Understand the meaning of the treasure.
Liszt suppressed his excitement, and asked plainly: "Captain Costo, can you understand this nautical chart?"
"My lord, this nautical chart is a general nautical chart, and there is no complicated content. It should be that this mouse is not proficient in navigation, so I can fully understand the route of the nautical chart." Costo said confidently, looking The nautical chart with distorted abstraction and strange symbols couldn't help him at all.
"So, the island where the horses live is far from the coral island?"
"Judging from the display of the nautical chart, the island is about 130 kilometers north of Coral Island. With the speed of the flower ship at 5 knots, it will take about 14 hours to sail to Junma Island without encountering ocean currents and storms. Next." Costo wrenched his fingers, calculated, and replied.
Liszt math is not bad.
According to Costo's introduction, after a little calculation, it was found that the speed of a knot is less than two kilometers per hour, and the speed of the Flower is about nine kilometers per hour.
Not as fast as riding a bicycle.
He vaguely remembered that the narrowest part of the Taiwan Strait seemed to be only 135 kilometers, that is to say, the distance between Coral Island and Junma Island was separated by the Taiwan Strait.
"Captain Costo, when will the Flower be able to sail to the Horse Island?"
"My lord, if you just go to sea, sailor apprentices are already competent. After all, the horse island is not very far away, and it belongs to the offshore sailing range. But the sailors are too inexperienced. Once encountering a storm, they will be helpless. The probability is extremely high."
"If you train with all your strength, how long can you go to sea?"
"If the lord can let me recruit 30 sailor apprentices on a regular basis and keep training every day, within a month, I will be able to let the Flower set sail to the Sea Horse Island!"
Liszt made a decision in an instant: "I will ask Advisor Galtai to fully cooperate with you. One month later, we will set off for the Horse Island... Give the island a name, and it will be called Black Horse Island."
Costo said excitedly: "I am willing to serve the lord!"
"Engrave this nautical chart, and then erase the pictures on the cave wall."
After these are done, the Flower will return.
…
night.
It has become a custom to sum up the work of the day at the dinner party in the castle. Liszt is not a stingy lord, and he doesn't mind his subordinates eating and drinking in the castle. This is also a way to win people over.
"My lord, if the clues left by the rats are true, we must control Heima Island as soon as possible to prevent it from being occupied by other forces. Then we can obtain military exploits as soon as possible, obtain the enfeoffment, and designate Heima Island as your lord's fief. War horse resources are more important than any other resources." Important!" Marcus said seriously.
In view of the fact that there are many deserted islands in the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, meritorious lords can designate deserted islands as fiefdoms.
When not entrusted, all the deserted islands in the blue sea are theoretically owned by Grand Duke Sapphire—you can choose to operate secretly, which is a default unspoken rule. get out.
However, such cases of secretly operating desert islands are rare.
The first nobles do not lack land for farming, but what they lack are elves and metals; it is difficult to guarantee that the news of the operation of the second deserted island will not leak out. Theoretically, all products on the island will be transferred to another lord.
Therefore, stealing camps on deserted islands is not worth the candle.
For example, the Tulip family has cultivated the coral island for 20 years, and one-third of the land is still uncultivated.
Before Liszt's arrival, Flower Town also had a large part of wasteland, and no one cultivated it. As of now, there are still many places that are wasteland, let alone Thorn Ridge that needs to be developed.
"The news must be blocked, and everyone who knows the news must give a serious warning, otherwise Heima Island will inevitably be seized by other lords."
Galtai said equally seriously.
Both he and Marcus are very clear about the importance of war horses to nobles, especially war horses with excellent pedigree like the Lilong horse, which play a crucial role in supporting the strength of knights on the battlefield.
It can be said intuitively.
When charging on the battlefield, an elite earth knight riding a nasty horse may not be able to beat an ordinary earth knight riding a lilong horse.
"Then, the news is limited to everyone here, as well as Costo, Rom, and my servant Thomas." Liszt said kindly, "When the sailor training is completed, they and their families will directly migrate to Heima Island to live... Of course, first of all Take a look at the environment of Heima Island."
Gao Ertai said optimistically: "Heima Island, which can breed such a horse as Lilongma, must be a flat green island. I think it must have a large area, and it may accommodate an earl."
Liszt cut a piece of Warcraft meat, swallowed it, and seemed to just say in passing: "No matter how big it is, it is destined to be my island... Consultant Galtai, you must actively cooperate with Costo to train the sailors. Be as satisfied as possible."
"I see!"
…
The Lilong Maqun on Heima Island began to make a secret strategy.
The logging team is still working with great fanfare. Hundreds of people are collectively cutting down trees. Limited by tools, the efficiency of a single person may not be high, but the overall progress is very fast.
In just five days, about a third of the trees on Thorn Ridge in the north had been cut down.
A large thorn forest around the pier has been cut down, leaving only a few wild fruit trees.
It will take about half a month to complete the new smog task, so there is no use in rushing. Since Gao Ertai became a consultant, his enthusiasm for work has been high, and he has been too proactive, which has caused Liszt to become idle again for a long time. So the domestication of Juanfu has become his current research topic.
Curly Fu's feathers are gradually becoming stronger, and the magic power in his body is gradually increasing. If it weren't for the chains on his feet, he might have learned to fly.
"Old Grandet, it's really impossible to find even a falconer on such a huge coral island?"
"My lord, I have asked the people in the flower caravan to inquire in various cities and even small towns. Indeed, there is no craftsman who can tame falcons." Old Grandet, the leader of the flower caravan who came to the castle to report on his duties, replied.
"Continue to inquire."
"Yes, my lord."
After sending old Grandet away, Liszt rubbed his forehead, although Juan Fu's "creak" and "creak" sounds were annoying, but after all, it was a magical beast that was raised from childhood, and it was just kept to be killed. It's a pity to eat meat.
But he didn't worry too long about Curly Fortune.
Take care of the nightshade servant and come back to report the good news: "My lord, the nightshade elf is born!"
Quickly rushing to the nightshade field, Liszt saw black nightshade insects all over their bodies, shining like black gems, which was very interesting.
Simply seduced with jade powder, the nightshade insect bit Liszt's finger, and the contract was successful.
His ninth elf worm finally moved into the castle.
However, the good news is more than this one. When he returned to the castle, the knights who came from Coral City sent him important news-the coral island caravan came back, and Levi’s tutor Frank invited him to go to the castle. Coral City received 500 serfs.