"I invented it."
"You invented it?"
"Yes, a shipwreck was found on the coast of Flower Town and some treasures were salvaged, including a few crystals. I invited a crystal craftsman and a wizard to carve a crystal lamp for me. Then I found that after the crystal was ground into a lens, the two pieces superimposed on each other could magnify the line of sight. "
The story was naturally a fabricated story, but the Count did not delve into the truth of the story.
For him, it was not important how the telescope was invented. What was important was why the telescope could see so far and what other uses it had.
"No wonder many people say that you have been blessed by the glory of the Knight in the past year." The Count rubbed the wooden lens of the telescope and said with emotion, "Can you recognize its value?"
"I think it can be used in war. If you can observe the enemy's movements from a distance, it should be of great help."
"The Knight's Charge, if you can use the telescope, can capture the local Orders of Chivalry's movements faster and grasp the most suitable fighter. Its value can be very small, or even useless. The large-scale Orders of Chivalry's Charge is a head-on collision; but it can also be very big. "
The Count was very experienced in the Charge all year round. "The small Orders of Chivalry are more mobile and flexible. With the telescope, whether it is a sneak attack or a counter-sneak attack, you can seize the initiative … In yesterday's battle deduction game, if I had a telescope, many of your sneak attack tactics would not work at all."
Liszt nodded and then added, "If I used the telescope, I could achieve more brilliant tactical results."
"Well, there is nothing wrong with that."
"So the value of the telescope can be very great, and I think it is very suitable to give it to you as a gift."
"You have grown up." The Count sighed again, his eyes full of relief, but he quickly restrained it. "The telescope is of great significance, and its secrets need to be protected. It must not be known by outsiders!"
"So far, I am probably the only one who can understand the secrets inside the telescope." Liszt suddenly remembered something. "Oh, by the way, the crystal craftsman Brad, if he has the heart, he should be able to understand the principle of the telescope. After all, he was the one who made the lens."
"Then, this crystal craftsman must not be left alone."
"How about you give him and his family to me? As for the theory behind the telescope, I can immediately present it to Tulip Castle. "Liszt had an idea and said. As for Brad's family, they were freedmen, which was meaningless. If the count wanted to arrange someone to go to the Flower Town, then no one could defy him.
Of course, the count would not bother with such a trivial matter. "I'll let Jacob deal with it later."
Jacob is the earl's territorial adviser.
Satisfied with the telescope, the Count did not wait for Liszt to open his mouth and took the initiative to give more benefits. "I heard that you got three thousand catties of iron ingots from Levis?" The Count was well aware of the little tricks between his sons, so he said it so calmly, but it was not without the intention of beating him up.
Because Levis and Liszt never played with Lytton. Such a clear estrangement was a situation that the count did not want to see — they were all his sons.
"Yes, I have improved the process of ordinary fermented wine and brewed a semi-finished liquor. I hope to cooperate with my brother to sell it. Three thousand catties of iron ingots is a little gift from my brother."
"You can come up with the technology of liquor, which shows that you are not only blessed by the glory of the Knight, but also have a big picture and long-term planning. I am full of expectations for your future. I will give you ten thousand catties of iron ingots from the spoils of war as compensation for the telescope technology. "
The Count was generous!
Liszt was very excited. "Thank you, Lord Father!"
As a rare resource, ten thousand catties of iron can be made into a lot of ironware, which is very valuable. Perhaps the role of ironware is mostly used to make armor and weapons, but for Liszt, iron is one of the basic materials of industry, which is a material that wood can never replace.
Even if Liszt has fast-growing iron thorns, a wood of ironwood quality.
After thanking him, Liszt called the manservant and brought the five pieces of mithril ore that he had specially prepared into the study. "Lord Father, this is one of the treasures I found in the shipwreck. I want to exchange it for some gold coins. The territory's financial income is not enough and is very tight."
"Mithril?" The Count, of course, has seen this ore and immediately recognized it in his hand. In fact, he has armed an elite Knight squad with mithril armor. "These five pieces of mithril can be integrated into iron ingots and can be made into almost ten sets of mithril armor. They are very valuable."
He gave Liszt a meaningful look.
Liszt looked at the count calmly. He understood what the count meant. The Flower Town had brought out a lot of good things. The benefits from the shipwreck were probably more than just a few pieces of mithril and the previously mentioned crystals. However, he also understood that the count would never rob his own son of his private property.
"How about a piece of mithril ore converted into one hundred gold coins?"
"Of course, thank you for your generosity, Lord Father."
"Five hundred gold coins can buy 2,500 serfs, which is almost more than the population of Flower Town. Are you sure Flower Town can afford it?" The Count said with a smile.
Liszt's heart thumped.
He always felt that this smile was more profound than the look in his eyes just now. It was as if the Count had seen through everything a long time ago. Under this smile, Liszt felt that all his secrets were exposed. He had reason to think so. With the Count's knowledge of Coral Island, it was not difficult to know anything.
"Does he already know the existence of Black Horse Island?"
The thought flashed, and Liszt immediately suppressed it. Whether he knew or not, he just pretended not to know. Reclaiming a deserted island was not something that would anger the gods. As long as the Count did not know the existence of the black blood horse, even if Black Horse Island was known, it would not matter.
At least for now, the Count was not clear about the black blood horse. Otherwise, even if Liszt was his own son, he would not hesitate to take the black blood horse.
The affection of the aristocracy was not worth mentioning in the face of great benefits.
Besides, it was not a big deal to take the horses and compensate Liszt with some gold coins. How could the father-son relationship be shaken? Why not? There was no need for the Count to rob. As long as he launched a little family public opinion, Madame Penélope, Madame Marie, Lvera, and Levis would be able to drown Liszt.
In fact, from the perspective of interests, it was not necessarily a bad thing to contribute the black blood horse to the Count.
But Liszt was reluctant – the horses were in the hands of the Tulip family. He did not know how many years it would take for them to be given to his Armed Knight squad.
As a future Dragon Knight with a broad mind, his own things were his own things. If he did not want to give it to anyone, no one could take it away. The resources of the family should support him to achieve his lofty ideals and revitalize the family.
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