The banquet was over.
Liszt got down to business: "I am going to build a new settlement on the East Coast to house some serfs as fishermen."
The farmers were very busy during the planting season, but after planting the crops, they would become very idle.
Liszt felt that this was an unreasonable allocation of human resources. It would be better to free up a part of the farmers and focus on developing the offshore fishery, no, the coastal fishery.
Now that there were no ships, even if they wanted to go fishing, it would be impossible.
"Such delicacies should indeed be harvested more. However, Liszt, the fief's population is too small. We don't even have 2,000 people. The settlement's agricultural production cannot be separated from the serfs' labor force. "
"I will think of a way to increase the population." Liszt didn't say much.
In fact, he had already discussed with Levis that he would purchase serfs from Levis in exchange for a share of the Black Tulip. The count's fleet would go out to sea to trade, so it could carry a lot of serfs when it returned. These serfs might come from war-torn islands or the continent.
Gort seemed to understand: "Since you said so, then I will immediately start planning for the new settlement."
"Sir Baron, what is the name of the new settlement?" Asked Isaiah.
"Let's call it … the oyster settlement."
Liszt had great expectations for the oyster settlement. He hoped that after the settlement was built, a group of serfs would be converted into fishermen who would continuously fish for seafood, provide food for the Flower Town, and provide a material foundation for the future construction. Every winter, the Flower Town's subjects would hide at home and sleep to reduce food consumption.
With food, the cold of winter was nothing.
A lot of construction could start in winter.
In the evening, Gort came to the castle again: "Liszt, the corn grass was found! The patrol finally did something serious. They found a batch of corn grass at the edge of the Thorns Ridge in the southwest corner of the fief. "
"Take me to see it."
Before the sky turned dark, Liszt saw with his own eyes a large area of corn grass, mixed with other weeds. Compared to the three wild corn plants in the wheat settlement, these corn grasses were much shorter, probably due to malnutrition.
Liszt turned around and felt a little disappointed.
This was probably the origin of corn grass, but there were no signs of sprite worms being bred. Without sprite worms, it would be very difficult for corn grass to develop.
Moreover, with the help of sprite worms, it was impossible to gradually improve the breed and get closer to the corncob.
"Keep an eye on them. You must collect the seeds well. When we return to the town, choose a suitable place to plant a batch of them in the fields. This will provide a new breed of pasture for the horse farm and dairy farm."
…
At night, after taking a shower, Liszt was reading in his study.
Smoke Serpentines condensed before his eyes: "Mission completed. Rewarded with new information on the invisible dragon."
In a flash, the smoke distorted and a new mission was issued: "Mission: The fishing industry has been put on the lord's agenda. A group of serfs will soon be driven into the sea by you. Commanding subjects was a necessary skill for a lord, but sustainable development was more important. Please upgrade the equipment of the fishermen. Reward: A large patch of smoke grass. "
"A big patch of smoked grass. What is that? Tobacco?"
Upgrading the fishermen's equipment was a very simple task. Even if the smoke mission had not been issued, he would still have done it. There were no tools for fishing, and he could not let the fishermen use their hands.
The rocks after the tide had receded were very sharp, and if one was not careful, they could cut their fingers.
The mission reward was no longer information on the invisible dragon, which made Liszt feel somewhat relieved. Bing began to look forward to what the smoke grass was.
Smoking was popular among the aristocrats. The Tulip family had planted a lot of tobacco and even had a tobacco lesser sprite.
"Therefore, the smoke grass should not be tobacco. There are tobacco seeds among the seeds traded from Tulip Castle. If I want to plant them, I can plant them at any time."
Liszt no longer worried about it. Sooner or later, he would know what the smoke grass was.
He waved his hand to disperse the smoke Serpentines and continued to read. The count honored his words. When Liszt returned, he sent him a carriage full of books.
At present, he was reading an autobiographical novel called [Earth Ranger Griff's Travels].
From a first-person point of view, the book introduced the experiences of an Earth Knight named Griff, who traveled through the Grand Duchy of Maple Leaf. The story was very interesting. Although a lot of the content, in Liszt's view, was purely obscene – such as having an affair with the Countess, eloping with the Young Miss Marchioness, and chatting merrily and wittily with the Grand Duke of Maple Leaf.
This was not the treatment that a descendant of a fallen aristocrat, who was not even a Lord Knight, could enjoy.
However, the author of the book was certainly a person with rich experience. He introduced a lot of customs and practices that were very different from Coral Island, as well as the decadent lives of some aristocrats, and many hearsay stories.
Very interesting.
Liszt liked this kind of novel, where he could read the story and gain knowledge.
"Hmm?"
While he was reading, the story suddenly jumped to a dragon-slaying battle, in which Griff traveled to a small town that was being invaded by an invisible creature. The lord of the small town had fled, and the people were powerless to resist. At this time, Griff decided to save the suffering people.
After observing it, he concluded that it was an invisible dragon. However, the book did not mention how he observed it and came to this conclusion.
"The invisible dragon is a mystical dragon hidden in another world. Only the most courageous and upright Knight can see it. I am not courageous enough. If I want to see it, I have to summon my courage! I have to find it, face it, and find its weakness! "
Griff thus succeeded in courting death. He arrived in front of the invisible dragon and was beaten to the point of vomiting blood by the invisible dragon. But because of this, he saw the invisible dragon.
"Ah, what a beautiful dragon it is. It is like a flowing crystal, colorless and transparent all over. I vomited blood, and the blood actually passed through its body. Yes, I can't touch it. I am very depressed, because I may never be able to ride it. "
Liszt admired Griff's tenacity. He was about to be beaten to death by the invisible dragon, yet he still regretted not being able to ride the dragon.
Fortunately, Griff was self-aware.
"I knew it wanted to kill me. I couldn't see its eyes and could only see a vague mass of water, but I knew it wanted to kill me. I could feel its mood. I had already forgotten about life and death. I just wanted to smoke a cigarette or two at the last moment. Oh, sorry, I don't have any tobacco. I had to randomly grab a handful of grass next to me and chew it to resist my addiction. "
Reading up to this point, Liszt raised his eyebrows.
He continued to read.
"Later, I learned that the grass I grabbed is called smoke grass. It is a grass very similar to tobacco, but its taste is unique, just like the socks I wore for sixteen or twenty-six days without washing. I was about to vomit. Yes, at that moment, I successfully quit smoking. I swore that I would never smoke again! "
"I was addicted to smoking for seventeen years. When I was a child, my father liked to smoke the tobacco he rolled himself. He would ask me, 'Hey, Griff, do you smoke …'"
The latter part of the book was about his father teaching him how to smoke.
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