Unknown Knight

There are five brothers in Alan Meier's family. The eldest brother went out to make a living in his early years and never came back. Now there are only four Alan Meier brothers left, and they are all married and have children.

A family of fifteen or sixteen people listened to Velen's words and went out together to pick up stones in and outside the village to build a wall at the most dangerous place at the entrance of the village. Although they could only build a few meters a day, they had built dozens of meters in more than ten days.

As soon as the villagers saw the results, they all joined the construction team. In addition, it was the slack season for farming and there was a rocky beach outside the village, so there was no shortage of building materials and they were easy to use. With the concerted efforts of all the young and old in the village, it took only three and a half months to build the village wall that was less than 800 meters long, four meters high, half a meter thick at the bottom and thirty centimeters thick at the top.

Seeing that the village wall was built so quickly, the villagers, including Alanmeyer's family, were very respectful to Velen and took his words as the gospel for a while.

At his suggestion, a watchtower was built in the center of the village, gates were built at the front and back exits, chevaux de frise and retaining walls were set up, and sharp wooden stakes were inserted in dangerous places. Thus, the prototype of what is now called a town was formed.

James almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard this. From what Alan Meier said, it was because of Velen's words that his family was inspired and took the lead in selflessly building the village wall.

It seemed as if Velen's words had magic power. Just a light story and a few words made his family work hard for more than ten days every day to build the building.

Fortunately, Velen had written this paragraph in his notes. James, who had read the notes, was very clear about the key points. The situation at that time was:

Velen, who has seen the world, knows that the world is in chaos now. Even if Alanmeier's family flees to another place, their life will only be worse than in their hometown, not better. In order to prevent them from starving to death in a foreign land, he suggests that they take the lead in building the village wall.

But it was all empty talk. The old farmer would rather die of laziness than work so hard. Velen had no choice but to secretly tell the four brothers that as long as they were willing to build the wall and build about three meters a day as required, he would give each adult in the family ten copper coins and each child five copper coins a day, and paid their family one day's wages in advance.

When the Allenmeier family saw this good thing, they went out without saying a word and started working enthusiastically. As a result, within ten days, other villagers saw the more than 20-meter-long wall and thought about the future results, so they all joined the construction team.

After paying ten silver coins, Velen stopped paying the Allenmeyer family. When their family saw the results of the village wall, they no longer felt comfortable asking Velen for wages.

When outsiders heard Alanmeier's bragging, they really thought that it was Velen who influenced their family with words and let them take the lead in building the village wall, as if Velen had facilitated the construction of the entire village wall with just one sentence. In fact, it was not the leverage provided by the ten silver coins.

Later, Velen left the village to travel, but the beneficial effects brought by the construction of the village wall continued to occur.

Listening to Alan Meier's detailed narration, James gradually understood the whole process of how this small village called Glenmeier gradually evolved from a village into a town.

First of all, it was the leadership of the Alan Meier family that led the villagers to elect Alan Meier, who had a large family, as the village chief.

In the following years, thanks to the role of the village wall, the four Alanmeyer brothers organized the villagers and successfully resisted several invasions by bandits and robbers, thus preserving the fruits of their labor, and the village became more and more prosperous.

This led to a growing population in the village. Girls from other surrounding villages wanted to marry into their village, and villagers from other villages harassed by bandits also tried every means to move into their village to live, allowing the villagers of Granmel to make a fortune just by selling residential land.

Moreover, as the village population increased, opportunities for making a living also gradually increased. Commercial shops such as carpentry shops, blacksmith shops, stonemason shops, grocery stores, bakeries, etc. were gradually opened.

Coupled with the protection of the village wall, this place has become the safest trading place within a radius of more than 20 miles. The attraction of various commercial shops makes villagers from nearby villages like to come here to attend the market and buy and sell agricultural products and handicrafts.

Not only that, Allenmeier also organized a militia to provide protection, and charged each villager who came to trade a copper coin as an entry fee. Although it was not much, it accumulated over time and it was a considerable income.

After all these years of development, Velen probably could not have imagined that his ten silver coins alone would lead to the creation of a prosperous town with a population of over a thousand.

Seeing Alan Meier's face, which was 80% similar to Velen's, he was vividly explaining to them the glorious development history of the town over the years, as if the development here would be impossible without him.

Little did they know that Velen was most likely their eldest brother who had been separated from them for many years. If it weren't for the blood ties, Velen would never be able to take out ten silver coins to give to a stranger no matter how rich he was.

This also made James, who was alone, sigh that if family affection was really converted into money, it might not be worth a few copper coins. At most, it would be worth only ten silver coins like Velen. However, this maintenance of little value was the foundation for a family to continue to prosper without knowing it.

When Alan Meier finished speaking, it was already lunchtime. The old mayor generously invited James and his party to stay for lunch. James and his party did not hesitate and presented the generous gifts they had prepared in advance.

Although this meal was not sumptuous, it was comparable to the level of a minor noble at that time, which was enough to show how wealthy their family was today.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was harmonious. James and Alan Meier talked about Velen. The old mayor thought about it and said with emotion that Velen was a good man who treated their family like family. He always came to the town and stayed for a month in March every year and lived in their house.

Moreover, he always stayed for one month and paid two months' rent. Every time he came to our house, both adults and children brought gifts. The whole family treated him as a guest of honor. Until now, the family has reserved a room for him, which has never been used by outsiders. But for some reason, Velen has not come again in the past two years.

At this point, maybe because of his age or something else, the old mayor asked James with tears in his eyes:

"Sir, is Brother Weilun too old to walk anymore, or is he..."

Seeing Alan Meier's hopeful face, James lied to him about the room and whispered:

"To be honest, we came to Granmel this time to do something for Mr. Velen. He is far away in Harma City now, and it is inconvenient for him to come here in person, so he entrusted us to do the work in Aaron and come to pick up something he stored in your house.

It's a private matter and there were too many people around, so I didn't say it in public.

As for Mr. Velen's health condition, you can rest assured, old mayor. It's just that Mr. Velen has been too busy with his affairs over the past two years and has not been able to take time out to rest in Granmel."