Chapter 0048 - The Monkey Who Can Steal Coconut Fruit
Ties, shirts, waistcoats, tank tops, boxers, suits, trousers, gentleman's hats, leather shoes, Liszt had a range of clothes that he wanted to produce.
But he can't be so unconventional, after all, he is just a country baron, and if one day, he becomes the lord of a country, he can reform at will and lead the trend.
Now they can only endure cumbersome clothing to maintain the so-called aristocratic decency.
"Sir, I have given the servants half a day off, and from tomorrow they will devote themselves to working for the castle. ”
"Well, you look at the arrangement. ”
"Yes. ”
Liszt, who was sweating hot, did not have much interest in talking: "Mr. Carter, let people prepare bath water for me, this kind of weather is not very friendly to people." ”
"As you wish. Carter hurried to tell the maids to prepare the bathwater.
Nowadays, bath water is always available in the small castle, because the servants all know that their lord is a nobleman who loves cleanliness very much, and it is normal to wash it once a day, twice a day is normal, and it is not uncommon to wash it three times a day. If you don't wash it for a day, that's not normal.
Took a shower, changed into home clothes, loose robes.
This kind of robe is a type of pajamas - the aristocrats here also knew that it was uncomfortable to always wear tight dresses, so they changed the pajamas and used them as home clothes.
Liszt still felt cumbersome and uncomfortable to wear.
In the summer, his favorite shirts and T-shirts were half-sleeved shirts, so he rolled up the sleeves of his robe to reveal half of his arms. Although this is not in line with the etiquette of the nobility, in the small castle, who would dare to hold him accountable for this little transgression. The countryside also has the benefits of the countryside.
"Master, it's a pity we don't have ice, otherwise I can make you a glass of rock sugar water to cool off the heat. ”
"Even at Tulip Castle, there isn't much ice to splurge in the summer, which I can bear, except that I can't drink cold beer anymore. "He doesn't like to drink, and now he drinks at banquets because of his predecessor's love of wine and the need to socialize.
But he only likes to drink cold beer in the summer, which is cool and refreshing.
Seeing that the height of summer is approaching, it is getting hotter and hotter day by day, and in my memory of the hottest time on the coral island, the eggs can be cooked when they are poured on the ground, and it is estimated that it must be 40 degrees.
Every year, many serfs are killed by heat.
"I've heard that saltpeter can be used to make ice, but saltpeter is difficult to make, and there doesn't seem to be a saltpeter mine on Coral Island, and I don't know it...... I remember reading the book, the corners of the earthen walls, stables, and toilets in the countryside will be rich in saltpeter, but the town of flowers is all wooden houses, and there are no toilets......"
Saltpeter ice-making technology is basically impossible for Liszt to replicate.
Like other nobles, he could only hide the ice in the ice cellar in the winter and move it out for use in the summer: "Mr. Carter, don't forget to remind me this winter to build an ice cellar." ”
"Yes, sir. ”
......
Dinner.
As usual, Galtai, Marcus, Isaiah, and Blair were invited - these four people were the only ones in Flower Town, who were qualified to eat at the same table as Liszt.
"Lister, the planning of the Oyster Tun has been completed, and tomorrow, the first batch of Oyster Tun fishermen will wear the new equipment you have prepared for them and head to the east coast to officially catch fish. They were old men, women and children, stupid and impulsive, who had been collecting shells by the beach for the past two days. ”
The lord himself feasted on seafood, and as soon as the news spread, the commoners followed suit and prepared to fish for seafood to eat.
They always follow the actions of their lords.
Liszt said solemnly: "Teacher Galtai, you must do a good job of safety guidance, I don't want any civilians to eat because seafood is dangerous." As the officials of the town, you must take this idea seriously, and the population is the most important productive force in the town of flowers. ”
Maybe I still don't think so.
But Galtai and the others, who had already understood Liszt's attitude, nodded without hesitation to show that they understood.
"Then tomorrow, if you have time, come with me to Oyster Tun and see the effect of the fishermen's first catch to the sea. At the same time, you should actively promote the types of seafood that can and cannot be caught, and teach them how to preserve seafood. ”
"Lord Baron, we have organized the clerical clerks to emphasize this point repeatedly. Moreover, the seafood in the castle also let every clerical clerk taste it, and they were very positive about it. ”
"Good. ”
The next day, calculating the time of low tide, Liszt took the knights and came to Oysterton. The construction of a house has not yet begun, but a wasteland not far from the sea has been bulldozed and leveled, and a wooden house will be built in the future.
At this time, about 200 old and weak women and children, carrying baskets or wooden barrels, were constantly rummaging through every rock and shoveling every piece of mud and sand on the flat beach of the east coast.
Many of them, without gloves and tools such as shovels and hammers, relied entirely on their hands - the production of small-town tailors and blacksmiths could not keep up.
"Your Lord!"
After seeing Liszt, the fishermen saluted.
Liszt bowed slightly, responded to the fishermen, rode the dragon horse, and wandered around. It is very fortunate to catch the sea, the wind and the sun are blistered, but the workload is not very large, so the fishermen who have a feeling of "eating idle food" in the past are enthusiastic, regardless of whether they have experience or not, they are very busy.
After just looking at it for a while, Liszt was so hot that he quickly hid under the coconut tree.
He looked up at the tall coconut trees, and always felt that something was wrong, and after a while, he realized: "There are no coconuts!"
So he turned around and asked the clerk on the side, "Doesn't this kind of tree bear fruit?"
"Fruitful, lord, this is a coconut tree, and its fruit is called coconut fruit, but when it was very small, it was plucked by the monkeys of Thorn Ridge. ”
"Monkeys?"
"It's a gray-yellow monkey, we all call them fruit stealers, it's fierce, and sometimes they go to the fields in groups to spoil the crops. ”
"Fruit Stealing Monkey......" Li Si nodded and did not speak.
He suddenly remembered the news he had read, and it seemed that in some countries in Southeast Asia, there is a tradition of training monkeys to pick coconuts. The coconut trees are so tall that it is difficult for humans to climb them, but the monkeys can go up to pick coconut fruits freely – if the town also trains a group of fruit stealing monkeys, it may be able to develop a coconut business.
Of course, he is still not sure if this fragrant coconut tree is a real coconut tree - a flower town in winter, but the snow has been covered for more than two months, and if it is a real coconut tree, it should have frozen to death a long time ago.
"What does coconut taste like?"
"Once I picked up a fragrant coconut fruit that had been dropped by a fruit thief monkey, and it had a lot of milk-like juice in it, and it tasted sweet, sour, and delicious. ”
Liszt was aroused.
There are many of these coconut trees on the east coast, and if they can be protected, they should be able to harvest a lot of coconut fruit. It can be used as a drink, and even as a specialty.
He set his sights on Thorn Ridge farther away: "Sooner or later, Thorn Ridge will be taken down, and all risks that threaten Flower Town will be snuffed out!"
The fruit stealing monkey happened to be used to train fruit picking.