Traitor Summoning System [Infrastructure]

Leonard counted his gold coins.

Starting from Linye City to Little Thorn Castle, he brought thirty gold coins.

The conversion ratio of gold coins, silver coins, and copper coins here is 1:100, and the purchasing power of gold coins is still astonishing...that is relatively speaking.

A noble gemstone ring may cost dozens of gold coins.

Fortunately, not long after he came to Little Thorn Castle, he robbed two bandit groups and successfully turned his gold coins into 170, which seemed quite impressive.

Leonard had bought a lot of grain before, but the money he used to buy the grain was the money after he robbed the robbers and sold it directly, and his original gold coins were hardly used.

He asked Conrad Steward to go to Sunlun City to buy slaves. A slave costs 20 silver coins, and 130 slaves cost [-] gold coins. In addition to the previous intermittent expenses, Leonard still has [-] coins left in his hands. coins.

It looks like a lot, but now the territory is really asking for money everywhere.

First of all, it's Lu Bu's side. He wants to make weapons, and the weapons can't all be made of wood. He must buy iron and find a blacksmith to make them.The other is war horses, which are very expensive.Now on the market, a very strong army horse from the land of Eagle Bruce, the most popular in the mainland, is worth around 40 gold coins.Leonard felt that Lu Bu should be equipped with such a horse no matter what.

Ordinary military horses are not cheap, the price is more than 10 gold coins.

Lu Bu wanted to train a cavalry. According to Lu Bu's idea, one cavalry should be equipped with two horses.

Leonard has also read some novels in which a good cavalry is indeed so neat.

All you need in a war is money.

Ordinary horses are much cheaper, about 20 silver coins for a normal horse, and 10 silver coins for an ordinary rough horse.

The quality required for war horses is too high, not all horses can go to the battlefield.

The sheep that Leonard wants to buy cost 4 silver coins per sheep, but the lamb costs 2 silver coins.

There is no need to go to the distant Sunlun City to buy these for the time being. The butler Conrad can just go directly to the Chaos Bazaar with his people.

Leonard prefers to buy things in the chaotic bazaar, one is close, and the other is that through his own purchases, it can also promote the prosperity of the chaotic bazaar.

"Buy as much as you can. If you see grain for sale, you can buy some of it. You need all the sheep for sale. If you have war horses, you can also buy them. If you have other livestock, you can buy them at your discretion," Leonard instructed.

"Okay, my lord." Butler Conrad said.

"Oh, treat those merchants better." Nobles don't think much of merchants, this is the same in Europe and China.But nobles look down on everyone except nobles.Leonard said, "Say to those merchants, welcome to the Chaotic Bazaar and Evening Bell Town from time to time. Little Thorn Castle is developing and needs to purchase a lot of supplies."

Leonard gave Conrad butler fifty gold coins.

If you just buy sheep, you definitely don't need so many gold coins, but Leonard considered that someone might sell war horses, so he only gave fifty gold coins.

Leonard got the news that in the chaotic bazaar, merchants would occasionally appear to sell precious war horses.

It is impossible for war horses to appear in the general market, but the chaotic market is different. It used to be a place where robbers in this area often cared about. The robbers were able to buy war horses, so merchants would occasionally bring war horses here to sell.

In areas like chaotic markets, robbers generally obeyed the rules.

Now Leonard's territory is short of war horses.

The number of soldiers in the territory has exceeded one hundred, but there are less than fifty war horses.

Based on 10 gold coins for a military horse, it would be...

Leonard gritted his teeth, thinking, the military expenditure is really expensive, alas, take your time.

But most of the gold coins here were robbed by them, so Leonard wouldn't be particularly heartbroken.

...but distressed for sure.

Butler Conrad nodded after listening. He didn't ask a question this time. During this period of time, Leonard often explained some things to him, and his ideas changed a lot.

So now 85 gold coins are left.

The army of more than 100 people needs to be paid wages, the servants of the castle need to be paid wages, and the slaves will also be paid wages in the future. The monthly salary expenditure exceeds one gold coin, and more will be paid in the future. It seems that they have to find a way to make money. You can't always live on your laurels, or on the robbers' laurels, cough.

Lu Bu was by the side when Leonard gave Conrad the housekeeper a task, and when he heard Leonard say that he could buy as many sheep as he could, his heart almost broke.

