Julian and his men decided to go to Cooser Village first, because Casbet heard something before leaving, Simon often visited Cooser Village to supervise the construction of various local projects, so it is even more likely to find Simon there.

The path leading to the village of Cooser has many deep rut marks, and the accumulated water in the rut shines brightly under the sun. Julian thought that there may often be fleets of caravans loaded with building materials and commodities here.

The gentle hillside on the river bank was covered with green grass. Julian and his party walked forward not long after, and pieces of cultivated farmland and grassland surrounded by wood fences appeared on both sides of the road.

The farmer who cultivated the land and the cattle herder in the livestock farm spoke language that Julian could not understand. He asked in confusion the more knowledgeable Casbet, who also told him in a little confused manner that this might be the language of the northern lowlands.

"Simon can do everything to attract residents for this village," Julian curled his lips disdainfully. "I'm afraid that these strangers will not be able to understand the scolding of Simon in front of Simon, let alone if someone wants to conspire to rebel, they don't even need to cover up their voices!"

"Yes," Casbet said in agreement, "to be honest, I don't like people from the Lowlands. They not only speak badly, but they are often more cunning than the residents of the Cologne area. They like commerce, but it is said that each of them is a natural liar. It's really a big trouble for anyone to do business with them..."

The group walked through the outer ranch fields of Cooser Village under the "popular science" full of stereotypes and false rumors. A growing smell of ale attracted everyone's nose.

Soon, they arrived at the source of the taste - a newly built tavern and a winemaking workshop built with wooden strips next to the tavern.

Casbet's nose was very sensitive, but his long-term town life also made him extremely distressed - the various mixed smells that others were accustomed to were never used to in his nose.

But now, he discovered something surprising - from the moment they walked into the periphery of Kootha Village to the point where they walked into the village, except for the occasional "Xiansheng Pit" that passed by, the occasional passing cattle would have an inevitable stench of livestock. He did not smell the disgusting familiar smell again.

Although the roads in Kootha Village are muddy and full of ruts and footprints from footboards, they are extremely clean. In other places, as long as humans are active, they can see excrement everywhere on the ground.

Casbert thought that if he hadn't been concerned about his identity, he would have thought that he would have settled in this village, even if he could not accept the lowland neighbors and local people's use of manure to fertilize crops.

Julian's reaction was slower, and his focus was not on the hygiene of the village.

As a drunkard, after Julian got rid of his status as a servant and became a little lord, he finally no longer had to suppress his drinking needs because he had to observe his words and expressions all day long.

His cheeks were always red, because after becoming a knight, he would never let it go if he had the opportunity to drink. Obviously, now he was already fascinated by the ale in the village of Kooser just by smelling the smell.

"This fragrance is so charming." Julian thought, the smell was picturesque, and he felt as if he was in the golden wheat fields of autumn.

In fact, the ale in Coaoth Village is now well-known in the lowlands in the north.

After Simon's territory had collected refugees to reclaim new fields, the grain harvested in the second and third year could not even contain the newly expanded granary.

After leaving enough reserves, Simon ground some of the grain into flour and made bread to sell it to the lowlands where food demand was deeply in war and soared sharply. Another part asked the old brewer and Alice to help themselves make ale and sell it to caravans and travelers.

It is worth mentioning that from time to time, military quarrestrial officials from the Duchy of Lowlands will take convoys to Simon's territory to purchase alcohol and food supplies.

But Simon needs more than money. He would talk to the quarantine every time, telling them that he needed strong serfs or craftsmen with skills. If they could bring some such people next time, Simon would buy them at the price of the slave market.

This is not difficult for the quarconians. In the long-lasting war in the Principality of Flanders, the ones that were most lacking were homeless peasants, craftsmen with no possessions, robbers who had speculatively beaten and riots who were slaughtering the side.

So among the refugees caught by the lord's army, the thin guys who were hungry and fed ergot (the mold growing on rye bread) were removed, and those with skills or who looked healthier and stronger were taken to the south and sold to slave traders, or lords like Simon who needed human power.

Currently, Kooth Village is mainly composed of slaves who have lost their identity as a free man. Compared to the exile life of eating Ergot, at least they can fill their stomachs with normal food now, and they don’t have to worry about being cut open by a cruel robber. Thank God.

"belch!"

Julian, who was sitting on a tavern chair, burped and looked very satisfied. However, he did not forget the purpose of the trip.

