[Chapter 118 Welcome to Winter Town]

Perhaps this behavior makes David seem a bit overbearing, but he has to do it.

Whether it is for the future smooth development of Winter Town into Winter City, or to a certain extent meet the expectations of His Majesty the King, and then obtain more benefits, he must maximize the development potential of Winter Town and at the same time reduce the sphere of influence of other nobles in Iron Tree Castle.

“By the way, come with me to the blacksmith shop.” David remembered something, and ran to the blacksmith shop with the etiquette officer and the personal guard knight, and found Will who was busy.

“Will.

” “Good morning, David.” Will put the work in his hands aside. It was just daily maintenance of farm tools, and he was not in a hurry to finish it: “Or, should I call you Baron?”

“Just be casual.” David said to Will and the two people behind him.

After following David around Winter Town, the two people, who were already smart, have realized who are the special people in this small town. People like

Peggy Carter, Mark Watney and Will Turner in front of him are obviously people who have received special treatment from the Baron.

There should be a few more people like this. Could these people be the foundation for the Baron to maintain his rule over Winter Town? Could they become local nobles in Winter Town in the future?

At the same time, these people also have a common feature. They all have surnames, which seems to remind the two of them why these people are special.

“Is there any urgent work for me?” Will knew that David would not come to the blacksmith shop unless he had something urgent to do. Once he came to the blacksmith shop to find him, it meant that he had a relatively urgent job to complete. Otherwise, he could tell him casually during dinner and did not need to come here specially.

“I need you to make me a few signs.”

“Signs?”

“Yes, rectangular, large enough, with ‘Welcome to Winter Town’ written on them.” David roughly described what he wanted: “Oh, you can add the Glamorgan family crest.”

Will quickly understood what David meant, which was a signboard: “This thing is not difficult to make, how many do you want?”

“One for the south, one for the east, one for the north…” There is the Winter River to the west, so there is no need to make a special sign, but after thinking for a few seconds, David asked for one more: “Make four first.”

“Okay.”

After chatting with Will and knowing that his relationship with Elizabeth was stable and that he was also satisfied with his life in Winter Town, David left the blacksmith shop.

“Sir, that sign is…”

“You guessed it right.” David glanced at Floyd. The knight reacted quickly: “Next, you and Gareth will be responsible for inserting these signs in the appropriate positions.”

There are no such signs in the Kingdom of Tilan to remind people to enter a certain village or a certain town. The boundaries between villages have always been vague. There are many conflicts such as “This is our village’s land, the water in that river belongs to our village, and people from your village are not allowed to use it.” The

solution is generally to find an official of the next level to mediate; or to fight directly! Whoever has the bigger fist has the final say!

The former is the most common choice for territorial conflicts between villages; the latter is a common solution for territorial disputes between nobles.

Of course, the armed solution between nobles does not necessarily mean that both sides will raise troops to fight. In many cases, two nobles will send people to duel to decide the winner, which can avoid a large number of casualties and avoid attracting dissatisfaction from the upper echelons of the kingdom.

But no matter how it is solved, the specific boundaries between territories have never been clearly defined.

The generally recognized border is based on the actual control area of the territory, that is, where the buildings and farmland of your territory cover, the land belongs to you. At most, you can expand a little bit, at most an extra 100 meters, no more.

According to this convention, it is a bit unreasonable for David to send soldiers to a faraway place to drive people away and not let people build villages on wasteland.

So, David decided to use this method: Isn’t it said that the place where the buildings are built is counted? I will put up a notice board and build a simple sentry post next to it. Is it okay?

The sentry post is also very simple. He doesn’t even plan to build a pavilion or something. Just get a piece of wood or something, put it under the notice board, and engrave the words “South (East, North) Sentry of Winter Town”.

Anyway, the buildings of my Winter Town have been built here. According to convention, you can’t build a new village near my territory, otherwise it will be considered that you are invading my territory.

Under normal circumstances, the nobles of Irontree Castle would definitely ignore David’s shameless behavior, but the key issue now is that Winter Town is the direct territory of His Majesty the King, and Baron Glamorgan is directly loyal to His Majesty the King.

The nobles of Irontree Castle may not take David seriously, but do they dare to offend His Majesty the King’s territory?

David really wants to know if these nobles of Irontree Castle have the courage to do so?

