The fact that Xia Zoe fell into the water again made the servants in the castle extremely nervous, especially Judit.
Although Xia Zoe took off her soaked coat and shoes as soon as she got back to the Windsurf, and it was only a few sneeze between returning from the ship to the castle, it still made Judit very uncomfortable. nervous.
Immediately after he returned to the castle, he asked Adai to fetch a bag of herbal medicine for colds and boil it.
Xia Zoe returned to the study after drinking and ordered Valk to investigate the matter thoroughly.
The shipyard is now in its infancy, and the boatmen are always recruiting again and again, and there are often not enough manpower.
In the more than two months since he returned from the Anas Empire, the shipyard has recruited three people in total, all because the construction of the Chengfeng is getting more and more compact and requires a lot of helpers.
The last recruit was a month ago.
It can be seen that this group of people sneaked into the shipyard and directly lurked for more than a month without being discovered by anyone. They were not exposed until the first sea trial of Chengfeng.
- There is no more suitable opportunity than to do it on the vast sea.
If it weren't for the strength of the Pope, the grand duke, and the leader, the force value of the three was really unexpected.
Otherwise, just relying on these boatmen with low resistance on the ship is really not enough to see, that is the real misfortune.
Even if he jumps into the sea, it's just to ensure the safety of Xia Zuoyi alone.
Forms must be filled out before the shipyard recruits workers - name, age, address, etc.
This is also a rule that Xia Zuoyi has set a long time ago, just to avoid a detailed and clear investigation after something happened.
Under such circumstances, they even let this group of murderers sneak into the shipyard.
It can be seen that there must be some relevant personnel involved in this matter, and it cannot be said that any nobles or officials who are related to the shipyard are involved.
And most importantly, there were three Segalots on board at the time.
Samuel said to Xia Zoe later that he saw half of the group of people rushing towards the Duke and the leader, looking at the fierce energy, they definitely wanted their lives.
Xia Zuoyi thought, maybe this group of murderers is not just targeting him.
After taking orders, Valk did not dare to delay, interrogating, investigating, arresting related suspects, etc...
Three days later, the detailed ins and outs of the matter were placed on Xia Zuoyi's desk, and the three of Segalot were also sitting in the study.
What happened this time can be simply summed up as the remnants of the royal family of the Anas Empire and the greedy nobles who were greedy for the huge interests in the white sugar in the territory of Desinia secretly conspired to plan an assassination.
They are looking for opportunities, one is to deal with Xia Zoe, and the other is to wait for the opportunity to kill Orville and Archibald.
And it even involved a meticulous work from the St. Airo Empire, but before Valk's interrogation was clear, it was convenient for him to commit suicide in one night.
The remaining royal family members of the Anas Empire had nowhere to go after the empire was divided.
They had noticed before when the royal city was in turmoil—the royal city was blocked, and no one could leave, but this lord of Desinia was very special, and the fleet sailed away from the port smoothly.
It was remembered for a while.
The remaining members of the royal family waited until the royal city was finally unblocked. After they managed to hide their names and appearance and escaped from the Anas Empire, they chose to come to the territory of Desinia and managed to reach a deal with this dissident nobleman. .
The original content of the transaction was—their people sneaked into the shipyard with the help of the nobles, waited for the right time to hold Xia Zuoyi hostage, and forced him to tell the secret recipe of white sugar.
No matter what means, if you resist, even if you leave your life, there is no problem.
This dissident nobleman is the mayor of a city. He not only covets the secret recipe of sugar, but also delusionally wants to sit in a higher position...
But they didn't expect that the Grand Duke of Archiayoli and Archibald Cavendish also came to Desinia territory - the murderer who was lurking in the shipyard was only targeting Xia Zoe.
But seeing that such a good opportunity for the sea trial was in front of them, and the three of them were on board, they couldn't help but take action.
However, this group of people misestimated the skills of Orville and Archibald, including the Pope, and dealing with them would not be a problem at all.
Some boatmen were injured in this danger, but not fatally.
In general, except that Xia Zuoyi took the initiative to jump back to the sea, there was no big trouble.
As for how this dissident nobleman got in touch with the people of the St. Airo Empire - according to the investigation, because one of his brothers was in the Empire as a lover to a powerful widow.
This widow is also a means, not only to support the lover, but also to be involved with a marquis noble...
The twists and turns are not clear, but it is indeed this marquis noble who has been thinking about Xia Zuoyi's sugar secret recipe.
When Xia Zuoyi asked the nobleman's name, he was sitting on the sofa brushing his brown sugar smooth hair, and he didn't respond when he heard Valck's words, until 098 reminded him in the system.
Valk: "The name of this nobleman is Gary Phoebe."
Xia Zuoyi nodded lightly.
098 tilted the stickman's little head and saw that the host didn't respond very much, so he couldn't help reminding: [Host, Gary Phoebe is the father of Samuel Phoebe.]
