There were ten more maids and ten more menservants in the castle.
Eight maids were responsible for cleaning the castle's periphery: O'Meara, Lucy, Ropa, Rose, Winna, Grammy, Monica, Bellucci, and two kitchen maids, Jessica and Anna. It was worth mentioning that Irene Fourfingers had been promoted, although she still worked in the kitchen.
She had worked for the castle for a year and should have been promoted to an official maid.
But she liked the kitchen and was willing to stay in the kitchen.
So she became an official kitchen maid, and her salary rose from one copper coin a day to two copper coins a day. The same salary as Mrs. Abby's three kitchen assistants.
Of the ten menservants, five were assistant menservants: Isidor, Morris, Harris, Sam, and Alger. The rough and heavy work of the castle was handed over to them.
The remaining five were handed over to the groom, One-eyed Barton, who trained them to raise horses, raise dogs, protect the forest, guard the garden, and protect the worm grass.
With a total of forty servants, the castle could no longer accommodate them.
So the new menservants and maids were all arranged to live in a corner of the town's civilian residential area, which was specially divided into the castle servants' residential area and separated by walls.
In addition, there were forty trainee girls and boys in the castle.
When they grew up, the castle with Liszt's name would be built, and they would directly become qualified servants. Like the development of the town, the training of servants was also an essential part of the nobility's development.
Seeing the satisfied smile on Little Lily's face.
Liszt was also satisfied.
These people were living around him, and being able to bring stability and happiness to the people around him was naturally a very fulfilling thing.
"Little Lily, go inform Butler Carter and have him bring the piano to the worm room."
"Yes, Master."
Little Lily quickly walked downstairs, leaving behind a graceful back, which Liszt watched until she disappeared around the corner of the stairs. He chuckled softly. "I wonder if the beautiful body of youth will choose to stay in the castle like Mrs. Morrison and never marry, or at some point, decide to marry and have children?"
Although the menservants and maids were castle servants, they could still get married.
It was just that many maids didn't want to choose marriage. Marriage meant having children, and having children meant unemployment. It would be very difficult to return to the castle to work. The male servant didn't mind. His salary was enough to support his wife and child, and with his connections, he could even send his child to work in the castle.
Lords usually trust the descendants of the castle elders more.
There were also many unmarried male servants. Butler Carter was one of them. Liszt sometimes found it hard to understand what they were thinking when they dedicated their lives to the noble lords.
So far, according to the information reported by Butler Carter, there had been no romance between the servants in the castle.
After Liszt and Butler Carter had discussed the rules and regulations of the castle, they did not prohibit men and maids from dating. They just did not allow love to affect their work, and even more so, they were not allowed to have sex in the castle.
Very soon.
Butler Carter led the manservants to move the upright piano into the worm room.
In fact, the most suitable room for a piano was the entertainment room, which could be used as a practice room after some modifications. But Liszt didn't want a separate practice room. A practice room without a grand piano would look shabby.
He put the piano in the worm room.
Playing the piano without an audience was a very lonely thing. There were not only many sprite worms in the worm room, but also the thorny sprite Ella and the siren A Qi, who could really understand music.
Sirens were called singing demons by more people because of their moving voices.
On lazy afternoons, A Qi had once attached herself to Liszt's ear and softly hummed a Sapphire Grand Duchy ballad. That nightingale's beautiful voice made Liszt enjoy it so much that he forgot to leave. It was as if he had already entered the world described by the song, half asleep and half awake, not knowing where he was.
"Brother, is this the piano?" The siren floated in front of the piano. Her ankles were connected to the sea, and it was the sea that held her in mid-air.
A few strands of water obstructed the view of the mysterious area, which made people more imaginative and wanted to explore it.
He paused for a moment before turning his eyes to the piano. "This is a vertical piano. If you want to learn, I can teach you how to play the piano."
"Well, A Qi wants to learn." She nodded quickly, but suddenly hesitated. "Let's not learn first. A Qi still has to study magic. There are many magic waiting to be studied. I hope A Qi can become a great wizard one day soon."
A Qi had her own ideas.
Liszt did not intend to force it.
He just practiced the piano on the side, playing "To Alice" and "With You" constantly, to recover the playing skills left behind by his predecessor as soon as possible.
Perhaps it was because of his outstanding talent, just as his cultivation of qi was very fast, his proficiency in playing the piano was also very fast.
The memory of his fingers was called out by the music.
At some point, A Qi's singing had sounded softly, as if accompanied by the sound of the piano.
"Look, how beautiful this ocean is! How exciting it is! Look, how intoxicating this natural scenery is! "
"Look, the orchard beside the hillside is full of lipstick-like raspberries, everywhere is fragrant, everywhere is full of warmth."
"But you said 'goodbye' to me, abandoned your lover forever, left your hometown forever. Do you really have the heart not to come back? Please don't abandon me, don't make me suffer anymore! "
"Return to the River Castle, come back!"
This is a very popular folk song of the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom. The story describes a territory called River Castle. The workers in the local raspberry garden hope that their loved ones who are far away from home will return to the River Castle.
The author is no longer known.
Some people say that it was the workers in the raspberry garden whose husbands went to the battlefield and missed them. Some people say that it was a bard who abandoned the heartbroken girl and wrote the poem. Some people say that it was the Lord of the River Castle, whose wife ran away with someone else, and wrote the song "Return to the River Castle" in great pain.
The Grand Duchy of Sapphire is a vassal of the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom. Basically, whatever is popular in the Iron and Steel Ridge Kingdom will eventually be popular here.
"Return to the River Castle" is not surprising.
In A Qi's singing, Liszt gradually felt that his piano was no longer able to accompany her. The siren's singing should belong to the sea, not to the accompaniment of an amateur pianist in a small room with a vertical piano. However, Liszt was still struggling to maintain it.
Even under the pressure of the siren's singing, there was a clear epiphany in his playing skills.
He vented his emotions into the piano playing, his fingers connected to his ears, and his body rose and fell with the rhythm.
Dang!
Dang dang!
When the last note was played, A Qi's singing also happened to stop.
He was in a good mood and his playing skills soared, as if he had become a master.
He couldn't help but take A Qi's slender fingers and kiss the back of her white and tender hand. He said enthusiastically and gracefully, "This is a wonderful cooperation, A Qi."
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