Although it was said to discuss Liszt's new identity, in fact, the grand duke had already prepared a plan. The Iron Hoof City and the Coral Island would be unified into a new territory, which would be Liszt's Marquis fief, to pass this period of preparation for the establishment of a state.
Liszt accepted the grand duke's good intentions.
The grand duke, the grand prince, and the others were secretly relieved. They were now afraid that Liszt's appetite would be too big and difficult to satisfy. Therefore, the grand duke said with a smile: "Your Excellency Liszt, please give this territory a new name. I will immediately arrange for the court to prepare for your title."
Even though it was an excessive territory, Liszt still seriously pondered for a moment before replying: "Let's call it the Flame Territory."
He was a Fire Dragon Knight. The Fire Dragon was the incarnation of the flame. The territory was symbolized by the Fire Dragon and was called the Flame Territory, constantly reminding others that this was the territory of the Fire Dragon Knight.
"Very well, I will confer upon you the title of Marquis of the Flame, and you will enjoy absolute jurisdiction over the territory." The grand duke waved his hand and decided.
The Marquis of the Flame was nominally a sub-noble of Sapphire, but in fact, Liszt would sign an offensive and defensive alliance contract with the grand duke, and the two would have an equal relationship.
After the title was decided, the greater aristocrats came forward to congratulate him.
"The Tulip family has two Marquises, congratulations!"
"Marquis of the Flame and Marquis of the Oxtail, congratulations!"
"The Knight is blessed by glory, the Tulip family is destined to prosper forever."
Liszt smiled and thanked them one by one. He did not show too much arrogance. He had always been a gentle person. Perhaps aristocrats were divided into three, five, and nine classes because of their status, but in his eyes, aristocrats and commoners were equally equal. They were all just ants, so what was the difference?
All under the Dragon Knight were ants. Liszt had been very inflated these days.
Great power often went to one's head. For example, when Levis was promoted to a Sky Knight, he was very inflated and proud. If Liszt's Dragon Knight identity had not poured cold water on him, who knew how insolent he would be now. However, no one could pour cold water on Liszt. He needed time to calm down.
Fortunately, the three views of an adult's soul allowed him to have enough self-control to overcome his inflated ego.
With no time to waste with the nobles, Liszt spoke to Oxtail the moment he returned to the Nameless Castle, "Father, I'll need your help with the promotion of the Flame Dominion's title and the material assistance negotiations with the Grand Duke."
William said calmly, "Don't worry, I'm here."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Father."
"You are the pride of the Tulip family. Focus on your training as a Dragon Knight and increase your strength. Leave the other miscellaneous matters to me. I will definitely fight for the greatest benefits for you."
"Yes."
It had to be said that with the help of his family, Liszt felt much more relaxed. Even though he had become a Dragon Knight, he still needed someone he could trust to help him build his family business — now he had two dragons to raise, especially the Light Green Gemstone Dragon, which he needed to recuperate. He was afraid that the resources he needed would be astronomical.
The Light Green Gemstone Mine was not fully developed yet, and he had to wait for another two years to mine it. He had to wait for the impact of the dragon-slaying war to pass.
So he had to think of another way.
He asked his brother Levis to call his uncle Messiro over, and the family had a short meeting.
"Father, Uncle, I need to raise dragons. There is a huge shortage of resources, and I can't raise dragons with the entire country's resources. Dragons can't give back a lot of resources, so I need to do business to accumulate resources."
For this.
William and Messiro knew that Leo was an Elemental Dragon, not a Gemstone Dragon or a Metal Dragon.
"Liszt, if there is a need, the Taro family will be your strong support, and I can provide some resources to support you," Messiro said on the spot.
"Thank you for your kind intentions, Uncle, but there is no need for that for now. I have a few ways to earn money. White paper and glass are both highly profitable industries. I plan to expand the scale of production and use the Tulip family and the Taro family's channels to sell them to the continent. "
"That's no problem. I believe the nobles of the continent can't resist the benefits of white paper and glass."
"In addition to white paper and glass, I am also exploring other profiteering industries. Basically, there are perfume, porcelain, and sea salt."
"Sea salt?" Messiro raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Yes, seawater contains salt and requires special technology to extract it. I have basically mastered it and can mass-produce high-quality sea salt, which is higher quality than well salt and pond salt." Liszt said proudly. Even in archipelago countries, Sapphire was still relatively short of salt.
Because most of the salt at present was mineral salt, pond salt, well salt, and other land produced salt, people still did not know to ask for it from the sea.
There was a salt mine on Coral Island, so there was no shortage of salt. Therefore, Liszt did not pay attention to this aspect before. When the territory started, he began to study seawater salt. In fact, the technology was very simple. With the cooperation of magicians, edible sea salt was soon produced.
The seaside of Black Horse Island was not very suitable for salt drying, so it could not be promoted.
However, the Oxtail Territory of the Oxtail Marquis had many flat, sunny seashores suitable for opening up salt pans. Red Crab Island would naturally have suitable salt pans.
Once high-quality sea salt was produced, it would quickly impact the mainland's salt market and bring huge profits to Liszt. It must be known that the ancient salt merchants of China were all prominent tycoons. Even when the emperor came to Jiangnan, he would be warmly received by these big salt merchants.
The huge profits of the salt industry can be seen.
Robbery is far less profitable than doing business.
According to Liszt's estimation, if seawater was dried and sold on a large scale, the profits generated from monopolizing the salt market in the coastal area of the Steel and Iron Ridge Kingdom would be comparable to the annual revenue of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire. Of course, the Steel and Iron Ridge Kingdom may not open the salt market to Liszt.
It is more likely to cooperate with the great nobles of the kingdom.
In any case, white paper, glass, porcelain, perfume, sea salt, and so on, there is no end to the money. Even if the technology is exposed in a few years, Liszt estimates that he should have developed himself. At that time, who dares to block his way to make money, he will directly ride three or five dragons to their door!
He was very confident in his heart, "With the smoke mission's method of trapping dragons, after a few years, it should not be difficult for me to ride three or five dragons."
After all, he has already ridden two dragons, and there are still three Dragon Soul Fruits in reserve.
The production of sea salt made Leewilliam and Messiro see the golden future, so their enthusiasm soared. Even Levis asked, "Liszt, if Roliya and I can borrow the channels of the Golden Wheat Family, can we also join your trade plan?"
"If the channels are in the hands of you husband and wife, and not secretly controlled by the Golden Wheat Family, I don't mind making money with you, brother."
The mainland market is huge, and there is no need to worry about too many people sharing the cake.
Anyway, no matter who participates in the trade plan, the position is only an agent. In essence, it is to make money for Liszt, and all the ownership of the technology is in his hands.
Even if the Grand Duke wants to get involved in the future, Liszt would welcome it.
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