Traitor Summoning System [Infrastructure]

Cai Lun and Lu Bu started a new round of busy work.

Cai Lun was obviously busier than Lu Bu, because in the process of managing slaves, he had to find time to teach a master blacksmith and five junior apprentices to forge iron.

What's even worse is that Cai Lun himself doesn't have much hands-on skills, so he has to spare time to figure out how to actually operate it.

This is also a helpless thing, if he doesn't go up, no one will go up.

Lu Bu is relatively relaxed, although it is not very easy... because he has to take care of training soldiers and raising sheep.His heart was heavy and his heart was troubled.So Leonard went to inspect it a few times, saw his bitter face, and made a very wise decision.

Oh, it's not that he is not allowed to do it, but let him continue to do it, and he will not be assigned more tasks (...).

Lu Bu: ... I really appreciate you.

The two subordinates were busy, so Leonard decided to organize the sea catching team himself. He sat in front of the window, watched the floating clouds in the blue sky outside the window for a long time, and then had an idea.

He called the valet Cronin.

Because Cronin, the servant, was in charge of manure before, he was familiar with Leonard, and Leonard also liked to order him around.

This behavior greatly improved the status of the servant Cronin in Little Thorn Castle.

The other servants are very envious of Cronin the valet.

At first they gloated that Cronin had taken on such a drudgery, working with shit and slaves--they thought both were as despicable.It's ridiculous to say that servants and commoners despise slaves more than nobles, thinking that slaves are dirty.

But as the manure took effect, the servants realized that this might not be a drudgery that the lord suddenly imagined, but a really big thing.

So, instead of taking pleasure in others' misfortune, they were a little bit envious.

Since then, the servant Cronin has been called by the lord more and more times, and has gradually transformed into a personal servant, which makes other people envious to death.

The servant Cronin also clearly knew how he came to his current position, so he would obey every order of the lord—even if it seemed inexplicable, and he was motivated to do it.Leonard is very satisfied with him.

"My lord, good day, what are your orders?" The servant Cronin quickly came to Leonard after hearing Leonard's call, bowed respectfully, and said.

"You find someone, and you go to Wanzhong Town and Chaos Bazaar to recruit members of the sea-chasing team." Leonard said, "I'm going to organize a sea-chasing team."

"Are you recruiting on the spot?" the valet Cronin asked.

Leonard thought for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, let's recruit from morning to evening tomorrow, let the news spread throughout Chaos Market and Evening Bell Town, and then bring the recruited members of the sea hunting team back to Little Thorn Fort in the evening. "

"Okay, my lord." The servant Cronin said.

"As for the remuneration... there are no copper coins." Leonard said, "Half of the sea goods obtained from the catch will be paid to Little Thorn Castle, and there will be no other taxes for the rest.

You must know that at this time, there are all kinds of exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes. A businessman may have to pay a dozen kinds of taxes to sell goods and walk a few miles.Tsarist Russia Peter the Great once ordered everyone to shave their beards, otherwise they would break the law, but the Orthodox Church believed by most people at that time believed that beards were a gift from God and could not be shaved off, so it was very painful. The beard can be kept, so everyone pays taxes for the beard. ...is also a wonderful way to make money.

"Okay, my lord." The servant Cronin said, "You are simply too merciful."

This is indeed very kind, and Cronin, the harvest boy who is rushing to the sea, knows that those delicious shells and seafood make all the members of Little Thorn Castle greedy.

Everything on the entire land belongs to the lord, and the lord is willing to give half of it to the members of the sea-chasing team. There is really too much oil and water in it.

Even Cronin himself was a little tempted.

However, other people don't know how nourishing the sea-chasing team will be. People in Wanzhong Town probably believe Leonard's words. After all, Leonard has implemented many policies to benefit the people in Wanzhong Town, but the chaotic market People definitely don't believe it.

What?The nobles promised not to levy taxes in the future, how could it be possible!And there is no pay for the work, and only half of the harvest. Who knows what this thing is.

It is estimated that not many people are willing to participate in the chaotic market.

This is also Leonard's purpose. In the future, other people who don't believe in Leonard will start to regret it when they see the members of the Chasing Team getting rich.

This kind of regret will make them firmly grasp the next opportunity, so that they will gradually follow the lord unconditionally in the future.

As a lord, Leonard needs the vassals of his own territory to think so.

