Sea water with nothing?
Liszt didn't know whether he should laugh or not. In his hometown, the competition in the sea was not much less than the competition on land. A blue-water navy was the ambition of every country.
The resources in the sea were not much less than those on land. Moreover, compared to the resources on land, the majority of the resources in the sea were undeveloped. Just casually scooping them up was a treasure. Deep-sea oil, methane hydrate, manganese nodules, polymetallic sulphides, and cobalt-rich crusts were all treasures.
In this world, he didn't dare to determine whether or not there were mineral deposits hidden under the sea. After all, according to the information he currently had, gems and metals could only be produced by dragons.
However, the fishery resources in the sea were absolutely immeasurably huge.
In the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, there was a lot of uncultivated land and a severe shortage of manpower. There was not even enough land for farming, let alone developing the fishery. However, there was a crucial problem. The elves were in the hands of the aristocrats, so they could not influence so much arable land, resulting in very little arable land.
Take the Flower Town for example. The area of arable land was not small, but the number of people it could support was very small.
The smaller the population, the more they were bound to the land by the aristocrats and the aristocratic system. They had to help the aristocrats farm, collect large amounts of taxes, and support the aristocrats' extravagant lifestyle.
"The development direction of the Flower Town is this azure Aquamarine Sea!" Liszt was on fire.
As long as there was a fishery nearby, then there would be a steady supply of food. Only when the commoners were full could they work hard to have children. Only when the population was large could they collect more taxes.
Only when the taxes were large could they live a better life!
Of course, this was not the most urgent matter. The development of the fishery was inseparable from ships. There was still a long way to go before the Flower Town could build ships. With his meager savings, he could not buy many ships.
"Let's go. After patrolling the last stretch of the border, we will go back." Lightly raising the horsewhip, Fierydragon neighed and galloped along the sandy shore of the Azure Sea.
The sand and stones were pale yellow and clean. Occasionally, there were large trees that looked like coconut trees growing, blocking the afternoon sunlight and casting shade over and over again.
After a bit of development, it would become a perfect summer resort.
After patrolling the beach, they returned to the starting point at the edge of the Thorns Ridge. Liszt officially completed his mission of patrolling the Flower Town's territory. The group rushed to the castle. After saluting, Markus and the four retainer Knight Knights took their leave and went home. They were in a small town and had their own house.
The castle was just a place where Liszt and his servants lived.
"Master, seeing that you have returned safely, my heart is at ease." The old butler, Carter, led the servants and lined up to welcome Liszt's return.
"In my territory, even if it's World of Warcraft, I still have to restrain myself," Liszt joked. "Mr. Carter, is everything alright in the castle?"
"Of course."
"That's good. Mrs. Morrison, help me prepare the bath water. I need to take a bath."
"Yes, Master." Mrs. Morrison was almost forty years old and had never married. She had been working in Tulip Castle and was now in charge of all the maids in Liszt Castle.
Although it was said to be all the maids, there were actually only three.
And in the castle, there were only ten servants in total.
The butler, Carter, was in charge of all the affairs in the castle and could be considered as Liszt's confidant. The female butler, Mawson Paddy, was in charge of all the maids and assisted Carter in managing the daily affairs of the castle. The cook, Abby Ladle, was in charge of everything in the kitchen.
The male servants were the valet, Thomas Scissors, the ordinary male servant, Tom Pigsty, and the assistant male servant, Jesse Ricewater.
The female servants were the ordinary maids, Maggie Threadhead, Debbie Window, and Micjon Oxtail.
There was also the cook's assistant, also a maid, but under Abby's command. Her name was Irene Four Fingers.
Four fingers, a very strange surname. Perhaps her ancestor only had four fingers, so when he registered his surname, he used Four Fingers. Don't expect an illiterate commoner who lived in the countryside all his life and almost never went far to come up with a nice surname.
The nobles also did not allow them to have nice surnames.
