Chapter 204 – The Two, Together

Bang!

The knights' lances collided again and Randy felt that his hands had begun to tremble. The strength of the spears was beyond imagination, and it was hot.

After only two strikes, he had understood that he had underestimated the young lord of Flower Town.

“Is this the age gap? I am twenty-one years old and he is only sixteen, but even his two shots are enough to stop me.” Randy felt cold, and his despair was rising.

As an illegitimate son, the only thing he was proud of was his n.o.ble blood. But even his proudest point was nothing to be proud of in the presence of Liszt, the son of the Count, the blood of a Sky Knight,  the grandson of the Marquis.

“Charge again!”

Liszt's shout pulled Randy's thoughts back. He hurried back to his horse, restrained the trembling of his arms, and prepared his lance.

The relaxed mentality was no longer there, only full  caution and bitterness remained.

As an earth knight, Randy has always been good at defense. An earth knight of the same rank trying to beat him in a short time would be facing  a real problem.

But facing Liszt, he had serious doubts that he could take the third shot.

That was indeed the case. When the two steel long lances collided, he felt only a strong force but it was followed by the fiery heat, forcing him to hold down the lance.

Bang!

The knight's lance flew high, and Randy flew along with it. The sky was spinning violently. He couldn't turn his head feeling he had fallen heavily on the ground. His heart was pounding really fast and his breathing felt tight in his chest. Randy looked up at the sky in disappointment. For a long while, he didn't stand up, figuring out how he lost with three shots. On the other side, Liszt shook his head.

He felt Randy's strength getting weaker and weaker after every shot. He didn't even use more than half of his attack energy and yet Randy had flown. If he had used his full force, he could've stabbed the knight's body and left a hole  in him.

Unhappy, he set his sights on Russell, “Russell, come.”

Russell felt numb. He saw how Liszt defeated Randy with three shots. He could see clearly that he was also no match but had to fight. “Russell challenges Baron!”

The two mounted their rides.

Russell's qi erupted, but seeing the flames of his opponent, his body flew out like a kite tracing broken lines followed by a long trail, following Randy's example.

Moreover, Liszt attacked only once.

“I …” Russell was lying on the ground, trying to say something he opened his mouth, but he was speechless.

A few moments later, Randy and Russell finally recovered from the blow. They looked at Liszt but no longer had a mental att.i.tude, but in awe of their Lord's strength. Liszt's blood is more n.o.ble than theirs, his ident.i.ty is higher than theirs, and his strength is stronger than theirs. They have no choice but to be in awe.

“I'm stronger than I thought I was, and I've always underestimated myself. “

He felt proud.

On the surface, Liszt did not reveal his emotions because a Baron must restrain his emotions. He just said calmly, “Since leaving Knights Academy, we haven't practiced training with anyone yet. We haven't shown our full strength, just now. This time, you two team up and we fight again!”

“Yes, Lord Baron!” The two answered in unison.

Another round began and this time, a double attack struck, and Lister was initially rattled. But the gap in strength was too obvious and after two rounds of a.s.sault, he adapted to the double attack. He used his lance, which looked like a tower in flames.

Bang!

Bang!

After two blows, Randy and Russell, each flew again and fell heavily on the ground. The two of them were not enough to pose a threat to Lister.

When the two got up, Liszt did not show the joy of winning.He still showed the standard aristocratic smile,  “Today's training ends here. Before you came to Flower Town, there were not enough knights to train with each other. But now,you'll have to polish your skills. If you want to be on the battlefield, your fighting skills should be on a higher level. “

Randy and Russell were both bean-pickers. When they heard that Flower Town was lacking people, they signed up early to take some credit.

But today's training made them suddenly realize that their strength was not enough. There won't always be good results wherever they go. Feeling light-hearted, they solemnly responded, “Yes, Lord Baron!”

They have not chosen allegiance, and likewise, Liszt has not accepted them.

Whether or not they would follow the master-slave relations.h.i.+p in the future will depend on their performance- and from Liszt has seen, he wasn't really inclined to.

But of course, he did not directly deny them.

He plans to wait for Marcus to come back and have Marcus fight them to see how strong they are. Marcus's combat effectiveness has obviously reached the level of the elite knights of Coral Island. The Count even designated him to guard Liszt and serve as Liszt's tutor, which was what he valued.

