Going to sea festival.
I would have forgotten it if I didn't mention Liszt.
Sapphire Grand Duchy The two most important festivals are the New Year's Day and the Sea-Going Festival.
New Year's Day is a mainland custom to celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of a new year. Basically, nobles and commoners in any country will celebrate New Year's Day.
The Going to Sea Festival is a festival unique to Sapphire Grand Duchy. In order to celebrate the first time Sapphire Family went to sea - after the failure of the Dragon Slaying Battle, Sapphire Family had to migrate from the mainland to the archipelago and create his own country. In order to whitewash the background of failure, the day of going to sea was promoted as a great sailing day to pursue dreams.
Common people may prefer the New Year Festival, which is a festival inherited by countless generations. But the Sea Festival is an annual festival that the nobles of the archipelago country must celebrate.
"Thank you Sir Raiden for your hard work and delivering the news."
"This is what I should do, Master Baron."
"How are my grandmother and father, my brother, my sister, my wife and Lytton?"
"Everything is fine."
"That's good."
Chatting with Raiden about the current situation of Tulip Castle, Liszt inquired about the news that Tulip Fleet has not returned yet, and unknowingly returned to the castle.
Raiden and his party hadn't had lunch yet, so he immediately asked the kitchen to prepare lunch to entertain the group.
"Sir Baron, are Flower Town planning to cut down all the trees in Thorn Ridge?" Raiden asked his doubts along the way. In the past two days, the logging team had cut down a large open space.
"There is a plan to cut down all the trees to cut off the habitat of the monsters. However, there is currently not enough manpower. We can only cut down the trees on both sides of the road first and clear out the open areas to reduce the risk of invasion by the monsters."
"This is a good idea. The monsters in the forest are terrifying existences, while the monsters in the wilderness are just slightly stronger beasts."
For knights with horses, they will not be caught off guard by monsters in the open area, and they can dodge even magic. Moreover, horses run at super fast speeds, and monsters may not be able to catch up. Knights can charge in the open area, and the man and horse can work together to perform various fighting skills.
Maintain the etiquette and politeness among nobles.
Raiden and others left after lunch.
Liszt needs to make arrangements. "Mr. Carter, in three days, Tulip Family will come to the castle to celebrate the Sea Festival with me. I am not very keen on such noisy scenes, so you can make arrangements."
"Sir, please rest assured. I have participated in Tulip Castle many seagoing festivals when I was young. The scene of Louis butler hosting the festival banquet is deeply etched in my mind. Now there are endless seafood and monster meat in the castle. Except for the slightly inferior wine, we can definitely hold a perfect banquet."
"I remember that among the new serfs, there was a winemaker?"
"Yes, his name is Frank·Wine, but he can only brew fruit wine, not white wine, red wine or beer, and we don't have hops."
Liszt frowned. "Don't we have any hoppy beer at all?"
"There is still half a barrel hidden in the cellar. This is the only bit of enjoyment you have, sir. I am a little reluctant to take it out." Carter said regretfully. In his mind, Liszt already has the most important position.
"Then don't take it." Liszt blinked.
Carter responded with a knowing smile, "I think so too."
"It's a pity that when Raiden left, he forgot to ask him to send a few words to Levis, asking Levis to help me purchase a batch of drinks and ingredients... So in the final analysis, it was caused by poor roads, otherwise the gold coins in the castle should have been spent, instead of keeping them to mold."
"Perhaps you can ask Mr. Marcus to deliver the message?"
"No, Teacher Marcus has more important things to do. The logging team needs his care, and the knight team also needs him to train. Let the sea holiday be a little shabby, and let your father see Flower Town's poverty. I don't think it is a bad thing." A child who can cry has milk to eat.
When the Count saw that Flower Town didn't even have hoppy beer, wouldn't his conscience hurt?
Carter smiled and said, "Master, you are becoming more and more free and easy."
Liszt smiled slightly, "I recently read a knight novel, and there was a little poem in it - If life deceives you, don't be sad, don't be impatient! You need to be calm in melancholy days; believe it, happy days will come! My heart is always longing for the future; but now I am always melancholy..."
Everything is fleeting and everything will pass.
And what has passed will become a kind nostalgia.
The earl does not pay much attention to the third son Liszt, which is not a big deal, so although life can sometimes be shabby and embarrassing, Liszt still remains optimistic. Compared with most common people and small nobles, Flower Town's life is already very perfect.
Being able to eat white bread every day is an ideal that is beyond the reach of many people.
In the next few days, the town was still under construction in full swing, building roads, logging, and Oyster Hamlet building houses. The serfs took the Copper Coin paid by Liszt and were full of enthusiasm. Even the hot weather could not stop their enthusiasm.
The castle was also in full swing, and the housekeeper Carter was busy instructing the servants to clean up and decorate the castle. The cook Abby Spoon, drumming her loud voice all day long, directed the two kitchen maids Erin and Little Lily around, busy with various ingredients.
Marcus led the knight team to protect the logging team while practicing the basic course of fighting spirit.
Gortai, Isaiah, and Blair are also working hard.
Only Liszt is a little troubled - he can't find the ultra-small saltpeter mine!
The mission has been completed, but the saltpeter mine rewarded by the mission has not been discovered. No one reported to him that unusual stones were found somewhere, and there was no abnormal situation worthy of his attention. For three days in a row, there was no clue, which made Liszt very confused.
Not that the saltpeter ore is of much value.
Apart from making ice, he didn't know what saltpeter was used for.
But this situation is not very optimistic, which makes him worry about whether there is something wrong with Smoke Mission. The previous mission rewards basically arrived in his hands on the same day without any delay.
"Could it be that my golden finger is about to leave me?" At night, lying on the bed, looking at the task of Mushroom Hamlet, which was still hanging on his mind, he was very worried.
Not bad.
The worry only lasted until the fourth day.
On this day, after Gortai led the logging team into Thorn Ridge to work, there was another team following them. They were the gravel transport team, responsible for breaking the stones in Thorn Ridge and then transporting them to both sides of the road for paving.
While they were looking for stones to smash, they suddenly found a pile of rubble embedded in the ground, along with a large amount of white crystalline material. They thought it was salt at first. Salt was very important in daily life, so the serfs were very happy - if they got good things, the lord would reward them.
But after a brief taste, I found that this white substance was not salty at all, but rather bitter.
Despite this, they scraped off a lot of white substance and gave it to Gortai for verification. Gortai couldn't distinguish it, so he told Liszt about the situation.
Liszt looked at the white crystal powder in his hand. To be honest, he didn't know whether it was saltpeter, but he would know after experimenting.