The Defeated Dragon

Some readers commented that the holiday climax was not written.

Therefore, let me make up for nothing, a few chapters, this chapter can be skipped for the time being.

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The banquet was a success, and the dessert ice cream soothed the heat of the meal very well.

This bit of ice cream used up all the ice in the kitchen. Originally, Liszt thought that the Earl would ask why the Flower Town could produce ice cubes, but no one asked—probably he was used to using ice in Tulip Castle , did not notice at all, there should be no ice here.

After the meal, the nobles chatted.

Liszt asked Galtai to greet him, while he and Levi came to the study.

Brother, how many days until the tulip fleet returns?

According to the usual time, we will return to the dock in Coral City in about a week. Levi took out a cigar and lit it. You want to talk about slave trade?

Yes, next time the tulip fleet goes to sea for trade, I hope you can help me buy a batch of serfs.

Okay, but how much can you offer?

Ten silver coins for a serf?

That's the price in the past. Now there is no fighting in the Grand Duchy, and serf trading is rare, so it's hard to find.

But I heard a while ago that the lord of Little Papa Island was killed by pirates and his territory was lost.

Grand Duke Sapphire is very angry about this, and has spread to all major territories, asking for assistance in besieging the pirates. However, after the pirates destroyed Little Papa Island, they disappeared without a trace. Some people think that this is not a pirate, It was a lord who pretended to be, and Dapapa Island offered a reward of 300 gold coins for clues to pirates.

Levi briefly talked about the reaction of the pirates on Little Papa Island, and said again: But except this time, the interior of the Grand Duchy is calm, and the slave trade needs a farther direction, preferably at the border where the Eagle Kingdom and the Iron Ridge Kingdom confront each other. search everywhere.

You make a price, if you can accept it, I will agree.

Twenty silver coins per serf, the price cannot be lower than this, otherwise I will have no profit. Levi gave his own price, Another point, if the number of serfs is too large, you need to pay gold coins now, otherwise I am on the books, and I can't explain it to my father.

Liszt thought for a while and nodded in agreement: One hundred gold coins, just give it to me, and help me bring back five hundred serfs.

readily.

I have a little request. The 500 serfs are mainly young people, and more female serfs will be bought. In addition, if there are serfs with special skills, they will be purchased first.

You mean serfs like blacksmiths, tailors, and cobblers? This is not easy to do. Most of the handicraftsmen are free people. The laws of all countries protect free people. It is difficult to sell them like serfs. Every aspect of the city's operation, They are inseparable from free people, so the laws of the country will protect them.

Liszt gritted his teeth: I will give you 20 more gold coins. Among the 500 serfs, there are at least 100 handicraftsmen.

Can.

Distressed, I gave Levi's one hundred and twenty golden Nardas.

Looking at the shriveled money bag, Liszt felt rather melancholy. Originally, he still had about 150 gold coins, but as he continued to pay the wages of civilians, he had already consumed a lot of gold coins. Now, there are only sixteen gold coins left in the purse, which will dry up at any moment.

Fortunately, the passage to Thorn Ridge will be opened soon. As long as the caravan is established, the seafood from Huahua Town can be sold to Coral City.

I believe that delicious seafood can create good wealth for him.

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After digestion.

The earl's convoy began to return, and Liszt presented a batch of oysters and other seafood. This decision was made after Carter told him that the earl brought a lot of food.

Reciprocity.

When the convoy left Huahua Town, the castle regained its calm.

Although there were a lot of dinner plates, wine glasses, etc. that needed to be cleaned up, the small garden outside the castle was trampled badly by the knights. But all of this, Carter can organize the servants to clean up slowly without any pressure.

The castle has fifteen servants, more than enough.

Mr. Gao Ertai, the festival is about to pass, and we need to get rid of the festive atmosphere. The construction progress of the town cannot be stopped. Continue to expand the logging team, the gravel team, and the fence construction team, and strive to open the passage as soon as possible.

Gao Ertai still had more meaning: As you wish.

This time at the banquet, he was like a fish in water, chatting and laughing with the earl, he hadn't had such a good time in many years.

In the next few days, apart from supervising the logging work, Liszt was also paying attention to another thing-the work training of the fruit-stealing monkeys.

At the beginning, seven fruit-stealing monkeys with minor injuries were captured alive. All of them survived and recovered, but two of them were lame, and it was impossible to climb the tree.

The remaining five were handed over to the hunters in the small town for training.

The rope, whip, and fruit were used together, and the rebellious fruit-stealing monkey was quickly tidied up. If it was allowed to climb the tree, it would climb the tree, and if it was allowed to enter the cage, it would enter the cage.

Three female monkeys and four male monkeys, I believe there will be ten fruit-stealing monkeys in the second half of the year. Monkeys usually give birth to two babies a year, but one monkey usually has one cub.

Liszt looked at the more and more obedient fruit-stealing monkeys, and was very satisfied: Without the destruction of the fruit-stealing monkeys, this year's fragrant coconuts can mature, and I believe that in a month or two, you can drink fresh and sweet coconut juice Already. Coconut fruit has no seasonality, except that it does not grow in winter, and it will bear fruit in other seasons.

Coral City doesn't seem to sell fragrant coconut fruit. Maybe it will develop and develop. This is another specialty of Huahua Town. It's a pity that there are no fragrant coconut tree elves.

When he outlined the future of the coconut palm, Orion had already started training the fruit-stealing monkeys to pick fruit.

Tie the fake fruit to the branch and let the fruit-stealing monkeys pick it. If they pick it, they will be rewarded with a peanut, and if they don't pick it, they will be whipped. The fruit-stealing monkey can't run away, because there is a rope tied around its neck, if it dares to run, it will be whipped if it is pulled back.

Remember, animals can hold grudges and lose their temper. As long as they are serious about their work, don't whip them at will. If I find out that they beat fruit-stealing monkeys for no reason, I will whip these whips on you. He emphasized with a serious expression. Well, he doesn't want the fruit-stealing monkeys to rebel and kill several fruit farmers in the future.

Lord Lord, please rest assured, we will never forget a word you told us. The part-time Orion knew that he would change from a farmer to a fruit farmer in the future, and use fruit-stealing monkeys to work.

If it wasn't for training, I would really be reluctant to give a whip - the fruit-stealing monkey is the knight's horse for the fruit grower.

Don't pass the fruit-stealing monkey, he returned to the castle, and sent someone to call over several merchants among the new serfs.

Old Grandet, Sherlock, and Apagon, are you all businessmen on Little Papa Island? Liszt asked repeatedly.

Yes, my lord.

Is there a merchant named Plyushkin on Little Papa Island?

Old Grandet replied: My lord, there are only three of us who specialize in selling small commodities on Little Papa Island, and I can name everyone in the city, but there is no one named Priuschkin.

Well, I'm just asking casually. Li Sigao glanced at old Grandet, and the other said everyone in the city can be called by name, showing his extraordinary, Today I called you, It is to form a caravan belonging to the castle, and I hope to hand it over to the three of you.