No one could match A Qi's speed on the sea.
On the day before the New Year's Day, Liszt and A Qi first went to Iron Hoof Island. After landing, they took Leo and went straight to Iron Hoof City to preside over the New Year's Day celebration.
After the Sapphire Clan took over Iron Shoe City, Advisor Gort, Administrative Officer Blair, and Commander Garcia of the Orders of Chivalry worked hard to maintain the operation of the largest city on Iron Shoe Island. The first thing to do was to check the household register and survey the farmland.
Unfortunately, no traces of sprite worms were found. Before the handover, Sapphire Family had plundered them cleanly.
Moreover, not a single master-level craftsman could be found among the residents of the city. Obviously, they had been transferred by the Sapphire Clan long ago. Other than stonemasons, carpenters, blacksmiths, cobblers, and tailors, there weren't many other types of craftsmen. Most of them were craftsmen who worked in workshops.
In the end, most of the population was made up of serfs who made a living from farming.
In order to ensure that these people would not starve to death, Gort and others had to buy food from the surrounding cities, and then began to arrange for the workers and serfs to work. Work in lieu of relief was an advanced governance plan brought by Liszt. The serfs would not be given food directly, and they would only be given food if they worked.
Because the farmland was going to be gradually leased out, Iron Heel City would be dominated by trade, so the serfs' job was to clean up Iron Heel City.
Taking advantage of this winter, he would first clean up the feces and urine, then tear down some of the empty wooden houses and build toilets.
Due to the loss of a large number of people, the city, which originally had a population of one hundred and fifty thousand, now had space for renovation. Of course, Liszt would not invest a lot of money to renovate the city. He would simply clean up the city, build some toilets, plan the streets, and maintain the appearance of the city.
"You can't go back to Black Horse Island to meet your families, but I will remember your hard work."
"Renovating the Iron Hoof City, maintaining the population of fifty thousand people is enough. The remaining fifty thousand people need to be arranged for their migration. After the work is done, I will give each of you a credit. "
At the celebration banquet, Liszt raised his glass and drank with his followers, saying some words that a leader used to fool his subordinates. The followers all expressed their determination to work hard and the atmosphere was joyous.
The banquet was over.
Liszt rode on Leo and left the Iron Hoof City with A Qi. They returned to the sea and rode the shell back to Black Horse Island overnight. The next day, Black Horse Island entered a festive atmosphere. Most of the civilians had already taken a holiday. Even if there were civilians who worked overtime, they were paid three times the salary standard.
Messiro and his wife arrived at noon, followed by Leewilliam and his wife, Levis, and Richard. Thorns Keep was bustling with activity like never before.
Before nightfall and the start of the banquet, Chrissie led the mages of the Guild of Magic to the square in front of the Thorn Fort and set off many magical fireworks. This was a research task issued by Liszt in the Guild of Magic, and it was not difficult in itself. That was why there was such a fireworks display.
When he spent the New Year's Day in the Longtaro Castle, the Court Great Magician Grimandan – Truth released magic fireworks in the Longtaro Castle.
This left a deep impression on him.
If there were no fireworks, would it still be called a New Year Festival?
"So beautiful!"
"How lively!"
"So happy!"
Looking at the magical fireworks blooming in the air, everyone's expression flickered with colorful light, constantly changing with the fireworks.
"It's been three years."
Liszt muttered silently in his heart. This was the third New Year's Day he had spent in this world. Every festive season, he missed his family, but he had no relatives to miss, so he quickly shook off this trace of melancholy. In any case, he was already a part of this world.
"I asked someone to send a potted plant from the castle as a New Year's Day gift for you. As long as you treat it well, it will repay you, just like the stone flowers of the Thorn Fort."
Madam Penélope came over, took his hand, and chattered.
All over Bramble Castle, potted plants of Stone Flowers were placed as decorations for the castle. After knowing that the stone flower cordyceps were bred from the potted plants she sent, Madam Penélope became more and more convinced that her potted plants were different. Now, she was sometimes reluctant to send potted plants as gifts.
She only gave them generously to Liszt and other family members.
However, after the stone flower, she had sent out more than a hundred potted plants, yet not a single cordyceps had been found.
Liszt had received ten potted plants in total, yet none of them had produced sprite worms.
However, he still accepted Madam Penélope's kindness: "Rest assured, grandmother. I have specially placed the potted plants you sent on the balcony to take good care of them, so as to prevent them from producing sprite worms one day."
"That's right, that's how it should be!"
… …
The noisy New Year's Day subsided in the middle of the night.
Liszt returned to his bedroom, drank a cup of milk tea, operated his dragon's battle qi to evaporate the alcohol in his body, and restored his mind's clarity.
Next, he opened a Knight novel and waited for the New Year's Day to come.
After a moment.
The castle's bell rang. Sapphire calendar year 153 had passed, and 154 had arrived. The smoke mission also quietly changed at this time.
"Mission completed. Reward: magic communication array plan."
When the smoke slowly outlined the unknown reward Serpentines, Liszt's spirit was suddenly roused: "It turned out to be a magic communication array plan!"
The value of this reward could be said to be not much less than that of a dragon!
Because once the magic communication array was popularized, the benefits that could be generated would be unimaginably huge. It was similar to the invention of the telegraph or the telephone on Earth, bringing about a subversive change in society.
"Very good!"
"I appreciate this mission reward. As for the magic communication array plan, it is either with A Qi or with the wizard tower. Tomorrow, I will ask carefully to see who invented the magic communication array plan. "Liszt was in a good mood.
After taking several deep breaths, he restrained his emotions and began to check the new smoke mission.
"Mission: A new year will begin with the arrival of the Age of Navigation. It is time for the exploration fleet to set off to explore the sea. Keep in touch at all times. Have Yevich lead the fleet out to sea to find new islands for you to live on. Please find three islands outside of Sapphire's sphere of influence. Reward: the agitation of the rubber sprite worm triplets. "
"The rubber sprite worm triplets are agitating again?"
"It seems that after I recently shifted my attention back to the elves, I have continuously issued elf-related missions. It seems that the Smoke Dragon's power of fate is starting to swindle the elves."
Liszt pondered over the contents of the mission: "Yevich's exploration fleet can set off, but before that, I have to first create the magic communication array so that I can keep track of the fleet's movements. Every time Yevich finds an island, A Qi and I will be able to arrive in time and arrange for people to develop it. "
Moreover, he and A Qi could also replenish the fleet's supplies at any time.
In fact, A Qi was the best candidate to explore the archipelago. However, A Qi's energy was devoted to magic experiments. As an High Wizard, it seemed a bit wasteful for her to search for islands in the vast sea. After all, there were so many important mysteries waiting for A Qi to explore.
As his thoughts drifted, Liszt fell asleep.
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