When Duke had finished speaking, he thought of the strangely dressed doctor, and asked, "Where did you get this doctor, and why have I never seen him?"

The captain of the guard was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "My lord, you are in good health, of course you don't need to see a doctor." ”

"As for this doctor, it is Dr. Dot, who lives in the north of the city, and I have heard that he is very skilled in medicine, and he is still a pharmacist. Many years ago, many noble attendants came to invite him to become a personal doctor, but in the end he refused. ”

Pharmacist?

Duke somewhat understood what the unknown liquid was in the tube-like glass bottles that Dott pulled out.

In this world, in addition to the main professions of knights, magicians, and priests, there are also more detailed professions such as assassins and pharmacists.

These professions may not be as complete as the system of the main professions, nor do they have the rich inheritance of the main professions, but there are still many miraculous places.

For example, Dort's professional pharmacists are known for their ability to make a variety of potions with different functions, and most of the time they also act as skilled doctors, and most of them can be loved and respected by people from the poor to the aristocracy.

He really didn't expect that such a person still lived in his territory, so he secretly wanted to get a register of the entire territory from Vlavic, and see who else was accidentally ignored by himself.

"You continue to keep watch here, report to me if there is any situation, and when Lenia returns, let him go directly to the castle to find me. When Duke found that he had nothing to do here, he ordered the captain of the guard to return to the castle.

When he returned to the castle, he found that Vlavich and Joseph had been waiting for a long time, and as soon as they saw him, they began to ask what had happened.

"It's not too serious, there was an incident of an unknown creature attacking the guards on the side of the mine, and Lenia has already taken someone to investigate. Duke shook his head, wanting them not to worry too much.

"The mine is on the outskirts of the Dark Mountains, could it be that the monsters that haven't been cleaned up have come out to attack our soldiers?" Vlavich said the same guess as Duke.

"This scenario is the most likely thing, I have arranged for the soldiers to strengthen their precautions, and the rest will have to wait for Lenia to return. ”

Duke agreed with Vlavic's speculation, and then asked, "How about the last time I asked you to arrange for some people to be teachers to run night schools in the Connaughton area?"

Vlavich replied with a smile: "So far, it has worked very well, the miners are willing to take a little time out of their evenings to study, and sometimes bring their children with them, but of course the main thing is that your method is very effective." ”

Duke's method is actually quite simple, because the poor of this world eat only two meals a day in order to save money on food, and more often for the men who are the main laborers.

He offered some cheap brown bread as a reward for attending the evening school, and a small bowl of broth if he did well.

The cost of these meals together was not expensive for Duke, and it did not feed everyone present, but it was still very attractive to the poor, who could at least feed their children or save half a meal of food, and even learn the words that only those from well-to-do families could grasp.

In addition to the elementary grammar lessons, the evening classes are interspersed with Duke's classes to prepare them mentally for the new changes in the territory and the changes that may come in the future.

This will ensure that after a cycle of study, they will be able to barely become the new Lords that Duke hopes.

"Very well, you are ready, select about a hundred miners loyal to our territory from the first batch of people who have completed their studies and arrange them to try to mine the power supply magic stones in the mines of the Dark Mountains. ”

Duke is ready to arrange the first batch of miners who have completed the ideological transformation and are loyal to themselves to the mine to start trying to mine energy supply magic stones on a large scale as an important resource for development.

Duke thought for a moment and added, "Also, remember to bring Lenia and ask her to help you with the test." ”

As a level 5 knight, if Lenia unleashes her coercion, it is difficult for ordinary people to hide any secrets with their weak body and will, and it is a simple but effective human polygraph.

"Yes, I'll negotiate with Lenia when she returns. Vlavich saluted, then took out a small notebook with dense words from his breast pocket and added a few more strokes to it.

Duke looked at Vlavic's dense memo and shook his head with a headache, there are still too few high-end professionals in the territory to share the pressure of work for his main subordinates, but he doesn't have a good solution to this matter for the time being.

He turned to Joseph again and said, "Joseph, you arrange the bereavement service, and someone will come to you to report the specific matters later." ”

Joseph nodded yes, then hesitated for a moment and asked, "Lord, the new batch of cement you arranged has been baked, do you really want to take out this cement and sell it?"

Duke was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that he had arranged for many people to burn stones to make cement outside the city day and night, causing smoke to billowing outside for more than half a month.

The cement was intended to be used to build the road from the Northern Fort to the Connaughton area, but it was still busy with farming, and there was no extra manpower to participate in the construction of the road.

In addition, most of the first batch of cement was allocated to the dwarves to rebuild their settlements, so the matter of building roads was put aside for the time being. Now that the new batch of cement has been burned, it will be flocked to the market as a specialty product of the Dukedom of the North.

In fact, Duke didn't really want to sell the cement so quickly, but due to the new acquisition of a territory, as well as the research funds allocated to the dwarves and old Neil, and the opening of mines, the first pot of gold earned by relying on the Warcraft crystal nucleus was about to bottom out.

So he had to find a new way to make money, and cement was undoubtedly the best choice at this time. This new material was not only convenient but also as cheap as sand compared to expensive stone, but not much stronger, and you can imagine how popular it would be with merchants and lords.

"Sell, of course!" Duke nodded affirmatively back to Joseph's question, then said with a playful smile, "But we can add some more ingredients to them......"