Chapter 92
Before Samuel officially led his men out to sea, Cyrus had made many preparations.
Together they found Duke Bill's treasure.
Samuel obtained Duke Bill's manuscript, but Cyrus kept the sea route map alone, and no one knew about it.
For this voyage to explore New Continent, Cyrus placed a deliberately aged parchment notebook in the box containing the sea route map.
The notebook contains pictures of crops such as Cotton, Potato, and Corn, along with detailed descriptions and explanations.
Cyrus handed over the sea route map and the parchment notebook to Samuel, explaining that these were the items he had found in Duke Bill's treasure.
Furthermore, he was ordered to search for and retrieve every single plant from Duke Beale's notes, without missing a single one.
Of course, you should also pay attention to collecting crops or spices that are not recorded in the parchment notes.
Cyrus's requirement for Samuel was that gold, silver, and jewels could be placed after this parchment notebook; the crops and other such items recorded inside were of utmost importance.
Samuel treasured Duke Bill's sea route map and parchment notes, and readily agreed to Cyrus's request.
Setting sail to explore New Continent is no easy task; the process is long and dangerous.
Despite having a sea route map as a guide, the sea is unpredictable, and a storm at sea can cause a ship to deviate from its course, making it difficult to get back on track.
Therefore, those who followed Samuel to sea were almost all prepared to die, knowing they might never return.
Cyrus was also somewhat worried about this matter, and 098 reminded him at this moment.
[The host can let Rice Ball accompany them on their exploration of the New Continent]
[Rice Ball is very clever. Because of the Crystal Core, it has navigation capabilities. As long as a sea route map is input into the Crystal Core from the system, Rice Ball can follow the route to find the New Continent Duke Bill once reached...]
[Furthermore, Rice Ball is naturally able to detect the presence of land.]
This means that Rice Ball can not only find the continent that Duke Bill once visited, but also lead Samuel to find a continent that has never been discovered before.
Cyrus was pleasantly surprised.
If Rice Ball could lead Samuel and the Windrider to find New Continent, things would indeed go much more smoothly, and to some extent, it would also ensure the safety of Samuel and his party.
However, he was aware of Rice Ball's affection and dependence on him, so he would discuss this matter with Rice Ball first.
He wouldn't force Rice Ball to leave.
When Cyrus Zuoyi relayed his thoughts through the system, Rice Ball immediately responded—its newly joined group wanted to leave the Kojit Sea to wander around and return to the Cogit Sea next spring.
Rice Ball didn't want to leave Cyrus, but it was also a time of excitement to have someone like her by her side.
Cyrus happened to convey the idea, otherwise Rice Ball would have preferred to leave the group and stay alone as a whale.
This time, I'm on a business trip.
Although Rice Ball was reluctant, she happily agreed.
An emotion flowed through the system to Cyrus: Rice Ball is very well-behaved and sensible.
Cyrus immediately thought of the incredibly cute image of Orca spinning around.
During Samuel's subsequent sea trials, Cyrus visited the harbor many times—each time he boarded a ship and set sail, he would "encounter" large schools of black and white fish.
They watched these enormous and intelligent creatures swim around the ship, occasionally leaping out of the water and splashing one or two large fish onto the deck, which was truly exciting and surprising.
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So much so that each time they returned to the harbor, the exaggerated stories told by the boatmen about being surrounded by whales spread throughout the city, making many people aware of the existence of these large black and white fish.
Taking this opportunity, Cyrus officially named the large black and white fish Orca and named the largest Orca Rice Ball.
He even issued an order within his territory that no one was allowed to hunt whales.
Those who disobey the order will be expelled from their territory at best, and imprisoned for up to ten years without release at worst. If a noble commits a crime, their title will be revoked...
The people within the Desinia Territory found the order quite normal, after all, one of the Orca had saved their lord's life.
Samuel gradually grew to love the Orca.
Cyrus didn't go to the harbor, and Samuel often went out to sea hoping to bump into her, but he never succeeded, which made him very frustrated.
This further highlights that Lord Desinia is truly blessed by the Creator God and possesses a unique affinity for animals.
The fleet that had set out to explore the New Continent departed on this day.
Cyrus led Ferdinand, Walker, and others to the harbor to see them off—as Samuel and his men waved goodbye, a pod of Orca suddenly appeared in the distance...
Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, the pod of Orca followed the Windrider and slowly drifted away.
This scene immediately sparked a lot of discussion.
Cyrus conveyed his emotions to Rice Ball through the system, saying goodbye. He wasn't sure when Samuel and his group would return; it might be six months, or it might be a year.
He will then focus all his efforts on comprehensive infrastructure development.
Cyrus Desinia is the same age as the female lead.
This also allowed Cyrus ample time to prepare before the female lead grew up and the story began.
The novel's plot begins with a scene of devastation in the Western Continent after a pandemic, with corpses strewn everywhere, crows freely feeding on rotting flesh in the streets, and even the sky a gloomy gray...
It hadn't rained for a long time, and people, terrified, hid indoors, locking their doors and daring not to step out. Helplessly, they could only kneel on the ground and pray to the Creator God that this terrible disease brought by the devil would pass quickly...