With Thomas's help, Liszt took off his leather armor and went upstairs. The old butler, Carter, immediately said loudly, "Jesse, take the master's flaming dragon horse away. Remember to add more beans when feeding it. It has been working hard all day. Abby, go to the kitchen to prepare dinner. Tonight, we should add an extra portion of roast meat for the master. Mrs. Morrison, remember to bring the maids to prepare the master's bath water. Tom still has to go to town to fetch water. Thomas, you have to clean the master's leather armor. "
"Yes, Mr. Carter!" The servants answered.
Carter nodded in satisfaction.
Although the castle was small, the servants were few, and the living conditions were poor, he was the butler here. He managed all the daily affairs of the castle and was the master's right-hand man.
He liked this comfort and power.
…
The temperature of the bath water was just right. Although they were not the skilled maids of Tulip Castle, under the command of Mrs. Morrison, these newly sold maids had already adapted well to their work.
Liszt lay in the bathtub, enjoying the feeling of soaking in the warm water.
It was not that he had not thought of creating equality for everyone, so that the people of this world could feel the light of democracy in a civilized society. But he was very clear that these servants relied on their survival as servants of the nobles. Only by relying on the protection of the nobles could they survive.
Without the servant job and identity, their lives were likely to be even more miserable when they returned to the fields.
There were many serfs and freedmen who starved to death every year.
In the castle, as long as they did not encounter a perverted lord, they at least did not have to worry about food and clothing. Once they struggled to the level of a butler, it was the highest identity that a commoner could hope for.
"I never thought that one day, I, Liszt, would have so many people counting on me to live."
His thoughts wandered.
He began to be lost in thought. Soon, smoke Serpentines appeared before his eyes.
The Serpentines changed. They were no longer the previous text, but new text: "Mission completed. Reward: qi upgrade."
Liszt was excited. He was ready to receive his reward, but he suddenly discovered that he did not know how to receive his reward. Just as he was about to study how to receive his reward, the Serpentines before his eyes scattered into smoke, before quickly forming new Serpentines.
"Mission: a serious crisis has occurred in the territory's peanut settlement. A large area of the peanut fields has undergone an unknown mutation. The farmers are helpless and are about to experience a decrease in production. As the lord, you should resolve the problem. Reward: a sprite worm. "
"Oh, a new mission. The reward is a sprite worm. This is a good thing!" Liszt was happy at first, but then he became depressed. "But, what about the reward for the previous task? Where is the advancement of qi? Who can tell me how to receive this reward?"
At this moment, Liszt was vexed.
He sensed that there was no change in his qi. He tossed and turned until the water turned cold, yet he still did not receive the mission reward.
It was to the extent that he seriously suspected that he was hallucinating.
The smoke simply did not exist.
After putting on his clothes, he walked out of the bathroom. Liszt had a gloomy face, causing Thomas, who was waiting outside, to let his imagination run wild.
"Master, your complexion is not good, is it …"
"I'm fine. You go ahead with your work. I'm going to the study to read." After entering the study, Liszt wanted to calm down and read.
But his mind was in a mess, and he could not calm down.
He simply changed into a set of training clothes and practiced in the castle's small garden. He was learning the [Basic Qi], which was the most widely circulated low-level qi secret manual. Apart from the qi secret manuals of some big clans, this secret manual was the best basic qi secret manual.
Low-level qi was just qi, used to strengthen the body, nothing more.
After completing the set of movements and venting out his resentment, he finally felt a bit better, and his mood gradually calmed down. At this moment, a cool breeze blew past. Liszt's eyes suddenly shone, as if an inspiration had flashed through his mind, allowing him to grasp it.
Immediately afterward, he once again performed all the training movements of the [Basic Qi].
When he finished this time, the low-level qi inside his body seemed to have reached a critical point and began to transform. It gushed out from the invisible meridians and poured into every cell in his body.
"Qi upgrade!"
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