Chapter 164 161.Bristle-Wolf House's dance party
The dinner party at the Count's Mansion was very much like the ball at the Blue Dragon Family. Except for the simplicity of the hall and the slower dancing steps of the participating nobles, everything else reminded people of the ball at Royal Capital.
Landen didn't want to dance, so he asked Bristle Wolf Flower to dance a song and then took a rest.
"Master Viscount, why don't you dance?" It didn't take long for Ilanda·Bristle-Wolf to come over and ask Landen for gossip, "Is it because there are no women dancing here with tails?"
Although several brothers of Ilanda also studied at Blue Dragon School, they did not make as much noise as Landen. For example, Derek·Bristle-Wolf did not dare to invite Gleia to dance, and no one in their family dared to invite Dugan to be their family Knight.
Therefore, Ilanda likes to have fun with Landen every time he sees him. Landen also doesn't want to be like little Wolf Girl. "Miss Knight, if you can use this curiosity in Knight's training, I believe you will break through to the intermediate level soon."
"For me, Intermediate Knight is not of great significance. If the level is too high, I will have fewer in-laws to choose from. Otherwise, how could Teacher Gleia be paid attention to by so many people, but no one would dare to pursue her?"
Ilanda is telling the truth. Compared to professionals, women Mana-Wielder are valued more for their Bloodline inheritance, unless Gleia is a woman who stands out from Bloodline, and other women Mana-Wielder have been worried about how to choose a marriage partner since they inspired Bloodline.
Women Mana-Wielder without family protection will be easily manipulated by big families just like Wendy.
"It seems that Ms. Ilanda has someone she likes?" Landen didn't want the topic to be too heavy, so she asked casually.
"No." Wolf Girl raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Landen with his huge eyes, "Mr. Viscount, please don't misunderstand me. I have no interest in you at all. I came here to find you just because I was afraid that someone here would like me."
"Thank you very much for clarifying my doubts. I know that I, an ordinary Border Viscount, shouldn't be too confident in my charm."
"Let me ask you something." Ilanda suddenly leaned into Landen's ear and asked in a low voice, "If you were my eldest brother or my second brother, who would you support?"
"Huh?" Landen didn't understand for a while, but he quickly came to his senses, "Isn't Mr. Count feeling very good now?"
"It's okay if you don't want to answer. There's no need to say such things to me." Little Wolf Girl knew that Landen didn't want to get involved in the disputes at Count's family, so he left angrily.
When the bored Landen was about to leave Count's Mansion, he was stopped by a young Knight.
"Sir Viscount, I am the heir of Kevin·Elk Family, Viscount Elk." The young and talkative Knight wanted to chat with Landen, "I heard that starting this year, the Count family has added a new family Knight."
"Oh" Landen replied expressionlessly.
"Viscount, do you really not want to participate in Frost-Wolf Forest's battle?" Seeing that Landen had no desire to communicate, Kevin began to strike up a conversation with force.
"I really don't want to, I've been very busy recently"
"That's right, if Master Viscount takes action, what will happen to us?" Kevin used all his words, but the two of them were not familiar with each other, so they could only be anxious.
"Kevin Knight What exactly do you want to express?" Landen really doesn't want to have an awkward conversation.
"Can you please lend our family some Iron Armor and horses?"
"How much? How to pay?" When the ordinary chat turned into a business discussion, Landen became slightly more interested.
"10 horses, 10 pieces of armor. Our family doesn't have enough money to pay it all in one go." Kevin, on the other hand, felt a little lacking in confidence due to the gap in strength.
"What do you have at home? You can mortgage it first." Landen has always been tolerant of his neighbors' payment methods. "If it's really not enough, you can take a look at your home's specialties."
"Really? That's great. Our family has a shop in Southern Marquis's territory, which we can mortgage to you." After Kevin said it, he saw the look on Landen's face as if he was looking at a fool, and quickly changed his words, "I mean, our shop can directly buy food from the south. I heard that you need a lot of food, sir?"
"I really need it. I wonder what kind of price Knight can you and Viscount Elk give me?"
The two young men reached an agreement in principle, and the rest of the specific agreement was up to the caravans to negotiate. Landen was very curious about how the Elk Family family could pay for a business worth 3000 Gold Coin with food.
