Chapter 109:

Felix's heart was like an arrow, but he had to say goodbye to the king before leaving. The king didn't keep him too much, but Dolores noticed that he was a little unhappy when he came back.

But she didn't dare to ask him why. Although the relationship between brother and sister was much better than before, Dolores never dared to ask more about her brother.

On the return boat, Felix suddenly asked her, "Lola, do you have someone you like?"

Suddenly asked this question, Dolores vaguely felt that something happened when she didn't know it, The sensitive little girl shook her head with a little panic, saying that she didn't have anyone she liked.

He frowned and continued to ask: "Really not? Didn't many people invite you to dance at the previous banquet? Didn't you think which one was good?" But

it was not a good question for Dolores.

She said softly and firmly: "No, I don't like them."

Felix is a new noble in the aristocratic circle. Similarly, while he is sought after, his sister Dolores is also greatly welcomed.

When she came to the capital last year, even if Dolores was not old enough to enter the social circle, there were already many people who wanted to introduce her to a marriage partner, and there were not a few attentive people, but it was even more at that time than now. Shy and introverted little girls don't like overly attentive people at all, and those suitors naturally return.

The noble girls of this period did not have their parents specially prepared social dances for them like in later generations to inform everyone that they had reached the age to join the social circle, but they publicly appeared at the banquet as someone's dance partner like this, it was already It is a symbol of adulthood, after all, only the king is allowed to hold birthday parties at this Dolores attending the banquet as Felix's girlfriend, in the eyes of others, is a signal that she is ready to find a marriage partner. Naturally, there are more courteous people, almost everyone who talks to him. People will deliberately introduce men of the right age in their family, and the intention can be said to be very obvious.

If Dolores hadn't always kept Wei Wei's request in mind and stayed with Felix, I'm afraid she would have been busy dealing with the men who came to invite her to dance all night.

Dolores was a little timid, but not stupid. Knowing that Felix suddenly asked herself such a question, she must have something to do. She then added: "Vivi said that I can get married a few years later."

Find someone you like and get married like a brother because of love, not for any other reason.

"I know." Felix didn't mean to force his sister, he was just really annoyed.

When he was leaving the palace, the king suddenly asked Dolores. Although he didn't say it clearly, it seemed that he planned to ask the second prince to marry Dolores.

But Felix never planned to marry his sister to the prince, and he once served as a swordsman teacher for the two princes. He knew very well that the second prince Andrew was not a good boy. He was ordinary, even mediocre. Felix doesn't seem like a good sister-in-law choice.

To put it bluntly, he felt that the other party was somewhat unworthy of his sister, and it had nothing to do with identity, but only learned from his abilities.

If Dolores had someone she liked, and the other party was also good, he wouldn't have to worry about this problem, but now he didn't.

Fortunately, the king didn't say this clearly, and he didn't make a decision. Felix could understand what he was hesitating about. It was nothing more than that he took a fancy to the wealth of the Williams family. Said that his future wife had better come from a more powerful noble, to bring him more bargaining chips and have a greater possibility of overpowering the ambitious Duke Romanov, and at this point, William The Moss family doesn't, at least not why the king hesitated. He was reluctant to part with the wealth of the Williams family, but he didn't look down on his family's current position of power. Even Felix felt that his sudden mention of Dolores might just be a spur of the moment. Marriage is not clearly expressed.

However, in this way, Felix was a little relieved, because he did not intend to become an in-law with the king, and as long as he did not speak directly, there was still room for things to change.

He felt that in the past few years, he had better slow down his development in the capital and concentrate on taking care of his territory, hoping that the king would give up this plan.

Of course, there is no need to shrink for too long. Just wait until Prince Andrew gets engaged. With the other party's age, no accident, that is, it will only be a matter of this year or two. After all, the king is obviously in a hurry.

He didn't reveal it to Dolores, and the little girl should not worry about it.

The returning ship arrived at the port of Princia a few days later. Now this time is the busiest time for the port of Princia. In the past, the merchants who received grain would transport a large amount of grain from here to other places. This year, there are still many merchants buying and selling food, but more people are doing other businesses. There are even foreign merchants who come here to buy perfume, essential oils, cosmetics and other specialities of Sardinson, of course, canned spaghetti, meat sauce, fish, etc. They are also their favourite products. These delicious foods are very good whether they are sold or eaten by themselves. Especially this year, a lot of canned fruits have been added. This is a good thing for people who float on the sea all year round. It can help them Supplement the lack of vitamins, and at the same time, it is more durable than fresh fruit.

