Understand the meaning of the treasure.
Liszt suppressed his excitement and asked calmly, "Captain Kosto, do you understand this navigation chart?"
"Lord, this nautical chart is a general nautical chart. There is nothing too complicated. It should be because this mouse is not proficient in navigation, so I can completely understand the route of the nautical chart." Kosto said confidently. The nautical chart, which looked distorted and abstract and had strange symbols, could not trouble him at all.
"So, is the island where horses live far away from Coral Island?"
"Judging from the display on the navigation chart, the island is about 130 kilometers north of Coral Island. At a ship speed of 5 knots, Flower, it will take about fourteen hours to sail to the Horse Island without encountering ocean currents and Storm." Kosto twirled his fingers, calculated, and answered.
Liszt is pretty good at math.
According to the introduction of Kosto, after a little estimation, the speed of one section is about less than two kilometers per hour, and the speed of Flower is about nine kilometers per hour.
Not as fast as riding a bicycle.
He vaguely remembered that the narrowest part of the Taiwan Strait seemed to be only 135 kilometers, which meant that the distance between Coral Island and Junma Island was across the Taiwan Strait.
"Captain Kosto, when can Flower sail to the sea and go to the Horse Island?"
"Lord, if we just go out to sea, the sailor apprentices are already competent. After all, the distance between Horse Island is not very far and it falls within the scope of offshore navigation. However, the sailors have too little experience. Once they encounter Storm, they will have no way to deal with it, and the probability of an accident is extremely high."
"If you train hard, how long will it take before you can go to sea?"
"If the lord can let me recruit thirty sailor apprentices on a regular basis and insist on training every day, within a month, I can let Flower set sail to the Horse Island!"
Liszt made an instant decision. "I will ask consultant Gortai to fully cooperate with you. In one month, we will set off for the Horse Island... Give the island a name, just Black Horse Island."
Kosto said excitedly, "I am willing to serve the lord!"
"Print this nautical chart, and then erase the pictures on the cave wall."
After completing these, Flower returns.
night.
It has become a routine to summarize the day's work at the castle's dinner party. Liszt is not a stingy lord, and does not mind his subordinates eating and drinking in the castle. This is also a way to win over people.
"Sir, if the clues left by the mice are true, we must control Black Horse Island as soon as possible to prevent it from being occupied by other forces. Then obtain military exploits as soon as possible, get enfeoffment, and designate Black Horse Island as your fiefdom. War horse resources are more important than any other resources!" Marcus said seriously.
In view of the situation that there are many desert islands in Sapphire Grand Duchy, the meritorious lord can designate the desert island as a fiefdom.
Before enfeoffment is obtained, all desert islands in the Azure Sea are theoretically owned by Grand Duke Sapphire - you can choose to operate them secretly. This is a default unspoken rule. Once the Grand Duke chooses a desert island as a fiefdom to enfeoff to a certain lord, he must give it up immediately.
However, such cases of secretly operating desert islands are still rare.
The first nobles do not lack land for farming, but they lack elves and metals. It is difficult to guarantee that the information about the management of the second desert island will not be leaked. Once the management reaches a certain level, it is inevitable that the Grand Duke will forcibly divide the island. Theoretically, all products on the island will be transferred to another lord.
Therefore, the gain outweighs the loss by camping on a deserted island.
For example, Tulip Family, after acquiring Coral Island, after 20 years of cultivation, one-third of the land is still uncultivated wasteland.
Flower Town Before the arrival of Liszt, a large part of it was wasteland with no one cultivating it. As of now, there are still many places that are wasteland, not to mention Thorn Ridge that needs to be developed.
"The news must be blocked, and everyone who knows the news must give a serious warning, otherwise Black Horse Island will inevitably be seized by other lords."
Gortai said equally seriously.
He and Marcus are both very aware of the importance of war horses to nobles, especially war horses with excellent pedigrees like Li Dragon Horse, which play a vital supporting role in the performance of knights' strength on the battlefield.
It can be said very intuitively.
When charging on the battlefield, an elite Earth Knight riding a horse may not necessarily be able to beat an ordinary Earth Knight riding a Li Dragon Horse.
"Then, the news is limited to everyone here, as well as Kosto, Rom and my manservant Thomas." Liszt followed suit, "When the sailor training is completed, they and their families will directly move to Black Horse Island to live... Of course, we must first see what kind of environment Black Horse Island is."
Gortai said optimistically, "Black Horse Island, which can breed such magnificent horses as Li Dragon Horse, must be a flat green island. I think its area must be very large, and it may be able to accommodate a count."
Liszt cut a piece of Warcraft meat, swallowed it, and seemed to just say casually, "No matter how big it is, it is destined to be my island... Consultant Gortai, regarding the training of sailors, you must actively cooperate with Kosto and be as satisfied as possible."
"I understand!"
The Li Dragon Horse group of Black Horse Island began to secretly organize strategies.
The work of the logging team is still vigorous. Hundreds of people are felling trees collectively. Due to the limitations of tools, the efficiency of a single person may not be high, but the overall progress is very fast.
About one-third of the trees in the north Thorn Ridge have been cut down in just five days.
A large area of Thorn Forest around the pier has been cut down, leaving only a few wild fruit trees.
It will take about half a month to complete the new Smoke Mission, so there is no point in worrying about it. Since Gortai became a consultant, he has been very enthusiastic about work and proactive, causing Liszt to become idle for a lot of time. So domesticating Curly Blessing has become his current research topic.
Curly Blessing's feathers are getting stronger and stronger, and Magic Power is gradually becoming more abundant in his body. If it weren't for the chain on his feet, he might have learned to fly.
"Old Grandet, such a big Coral Island, really can't even find a falconer?"
"Lord, I have asked people from Flower Caravan to inquire in various cities and even small towns. Indeed, there are no craftsmen who can tame falcons." Flower Caravan captain Old Grandet, who came to the castle to report on his work, replied.
"Keep asking."
"Yes, Lord Lord."
After sending Old Grandet away, Liszt rubbed his forehead. Although Curly Blessing's "quacking" and "quacking" sounds were annoying, after all, it was a monster that had been raised since childhood. It was a pity to just kill it for meat.
But I didn't worry about Curly Blessing for too long.
Take care of Dragon Sunflower's valet and come back to report the good news, "Master, Dragon Sunflower Elf Bug is born!"
Rushing to the Dragon Sunflower field quickly, Liszt saw Black Nightshade Bug who was all black and shiny, like a black gem, which was very interesting.
Simply using jade powder to seduce, Black Nightshade Bug bit Liszt's finger, and the contract was successful.
His ninth Elf Bug finally moved into the castle.
However, the good news didn't end there. Just when he returned to the castle, the knights from Coral City brought him important news - the Coral Island caravan was back, and Levis's family teacher Frank asked him to go to Coral City to receive five hundred serfs.