Fortunately, after more than 500 words of reminiscence, Griff finally returned to the dragon-slaying storyline.
"I must assure you that I sincerely vowed to quit smoking, but I later forgot because I was shocked by the invisible dragon's actions. Heavens, it actually snatched the smoke grass from my hand and ate it. I think it must have not taken a bath for many years and had a misconception about the taste. "
"Sorry for speaking ill of the invisible dragon. In fact, we later became friends. Because it ate my smoke grass, it did not kill me, and I succeeded in exchanging a bundle of smoke grass and two cows for the invisible dragon's friendship. Frankly speaking, the invisible dragon is not big, only a little bigger than a house. "
"I have seen the Maple Leaf Grand Duke's bronze dragon. It is a beautiful metal dragon nearly 30 meters long. The invisible dragon is like its child. Oh, dragons don't have children."
"We had a pleasant afternoon together. In the evening, it came to me, shook its body, and then a gem fell into my hand. It flew away, but it left behind its gem, a gem the size of a fingernail. Since then, I have always worn it on my finger. "
"Haha, now you know where my space ring came from. Countless noble knights were willing to pay everything in exchange for this ring, but I will not exchange it, because it is a testimony of the friendship between me and the invisible dragon! "
At this point, the invisible dragon chapter came to an end.
Griff quickly moved on to the next story – The Battle of Wits with the Headless Knight.
After Liszt quickly flipped through the roughly 50,000 words novel, there was no more information about the invisible dragon. Even the space ring only made an appearance once.
It was as if Griff had just remembered to write about the invisible dragon, and then forgot everything after writing.
"It seems that the reward this time is the knowledge about the invisible dragon recorded in 《Earth Ranger Griff's Travels》 … Only brave and upright people can see the invisible dragon? In that case, I reckon that there is no possibility of seeing it. It is neither brave nor upright." He was very self-aware.
However, he seriously doubted the authenticity of this information. How could it be possible to rely on such intangible, unseen, and inexplicable characters to decide whether to see the invisible dragon or not?
"This story feels like a reenactment of 'only pure maidens can meet unicorns'."
Many of the female protagonists in Knight novels were the daughters of nobles who rode on unicorns. Liszt had read a few of them, and all of them swore that only pure, beautiful, innocent, and kind virgins could be accepted by unicorns. As for the existence of a legendary creature like the unicorn, Liszt expressed his doubts.
He had doubts about the Unicorn and also about the invisible dragon.
In particular, only a brave and upright Knight could see the invisible dragon.
He quickly captured useful information: 'Griff used smoke grass to resist the invisible dragon's slaughter. Later, he said that he used a bundle of grass and two cows to exchange for the invisible dragon's gem … My current smoke mission rewards smoke grass. It seems that this is also part of a chain mission.'
The first reward was information on the invisible dragon.
Next was the new information about the invisible dragon.
Now, the reward was smoke grass, which the invisible dragon loved to eat.
All of the rewards were related, as if a large-scale chain mission had been unlocked. Therefore, the mission's objective was very easy to infer. There might really be an invisible dragon that was going to invade the Flower Town.
"Cows?" Liszt thought of another link, "The dairy farm seems to have two old cows that cannot produce milk. However, the castle has plenty of food and has not used them to entertain guests. Perhaps, these two old cows are the dinner I need to prepare for the invisible dragon? "
The information was still not clear enough, and the preparations were still not sufficient.
Liszt felt that the urgent matter at hand was to continue with the mission and get more details about the invisible dragon chain mission so that he could formulate a response strategy.
Knock, knock.
There was a knock on the door.
"Please come in."
The butler Old Carter walked in with an oil lamp in hand: "Master, it is already late, you should rest early."
"I am about to go to bed." Liszt closed the book and put it back on the bookshelf. He frowned slightly because of the unpleasant smell on his hands, "Mr. Carter, while you are at it, light up a box of air freshener in the study. I really can't stand the strange smell of this thick bast paper."
This time, the carriage of books gifted by the count carried a large amount of stench. Although Liszt had already lit the air freshener, it still could not cover up the stench.
There was no such thing as clean and snow-white paper.
There was only thick bast paper that had turned yellow and carried a lingering stench.
This kind of paper was made from the inner layer of animal leather, which was peeled off and specially tanned. The production cost was very high, but it was not easy to preserve and it was not convenient to write on. Liszt really wanted to produce white paper as soon as possible to replace this thick bast paper. However, he also understood that now was not the right time.
First, white paper was not urgently needed.
Second, there was no copyright law. Greater aristocrats could snatch the papermaking technology at any time.
Just as he had not set about researching horseshoes, saddles, or cement, he still had the general structure of a schooner in his mind. Once invented, it would definitely promote the development of the Age of Navigation.
In fact, the most important thing was that there was no one.
The entire town had a total of 1990 people, no, 1991 people. Recently, two elderly people had died in the town, giving birth to four newborns, one of which had died.
Of these 1991 people, apart from the elderly and children who had no labor force, it was already very rare for there to be 1,500 people working. They had to farm, build roads, and now they had to build an oyster settlement. Soon, they had to send out a group of people to sew gloves, cast hammers, and shovels, and produce fishing equipment for the fishermen.
As for Liszt himself, he was also very busy. He had to practice unceasingly.
He had already grasped the [Fierydragon Drill] and [Fire Surge Fluctuations], but he needed time to master them. After obtaining the Redblood Sword, he became even more diligent in his cultivation, hoping that he could break through the shackles of the earth and soar into the sky.
Carter lit the air freshener and blew out a candle.
He blew out a candle and said, "Master, shouldn't the castle hire a few more servants?"
"Is there not enough manpower?" Liszt was a little surprised. Ten servants should be enough to serve him alone.
Carter solemnly said: "The Wheat Sprite, Peanut Sprite, Tulip Sprite, and Alfalfa Sprite are all good babies, but their worm stalks need to be patrolled and taken care of by male servants every day. This work is arranged for Jesse. Now the corn has also begun to be planted, and the thorns sprite worm also needs to be settled. Jesse is too busy. "
After a pause, he continued: "Dosen, Blackdragon, Fierydragon, and several other horses all need to be taken care of. Before the oyster settlement is built, the castle's seafood has to be collected by the servants. There is also the kitchen. With the increasing number of dishes, Mrs. Abby is already complaining that she is unable to split herself. "
The castle, the city, and the town overlapped in many ways.
However, the castle was more inclined towards self-cultivation, while the town governed the entire territory and collected taxes. Liszt was not satisfied with this system, feeling that it hindered the development of productivity. The biggest obstacle was the castle. It was a twisted monster that controlled all the sprites and firmly bound the greatest productivity.
After all, the biggest role of the castle was to provide the aristocracy with a luxurious life, not to liberate productivity.
He understood this point, but he didn't have many thoughts of changing it. After all, he was an aristocrat!
"Since there is not enough manpower, Mr. Carter, you will be responsible for recruiting new servants."
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