"Tonight's staple food is peanuts?" Marcus skillfully peeled peanuts. Although wheat is the best choice for staple food, the yield of wheat is generally not high, so peanuts and peas are needed to fill the gap.
"how is the taste?"
Liszt asked, there was no boiled peanuts in front of him.
He doesn't like boiled peanuts very much, so as the owner of the castle, Abby cooks specially made porridge for him. As for the others, they are not so lucky.
"It's soft and moderate, but it's a bit bland and tasteless."
Gao Ertai interjected: "Boiled peanuts all taste like this. It's good to eat once in a while to improve the taste, but eating it often is enough. But tonight's peanuts are bigger than usual peanuts. You find Already?"
Marcus was stunned: "Have you harvested the peanuts in Huashengtun?"
"This is the first batch of peanuts close to the Cordyceps. The yield is 30% higher than usual, and the planting cycle will be shortened by one month. There will be no shortage of peanuts in the castle this year. I think Mrs. Abbie should spend more time. Make some peanut butter, spread it on bread, and it will smell good all day."
The only gourmet in Huahua Town is Galtai, the knight of the Lord, who is always talking about eating and drinking.
Liszt smiled slightly: "Wouldn't it be beautiful if it was paired with gin."
"Oh, Liszt, you still understand me, haha."
"It's a pity that the gin brought back from Coral City last time has been drunk."
"Honestly, I really don't want to hear that."
"In fact, there is even more depressing news." Liszt sipped his oatmeal, "The red wine cellar has reached its bottom line, and Mr. Carter does not suggest that we continue to drink red wine, otherwise the holiday expenses in the second half of the year will not be able to support it. And The beer, the hopped beer, is almost gone, and only the sour beer remains."
"My God, that's not true, is it?"
Liszt did not respond.
Carter, the butler who served the banquet behind him, answered on his behalf: "The weather is getting hotter, and the beer is consumed a lot. Without caravans, we can't produce hopped beer ourselves. If it wasn't for the arrival of the earl's convoy last time, bringing a lot of barrels of beer, the castle is now sour. Not enough beer either."
Gao Ertai had a bitter face: "I think we should build a pier and go directly to Viscount Trik's house to buy hops."
It's a pity that the east coast of Huahua Town is all flat sandy beaches, and there is no deep-water port to build a pier.
As for Viscount Trick, he is a follower of the Earl of Coral Island. His full name is Trick Humulus. He owns a separate island——Beer Island.
There is a magnificent castle on the island - Beer Fort.
The beer of the Humulus family, with its hops, sells well in many large islands.
Beer is the most common type of alcohol in the Grand Duchy. It is divided into two types, one is beer with hops and the other is beer without hops.
Hop is a kind of humulus, it plays a huge role in beer - it makes beer have refreshing aroma, bitterness and antiseptic power, forms excellent foam, is beneficial to clarification of wort, and strong hop flavor of hop can balance malt The natural sweetness of the juice and whet the appetite.
A beer without hops quickly becomes sour and unpalatable.
The beer with hops on Coral Island is all brewed by the Humulus family. Because of this industry, the Humulus family has the money to build a famous beer castle.
"The pier is impossible, so I have to completely open the road to Thorn Ridge. Only in this way can the caravan enter Flower Town... Now there are no tax knights to protect the caravan's entry and exit." Liszt said, looking at Marcus, "Teacher Marcus, is the selection of the knight squad not over yet?"
Marcus put down the boiled peanuts in his hands, and said, "Tomorrow is the final selection date. I already have preliminary candidates. Unfortunately, their physical fitness is still too poor. There are only two who can meet the admission standards of the Knight Academy."
"Probably due to lack of food, the knight squad will be supported by the castle. I believe their physical fitness will be greatly improved."
"Then I won't worry about food anymore and concentrate on training."
"Well, let them master fighting spirit as soon as possible. There shouldn't be only five knights with fighting spirit in Huahua Town. There are many things that need to rely on knights in the future."
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Unexpectedly, Liszt met the logging team the next day.
He thought that Gao Ertai would have to wait at least two or three days to complete the transfer of healthy serfs, but he did not expect to get an accident today.
Galtai rode on the horse and personally led the logging team to gather on the road outside the castle. There were a total of thirty strong serfs, but only half of them had a new or old ax in their hands, and the team had only two saws in total, which were brought from home by the carpenter's son.
Hard to find iron.
Metal is in the hands of the country with dragons, and it is very difficult to get it.
This is also the reason why the Sapphire Grand Duchy often organizes knights to go to the mainland to fight and rob minerals. The iron ore of the Grand Duchy is basically snatched back from the Eagle Kingdom, and transported to various islands by sea bit by bit.
In Huahua Town, many serfs used wood, stone and bone tools as labor tools.
It is different from the neat and solemn situation imagined.
This group of strong serfs had a deep anxiety on their faces—the lord asked them to go to Thorn Ridge to cut down trees, which was too dangerous, and if they encountered a monster, their wives might have to remarry.
"Mr. Gao Ertai, you didn't tell them that I will send someone to protect them?"
"Of course I informed them, but they are still trembling."
Liszt expressed his understanding: "Words are pale."
While talking, a team chanting slogans ran towards the castle from the horse farm. There are four other knights following the supervisor, and the leading knight is Marcus.
"My lord!" Marcus got off his horse and saluted Liszt.
"Why are there thirty people?"
"They will guard the logging team. Through today's performance, I will make the final check for the team members in my heart." Marcus explained, "They are all similar in physique and not too stupid in mind. Now, it is the last option. , a test of courage, a knight cannot be without courage."
Gao Ertai heard the words: "Liszt, didn't you say something before departure?"
Liszt nodded, naturally wanting to talk about the scene.
Riding on a Lilong horse, his black monster leather armor set off his heroic demeanor, and he walked slowly in front of the two teams. Liszt glanced at everyone in the team with a serious expression, and said loudly: "Citizens, I am your lord, Liszt Tulip."
After a pause, he suddenly didn't know what to say.
The skill of showing off was still not well mastered. After a while, he decided to delete the long provocative speech, but said calmly: "Today, you will cut down the trees on Thorn Ridge for me, and open the road between the town and the outside world, and I, Will protect your safety!"
The language was pale, facing the serfs who were still uneasy, he just waved his whip lightly, and Li Longma raised his front hooves and roared to the sky.
When the horse's hooves landed, Liszt was already riding forward first.
"Set off!"