I only stayed in Aosta for more than a day, and at noon the next day, Att said goodbye to Viscount Berryon and went north by the gifts of a group of managers in the Continental Trading Company.

The main purpose of Att's trip south this time is to explore the valley and prepare for the next step of expansion of the border, and secondly to clear the relationship between the European Continental Trading Bank on the Eastern Front. Salter has done a good job in these things, but Att still needs to come forward in person.

After visiting Viscount Berion in person and going north to meet with a group of powerful people along the way, Att's purpose of traveling south was basically achieved. Now he must rush back to the north and return to his territory to manage military affairs and civil affairs.

After more than a year of recovery after the war, the security in the northern part of Provence has basically returned to the pre-war level, so everyone does not have to worry about the sudden occurrence of bandits and bandits blocking the road and robbers.

Moreover, northerners in Provence are more honest and honest than southerners, so there are few cases of setting up checkpoints along the way to plunder taxes. Everyone arrived at Kitzby, an important city in northern Provence at the end of April. After resting for a night, Kitzby's Continental Trading Company embarked on a trip across the border and back to Burgundy.

Yat has traveled back and forth on this wasteland road that crosses the border many times, but now there are almost no Provence refugees fleeing north on the trade road, and instead are refugees from the north and avoiding disasters from Burgundy.

"I never thought that the refugees from Provence, who had been through many difficulties and dangers, ran to Burgundy to avoid the war. Now, the refugees from Burgundy have dragged their families to Provence to avoid the disaster." Looking at the refugees who retreated to both sides of the road and gave way to the war horses, Yat couldn't help but sigh.

Ron turned his head and looked at the refugees kneeling beside the road and shivered, "Master, I have observed them all. The refugees I saw along the way are basically all elderly, weak, women and children, and burdensome families. I think those young and strong refugee families have been recruited by the refugee recruitment sites we set up along the way."

Yati nodded, "Yes, it's heartbreaking to see these civilians lose. A war would have killed and injured countless people. These civilians who had to be fully fled south again. Who will cultivate land and resume production after the war? Who will make equipment to build castles?"

Atte couldn't help but feel a little worried about the future of the Burgundy country. What he saw along the way north to Provence was a country that was devastated by the war. Even a prosperous city like Aosta was so withered, and those slightly farther away could not bear to look at it.

Ron disagreed, "Master, I think war is good. If there is no war, how can you be promoted to a knight with your outstanding military merits? Then the Baron will go step by step to the real Viscount? If there is no war, how can our European trading company gain a foothold in Provence? If there is no war, will it be so easy for us to recruit a large number of leaders?"

Yat smiled, knowing that the "family and country feelings" in Ron's head had basically not appeared yet. Whether it was Provence or Burgundy, they were just a name for him, and their position in his heart was far less important than that of the valley.

It's funny that even Ate himself does not have this complete "family and country feelings". Logically speaking, he was born in Lombardy and was considered a Lombard, but now he is the lord of the Burgundy country, and has close ties with Provence. He has also helped Provence resist the Lombardy army.

"No matter which country it is, my land is my home." Yat sighed in his heart and kicked the horse's belly and walked slowly, trying his best to preserve the horse's horse's horse's horse's strength.

"From Velno to now, our war horses have been galloping for more than ten days. The war horses are exhausted greatly and their fat has been lost for several times. After returning to the valley, you ask the Wrangler to raise them well for me and recover as soon as possible."

"Yes, Master."

The southern wasteland of Tinets County, border outpost.

The outpost, which was surrounded by several wooden houses and a circle of wooden fences a few years ago, has changed its appearance, replaced by four clearly planned areas - the "outpost" tower in the high-rise wasteland of the gentle hills, a military fort with wooden fences and high walls a hundred steps apart from four wooden fences, a neatly planned residential area, a free market surrounded by low fences, and a north-south avenue crosses the four areas.

The overall area here has not changed much compared to one or two years ago, but the details inside have undergone earth-shaking changes. The "outpost tower" has been expanded twice, and the original wooden fence was demolished, replaced by the rammed earth wall built with the Beiguan military fort process. The barracks, arsenals, warehouses, kitchens, stables and other facilities in the wall are complete, which is considered a reduced version of the Beiguan military fort. The temporary shacks and huts in the residential area have basically disappeared, and the registered leaders have successively built houses and settled here. Although the houses are very simple, they are still stronger than those shacks. Moreover, some past business travelers have seen the potential value of the place and have spent money to buy land to repair houses here.

The free market is no longer a stall that was randomly set up in the past. In the past two years, the civil affairs officer Kuber has visited here dozens of times to direct the construction of more than a dozen single-story wooden houses, which are specially rented to business travelers to open shops. The free market has also set up special officials such as sheriffs and tax officials.

There were 30 troops stationed at the entire border outpost and 57 households and 230 people led by 57 households.

In addition to the business-making and entrusting people, there are five other merchants who often live here for business and sell goods. These people rent houses and open grocery shops and prostitutes. Of course, the tax they pay is heavier than the people, but they are all within the scope of their endurance. After all, the development policy under the sub-specific is to "investment and traffic diversion".

As the popularity here becomes more and more important and the status becomes more and more important, according to Yat's arrangement, four walls will be built here to turn it into a walled border town city...

