On the road to Thorn Ridge.
Liszt was very satisfied in his heart. When he first came, he walked this road in a panic, and he was always worried that a monster would come out. The wide field of vision now makes people not worry about the invasion of Warcraft. The original dirt road has also taken on a new look and has become a gravel road, although it is still bumpy.
Marcus rode the pregnant yellow-gray horse, half a body behind Liszt's Lilong horse.
He is fully armed, and he is not afraid of the hot weather, and carefully examines every move around him. He is not only the family teacher who teaches Liszt's knight class, but also the knight ordered by the earl to protect Liszt—in some countries, this kind of knight is called Liszt. Chief Knight, the Grand Duchy does not implement this system.
Behind Liszt and Marcus is Carl Hammer, the town defense officer.
He didn't need to come, but he still volunteered to protect Liszt—maybe he just took this opportunity to go to Coral City to see the scenery and show his loyalty
Standing shoulder to shoulder with Karl and scattered on both sides are Philip Wool and Xavier Cow Dung, these two young retinue knights, with good talents, took the lead in cultivating fighting spirit in the team.
The one behind is Roma Wine Barrel, who also successfully cultivated his Dou Qi just the day before yesterday. As one of the first four people who served as Liszt's retinue, Roma worked hard and finally made progress. Liszt immediately appointed him as the patrol captain to assist Carl in controlling the patrol.
It's a pity that the other two of the previous four retinues, Gray Sickle and Alden Insole, still haven't cultivated their fighting spirit.
Marcus has given up teaching the two, his talent is too poor, and he missed his teenage years, so there is no hope. Lister asked them to serve as assistants to officials, one to assist Blair, the solicitor, and the other to Isaiah, the treasurer.
For his own people, Liszt still showed affection and gave them a good identity.
At the end of the team were the four young knights. They were second only to Philip and Xavier in the knight squad, and they had cultivated fighting spirit. They were also transferred to Liszt's side as retinue knights. As for the other members of the knight team, they are still practicing hard in the small town.
Plus Thomas the valet.
The whole team, a total of eleven people, eleven horses, horseshoe galloping, set off bursts of dust.
Since there were many pregnant mares in the team, they did not move too fast, but still arrived at Tulip Fort surrounded by tulip flowers at around 10:30 in the morning.
"Oh, my dear brother, you're finally here. I've been waiting for you here for a long time." Levi was wearing a festive costume, Flacque Abie, with an aristocratic smile on his face.
He opened his arms and faced Liszt.
Very warm welcome.
Liszt got off his horse, opened his arms, and hugged Levi's: "Dear brother, I wish you a happy birthday."
"thank you for your good wishes."
Liszt waved to Thomas and the retinue knights behind him: "Bring me the gift I prepared."
The gift was presented and handed over to Silva, the deputy butler who was following Levi's.
"What is it? It's a big bag. It seems that you spent a lot of money." Levi asked the servant to open it—the custom here is to open gifts in person.
Gift in bag, beautifully packaged.
First, there are coconuts the size of a sea bowl, wrapped with strips of cloth, which look very high-grade, and the faint fragrance of coconut milk hits the face.
"This is coconut fruit. The coconut milk in it is very sweet. Open it and take a sip, and you will know how sweet and delicious it is." Liszt said exaggeratedly, in fact, it is slightly better than ordinary coconut milk on the earth. a little.
But the fruit that can drink the juice directly is unique.
Levi's really became curious: "Coconut milk? Is this fruit filled with milk?"
"Yes."
"It's amazing, I can't wait to taste it." Levi turned to look at the other side of the bag, which was wrapped in a small bag, "What are these?"
"It's seafood."
"seafood?"
"Brother, don't think they are ordinary. These seafood are the most precious seafood salvaged by fishermen. Especially the vintage oysters..." As he said, Liszt leaned into Levi's ear, "It can keep you from using it all night. Go to sleep and do what you want to do."
Levi's eyes lit up: "Really, this is too precious, thank you, Liszt, my dear brother, this is the best gift I received on my birthday."
He is not married yet, but who stipulates that unmarried nobles cannot have a bunch of mistresses.
After receiving the gifts, the two brothers walked into the castle side by side.
The hall of the castle was already crowded with nobles, big and small.
Except for the two viscounts who sent their sons, the other barons and knights were all present in person. After all, Levi's is the heir of Coral Island, the future Earl of Coral Island, and their next follower.
"Very lively."
Liszt had to wear a standard aristocratic smile and greet the nobles who came to the birthday party. He didn't like this kind of communication with a mask. However, as a member of the nobility, this kind of occasion is essential if you want to maintain the dignity of the nobility.
Wait for a circle to say hello.
He was going to see the count.
But after inquiring about Levi's, I found out that the earl had already left Coral Island: "The Grand Duke's messenger brought an order. All the direct lords will go to Blue Dragon Island to discuss this year's development order. In fact, I am already training the knights and I am ready to follow at any time." Father, go to the mainland."
The Opening Order is the most enthusiastic order of the nobles of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire.
The order is very simple, that is, to respond to the call of King Iron Ridge, go to the mainland, and plunder wealth, especially mines—gold, silver, copper, iron, aluminum, and all kinds of precious stones are the targets of the scramble.
The Kingdom of Iron Ridge and the Kingdom of Eagle are feuds, and both have slain the other's dragons. Therefore, a large-scale war broke out almost every year to rob each other of minerals. The Grand Duchy of Sapphire is a vassal state of the Iron Ridge Kingdom. It is not very powerful, but it is very threatening to be harassed by sea.
Back then, the earl went deep into the hinterland of the Eagle Kingdom, snatched the next iron mine in one fell swoop, and took away at least 200,000 tons of iron ore.
It is said that the sea boats pulling iron ore at that time were densely packed, just like ants moving.
With such a heavy loss, the king of the Eagle Kingdom was furious and sent a dragon knight to intercept the fleet, but was stopped by the dragon knight of the Iron Ridge Kingdom. It was also in that battle that Merlin Marquis Marquis, who was the captain of the palace fleet, saw Li William's potential and married his daughter Melissa to him.
Liszt had heard this story since he was a child—every time at a banquet, the nobles recalled the past and would always bring up this story to flatter the Earl.
It's a pity that since that battle, the Eagle Kingdom has paid more attention to the protection of the coastline, and has no chance to achieve such a brilliant record.
The blood of a batch of knights is shed every year, and only a small amount of metal mines and gem mines can be exchanged.
"Brother is going to the battlefield too?" Liszt was a little surprised.
"Yes, I am twenty-three years old. Although I am not married yet, I am old enough. If I don't go to the battlefield, it will become a stain on me."
Liszt shook his head, pretending to be a pity: "I don't have a qualified knight team, and I don't even have the chance to go to the battlefield. I really want to fight side by side with my brother and win the honor of knights."
In fact, he didn't want to go to the battlefield.
How nice it is to farm at home safely, there are so many deserted islands overseas, if you don’t develop them, you have to go to the mainland to shed your blood.