The time has entered April. On the fifth day after Art and Lottie's wedding, as Baron Galvin left the valley with a group of relatives and friends to return to Sapp, the wooden castle in the valley that had been bustling for half a month finally became quiet.
This morning, Art, who had been busy for nearly a month, had a rare sleep. It was not until Lottie's maid Ollie knocked on the bedroom door and delivered a sumptuous breakfast to the wooden table in the bedroom that Art opened his sleepy eyes.
??Lotte, a new wife, got up early and was writing and drawing on the table next to the wooden bed.
??Art signaled Ollie to put down her breakfast and leave, then got up and put on her clothes, walked behind Lottie, squeezed her shoulders, and asked: "Honey, what are you writing?"
Lottie, who was writing so ecstatically, put down her quill, turned to look up at Art, who had just woken up, raised her lips, and replied: "Dear, I am calculating the money and supplies for the wedding. This piece of paper is the list of supplies that Uncle Cooper sent this morning. I calculated it, plus the supplies my father brought from Sapp to prepare for the wedding, we have consumed nearly three pfennigs in the past half month."
??Then Lottie picked up another one. He opened a list of gifts and said: "The list of gifts brought by the guests who came to the wedding has also come out. In addition to the wide variety of pearls, agate and other jewelry that can only be roughly estimated, the total value of cloth, wine, velvet, gold and silver utensils and farm tools is roughly fifteen thousand pfennigs. In addition, Uncle Cooper said that Baron Antayas and Viscount Pierre also presented a batch of weapons and equipment and a military horse. These things were directly assigned to the army. I did not calculate them."
Art took over the two lists from Lottie. The consumption of the wedding exceeded his budget, because there were frequent wars everywhere, and most of the items needed for the wedding were relatively luxurious materials, so the cost of the caravan's purchase exceeded a lot. In order to reduce Art's burden, Baron Galvin also brought a lot of supplies from Sapp. The guests who came to the wedding were well fed and drunk, but after the wedding Gaiat and Lottie were heartbroken that they had run out of money.
But looking at the gifts brought by the guests on another list, Art's heavy and complicated mind relaxed a lot. Except for the deputy minister of the palace, Earl Baldwin, who only gave a beautiful short knife as a symbolic gift, the other invited guests really came to the valley with generous gifts. Bishop Olof sent his bodyguard, Knight William, to bring Art six bolts of velvet, six bolts of raw silk, four pieces of fine brocade uniforms, and two sets of well-made silver tableware. These gifts together were worth nearly four thousand pfennigs; followed by Baron Antayas. As gifts from Knight Chloe, Baron Antayas sent Art an ox, ten sheep, a war horse, and several pieces of weapons and armor (cotton armor), while Knight Chloe brought five pigs, 600 pounds of shelled wheat, and a barrel helmet made of fine iron. Viscount Herreth of Glaru in the east asked people to bring cloth and jewelry worth five hundred pfennigs to Art. Viscount Pierre of Tyniec County brought five broad swords, ten battle axes, heavy hammers and flails, two walking bows, two pairs of cotton armor, five sets of armed clothes and a gift of six hundred pfennigs. Art knew that Viscount Pierre gave him these weapons and armor to remind Art not to forget his mission of suppressing bandits and maintaining public order. As for the gifts given by the guests who came from Sap to attend the wedding in the valley, Ate did not take a closer look at them one by one. They ranged from cooking utensils and iron pots to emerald agate. There was even a young squire from Sap who gave Ate an old shepherd slave as a gift...
Matt put down two pieces of parchment, caressed Lottie's forehead, and said: "Lotti, thank you for your hard work. As you can see, my knighthood is more like a dilapidated slum compared to the rich Sapp Castle. You will have to suffer with me in the future." When I fell in love with you at first sight, you were just a civilian patrol officer. When I married you, you had become a knight with a title and territory. I married a man with a hardworking and courageous heart. My father was very rich, but he was too obsessed with money and wealth and lost his brave heart, so I vowed to marry a true warrior. I think my vow has come true. "
Even though they have been born in two generations, Art was also moved by Lottie's words. How could an only daughter of a noble family like Lottie, who came from a well-known family and had countless wealth, not marry because she was "too old", how could she settle in Art's destiny.
ifies you and I will never disappoint you~�� Art said softly inadvertently.
