Chapter 189 Small Castle
After finishing his work at the cigar factory, Russell couldn't wait to get involved in another thing, which was to repair the house.
At the beginning, he felt that the manor's courtyard was enough to live in, and there were even more than a dozen servants to serve him, which was perfect enough.
But now, there is more money in my pocket, and I even have two elves.
They pay more and more attention to the quality of life.
I felt that the small manor house could no longer match my current worth and status, so repair and expansion became urgent matters.
"The manor's courtyard is sufficient for living at the moment, especially after your four knights' retinues have all moved to the small market, leaving two rooms free." Butler Morris put the structure diagram of the manor's courtyard on the Russell's desk.
This structural diagram was drawn by him himself.
As a housekeeper, you still need to know some skills. After knowing that Russell wanted to rebuild the manor's courtyard, he worked hard on it.
The entire manor courtyard is a rectangular Huizi structure.
There are five four-meter-long and wide houses at the front and back, and two four-meter-long and wide houses in the middle. In total, there are twelve houses.
In addition, each wall is half a meter wide, and there are stairs one and a half meters wide on the left and right sides. The entire manor is 26 meters long and 14 meters wide.
Divided into upper and lower floors.
There is also a cellar for storing wine and pickles, which is about four meters square. The entrance is in the patio garden.
"Well, Morris, your drawing skills are pretty good." Russell praised.
In this structural diagram, many large houses measuring four meters square are divided into small rooms. Then Butler Morris carefully marked the function of each room and even who lived in it, making it clear at a glance.
"Thank you for the compliment, sir. This is what I should do."
"How do you think the manor will be renovated next?" Russell asked.
Butler Morris pondered: "The main body of the manor's courtyard is already complete. The best way to transform it is to add a second floor. But adding a third floor will greatly affect the lighting in the patio garden, which is difficult to solve. "
Russell nodded, and then said: "Let's put a layer on the back row so that it won't affect the lighting in the patio garden."
The manor's courtyard faces south.
According to Russell's observation, the hot summer season has just passed at this time, the sun is roughly located in the middle of the head, and the shadow is slightly peeking out to the north.
So probably the Grand Duchy of Shadowflame, like its hometown on Earth, is located in the northern hemisphere north of the equator. In this way, when the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, no matter how many floors are added to the back row of the manor's courtyard, the sun will not be blocked.
Butler Morris immediately praised: "My master is very considerate."
Adding a floor in the back would allow for five more large houses measuring four meters square, and the roof would also become a large terrace, but Russell was still not satisfied.
So he asked: "Do you think that if you demolish the back row of houses and leave five rooms on the left and right sides to form a square back structure, will it make the manor house look bigger and the patio garden look bigger?" Bigger?”
"Um, sir." Butler Morris was not a butler who just obeyed Russell's instructions and had no independent opinions. He reminded, "If you do this, the amount of work will be too large. You might as well choose another location and build a new small castle. "
"Is this so..."
"Sir, your uncle Mr. Rosen built a small castle by himself a few years ago. If you want, sir, you can also build a small castle."
"Building a small castle?" Russell touched his chin and pondered.
To be honest, of course he wants a castle of his own. This is a dream that every knight has.
However, he did not want to build a small castle in the Black-waisted Snake Manor.
There was no other reason than that he did not regard the Black-waisted Snake Manor as his real territory. In the foreseeable future, he will definitely leave here to open up a warm enclave of his own, and even create a country of his own.
Black-rumped Snake Manor is just an excess.
Since it is excessive, there is no need to spend a lot of money to build a new small castle.
"Forget it." Russell finally shook his head and gave up the idea of luxury enjoyment. "Just add a layer in the back of the manor's courtyard. In addition, put up a circle of fence around the manor's courtyard, tidy up the lawn, and then Just go out to a training ground.”
There was a pause.
Russell then said: "Use the extra dirt bricks to build a bridge. Push down the small bridge in front and build a strong bridge. There are also several small bridges to be built over the Potion Village that can pass carriages. , convenient for transportation.”
The Black-waisted Snake Manor is divided right in the middle by the Youguang River, and there is only a stone bridge in the northernmost part of the entire manor.
Fortunately during the Ice Age, the surface of Youguang River would freeze and you could cross it at will.
However, in the warm season, the water level of Youguang River surges. If you want to cross the river, you can only go around the stone bridge in the north, which seriously restricts the traffic efficiency.
"Sir, you are really an excellent lord, always thinking about the territory." Butler Morris said with admiration.
"Since you have become a lord, you naturally have to consider the territory." Russell stretched, "Okay, it's settled. Next, let Charles go to the town to recruit masons and carpenters, and you will control the progress of the project."
"As you wish, sir." Butler Morris bowed and responded.
After the housekeeper said goodbye and left, Russell still stayed in the study. The books brought back from Blue Bird Castle were carefully classified and placed on the bookshelf. Then he took out a geography book that told about the customs and customs of other countries outside the Grand Duchy of Shadowflame, and slowly read it.
The so-called scholar knows everything about the world without going out.
Without him, I rely on reading.
Russell is not yet able to travel far, but this does not prevent him from understanding the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy and the countries outside the Shadow Flame Grand Duchy.
"The Kingdom of Blazing Torrent, the hometown of Princess Anxia... there are actually two giant dragons, one is called the Blazing Dragon and the other is called the Torrent Dragon. So the country is named after dragons... Well, I don't feel like there is a Shadow Flame Dragon. Nice name.”
There are thousands of bells in the book, there is a golden house in the book, there is a face like jade in the book, and Russell wanders quietly in the book.
the other side.
Butler Morris came to the servants' lounge, which is also the servants' dining room. When eating, it is the dining room, and when not eating, it is the lounge.
"Ahem, Leona, go and call everyone over."
"Do you want to have a meeting? Okay." Leona, the head maid, put down her sewing and went outside to call people in.
Soon the servants were gathered around the table.
Butler Morris cleared his throat and said with a serious expression: "The master has decided to officially renovate the manor courtyard and add a third floor to the second floor in the back. This involves all aspects, and everyone must take it seriously. thing.”
"Ah, is it just to add another floor?" The maid Olivia was a little disappointed, "I thought the master would build a small castle!"
Maid Eileen said: "That's good. The manor's courtyard is big enough."
"But it's certainly not as beautiful as the small castle."
"Yes, maybe we can be allocated an independent house." Barbara, the kitchen maid, said in a low voice.
She was immediately stopped by Mrs. Moore: "Stop dreaming. It is impossible to give a maid a separate room at any time, not even in the Fluorescent Castle. What's more, you are just a kitchen maid. Mr. Morris didn't let you sleep in the boiler room." Good enough for you!”
Barbara pursed her lips and stopped talking.
The valet William said: "When the third floor is built, Mr. Morris, can we share a room with each other? I don't want to sleep with Fox anymore. His voice makes me unable to sleep every night." Sleep."
Ram nodded: "Yes, I was also disturbed and couldn't sleep well."
Three male servants slept in one room. To be precise, a large room four meters square was divided into two small rooms. They slept in one of the small rooms.
Fox spread his hands: "But I was not affected."
"Of course you can't disturb yourself by snoring!" William and Ram rolled their eyes at Fox.
Butler Morris coughed: "Okay, everyone, be quiet. When the masons and carpenters arrive, I will ask them to help us redesign the room. If there is enough room, I will allow two of you to share a room... But there must be someone Live with Fox."
"But we only have three male servants, so we can't afford a room for two of us. Mr. Morris, can I have a room alone?" Fox thought happily.
Butler Morris glanced at him: "I will report to the master and recruit another male servant."
(The basic layout is roughly like this)