Therefore, Marcus can be used as a standard.

——-

Dismissal.

Everyone had left.

The battle.

It may not be too enjoyable, but the process is hearty. After showering, Liszt leaned on the back of his living room chair, recalling the details of the battle and thinking about what could be improved. One must be good at summarizing details to identify shortcomings, improve on those and eventually progress.

But he got distracted.

The smoke mission came out quietly but quickly attracted Liszt's attention. “Mission completed. Reward: Corn gra.s.s sprite worm.”

No surprise on the reward, no surprise on the corn gra.s.s sprite worm either.

“It seems that the cultivation of a hundred acres of corn gra.s.s has been completed. Very good. Corn gra.s.s sprite worm, my tenth sprite worm … No, it is the ninth sprite worm. The thorn worm has evolved into a thorn sprite.”

He waved his hand.

A new smoke mission came up.

“Mission: Haven't you eaten enough roast meat and seafood yet ? As a n.o.ble, you can't have enough chicken, fish, and eggs in your diet. This year's harvest is good, please raise more than 1,000 chickens in Flower Town to provide enough eggs and chicken. Rewards: Special mineral vein [1].”

“Hmm?”

"Special mineral vein?" Liszt was pleasantly surprised. The last time he was rewarded with a mineral of some sort it was the saltpeter mine, and it benefited him. He had no idea what this new special mineral would be… But on the other hand, could it have something to do with the basalt pillars?

He could think that the connection with the ore was that probably the main body of Black Horse Island was made up of the basalt pillars.

Perhaps, the special ore is buried in these basalt rock columns.

No matter what.

As long as it is a mineral ore, it must be taken. “Just raising chickens! One thousand chickens will be distributed to the serfs houses. One household must have a dozen chickens. Good enough!”

[1] In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. [wikipedia]

Chapter 205 – Chicken Farming Operation

With Magic Eyes, the birth of a sprite worm will not escape Liszt's eyes.

A corn gra.s.s sprite worm will also not escape his senses. A plain corn gra.s.s at the edges of the corn gra.s.s fields was found to have the slightest trace of magic.

“I finally found you. Grow and work for me.”

After Liszt confirmed it, he immediately called in the Worm Officer, Romm Winebarrel, and told him, “This corn gra.s.s is breeding a corn gra.s.s sprite worm. Remember to arrange the worm guards to take care of it day and night. Do not make any mistakes. “

“Please rest a.s.sured that Romm will be personally involved in the care and successful breeding of the corn gra.s.s sprite worm with no disturbance at all!" Romm rejoices in the birth of new sprite worms that has become the routine of Flower Town, a place that has indeed been blessed by the knights' glory.

Liszt also ordered the head of Wheat Town, Geiger. “Don't forget to fertilize and water this corn gra.s.s, and notify me immediately if there is any sign of disease or decay.”

The normal course of the breeding of a sprite worm is ten and a half days, given that it is provided with nutrition and cared for. The vast majority of those who have suffered from hard birth or even abortion was because they have not been discovered or had poor cultivation.

But in Flower Town, there was no such problem.

"One sprite, nine sprite worms, my sprite population is about to catch up with Lvera's.” Liszt thought happily, surpa.s.sing her sister was only a matter of time.

When Lvera moved out, she was given a sprite and twelve sprite worms. In the next three years, she lost a sprite worm, but she gained two more sprite worms as well. Now she has thirteen. These sprite worms keep Falcon Town rich.

 But the potential of Falcon Town is far from that of Flower Town.

There was no monopoly business that brings in cash flow, such as the seafood business and Flower Soap nor is there a rich variety of potions. She only has the tulip potions, or the black tulips Liszt has given her. No mid-level magical beast or dragon horses – only ordinary horses enough for a knight's squad.

With the black blood dragon horses in Flower Town, its future knight's squad will surely rival the Coral City Knights.

Of course, surpa.s.sing Lvera was not Liszt's goal.

