The metal bottle is shaped a bit like a bottle used to package high-end liquor, which is very unique.
The color is golden, close to the color of gold coins, but more brown. There are carved patterns on it, and there are some patterns wrapped in the complex patterns. It looks like abstract pictures of the sun and big trees, as well as bows and arrows, some kind of lyre, as well as a bear and a flying eagle.
Overall, this metal bottle is like a precious piece of art that aristocrats like to collect.
Dang Dang Dang.
He tapped the metal bottle with his fingers, and it made a strange sound. This was not the sound that metal should make, but was a bit like the sound of plastic. But it was obvious that this brown bottle was definitely a metal product, and it had the tactile feel of metal.
"Teacher Gortai, what kind of metal do you think this is?" Liszt shook the bottle.
It should be empty and quiet inside.
Gortai spread his hands. "Gold, silver, copper, iron, this is not any metal I have ever seen. Please forgive me for not knowing what it is."
"It doesn't have a mouth?"
"It looks like it's a whole piece. I checked carefully where the mouth of the bottle should be. There are no gaps and I can't even twist it."
Liszt tried it and found that it really couldn't be screwed. There was no cap on the bottle mouth and it was solid as a whole. "Guess what's inside?"
"A bottle of wine?"
"Dreams don't always come true, Teacher Gortai, I don't think there is any liquid in this."
Gortai laughed, "Haha, you can always fantasize about it before it opens."
Liszt handed the bottle to Carter, and asked Carter to put the bottle back in his study, "Put it away first, and when I have time, I will slowly figure out how to open it."
"Yes, sir."
After Carter left, Liszt motioned to Gortai to find a seat and sit down.
He asked, "How is the caravan trade going?"
"Everything goes well. Since you started to develop Flower Town and provided a large number of paid jobs, the residents of the town have gradually had some spare money, and they can choose some small commodities at the caravan stalls. Almost half of the goods of those merchants have been sold, and even a few Copper Coin were thrown on the burlesque stage."
Burlesques are usually hired by caravans and performed free of charge to attract customers.
Only when the audience is happy will they throw some coins on the stage to reward these clowns for their hard work. Flower Town is poor, and the residents may have stomachaches from laughing, so they are reluctant to throw a Copper Coin. Unexpectedly, there are people who actually reward the clowns for their performance.
"Who threw Copper Coin?"
"I only saw one person throw Copper Coin, your kitchen maid Erin·four fingers."
Erin·Four fingers?
Liszt didn't have much contact with this kitchen maid, and basically didn't see her once throughout the day - the kitchen maid's status was very low and she was not allowed to go upstairs, appear in the lobby on the first floor, and was not allowed to hang out in front of the noble master - he only had a general understanding of Erin from the Carter housekeeper, who was a cheerful and outspoken girl.
"Young people are always very generous," he commented.
Gortai really wanted to say that you are also a young man, only sixteen years old, not as old as other girls. But he didn't say it out loud. Now Liszt has the maturity and stability of a middle-aged person. When dealing with others, people can almost ignore his slightly childish face.
"Perhaps this is the talent brought by the noble blood." Gortai often thinks like this.
At first, he followed Liszt to Flower Town, just to work as a consultant and have fun. At his age, he no longer expected to revitalize the family business and restore the glory of the nobility. Unexpectedly, Liszt changed Flower Town, and also changed his idea of living around.
Freya Pregnancy is just an introduction, Gortai knows it very well.
In the final analysis, it is Liszt's will that determines the behavior of the people around him. Otherwise, it is just an illegitimate child, and there is no need to pay so much attention to it. There are not many illegitimate children among the nobles outside. For the sake of family harmony, many illegitimate children of nobles can only be serfs for their entire lives.
"Teacher Gortai." Seeing that Gortai was a little distracted, Liszt couldn't help but remind him.
Gortai immediately sat upright. "Say."
"In the caravan's transactions, as an official, we must supervise every transaction and do not allow profiteers to harm civilians. At the same time, we do not allow patrol teams and clerks to take the caravan's belongings indiscriminately."
"Don't worry, I emphasize this every day."
"The publicity work must be done well. We must publicize that Flower Town welcomes outsiders to settle down and has the most favorable taxes. We must also tell the people in the caravan how Flower Town will develop next, and show them the plans for the commercial area, workshop area, and residential area, so that they can feel the bright future of Flower Town."
"As you wish!"
After sending Gortai away, Liszt did not go for a lunch break immediately. He went directly to the study and played with the metal bottle on the desk. This drifting bottle intrigued him.
He concentrated for a moment and called out Smoke Mission.
"Complete the mission and be rewarded with a floating bottle on the sea."
"Task: The bottle that cannot be opened and the text that cannot be read are due to the imbalance of knowledge, but it does not mean that it cannot be solved. The blind old cobbler in the cobbler's shop felt that his health was getting worse and worse, so he gave him a son, maybe he was willing to use a certain book in exchange. Mission reward: unknown book."
As expected, the metal bottle picked up by the fishermen is the reward of Smoke Mission.
The caravan's transaction volume of three gold coins was completed early.
However, seeing the new task, Liszt had a dumbfounded expression on his face. "The bottle that cannot be opened means that I cannot open the drift bottle? The unintelligible text means that there is a note inside, which may be in a foreign language? But what the hell is the content of the task behind this, to give the old cobbler a son?"
If the other party's wife is in her prime, graceful and graceful.
Liszt would not mind giving the other party a son and a hat.
But he had carefully read the information on the town's craftsmen during the previous census. He had the impression that this old cobbler was simply a widower with no relatives or friends. He came to Flower Town by begging ten years ago, and settled down in Flower Town to pick up his craft as a cobbler.
How can such a person give him a son?
"Give me a son... Maybe my idea is a little off track. Let's have someone investigate the old cobbler first." He shook the rattle and called Carter.
"Master."
"Mr. Carter, please ask someone to send a letter to Teacher Gortai and ask him to investigate the old cobbler in the town. The information should be more detailed. If the other party has any difficulties, you can help him by the way."
Carter heard this and said, "Master, maybe you should ask Jesse, he is very familiar with the old cobbler."
"Jesse?"
Jesse·Taomi Shui used to be the valet assistant of the castle. Now he has been promoted to valet and is mainly responsible for the external errands of the castle.
After a while, Jesse, who was playing in the town, was called back.
"Master, are you looking for me?" Even though he became a male servant, he still felt a little embarrassed when facing Liszt, and didn't know where to put his hands.
Liszt asked directly, "Are you familiar with the old cobbler? Tell me about the old cobbler."
"Are you talking about Uncle Phil? I met Uncle Phil when I went to the cobbler's shop to repair leather shoes. Uncle Phil is blind and it is very inconvenient at work. Now his health is getting worse and worse, so I often visit him and help him with some things."
"I heard that the old cobbler wants a son?"