"In addition, the remaining members of the seafood fishing team can also choose to sell directly to Little Thorn Fort. When we set a unified price, they can also sell it themselves, but the price they sell cannot exceed the price of Little Thorn Fort." Lun Nader said, "Forget it, this will be canceled first, and the external price will be set casually first. Let me see the result of market regulation."

"Yes, my lord." The servant Cronin said; "I remember everything."

He didn't understand what the 'market regulation' meant, but he didn't ask, the Lord Lord's words were the highest order.

"Okay, let's go," Leonard said.

"Of course, my lord." The servant Cronin saluted again and left.

Cronin was very happy when he left Leonard's room.He is in charge of setting up the sea-chasing team. The members of the sea-chasing team will definitely be rich in the future, and they will remember him as the original recruiter.In addition, the lord asked him to choose another servant to go with him, which meant that he had the right to choose someone.

The other servants will definitely flatter him when they find out. This is in stark contrast to how he was laughed at before.

Ah, this is what it feels like to have power, Cronin thought gleefully, this is really good.

Sure enough, if you follow the lord honestly, all kinds of good things will happen.

... This is really a bit of the meaning of the one who follows me.

After talking to the servant Cronin about this matter, Leonard called another servant: "Go to the slaves and inform them. After the slaves who drove the sea today come back, let them not go out tomorrow and wait for orders."

Leonard is considering building a house by the sea.

It takes nearly an hour to ride a horse to the beach, and the speed is slower if you walk, which will take too much time to go back and forth. It would be great if there is a house by the sea.And if there is a house by the sea, you can catch the sea at night.

Just do it.

Early the next morning, Leonard took a group of slaves and Bachelor Rutherford to the sea.

Bachelor Rutherford learned architectural knowledge from Cai Lun, so Leonard brought him here.

They passed a large field.

The gray mist spread over the field, and windmills could be vaguely seen not far away, like black giants guarding the farm.These windmills have been abandoned for a long time. The wooden steps are rotted and eaten away by insects and ants. When the wind blows, there is a creaking sound, as if invisible ghosts are dancing on them.The children in Wanzhong Town have always wanted to explore it, but the adults always refused to let them.

"What are these windmills used for?" Leonard asked, his first reaction was wind power generation, and then he thought that there is no electricity now.

Maester Rutherford wobbled on the horse, stroked his beard, and said, "It's for sawing wood and grinding grain."

"I see." Leonard nodded, and he suddenly felt ignorant.

This is actually something that everyone knows in this period. Leonard's question seems a bit stupid, but since he is a nobleman with no fingers, it is justifiable to ask such a question.

"But it looks broken now," Leonard said.

"It may still be usable after repairs," Rutherford said.

"Can you repair it?" Leonard asked.

Maester Rutherford said bluntly, "No. I learned it in school, but I forgot."

Leonard: "...Oh."

Really returned all the school stuff.

Then look for Cai Lun.

Cai Lun will always be God.

The group of them came to the beach, and Leonard began to observe the coast carefully.

Of course, when building a house, it should not be too close to the sea, otherwise the sea will sweep away the house.It is best to build it against the cliff, or even into the woods.There are often strong winds blowing by the sea, and if there is nothing to rely on, the house will be blown over.

Those slaves were eager to try to pick up seafood, Leonard waved them to go, they ran to the beach excitedly and started to pick up seafood, Leonard took a slave and climbed up the mountain over there with Bachelor Rutherford.

Leonard stopped after not climbing for a long time, because he saw that when the wind blows, small stones will roll down from the mountain, falling properly from high altitude.

"No." Leonard said, "Since there are such small rocks being blown down, maybe there will be big rocks blowing down too. This is too dangerous."

Leonard gave up building a house on the mountain, so he changed to the edge of the forest not far from the sea.

Leonard and Bachelor Rutherford quickly found a suitable place at the edge of the forest. Leonard called the slaves over. The slaves had already picked up a lot of seafood, including sargassum, clams, swimming crabs and starfish.

"Okay, throw these into the basin first, let them spit out the sand, and then get ready." Leonard shouted, "This is our lunch."

"Long live the lord!" The slaves were very excited when they heard that they had eaten the seafood at noon.

Then started building the house.

There are abundant construction resources in the forest, and it is very convenient to use local materials.