He doesn't compare himself to women, he cares more about when he can surpa.s.s Levis. “Levis broke through the Earth Knight level years ago, and his talents are praised. But I have already caught up with them, as well as the elite Earth Knights! Now my goal is the same as his, to be an advanced-level Sky Knight! “

The road to being a Sky Knight with the magic potions would make his journey smooth and it made Liszt feel proud. "A Sky Knight level is coming for me… The Count is known by the people of Eagle Kingdom as the Wave Swordmaster, and I will be famous as the Flame Swordmaster in the future!"

A knight charges mainly with lance.

But when alone, the sword is the best weapon.

The Sky Knight no longer has to charge with a large troop. A Sky Knight with a sword can sweep an ordinary hundred-man knight group, thus you would be referred to as being 'holy with a sword'.

At that moment.

The future flame swordmaster, Liszt Tulip, was on his way to the office to have a meeting with his officials.

“Mr. Gort, and everyone else, I plan to promote chicken farming in Flower Town.” He didn't bother to give an excuse of why he had ordered such. The smoke task asked him and he just pa.s.sed down the mission. No one dared question him anyway. “In the next half month, the scale of cultivation will reach 1,000, no, 1,500.”

Taking care of chickens is not a simple task but the mortality rate is low.

He went on, “The chicken will be raised for the castle, and the castle will subsidize the chicken feed and other expenses. Once the chicken is grown, it will be taken back by the castle. However, during the growing period, the eggs from hens will be sold at market prices in the castle, which will then be given to the farmers for their chickens. Do you have anything to add?”

"Sir, what if the farmers will not want to raise c.o.c.ks, only hens? Will that be acceptable?"  Isaiah asked, knowing that even without a rooster, the hen would lay eggs.

But without rooster mating, the eggs laid by hens cannot hatch to chicks.

Liszt answered without hesitation, "”To set a standard, a farmer willing to raise a chicken must raise nine hens and one rooster.Those who have the capacity can try to hatch their own chickens. These chickens belong to the farmers themselves… Of course, you also have to do inspections. If there is no suitable condition for raising chicken in the family, raising one will not be allowed for them. "

With winter coming, if one cannot afford raising a chicken, proceeding to do so will only freeze it to death…… Raising chickens should be a.s.signed to families who could accommodate it.

After a brief discussion, the chicken farming campaign began.

One thousand and five hundred chickens are to be distributed to households, hence, only one hundred and fifty households are required. It was easy to select farmers suitable for raising chickens. At the same time, the Flower and Thorn caravan were also notified to buy chicks from major cities, even grown chickens as well, and sent to Flower Town.

“In half a month, before the winter snow comes, it is not a problem to raise chickens' population to a thousand. ” In the past, Flower Town will start to get cold and snow in mid-December, and then intermittently for two months, the temperature will start to rise in mid-February of the following year. “

Liszt swirled the red wine in his gla.s.s. This was at that night's dinner at the castle. “It's not just in Flower Town, snow will fall in half of Coral Island, but Flower Town is at the northeast corner, hence, it is the most affected.” He guessed that the snowfall was probably brought by the cold current.

On Earth, temperatures often plummet with the advent of cold currents.

It was unclear how the weather is in this world, but the general principles should not be very different. Coral Island is deeply affected by the cold current, even if it is only a small cold one.

“By the way, Adviser Gort, how are our preparations for the winter?”

“Oh, please rest a.s.sured, for my poor salary, this year,  Flower Town will have no freezing serf, I swear to the knight's glory! Whenever one freezes, I will run to  Eagle Kingdom and catch one. Here comes the serf! ” Gort exaggerated.

In truth, he wanted to have fun and adjust the atmosphere of the banquet.

Since Liszt gradually turned the banquet into a working meeting, the violent atmosphere of the normal aristocratic banquet has rarely reappeared. Everyone was used to eating and drinking while talking about work.

This probably has something to do with Liszt's quiet temperament.

And Gort prefers everything to be lively.

Cutting the steak elegantly, Liszt was not affected by Gort's speech. He continued to maintain a quiet temperament. “The winter clothes preparation is only a part of the winter strategy. This winter, serfs cannot be left idle. We must continue to open projects and transform Flower Town's infrastructure. “

The element of infrastructure mania has long been deep into Liszt's soul – to be rich, he must build a road first!