The so-called patrol was more of a cursory glance at the general situation of the territory. It was impossible to examine the territory's production, population, and other conditions in detail.
"Is that the wizard tower?" Asked Count Jhonas, pointing at the towering pillar-like building in the distance.
"Yes, it was built for Her Excellency Kris Truth, the great sorcerer worshiped by the territory. She's not very interested in the banquets between nobles, and she's been studying some kind of magic recently, so she didn't attend the banquet last night." Gort was the guide of the patrol team.
Count Leewilliam and Viscount Liszt obviously would not lower themselves to be commentators. Gort was the most suitable person.
The wizard tower's shape was a bit similar to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It had a total of five floors.
The lowest floor was nine meters high and was the location of the Magic Academy. The second to fourth floors were five meters high. The second floor was the Magic Academy's student and teacher rooms. The third floor was the Magic Potion Development Workshop. The fourth floor was the Magic Equipment Development Workshop. The fifth floor was six meters high and was Crazy Truth's independent space, bedroom, study, laboratory, and so on.
Therefore, the wizard tower's total height was thirty meters.
Beyond the fifth floor, there was a basement floor used for storage.
Count Jhonas was a little puzzled, "Liszt, you didn't even build a castle, but directly built a wizard tower for wizards?"
This was not in line with the style of ordinary aristocrats. Consecrating wizards was indeed important, but compared to the castle where the aristocrats lived, its importance was limited. In the social system, aristocrats were always the most distinguished group of people. Any enjoyment should be obtained by the aristocrats first, and then the other classes.
Liszt could not say that he was accumulating experience for the architects, nor could he say that he was trying to win over wizards. Because of the Marquis Bull's dragon-slaying incident, the domestic aristocrats had a very bad evaluation of wizards.
Therefore, he smiled, "My castle is structurally different from a standard castle, so I built the wizard tower first before the design was completed. In fact, I enjoy the small castle in Flower Town and am not in a hurry to live in a spacious and famous castle. "
This reason was somewhat forced. Normally, aristocrats would definitely build a castle first. The castle was both offensive and defensive, which was the capital for aristocrats to settle down.
However, Jhonas did not continue to dwell on it and quickly rushed to the next patrol site.
This patrol site was Shiitake Town's shiitake greenhouses. Now, thousands of acres of greenhouses had been completed and were still expanding, basically reaching a scale of two thousand acres. With the production of the Ice Flame Mushroom, basically all the mushroom greenhouses here were planted with Flame Mushrooms.
Liszt was still asking the serfs to continue expanding their farming area.
Furthermore, he was already negotiating with Levis and his wife. Levis and his wife would send serfs to learn the Flame Mushroom cultivation technique and promote it on the Coral Island in the future. The income from each mu of Flame Mushrooms would be divided with Liszt, and the specific proportion was still under discussion.
"This is the territory's specialty, the Flame Mushroom. It's a type of magic ingredient that grows from Abandoned Worm Grass. It's a fire element magic ingredient, and we're working hard to increase its production." Gort explained. The recipe was strictly guarded, so he wasn't afraid that someone would steal the Flame Mushrooms after taking a look.
Count Jhonas looked at the endless greenhouses and asked in surprise, "How many acres of Flame Mushrooms have you planted?"
"About two thousand mu, and it's still expanding."
"Two thousand mu? All of them are planted with Flame Mushrooms? "
Sensing that there seemed to be something wrong with Jhonas' tone, Liszt couldn't help but frown and ask, "What's wrong, Count Jhonas? Is there something wrong with that?"
"How's the harvest of the Flame Mushrooms in your territory, and how's the effect of the magic potion extraction?"
"We've just expanded the scale, and the first batch has yet to come down."
Jhonas nodded and said to Leewilliam, "Count Leewilliam, didn't you warn Liszt?"
Leewilliam was confused, "Warn him about what?"
Liszt was the same, "Is there a problem with my Flame Mushrooms?"
"If there are no accidents, the quality of the Flame Mushrooms in these two thousand mu will definitely be very poor, and the efficacy of the magic potion extraction will also be greatly reduced."
"Why?"
"It seems that you really don't know enough about abandoned worm grass." Jhonas said regretfully, "Although there are no elf restrictions on the growth of abandoned worm grass like mushrooms, the scale of cultivation is still limited. Within a radius of one million square kilometers, if it exceeds one thousand mu, it will greatly degrade. Some varieties will even degrade after exceeding six hundred mu. "
"There's such a saying?" Liszt was very puzzled, "Why is that?"
"As far as I know, the magic power of abandoned worm grass is related to the Weave."
"Weave?" The one who was surprised was not Liszt, but Count Leewilliam, "Count Jhonas, the Weave you mentioned, is it the legendary Weave that only Magic Shooters can touch?"
"Yes, according to those Magicians, the world is surrounded by the Weave, and whoever can touch the Weave can advance to Magic Shooter."
Jhonas shook his head, "Unfortunately, I can't tell you more information, because even the Court Magicians can't figure out the Weave. In short, abandoned worm grass is likely to be restricted by the Weave, which is why it can only be grown on six hundred to one thousand mu within a radius of one million square kilometers. "
Restrictions of abandoned worm grass.
The existence of the Weave.
This was undoubtedly a major blow to Liszt's ambition of the Flame Mushrooms. The total land area of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire was about two million square kilometers. Including the territory of the sea, it was only about six or seven million square kilometers. If he were to plant them all over the island, he would only be able to plant about six thousand acres of land.
As for Black Horse Island and Coral Island, they obviously did not reach an area of one million square kilometers. In other words, if Black Horse Island could be planted on one thousand mu, Coral Island could not be planted.
"There is such a restriction." Liszt was a little overwhelmed. He also planned to rely on the continuous expansion of the Flame Mushrooms to meet the increasing demand for potions in the future.
Jhonas immediately said, "This is really a pity. You need to shovel the excess Flame Mushrooms to make sure that there are only one thousand mu … But you need to explore the specific number, because the cultivation density and variety differences of different abandoned worm grass will lead to different restrictions of the Weave."
"It seems that this is the only way." Liszt did not doubt that the other party was lying to him. The new batch of Flame Mushrooms would soon mature, and then he would know whether the quality had degraded or not.
Leewilliam suddenly asked, "Count Jhonas, do you also have abandoned worm grass in your property?"
"Of course, my Moonlight City has' blue matsutake, 'which is a kind of abandoned worm grass with water attributes. If Liszt is willing, I can use the cultivation technology of blue matsutake in exchange for the cultivation technology of the Flame Mushrooms. Blue Dragon Island is far from Black Horse Island, and there is no conflict between us. "
Liszt quickly restrained his mood and responded, "Blue matsutake?
He replied, "Blue pine mushrooms? I think this kind of cooperation is possible."
Jhonas added, "The trade of abandoned worm grass can be more profitable. I can help you contact aristocrats who meet the planting conditions and have abandoned worm grass to participate in the multilateral trade of abandoned worm grass."
The restrictions of the Weave.
As a result, the area where abandoned worm grass could be planted was limited. Therefore, if every aristocrat wanted to sell their abandoned worm grass, they would trade it to aristocrats far away from them, with some terms attached. The most important thing was to limit the spread of abandoned worm grass and prevent it from eventually flowing back to their own area, leading to the degradation of the species.
However, the Grand Duchy of Sapphire was so big that there were always a few potential customers for the Flame Mushrooms.
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