Chapter 12: Rites of Passage

With the discovery of the clay mine, Sean's interest in touring the territory is even stronger, and there is nothing more intoxicating than exploring the unknown and reaping fruitful results.

As the patrol progressed, the road became more and more rugged, with small hills, valleys, etc., causing Sean's physical exertion to intensify, but Taylor looked like he was breathing smoothly and was not affected too much.

"The training of swordsmen must be accelerated, this body is still too weak. Sean thought a little depressed.

Soon, the two went to the border of Sean Island again, watching the impact of the cliff waves and the salty and wet sea breeze blowing in their faces, Sean's tired body was instantly energized.

He looked at the endless seaside and shook his head, he knew that the resources of the seabed were far richer than the resources of the land, and limited to the development of science and technology, the exploitation of the resources of the seabed was even more fantastic.

Immediately after that, another question surfaced in my heart, what kind of force can lead such a large island as Sean Island forward, and the larger the island, the greater the traction, and the greater the speed of progress.

"Is it gravity?" Sean shook his head, he didn't have much energy to explore such a high-level secret now, and farming and development was the king.

The day passed quickly, and Sean, accompanied by Taylor, continued his tour from north to east, and found that there was no other harvest from a coal mine.

Coal: an important fuel, composed of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus, the sum of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen accounts for more than 95% of organic matter, is a very important energy source, but also an important raw material for metallurgy and chemical industry. Note: It can be used for combustion, coking, gasification, low-temperature dry distillation, hydrogenation and liquefaction.

Sean couldn't understand the tall things such as coking, gasification, low-temperature dry distillation, and hydroliquefaction, but he still knew about combustion.

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The next day, in the center of the castle hall, Sean sat solemnly and solemnly. Next to him, Joyce and Taylor also stood tall next to Sean, and Durux held a hand-woven head ring made of thorns.

Today is Sean's 16th birthday coming-of-age ceremony.

Originally, according to the coming-of-age ceremony of the nobles in the initial continent, it was generally necessary to hold a very grand ceremony, not only for clothing, ornaments, etc., but also to invite other nobles as witnesses.

The process is also very lengthy, from the beginning of the welcome, singing, wishes, until the end of the dance, the whole process basically passes in one day.

But Sean had already instructed that on Sean Island in the Endless Sea, all the processes of the initial continent were simple, so it seemed that Sean's coming-of-age ceremony was a bit shabby, and only three people witnessed this moment that belonged to Sean.

I saw Duru holding the crown of thorns with a solemn expression and slowly walked up to Sean, and gently carried the crown on Sean's head.

"The past belongs to death, the future belongs to you. From now on, loyalty, honor, and courage will always accompany you, and I hope you will break through the thorns and open up the construction industry. ”

Duru put his hand on Sean's shoulder and said slowly.

"Okay, this is the end of the coming-of-age ceremony, the glory needs to be created by ourselves, and I hope that the three of you will witness the glory that belongs to us together. Sean said in a deep voice.

"It's our pleasure."

At the castle table, four people gathered together, and on the table were a multicolored chicken and white steamed buns that had been cooked. Sean swallowed, he couldn't refuse the delicious taste of the multicolored chicken.

This time, the practice of the colorful chicken is different from the last time, this time the practice is more like the shredded chicken in the previous life, the bones of the colorful chicken are all peeled off, and only a plate of chicken with skin is left with a good seasoning, which makes people appetite. I can't help but think of the magic music from my previous life: "High-end ingredients often choose the simplest cooking ......"

Today, as Sean's important day of coming-of-age ceremony, he once again sadly slaughtered a multicolored black chicken, soaked the blood in a batch of wheat seeds again, and the rest was the food on the table.

"Taylor, the swordsman training will officially start in the afternoon, and you will gather the swordsman who is in line with the swordsman cultivation in advance. ”

"Joyce, is there any problem with farming at the moment, hurry up and farm, my next plan also needs a large number of people to implement. ”

"Back to my lord, everything is going well with cultivation at the moment, but the water resources for irrigation are a bit lacking. All water resources were to be carried by the people to the waterholes on the high ground west of the castle or to the small lake next to the grasslands. Irrigation slows down the cultivation process due to the distance. ”

Sean nodded and thought about it, he didn't have a good way to do it for the time being. Although this problem can be solved by calcining cement in the future, far water cannot save near fires, and at present, it can only be irrigated by manpower to carry water.

"For the time being, the people can be notified to build a few wooden carts to improve efficiency. When this cultivation is completed, this situation will not occur again in the next cultivation. Duru, starting today, increase the supply of bacon to Taylor, and each person trained by the swordsman needs to be provided with bacon and white bread for every meal. ”

"My lord, if this is the case, I am afraid that our stocks of bacon and wheat will not last for half a year. Duru said anxiously.

"I'll solve this problem, you first follow my arrangement. If there is no problem, everyone will hurry up and finish breakfast and continue to work as planned. ”

"Yes, my lord. ”

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Sean frowned as he looked at the fifteen ragged and skinny teenagers in front of him. He was not dissatisfied with these teenagers, but with the quality of life of the island people, and it could be seen from these teenagers that the standard of living of the island people was not high.

Taylor walked up to Sean and said, "Lord Lord, these are the selected young men of the right age who can start their swordsman training with you. Do you want to say something?"

Sean nodded, walked up to the fifteen young men who were bent down and bowed their heads, and said loudly, "All the expenses for your training are provided by the castle, and what you have to pay is your loyalty." I hope you are worthy of the cultivation of the castle and have the courage to die for the castle. ”

"Yes. A teenager shouted.

Sean looked at the young man in front of him, although his body was weak, but he was very energetic, and the most important thing was that he had a high degree of favorability, reaching 89.

"Your name?"

"York, my lord, my name is York. York replied loudly.

"Very good, you are now the captain of the fourteen behind you, I hope you can be worthy of the title of captain in the subsequent training. Sean nodded.

Sean never skimps on his generosity to those who have courage and loyalty, whether it's Jason's hunter or York's teenager in front of him.

In front of Sean, who dominates their lives, it is already rare for someone who has the courage to respond, and it is the norm to be submissive like other teenagers.

Sean then put all the reins back in Taylor's hands.