And it is at this moment that the female lead appears.
Her presence added a touch of brightness to the initially somber tone, and then gradually illuminated the entire novel...
The novel does not mention what kind of epidemic caused the continuous deaths throughout the Western Continent.
The exact time when the pandemic started is also unknown...
The story begins with the pandemic almost over, many people dead, and the streets and wilderness of the city littered with rotting corpses, allowing wild animals and crows to openly feast.
At this time, the Western Continent was shrouded in gloom— the Creator God was unleashing divine punishment, and demons were bringing fear and sin, which the Holy See was powerless to change...
The appearance of the female protagonist Shamir Phoebe, is a salvation for the entire Saint Airo Empire and even the Western Continent.
After reading it, Cyrus responded with, "..."
He didn't expect a Mary Sue novel to have any plot logic.
He's already dragged the Plot Deviation Value to almost 50%, hopefully no one will be influenced by the Mary Sue halo and become a bunch of brainless idiots when the plot starts.
Moreover, the most important thing before the plot begins is to find the possible source of the epidemic and find an opportunity to nip it in the bud.
If the outbreak of the epidemic is beyond human control, then he must be even more prepared, and medicine, defense, and other aspects must be developed, especially in the field of health.
Cyrus sent letters to Segalot, Orville, and Archibald, explaining the importance of hygiene.
In particular, we should learn from him—perhaps we should also issue an order prohibiting people from urinating or defecating in public places such as the street...
Within a day, Qing Tuan brought a reply—His Holiness the Pope and his two companions expressed their strong agreement.
Not long after, Cyrus indeed heard that both the Achiyoli Territory and the Anas Kingdom had issued this decree at the same time.
The Saint Airo Empire issued the decree a few days late; presumably, the Pope needed to discuss it with the King.
From now on, Cyrus will focus on the Thorn Merchant Guild and city development.
Now that we have formed an alliance with the Achiyoli Territory and the Anas Kingdom, we can slowly try to influence the two places through the alliance, promote their joint development, and gradually bring about changes in both places.
Just like the promulgation of health regulations, this is only the first step.
The Achiyoli Territory and the Desinia Territory are not actually the same.
This is because there are still many noble vassals with fiefdoms within the Achiyoli Territory.
They depend on the Grand Duke for their existence, unlike the Desinia Territory, which has gradually developed into a system for selecting mayors or officials through examinations.
How Orville governs the Achiyoli Territory is his business, and Cyrus will not interfere.
However, after the Pope and his two companions returned, they began to exchange letters with him from time to time through Qing Tuan. Orville would sometimes ask questions in the letters, and Cyrus would give him advice to consider.
The turbulent situation that had ensued since the split of the Anas Empire —which gradually stabilized after the alliance of two independent territories and one kingdom—began to stabilize.
Just like the approaching winter, every corner is slowly becoming quiet.
As the weather gradually turned colder, Cyrus had her clothing store stock new autumn and winter dresses, such as capes with fluffy collars and long coat shawls...
Meanwhile, the Thorn Merchant Guild launched a complete set of cosmetics that Queen Laurie used at her birthday banquet, and sales were excellent...
The earlier dissemination of Tales of the Gods played a role in cultural enlightenment to some extent.
Sales of Watermarked Paper are steadily increasing, and paper mills have developed a new type of pure white paper that is completely smooth, thinner, and more resilient...
The Tales of the Gods 3 " describes how the Giants, lured by demons to the abyss, became bloodthirsty and began slaughtering other races...
But soon, with the help of the gods, the other five races began to form an alliance to fight against the Giants, whose strength had greatly increased after being baptized by the abyss.
The story ends with the Giants being wiped out, but the demons still exist.
The alliance of the other five races suffered heavy losses, especially the mortals, who had no special abilities and eventually withdrew to live in a very backward place.
The other races also returned to their respective territories to recuperate.
But what they didn't know was that on the battlefield finally invaded by demonic energy, the corpses that couldn't be moved were dragged one by one into the abyss by demons under the cover of the black mist, waiting to be reborn as Magic Creature and return to the world.
It's like an irresponsible author experiencing writer's block, leaving the reader stuck in a rut, waiting for the next installment, only to suddenly discover that the author has temporarily stopped writing due to other commitments.
They didn't dare to urge them.
Because the manager of the Thorn Merchant Guild had made it clear that these three books of Tales of the Gods were all written by the lord himself, and if you wanted to read them, you would have to wait until the lord had time.
The manager replied with a smile, but inwardly he sighed; he was one of the people he wanted to see too.
However, at this point, Cyrus no longer intended to write the Tales of the Gods in the previous pattern. After the culture had made a good start, he planned to take it a step further—by starting a newspaper.
Newspapers facilitate the dissemination of information and can also be used to serialize stories or articles...
If you want to read Tales of the Gods, you can.
First, one should be able to recognize and read the characters oneself, or else ask others to read them to one's own ears. Over time, regardless of how much the overall cultural level of the people is raised, at least the most basic literacy will be popularized within the territory.
As Cyrus hugged Snowball's big head, she thought that perhaps having newspapers would help her to know in advance where something was wrong and to prevent the spread of the epidemic.