Waking up, Link felt completely refreshed and invigorated, as if every bone and muscle in his body had been thoroughly stretched.
In contrast, Olivia's situation was vastly different.
After a night of frenzied activity, her private parts were already swollen and sore, like a flower battered by wind and rain.
The enormous size of the man beside her was simply too much, too powerful.
It was truly more than she could handle.
She tremblingly reached out to touch her private area, and a piercing pain instantly assailed her, causing her to frown deeply and fine beads of sweat to appear on her forehead.
At the same time, a thick, white fluid slowly flowed out, spreading beneath her and appearing particularly glaring.
Recalling the absurd and humiliating scenes of last night, Olivia was filled with dread.
She couldn't help but worry, what if she became pregnant because of this?
Just as Olivia was full of sorrow and anxiety, Link suddenly pulled her into his embrace.
His rough hand, like a hungry wolf pouncing on its prey, fiercely kneaded her full and soft breasts, a teasing and malicious smile on his face, as he said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, how was it? Did I make you comfortable last night? Was my thing bigger, or was Orlando's more impressive?"
"Yours... yours is bigger..." Olivia endured the humiliation and pain, not forgetting to beg in a low voice, "My lord, please be merciful and release Isabelle..."
"Slap!"
Before she could finish speaking, Link raised his hand and heavily slapped Olivia's perky buttocks.
A crisp sound echoed in the silent room, instantly cutting off her unfinished words.
"It seems you still haven't figured out your place, Olivia." Link glared at her fiercely, his eyes full of disdain and contempt, "You are nothing but my slave, a bitch to be manipulated by me. What right do you have to negotiate with your master?"
"I..." Olivia's lips trembled, but she didn't know how to respond.
"Stick your ass up for me! Now, Master wants to properly discipline you and make you remember!"
A lewd glint flashed in Link's eyes as he pressed Olivia beneath him, beginning today's morning exercise... After the morning exercise and a leisurely breakfast, Link did not lock Olivia back in the dark, damp dungeon. Instead, he locked her in his own bedroom.
From then on, three meals a day were delivered to the room by a maid on time. It seemed that in the coming days, she would only be able to docilely accept her discipline in this bedroom.
Link sat at the table, reviewing and processing the government affairs that had arrived that morning.
Afterward, he methodically arranged for Slughorn to travel to the southern city to purchase grain.
In his eyes, the mountain bandits entrenched in the forests would sooner or later turn into bika points in the bika system.
In the afternoon, Link called Raymond to him again and assigned him the task of leveling the city roads and building gravel paths.
After all, he deeply understood the principle that to get rich, one must first build roads, and he naturally wouldn't forget it.
After receiving the order, Raymond conveyed Link's instructions one by one.
For a time, Winterfell City, which had only recently calmed down, instantly became bustling again.
With the prestige established by the previous 'moving wood to establish trust' event, the residents of Winterfell City already had considerable trust in Link, their lord.
Therefore, when Raymond gave the orders, the idle residents in the city enthusiastically threw themselves into the bustling road-building project.
Every resident selected by Raymond to participate in the labor had a happy and satisfied smile on their face.
It should be known that in this era, a lord conscripting residents within his territory for labor did not require payment.
Even some nobles who prided themselves on being benevolent would only give their residents meager compensation, which was better than nothing.
But in Winterfell City, the situation was completely different.
Here, working one day would earn a generous reward of fifteen copper coins.
In this world, the currency system mainly consisted of gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins.
One gold coin was roughly equivalent to about twenty silver coins, though currency value would fluctuate with the market.
When gold coins depreciated, the exchange rate once reached one to twenty-four, but most of the time it remained stable at around one to twenty.
And one silver coin was equivalent to about one hundred copper coins, a relatively stable ratio.
In terms of purchasing power, a hearty meal with meat and wine that could feed four people in a tavern cost less than one silver coin.
Generally speaking, one silver coin was enough to sustain a family of three for three days, and if they were more frugal, only drinking thin porridge, it could last a week for food.
From this, it can be seen that a daily wage of fifteen copper coins was indeed a lot.
Under the diligent labor of the residents, the uneven roads in the city were all renovated.
First, a layer of fine sand was laid, then round bluestones transported from outside the territory were evenly spread on the ground and firmly tamped down with tools.
Gradually, neat and clean bluestone roads began to take shape.
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