some people also seriously discussed with their friends whether to go to Winter Town to look for opportunities.
“It’s a newly built town, maybe there is nothing there.”
“Nothing means a lot of opportunities.”
“I don’t think it’s good, it’s better to stay here and continue farming.”
“Maybe you are right, but I don’t have my own land.”
“You can continue to work for Lord Fitz, Lord Fitz is still very generous.”
“Maybe… but I still want to give it a try…”
Farmers who don’t have their own land, craftsmen with some skills, and even some young people who feel that they have a little strength but nothing else, all began to seriously consider whether to go to Winter Town, a new town, to look for opportunities.
In the eyes of some old people or people with a stable life, a new town like Winter Town is full of too many uncertainties; but in the eyes of people who have nothing or some young people who don’t want to stick to the rules, Winter Town is full of opportunities.
Becoming a self-employed farmer, a shop owner, or even a soldier, no matter which one, as long as it is better than now, they are willing to try.
More and more people began to inquire about the news of Winter Town. After Winter Town and Baron Glamorgan became household names in the Kingdom of Tiran, the information began to spread slowly to other places in the Kingdom of Tiran…
“So, you are now a baron?” After listening to David’s story, everyone, including Mark, looked at David curiously.
“Don’t look at me with such strange eyes. Is it rare to be a baron? There is also an earl sitting here!” David pointed at Laura next to him, dragging Laura, who was watching the show, into the water. (PS: Laura-Crawford’s family is a hereditary earl, which only exists in the trilogy of Finding Mom. The other generations, including the new trilogy, have not clearly stated the specific title of the Crawford family. This book uses this setting)
In addition to Laura, Fording is the great lord of the Kingdom of Lordaeron, and his status is many levels higher than David, a small country noble.
Therefore, the status of aristocracy is not a rare thing in Winter Town, but it does not prevent everyone from joking with David about it.
“It’s Lord Baron Glamorgan… This title sounds pretty good, and it feels a bit familiar.” Mark thought about it, but he didn’t expect to hear the word Glamorgan anywhere.
It just so happened that Laura was here. She had a lot of knowledge, not to mention her “hometown”: “Glamorgan is an old place name in Wales, located in the current Cardiff and Swansea area; in addition, the current University of South Wales is the merger of the University of Glamorgan and the University of Wales Newport.”
Mark said “Oh~”, then looked at David and then at Laura: “What an interesting coincidence.”
Everyone present knew that the surname Glamorgan was a new surname created by His Majesty the King after flipping through the dictionary. Unexpectedly, it was related to Laura’s hometown. This unexpected situation made everyone feel very interesting.
When everyone was almost done chatting, Eva came back with many settled newcomers. The time was very accurate. Next, a group of people introduced themselves to each other. As the lord, David didn’t have to introduce these people to each other in person. He could do his own thing.
For example, he stood aside and whispered to Edwin Van Cleef, who stood beside him after receiving his signal: “Observe these people carefully.”
(End of this chapter)