Lu Bu's eyes lit up when he heard Leonard say he wanted to buy a war horse.

After deliberating for a while, Lu Bu said, "My lord, we can collect information about robbers in the chaotic market."

Lu Bu is now very eager to fight bandits, and usually bandits bring some war horses with them.

"That's right." Leonard said, "Conrad, go to the Chaos Bazaar to collect some information about the bandits."

Butler Conrad said: "It is estimated that there is not much useful information. People in the chaotic market like to keep silent on this aspect. They may have some connections with the robbers."

Leonard thought for a while, "Bring it with money, if you provide real information, give it to... give..."

"A gold coin?" Lu Bu asked.

Leonard felt a sudden heartache.

But he knew that if he gave less money, he would not be able to impress those people. They were all free people.

The chaotic market was originally a place where bandits were stationed, and many people there were not good stubble, and they were not short of money.Yes, Chaos Bazaar is richer than Eveningbell.

But if you are not a good stubble, you have to pay taxes obediently.

The tax paid by Wanzhong Town last month was 5 silver coins, while the tax paid by Chaos Market was 24 silver coins, which surprised Leonard.

There was no way, the robbers were all beaten to death by Lu Bu, even if most people in the chaotic market didn't want to be taken over by the lord, there was nothing they could do.

However, Leonard followed Maester Rutherford's advice and did not intervene in their internal affairs. He only maintained law and order, repaired some houses, prohibited people from urinating and defecating in the chaotic market, and finally paid taxes.

Shopkeepers found themselves paying less to their lords in taxes than to protection from robbers, and they immediately embraced Leonard's rule.

These people are just that realistic.

So Leonard felt that they would be more realistic under the temptation of gold coins.

However, the fly in the ointment is that they can't cheat the guests, because the lord's army will uphold justice...

"Give money as appropriate, if the news is true, it will be a gold coin." Leonard said.

"My lord." Butler Conrad hesitated, and said, "My lord, although we have won a lot of spoils in the previous battles with the robbers, we will not be so lucky every time..." He paused After a while, he continued: "Not all robbers have treasures and stocks."

"Oh, it's okay. Of course I know that not all robbers have treasures, that's a story in a fairy tale." Leonard now also saw it, he said: "Anyway, we also need to train soldiers, and we can catch them Come back as a prisoner."

Lu Bu naturally agreed with both hands and feet.

Leonard's emphasis on military strength is not because of his timidity or persecution paranoia, but because of the actual situation here.

If there is a war, the lords, large and small, must go to war. This is the obligation of a lord.Even if you are sick, you have to be carried to the battlefield in a carriage, which cannot be discussed.

Leonard didn't want to have a farming infrastructure that he was very excited about. He didn't have any military strength. He was planting a war above, and he was forcibly dragged to the battlefield, and he was gone.

Leonard thought again of the 5% survival rate he had just traversed.

It is estimated that the 5% survival rate is not only the food problem and the robbers encountered at the beginning, but more difficulties may appear in the future.

Survive, this is the first priority.

This is not unfounded worry, this is a rainy day.

……

Not long after Steward Conrad left, the last house for the slaves was finally finished. Bachelor Rutherford's temperament changed drastically, and he learned a lot of house-building skills from Cai Lun.

Ever since, three hundred slaves lived in their own house.

At the same time Leonard heard the system prompt:

[Successfully improve the accommodation conditions of the slaves, plus [-] destiny points. 】

It's been a long time since I heard this sound.

So now there are 230 destiny points, and the next summon needs 400 destiny points, and 170 points are needed.

Leonard is ready to move again, wanting to draw a lottery, after all, only 50 destiny points are drawn once.

No, no, I am too short of people right now, wait until the third traitor is summoned before drawing a lottery, summoning the traitor is the most important thing now.

Leonard has a full schedule today.

Morning exercise with the soldiers in the morning, Leonard's physical fitness is now the same as that of a normal person, this progress is very fast, after all, he was so weak when he first came.

After eating, Leonard inspected the current field under the leadership of Cai Lun.

The previous fields were all in one piece, and the planting was quite messy. Cai Lun didn't touch the old land much. After all, it had already been planted, and it was impossible to shovel and re-divide.

The fields vary in size - in theory they are the same.The method of measuring the area is to measure it with footsteps, so the division is actually not accurate, and it has a very clear personal subjective color.The serfs bribed the surveyors with grain, and the surveyors stepped forward and gave them more land.