Samuel Phoebe
The name is a bit familiar...
Xia Zuoyi frowned and thought, and listened to 098 again—[Samel Phoebe is the heroine, host.]
Xia Zuoyi suddenly realized, and almost clapped his hands in surprise.
For a long time, he had forgotten that there was a growing Mary Sue in the distant Saint Air Empire.
The description of the heroine in the novel is that she has shiny silver-white hair, rare pink eyes, innocent and romantic, lively and lovely.
Her voice is very beautiful, like a smart bird singing, her face is very white, like the tender petals of the pure white god flower Belranka...
Xia Zoey saw this: "... "
He can't imagine how pink a person's eyes are, pink eye
Xia Zuoyi also had to sigh that this world really evolved from books, and Shamat's hair and eye color are synonymous with beauty.
Seeing that he was touching the brown sugar, Orville stopped the movement in his hand, his expression was obviously distracted, and he couldn't help asking aloud.
Xia Zuoyi followed the reputation, and his eyes fell on the grand duke's silver hair and light gray eyes. Before the grand duke was puzzled, his eyes passed over the Pope and the leaders of the chamber of commerce one by one.
—Well, Archibald's blond green eyes are quite normal.
The thick paw pads of brown sugar were pressed on Xia Zuoyi's hand, and with a soft whimper, she tilted her head and seemed to ask - "Why don't you continue to touch?"
Xia Zuoyi lowered her head and pinched the small round ears of brown sugar, and combed down the hair on the top of her head and neck...
Brown Sugar's hair is as smooth and beautiful as black satin, and the muscles under her hands are strong to the touch. After enjoying enough, Brown Sugar lazily got up and went to lie down beside the briquettes.
Xia Zuoyi clutched a few tufts of black hair that had been pulled down and put it into a square wooden box—these were all the hairs that were saved when combing brown sugar.
There are four other boxes - briquettes, snow balls, egg yolks, and green balls of hair and feathers.
He has collected it since he was a child, and has made quite a few felt toys pricked with needles from the fluffy hair.
The feathers that Qingtuan fell off were dressed as beautiful accessories, and now they are hung on the head of his bed and on the sleeping wooden frame dedicated to Qingtuan.
Xia Zuoyi glanced at the small green dot swimming in the system ocean map again, wondering what the dumplings could let him collect.
The cause and effect of the whole thing have been sorted out, and all that should be dealt with have been dealt with.
But there are also people who are out of reach.
For example, Cary Phoebe, the Marquis of the Saint Air Empire and the heroine's father.
Xia Zuoyi believes in revenge.
Although the Lord Marquis just sent a scout to listen to the news, he was also involved after all. If he let it go like this, Xia Zoe would be very unhappy.
He remembered his plan to fight against the king and the greedy nobles in the Anas Empire—
At this moment, he said to Orville and Archibald: "After the division of the Anas Empire, the two empires have since become one."
"The Saint Air Empire also has great ambitions. Before, it was because of the existence of the Anas Empire that they were at peace with each other. Now..."
Xia Zoe said slowly: "Aren't you afraid that the San Air Empire will annex the Agia Yoli territory and the Anas Kingdom one by one?"
The power of the divided empire is bound to be greatly reduced.
Segalote didn't care about himself and didn't make a sound.
When Xia Zuoyi was collecting brown sugar's hair just now, Orville asked curiously what it was doing, and Xia Zuoyi asked Judit to bring over the box containing the felt toys.
Segalot is now picking up one by one to watch.
So did Orville.
But after Xia Zuoyi spoke, he focused his attention, and now he held a black and white kitten in his hand and said, "Alliance?"
As expected of the grand duke who held power at a young age, he immediately saw the purpose of Xia Zoey's questioning.
- That's right, it's an alliance.
The Territory of Desinia, Achia Joli, and the Kingdom of Anas have allied themselves, so that even if the thoughts of the Saint Air Empire are about to stir, they will have to dormant and hide for the time being.
The most important thing is that in the next period of time, Xia Zuoyi doesn't want to cause more troubles.
He needs a calm environment to continue developing the territory.
He always had a hunch - when the heroine becomes an adult, that is, when the plot in the novel unfolds, he will definitely meet the heroine Samuel Phoebe, and then...
Xia Zuoyi looked at the plot deviation value at the upper right of the system interface, and it was already 45% at this time.
But it's not insurance.
He needs to improve the progress as soon as possible, and Samuel's trip to the sea to find new continents and high-yield crops must also be implemented...
The other thing is that if sugar beet is produced on a large scale, it is bound to introduce a lot of labor.
Once this is the case, it is impossible to strictly guard against the control of the secret recipe, so the method of making white sugar is definitely no longer a secret.
Xia Zuoyi never intended to take white sugar as his own.
And sugar, like salt, should be a necessities in people's lives, and the price drop is an inevitable law.
But at least until then, he has a bold plan to implement.
Xia Zuoyi: It makes me happy.