They have all the tools with them.

Maester Rutherford immediately began to command. He divided the slaves into two groups. One group went to find and cut trees, and the other group collected vines.

Seeing him commanding in an orderly manner, Leonard said, "The temperament has changed a lot."

"Yes." Bachelor Rutherford said: "I have learned a lot from Bachelor Cai Lun. The more I get in touch with him, the more powerful I think he is."

"That's right, Cai Lun is amazing." Leonard said.

A group of people work quickly, not to mention that none of the slaves is lazy, they are all doing slavery.

"In the past, I only thought that slaves were morally corrupt, thinking about being lazy all day long, not working hard..." Bachelor Rutherford shook his head: "I was wrong."

"Yeah." Leonard said.

Soon they collected a lot of materials, and then Maester Rutherford put some slaves in charge of whittling the branches into thick long sticks, while other slaves began to find suitable leaves for roofing, using thin, narrow sticks. Leaves, the kind of leaves with densely packed narrow leaves growing on the veins.

Maester Rutherford commanded a slave to nail the cut sticks into the ground obliquely. First, he nailed three sticks, and then stepped on the stones and tied them up staggeredly with vines.

Leonard understood: "This is a small triangular house."

"Well, it's more convenient to make this kind, and it's also sturdy." Bachelor Rutherford said, "I asked Bachelor Cai Lun before we came out with you, and he said that if you want to build a house in the forest, you recommend this kind of house."

"That's good." Leonard nodded in satisfaction, Cai Lun's judgment must be fine.

The speed of a group of slaves was very fast, and everyone collected firewood with high flames. Soon the general frame of the first house was ready, and then a group of slaves began to nail the general frame of the second house, and other slaves used vines to wind the wooden sticks horizontally. , This is equivalent to a roof truss, spread thick leaves on it, and tie it with thin vines, it is very strong and rainproof.

Leonard watched from the side, feeling a bit like the houses made by those explorers in the wilderness survival show.

This is the first time he's not watching it through a screen, and it's quite interesting.

Time passed quickly, and they had a clear division of labor, cutting trees, nailing frames, weaving vines, and arranging leaves.

But after watching it for a long time, I felt bored, so Leonard took a slave and continued to go to the beach to pick up seafood.

Leonard was looking for seafood very quickly, and the slave followed him, stealing skills openly and aboveboard.

"This cat's-eye salamander is really fat." Leonard pulled out a cat's-eye salamander from the sand, squeezed the water from the meat, and said.

Salamander snails are similar in nutrition, but they are all nutritious.

"A lot of meat." The slave next to him said, "As expected of the lord! I found such a rare conch!"

"Come on," Leonard cursed with a smile, "The cat's-eye salamander is too common."

The slave giggled and said, "But the lord finds such a fat one, it's still different."

But... it feels good to be flattered by others.

quack quack.

After a while, the tide came up and it was impossible to go on.

Leonard and the slave returned to the construction team. Leonard decided to boil the fish into fish soup first, and cook it for a while.

Then Leonard discovered... There was no fire.

Oh yes, this party forgot to bring flint.

"Can you make fire by drilling wood?" Leonard asked.

The group of slaves was stunned for a while, and one slave came out and said, "I'll try, my lord."

So the slave lay down and began to drill wood to make fire. This was a very laborious process that required special skills. The slave drilled for a long time without a wisp of smoke coming out.

Leonard began to struggle: "Then how to fix this... go back and get the Flint?"

Maester Rutherford said reluctantly, "I'll do it."

This made Leonard surprised: "You know this skill."

"Fire is our most primitive weapon and the source of our life." Maester Rutherford said, "Every maester must learn how to obtain fire from nature, otherwise he will not be able to graduate."

"Haha, okay." Leonard said, "I see."

Bachelor Rutherford squatted on the ground and began to drill wood to make fire. A graceful old man in a bachelor's uniform lay down on the ground and drilled wood. This scene was more or less discordant and joyful.

Soon, Maester Rutherford succeeded.

He held the sawdust and blew desperately, and the smoke quickly came out from between his fingers. He was choked, and after coughing a few times, he continued to blow, and the flame also came out from between his fingers.

The slaves over there had already prepared the twigs, and Maester Rutherford put the burnt sawdust under the twigs. After a while, the twigs also burned, and the fire was officially successful!

