Only the Sapphire Grand Duke and his heir, Anthony, knew where the Sapphire Family was headed.
Liszt, who was more than 7,000 kilometers away, was not clear. He was very busy and had no time to pay attention to the situation outside the Flame Archipelago.
Of course, a lot of information was still pouring in to him. The Rats organized by Xavier Oxdung and the Blood Servants managed by Mary Dawn were his two eyes hidden in the shadows.
The Rats were mainly responsible for inquiring about the internal information of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, and more to protect the territory from infiltration by foreign forces. The Blood Servants were dispatched to the Eagle Kingdom and the Steel Ridge Kingdom, mainly to lurk and wait for major movements to be discovered before giving an early warning.
However, the current situation of the Sapphire Family was stable, the Eagle Kingdom was busy withdrawing to maintain stability, and the Steel Ridge Kingdom and the Blast Furnace Kingdom were at war.
No one had time to pay attention to the Flame Archipelago.
"The fleet of the Pinecone Family has arrived at the mouth of the River Whirlpool. I'll go there myself and arrange the development work of the Pinecone Family." Liszt received a message from the Knight and made some arrangements. "Let Viscount Vernal take an Orders of Chivalry and 5,000 serfs to the mouth of the River Whirlpool."
From Firewood Town to the mouth of the River Whirlpool, the Orders of Chivalry could take the sloop that had just been launched at the dock.
The ship went smoothly. Although it was not fast, it was better to save physical strength. After calculating the time, Vernal Ink should have already arrived at the mouth of the River Whirlpool with the Orders of Chivalry. Liszt rode the invisible dragon Bard and set off to meet the Pinecone Family that followed him.
Boom!
Arriving above the camp, Liszt jumped directly from the back of the invisible dragon. His figure slowly appeared after landing. This had become his standard appearance.
He always liked to play with this kind of low-key and luxurious abrupt atmosphere.
"Your Highness!" The Orders of Chivalry in the garrison camp saluted when they saw Liszt coming out of the dust. They were already used to it.
Liszt patted the dust on his cloak. At this time, Vernal and Roland Pinecone had already come out to greet him.
"Your Highness!"
"Liszt!"
"Uncle, did everything go well on this voyage?" Liszt motioned for the two of them not to be too polite, and then asked Viscount Roland cordially. The Pinecone Family had already followed him, and their status was confirmed to be his followers, so in terms of etiquette, Liszt had already become the Lord of Roland.
"Thanks to the navigators you sent and the Wind and Water Calming Beads, we encountered four storms along the way, but we survived all of them without much loss," Viscount Roland replied with lingering fear in his heart.
Ever since he decided to send out the expedition fleet to search for the new island, Liszt had entrusted the Guild of Magic to mass produce the Wind-calming Divine Pearl and the Water-calming Divine Pearl to protect the safety of the sailing fleet. The sea was merciless. Even the largest royal speedboat could not compete with the waves.
However, the Wind-calming Divine Bead and the Water-calming Divine Bead could calm the threat posed by the waves. It had to be said that in a world full of magic, there would always be a magical way to deal with it.
"It's good that you arrived safely," Liszt comforted him.
At this time, he saw that behind Viscount Roland, there was a young, slightly chubby Knight. It was Viscount Roland's youngest son and Liszt's cousin, Raleigh Pinecone. The other cousin, Russell, stayed in the family territory to deal with the handover of some territory and did not come along.
The womenfolk of the Pinecone Family also did not come along.
"Liszt …" Raleigh wanted to greet him, but he was a little fearful.
At that time, when he was still the Baron of the Flower Town, he and Liszt could still talk and laugh, and even show off the topaz pendant his grandfather had given him.
But when Liszt became a Dragon Knight, he gradually felt that this cousin of his was a stranger, and he slowly developed a sense of awe. In particular, he often heard his father and mother admonish him on how to face the Dragon Knight.
The difference in status stemming from the Knight system deepened Raleigh's sense of inferiority and fear. His cousin, whom he once teased and only received a tattered letter from his grandfather as a gift, had grown into one of the top figures in the world in terms of power, strength, and influence.
He was no longer the "little cousin who was disliked by the family" in his memory.
"Cousin Raleigh." Liszt walked over and patted Raleigh on the shoulder with a smile, "Not bad, you have become an Earth Knight."
Although he was not close to Aunt Melinda's relatives and had very little contact with them, but he still released enough cordiality. After all, the other party had already sought refuge with him.
Raleigh smiled awkwardly, "I haven't even become an elite, I'm still far from it."
"If you hone yourself more, then becoming an elite Earth Knight will not be a problem." Seeing that Raleigh was really nervous, Liszt no longer forced himself to reminisce with his cousin. He turned back and continued to talk to Viscount Roland, "I have already planned for the Pinecone Family's arrangements. Uncle will develop here at the mouth of the whirlpool and will be responsible for the trade with the Tulip Island in the future."
"I will be responsible for the trade with the Tulip Island?"
"Yes, mainly because the two islands share resources. The Tulip family will go all out to develop the Tulip Island, but they definitely don't have enough labor. I will support them with some serfs."
"You don't have enough serfs, do you?"
"Haha, it was not enough in the past, but now there are too many serfs … There are a large number of indigenous tribes on Flame Island, all of which are a source of high-quality serfs. Because there are too many of them, my temporary Knight followers are not enough, and I may not be able to digest so many serfs."
"This is really exciting news." Viscount Roland hesitated a little and said, "Can the Pinecone Family also buy a batch of serfs?"
"There is no need to buy them. You can catch them yourself, but pay attention to capturing serfs at the lowest cost. Don't cause too much unnecessary killing … Flame Island is too big. If you want to fully develop it, you need a large number of serfs. Capturing all the indigenous tribes is still not enough."
At this stage, there were too many indigenous people to digest, but when the Knight class developed and grew, the number of indigenous people would become scarce.
Therefore, every indigenous person killed was a loss of resources.
Vernal added, "With the consent of His Highness, our Orders of Chivalry rarely use the method of capturing serfs. We mainly recruit serfs by luring the Ancient Mages. When most of the indigenous tribes are attracted to serf life, even the Ancient Mages can't stop the annexation and obediently work for us. "
Countless years of forest life had seriously degraded the intelligence of the Ancient Mages. They could not distinguish the naked nibbling of the foreign Knight.
Even if they sold themselves, they would still have to count the Knight's money.
Although these Ancient Mages' spellcasting level was not high, the magic effect was good. After unified management and continuous brainwashing, they could probably serve as pioneers in the development of the forest. They were much better than the black uncles in Africa. At least the Moonslayers were not lazy and would work hard.
After all, the bloodline of their ancestors came from the Moon Empire, not from gorillas.
…
Immediately, the Pinecone Family took root at the mouth of the whirlpool river.
The family was an old Viscount family, and they were relatives of the Taro family. They had accumulated a lot of wealth. The Knight who was willing to follow, plus the temporarily recruited Earth Knight, totaled more than 300. There were more than 800 Trainee Knight, and the first batch of 1,000 serfs to migrate.
This was not a small help for the development of Flame Island.
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