As the sprite worm had yet to be born, it was impossible for Liszt to foolishly wait here. Therefore, after arranging for someone to keep watch, he returned to the castle. The Flower Town only had contact with the outside world through the Thorns Ridge. Very few people came and went.
Only when the Count came to collect taxes would a caravan follow the Knight team.
Now that the Flower Town had become Liszt's territory, with no one coming to collect taxes, the caravans might not be willing to come. Therefore, nobody would have any ideas about sprite worms.
As for the Flower Town's residents, no one dared to have any ideas about the sprite worm.
Sprite worms were the darlings of nature. They would only establish a master-slave contract with humans with magic power. Perhaps World of Warcraft could do the same, but World of Warcraft did not have such an idea.
Magic power referred to Dou Qi and Magic. Although their manifestations were different, their essence was the same.
In Flower Town, there were only three people with magic power: Liszt, Markus, and Gort. Markus and Gort were famous on the Coral Island. Even if they stole the sprite worms, they could not run away. On the Coral Island, no one dared to touch the things of the Tulip family. Liszt was a member of the Tulip family.
Therefore, there was no need to worry about the safety of the peanut sprite worm.
He went to his study room, closed the door, and concentrated for a moment, waiting for the smoke to appear. After repeated experiments, he had completely grasped the pattern of the smoke's appearance. He just needed to calm down and he would be able to see it.
As expected.
One minute later.
Twisting Serpentines appeared before his eyes.
"Mission completed. Reward: 1 peanut sprite worm."
"Just as I thought, the peanut sprite is the reward for the previous mission … I don't know how this smoke mission appeared, but it doesn't seem to give out rewards out of thin air. The rewards are all things that exist in reality, or are things that are about to happen … The improvement of my fighting aura is probably a result of my accumulation, and the peanut sprite should have appeared in the first place."
However, without the smoke mission, these rewards would probably be wasted.
He reckoned that he would still be a Trainee Knight, and the Peanut Sprite Worm would also quietly die.
At this time, the twisted smoke Serpentines had already appeared.
"Quest: How can the lord of a territory not even know the number of citizens? Please complete a census of the territory and understand the basic situation of the citizens. Reward: New type of Tulip. "
"Census? Isn't that what I was planning to do? It seems that the smoke mission is updating the content according to my actual situation … A new type of Tulip, what does this mean? Is it going to give me a magic potion? "Liszt guessed.
The Tulip family grew stronger because of Tulip.
Tulips were not only a kind of flower, but also a magic ingredient — a medicinal ingredient with magic power. Magic potions were important supplementary materials to assist in the cultivation of magic and Dou Qi. In Liszt's memory, the most expensive Tulip potion could be sold for a sky-high price of ten gold coins.
The new breed of Tulip, if there was a magic potion, would definitely be a great weapon to revitalize the economy.
Even if it wasn't a magic potion, contributing it to the Tulip Castle and allowing the Great Tulip Elves of the family to assimilate it would also increase the Great Elves' evolution and development potential.
"Then, the next step is to vigorously promote the census! A small town with a population of one or two thousand at most, what is so troublesome about it? Gort really disappoints me. If worse comes to worst, I will personally supervise it. "
A population of one or two thousand was not much compared to a school in Liszt's hometown. Liszt, who had been the president of the academy's student council, had a lot of confidence in his own abilities.
… …
But for Gort, this was an extremely tricky task.
At the time of the handover, he had asked the former administrative officer, a knight sent by the sir count. The knight had only done one thing in the Flower Town, that was, collecting taxes.
The Knight didn't care about anything else. Even the Knight himself hardly ever came to the Flower Town. He let his retainer Knight manage it on his behalf.
The retainer Knight also only did one thing – collect taxes. He didn't care about anything else.
The Flower Town's taxes included peanuts, milk, wheat, barley, oats, tomatoes, and Tulip. The Earl Of Coral Island collected taxes every three months, taking away most of the crops that the Flower Town didn't produce. After collecting taxes, the Knight no longer cared about the Flower Town.
How could a remote and desolate place compare to the bustling Coral City?
Therefore, Gort sat in the dilapidated administrative office room and looked at his four clerks and six patrolmen. He felt that the census was an impossible task.
"None of you have ever read a book or read a word? There is not a single scholar in the entire town? "
A clerk said embarrassedly: "Sir, there is no school in the town, and we have never left the town …"
The patrolman with a bright red nose said: "Maybe the Old Leathersmith knows how to read. He came from another island. I saw a book in his house. It was such a thick book. I even flipped through it and there were drawings of people inside. However, the Old Leathersmith beat me up. He is blind, his leather shoes are especially sturdy, and he is also very good at beating people up. "
A blind man, Gort didn't even think about it and ignored the old leathersmith.
Since there was no one who could read, he could only say: "You should know how to count. Each of you go to a settlement and count the number of households and people in the settlement!"
This should have been a simple task. But after a day, when the clerks and patrolmen came back to report, Gort felt like going crazy.
He berated loudly: "What? There are 18 households and 56 people in the peanut settlement? Mr. Teacup, are you trying to make me laugh?! "
Mr. Teacup, whose full name was David Teacup, was a clerk. He had a confused expression on his face: "Sir, I didn't. I have counted several times, but I don't know if I am right or not. The number is different every time."
There were 23 households and 92 people in the peanut settlement. This was the number that Gort had personally calculated when Liszt had rescued the peanut fields.
He really couldn't figure out why David Teacup could count 18 households and 56 people.
There was no need to think about it.
The numbers of households and people in the other settlements were definitely also nonsense.
Thinking of this, Gort powerlessly waved his hand: "Alright, no need to report. You can keep the numbers for yourselves to play with. Go and bring my horse over. I want to go to the castle to see Baron Liszt. "
Riding his horse to the castle, Gort complained to Liszt with an exaggerated expression: "You simply don't know that those clerks and patrolmen can't even count from one to ten! We simply can't rely on them to complete the census. Liszt, I have already written a letter and only need to send it out. Perhaps we can wait for them to arrive before doing the census. "
"How long do we have to wait?"
"Don't worry, Liszt. We have enough time, don't we?"
"I can't wait." Liszt rapped his finger on the table: "Mr. Carter, who in the castle can read?"
Carter slightly bowed and said: "My Lord, I can write letters and read books. Thomas can as well. Hmm, Mrs. Morrison should also be able to."
"In that case, I will have to trouble Mrs. Morrison and Thomas to come over. In addition, help me call Teacher Markus and my four retainer Knight over. I remember that they can all write."
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