The Defeated Dragon

The so-called inspection is more to browse the general situation of the territory, and it is impossible to examine the production and population of the territory in detail.

Is that the mage's tower? Earl Jonas asked, pointing to a column-like building in the distance.

Yes, it was built for the great magician Kris Truth, who is enshrined in the territory. She is not keen on banquets among nobles, and she is currently researching some kind of magic, so she didn't attend the banquet last night. .” Consultant Galtai is the guide of the inspection team.

Earl William Lee and Viscount Liszt obviously would not lose their airs as commentators, and Galtai was the most suitable person.

The shape of the Mage Tower is somewhat similar to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, with a total of five floors.

The bottom floor is the highest, nine meters high, and it is the location of the Magic Academy; the second to fourth floors are five meters high, the second floor is the rooms of the students and teachers of the Magic Academy; the third floor is the magic potion research workshop; the fourth floor is the magic equipment research workshop ; The height of the fifth floor is six meters, which is the independent space of Chris Truth, including bedrooms, study rooms, laboratories, etc.

So the total height of the mage tower is thirty meters.

Beyond the fifth floor, there is a basement level for storage.

Count Jonas was a little puzzled by this: Liszt, you didn't even build a castle, but you directly built a mage's tower for magicians?

This is not in line with the style of ordinary nobles. It is indeed important to enshrine magicians, but compared to the castle where nobles live, the importance is limited. In the social system, the nobles are always the most honorable group of people, and any enjoyment should be obtained by the nobles first, and then by other classes.

Liszt can't say that he is accumulating experience for architects, nor can he say that he is trying to win over magicians. Because of the bull marquis slaying the dragon incident, domestic nobles have a bad opinion of magicians.

So he smiled: My castle is structurally different from standard castles, so the mage's tower was built before the design was completed. In fact, I really enjoy the small castle in Huahua Town, and I am not in a hurry to live in it. Into the great and famous castle.

This reason is somewhat reluctant. Normal nobles definitely build castles first, and the integration of attack and defense in castles is the capital for nobles to settle down.

But Jonas didn't continue to struggle, and quickly rushed to the next inspection location.

The location of this inspection is the mushroom greenhouse in Xianggu Town. Now the 1,000-acre greenhouse has been completed, and the scale is still expanding, basically reaching a scale of 2,000 acres. With the suspension of production of ice and snow flame mushrooms, basically all the shiitake mushroom greenhouses here are planted with flame mushrooms.

Liszt still asked the serfs to continue to expand the cultivated area.

And they are already negotiating with the Levi's couple. The Levi's couple will send serfs to learn the cultivation technology of flame mushrooms. In the future, they will share the profits of each mu of flame mushrooms on Coral Island with Liszt. The specific share ratio is still under discussion. .

This is the specialty of the territory, the flame mushroom. It is a potion mushroom conceived by the discarded caterpillar fungus. It belongs to the fire potion. We are working hard to expand the output. Gao Ertai explained that the formula is strictly kept, so he is not afraid of others Take a visit and steal the flame mushroom.

Earl Jonas looked at the endless greenhouses and said in surprise, How many acres of flame mushrooms have you planted?

About 2,000 mu, and it's still expanding.

Two thousand acres? All of them are planted with flame mushrooms?

Feeling that Jonas' tone seemed wrong, Liszt couldn't help frowning and asked: What's wrong, Earl Jonas, is there anything wrong with this?

How is the harvest of the flame mushroom in your territory, and what is the effect of refining the magic potion?

The scale has just been expanded, and the first batch has not come down yet.

Jonas nodded and said to William Li: Count William Lee, didn't you remind Liszt?

William Li was at a loss: Remind what?

The same is true for Liszt: Is there something wrong with my piece of flame mushroom?

If there is no accident, the quality of these two thousand acres of flame mushrooms will definitely be poor, and the efficacy of the refined potion will also be greatly reduced.

Why?

It seems that you really don't know enough about the abandoned caterpillar fungus. Jonas said regretfully, Although the abandoned caterpillar fungus like mushrooms is not restricted by elves, the scale of planting is still limited. Within a radius of one million square kilometers, basically more than It will be greatly degraded if it exceeds 1,000 mu, and some varieties will degrade even if it exceeds 600 mu.”

There is such a saying? Liszt was very puzzled, Why?

As far as I know, the source of the magical power of the Cordyceps is related to the magic net.

The magic net? It was not Liszt who was surprised, but Earl William Lee. Count Jonas, the magic net you are talking about is the legendary magic net that can only be touched by wizards?

Yes, according to those magicians, the world is surrounded by a magic net, and whoever can touch the magic net will be able to advance to a magician.

Jonas shook his head: It's a pity that I can't tell you more information, because the magic net is something that even the court magician can't figure out. In short, Abandoning Cordyceps is probably restricted by the magic net, so there will be a circle around it. Within a million square kilometers, only six hundred to one thousand acres can be planted.

Restrictions on discarding Cordyceps.

The existence of the magic net.

It is undoubtedly a major blow to Liszt's flame mushroom ambitions. The total land area of ​​the Grand Duchy of Sapphire is about two million square kilometers, and the territory of the sea is only six to seven million square kilometers. If the entire island country is planted, it will probably be possible to plant more than 6,000 mu.

As for Heima Island and Coral Island, it is obvious that the area does not reach one million square kilometers. That is to say, if Heima Island is planted with 1,000 mu, Coral Island has nothing to grow.

There is still such a restriction. Liszt was a little at a loss. He also planned to rely on the continuous expansion of flame mushrooms to meet the increasing demand for potions in the future.

Jonas then said: It's really a pity, you need to shovel off the excess flame mushrooms to ensure that there are only a thousand acres... But you need to explore the specific amount, because the difference in cultivation density and variety of different discarded caterpillar fungus will lead to The magic net restrictions are different.

It seems that's the only way. Liszt didn't suspect that the other party was lying to him. A new batch of flame mushrooms would mature soon, and then he would know whether the quality had deteriorated.

William Li suddenly asked: Earl Jonas, do you also have discarded caterpillar fungus in your property?

Of course, my Moonlight City has planted 'Blue Matsutake', which is a kind of water-type abandoned caterpillar fungus. If Liszt is willing, I can exchange the cultivation technique of Blue Matsutake with the cultivation technique of Flame Mushroom. The island is far away, and there is no conflict between us.

Liszt quickly restrained himself.

Responded: Blue matsutake, I think this kind of cooperation can be carried out.

Jonas added: The trade of abandoned Cordyceps can maximize the benefits. I can help you contact the nobles who meet the planting conditions and own the abandoned Cordyceps, and participate in the multilateral transaction of abandoned Cordyceps.

The restrictions of the magic net.

As a result, there are restrictions on where the abandoned Cordyceps can be planted, so every noble’s abandoned Cordyceps, if they want to sell, will be traded to nobles who are far away from them, with some clauses attached. The most important thing is to limit the spread of the abandoned Cordyceps and prevent the final abandoned Cordyceps from returning to their own regions, leading to the degeneration of the species.

However, the Grand Duchy of Sapphire is so big, there are always a few potential customers of flame mushrooms.

With Jonas taking the lead, the Flame Mushroom can better trade abandoned Cordyceps with other nobles, in exchange for more varieties of abandoned Cordyceps, which can be regarded as a disguised form to ease the restrictions of the magic net.