The importance of sprites is self-evident. Even in Tulip Castle, harvesting a sprite is a festival worth celebrating.
Therefore, after the birth of the thorn sprite, Liszt quickly summoned Gort and other officials.
The meeting was held in the castle.
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
"Wow!"
The thorn sprite flying around in the living room undoubtedly attracted everyone's attention. It was very bold and not afraid of people at all. With Liszt's connivance, it could not wait to turn the castle inside and out to check its home. And this little guy was quite fierce.
Thomas, who was in front of the tea, blocked its way. The little guy immediately bared its teeth at Thomas and waved its palm, seemingly ready to slap him directly.
Give Thomas a big slap.
Although because Thomas dodged in time, the big slap did not happen, but it still held its head high and shouted in front of Thomas for a while.
As if to say: "My territory, I am the master, despicable slave, open your dog eyes!"
In fact, it was almost the same. Liszt could feel its thoughts. The thorn sprite was indeed expressing its dissatisfaction with Thomas. Because of its contract with Liszt, it directly regarded the castle as its home. Except for Liszt, everyone else was unwelcome.
These unwelcome people, without self-awareness, were praising the thorn sprite in the living room.
"It is as beautiful as the stars in the sky, I can't think of a better word to describe it!" Gort danced, "Its arrival just proves what I said before, that Flower Town is not only a place blessed by the glory of the Knight, but also the birthplace of the glory of the Knight!"
"It's not just a little elf, it's also a little elf that brings endless wealth. Fast-growing Iron Thorns, Fast-growing Magic Thorns, under its care, will become trees full of gold coins."
Markus's words were always crisp, "The thorn sprite will carry the journey of Sir's glory!"
The praises were endless.
The thorn sprite was indeed worthy of such praise. It could grow a kind of potion, a kind of wood, and its strategic value was almost as important as the sprites that grew food crops.
He waved his hand.
The thorny fairies flying all over the ground suddenly landed on Liszt's shoulder and yawned. "Wow." They were probably tired of playing.
Liszt glanced at the sea of flattering followers and slowly said, "There will be plenty of time to praise you in the future. Right now, I want to know how to hold a celebration."
"Sir, please give me the task of hosting the celebration. I'm the best at it," Gort said without hesitation.
"Then tell me, how do you plan to celebrate?"
"Every time the Tulip Castle obtains a lesser sprite, it will invite the following aristocrats to a banquet. As the Baron of the Flower Town and a descendant of the Tulip family, you can invite the aristocrats of the North Valley City to a banquet. At the same time, the relatives in the Tulip Castle, as well as Sir Baron of Falcon Town, should be invited. "
Gort first decided who to invite.
Then he said, "In order to celebrate the thorn sprite, all the civilians in the territory should participate. I think there should be a day off … Well, forget it, there shouldn't be a holiday. Now the autumn harvest is busy and there is a shortage of manpower for various projects. It is simply unforgivable to let the lazy serfs have a holiday."
As a result, the civilians' holiday passed by in a flash.
It would be good to celebrate while working.
Blair heard this and added, "Perhaps, we should give each serf a copper coin to show Sir Lord's care."
"Is it really necessary to treat the serfs like this?" Gort disagreed. He had always looked down on the civilian class.
Liszt made the final decision. "It is decided that each serf will be given a copper coin and the freedmen will have a day off. As for you, on the day of the celebration, your salary will be doubled."
"Double the salary, well, that's a good idea." Gort nodded and praised.
"Thank you, Sir, for your generosity!" Karl, Röhm, and the others quickly expressed their gratitude. They liked that the lord they followed was a generous lord.
With a slight smile, Liszt was satisfied with the reaction of his subordinates.
He was not pretending to be generous by giving money away. The deeper meaning was that he was stimulating the circulation of goods in Flower Town through the distribution of money.
As the modern soul of the 21st century, he more or less understood a lot about economic theory.
After all, inflation can be felt every day, rising prices, depreciation of the RMB, and more and more wages, only to find that the distance from being able to afford a house is getting further and further away. It was also from these intuitive feelings that he slowly understood, cared about the country's economic policies, and knew what it meant to stimulate consumption.
The purpose of stimulating consumption was not consumption, but demand. Once there was demand, it could drive the development of various industries.
As the saying goes, money can only produce real value when it is in circulation.
If Liszt followed the example of other lords and hoarded all the gold coins in his own warehouse, then the territory would always be in the primitive farming stage. The subjects would not have enough to eat or starve to death, let alone buy goods, or start a small business, do some sideline, and so on.
With money in hand, there would be a desire to spend, and the territory would be revitalized.
Eventually, the primitive farming stage would be transformed into a handicraft industry and a processing industry, which would bring a steady stream of wealth. There would definitely be negative effects. With money, the subjects would be itchy.
They would not be so foolishly loyal.
But Liszt believed that as long as he firmly grasped the war machine, Orders of Chivalry, and regularly harvested a group of fat pigs that got rich first, the territory would not be able to make any waves. After all, this was a world ruled by personal strength. Wealth was only meaningful under the protection of strength.
"Consultant Gort, go on."
"As you wish, Sir." Gort restrained his excitement and made himself look like he did not love money so much. "The last and most important point of the celebration, Sir, is that you should announce the recruitment of followers at the celebration!"
Liszt raised his eyebrows and pondered, "Recruit followers?"
"Yes, everyone knows the importance of the sprites to the aristocracy. Having the sprites means that Sir will go further and achieve more glory. This is a great time to recruit followers. There will always be people like me, like Markus, like Blair, like Isaiah, who are willing to follow in your footsteps! "
Why celebrate the acquisition of the sprites?
On the one hand, of course, it was to be happy. On the other hand, it was to show off, show the powerful strength of the lord, and attract Knight vassals. In this world, the aristocracy and the freedmen have cultivated many Earth Knights, but only a few can get fiefs and titles. The rest are tirelessly looking for opportunities to become aristocrats.
"I, who have the Thorn Sprite, am an opportunity for these Earth Knights." Liszt instantly realized that with the birth of the Thorn Sprite, his momentum would inevitably rise.
From a baron in the countryside to a viscount guarding a city in the future!
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