"Dear, what did you say?" Lottie didn't understand Art's affectionate words just now.
? Art noticed the gaffe and changed his words: "Nothing, I said thank you for your trust in me."
"By the way, I also want to discuss something with you..." Art sat down to discuss something with Lottie that he had been thinking about for many days.
“Let me go to school to teach the children?” Lottie felt incredible after hearing what Art said. As a person who was born and raised here, Lottie never thought that a secular woman could go to a church school to teach children.
??Lottie has been in the wooden castle for more than half a month. She knows that there is a parish school next to the chapel of the wooden castle. Art told others that it was a church school established at the initiative of Father Hamish, specializing in teaching a group of orphans rescued from outside. These school apprentices also served as choirs at weddings, but now After Art told Lottie that these orphans were actually specially recruited by him from outside, and that they not only received theological education, but also writing, medical skills and even military training were the learning content of these apprentices. Now Art wanted Lottie to personally teach the children business and arithmetic... The impact of these on Lottie's thoughts was too great, and she could not accept it for a while.
Art knew that aristocratic ladies like Lottie, who had lived in high-rises since childhood and received traditional education, were different from Cooper Odo and others. They would instinctively reject new things that were not universally recognized.
? "Lottie, think about it, I let these orphans receive comprehensive training from an early age. When they grow up, they can not only serve God as clergymen, but also become knowledgeable bachelors. Even those brave children can become commanders of the army, exorcise demons and protect their homes. What's wrong with that? God created The purpose of man is to build a beautiful and peaceful Garden of Eden, and these children with knowledge, skills, strength, and courage not only have the most devout faith in God, but also have the power to benefit the world and defend justice. What's wrong? "
? "Dear, this~" Lottie couldn't refute it for a while, but she always felt that it was wrong.
Art also knew that this kind of thing could not be rushed, so he no longer tried to persuade Lottie with big principles, "Lotti, think about it, you have been influenced by your father since you were a child, and you have learned a lot of knowledge, especially from him a lot of arithmetic skills that are necessary for doing business. You can't do business everywhere. If these skills are not available, Wouldn't it be a pity to be able to teach it to others? Besides, you are still willing to sit in the inner house all day long as before? Don't you want to find a fun job for yourself? "Art's words touched Lottie's heart. Before she got married, her parents kept her in the inner house all day long. But now that her husband has given her a job that allows her to get out of the inner house and share the heavy responsibilities for him, Lottie is a little moved.
?"But, let secular women teach church apprentices, this~" Lottie was still a little worried.
Art patted Lottie's shoulder lightly and affirmed: "It doesn't matter. I dare not say it in other places, but here, everything is possible! And from now on, as my wife, the mistress of this territory, as long as you are willing, all internal affairs can be managed by you."
Lotti was even more surprised. She opened her eyes and asked, "Can I still manage the territory?"
?"Yes, why not? Uh, but I'm talking about the internal affairs of the territory~"
??"For example?" Lottie became interested in Art's proposal.
"Well, for example, managing the marriages of the subjects, taking care of my internal government accounts, managing the three shops your father gave me, assisting Cooper in managing taxes, auditing accounts, and distributing monthly salaries to civil affairs administrators..."
Lottie blinked, stared at Art and smiled: "You just want me to be Uncle Cooper's assistant? It would be better for you to marry a wife who will be your subordinate for free..."
Art rubbed his nose and smiled. ??
?? Lottie lightly punched Art on the shoulder and said: "Let me tell you one thing. There is a lot of food left at this wedding banquet. I want to take the uneaten food from the guests to the valley and distribute it to the people. Many of them were unable to come to this wedding. I think we should share it with them..."
In order to make room for the guests and to hide the strength of his territory, Art only allowed a few representatives of the territory to attend the banquet. Most of the others were prohibited from leaving the valley, so they were not able to share in the joyful atmosphere of their lord's wedding celebration. Now that Lottie, as the hostess, can consider distributing food to the people, Art certainly agrees. This can not only win the hearts of the people, but also establish the hostess's benevolent and kind image.
"Of course, I very much agree, I asked Cooper to make arrangements, and we will go to the valley to share food with the people in the afternoon."??
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