Out of the Sea Festival.
If not for Liszt, he would have forgotten about it.
The two most important festivals of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire were the New Year Festival and the Departure to the Sea Festival.
The New Year Festival was a custom of the continent. It celebrated the end of one year and the beginning of a new one. Basically, all the nobles and commoners of any country would celebrate the New Year Festival.
The Voyage to the Seas Festival was a festival unique to the Grand Duchy of Sapphire. In order to celebrate the Sapphire Family's first voyage to the seas – after losing the dragon-slaying war, the Sapphire Family had no choice but to migrate from the continent to the archipelago and establish their own country. In order to whitewash the background of their failure, the day they set out to sea was promoted as the day they set sail to pursue their dreams.
Commoners might prefer the New Year Festival, which was a festival passed down through generations. However, the Festival of the Seas was an annual festival that the nobles of the archipelago country had to celebrate.
"Thank you, Sir Layden, for taking the trouble to deliver the news."
"This is what I should do, Lord Baron."
"How are my grandmother, father, brother, sister, madam, and Lytton?"
"Everything is fine."
"That's good."
After chatting with Leiden about the current situation in Tulip Castle, Liszt found out that the Tulip fleet had yet to return. Unknowingly, he had already returned to the castle.
Layden and his group had not eaten lunch yet, so he immediately asked the kitchen to prepare lunch for them.
"Sir Baron, is the Flower Town going to chop down all the trees in the Thorns Ridge?" Lähden asked the question that had been on his mind along the way. In the past two days, the logging team had already chopped out a large area of open space.
"There's a plan to kill them all and cut off World of Warcraft's habitat. However, they did not have enough manpower for the time being. We can only chop down the trees on both sides of the road and clear the area to reduce the risk of World of Warcraft's invasion. "
"That's a good idea. World of Warcraft in the forest is a terrifying existence, while World of Warcraft in the wilderness is just a slightly stronger beast."
A Knight with a horse wouldn't be caught off guard by World of Warcraft in an open area. Even magic attacks could be dodged. Moreover, horses were extremely fast, and World of Warcraft might not be able to catch up. On the other hand, a Knight could launch a charge in an open area, become one with the horse, and use all kinds of secret Qi Techniques.
They maintained the etiquette and courtesy between nobles.
Laiden and the others took their leave after lunch.
Liszt, on the other hand, needed to make arrangements. "Mr Carter, the Tulip family will be coming to the castle to celebrate the Going-out-to-the-sea Festival with me in three days. I'm not very keen on such a noisy occasion, so I'll leave it to you to make the arrangements."
"Don't worry, Master. When I was young, I participated in Tulip Castle's seafaring festival many times. The scene of Steward Louis hosting the festival banquet is deeply engraved in my mind. Now, the castle has an endless supply of seafood and World of Warcraft meat. Apart from the lack of alcohol, we can definitely hold a perfect banquet. "
"I remember that there is a winemaker among the new serfs?"
"Yes, his name is Frank Distiller, but he only knows how to brew fruit wine. He doesn't know how to brew white wine, red wine, or beer. Besides, we don't have hops."
Liszt frowned. "We don't have any beer with hops?"
"There is still half a barrel hidden in the cellar. This is the last bit of enjoyment you have, Master. I'm a bit reluctant to take it out," Carter said regretfully. In his mind, Liszt was already the most important person.
"Then don't take it out." Liszt blinked.
Carter replied with a knowing smile. "I think so too."
"Unfortunately, when Laiden left, I forgot to ask him to pass on a few words to Levis and have Levis help me purchase a batch of alcohol and ingredients … So in the end, it's still because of the bad roads. Otherwise, the gold coins in the castle would have been spent and not left to rot."
"Perhaps you could ask Mr Markus to pass on the message?"
"No, Teacher Markus has more important things to do. He needs to look after the logging team and train the Knight squad. I don't think it's a bad thing to let Sir Father see the Flower Town's poverty during the Going-out-to-the-sea Festival. "
Wouldn't the count's conscience hurt when he saw that the Flower Town didn't even have hops?
Carter said with a smile: "Master, you are getting more and more free and easy."
Liszt smiled slightly: "I recently read a Knight novel. There is a short poem in it – If life deceives you, don't be sad, don't be impatient! Melancholy days need to be calm; believe, happy days will come! The heart is always yearning for the future; the present is often melancholy … "
Everything is fleeting, everything will pass.
And the past will become a kind of nostalgia.
The count didn't attach much importance to his third son, Liszt, as it wasn't a big deal. Therefore, although life was sometimes very shabby and poverty-stricken, the current Liszt was still optimistic. Compared to the majority of commoners and lesser aristocrats, life in the Flower Town was already very perfect.
Being able to eat white bread every day was an unattainable dream for many people.
… …
Over the next few days, the construction of the fief was still in full swing. Roads were repaired, trees were cut, and houses were built in the oyster settlement. The serfs, armed with the copper coins paid by Liszt, were full of energy. Even the hot weather couldn't dampen their enthusiasm.
The castle was also in full swing. The butler Carter was busy instructing the servants to clean the inside and outside and decorate the castle. The cook Abby Ladle, with her loud voice, ordered the two kitchen maids, Irene and Little Lily, around all day long, busying themselves with all kinds of ingredients.
Markus, with the Knight squad, guarded the logging team while practicing the foundation of qi course.
Gort, Isaiah, and Blair were also working earnestly.
Only Liszt was a bit vexed. He couldn't find the location of the super-small saltpeter mine!
The mission had been completed, but the saltpeter mine reward had yet to be discovered. No one had reported to him that an unusual stone had been found somewhere, nor was there any unusual situation worthy of his attention. For three days in a row, there was no clue, leaving Liszt at a loss.
It wasn't that the saltpeter mine was of great value.
Apart from using it to make ice, for the time being, he didn't know what use saltpeter could be used for.
Rather, the situation was not very optimistic, making him worry that something had gone wrong with the smoke mission. The previous mission rewards had been delivered to him on the same day.
"Could it be that my cheat is about to leave me?" At night, lying in bed, looking at the mushroom settlement's mission, which was still hanging, Liszt was very worried.
Fortunately.
The worry only lasted until the fourth day.
On this day, after Gort and the logging team entered the Thorns Ridge to work, another team followed them. They were the gravel transportation team. They were responsible for crushing the stones in the Thorns Ridge and then transporting them to both sides of the road to pave the road.
While they were constantly looking for stones to smash, they suddenly discovered a pile of rubble embedded in the ground, accompanied by a large amount of white crystal-like substance. At first, they thought that it was salt. Salt was very important in daily life, so the serfs were very happy. Sir Lord would reward them for getting something good.
But after a simple taste, they discovered that the white substance didn't have the slightest saltiness. On the contrary, it was a bit bitter.
Despite this, they still scraped a lot of the white substance and gave it to Gort for verification. Gort couldn't distinguish it, so he explained the situation to Liszt.
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