"Tonight's staple food is Peanut?" Marcus peeled off Peanut skillfully. Wheat is certainly the best choice for staple food, but the output of Wheat is generally not high, so Peanut and Pea are needed to fill the gap.
"How does it taste?"
Liszt asked, but there was no boiled Peanut in front of him.
He doesn't like cooking Peanut very much, so as the owner of the castle, Chef Abi specially made oatmeal for him. As for other people, they are not so lucky.
"It's soft and moderate, but a little bland."
Gortai interfaced. "The taste of Peanut is always the same. It feels good to eat it once in a while to improve the taste, but eating it regularly is enough. But tonight's Peanut is bigger than the usual Peanut. Have you noticed?"
Marcus suddenly realized. "Peanut Hamlet's Peanut has gained?"
"This is the first batch of Peanut close to the Peanut Bug grass. The yield is 30% more than usual, and the planting cycle will be shortened by one month. There will be no shortage of Peanut in the castle this year. I think if Mrs. Abby has time, he should grind some more Peanut sauce and spread it on the bread. It will be fragrant all day long."
Flower Town The only gourmet is none other than Gortai. This Baronet Knight is always talking about eating and drinking.
Liszt smiled slightly, "Wouldn't it be beautiful if paired with Juniper Wine."
"Oh, Liszt, you still understand me, haha."
"It's a pity that the Juniper Wine I brought back from Coral City last time has been drunk."
"To be honest, I really don't want to hear the news."
"In fact, there is even more depressing news." Liszt sipped his oatmeal. "The red wine cellar has reached the bottom line. Mr. Carter does not recommend that we continue to drink red wine, otherwise we will not be able to support the festival expenses in the second half of the year. And the beer, the beer with hops, is almost gone, and only the sour beer is left."
"Oh my gosh, that's not true, is it?"
Liszt did not respond.
The butler Carter who was waiting for the banquet behind him answered on his behalf, "The weather is getting hotter and a lot of beer is consumed. Without the caravans coming and going, we cannot produce hop beer ourselves. If the Earl's convoy hadn't arrived last time and brought many barrels of beer, the castle would not even have enough sour beer now."
Gortai said with a bitter look on his face, "I think we should build a pier and go directly to Viscount Trick's house to buy hops."
Unfortunately, Flower Town and East Coast are all flat beaches, and there is no deep-water port to build a pier.
As for Viscount Trick, he is a follower of Count Coral Island. His full name is Trick·Huicao. He owns a separate island--Beer Island.
There is a magnificent castle on the island-Beer Castle.
Humulus Family's beer, relying on hops, sells well in many large islands.
Beer is Grand Duchy's most common type of drink. It is divided into two types, one is beer with hops and the other is beer without hops.
Hops are a type of humus, which play a huge role in beer - giving beer a refreshing aroma, bitterness and antiseptic power, forming excellent foam, which is beneficial to the clarification of wort. The strong hop flavor of hops can balance the natural sweetness of wort and stimulate appetite.
Beer without hops will quickly become sour and difficult to swallow.
The hoppy beer on Coral Island was brewed by the Humulus Family. Because of this industry, Humulus Family had the money to build Beer Castle with a name.
"The dock is no longer possible, so I have to completely open the road to Thorn Ridge. Only in this way can the caravan enter Flower Town... Now there are no tax knights to protect the entry and exit of the caravan." Liszt said, looking at Marcus, "Teacher Marcus, isn't the selection of the knight team over yet?"
Marcus put down the boiled Peanut in his hand and said, "Tomorrow is the final selection date. I already have preliminary candidates. Unfortunately, their physical fitness is still too poor. Only two can meet the Knight Academy admission standards."
"Probably because they don't have enough to eat, the knight team will be supported by the castle. I believe their physical fitness will be greatly improved."
"Then I won't worry about food anymore and focus on training."
"Well, let them master the fighting spirit as soon as possible. Flower Town should not only have five knights with fighting spirit. There will be many things that need to rely on the knights in the future."
Surprisingly, Liszt saw the logging team the next day.
He originally thought that Gortai would take at least two or three days to complete the task of recruiting strong serfs, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected surprise today.
Gortai rode on horseback and personally led the logging team to gather on the road outside the castle. There were thirty strong serfs in total, but only half of them had a new or old ax in their hands. The team only had two saws in total, which were brought by the carpenter's son from home.
Ironware is hard to find.
Metal is in the hands of a country with dragons, so it is very difficult to get it.
This is also the reason why Sapphire Grand Duchy often organizes knights to go to the mainland to participate in wars and rob minerals - Grand Duchy's iron ore is basically snatched back from the Eagle Kingdom, and transported bit by bit to various islands by sea.
In Flower Town, many serfs used wooden, stone and bone tools as labor tools.
It was different from the neat and solemn situation I imagined.
This group of strong serfs had deep uneasiness on their faces - the lord asked them to go to Thorn Ridge to cut down trees. This was too dangerous. If they encountered a monster, their wives might have to remarry.
"Teacher Gortai, you didn't tell them that I would send someone to protect them?"
"Of course I informed you, but they are still trembling with fear."
Liszt expresses understanding. "Language is pale."
While he was talking, a team shouting slogans ran towards the castle from the racecourse. There were four knights following the supervision. The leader of the knight was none other than Marcus.
"Sir!" Marcus got off his horse and saluted Liszt.
"Why thirty people?"
"They will protect the logging team. Through today's performance, I will make the final check for the team members in my heart." Marcus explained, "They all have similar physiques and their minds are not too stupid. Now, it is the last option, a test of courage. Knights cannot be without courage."
Gortai heard this and said, "Liszt, don't you say something before departure?"
Liszt nodded, naturally he wanted to say something for the occasion.
He was riding on Li Dragon Horse, his black Warcraft leather armor set off his heroic demeanor, and walked slowly in front of the two teams. Liszt glanced at everyone in the team with a serious expression, and said loudly, "Lords, I am your lord, Liszt·Tulip."
After a pause, he suddenly didn't know what to say.
The skill of showing off was still not well mastered. After a while, he decided to delete the long inflammatory speech and just said calmly, "Today, you will cut down Thorn Ridge trees for me to open up the road between the town and the outside world, and I will protect your safety!"
His words were pale. Facing the still uneasy serfs, he just raised his whip lightly, then Li Dragon Horse raised his front hooves and looked up to the sky with a roar.
When the horse's hooves hit the ground, Liszt had already taken the lead in riding forward.
"Let's go!"