There are lawns left between the fields, and wooden stakes nailed into the soil at the border, and the lawn and pointed wooden stakes are used to mark the boundary.

If farming exceeds this limit, it is a very serious matter.

Not far from the serf's personal field is Cai Lun's newly opened arable land, in which a lot of new grain, pasture, and bean plants are uniformly planted.The crops on these newly opened arable lands were obviously much better than the previous crops of the serfs.

Leonard also looked at the chili rewarded by the system.

Cai Lun has always worried that he will not be able to grow peppers alive, but now it seems that he has worried too much.

The pepper seedlings are growing very tall now, green and faint, and they grow so fast, I don’t know when they will bear fruit, hehehe.

I don't know if it grew so fast, or because of the chili seeds given by the system.

After inspecting the fields, Leonard went to Evening Bell Town.The civil court in Evening Bell Town started today, and Leonard, as the lord, of course has the right to attend.

The cases in it are nothing more than whose family's livestock ate whose family's leaves, whose cultivated land crossed the border, and a fight. It was said that his child's hair and eyes were the same color as the person next door. green hat.

"Such cases happen frequently." Mayor Parker said to Leonard.

Cuckolds often happen too... Leonard thought of a statistic he saw in the British "Guardian" before, saying that one out of every 25 British fathers is raising someone else's child.Between 1950 and 2004, of the 60 babies born in the UK each year, around 24000 were not born to their fathers.This data shocked Leonard at the time, it was really a set of... magnificent data.

After coming out of the court, Leonard went to the orchard again, and Leonard passed by a group of olive trees.

These olive trees are tall, straight and green, and the olive leaves with white scales are very beautiful.The sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, and the silver and blue are mixed together, shining and reflecting each other, which is too beautiful to behold.The olive flowers are also very beautiful, with clusters of small golden flowers embracing each other.In the scorching sun, the strong olive aroma is naturally volatilized.

Leonard took a breath of air, and said to the accompanying political officer Milton, "We can promote the planting of olive trees here."

"Lord, your territory is suitable for planting many things." Political Officer Milton said, "But you have to do it slowly."

"I still know that." Leonard said, they walked into the orchard, and saw a few serfs over there alive and kicking.

Milton, the political officer, said: "It's so presumptuous of you to do this in front of the lord."

Those slaves immediately knelt down: "I'm sorry, please forgive our rudeness, Lord Lord."

Leonard noticed that although Milton's words were harsh, he was essentially reminding those slaves.Milton was a nice guy, because of his experience at the Bachelor College, he was nice to everyone, even the slaves, and he didn't have a superior attitude.

Leonard nodded in his heart, feeling that Milton, the political officer, is a useful person, but he has no job to give him right now.

Leonard walked over and asked, "What are you doing jumping around?"

A serf buried his head and said, "Recently, many birds have been coming to peck the raspberries here, and they can't be driven away."

Leonard walked over to look at the purple-red raspberries over there, and said, "These raspberries should be picked too."

Since Leonard announced that the fruit could be eaten raw, everyone in Little Thorn Castle had an additional source of food.

Since then, everyone has paid more attention to fruits.

So the slave watched the raspberry being eaten by the bird, and felt very distressed.

"Are you going to pick them all now?" said the slave, "Oh, my lord, it will be broken after a while."

"Pick it off and make it into jam and fruit wine." Leonard stared at the raspberry, and thought of an idea: "You all pick it first, and I'll make something new, maybe it can be sold."

Leonard thought of making fruit jelly.

In modern times, jelly is very simple to make, just crush the fruit, add sugar, boil it with the gel and cool it, and the taste will be quite good.There are all kinds of gels in modern supermarkets.

Of course there is no gel in the Middle Ages, so Leonard had to make something similar first.His first thought was isinglass powder boiled from fish skin and swim bladder, but then he thought that there was no fresh fish at the moment, and then Leonard naturally thought of pigskin, which is rich in glue. It is nutritious and hygienic to make with that.

Leonard sent the slave to go to Evening Bell Town to buy a pigskin.

Wild boar skin cannot be used to make skin jelly, as wild boar skin is too hard.

And if Lu Bu knew that Leonard cooked and ate the leather armor, he would probably be so sad that he would cry.