And some of these things were ordered by merchants in Sardinson, but some were bought directly in the city of Princia. Felix was very generous to his friends. The price of the goods he gave Allen was The price is lower than the price sold to other people, and these products are hot-selling products themselves, and Alan can make a lot of money just by changing hands, and because these things can be bought in Princia, many Foreign businessmen are also willing to stay in the city to do business, which drives local business and increases a lot of taxes for are plans to expand the port of Princia recently. When Felix's ship is parked at the dock, you can see the workers busy on the dock, who is repairing the dock in the direction of Slot.

And this is also what Allen and Felix said after the discussion. Since the territories on both sides are connected and there are docks, it is better to repair them together in the middle, so that when they are linked together in the future, the two docks can be combined. into a larger harbour.

Of course, after all, they are separated by two places, and it is not easy to manage the seaports when they are mixed, so the position in the middle of the two places will be empty.

Since Sardinson County wants to build a wharf and build a harbour, how can it not have its ships? Felix has already ordered two ships at the Royal Harbor Shipyard when he went to the capital this time, and they will be delivered to the door in a while. , and also invited experienced captains and crews. After the ship is delivered, let the captains and crews who come with the shipping train a group of oarsmen. In the future, they don't have to rent other people's boats when they want to go.

After getting off the boat and leaving for nearly a month, Felix couldn't wait to go home to see Wei Wei, so he simply entrusted his sister to the army.

As a lord, Felix's appearance is known to most of the territorial people in Sardinson and Slot. Even if he doesn't know it, his clothes are very conspicuous. At first glance, he looks like a nobleman, and several horses are on the road. Running wildly, all the horses, carts, donkeys and carts encountered had to give way automatically, and no one dared to stand in the way.

Returning to the heart is like an arrow. The journey from Princia to Sloth was completed in half a day. Felix didn't stay in Sloth, but stopped to eat and drink water, and feed the horses. Went to see the salt fields here and the wharf that started construction.

Slaughter's salt field has been dug for several months. It is very good that it is the hottest time of the year. A lot of salt has been released one after another. Although it is only coarse salt, the content of various minerals exceeds the standard, and people eat it. It's not good, but people in this period, don't understand this. Before Huaxia entered the new China, the majority of people have always eaten this kind of coarse salt, and then they lived well and the technology advanced. There is so much attention, and at this time, refined salt can only be bought by nobles and lovers, and ordinary people eat unprocessed coarse salt.

Therefore, Slaughter's coarse salt is sold very well among the merchants who come and go. The fish they get by themselves are also coded with coarse salt and sent to Melk Town for reprocessing, except for the benefits obtained. The serfs who handed it over to the lords can also keep some of them themselves. Now the nearly 1,000 serfs living here are living much better than before, and they no longer have to worry about not having food to eat. The old shabby fishing village was also renovated. Well, each household has added a lot of the row of simple houses that the serfs were arranged to build in the past located on the side of the main road, and it has become a temporary base for businessmen. Everyone no longer needs to live in tents when passing by at night, and there is no need to worry about food. There are peasant women who are good at cooking. It was arranged to open a restaurant in this area. The recipe was provided by Wei Wei. Authentic Mediterranean cuisine is mainly cooked with fresh seafood. The fish, shrimp and crabs are all delicious. The taste is mainly simple, light and nutritious, but delicious. Undoubtedly, at least for medieval people who have eaten up dark dishes, the food here is very attractive. Many travellers who did not intend to stay too much will temporarily change their minds after eating a meal and renting a house temporarily. Stay one night and have a bigger dinner along the lord Felix was seen by all the lords of Slot. When they saw him coming, all the people who were present ran to greet him. He was no longer trembling before, but all looked revered and joyful. When entertaining him, I can't wait to put all the good things in front of me after eating, serfs were holding the dried seafood at home, and they had to bring them. It was not at all like the fear of seeing the nobles in the past, and the enthusiasm was, he took it with good intentions, but Felix confiscated the things. He was on his way, and he didn't want to bring so much burden on himself, so he left a few words and hurried away, leaving a group of serfs lamenting that their lords are different. , not at all as greedy as others ran from Princia back to Fort Sardinson at the fastest speed. He travelled day and night. The original four or five-day journey was driven back by him in three days. Everyone's horses who were tired lost a circle. , but what Felix didn't notice was that his horse was more eager to go home than he was along the way. When he got to the castle, Felix got off his horse and threw the reins to the soldiers who came to lead the horse. When the knot was finished, the black horse ran back to the stable.

