The East Coast.
The tide receded, leaving a large number of seashells, starfish, crabs, and other seafood on the beach soaked in seawater. Fishermen had already begun to fish out the seafood.
Liszt rode on Blackdragon.
He watched a large group of barefoot people bustling about on the beach. They were busy connecting ropes, finding practically all the ropes in the town and twisting them into one.
Kosto dived to the location of the sunken ship and tied the rope to the keel of the sunken ship.
He swam back and beckoned to the crowd: "Pull! We can pull! "
Dozens of serfs, like trackers on the Volga River, took heavy steps and instantly tightened the ropes. Under Gort's command, they shouted slogans and exerted their strength: "One, two, three!"
One, two!
Three!
The slogans came one after another.
The ropes tightened around their shoulders, relaxing and tightening in accordance with the rhythm of their bodies. Step by step, they sunk their feet deep into the yellow sand. Some of them were old men in their fifties, some were young teenagers, doing the same work. Their clothes were tattered, their faces were dark, their hair was stuck to their foreheads, and sweat was dripping down.
They really looked like the trackers on the Volga River.
But they were not.
Liszt had seen Repin's famous painting 《Trackers on the Volga River》. It was in the language textbook. In the painting, the trackers towed boats by the river all year round. Life had ravaged them to the point of numbness. The Flower Town's temporary trackers, on the other hand, had smiles on their faces, even though the sun was blazing above their heads.
That was because each person could earn a copper coin for this trip as a hauler.
The sir lord who came from the great Tulip Castle was generous and benevolent, bringing them plenty of food and jingling copper coins, and even silver and gold coins!
Life had never been so full of hope.
"One, two, three!"
"Harder!" Gort yelled from the side, "You lazy guys, haven't you eaten?!"
On the surface of the sea, Kosto kept diving and surfacing, shouting: "More strength, the hull has been pulled out! More strength, the bow will be pulled out! "
He shouted a few times.
Kosto shouted again, "It's a success! The sunken ship has been successfully pulled out of the mud and sand!"
After they pulled it out, the trackers became even more relaxed. They easily dragged the wrecked ship to the beach. The sunken ship covered in green algae could no longer be seen. There was only one mast left, and it was broken. The hull was full of holes, and from time to time, crabs would crawl out.
"Sir, the sunken ship has been salvaged!" Gort said excitedly.
Kosto also came over and said, "It's an old brig. Judging from its shape, it should be a ship from a hundred years ago. Sir Lord, this should be a ship of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire. A hundred years ago, only the Grand Duchy could build a brig. "
Liszt rode on his horse and circled around the sunken ship. "A sunken ship from a hundred years ago? Then, it's a merchant ship? Or a warship? "
"It should be a merchant ship. The cabin is sealed and used to transport goods."
"Then what are we waiting for? Teacher Gort, get someone to dismantle this hundred-year-old cargo ship. I want to see what's left in its hold."
"As you wish!"
Building a ship was difficult, but dismantling it was quick. After a while, the cabin was smashed open. Some patrolmen went in and pulled out some cloth that had been soaked in seawater, as well as some grain remains. This was probably a merchant ship that transported cloth and grain, and it had sunk for some unknown reason.
"Could it be that this is all there is to the treasure of the sunken ship?" Liszt expressed his disbelief.
As expected.
One of the patrolmen suddenly shouted: "There are chests, there are a few chests here. They are intact, and the locks have not been opened!"
"Quickly move the chests out!"
"Give me a hammer, the chests are stuck in the bones of the ship. I have to hammer the wood."
After tossing and turning, a total of five large chests were dragged out of the cabin of the sunken ship and placed on the beach. Kosto looked at the chests a few times and came to a conclusion: "Sir Lord, this should be redwood. It is strong and durable, and it has obviously been waterproof. There must be something valuable in the chests."
Liszt revealed a smile: "In that case, move them to my castle … That's right, everyone who participated in the salvage this time will be paid double. Captain Kosto found the sunken ship, so he will be rewarded with a gold coin. "
He had not yet seen what was in the chests.
He immediately began to distribute the rewards. The purpose was to encourage his subjects to discover, explore, and contribute more good things to him. At the same time, this gold coin was also to encourage Kosto to recruit apprentice sailors. He wanted to see if he could really raise a group of qualified sailors.
… …
Five large chests, each as big as a desk, were neatly placed in the hall of the castle.
The locks were probably made of brass and had already rusted.
Carter guarded the chests and forbade the servants from approaching.
Therefore, the maids and servingmen could only crowd at the entrance of the hall, curiously sizing up the chests.
"Debbie, what do you think is inside? Could there be mermaids?"
"Maybe singing demons. There are singing demons in the sea."
"The chests are quite old. Even if there were mermaids and singing demons inside, they would have long since become bones."
"Not necessarily. I heard that mermaids can live for hundreds of years!"
"I guess it is full of gold coins, no, dragon coins! A chest full of dragon coins can buy the entire Flower Town. "
"Jim, think about it. Even if the entire Flower Town, including you and I, were sold, we would not be able to sell a few dragon coins! A chest full of dragon coins can buy the entire Coral Island! "
Carter turned around and berated the chattering servants: "Have you forgotten the etiquette of aristocracy? Do your jobs well and don't pay attention to matters that have nothing to do with you, understand?"
Mrs. Morrison also came downstairs. She swept the maids with a glance and fixed her gaze on Maggie: "Master's study's hygiene is not up to standard. There are even debris in the corners. Maggie, this is your dereliction of duty. You need to clean it again."
"Yes, Mrs. Morrison." Maggie nodded in agreement and hurriedly went to get the cleaning tools.
Under the rebuke of the two stewards, the servants did not dare to act rashly and returned to their posts. Only Carter and Morrison were left in the hall.
"Master hasn't returned yet?"
"Master went to the black nightshade field. The black nightshade in the field is not very good. Master is trying to find a solution."
"I went to see the black nightshade. It is indeed not good. Mr. Carter, do you think it can still come back to life?"
"I believe it can." Carter smiled slightly, "Because Master will save it. The glory of the Knight favors the Flower Town, and even more favors the Master."
Liszt did not know that his steward trusted him so much.
At this time, he was looking at the black nightshade, which was on the verge of death, frowning as he pondered on how to help it condense magic power: "The mission said that 'magic power as gentle as water' is flowing away. Does it mean that the black nightshade needs to be replenished with water-attributed magic power? In the fief, only I and Markus have attributed qi, but they are of the fire and wind attributes respectively. "
Suddenly.
A flash of inspiration struck.
He thought of the black pearls. He had fourteen water-attributed black pearls in the gem space: "Perhaps I can grind the black pearls and sprinkle them on the black nightshade's roots so that it can absorb water-attributed magic power by itself … I don't know if this is the right idea, but at present, this is the only way."
Making a desperate attempt, he immediately took out a fist-sized black pearl, grinded it, and buried it in the black nightshade's roots.
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