16 Thermal lance

I actually decided to relax a little tonight as me and Will were making our way back to town…Will riding a horse at a half gallop and me jogging along side said horse.

I've worked my ass off these last two weeks setting up the basics for the start of my new and budding city to be….mainly just food management…I've set up about 9 different farms all over my land….all of them a day or twos ride from "Newtown"….. Will asked me to rename the town last week and I blurted out Newtown, so Newtown it is….

With those farms built and running with family's set up…I didn't make furniture because that would make things take much longer….the houses looked pretty swanky if i don't say so myself….and in a few months vegetable and grains will be a plenty…..with more than enough to start stock piling for winter to hit in a few years with excess …..uggh….I'll need to build a few grain silos….it just never ends….

I also built a few barns around near the farms so i can start building animal stock, not to mention the manure with help out with farms….much to the disgust of the farmers looking at me like i told them to eat the shit instead of making up some compost piles....I built big chicken coops closer to town so eggs were easy to get to…and had a few families with experience with chickens watching over them with specific details on how to look after them….

The towns kids are now responsible for packing pre-made casing with shale clay to make the bricks that I've been stockpiling since last week but it's not quite fast enough for what I had in mind, it would take years before I had enough to do what I wanted at this rate so I'll build a couple more kilns once we get some more people….

But more people means more houses, which will require more bricks….it's a vicious circle I'm trapped in but I'm sure I can figure a way to make it work….not to mention I have to train the carpenters and their apprentices how to build with brick and how to plan out proper homes….uggghh….it's going to be awhile before I can sit back and reap the rewards for all this back breaking work…

I got a decent haul from a couple bandit camps looking to prey upon a new lord for some quick coin….but one of the "bandit camps" I didn't mention to Will was the one that was hired by lord glover to harass me and my people…..he even had a few of his trusted men amongst them to keep them on task.

I only found out after a little nibble on the leaders flesh to see what was going on as that particular camp was armed pretty well….I'm not a particular fan of cannibalism or anything, but it's better to check to be certain….and it's impossible to lie to my stomach…

Turns out lord glover didn't like the fact he was neighbours with an upstart peasant, and was wanting me to fall "under his banner" by lending me men to help take care of the "bandits" in my time of need to have me owe him..

See, I was planning to get along pretty well with my neighbours, being the north and all that i figured everyone was on the same side…. Well except the boltons….but turns out the northern noblemen can be pretty cunty when they wanna be, like, I knew there would be some internal politics but I was pretty sure they would wait until I wasn't some tiny little lord in the middle of nowhere….

And it was about 5 minutes after learning of glovers little scheme that I decided a lot of his shit was going to go missing when I eventually visited him….like his armoury…..I can be plenty sneaky when I want to be, and with my inventory?, I can just walk straight out the front gate with all his shit with him none the wiser..

I don't have an armoury yet….or men to arm…but if I raid his armoury, which is no doubt pretty lacking with him being as poor as he is, I'll have something to work with…..all I'll need is men to train and equip…..I'll need men eventually to keep the peace…

I might have to raid the iron islands faster then i thought I have no doubt I'll be able to pick up some decent people who are serving as "not slaves" there…..and training shouldn't be to difficult….I really should start training Will though….

So far he's only shadowed me to learn what I want him to do as my right hand….which is pretty much deal with people and paperwork when it starts popping up…which is everything lords do

…..Holy fuck I have so much shit to do…..and it literally can't be done quickly without me doing it…even trying to teach someone wouldn't be worth it at the moment because the time it took to teach them, I could have already done what I wanted them to do 100 times over….

I think I'll just try and stick to a schedule or I'll be overwhelmed by everything that needs doing….I wanted to start the sewer system today but I think I'll call it quits for the day….

I'll have some food and relax for a few hours and then take off to deepwood motte to see if they have any iron they would be willing to part with….I'm going to need to get a few merchants under my employ for stuff like this….i can't go personally every time….hopefully the ironborn have some thralls who were decent merchants who were in the wrong place at the wrong time, who would be grateful enough at a rescue to join my retinue..

While all these thoughts were whirling around in my head Will and I spend nearly an 3 hours in silence moving toward the town at a galloping pace…..I pretty much run everywhere, with my insane speed and stamina, it's just much faster….. a horse would have to go full tilt to keep up with my casual jog….

Another thing I've noticed over these two weeks was that my body feels so much stronger than when I was a typical space wolf astartes…..I do look different, true, but I still feel like I did back in the 40k verse….just…..more stable? I guess I would describe it….I guess since I was created by a god above the emperor I was made perfect?

But eventually we made it back into town, and as usual it's a hive of activity, people moving to and fro with purpose looking much more upbeat then when I first arrived…i made my way to my warehouse/Willhouse to grab some food and kick back for a bit before I go and speak with b1 and b2 about how much iron we need to keep us afloat for a while…

I actually have 2 women on permanent cooking duty for me at the moment, I'll eventually take them as maids when I make my castle or whatever, but for now they are just decent cooks who work for a homeless lord…..they both also have children working in my brick-making sweatsh-…..brick making arts and crafts program for children...

But I really gotta get some spices, and get these ladies to up their game with some fresh recipes….. I'm sick of fish soup and fire cooked meats with nothing but salt….it's getting bland…it's causing certain things to happen in my body…

One thing they never mentioned in 40k lore was just how powerful an astartes fart could be…..a body of highly condensed muscle isn't limited to just your arms and legs….your butthole is a condensed muscle as well, not that I ever really noticed before I got here….

You would think I knew the strength of my own asshole….after all, I spent centuries protecting my tender boy cheeks from being mounted by slaneshs ladyboy Rapists, and boy were they aggressive in the hunt of space marine booty, thank the emperor I couldn't get a hard on….because during 500 year dry spell some of them dudes tittys were starting to mighty tempting…..

With all that compressed tight assness I practically fart wind blades...I'll have to be weary of fire, I'm one bad toot away from being a walking thermal lance…..

After a humble meal of fish and eggs enough for 30 people I spend a few hours with Will going over my looted stocks and left over gold dragons and chatting with b1 and b2 who I found out were named Frederick and Eddard, because why wouldn't he named Eddard, ….turns out I'm still pretty rich….well by pauper lord standards anyways….though I do save A LOT of gold with my DIY attitude…

As darkness begins to descend and people and starting to slow up for the day I decide it's time to start my journey to deepwood motte, I'm leaving at night because I want want random strangers seeing me running at those speeds if I can help it..

It would be weird for a lord to show up alone, but that doesn't matter to me, I'll only be staying a day or two at most and I'm only going to find some iron and other metals to buy or more likely steal from his reserve as a thank you for the bandits..

It's about 500 kilometres away but with my speeds I'll make it there by morning with time to spare...enough time to plunder his forests of anything I might find….especially lumber….not that I'm lacking lumber mind you, but I'd rather cut his trees down than mine…

But with a final good bye to my maids to be and Will I take off to deepwood motte…

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