“Sir, is the fourth sign prepared to…”

“Yes, it is prepared to be inserted to the northeast of Winter Town.” David still remembered that the Forrest family sent people to frame him.

He was not ready to let it go. Now that he had the legal right and the strength, if he didn’t go to meet Sean Forrester, would he wait for him to disgust him first?

After asking Will to help make the reminder sign, David went to find a carpenter from the former Stonemason Union and told him his requirements: a wooden round plate with a diameter of about one meter, on which the words “Northern Post of Winter Town” and “Northeastern Post of Winter Town” should be engraved.

The carpenter said that such a simple job could be completed quickly, and the mayor could rest assured!

The task was arranged properly, and it was already noon. David took people to the cafeteria to eat again, and then returned to his cabin to learn noble etiquette from Elias.

If David’s cabin was not big enough, it might attract a large group of onlookers, but in the end only Laura successfully stayed in the cabin. Even the personal guard knight Floyd could only stand guard outside the cabin when David was taking etiquette lessons.

This treatment made the two close ministers realize one thing: they thought Sharon was the other half of the Baron, but now it seems that they guessed wrong!

Since returning to Winter Town, Sharon has not had any contact with David. On the contrary, this woman named Laura Crawford is very close to the Baron.

Compared with Floyd who can only stand guard outside the door, Elias also noticed another thing: this young woman named Laura seems to have a very extraordinary background, and her aristocratic temperament is not something that ordinary people can “pretend”.

“What is going on in this Winter Town?”

Vaguely, he felt that he might have fallen into the vortex of some conspiracy, but Elias did not dare to ask anything. He could only hold back all kinds of questions in his heart, hoping that he could spend this year in peace and stability. What

makes him happiest now is that Baron David Glamorgan is learning aristocratic etiquette very smoothly. In the eyes of etiquette officer Elias, Baron David Glamorgan can handle most social occasions well in just one class. The

one-hour etiquette class ended quickly, and David will practice archery, firearms, bare-handed combat and some cold weapon training next.

Elias couldn’t see anything in this regard, but he was curious about the weapons called firearms – ordinary ammunition was used during practice.

David didn’t deliberately avoid the two people. The two of them are now his own people and live in Winter Town. Sooner or later, they will find these things.

As for whether Elias will return to the capital in the future? By that time, the people in the capital should also know that Winter Town has “unique” weapons such as firearms.

At the shooting range, David met Leon again.

“Peggy should have explained all the situations clearly, right?”

“Yes!” Leon nodded. After Peggy’s guidance and his own inquiries, he now has a detailed enough understanding of Winter Village.

Compared to when he first came here, Leon now feels that this place is even more magical. At the same time, he also made up his mind to build a holiday house here: “However, it seems that you are renovating here, so it is not suitable to build a new house.”

“If you just build a small wooden house as a temporary residence, it is a simple matter and can be built in a few days.” David explained to Leon: “If you want to build a luxury villa that is large enough, it will definitely not be built in a short time.”

It is not just a problem of building materials and manpower. Now all kinds of sewage pipes, water pipes, wires, etc. in Winter Town are still in the laying stage. There is no suitable place for Leon to build a luxury villa.

“Then build a small wooden house first. As for what kind of holiday house to build in the future, we will talk about it later.” Leon’s words are regarded as an attitude to David that he hopes to live in Winter Town permanently.

“Welcome to Winter Town.” He shook hands with Leon again, but the meaning was completely different from before: “Believe me, this will be the most correct choice you make.”

“I think so too.” After being led by Peggy to visit for a long time and chatting for so long, Leon has heard a lot about Winter Town, including the situation of Fording and Laura.

The two of them used this magical place in Winter Town to solve the troubles they encountered in their own world.

As it happens, Leon’s world is not very peaceful either. If he can live in Winter Town permanently, it means that he will have a strong protection when he encounters trouble in the future.

Apart from other things, just being able to run to Winter Town to replenish weapons and ammunition when being chased by biological weapons is a great help to him.

Moreover, after learning that the magical power of Holy Light has the ability to heal injuries, he thought of his partner who was seriously injured when he was on a mission with him not long ago.

If possible, he hopes to ask David for help to heal his comrade’s severely injured arm.

I saw an HP sorting test and took a test.

I was sorted into Gryffindor again…

(End of this chapter)