The weather in Mecklenburg is always gloomy. The church bells ring over the entire castle. The black feathered crows hover in the woods outside the castle. They smelled the smell of death and smashed their sharp mouths. They patiently squatted on the dry branches. At this time, a group of people walked out of the castle. The women of them were all wearing black dresses and making low crying from time to time. The men looked solemn, and occasionally the anger of hatred was shot out from their eyes. ↗

"O our Lord in heaven, may you accept this pure soul~~~." The priest in a robe came to the buried grave. He recited a prayer and threw holy water into the grave. After he threw the holy water onto the grave, a cross carved with stone was inserted into the grave.

"Sir, please feel sorry for me." The nobles and civilians who participated in the burial came to a young nobleman in black uniform. This robe made of good Italian wool fur was wrapped in precious white sable hair on his head. He wore an earl's crown, a circle of pearls on his head, and a golden pendant hung around his neck.

"Well." The young nobleman was Arod, the earl of Mecklenburg. Facing the people who came to him one by one, Arod's face was calm.

"Sir Earl, did you not come?" Monk Elvit walked to Arod and said to Arod curiously.

"He locked himself in the room and refused to come out." Arod looked up at the gloomy sky. Miss Josephine, the wife of Arod's brother Ive, was buried. Although Arod sent her back to Mecklenburg in time, the tetanus caused by the arrow still took her life. In this era of penicillin deficiency, the beautiful noble lady kept asking Arod to save her child.

"Uh, I'm very worried that Lord Ifu will hurt himself." Monk Elvit lowered his head and didn't know what to say. Aroud's brother Ifu lost his beloved wife and newborn child. His most proud right hand was cut off again. He stayed in the room all day and only asked the servant to take the wine in, as if he was about to get himself drunk. Originally, Ifu could go to Lauziz County at this time to obtain the title of territory and earl. But he couldn't go immediately.

"No, he won't. He is a man from the Wendel family. The people of the Wendel family have no cowards and cowards." Arod swung his cloak and walked towards Mecklenburg with big strides. He would never be able to watch the people of the Wendel family die in vain.

When Arod pushed away Ifu's bedroom, a smell of wine and sweat and the unique cumin flavor of Europa were mixed together, and came to Arod. Arod couldn't help but frown and covered his nose with his sleeves. He saw a few empty wine pots in the messy bedroom, and the ground was covered with wine and vomit. Ifu was curled up in the southwest corner. His body was only wearing a dirty lining, his beard and hair were entangled, and his eyes were covered with eye booze so that he could hardly open his eyes, but even so, his left hand was still holding the wine pot tightly.

"Master Earl." While Aruod was hesitating whether to go in and beat Ifu hard so that he could wake up, Shirley walked to him with herbs. Although Ifu's hand was lucky to have not suffered a serious infection, it also needed to be treated and bandaged from time to time.

"How is my brother's situation?" Aruod asked Shirley.

"It doesn't matter if Lord Yifu's injury is so bad, but he always stays in the room without eating, and his body will gradually become weak." Shirley looked at the dark bedroom. Yifu seemed to be a walking corpse, which was easy to heal the wound, but if a person's will is completely destroyed, what can I do?

"Did he say anything?" Aroud knew that Josephine's death had a great blow to Ifu. However, now it is necessary to arouse Ifu's survival, so you must know what Ifu's true thoughts are now.

"What else can I say? As a warrior, there is nothing more terrifying than losing my right hand." Shirley has been taking care of Yifu, and of course she knows Yifu's true thoughts. As a knight, she suffered the hatred of killing her wife and taking her son. But she did not have the ability to retaliate against the enemy with her own hands. This is an extremely humiliating thing for Yifu, a brave knight.

"I understand." Aruod nodded. He understood the knot of Ifu's heart and had a solution. Aruod did not walk into Ifu's bedroom but turned around and left. He came to the earl stable and asked the horse boy to prepare a fast horse for him.

"Arude, where are you going?" At this moment, Princess Qiaoxi walked out of the tower with the help of several maids. Her belly was already bulging and heavy, and she was wearing a loose and fat dress.

