The outpost and fortress here are just about to be established.
This place is within the territory directly under his own jurisdiction. When Olan appeared, a group of people were preparing the land.
In the past, the three barons worked independently, creating many unnecessary outposts and fortresses, allocating a lot of manpower and material resources.
In the future, their borders will only expand outwards. These fortresses and outposts will not be of much use to themselves if they are left here. Oran gradually separates the materials in these places, so that several new wooden structures can be built without spending too much cost. Come out of the fortress.
After looking around for a while, Olan looked at two soldiers setting up wooden signs in front of the entrance, and walked over.
If Olan didn't come today, the person who carved the words would probably be someone else.
This is the wooden sign at the entrance.
Olan took the carving knife and thought of several names, but none of them were satisfactory.
Titan, Armand and Rad, who were originally supervising the work here, also approached.
Ladd knew that Olan was very knowledgeable and did not dare to make any mistakes at this time.
Armand always insisted on being the "second person to speak" and not taking the lead in everything, so he watched silently.
Only Titan was racking his brains to think of names.
"Your Excellency, why don't we call it Earl City directly? It was you who inscribed it anyway."
This title prompted Ladd to reply directly, "There are so many earls in England, which earl?"
Tai Tan could only shut up angrily.
But this gave Olan an inspiration. He changed the name he originally wrote and re-engraved it with a few strokes. His eyes suddenly shone brightly and he said,
"That's a good suggestion from Titan!"
"Sir, is it really called Earl County?"
Oran ignored it and wrote the second word with the carving knife, hooking and turning it. Finally, he used his hands to push away the ash on the wood and let the soldiers hang it up.
When the words are displayed.
"King's Landing!" Armand was stunned.
"Your Excellency is our Lord. He personally wrote the pen and came to this place. The name Lord's Landing is very appropriate!" Ladd is illiterate, but he is used to flattering people and his eloquence is not slow.
"One day, I will make King's Landing as great as King's Castle!"
There is a saying that describes this great city like this:
"As long as the bright moon shines, the castle will never fall."
Legend has it that the population of Junbao at this time had exceeded one million!
Looking at this world, the numbers can be described as astronomical.
Oran is ambitious.
Of all the local forts and outposts in Durham, none had ever been built on its own, but this site would be, and so would many more to come.
He added, "Listen, while you are preparing the land, move some people here. It is backed by mountains on two sides and has natural barriers. There are streams and farmland not far away. The forest resources are also rich. It is not a problem to live with five or six hundred people. .
Our original White Eagle Lord City was not in a good location. Although the castle was high up and could command a commanding view, it was surrounded by plains and there was no danger to defend it. If there were too many enemies, they would immediately surround us.
My father had no choice but to keep reinforcing the surrounding area, but now we have a better choice.
This place is close to the center of Northumbria and is closer to Ella and other lords, making it easier for us to communicate.
There is a land trade route from Mercia that will also pass through here, which will be helpful to our trade.
It is also close to the Niu Jing site, and the overall prospects are very good. You must build this place carefully, do you understand?"
"Yes, Your Excellency."
Oran was in a good mood and even cut down a big tree and designated it as the foundation of the main house.
Ladd was also sensible and did not show Olan the total bill of construction costs when he was in the mood.
But when Olan was about to leave the next day, a stack of lists appeared.
The site selection has been completed, and the land preparation has begun, which requires labor costs, wood, stone, iron, burlap... Some of the old materials can be used, and the other part needs to be mined, and then roads must be built.
With the manpower provided by Olan, it will take at least half a year of manpower and material resources.
After reading a list, Olan returned it to Ladd and promised, "Within three days, I will replenish at least 40% of the supplies. You can continue to work on it."
Oran stopped listening to Ladd's complaints, mounted his horse again, and headed southeast, galloping down the road almost without stopping.
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After another night he returned to the castle.
When he appeared, his dirty appearance shocked everyone, especially the two lovers!
The two women boiled a large bucket of water and helped Olan wash away the dirt on his body and the coal stains on his hair. The basin of clear water also turned into black water.
At the end, Oran puts on the lord's clothes again and puts on the ring.
A handsome and womanizing Lord White Eagle is back.
While helping Olan get dressed, the two women looked at each other, hoping that the other would ask him to stop and find someone to serve him.
But the moment Olan put on his clothes, he walked out without looking back.
He had no intention of focusing on his two lovers now, so he went directly to the hall and asked Nanamp to take a look at all the new account books he had left for a few days.
Kunsang is also there, helping to keep security in the castle these days.
Oran asked one by one.
Recently, another property list was handed in.
Oran transferred the title to Ghazi and annexed Castle Rowling. Although they gained a fortune, some of those whose interests were harmed were also dissatisfied.
Olan couldn't kill them all, so he allocated some of his property to appease them.
He calculated the expenses one by one, and then said, "Has Earl Earl's letter arrived?"
"Your Excellency, here you go, I'll have someone pick it up right away." Nan Anpu said.
After waiting for someone to bring it, Olan took a look at it and finally smiled a little, "He is afraid of the Vikings just like I thought. Once I scared him, he agreed to let us send troops."
Nan Anpu took it over to take a look and asked, "Although he agreed, he was also afraid of us. He specified that we must follow his route to enter. He also set several stringent requirements. Only twenty people can enter at a time, and weapons must be transported in batches. There is no such truth in the world."
"After all, this man has been an earl for more than ten years. He may be incompetent in governance, but on the border with us, he has built many sentry towers to defend us and the Vikings. If he doesn't take the initiative to let us in, we will attack directly and the damage will be very serious. big,
Well now, as long as I push people to 'Haizhen', I will have a way to take out his city. "
Oran didn't say it clearly, but Nanamp guessed that one of the best ways to attack fellow believers without being held accountable is to use "claim rights."
A piece of land originally belonged to this person, but maybe for some reason, this person lost the land, but one day if he has enough strength to take revenge, he can bring it back with him.
The one person in the entire County Durham who has a claim to the "Sea Town" in County Yewe is the woman who was snatched back by Your Excellency and used to induce the Moore family to succeed, and is now being raised by Adisha.
"What about the woman?" Oran asked.
This kind of name was always asked to Adisha, which made Nan Anpu more sure of his guess, and immediately replied, "Adisha prays every day now and is very pious."
"Pretending...let someone help her bathe and change clothes, and bring her to the bedroom to see me at night."
Olan's meaning was very clear, and Nan'an understood it.
Then Olan added, "Write a letter to Niu Jing and ask him to lead some people to attack Earl's border estate. Don't attack by force, just increase the panic, so as to speed up the time before Earl asks us to enter."
"yes."
"And this guy Sals, what's going on with him these days?" Oran asked Kunsang instead.
Kunsang shook his head, "He is very responsible. He just comes to talk to me often and seems to want to ask me something. But I kept your instructions in mind and didn't say too much."
"Okay, keep an eye on him but don't offend him. The time for us to send troops to the south has not come yet. Keep delaying. Moreover, he has paid for his coming here by himself. All his men are staying in hotels within the territory, so we will not suffer any loss."
Kunsang asked, "Lowling and Marcus?"
"After a few more days of raising him, he will be able to work for me."
Oran made the final decision, and when he didn't want to explain, he always said this ambiguously, and his subordinates could just guess if they wanted to.
But Kunsang and Southamp both heard that Marcus would never gain Oran's trust.
"Since you want to be the best swordsman in the Seven Kingdoms, let me fight to the death with my sword."
Oran thought so.
