Chapter 3 Flame Wheat
219 year of the Principality of Cairn, April 28. 5 days after Alan woke up.
In the early morning, a magnificent morning glow appeared in the east, and a light mist filled the air.
With the sound of horses' hooves, the quiet environment of the country road was broken.
Alan stayed in the carriage, playing with the bronze mirror he had snatched from Belea, the first time Eren had looked in the mirror in this world.
In the mirror was a soft, wavy blonde boy with marbled skin, a narrow nose and a pair of rare dark eyes.
Alan, who is tired of staying in the Green Desolation Castle, plans to go out to inspect his territory today.
It just so happened that Mrs. Lisa and the others would be returning from the manor this morning, and in order not to hug them and cry bitterly, Alan set off early.
Allen's first stop was Golden Wheat Village.
The chief of Jinmai Village came to the castle again yesterday and cried to Alan with a dejected face that the symptoms of wheat wilting were spreading in the village, and if the cause was not found, the village might face a bad harvest this year.
Until a matter is clarified, no one can make up their minds. Alan didn't know if "Goldfinger" would help, but in order to appease the head of Jinmai Village, he had to agree to go and see what was going on today.
For this reason, Alan asked the housekeeper Carey to find Klee, an old gentleman in the territory who is very interested in planting. And deliberately drew 20 cavalry to form a temporary escort.
The team is getting closer and closer to Jinmai Village, and at this time, the head of Jinmai Village, Farr. With more than a dozen men in the village, I came to the entrance of the village early to wait.
"Village Chief Farr, I heard that Lord Baron will help the village solve its problems today, is it true?" a round-faced man behind the village chief asked curiously.
"I heard that our new baron is only 15 years old, what a young man!" the man next to the round face was full of adoration.
"Really?...... Only 15 years old, alas!"
“......”
For a while, a large group of people began to discuss.
"All right, don't talk about the baron!" Farr saw the baron's convoy in the distance, and hurriedly stopped the noisy crowd with a serious face.
"Quick, come with me to meet the Baron. Chief Farr said as he walked briskly forward.
Allen, who had just arrived, didn't know that he had reaped a wave of worship and appreciation.
Looking at the civilians of Farr and Jinmai Village who were walking briskly...... Gray-yellow skin, hair that has not been washed for a long time, plus patches everywhere on the body.
Alan couldn't help but sigh that nobles and commoners really lived in two worlds.
The aristocracy lived a wealthy life, and there were often noble balls. I remember that there was a time when the aristocracy was ashamed to eat meat and only ate vegetables and fruits, which even developed into a trend.
Commoners toiled day after day to maintain food and clothing, and if they made a few mistakes, they could go hungry, and serfs were worse than civilians. Serfs were the personal slaves of the lords, and they were not even free.
After the two cavalrymen in front were cleared, Farr and the villagers finally came to the baron.
"Welcome to the village of Golden Wheat Lord Baron, your loyal subordinates pay you the highest respect," Farr said with a happy expression of his loyalty to the Baron. The villagers were nervous one by one, and they froze in a daze.
"Alright, Farr will take me to the fields first, and let these men go home first! "Allen doesn't like this kind of formalism.
"Yes, sir. ”
The villagers were relieved and hurried away at Farr's signal.
Farr led the way in front, and Alan followed with his escort.
The goal is a wheat field that cannot be seen, and now is the time for wheat to be jointed, tasseled, flowered, and seeded.
A pale green wave of wheat ripples in the wind.
As he went deeper, the color of life was gradually disappearing, and a large patch of wheat in front of him turned yellow and died.
Old gentleman Klee took the lead and quickly examined the dead wheat field.
Time passed, and the cause of the death was unknown due to the large extent of the death.
It wasn't until noon that the old gentleman Klee returned to the frame sweating profusely.
"Lord Baron, from experience, I have found that there is nothing wrong with the wheat grown in Jinmai Village......" Old Mr. Klee looked guilty.
"Impossible...... No problem, how can wheat die!" Farr said anxiously.
"Yes...... That's ...... the truth," Klee didn't say anything more.
......
"Needless to say, you two, I know the cause of the wheat dying. ”
"You know why, Lord Baron! That's great. Fall was pleasantly surprised.
If he hadn't just found the answer through this bead, Alan estimated that the majesty of his baron would be greatly reduced today, and his luck would not be in vain.
"Actually, it's a happy event!" said Allen.
"Happy event, Lord Baron......" Looking at the incredible appearance of his subordinates, suppressing the joy in his heart, Alan decided not to sell Guan Zi anymore.
Because there is a miraculous plant growing on this land, he absorbed and seized the nutrients and water money from the land, causing the wheat to die of lack of water. ”
This is a treasure that can only be seen in a viscounty, and it is very difficult for a barony to have a magical plant.
