Chapter 185 – Castle Maid Recruitment
Shaking and wobbly.
That was how Tremblingwoods looked after it disembarked the ship.
"So even a mid-level magical beast gets seasick and faint, " Liszt has no choice but to probably let the beast remain inland.
Sailboats and ships swayed. When he first went out to sea after his crossing, he fainted once and he was out.
However, the powerful resilience of the magical beast quickly manifested. When he took Tremblingwoods back to the castle, its signs of seasickness quickly subsided. It"s legs didn"t shake anymore, it"s eyes did not tear up and its barks and cries were so much louder. Everything was back to normal like nothing had happened.
“Whether or not it can overcome seasickness, we must bring Termblingwoods out to sea again the day after tomorrow."
The Flower"s speed is 5 knots, and it takes 14 hours to get to Black Horse Island. It also takes at least an hour or two to find a place to dock.
It was imperative to camp on Black Horse Island on their first day.
Liszt felt unsafe without Tremblingwoods, for in the event of a middling monster on Black Horse Island, Tremblingwoods can resist at least one or two enemies after it has recovered from the trip.
Liszt and Tremblingwoods were about to complete their stroll near Thorns Ridge.
Behind them came the sound of horseshoes.
Thomas, who Liszt asked to dig about the serf Maggie, returned and brought the paper that recorded her ident.i.ty in the office, “Sir, you have asked for Maggie"s ident.i.ty. She is a new serf from Eagle Kingdom who joined Flower Town. She has no relatives, no family name, and is currently housed in the grocery store owner"s family.”
Lister picked up the thick leather paper, and was keen to grasp the key, “Housed? She"s a child? “
“Yes, sir. Maggie"s just nine.”
It was also clearly written on the thick paper — Maggie, nine years old, has no relatives among the serfs, lives at the grocery shop owner"s home. She is currently training in the girls" group and partic.i.p.ating in the female needlework lessons organized by the town officials.
He had seen the record.
Liszt handed the thick paper back to Thomas, “Return it to the office.”
He didn"t say anything, his mood was as spiritless as Tremblingwoods at that time.
He thought the smoke mission was being thoughtful, handing him a pretty secretary to take in. He did not expect it would be a nine-year-old girl.
“What does this mean, what does it want me to develop?” Liszt tied Tremblingwoods into the kennel, walked into the castle by himself, and went directly to his study.
The study was the one place where he could think.
“The smoke task will not be this simple. After all, it is the product of the smoke dragon, and it is all about fate. There must be something else involved with Maggie …”
Invisible dragon serial tasks, thorn sprite worm serial tasks, many seemingly messy tasks and rewards, but often have a.s.sociation with one another.
Therefore, for this nine-year-old serf Maggie, he naturally would not consider it a messy reward for the smoke mission, “There"s too little information, I have to continue to pay attention to this Maggie. In that note, Mrs. Morrison has complained to me about the castle maid"s workload. It"s too big, especially since we have banquets every day. We need to recruit more maids. “
His thoughts flashed, “Maybe I can recruit Maggie as a maid and train her from a young age?”
No matter what she was involved in, there will always be a day of unveiling next to her. Even if she is not involved, she can also be trained as a candidate for the secretariat job.
Liszt shook a bell.
He wanted to talk to Carter and Mrs. Morrison.
"What do you need, Sir?"
“Mrs. Morrison has told me that the maids in the castle were understaffed. Are the number of male servants enough?”
Carter and Morrison looked at each other and said, “The daily life of the castle is barely maintained by the servants, but there is indeed a shortage of people for a grand event like that of the birth of the sprite…..And, Sir Lord, being a place of a knight"s honor, the castle has no name. But we all know you"ll give it a name sooner or later.”.
Mrs. Morrison said, “Castles with names require a lot of servants to maintain, especially serious and skilled servants, It"s hard to recruit in a short time, and we"d preferably train them on our own.”
“Yes, we should train our own servants.” Carter smiled and looked relieved. “You need more people to wait on you, Sir …for the knight"s glory belongs to you.”
Liszt lived alone in the castle.
He was served by fifteen servants and the two housekeepers were still complaining about insufficient staffing.
In the past, it was hard for Lister to imagine what a luxurious life would be, but now fifteen people were not enough to take care of one.
However, he does agree with the two housekeepers, “It is true that we should train a group of servants on our own, especially now that Flower Town is not short of food and clothing, and the castle is not short of gold coins and profit. The training of servants will be left to you, Mr. Carter and Mrs. Morrison. We will allocate twenty internship places for the first batch.”
After, he said politely, "I b.u.mped into this little girl named Maggie. She was careless but polite. Mrs. Morrison, give her a slot in the internship."
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Dinner. Dinner every day.
Liszt had told everyone that he was going out with the Flowers, saying, “The Flowers will probably stay on Black Horse Island for a few days in search of the Dragon Horses.”
“My Lord, I wish I could go with you to Black Horse Island.” Gort immediately expressed his loyalty.
Liszt refused, “It"s just a trip, and when I"m sure I"m going to develop Black Horse Island, I"m going to send you over to arrange my affairs.”
"I will always be willing to serve the Lord."
"Has Flower Town been developing well these past two days?"
“Very well. It is expected that the construction of all roads and houses will be completed before the arrival of the first winter snow. I believe serfs will have a comfortable winter.”
“Are the winter coats and quilts ready?”
“The Administrative Office was not prepared, but the caravans going to and from Flower Town have started selling quilts and coats. I went to the market to check. A quilt sells for 12 copper plates. As long as the serfs are not lazy, they can afford it. With 25 copper plates a serf family sc.r.a.ped together, they should be able to buy two quilts. “
Gort added, “You don"t really have to worry about these serfs freezing to death. They"re thick-skinned, As long as you give them something to eat, even if they"ll be thrown into a snow pit, and they won"t freeze to death.”
Liszt did not agree.
“Mr. Gort, do you know how much I paid for every serf?”
“Um……20 silver coins.”
“Since you know it"s twenty silver coins, do you now think of them as twenty silver coins? Are they worth dozens of copper coins, or twenty silver coins?”
Liszt asked in a bad tone.
He didn"t care that Gort looked down on serfs and thinks they are all the same. However, it was important to attach importance to the serf"s value and the value that serfs create. He reprimanded Gort by saying, "This winter, for every serf frozen to death, I will deduct 20 silver coins from your salary.”"
“Oh, no, my G.o.d, my Lord……””Please, I will take care of every serf so that they can live through the winter without a single one freezing!”