"Secretary..."
Liszt was disappointed; he had no secretary.
It's impossible to achieve the carefree and idyllic life of the privileged class, where "secretaries do everything when there's work to do, and they do everything when there's nothing to do."
In fact, he didn't even have a personal maid—the monogamous system under the social system was strictly enforced, and even though nobles had mistresses everywhere and illegitimate children were born in droves, they still adhered to this system.
This is not an official policy.
This is a socially accepted custom.
To ensure the continuation of monogamy, noblewomen could only have personal maids, and noblemen could only have personal male servants, to prevent the violation of monogamy under the guise of personal servants.
He investigated the formation of this trend and eventually deduced that it probably originated from the queen system of the Moon Empire.
This long-lost empire is much like the ancient Roman Empire of Europe. Although the Roman Empire was destroyed by barbarians, its culture and institutions profoundly influenced the entire European continent. The same is true of the Moon Empire; as the most powerful empire at the time, its cultural influence still lingers.
Currently, most countries' languages have incorporated Moon Language to varying degrees.
The hierarchical system of knights and the relationship between lords and vassals originated from the Moon Empire, and the system of queens has also been preserved. Many countries have had women as kings. The Sapphire Grand Duchy has never had a queen, but it has inherited the system of monogamy.
" The Moon Empire... I wonder what its situation is like."
As the lord of the town, Liszt had a lot of free time and enjoyed reading chivalric novels. He had heard countless times about the Moon Empire —the knights would always encounter the ruins of the Moon Empire somewhere, obtain treasures, and immediately become incredibly powerful, dominating everything and everyone.
Because there is no habit of recording history.
Most of the information about the Moon Empire comes from oral tradition.
This kind of information transmission has a distortion rate as high as 99%, so the Moon Empire became a legendary empire, full of countless beauties and unparalleled prosperity. Just like the ancient Greece in the mouths of Europeans, or the ancient kings in the mouths of Confucius, it was beautified and embellished in various ways, and then replaced the truth, becoming the official history in people's minds.
"It's so annoying not having history books... I'm really afraid that if I read too many chivalric romances, I'll start taking nonsense as a messenger." Liszt shook his head.
I'm not going to think about these messy things anymore.
He studies history not only to satisfy his curiosity, but also to learn about political maneuvering and to discuss the general trend of the world... but he prefers to avoid nonsensical historical accounts.
Let's return to the regret over the lack of a secretary.
He felt he needed to quickly train a group of female Retainer Knight to serve as his personal bodyguards; otherwise, his speeches and pronouncements would lack atmosphere and passion.
After inspecting the town's architecture, we returned to the castle.
He went straight into the study, took out Parchment and a quill pen, and prepared to reorganize his plans for Flower Town.
"If Flower Town is to be developed into an economy primarily focused on primary processing of agricultural products, then the current town layout needs to be redesigned, and trade routes also need to be modified. Land transportation is far inferior to sea transportation; sailing directly to Coral City by sea would save more transport capacity."
He first drew a rough map of the Coral Island.
In the Earl's study at Tulip Castle, there hangs a map of Coral Island, which is shaped like a distorted figure eight.
The northeast corner is Flower Town, and the narrow part in the middle of the "8" is Deepwater Port, where Coral City is built.
The route from Flower Town to Coral City is not a straight line due to the terrain; it requires passing through North Valley City and Elm Forest City, following a zigzag pattern, which wastes a lot of time.
"Due to the remote location of Flower Town, a wharf must be built quickly to open up sea transport; as a supplement, land transport can be used, and a checkpoint can be built at the entrance to Thorn Ridge. In this way, the main area of Flower Town will be divided into three parts: the wharf, the town, and Thorn Ridge, which will respectively undertake trade and processing tasks."
He wrote a few Snake Script in the workshop area of the small town.
These are all planned workshops—sugar workshops, spice workshops, textile workshops, leather workshops, papermaking workshops, tofu workshops, and Tulip flower workshops, as well as shoe shops, bone-working shops, and so on.
At the dock, plans for workshops were also written down—a brick factory, a cement factory, a pottery kiln, a salt field, a glass workshop, etc.
Near the Thorn Ridge checkpoint, there are also planned workshops—woodworking workshops, slaughterhouses, horse markets, etc.
Some of these workshops lacked sufficient artisans, while others had technologies yet to be developed, but in Liszt's vision, these were all achievable through hard work.
But soon...
He lost interest in writing again.
" Kosto has reported that the Flower is ready to set sail at any time. Now we just need Granney to finish making the Sea-Settling Divine Pearl so we can explore Black Horse Island."
Once Black Horse Island is captured, his future strategies will focus on Black Horse Island.
The importance of Flower Town will undoubtedly decrease significantly. Especially when he achieves military merit and turns Black Horse Island into his fiefdom, he will certainly have to hand it over to Flower Town. Just like the Tulip Family gave up their original fiefdom and moved to Coral Island, they will take root in their new territory.
"Once I have enough financial and material resources to solve the technical problems of papermaking, cement, tofu, and glassmaking, I'll probably be the Viscount of Black Horse Island by then."
Thorn Sprite can be created at any time, and once you have Little Elf, you can generate a continuous stream of wealth, making it easy to arm a squad of knights.
At that time, charging into battle and making meritorious contributions will not be difficult.
Instead of wasting time and effort researching technology, it's much better to focus on collecting Pokémon.
Humulus Family and the Gravel Family were granted the title of viscount thanks to their respective Little Elf. As the son of an earl, if he performed meritorious service, the earl would have no reason not to grant his son the title of viscount. At that time, Black Horse Island could be designated as his fiefdom—nobles could exchange merit for deserted islands.
If one were to achieve great merit on the battlefield and catch the eye of the Grand Duke, it wouldn't be impossible for the Grand Duke to grant them a fiefdom directly.
Becoming a direct vassal of a Grand Duke is far more prestigious than being a vassal of Marquis or Earl, and future promotions will be much faster—rulers always prefer to promote new nobles to counterbalance the old ones.
"But once I become a vassal of the Grand Duke, I'll have to separate from the Tulip Family, right? Will I then become Liszt Bramble of Black Horse Island?"
Of course, this possibility is relatively small. He's just a Baron; what great achievements could he possibly have made to be valued by the Grand Duke? Besides, he's a vassal of the Earl, and the Grand Duke generally wouldn't overstep his bounds by trying to win over his subordinates' vassals. Especially since the Earl and the Grand Duke have a pretty good relationship, he wouldn't try to win them over so easily.
"No matter what, I'm determined to have Black Horse Island, Li Dragon Horse herd must not be allowed to fall into anyone's hands!"
To get Black Horse Island, you need to achieve merit and be granted a title.
Liszt put down his quill, looked up at the window, and saw several horses grazing leisurely in the distant horse farm. "People die on the battlefield... When the time comes, I'll see if I can find a position like Levis's, acting as a liaison officer, doing logistics, and earning some merit in battle."
He paused.
He spoke calmly to himself, "But the Knight Squad must be trained as soon as possible, my own fighting spirit needs to be honed faster, and Dousen's training also needs to be intensified!"
Once a person develops ambition, many of their thoughts will unconsciously change.