"Tonight's staple is peanuts?" Markus skillfully peeled the peanuts. Wheat was admittedly the best choice for the staple, but the output of wheat was generally not high. Therefore, peanuts and peas were needed to fill the gap.
"How does it taste?"
Liszt asked. There were no boiled peanuts in front of him.
He did not like to eat boiled peanuts very much. Therefore, as the castle's master, the cook Abby had specially made him oatmeal. As for the others, they were not so lucky.
"It is moderately soft, but it is somewhat bland and tasteless."
Gort continued: "Boiled peanuts taste like this. Eating it occasionally is good to improve the taste, but eating it often is enough. However, tonight's peanuts are bigger than usual. Have you noticed? "
Markus suddenly understood: "The peanut settlement's peanuts have been harvested?"
"This is the first batch of peanuts near the peanut worm stalk. The output is 30% more than usual, and the planting cycle is also shortened by a month. This year, there will be no shortage of peanuts in the castle. I think that Mrs. Abby should grind some peanut butter and spread it on the bread, making it fragrant all day long. "
The Flower Town's sole gourmet was none other than Gort. This Lord Knight was always talking non-stop about food and drink.
Liszt smiled slightly: "If it is paired with gin, wouldn't it be wonderful?"
"Oh, Liszt, you still understand me, haha."
"Unfortunately, the gin brought back from the Coral City last time has been drunk."
"To be honest, I really don't want to hear this news."
"In fact, there is even more depressing news." Liszt sipped his oatmeal, "The wine cellar has reached its limit. Mr. Carter does not recommend that we continue to drink red wine. Otherwise, we will not be able to support the festival expenses for the latter half of the year. As for the beer, the beer with hops is almost finished, leaving only sour beer. "
"Heavens, that's not true, is it?"
Liszt did not respond.
The butler Carter, who was serving the banquet, answered: "The weather is getting hot, and we are consuming a lot of beer. Without caravans, we cannot produce hops beer. If it wasn't for the Count's caravan that brought many barrels of beer, the castle wouldn't even have enough sour beer now. "
Gort said with a bitter face, "I think we should build a dock and go directly to Viscount Tricke's house to buy hops."
Unfortunately, the east coast of Flower Town was a flat beach, and there was no deep-water port to build a dock.
As for Viscount Tricke, he was a follower of the Earl Of Coral Island. His full name was Tricke Wildgrass, and he owned a small island called Beer Island.
There was a magnificent castle on the island — Beer Castle.
With the help of the hops, the beer of the Blackgrass family sold well on many large islands.
Beer was the most common type of beverage in the Grand Duchy. It was divided into two types: beer with hops and beer without hops.
Hops are a type of hops, which play a huge role in beer - giving it a refreshing aroma, bitterness and preservative power, forming a fine foam, helping to clarify the wort, and the intense hop flavor of the hops balances the natural sweetness of the wort and stimulates the appetite.
Beer without hops would quickly become sour beer, making it difficult to swallow.
The beer with hops on Coral Island was brewed by the Blackgrass family. It was because of this industry that the Blackgrass family had the money to build the named Beer Castle.
"The dock is out of the question. Therefore, I have to completely open up the road to the Thorns Ridge. Only in this way can the caravan enter Flower Town … Now, there are no revenue Knight to protect the caravan." While speaking, Liszt looked at Markus, "Teacher Markus, has the selection of the Knight squad not ended yet?"
Markus put down the boiled peanuts in his hand and said: "Tomorrow is the final selection date. I already have a preliminary candidate. Unfortunately, their physical constitution is still too poor. Only two of them can meet the admission standards of the Knight College."
"Probably because they don't have enough to eat. Next, the Knight squad will be supported by the castle. I believe that their physical constitution will improve greatly."
"In that case, I will no longer worry about food and concentrate on training."
"Mhm, let them master qi as soon as possible. The Flower Town should have more than five Knight with qi. In the future, there will be a lot of things that will need to rely on the Knight squad."
… …
Surprisingly, Liszt saw the logging team the next day.
He had thought that Gort would need at least two or three days to complete the transfer of able-bodied serfs. He had not expected that he would get an unexpected surprise today.
Riding on horseback, Gort personally led the logging team to the main road outside the castle. There was a total of thirty able-bodied serfs, but only half of them had a new or old axe. The team had a total of two saws, which had been brought by the carpenter's son from home.
Ironware was hard to find.
Metals were in the hands of countries with dragons. It was very difficult to obtain them.
This was also the reason why the Grand Duchy of Sapphire often organized Orders of Chivalry to go to the continent to participate in wars and seize minerals. The Grand Duchy's iron ore was basically seized from the Eagle Kingdom and transported bit by bit by sea to the various islands.
In the Flower Town, many serfs used wooden, stone, and bone tools as labor tools.
It was different from the orderly and solemn scene he had imagined.
The group of able-bodied serfs had deep uneasiness on their faces. The lord had asked them to go to the Thorns Ridge to cut down trees. This was too dangerous. In case they encountered World of Warcraft, their wives might have to remarry.
"Teacher Gort, didn't you tell them that I would send people to protect them?"
"Of course I did, but they are still trembling with fear."
Liszt expressed his understanding: "Words are useless."
While they were talking, a team of shouting slogans ran towards the castle from the horse field. There were four Knight supervising them. The Knight in the lead was Markus.
"Sir!" Markus dismounted and saluted Liszt.
"How come there are thirty people?"
"They will guard the logging team. Through today's performance, I will make a final selection of the team members in my mind." Markus explained, "Their physiques are about the same and they are not too stupid. Now, it is time for the final choice, the test of courage. A Knight cannot lack courage."
Gort said: "Liszt, aren't you going to say something before we set off?"
Liszt nodded. He naturally had to say something to keep up appearances.
Riding on Blackdragon, his black World of Warcraft leather armor accentuated his heroic bearing, Liszt slowly walked up to the two teams. With a solemn expression, Liszt swept the team with a glance and said in a clear voice: "Subjects, I am your lord, Liszt Tulip."
After a pause, he suddenly didn't know what he should say.
He still hadn't mastered the skill of putting on a show. After a moment, he decided to delete his long-winded provocative speech and just calmly said: "Today, you will cut down trees in the Thorns Ridge for me and open up a path between the fief and the outside world. As for me, I will protect your safety!"
Words were useless. Facing the still restless serfs, Liszt just lightly brandished his horsewhip. Blackdragon raised its front hooves and roared towards the sky.
When the horse's hooves landed, Liszt was already riding ahead.
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