"Welcome back, Master Felix!"

Butler Barton rushed to the door to greet him as soon as he received the news. He also received a letter from Felix before, but he did not expect him to be a few days faster than expected. There is no preparation, and there is no way to arrange for everyone to meet him at this moment.

"Where's Madam?" He untied the accessories around his waist, threw them to the servants beside him, and strode into the castle hall.

Butler Patton followed behind: "Madam should be in the study at this time." The

count came back so suddenly that he didn't have time to call Wei Wei in person, but he had already sent a servant to inform him. He should have known the news by this time.

Wei Wei knew. Before Felix could finish her inquiries, she walked up the stairs. There was a thud of the heels touching the ground on the stairs. Holding her skirt and holding the handrail of the stairs, Wei Wei, who was walking downstairs quickly, was already there. Appeared at the corner of the second floor.

Felix showed a bright smile, took three steps and two steps, walked to Wei Wei, and hugged her with open arms: "Honey, I'm back!"

The man who hadn't seen them in January missed his wife very much, This hug was somewhat uncontrollable, it was so tight that it seemed to rub someone into his body and never parted again.

It's been a long time, and of course, Wei Wei misses him very much, so it's rare that she didn't dislike the smell of dust and sweat on her husband's body, raised her arms around his neck and put them on his shoulders and smiled happily: "Welcome back, My dear."

After living with open-minded Europeans for more than a year, she also became accustomed to these intimate names.

Felix couldn't wait to kiss her, a lingering passionate French! tongue! They kissed until they were almost out of breath before they parted.

Butler Barton had already retreated from one end of the stairs in a low-key manner when the couple hugged, and before leaving, he did not forget to wave to the maids who followed Wei Wei, signalling to clear the scene.

Therefore, the couple's kiss at Xiaobiesheng's newlyweds was not seen, otherwise, the maids would be blushing for a long time.

Seeing that their owners are so loving, even Qin, who doesn't want to get married now, can't help but want to find a lover sometimes.

After declaring their misses, Felix put his arms around Wei Wei and walked down the stairs. He saw the butler who was standing on the side of the stairs in the hall on the first floor and was studying the tapestries on the wall intently and ordered him to prepare bath water.

Felix wanted to go directly to the well in the backyard to take a shower, but Wei Wei stopped him when he saw that he was sweating profusely when he came back.

With a clean wife, Felix must not be clean either.

"It's already being prepared." The housekeeper, who knew the habits of the masters, would not forget these trivial matters, and when he knew that Felix was back, he quickly ordered: "The meal is already being prepared, you might as well use some first. ?"

The castle's kitchen is never short of food, and the big dishes that take time to make are not ready for a while, but there are many simple, quick and delicious foods, to ensure that when the owner is hungry, just say a word, and the food will be served immediately. come in particular, the current time is between 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon. Wei Wei usually likes to use afternoon tea time, and Wei Wei's appetite is better than before. In addition to afternoon tea, she will also eat some snacks between morning and noon And so on, five meals a day completely surpassed the traditional two meals a day, but after she came, the castle has become a three-meal-a-day eating habit, and there is no problem with the host adding morning tea and afternoon tea. , and even everyone thinks that she should eat more. After all, although the number of meals has increased, she doesn't even eat half of what other people eat, and her appetite is not the same the housekeeper felt that the count was absent recently, their countess took over all the work, and the busy people lost weight, which was Patton was always a worrying person, so he took advantage of this opportunity to complain to Felix: "Mrs. has lost weight recently." Wei didn't lose weight. It's just that the housekeeper thinks you are thin. Wei thinks she is wronged, This body is originally a physique that won't grow fat no matter how much I eat. Recently, my face has become a little pointed, but in fact, my belly has grown a little bit, although the reason for the president's growth has nothing to do with eating and drinking.

When Felix heard this, he looked at Wei Wei carefully, and found that she had indeed lost some weight, and was very distressed: "It's been a long time for you."