"I'm leaving for a few days. I told the chef to stew the soup with chicken for you. You must drink it obediently and eat more vegetables to supplement nutrition." Aruod looked at his big belly wife, with a gentle smile on his face, and carefully ordered Princess Josie.

"Your Highness, the Count is really a considerate gentleman." The maids beside Princess Josie smiled and whispered in her ear. Since Princess Josie became pregnant, Aruod has formulated detailed recipes for her, and even surpassed the times to use the technology of stewing soup and steaming, which would never appear in Europa, was also ordered to create a batch of cooking tools that seemed strange to the people of Europa.

"I will come back soon, so you can rest assured to raise your baby." Arod turned his horse's head and said to Princess Josie. He whipped the mount under his crotch with a horse whip and ran out of Mecklenburg. Harren and several other personal servants also quickly rode on their horses and followed him. Although this was in Arod's own territory, since he learned that his opponent was the Duke of Bavaria, no one dared to let Arod take risks alone without a guard.

Arod followed the gravel road built toward the smelting base in Mecklenburg. After winter, the weather suddenly became colder. Even the merchants who often went to and bought fur began to reduce their numbers and returned to their hometowns. However, the ships at the port of Mecklenburg did not decrease. Trade gradually flourished through sea transportation. Occasionally, merchants from the British Isles would come to trade.

"Dingding, Dingding~~~~." Before we got close to Mecklenburg's smelting base, we heard the sound of wrought iron. At this time, the largest forging and smelting base in Mecklenburg had begun to expand. The smelting base that once leaned against the sea on the cliff surrounded a circle of walls made by the plate construction method at the foot of the mountain. Some core technologies of Aruod were placed in the inner city on the cliff, while other auxiliary industries and warehouses were placed outside the walls. It can be said that at this time, this once barren cliff was as tight as another fortress, and even a wooden arrow tower was built in four directions of the inner and outer walls.

"Open the door, it was the Count who came." The guards on the wooden city gate, dutifully saw Aruod riding a horse and leading several followers along the road. The road was also specially built with gravel, which was to facilitate the transport of some supplies here. The muddy roads would wear down the transportation tools and reduce efficiency.

"Crack~~." The wooden door was immediately opened by the guards. Although it was a fortress made by the board-building method, it was not a real castle after all. It was just a trench with pointed wood traps dug out on the outside. It was not as good as a real castle to protect it with a wide moat and it was OK to guard against ordinary attacks. If it was attacked on a large scale, reinforcements from Mecklenburg would still be needed.

"Well, why is the Count here?" Master Newman was guiding a group of apprentices to learn how to start with building a horseshoe, but saw Aruod riding his horse into the smelting base and looking curiously.

"Didn't you hear the Count say you're coming?" Another forging master Oun was also very curious. They knew that Aroud's wife Miss Josephine had just passed away. Aroud should be in Mecklenburg. Why did he run into the smelting base so vigorously?

"Two Masters." Aruod rode his horse to the inner city of the smelting base. He jumped off the horse and threw the reins to a servant who was coming, and then strode towards the two forging masters.

"Master Earl." Oun and Newman quickly bowed to Arod.

"No need to be polite. I have something I need to help you now." Aruod took off his cloak and threw it to Harlen who rushed over, and then said to the two.

"Please give me instructions." Oun and Newman looked at each other. They looked at Arod's hurry and knew that Arod must have something urgent to do. In this smelting base, they got the best working environment, and lived a carefree life. There were many servants serving him. They knew that they should pay back for Arod's generosity.

"Get parchment." Arod pointed at the apprentice standing beside him and ordered him. The apprentice immediately brought a roll of blank parchment paper and graphite bottles. Built in the room on the cliff, there was a wooden shelf where the parchment could be nailed on it, and then licked the graphite with a quill to write the design. This was also an original creation of Arod.

"Do." Arod quickly nailed the parchment to the wooden shelf, then picked up a quill and licked the graphite juice, and devoted himself to the painting design. Oun, Newman, the apprentices and servants surrounded him curiously, watching what he was painting on the blank parchment. After a long time, Arod finally stopped the painting at hand. His painting skills were not very good, but the realistic style made people see clearly what was painting on it at a glance.
Chapter completed!