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Give a beating, then a sweet treat.
This method was not difficult for Liszt to implement. The world has vast resources, but the resources that can be controlled at present are limited, and competition is necessary.
On the Coral Island, Liszt could not have developed if he hadn't competed for resources and distribution channels.
Kindness is something said to the common people; plundering resources is the true nature of the nobility. Clearly, the current Liszt is well-suited to his noble status and code of conduct.
After reminding Shylock, he put the matter aside and stopped paying attention to it—he had mithril, crystal, jade, and Black Pearl; he could easily sell a few of them for a large sum of gold coins.
With gold coins in hand, I own the world.
Why limit your vision to just one or two small businesses?
Carter took the empty milk tea cup away, closed the door, and the study became completely quiet. The light from the three crystal chandeliers converged, making it as bright as day.
He opened his chivalric novel and continued his writing until Carter knocked on the door again, reminding him that it was late at night.
"I'm going to rest now, Mr. Carter. You should rest early too. Good night."
Good night, sir.
He shook the Parchment on the table; it was a thick pile of papers filled with his own writing in Snake Script. He closed the chivalric novel, put it back on the shelf, and tidied up the papers he had written on.
Looking at the densely packed, tiny characters written with a quill pen, I felt a great sense of accomplishment.
As a visitor from the civilized world, he felt something was missing in the cultural and historical desert he was in. So he decided to write a truly monumental work himself—he had the idea of writing a major work on sociology before, but had not yet put it into action.
Now I'll actually start writing.
Of course, I wouldn't write a sociological work like "Das Kapital".
He planned to compile a chronological history book based on the history and customs of various countries mentioned in chivalric novels.
Confucius revised and compiled the major events recorded by the historians of the State of Lu into the Confucian classic, the Spring and Autumn Annals, which has influenced Chinese values for thousands of years. He himself became a sage, and whether he was overthrown or revived, he has become one of the symbolic figures of Chinese culture.
After fantasizing about riding a dragon, Liszt felt he needed to have a grander ideal.
Dragon knights enjoy their glory for only a century, and after their death, they rely on the blessings of dragons for a few generations before their bodies and names perish. Only when their stories are written into a classic, otherworldly version of the Spring and Autumn Annals can they truly influence people for thousands of years and continue to do so.
certainly.
Liszt had no way of replicating a historical work like the Spring and Autumn Annals, which was based on historical records—there was no concept of history there, not even a single historical book.
He compiled history based on the content of chivalric romances, which is more like writing the Homeric epics. Most of the Homeric epics were adapted by Homer from myths, legends, folk tales and street songs, but that does not prevent them from being touted as masterpieces of Greek civilization.
It seems to be praising official history.
Perhaps many years from now, Liszt and his dragons will have vanished. The world will have undergone tremendous development and many changes, and some people will regard the history he is now writing as true history.
Invention history?
That's exactly what Liszt did, and he did it with great flair, with a kind of exhilarating sense of calling a deer a horse.
"Unfortunately, there's too little information. Even if you copied all the fictional stories from chivalric novels, it wouldn't fill many gaps in history... This book will probably be one of my life's most anticipated works."
He even doubted that his enthusiasm for writing books would only last three minutes.
after all.
Making up stories—no, recording history—is extremely mentally taxing.
"This book doesn't have a name yet. I need to think of a name that will be remembered for generations... Actually, 'Dragonlance Chronicles' would be best. Dragons and knights' lances fit the characteristics of this world very well." Liszt pondered, but unfortunately, a mage named Odom Truth had already written a storybook called "Dragonlance Chronicles: The Dragon of Late Autumn".
That book records the different types of dragons; it has nothing to do with history.
So names like Dragon History, Elf Dragon History, Dragon and Elf Chronicles, Dragon Rider History, Knight Chronicles, and so on popped into his mind.
But all of them were rejected.
Until another name emerged.
" Dragons Battle in the Wild..."
He pondered these four characters, finding them quite evocative. Confucius revised the historical records of the State of Lu, and because the records were divided into four seasons—spring, summer, autumn, and winter—he named it the Spring and Autumn Annals. In this world, battles to slay dragons frequently occur, and conflicts between nations are primarily based on dragon warfare.
The title of this book, " Dragons Battle in the Wild," is quite elegant and evocative.
Swish, swish, swish!
He picked up his quill and wrote the title directly on the Parchment. After finishing, he stored the entire Parchment in his Gemstone Space to prevent it from decaying over time—the white paper wasn't ready for development yet, and the Parchment wouldn't last long, after all, this history book was a series meant to be completed in one's lifetime.
Suppress your ambition to continue inventing history.
He got up, stretched, and left the study.
These were the very days that Liszt was engrossed in compiling history.
Under Bunir's leadership, the soap workshop was operating at full capacity every day, producing Flower Soap, while regular soaps and regular soaps had been forgotten in a corner. Expensive soap powder and cheap pig pancreas were constantly refined, mixed, and then pressed into blocks of pink, fragrant Flower Soap.
The finished Flower Soap were quickly delivered to the Thorn Caravan.
Shylock was a very ambitious businessman. Old Grandet had already risen to the ranks of officials, Harpagon had taken over the massive Flower Caravan, while he was still stuck in the Thorn Caravan. Unwilling to fall behind, he devoted a great deal of effort to selling Flower Soap, striving to make a name for himself in one fell swoop.
Let the lord see his abilities.
For this purpose, he specially invited a woodcarver from North Valley City —an advanced profession for carpenters—to carve exquisite patterns on wood.
He had a sculptor carve a Tulip on the front of the Flower Soap, and then carve the words " Flower Soap " in Snake Script.
The back is engraved with a line of small Snake Script: "Fresh Flower Soap, a specialty of Flower Town, a work by soap master Bunir."
Then, he specially commissioned the town's carpenter to make a soap box to hold the Flower Soap, with a Black Tulip and the name of the Flower Soap painted on it.
With this kind of styling, the Flower Soap immediately becomes several levels more sophisticated.
"In this way, the Flower Soap is not just a bar of soap, but also a product that represents status. I believe the nobles will definitely like it!" Shylock presented the beautifully packaged Flower Soap to Liszt for inspection. As expected, it received very high praise and commendation from Liszt.
The lord also called him a "born merchant".
Excitement lingered around Shylock, and he couldn't wait to take the exquisite Flower Soap and, under the guise of Liszt, visit the nobles of North Valley City.
"Your Excellency Baron Galta, the exceptional craftsman Bunir from Flower Town has created a perfect bath soap. Its cleansing power far surpasses that of any other soap on the market. We hope you will experience its charm. This is a gift of Flower Soap for you; we hope you enjoy it."