"Mr. Simon, all the stones within five miles of the outpost have been used up. Even the river stones in the stream have been dug out to make stones, but they are still a lot worse, especially the whole stone slab. There are very few excellent stones in the wasteland. There may be a lot of stones in the forest in the southeast, but they are all covered by dense forests, which are difficult to dig and transport. Otherwise, we will use the rocks as the foundation first, so the castle walls built in this way are also very strong." A middle-aged man holding the architectural design drawings in his hand complained to Simon, the supreme commander here, with thin sweat on his forehead.

Simon, who was one arm, was squinting his eyes on the stones piled up in the open space, "Mr. Ate planned very far, so he repeatedly emphasized that the walls here must be solid enough."

"I have reported to the civil affairs officer. He agreed that we will first consolidate the wall foundation of the city wall. If there is not enough stone, we will first build a half-person-high wall foundation. When we build a higher height every year, we will build a solid city one day."

Ten steps north of the stream, a deep trench four feet wide, five feet deep and three hundred feet long has been dug out, and there are such trenches on the other three sides. In order to facilitate the entry and exit of the trench, bridges were built with wooden boards. At this time, the workers were filling the foundation with gravel and river stones, and wooden piles were erected at any distance.

Since the beginning of winter last year, we have started recruiting refugees from south to build the city walls, but the process is very slow. Last month, the Valley Civil Affairs Commission dispatched a construction craftsman to assist in building the walls and allocated more than 20 newly recruited northern refugees to work. These refugees do not have to pay their salaries, and only need to provide one meal a day and two meals and a shack that can barely shelter the wind and rain.

Simon was holding a long wooden stick and knocking on to check whether the stones on the foundation of the wall were tight. He heard a few sounds of shouting horses. He looked up and saw a fast horse riding on patrol coming across the sky.

As they approached, the cavalry raised their reins and stopped the horse's hooves, and jumped down without waiting for the horse to stop.

"What's the important thing? I'm in a panic!" Simon scolded the cavalry.

The cavalry spit out the dust from their mouths, "Sir Simon, they are here."

Simon threw away the stick in his hand and said in surprise: "Sir? Are you here on the southern tour?"

The cavalry also looked excited, "Yes, we were patrolling the southern roads just now with Chief Benjamin, and we happened to meet the adults who came back from Kitsby, and Sir Ron and the brothers Matthew accompanied him. The adults and their war horses had gone too long to run, so I will come back to report the news first."

Simon heard Salter, who was heading south ten days ago, mention that Yat was heading south along the valley and might have passed by here on his return journey, but after a long time, he almost forgot about it.

"Quick, prepare a fast horse for me, I'll go to welcome the adults and the others. In addition, let the hotel have a few cleanest rooms and prepare a table of the best food..."

Standing on the shore of a farmland upstream of the outpost, holding a handful of wheat seedlings that had just been hung in his buds. Seeing the wheat buds crawling with the seedlings, Yat's mouth rose from his heart.

This is the first cultivated land at the border outpost, and it is also the first place to pilot the "farmland fertilization method". Until now, there are still crosses set up by Yat in the past, but those crosses have been remade and are more solid.

Manure and fertilization have been promoted in the territory under Yat. This method is used for half of the farmlands in the valleys and inter-valleys. The crop yield of farmland has also increased by three points, and some barren lands have increased by six points.

However, the fertilization method that Yatt strongly promoted was regarded as the highest secret by civil affairs. Except for the valley farmers, the leaders of other places only knew that human and animal manure, plus crosses and prayers of devout believers could make food abundant, but only a few people grasped the specific details.

Yat was amused and crying about this. He had no intention of hiding this "secret recipe" that was conducive to agricultural production increase, but several officials of the Civil Affairs Bureau insisted on keeping it privately. In addition, there were indeed not many lords who could accept feces, so Yat simply agreed.

"...Simon, Benjamin, half of the credit for the development of this situation here is my and Cooper, and the other half of the credit is yours!" Yat praised Simon and Benjamin with a smile.

"It's all the strategies you set by you. Lord Cooper personally directed it. Benjamin and I are just doing some miscellaneous work, which is worthy of your praise." Simon said a few politely.

Simon was trained in the Officers' Academy and was ordered to go to the parish school twice to receive lessons, so some of the tone of clerks and minstrels.

Yat handed Hemiao to Ron, turned around and touched Simon's empty left cuff, "To me, you are all meritorious people. I have been busy fighting around this year and rarely come here to see you, but I always remember you in my heart."

Simon was very moved, "Sir, I know you are always thinking about us. My wife gave birth to a son for me in the early autumn of last year, and the wife specially sent Miss Oli to us the clothes you and your wife gave us, saying that it was your instructions. My wife was so moved that she burst into tears, saying that she must kneel down and thank you when she saw you."

Yat was stunned after hearing this. He knew that Simon was married, but he had no idea that Simon had children. He was so busy that he might care about these trivial matters all day long.

A little stunned, Yat immediately realized that it was all his wife Lotti's idea, and she couldn't help but feel warm, "This is all right. I am always careless, but I still have some thoughts about you heroes." Yat also climbed along the way, and I can't let Lotti down on his painstaking efforts.

"When your son grows up, I will arrange for him to enter the parish school and the officers' school, and in the future he will become an officer like you, inherit your title and glorify your family."

Yat whispered to the others who accompanied him: "The same is true for you. In the future, your children will also enjoy the same education as nobles and become new civil officials and military officers..."

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