The Grand Duchy of Sapphire followed the system of the Steel Ridge Kingdom.
Knights were headed by the Patriarch of the Orders of Chivalry, while officials were headed by advisers.
As Liszt's home tutor, Gort was appointed by the count to follow Liszt to the Flower Town after the enfeoffment system. What he wanted was the position of adviser.
After all, no matter how nice the home tutor sounded, it couldn't change the fact that he was a servant.
The same was true for Markus. He was also a home tutor, but his identity was still a retainer Knight, belonging to the servant sequence. Even though Gort was an aristocrat, albeit the lowest rank of Chevalier Knight, he wasn't even an aristocrat. He was just one of the better commoners.
"Sir, you want to confer the position of Flower Town's adviser on me?" Gort still couldn't believe it. He had been here for half a year, yet Liszt had never mentioned the position of adviser. He was about to give up.
He didn't expect good news to fall from the sky. Caught off guard, he was appointed as an adviser.
"What's wrong, is Teacher Gort not willing to take the position?"
"I am willing, of course I am willing. How could I not be willing, haha." Gort was in high spirits, beaming with joy, "I am ready to serve Sir at any time. In governing the Flower Town, I must do what I preach. I will definitely live up to my duties as an adviser and will not slack off in the slightest."
Liszt said: "I have seen your recent work attitude. You are my home tutor, so I trust you. The Flower Town is my only fief and also the foundation of my fight for glory. Its importance is self-evident. I hope that you can take it seriously. "
Gort put away his bright smile, put his left hand on his chest, and solemnly performed a Knight's salute: "As you wish!"
"I will leave the Flower Town to you, my adviser."
"I am willing to serve Sir!"
There was no grand appointment ceremony. The Flower Town was just a small rural town. Just like that, an advisor equivalent to the town's mayor was selected.
Strictly speaking, being an advisor sounded better than being an administrative officer at most. Gort's real power did not increase by much. An advisor could appoint the town's officials. It sounded like he had great power, but the castle was just next door. No official appointment could avoid Liszt.
However, their income had greatly increased.
His salary, which used to be 10 copper coins a day, was increased to 20 copper coins a day. With a higher income, he would be able to buy a lot of extra wine or some furniture for his and Freja's small family.
"Congratulations, Lord Advisor!" Isaiah and the others congratulated Gort.
Gort was in high spirits, laughing incessantly: "For Sir Baron Liszt, for the grace of the Knight, and for the future of all of us, let us make Flower Town more prosperous and prosperous!"
People are in high spirits when faced with happy events.
Over the next two days, Gort, who was acting as a consultant, devoted himself to his work with great enthusiasm. In addition to managing specific affairs, he did not forget Liszt's instructions to make an overall arrangement for the future planning of the Flower Town. To this end, he made a request at the dinner party.
"Sir, I am going to carry out another census of the town. No, it should be called a census of the town's resources. First of all, the farmland area should be calculated and the agricultural structure of the Flower Town should be planned. When the 500 serfs arrive, the serfs can be quickly arranged to farm. Secondly, investigate the caravan's merchandise sales and reasonably arrange craftsmen to run the shops. "
He waved a small fork, disregarding aristocratic etiquette, and said passionately, "There will be more and more caravans coming and going from the town. The Flower Caravan and the Thorns Caravan can sell the town's products. Our commercial district will soon prosper and bring a lot of gold coins to the castle!"
"Very good idea. Adviser Gort, make this plan in more detail, and then let me have a look."
"Yes, Sir."
… …
Outside the town's administrative office.
Kosto was pacing back and forth. From time to time, civilians passing by would greet him, and he would respond one by one. Kosto was now a celebrity in the town. The source of his fame was not because he was the first captain of the Flower Town's first ship, the Flower, but because of his tireless attitude of seeking.
Almost every family's young son had been roped in by him. "Young man, you have a lot of ideas. Learn sailing from me!"
Even those young bachelors had been roped in by him. "There are more men than women in the Flower Town. You can't get a wife. It is better to learn sailing from me. There are countless women in the outside world. After a trip, you can marry a hard-working and capable woman with a big ass and give birth to many sons for you. "
Most people scoffed at Kosto's roping in.
The 'mainland complex' brought by the aristocracy made the narrow-minded commoners have a natural fear and ignorance of the sea.
Therefore, after countless setbacks, Kosto only roped in ten bachelors and twelve teenagers to learn sailing from him and become apprentice sailors. Moreover, this was free teaching. If he were to collect tuition fees, it was estimated that no one would come. He also had to subsidize a few tons of lunches from time to time.
If it wasn't for the fixed salary paid by the sir lord to teach the Knight squad, he wouldn't even be able to get a single apprentice.
Kosto was not discouraged by his yearning for the sea. He was still enthusiastic to train apprentice sailors of varying ages.
But for the past two days, none of the apprentice sailors had come.
Kosto was anxious.
Clop clop clop.
The horses' hooves made a crisp sound as they stepped on the gravel road.
He immediately went to greet them. The town's consultant had returned: "Sir Consultant!"
"Oh, it's Captain Kosto. What's the matter?" Gort looked travel-worn, and his face was a little purple from the sun.
"My apprentices have all gone to cut down trees. Sir Consultant, they need to learn sailing instead of being transferred to do insignificant things like cutting down trees."
"I'm sorry, Kosto. Cutting down trees is not an insignificant matter. Sir Lord personally instructed me to do this. It is related to the future development of the entire Flower Town. Your sailing career can wait a few days. In any case, you don't need to go to sea. Just give yourself a vacation. I don't have the time to take a vacation even if I wanted to. "
Gort didn't attach much importance to Kosto. He just wanted to send him away. The town couldn't even farm, so how could it have the leisure to go sailing?
However, he underestimated Kosto's determination. After saying that 'Sir Lord wants to develop the sailing career', Kosto followed Gort. Wherever Gort went, he would go, even if Gort went home. Gort had no choice but to agree.
"I can transfer twelve of your apprentice sailors to continue learning sailing from you. However, the adult apprentices must cut down trees."
"Alright!" Kosto hurriedly responded. He was already satisfied that he could get twelve apprentice sailors.
"There is one more thing. If the youngsters help at the tree cutting site, they will get a copper coin for two days. You will have to pay for this loss."
"Oh heavens, I don't have any money!"
"Don't tell me you don't want the youngsters to earn money? Their parents will teach you how to be a man, Kosto. "
"The sailing career is for Sir Lord's glory. Do you want the town to just stand by and watch? The town should pay for this! "
After another round of shameless wrangling, Gort finally agreed that the town would subsidize the apprentices' lost wages during the logging war.
Only then did Kosto board the Flower, satisfied.
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