Banquets.
It seemed that banquets were being held in the castle every day. For aristocrats, eating and drinking was a normal life.
"The Small Kerchief Island has encountered pirates. Teacher Markus, are pirates very popular in the Grand Duchy of Sapphire?" Liszt asked as he ate the barbecue.
Markus pondered for a moment before replying: "Just from the information about pirates, many small islands have been baptized by pirates. However, there may be another reason."
"What reason?"
"These pirates are most likely in disguise. Not every aristocratic family can manage a rich estate. When they are on the verge of bankruptcy, taking risks out of desperation will become a shortcut for them to redeem themselves. Especially between aristocrats who have enmity with each other, they will even use the identity of pirates to loot each other's wealth. "
Hearing this gory information.
If it was the sixteen-year-old youngster of his predecessor, it was very likely that he would be unwilling to accept it. It was inconceivable that an aristocrat who boasted of his noble bloodline and possessed countless qualities would actually moonlight as a pirate.
However, the current Liszt only frowned slightly before quickly relaxing his brows: "Fortunately, the Coral Island has the powerful Orders of Chivalry. For the time being, the Flower Town is not in danger of pirates. However, we have to be vigilant in times of peace. Teacher Markus, the Knight Squad must be trained well. "
"Please rest assured, Sir. I will go all out to train the Knight Squad and turn every one of them into a qualified Knight on the battlefield."
Liszt then asked Gort: "Teacher Gort, give me the information about the new serfs now. I feel that it is best to talk about official business while eating."
"If you like, then let's talk now." Gort motioned for a servant to bring his coat. He then took out a thick bast paper from his pocket and opened it, "There are a total of fifty serfs. In fact, they were originally freedmen. Therefore, after the pirates attacked, they wisely chose to escape."
The Small Kerchief Island had a Small Kerchief City. The fifty people were the citizens of the city and had their own industries.
The relationship between freedmen and lords was more like that between tenants and landlords, while serfs were slaves. For the nobles, the serfs were their "own people", while the freedmen were "outsiders". In the event of a war between lords, the lords would choose to protect their serfs, who were their wealth.
However, there was no such protection for free people. They deserved to die, and the lord could also earn some extra income.
Thus, there were advantages and disadvantages to being a free citizen. Not everyone wanted to be a free citizen.
Seeing that Viscount Smallkerchief was defeated and that they would be killed and robbed by the 'pirates' at any time, some of the freedmen of Smallkerchief City hurriedly fled. They cleverly chose to seize a ship. While the pirates were still fighting in the castle, they seized a sailboat.
Unfortunately, they only had a captain who knew how to steer the ship, but not a skilled crew. In the end, they lost control in the storm.
"That's why none of them know how to farm. They're all free citizens with skills." Liszt was very satisfied with this. For the development of the territory, craftsmen were more important than simple farmers.
In the future, farmers could sell as many slaves as they wanted, but craftsmen were very difficult to get.
"Blacksmiths, cooper makers, embroidery workers, tailors, bakers, winemakers, shoeshine workers, carpenters, dyers, soap makers, tanners, sugar workers, salt workers, locksmiths, cooks and their families. Oh, there are also innkeepers and horse dealers, as well as several street peddlers."
"What is Burnell's profession?" Liszt recalled the old man who spoke to him during the day.
"He is a soap maker who can make all kinds of fragrant soaps with the scent of flowers."
"Very well, I've had enough of using honey locust powder to take a bath. It would be best to have him quickly make the honey locust powder into fragrant soap." As a person who loved cleanliness and had to take a bath every day, Liszt had a huge demand for fragrant soap. Unfortunately, the castle did not have that much fragrant soap, only some honey locust powder, which was the powder ground from the fruit of the honey locust tree.
Honey locust powder could indeed be used to wash clean, but it was very troublesome, and it didn't feel good when washing.
In fact, Liszt knew of a more concise cleaning product – pancreas.
It was a kind of soap made from a mixture of pig pancreas and plant ashes. It was very simple to make, just mash the pig pancreas and plant ashes and stir them together to make the simplest pancreas. Unfortunately, there was no one in the Flower Town to feed pigs …
He cut a piece of roast meat, forked it, and dipped it in ketchup.
The roast meat with ketchup tasted good.
After swallowing it, he drank a mouthful of seafood soup, and then wiped his mouth with a napkin: "Mr. Carter and Teacher Gort will discuss the work arrangements for the new serfs. The right ones can be arranged to go to the town and help them set up shops specifically for the castle's manufacturing needs. "
There were too few residents in the town, and obviously, there was not much demand. As the lord, he had to enjoy all of it.
Only in this way could these craftsmen play a role in a short period of time.
Carter bowed and said: "Yes, Master, I will consult Mr. Gort."
After talking about the matter of the new serfs.
Liszt talked about another official business: "The logging team's work efficiency still needs to be improved. However, a new problem has arisen. There will often be other things that will lead me and Teacher Markus away. At that time, the logging team's defensive power will be useless, which is very dangerous."
"However, we really cannot find any more power to defend the Thorns Ridge's World of Warcraft."
"Therefore, I think that there is a need for a way for the logging team to have the power to protect themselves even if they encounter the World of Warcraft." Liszt said faintly.
No one answered immediately. They were all thinking.
Liszt was not in a hurry as he continued to eat his dinner.
In fact, he was testing the several people present. He already had an idea, which was very likely to be able to deal with the World of Warcraft.
This method originated from the smoke mission.
After the rescue in the morning, he had completed the mission.
"Mission completed. Reward: 50 people."
"Mission: Dangers may occur in the depths of the Thorns Ridge at any time. The logging team is in a precarious situation. As a lord who owns a piece of smoke grass, you should reasonably use the resources to protect the safety of your subjects. Please resist the invasion of the World of Warcraft. Reward: Super small mineral deposit. "
The mission prompt was very clear. Smoke grass could be used to resist the World of Warcraft.
Liszt had a very deep impression of the smell of smoke grass. World of Warcraft might not be able to withstand it, especially since some World of Warcraft characters had very sensitive noses.
Therefore, he planned to use smoke grass to make simple "World of Warcraft mosquito repellent incense" and ignite it whenever he encountered a World of Warcraft.
He was determined to obtain the "Super small mineral deposit".
However, he didn't directly state his plan. Instead, he hoped that someone could come up with this method. Otherwise, he would feel like he was raising a bunch of freeloaders.
After a while, no one came up with a good idea.
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