He raised his sleeves and wiped the corners of his mouth, paid for six glasses of ale for himself and his men, patted the pockets of the letter, and walked out of the main entrance of the tavern.

This newly built tavern is located on a gentle slope by the river, and the open view allows you to see the entire village.

The road in front of the tavern extends forward to the bank of the Rhine River below the slope, and half-ground cottages are built on both sides of the road. At the end of the road is a small wooden pier surrounded by vendor stalls, with a boat used to cross the river docked beside the pier.

Julian, who was sharp-eyed, soon discovered a strange building not far from the river bank. A large "wood wheel" with even grooves was "installed" on the side of the double-storey building against the water. At this time, he was spinning in circles with the flow of the Rhine River. He had never seen such a thing before, and he thought it was really strange.

"Casbert, tell me what that is? How could anyone make a wheel similar to a house soaked in the river? God bless it, it will even walk around on its own!" Julian, whose cheeks were red with a slightly red cheek, shouted loudly like the country bumpkin he usually looked down upon the most.

"I don't know either." Casbert seemed a little shocked. This monster that could move by itself was obviously built recently. Otherwise, people like him who pay special attention to the movements of Simon's territory would definitely hear about it.

They wanted to find a villager to ask, but then they remembered that these guys were all foreigners who spoke lowly language and had to give up this idea.

In fact, it was a hydraulic mill that Simon directed the carpenter and the stonemason to work together.

In Simon's eyes, building a hydraulic mill does not have much technical content. In addition to the production of large wheels, installation of gears and handling of large millstones, stonemasons and carpenters can do other construction work such as laying the building stones of houses and building a double-story small attic.

The hydraulic mill in Kooser Village is not far from Koliff's family mill, which was shelved by Simon after it was built. It is now used to store grain and flour. It is equipped with two fully armed soldiers to live in the house for custody.

"Sir, let's take a look at that house," Casbet looked at Julian and pointed to the long wooden house next to the Ferry Pier. "It's the largest house in this village, and I think there might be people we want to find there."

Julian waved his hand and walked downhill with his men. After sideways with the servants of the tavern and two patrol soldiers, they came to the dock.

Here, Julian tied the horses and looked at the hydraulic mill at close range.

Just so happened that a man in white millworking costume walked out with a bag of ground flour on his back. Only then did Julian realize that this was a mill operated by the help of water.

A huge wave was stirred in his heart.

He thought, why did Simon master such magical and sophisticated technology? Could it be that he was really favored by God? Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy about the plan to be implemented next.

At the entrance of the yard of the long wooden house, there were two young soldiers guarding the guards. Looking at the soldiers' heraldic burqa with the Dorsten family's heraldic emblems printed on it, Casbert was sure of what he thought - Simon was inside the house.

Speaking of this, it has to be mentioned that although Simon, with the help of the Duke of Cologne, got rid of the current head of the Dorsten family leader Lange, as one of the branches of the family, he still uses the Dorsten family's emblems.

If Simon married another family, he could combine the heralds of the marriage family with the heralds of his own family to create his own new heralds. The current change is nothing more than to change from "Simon from Dorsten" to "Simon from Feldburg".

"What do you want?" The young soldier noticed the group of weapons early on. When the leader Casbet walked to the yard of the longhouse, he warily called them.

"Lord Julian from the valley of Kenpon brought Baron Simon the letter from Lord Lange," Casbet said arrogantly.

"Hold on."

One soldier turned and walked into the yard, the other soldier clasped his weapons and looked at Julian and his group coldly. If they had any abnormal movements, he would shout warnings to the other soldiers at the first time, and then fight with them with all his might.

This is the order Simon gave to his soldiers--beware of any Lange's subordinates.

Although Lange is unlikely to send an elite team to assassinate Simon so swayingly in full view, Simon did not want to bet on his life - the two rich barons are still very attractive to the current first heir, Earl Lange.

"Mr. Simon is meeting Lord Bruce from Fort Isel, you have to wait a moment." The young soldier who reported the message returned to the door of the yard and responded to Casbet's arrogance just now in a cold tone.

"It's so damn. Simon didn't take his brother, Earl Lange, seriously at all!" Casbet said to Julian impatiently.

"Don't be impatient, Casbet." Julian frowned and pressed his hands. Although they were neglected by Simon, he knew that the attack now would only make him look like a fool and lose all his demeanor.
Chapter completed!