Even though the snow and ice had arrived, the sea of Flower Town was not frozen, and the Flowers returned to the dock unimpeded.
This time, they brought back a ship full of volcanic glass ore and some fire dragon bone fragments.
"The architectural plan of the port town has been roughly planned according to the design drawings of the Lord." Markus reported to Liszt in the castle study, "The bone fragments in the burial ground have been cleaned up, and most of the volcanic glass ore between the rock pillars has been mined. If we continue to mine now, we will destroy the grassland."
"The grassland cannot be destroyed for the time being. It is important to raise black blood horses, and there is enough volcanic glass. This is a strategic resource. We have to think about the future of Black Horse Island."
"So how will the next plan for Black Horse Island be carried out?"
Liszt thought for a moment. "Build a residential area in the port town. I will increase the number of immigrants and strive to form the port town as soon as possible to facilitate the development of Black Horse Island."
Black Horse Island was his future foundation, and Flower Town was a temporary shelter.
His first plan was to build a small town on Black Horse Island, the port town, as a frontier for the development of Black Horse Island. The Count developed Coral Island and accumulated resources for several generations, but he started from scratch and could only do it step by step.
Black Horse Island needed to be kept secret, so for the time being, Thomas could only be entrusted to develop it.
After talking about the port town.
Markus expressed his doubts. "My Lord, have you studied the role of magic in volcanic glass?" He had been in charge of mining and did not know the progress in this area.
Liszt had no intention of hiding it. "Teacher Markus, I have discovered the role of magic. It can be used as a continuous source of heat."
He pulled out the design drawings he had drawn and handed them to Markus.
"This is the bathhouse plan I designed. There are a lot of projects in winter in Flower Town. Civilians work and sweat every day and need a bathhouse to drive away the cold and reduce the danger of cold. Children who train in qi also need the help of a bathhouse. The magic of the fire dragon is very suitable for the bathhouse. "
Markus looked at the design drawings and handed back the thick bast paper. "My Lord's design is exquisite!"
In fact, he did not understand Liszt's abstract architectural proportions.
Putting away the blueprint, Liszt asked Thomas to call Gort over for a small meeting. The content of the meeting was to select a new group of strong serfs and assign them to work on Black Horse Island.
"In this way, the number of serfs in Flower Town is not enough." Gort complained.
"If it's not enough, I'll buy more. Now is a good time to buy serfs." Liszt had already treated the slave trade as a daily routine. "As for the gold coins stored in the castle, I'll think of a way."
He planned to sell a batch of mithril ore — this was a precious strategic resource, and he was reluctant to sell it. However, it was still a long time before the Flower Town could cast armor. Even if he formed a Knight squad, they could only be equipped with standard armor produced in Tulip Castle, not mithril armor.
With the existence of smoke tasks, there is still a lot of wealth to be harvested in the future, and immediate development is more important.
Gort had no problem with the sale of serfs. He said easily, "Yes, the price of serfs will be very cheap now, and maybe it will attract a few more Paris."
"Paris?" Markus wondered.
"A female mercenary, her sister is a sold serf. She followed and is now a guard of my Lord. She is very powerful, an Elite Earth Knight."
Markus asked cautiously, "Can she be trusted?"
Liszt knocked on the table and replied, "Her basic situation should not be false, but trust is not yet reached. You have to guard against her for many secret things."
"Understood." Markus nodded and said, "But my Lord, I suggest that my Lord recruit followers from Coral Island as much as possible. The Tulip family has been working on Coral Island for 20 years. They are all trustworthy forces."
Of course, Liszt understood.
But Paris was a reward from the smoke task, and it was related to dragons. Liszt could not say it clearly, so he changed the subject, "Speaking of recruiting followers, Adviser Gort, are there many people who want to go to Flower Town recently?" As the Lord's adviser, he was Liszt's representative.
Gort replied, "There are many aristocrats and quasi-aristocrats who have written to me, but not many have made up their minds. You know, the aggressive Knight has followed the Count to the battlefield, and the rest have either lost their initiative or are not strong enough. "
"Try to choose, especially young Earth Knight and quasi-aristocrats who are familiar with official business."
Young Earth Knight can be cultivated to prepare for the upcoming Knight squad. Quasi-aristocrats who are familiar with the business can first be inspected in Flower Town, and later sent to Black Horse Island.
"As you wish. By the way, my Lord, do you remember Zambrotta? "
"Lytton's tutor who was stripped of his title. What's wrong?"
"He wrote to me, hoping to come to Flower Town in the next few days. He can't stand it anymore and hopes to find a job in Flower Town."
"You receive him first, and I will consider his knowledge later. If I am satisfied, I will not be stingy with a job. If he is not, I will not disregard my father's dignity for him."
… …
Markus met Paris at the dinner party held in the restaurant on the first floor.
There was no friction, and the two just nodded to each other. After that, Paris concentrated on food. She had been completely attracted by the castle's scrambled eggs, egg soup, bread with varied flavors, and fragrant milk. She wanted to eat and drink three meals a day in the castle.
Her sister lived in Mrs. Harriet's house. She lived alone and was too lazy to cook.
Of course, eating in the castle, she was not qualified to enter the restaurant on the second floor. She was eating at a table with Randy, Russell, and Liszt's knights on the first floor.
Only nobles and tutors could sit on the second floor.
In order to win over his subordinates, Liszt often held banquets in the restaurant on the first floor to facilitate all his subordinates to gather at one table to eat.
Of course, he had actually entertained Carl, Röhm, and others on the second floor. At that time, his understanding of the nobility was not very deep. Now he would not do that. Most of the time, the strict hierarchical system reflected the authority of the lord and the noble nature of the nobility.
This was often a move to bow down and win people's hearts.
After eating in the same pot for a long time, some people might not be able to see clearly and really think that being close to the people was a good thing, overstepping the status of each other.
Butt, head.
Liszt was a nobleman. Of course, he sat on the chair on the second floor. Coming downstairs to eat was just to win people's hearts.
"The security of the territory must be strictly managed. Carl, the patrol team needs to be expanded. The current quota of 30 people is too small. On average, there is only one patrol member for more than 100 people. Try to expand the recruitment to 90 people and assign one patrol member for 40 people. The ratio is barely up to standard. "
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