Well... For Lu Bu, wild boar skin is directly equivalent to leather armor.

Leonard asked the cook to clean up all the remaining pig hairs on the pig skin, and then cleaned it in the water. It must be cleaned up, otherwise the boiled skin jelly will have a peculiar smell. Think about it, There is a smell of pork in the jelly, vomit...

After cleaning the pigskin, boil the water, put it into the hot water, pour some wine, and drip lemon juice, all of which are used to remove the fishy smell.

After scalding it with boiling water for nearly an hour, Leonard asked the cook to fish out the pig skin.At this moment, the grease on the pigskin can be seen at a glance, and it is time to continue cleaning, rubbing back and forth clearly until the pigskin is clean and turns translucent white.

Leonard smelled it, and felt that he could no longer smell the greasy smell

Well, it's just right to use such skin jelly to make jelly.

The next process is simple. Finely chop the clean white pigskin, boil it in water, add some lemon juice, and Leonard also added some mint.

During the cooking of the pigskin, under Leonard's command, the cooks mashed raspberries into a jam, sprinkled honey in it, and then poured it into the boiled pigskin. Stir back and forth, cook over high heat, and finally put it into a basin.

For the first time, a total of two pots were made.

Leonard asked the cooks to put the two large bowls of jelly in a cool place to dissipate heat. In fact, it is best to put it in the refrigerator, but there is no refrigerator here.

After a while, it couldn't solidify into jelly, so Leonard went to inspect the army.

When I came back at night, the jelly had already congealed, and it was a large pot of purple-red. It looked...not very good.

Leonard dug a spoonful with a small spoon, then watched carefully under the candlelight.

It has not reached the point of being crystal clear, after all, the ingredients are placed there, it is impossible to be as crystal clear as the modern assembly line jelly.

But the translucent shape trembled with Leonard's movements, like a ruby, reflecting light.

"After digging up a piece, it will look pretty good." Leonard nodded.

The cooks next to him were stunned.

After making the jelly under Leonard's command, they went to have a look at it every once in a while. They saw the jelly gradually congealed with their own eyes, and they were so curious in their hearts, but due to their status, they couldn't move.

Leonard directly put the spoonful of jelly into his mouth.

The juicy and juicy jelly is extremely delicate. When you bite it down, the juice in the raspberry jelly flows into your mouth. The fragrance of raspberry and the sweetness of honey spread out all at once, coupled with the refreshing mint. Leonard was shocked.

"It's really good." Leonard nodded, "It smells like jelly."

The cooks next to her couldn't help opening their mouths, salivating.

Leonard continued: "In the future, you can try to add some milk into it. The panna cotta will be delicious."

"You all know how to do it, right?" Leonard turned his head to look at the cooks.

The cooks quickly shut up: "Yes, my lord."

Leonard smiled: "Okay, each of you digs some and eats. Then make jelly with the remaining raspberries. You can get 2 copper coins for each pot you make. This is extra overtime pay."

The cooks were immediately overjoyed.

Leonard planned to sell these raspberry jellies in Wanzhong Town and Chaos Market. He thought about it when he counted the gold coins in the morning.

These jellies can be made more in the future. They taste good and are quite nutritious.

At this moment, the servant Cronin ran up and said, "My lord! The slaves said that after the raspberries were picked, the birds started pecking the apples again!"

To move the lord's apple!

Leonard jumped up.

This is unbearable.

Leonard and Cronin immediately went to the scene and found many gray-spotted yellow-billed birds pecking at the apples.

The slaves threw stones and they flew away, but soon fell down again.

A slave climbed on a fruit tree, and they went to peck another fruit tree.

The slaves saluted after seeing Leonard, but they were too anxious, for fear that they would be punished for it.

Leonard went directly to Lu Bu, who was training soldiers with all his heart.

Leonard said: "Fengxian, it's time for your archers to show their strength!"

Lu Bu was overjoyed: "Are there any robbers?"

"No, it's shooting birds, and some birds are stealing the fruit. Cough, this can be considered actual combat." Leonard said reluctantly.

Lu Bu: "..."

Lu Bu said dryly, "Of course, my lord."

"Cough..." Leonard looked up at the sky.

He can't help it either.

Although he lost his enthusiasm, Lu Bu acted quickly, and he immediately led the knights to the orchard.