"The grain can be delivered to you in installments." Kevin was very grateful that Landen could lend his own horses and Iron Armor. "Your territory does not need food only this year. Our family can deliver old grain to you every year."
"The grain of 3000 Gold Coin is not a small amount. Even if the Marquis Elk in the south is better than your family, their old grain is not in vain." Landen has never understood the planting situation in the south, so he wants Kevin to tell him more.
"Sir, I'm afraid you don't know how willing the southern nobles are to clear out their stocks after a large amount of new grain is harvested."
"Even so, a large amount of grain is still a lot of money." At this time, Landen suddenly had a new question, "And why would they rather deal with last year's old grain at a low price than reduce grain production?"
"Ha, it seems that you have never been to the southern territory. The southern territory produces food not only because of the suitable climate and the help of the Elf clan. Every year, the empire also provides a large amount of paving, including seeds, plots and large Magic Array's magic subsidies, precisely because of these subsidies, the fields in the south can produce food three seasons a year. Every season is a bumper harvest." Kevin found Landen's point of interest, so he quickly introduced it.
"You mean grain-growing subsidies?" Landen seemed to hear a vocabulary unique to his hometown.
"Yes, the food in the south is hired by landowners to cultivate, cast spells, and build magic facilities. The local nobles purchase it and sell it to the entire empire. The whole process is very similar to your salt business. The empire has strict requirements on output and selling price, just to ensure that everyone can eat enough."
"Whether they are farmhands, mages who maintain the harvest circle, land owners, or nobles who manage the entire grain production, they can all receive subsidies based on the yield per acre. On the contrary, if the harvest fails, or someone deliberately hoards grain, not only will they not receive the subsidy, but they will also have to accept a fine from the Imperial Food Department."
"So the nobles will not take the initiative to raise food prices by reducing production, but will earn food subsidies by increasing production." Kevin described for Landen a very professional division of labor in food production, where everyone from farm laborers to nobles were just the executors of the empire's food policy.
"Oh my God, if there is too much food and there is no place to put it, wouldn't it lead to waste?"
"It is possible. It is said that Grain Department also has a department that provides subsidies to nobles who destroy old grains. It is right next to the department that distributes grain planting subsidies."
Early the next morning, Landen met Dugan from Dragon Tooth City. He brought two magic rings, Magic Grain and Magic Beast Meat, to Landen. Landen asked Dugan to help customize 40 sets of high-power Crystal Telescope at Royal Capital. These telescopes with 2-3 Rune can greatly increase the magnification of distant viewing.
Landen purchased a new magic ring, which will be used to carry supplies when his friends travel in the future. Two handheld Magic Mirrors were also delivered to them for communication between the two caravans from Rothe to Bristle-Wolf and Rothe to Royal Capital.
Landen had lunch with Dugan, and asked Dugan to verify the authenticity of Purple Potion.
"This Magic Potion is of good quality, it should be Purple Alfalfa that is only available to Frost-Wolf Forest," Dugan is well-informed, and when he saw Magic Potion can be recognized, "I have to remind you that the training of Warcraft is actually similar to the training of humans. Magic Potion is only one aspect, and the use of Magic Power is the key."
"Approximately how many bottles can it take to upgrade a basic level of Warcraft to an intermediate level?"
"It's hard to say, both the Bloodline of Warcraft and its own state are affected." Dugan looked at the lord in front of him before saying, "If it is your Black-Scaled Horse, I estimate that 100 bottles or more You can upgrade within 10 seconds, but I want to remind you that Mid-level Magic Beast is equivalent to Mid-Rank professional, generally only Senior Knight or Great Knight can control them."
Dugan means that although High-Rank professionals can control Mid-level Magic Beast, they may not necessarily like Magic Beast Horse; intermediate and advanced professionals may not necessarily be able to control intermediate World of Warcraft.
"I know it well," Landen is anxious to upgrade Blaze, not only as his own mount, but more importantly to improve the quality of his own Black-Scaled Horse population, so there is no need After hesitating, he took out the drawing of Connecting Rod and said, "See if there is a place in Royal Capital that can do this. If it doesn't work, see if you can go to Imperial Capital to buy it."