Now that the barony he is in has a magical plant, everyone is overjoyed, and the scene is extremely quiet for a while.
Alan had observed the extent of the wheat's death, which happened to be an irregular circle.
Let old Mr. Klee sit down and rest, and send the others to look carefully in the center of the circle. Alan chatted with Mr. Klee, who wanted to know more about farming.
After a lunch, a cavalryman came to report that they had been found.
Coming to the center of the crowd, Alan finally saw this long-awaited magical plant.
It can be seen that this is a wheat seedling, with only two blood-red leaves on its body, and the fire element is circulating all over its body, like a flame, and the ground of the roots has been baked by the high temperature.
Alan decided to name it the Flame Mai, and since the Flame Mai was not yet an adult, it had not yet appeared as a Mai Ling, which was just right for the contract. His own knighthood has finally begun.
In order to move the Flame Wheat back to his castle, Alan had to endure the heat to dig the Flame Wheat out along with the dirt.
In order to contract with Flame Mai as soon as possible and start his own knighthood, Alan left Farr and rushed back to the castle with the escort team and the old gentleman, even forgetting about the carp village that he had planned to go to.
Back at the castle, Alan decided to take the flame wheat in the garden behind the castle, which was about 90 acres in size, to the rose field in the southeast corner of the garden.
The 2-meter-tall rose plant can achieve the effect of blocking the view, and after the soldiers behind him have cleared about an acre of open space in the center of the rose field, Alan planted the flame wheat in the center of the clearing.
"Go out and keep watch outside, and no one will be allowed to come in without my orders. "Just in case, and to keep the secret that he can contract with magical plants, Alan sent his soldiers to guard outside.
Sitting cross-legged in front of the Flame Mai, Eren controlled his soul to draw a special mark in the void, which moved back and forth in the mist of qi luck until he absorbed the little luck left, and the mark seemed to turn into a golden entity.
Alan controlled the mark and slowly merged into the flame wheat, and in an instant, Eren seemed to have turned into a plant growing in the flames, and Eren could experience the various feelings of the flame wheat.
As the Flame Mai himself communicates with Allen, Allen's sense of the fire element becomes more intimate, and when the Flame Mai grows into the fire element, Mai Ling himself can become a low-level knight and absorb the fire element into his body.
After completing the contract, Alan asked the soldiers to stay on guard, and he went to find the butler Carey.
"Master, you said you got a magical plant?" Steward Carey was overflowing.
"Yes. Alan replied.
After the butler got Allen's affirmative answer, he couldn't wait to see what the magical plant looked like.
"Don't worry, Steward Carey, come with me to the family treasury and give me the key that my father kept with you. The butler could only hold his temper and go back to his room and return the key entrusted to him by the baron.
After getting rid of the butler with difficulty, Alan went to the treasure house in the family basement, which was not large and only the size of the castle study.
The only thing in the vault is a swarthy wooden shelf. Alan looked at it, in addition to the 3 gold coins and family ledgers filled with the "Golden Dragon" in this world, there were only the black boxes that the former baron held cultivation resources, and the white pension box sent by Viscount Bernard due to the death of the former baron of the green wilderness.
Allen's target is the resources in the black box, and because the Flame Wheat is seriously lacking in fire element replenishment, it cannot grow, and Alan wants to see if the Fire Elemental Crystal is useful to the Flame Wheat.
Alan remembered that his father usually used fire elemental crystals for his cultivation, so he wanted to try his luck.
When the box was opened, there were only two cloth bags inside, and one cloth bag contained crimson crystals the size of a fingernail, which was Allen's target, and there were 12 of them.
In the other sack were all sorts of seeds that Ellen didn't recognize.
I don't know what the use of my father is in collecting these seeds, maybe ...... It's a personal hobby, just like some people love flowers and plants, and love to adopt small animals......
Alan turned his attention to the white box, and since he was unconscious, the housekeeper was not able to open the box without permission, so he locked it in the treasure house.
I broke open the box casually, and there were 10 golden crystals lying neatly inside. After checking again, it was determined that there were only 10 spars.
Close the lids again, and since they weren't needed for the time being, Alan decided to leave them here for now.
Exiting the treasure house, Eren hurried towards the rose field, and after waving off the guards, Eren came to the location of the flame wheat with the fire element crystal.
Alan didn't know that the fire elemental spar body didn't work against the flame straw, so he could only be a dead horse and a live horse doctor. Who has run out of gas for himself!
Otherwise, you can also check the cultivation plan of the Flame Wheat, and for the time being, it can only be like this, and then Alan buried more than a dozen spars around the Flame Wheat.
As soon as it was over, the call of Steward Carey was heard outside.