The knights were free to shoot arrows, bend their bows, and build them. Their actions looked very handsome. Looking at the results of the battle, they were just like the five scum of war, with very few hits.

Well, learning how to shoot an arrow is a long process, and these birds are moving targets, so the hit rate is understandable.

The knights shot the arrows and picked them up again, and then shot again, over and over again.

Only Lu Bu shoots one arrow, one arrow at a time.

After Lu Bu shot six birds in a row, the birds scattered and flew away.

The slaves picked up the bird, and one slave said, "This bird is edible."

The bird looked quite fat. After taking it, Leonard weighed it twice, and announced: "These birds will be added to your meal tonight, and they will be roasted directly."

The knights were immediately happy, shouting to thank the lord.

Only Lu Bu looked melancholy.

Leonard said: "You should thank General Lu for shooting so many birds."

Everyone thanked Lu Bu in unison.

Lu Bu looked a little better.

Leonard thought for a while, and asked the servant Cronin to take out the jelly from the kitchen, and divided it into three parts. One part was given to Lu Bu, and he was allowed to distribute it freely, the other part was given to Cai Lun, and the last part was Let the housekeeper assign it himself.

Lu Bu took a sip of the jelly, and the sweet and cool taste diffused, and his mood was completely adjusted.

Leonard successfully appeased Lu Bu.

For the next two days, those birds came over frequently, and Lu Bu was on standby at any time, like a scarecrow in the field, shooting down many more birds.Eventually the birds gave up here entirely.

Leonard led a group of slaves along the direction the birds flew away, and finally found their home on the rock wall.

There were a lot of bird eggs in the crevices of the rock, and a slave who was good at climbing picked up a dozen or so eggs. They ate the gray bird two days ago, and it tasted very good. Their eggs must also be delicious.

Hmph, eat my fruit, I ate your eggs.Leonard thought angrily, and then ate ten bowls with tears in his eyes (...).

These bird eggs are really delicious, just put them in the ashes and bake them directly.

……

When Steward Conrad went to the chaotic market, Cai Lun divided the livestock area of ​​the castle and began to repair the sheepfold.

The animal husbandry area is naturally far away from the farming area, so that the livestock will not eat their own grain.

Under Leonard's instruction, Cai Lunxiu's first sheepfold was relatively large, and half of the sheepfold had a roof, otherwise the sheep would get sick easily when it rained.

Naturally, the roof of the sheepfold is still covered with that grass roof called Hawass.

After Cai Lun finished planning, he handed over most of the things to Bachelor Rutherford, and then he was as light as a swallow and free.

Butler Conrad bought back seven big sheep and five little lambs. He didn't buy the war horses, but a merchant said that they would definitely bring them next time. There were also two piggies plus some grain.Piggy was also raised by the original slave who raised pigs, and Leonard focused on raising sheep.

Lu Bu said to Leonard: "I have seen the pasture here. The quality of the pasture here is good, especially chicory and vetch, but there are not many planted. If we want to expand the scale of farming, it is best to expand the planting area."

"Okay." Leonard nodded, "I'll go find Cai Lun right away."

Lu Bu smiled brightly.

Well, he is busy, so he can't let Cai Lun be idle.

After the sheep entered the pen, a system notification sounded: [Successfully start the sheep breeding business in Little Thorn Fort, plus [-] Destiny Points. 】

Leonard was stunned. Will it be added to raising pigs and cattle in the future?

It should be... But Leonard also knows that these are all added at once, and there will be nothing to add after the addition is completed.

Jelly is very popular in Wanzhong Town and Chaos Bazaar. Chaos Bazaar sells 10 copper coins per bowl, and Wanzhong Town sells 6 copper coins per bowl.The cooks can get 1 copper plate for each pot they make, and Leonard said that they are working overtime.And a pot can be divided into five small bowls.

Three days later, Leonard received four silver coins and several copper plates.

Now Little Thorn Castle is not only self-sufficient, but also sells things to make a little money.

But the money earned so far is not worth a military horse...

Right now, Little Thorn Castle is looking prosperous, and the lives of the slaves are gradually getting more comfortable.

If it keeps going like this, it's okay.

But Leonard clearly knows that everything is now based on everything going well.

For example, suddenly there is bad weather or something, and the territory is still short of food.

Therefore, further development is required.

Leonard is full of confidence at this time.