"Hand hurts so much." Maester Rutherford looked at his palm and said distressedly.

"Haha, thank you for your hard work." Leonard said, "Eat more later."

The joy in Maester Rutherford's eyes flashed, and then he said reservedly: "Okay, thank you, Lord Lord."

Leonard looked up at the sun in the sky, and decided to grind a piece of crystal into a magnifying glass, a convex lens, so that it would be easier to light a fire in the wild in the future.

...But after thinking about it, it is more convenient and cheaper to bring flint.

Then Leonard thought again, the magnifying glass is a product of a different era, so if you make a convex lens, you might be able to pretend to be a ghost in the future, saying that I am blessed by destiny, and the gods have given me the power to control fire.Do not believe you look! ——Use a magnifying glass to shine on the sawdust, and the sawdust ignited. Everyone exclaimed, and they all worshiped what the hell. Isn't this a super protagonist?

System, can making a convex lens add destiny points?

【Can. 】

Leonard immediately beamed with joy.

This kind of small house is easier to build than the house in Little Thorn Castle, and it is relatively strong, so there will be no problems for a while.

As the sun rose higher and higher, the slaves continued to work. Leonard and the slave who was driving with him started cooking the seafood.

The fish soup has been simmering for a while.

There is clear spring water in the forest, and there are some herbs that remove the smell.Everything is available.

Leonard also boiled seawater in a jar, and after evaporating, he got some coarse sea salt. Eating too much of this coarse salt would be bad for your health, but if you only eat a little today, it shouldn’t be a big problem.Leonard leaned against the sea and thought about drying salt by himself, and then he learned from Cai Lun that drying sea salt is very troublesome, compared with well salt and lake salt, which are much easier.

I don't know if I can find these salts in my territory, if not, then I will forcefully use sea salt.

Oops, so much to do.

Leonard thought.

Then he was brought back to his thoughts by the smell of seafood.

These seafood are really fresh, the meat is tender and delicious, add some herbs to remove the flavor, and then sprinkle some salt, soon, a fragrant smell hits the face.

The slaves working over there started drooling.

Leonard looked at the sun and said, "Come over to eat after you finish what you're doing."

"Thank you, my lord!" The slaves immediately worked harder.

Under the temptation of delicious food, they quickly finished the work at hand. Leonard pointed to the coconut trees over there, and asked a few slaves who were good at climbing trees to climb up and pick them off. Wash the shells and use them as cups to drink the coconut milk.

Coconut juice is a very nutritious drink, but it is the product of coconut meat and coconut water. Now this condition is not available, so I just drink coconut juice and dig coconut meat.

Maester Rutherford's eyes lit up after taking a sip, the mouth is smooth and tender, the coconut fragrance is overflowing, refreshing and delicious, and the mouth and teeth are fragrant after drinking: "It tastes better than milk, so refreshing!"

"I think milk tastes better." Leonard gulped down the coconut juice. He didn't drink much water all morning and was thirsty.

"Obviously this one tastes better," said Maester Rutherford.

"Probably because it's your first time drinking coconut water," Leonard said. "Afterwards, make coconut milk, which tastes better and is more nutritious than this."

Maester Rutherford's attention was immediately attracted by the coconut milk in Leonard's mouth. Leonard briefly explained: "Coconut water and coconut meat are mixed and processed... Unfortunately, there are not many coconut trees here." He said , "It would be nice if coconut trees could be planted."

If you can plant saplings and grow taller in a few days like the game in Minecraft, you can cut down trees, that would be great.

Bachelor Rutherford: "Lord, you always want to do many things."

"Because there are many things waiting for me to do, because there are many things waiting for me to conquer." Leonard said casually.

Maester Rutherford was stunned after hearing this, and then he saw Leonard calling the slaves to scoop up seafood from the pot and eat them together.

Maester Rutherford stayed for a while, and then began to eat together.

Then I was instantly overwhelmed by the taste.

As soon as it was picked up from the sea, it was put into the pot immediately. Although the sand and soil affected the taste, the people present didn't care about it.This is to lock the umami taste into the ingredients.

These seafood are already salty and fragrant, and they don't need much seasoning to be delicious.

Leonard broke open a swimming crab. The meat was firm, and the crab meat was white and plump. It looked delicious. After taking a bite, wow, it was really delicious.

