Cities are not worth looking forward to, only castles are worth looking forward to—the nobles still pay attention to hygiene, have bathrooms and toilets, and have servants to transport excrement and garbage outside the castle.
Because no one knows to use manure to fertilize the fields, they are all discarded in the wild and weathered naturally.
Efficient use of dung to fertilize the fields can definitely reduce the dependence on elves - only less, because elves also have the ability to improve crop traits.
The brigantine was sailing on the blue sea, Coral City had gradually disappeared from sight, and the towering Tulip Fort also began to fall from the sea level.
This seems to prove that this world is also a sphere
Liszt would occasionally think about what the world he traveled through was like, but there was no information to infer any conclusions.
"My lord, what are you looking at?" Marcus came over.
"Look at the sea, the blue sea hides countless treasures."
"I grew up by the sea, and I don't have such a beautiful reverie about the sea. There are sea monsters in the sea, and maybe some fish, but there are also fish in the rivers and lakes, and they are not dangerous. The wealth on the mainland is the real richness. Inexhaustible. The glory of knights and nobles is also contested on the mainland."
The Grand Duchy of Sapphire is an archipelagic country, but it has never given up its conquest of the mainland. Every few years, it will organize knights to go to the mainland to compete for minerals.
Created batch after batch of nobles.
The Tulip family also made their fortune here, and Marcus had a lot of fantasies. He went to the mainland to join the war by himself, and was awarded the title of Lord Knight for his meritorious service.
Now that he is determined to serve Liszt, he will naturally bewitch Liszt from time to time.
Liszt still looked at the deep sea, and didn't care about the "continental wealth theory". The battlefield is so dangerous, why go there! It would be nice to be quiet and be a country lord, doing tasks, farming, and working steadily step by step. If we talk about simple time travel, he doesn't think he can stand out among the natives, but with the help of the smoke mission, he will be strong just around the corner.
As for what the smoke mission is, its secret will be unraveled one day.
"Mr. Marcus, I heard that besides the archipelago of the Grand Duchy, there are large undeveloped desert islands?"
"Yes, I have talked with some old crew members. There are large islands outside the archipelago, but those islands are located in the deep sea, and they often cause storms. There are also many hidden reefs. It is difficult for ships to come and go, and there is no development value."
"Maybe."
Liszt said incredulously.
Not to mention other things, as long as the deep-water fishery develops, the wealth of the sea will be unveiled, and by then, the scramble for islands may be no less than the scramble for land.
It can't be done now, he is just the lord of a small town in the countryside, let's talk about development.
"Sails up! Head sailing!"
"Sails up! Head sailing!"
The roar of the crew came from under the mast. At this time, a southerly wind was blowing from the direction of the stern, making hunting noises. The captain decisively ordered the sailors to raise the sails to obtain greater wind power.
The appearance of sailing ships has allowed humans to enter larger sea areas. The fleet of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire is basically sailing ships, but they are all horizontal sailing ships, and there are no schooners yet. The advantage of the square sail is that it is fast when the wind is down, but the disadvantage is that it is almost useless when the wind is headed, and you need to paddle.
At this time, with the wind down, the fleet all raised their sails, forming a triangular square formation on the sea surface, which was spectacular.
Depart in the morning and arrive at Red Crab Island in the evening.
Red Crab Island is ten times the size of Coral Island, and the Taro Fort is not on the seaside, but on the mountainside in the middle of the island. So after getting off the boat, Liszt and the others had to stay in the port city of Sea Crab City for one night, then change into a carriage and drive for a day, before arriving at the Fort of Long Taro on the third day.
Training pigeons to send and receive letters has not yet happened, and pigeons probably cannot carry the weight of thick paper.
However, because the knights had arranged to deliver a letter before, it was said that the children of the Tulip family would come to visit in the near future. Therefore, Long Taro Castle was located in the other courtyard of Sea Crab City, and servants were specially arranged to watch it. After receiving Liszt and his party, they immediately arranged to live in the other courtyard, instead of staying in the dirty city.
After dinner at night, Liszt took a shower and lay down on the bed.
He was a little seasick.
In my hometown, I am used to doing planes and trains, but I am really not used to riding a boat. Fortunately, his predecessor was an islander with good water skills, which allowed him to overcome it a little, so that he would not be completely seasick.
"As an islander, you are actually seasick, Liszt, I have to say that you are embarrassing the Tulip family. I thought you were mature, but I didn't expect you to be so unbearable. Thinking of your cowardly behavior before, it is really my stupidity." Brother." At some point, Li Weila appeared in Liszt's room.
There was no knock.
This surprised Liszt, because he was observing his own smoky serpentine - he often pulled it out to see if he had any new discoveries.
But soon he settled down, because Li Weila seemed to be unable to see the smoky serpentine, which was only visible to Liszt himself, so there was no need to worry about leaking the secret.
"You forgot to knock."
"Didn't I knock? It doesn't matter." Li Weila crossed her arms and stared at Liszt, expressing her disdain.
"It's very important to me, you didn't respect my privacy, and it's not ladylike to do so. Nobles like ladies, dear sister."
"I don't need to change myself to please any nobleman! Besides, Liszt, when do I need your advice? If it wasn't on Red Crab Island, I would really teach you a lesson and let You understand, advancing to the rank of Earth Knight is nothing!"
Liszt was bullied by Rivera since he was a child.
The root cause, he believed, was that Rivera was jealous of his looks—beautiful enough to put most women to shame.
"Did you come here just to tell me that I'm still weak?"
"I just want to see how ugly you are when you get seasick."
"Then you saw it, can you please come back?"
Li Weila gave him a hard look, then turned and walked away. Liszt got up and locked the door. The other party was nineteen years old and a girl, and his behavior was really unpredictable.
He didn't really care too much, the Li Weila in his memory was such a careless, or reckless and frivolous person.
The Earl often lamented that he and Rivera should change their temperaments.
One is more beautiful than girls, and the other dances better than boys.
Lying down again, Liszt couldn't sleep, so he had to think about some boring things: "Five months ago, I came to the Castle of Long Taro as a New Year's visit. At that time, the Marquis of Merlin was not on the island, but was still in the palace fleet. As the captain, I haven't met formally for about four or five years."
Given the monogamy of the nobles, the family is often not so prosperous.
The Marquis of Merlin has one son and two daughters. The third daughter, Melissa, has passed away. The second daughter, Melinda, married the Marquis follower, Viscount Roland Songcone of Changwei Island. There is only one heir, the eldest son Mesiro Changyu, and Mesiro has only one only son, Meopor Changyu.
"Cousin Mayopal... seems to be almost twenty-five years old, and still not married? Seems to be pursuing the daughter of Grand Duke Sapphire? This princess of a small country is said to be a courtesan."
The Grand Duchy is a vassal state of an empire or a kingdom, and the title of the supreme ruler is the Grand Duke. Strictly speaking, if she is not a king, her daughter cannot be called a princess. What's more, the newly enthroned Sapphire Grand Duke has been downgraded to a duke because he cannot become a dragon knight.
In the aristocratic system, prince, grand duke, and duke are titles at one level, but only when you become a knight can you be named a prince or grand duke, otherwise you can only be a duke.
But rules are dead, people are alive. In Grand Duke Sapphire, all the nobles call the ruler Grand Duke, and his daughter is naturally regarded as a princess and is sought after by others.
Liszt thought maliciously: "In case Mayopal marries the princess, he may find that the child is not his own... Ha ha."