Chapter 207 – A Thief Spying on the Lord
Looking at the contents of the smoke snake text in front of him, Liszt frowned deeply.
"Task: the female fruit-stealing monkeys will soon be giving birth, and soon will make use of the techniques taught to them by the fruit farmers on how to pick coconut. But their natural breeding rate in the wild is not fast enough to expand the monkey population, so please expand their number to 30. Reward: A thief spying on the Lord."
The task itself was not a problem, as it was not hard to increase the monkey population. As long as hunters were gathering monkeys abroad, then there will always be monkeys available.
However, he was confused with the reward. "What is this? A thief spying on the Lord?"
He has always believed that on Coral Island, Flower Town was a paradise in the world. It was protected by the Tulips, therefore, no one would think of harming Flower Town.
But this task reward was pointed directly at Liszt.
There was a thief ready to spy on him.
“Is it to remind me that there are thieves who are against me?” Liszt shook his head and didn"t believe the possibility. “Obviously the smoke mission won"t be so straightforward. Perhaps, it"s the same as the Invisible Dragon serial mission?” Just when I thought the reward of the invisible dragon invasion was clear, it actually rewarded me with a s.p.a.ce gem. “
With his experience and knowledge of the smoke tasks, the possibility was extremely great.
“But in any case, the security and defense of the territory must be strengthened. Although the essence of the smoke mission is to reward me, in this case, if the thief does break-in, I will have to bear the losses.. The smoke mission is just a choice of fate, I will not be afraid but be prepared."
He informed the caravan to buy the monkeys.
He called Karl and Romm at the same time and ordered the two to strengthen the management of the patrol, the insect protection team and pay close attention to all movements in the territory.
Marcus was in charge of Black Horse Island, so Liszt temporarily let Philip and Xavier from the knights squad maintain the castle patrol security.
He also told the housekeeper Carter to pay attention and check the personnel who have access to the castle, whether they were servants,territory officials, officers, one should pay close attention.
As soon as there were suspicious people trying to mix in the castle, he was to be notified immediately.
“Master, did you notice anything?” Carter was puzzled by Liszt"s orders and looked a little nervous.
Liszt nodded, "The development of Flower Town is very rapid. In less than a year, the town has looked completely different. Someone who has seen such drastic changes would have evil ideas brewing in his mind, especially now that winter is coming [1]. I don"t want unpleasant things to happen here when we least expect it. "
“I see. I will tell the servants to strictly guard the castle.”
“Okay.”
Liszt responded absently.
He went to the window and looked at the gloomy sky outside.
The temperature has begun to drop, the cold currents have come, and the sunny days of Flower Town are about to end. Soon they will be welcoming an annual snow-covering period of more than two months.
His eyes looked farther away, to the dragon sunflower field [2].
On the edge of the dragon sunflower field, a group of serfs were working tirelessly. They were building an ice cellar—an ice cellar is not easy to build. To build a cellar underground that can store ice cubes requires many construction techniques. More importantly, a lot of gold coins would be consumed during the construction process.
Liszt dared to build an ice cellar, of course, because he was confident it was a profitable business.
To that end, he contacted Tulip Castle and invited a master craftsman architect of the island to preside over the construction of the ice cellar. The architects were Tommy and Jonas Gravel from Gravel Castle, both distant relatives of Liszt, who presided and built the magnificent Tulip Castle.
When he came to Flower Town, he glanced at the rock thorns.
“Baron Liszt, with the rock thorns, the difficulty of building an ice cellar will be greatly reduced and the construction speed will be greatly accelerated. This is a natural cellar support column. “
The rock thorns released by Tremblingwoods now reach a height of 2.5 meters (3.3 feet), each with a thick upper tip and a lower diameter, with the thickest diameter reaching about 40 centimeters (1.3 feet) . It could release at least two hundred rock thorns every day, like a small rock dragon.
Thorns Ridge has already been completed and the rock thorns are still being produced every day. They are almost piled up like mountains.
In the future, when Liszt would decide to build a new castle, there would be no shortage of material — but then again, the basalt on Black Horse Island is already a good building material.
“This year, we will build three ice chambers for your cellar, which is enough. If you want to continue to expand, you can wait until next year. As long as you have money, you can build as many ice chambers as possible. The ice cellar of Tulip Castle has twenty-five ice chambers. ” Tommy Gravel didn"t pay much attention to this small project.
He only came to work occasionally, only the serfs and his apprentices will do the actual labor.
An ice chamber is a room in an ice cellar used to store ice. A standard ice chamber can store 300 cubic meters ( 10,595 cubic feet) of ice, the size of a 100-square-meter (1,077 square-feet) house.
With three ice chambers, stocked with 900 cubic meters (31,783 cubic feet) of ice, added with a little bit of nitrate, there will be no need to worry about ice in Flower Town until next summer.
Carter brought him a cup of coffee.
Liszt retracted his eyes from the window and sat back in the chair, smiling with a hint of self-deprecation. “Mr. Carter, do you think we look like squirrels facing the winter? As soon as autumn arrives, we start to look for food and hide it. Then we eat it in the winter. “
Carter responded playfully, “I think the squirrel is a very clever little animal. Other animals can only go hungry during the winter, but squirrels can hide in the cave and eat a little bit of their own hard-earned food every day. Such a life is actually what the civilians in the town expect. “
He went on. “Your arrival has enriched the town of flowers and brought them the life they wanted.”
Liszt liked to listen to this kind of nonsense.
His thoughts were not pure at all, all his efforts were for his benefit and his n.o.bility, but he thinks that he really has given the civilians in Flower Town a good life.
It is only natural that the people should thank him, respect him, and worship him.
If one doesn"t have the above three feelings, he is considered an ungrateful white-eyed wolf [3].
"I am their Lord, and as their Lord, it is my duty to lead them to a good life," Liszt said.
His expression was calm.
No pride, no compa.s.sion, only his n.o.bility showing.
If one would look what an unpleasant n.o.bleman looks like, it was Liszt at that moment. But due to his handsome face, it seemed like he had a great personality.
Carter was immediately thrilled. “You have inherited all the grandeur of the Tulips and the Taro family. May the Knight"s glory always favor you.”
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The moving in the castle continues.
Meanwhile, in the vast sea off Coral Island, several sailing ships with Red Tulip flags were riding the waves.
The cabin was smelly and packed with ragged, thin-skinned serfs. These serfs seemed to be deprived of energy and spirit, and were lying weakly on a wooden board for a long time without moving.
“Dinner"s ready!” The sailor"s cry came from far and near.
The serfs who were just about to die quickly changed state, running out of the cabin.
A young female slave, about eight or nine years old was not standing firmly, and was suddenly knocked down by a nearby serf and she fell on the ground.
Watching everyone else squeeze out of the cabin to eat, tears swirled in her eyes and quickly rolled down her dirty cheeks.
Suddenly.
A slightly rough but delicate hand touched her face.
[1] House Stark okay i"ll stop now
[2] or black nightshade
[3] The expressions 白眼狼 (bái yǎn láng) - literally "white eyed wolf" and 狼心狗肺 (láng xīn gǒu fèi) - literally "heart of a wolf and lungs of a dog" are both used to describe a particularly cold-hearted, cruel person.