The other pot is fish soup, which needs to be boiled for a long time, and it will be mellow and delicious after a long time.

Soon, the smell of fish, which was different from that of shells, wafted through his nostrils. Leonard took a look and found that the fish soup might not immediately turn into an attractive milky white color, but it already had this tendency.After all, Leonard was the first to cook the fish soup.

"Cook it for a while." Leonard said, "You guys take a rest, and then drink the fish soup."

Leonard still likes to drink soup very much. He boils the essence of the ingredients, the rich aroma blends, the taste is full of layers, and the mellow and natural deliciousness... Suck it up, stop it, I can't think about it.

The slaves continued to work without much rest, partly because they were used to not having a lunch break, and partly because their physical fitness improved a lot during this period.

They continued to build houses over there, one after another.After building a few triangular thatched huts, they were already proficient, so there was no need for Bachelor Rutherford to guide them. Leonard simply took Bachelor Rutherford to the sea.

"I'm a dignified scholar, so I need to find food by myself... Ah, there's a crab there! Crab! It's delicious!"

Soon, Leonard saw Maester Rutherford lying on the ground excitedly looking for various holes, trying to dig crabs and shells.

This is getting too fast too.Leonard shook his head helplessly.

Then he saw a big cat's-eye salamander, and immediately squatted down and started digging.

... each other each other.

Feel the gift of the sea, enjoy the feeling of picking up seafood for nothing, and the surprise when you find a shell... Catch the sea is really a lot of fun.

In the afternoon, when the fish soup was ready, Leonard invited the slaves to drink the fish soup with big shells. The rich and mellow fish soup filled their bodies with strength.

"This is not coming out to work, this is clearly coming out to enjoy." A slave couldn't help but said.

The other slaves agreed.

Once upon a time, slaves could only eat one meal a day.Now Leonard not only allows them to eat twice a day like the nobles, but sometimes there is an extra meal at noon.As for the food, needless to say, it was delicious from heaven.

The sun was about to set, and dusk was cast from the sky into the world.The shadows of the trees are gradually covered with orange-red, and repeatedly painted into more misty colors.When you look up, you can see the blue oil painting-like sea, the dreamy orange-red sky, and the white crescent moon sinking in the sunset.

The result of today's day's work is five triangular thatched huts, which are not bad.

Leonard returned to Little Thorn Castle in the afterglow of the evening, the groom led the horse back to the stable, and the servant helped Leonard change his clothes.

The servant Cronin came in and said anxiously: "My lord, we have recruited members of the sea-going team for a day, and only six people are willing to sign up."

"Oh, did you bring them here?" Leonard asked.

"Bring them here." The servant Cronin felt a little more at ease when he saw that Leonard was not angry, "Four of them are from Wanzhong Town, there are two from Chaos Market, and one is a half-grown young man."

"Well, tell the cook to cook the seafood I brought back. The food will be richer. Oh, and I'll get some jelly. I'll take a bath first." Leonard said.

Blowing the humid sea breeze all day at the beach, my body is sticky.Leonard couldn't wait to take a shower.

"Okay, my lord." The servant Cronin said.

Leonard also knows how to recruit such a small number of people. His prestige is relatively high in Wanzhong Town, but the free people in Wanzhong Town basically have their own jobs, so they can't leave their jobs to join the sea-chasing team.

There are some 'jobless people' in the chaotic market, but most people in the chaotic market don't believe in Leonard.

After taking a shower, Leonard went to the restaurant, where the six people recruited by Cronin were already waiting.

After Leonard appeared, all of them immediately bowed and greeted, "My lord."

They are free folk and don't need to kneel down.

Leonard noticed that one of them had an outstanding personality, and he asked, "Who are you? What did you do originally?"

The man replied: "My lord, my name is Dorothea, and I was originally a merchant in the chaotic market."

"Oh, celebrity, I heard that you are doing business with robbers." Leonard said casually.

Dorothea's expression changed immediately, as if she wanted to run away at any time.

Leonard smiled, "Okay, let's all sit down, let me introduce to you what rushing to the sea is... Before that, you don't need to listen with your ears, but taste it with your tongue first, what is rushing to the sea?" .”

Butler Conrad clapped his hands, and the servants came up one by one carrying seafood.

The fragrant smell and the alluring appearance immediately made those people's eyes straight.

It seems that it is different from what I thought...