Wei Wei defended herself: "Actually, it's okay, most of the things are the same. If other people are doing it, I will just deal with the documents at most." And these are the tasks she was supposed to do in the first place, but the number has recently increased.

Felix felt even more distressed when he heard it. What he hated most was handling documents. When Wei Wei shared the burden, he felt that doing this was more tiring than training for a day. Now that he is away, Wei Wei has to take on all the work alone. , managing two territories, no matter how you think about it, it is very tiring.

Carefully hugging his wife's shoulder, he told the housekeeper to prepare some food now, and he wanted to eat with Wei Wei.

Wei Wei, who was still preparing for afternoon tea before:

well, just eat it.

They came to the restaurant and sat down. Before the food was served, the maids were holding warm water basins and clean towels for Felix to use.

After washing his face and hands with hot water, Felix touched his stubble chin, fully realizing that he must be sloppy now.

When I think about how sloppy I am, the wife who is obsessed with cleanliness can tolerate him being close, which is true love.

So I was even happier.

Wei Wei looked at him after washing his face, and then asked, "Why are you the only one, Dolores?"

"Follow the army behind. I want to see you earlier, so I will go first."

When it comes to sweet words, Felix has never been stingy, and every word of his is true and sincere from his heart, without any falsehood, even Wei Wei, who will feel sweet when he hears it more nourishing.

This sweet, she remembered something important, the surprise she wanted to give Felix.

"I miss you too. I have something to tell you. When I found out, I wanted to be the first to tell you."

Hearing Wei Wei saying that he missed him, the smile on Felix's face deepened a bit, and a pair of charming blue eyes looked at her, unable to hold anything else.

"What's the matter?"

"You're going to be a father soon." Wei Wei touched her stomach with a gentle smile on her face: "I think this news should be the first to tell you." As Penny already knows about this matter, it should be regarded as non-existent, otherwise, Felix would be jealous again.

bang.

There was a sound of things falling, and Wei Wei, who was startled, turned her head to look and saw Butler Patton standing there with a look of surprise, his hand was still holding the tray, but the tray had fallen to the ground. On the ground, the sterling silver tableware on it fell to the ground without attracting his attention.

This is extremely rude, but the housekeeper at this time couldn't care about it at all. He looked at Wei Wei in surprise, his eyes which had become cloudy because of his age seemed to be shining at the moment.

"Madam, are you pregnant?"

"Ah, yes." Wei Wei rubbed her chest, which had just been frightened, and felt that she needed to explain: "It should have been a month and a half, and it was confirmed recently."

So She didn't hide it from the butler on purpose. I hope he doesn't mind. After all, everyone knows that in the entire castle, the one who cares most about this is Butler Patton.

Of course, the housekeeper didn't mind. He wanted to go to church to praise God. This must be the gospel that God sent after hearing his expectation.

God knows how long he's been waiting for this day.

Their Williams family is about to have a new heir!

The butler almost jumped up and cheered a few times to announce his mood at this time.

However, he was well-trained and quickly regained his composure - at least on the surface, he squatted down to pick up the tableware that fell on the ground: "I'm sorry, I'll change a set." After speaking, he quickly left the restaurant.

Wei Wei's keen hearing allowed her to hear the butler seemed to let out a cheer similar to "Oh Hoo" after leaving the restaurant.

When he looked at the servants around him, they were also delighted to hear the good news on their faces, but no one dared to speak out because the Count did not speak.

Before she could look back at her husband, a pair of big hands pressed her into a warm embrace.

"Dear Vivi, I'm so happy, this is one of the most moving words I've heard, second only to what you said when you were willing to marry me."

Felix hugged her and refused to let go. The excitement was incoherent, but the movements were cautious as if a little force would hurt her.

Wei Wei wanted to say that she didn't need to be so careful, but the feeling of being cherished made the corners of her mouth rise, and her eyebrows were filled with tenderness and sweetness. Felix couldn't help but put a kiss on her forehead and nose, of course, sweet The corners of his mouth cannot fall.

"I like this news very much, thank you, dear."

After several kisses, he reluctantly let go of her, and then said with a sigh, "I'm going to be a father."

Wei Wei nodded: "Yes Yes, you are going to be a father."

And she is going to be a mother too.

At no time was she more deeply aware that she truly had a complete home in this day and age.

The husband she loves, the child who is about to be born, and the things she didn't dare to think about in the past have all come unknowingly.