Thomas left the study, feeling distraught, and as he went downstairs, he stopped at the turn of the stairs to pull out a cigarette and light it, only to find that the cigarette was hidden under the pillow.

Mr. Carter, the butler, strictly forbids servants to smoke in the castle.

"Thomas, what are you hiding here?" Downstairs came a maid, about thirty years old, dressed in a black and white maid skirt, carrying a mop and a bucket in her hand.

"Nothing. ”

"Won't the master let you serve with you?"

Thomas patted the wall in annoyance: "Maisie, you say, why doesn't the lord like me, although I have not been a valet before, I once worked as the first valet for Viscount Roosevelt, and I am qualified for this job." ”

"How do I know this, I'm not the maid of Tulip Castle, I haven't seen the master before. ”

"I'm just asking you if there's anything I'm doing that isn't enough. ”

"You should ask Mr. Carter, or Mrs. Mawson...... And I don't think you have anything to worry about, the master only has three male servants, Jesse is an assistant, and Tom is clumsy and can't serve the master at all. Maybe that's the way the old man is, and in this town, no one is more suitable to be a valet than you. ”

Thomas perked up a little: "Yes, I heard that the lord is in the Tulip Castle, and is not valued by the earl, and may have been just a baron of Flower Town all his life, living in the poor country. ”

"Maybe. ”

"Maisie, do you regret following your master here?"

"I don't care, no matter how bad life is in the castle, it's better than going back to the farm and starving to death. I have already sold myself to the master, there is no need to think about regrets or not. ”

Thomas was about to speak, but someone interrupted him: "Don't you need to work, Thomas, Maisie, watch your behavior, and don't whisper outside your bedroom and kitchen!"

With a bunch of keys and a bottle of red wine in his hand, he was patrolling the castle.

"Okay, Mr. Carter, I'll go to work. Thomas and Maisie hurried away, each going about their own business.

If the small aristocracy is the servant of the big noble, then the male servant and the female servant are also the servants of the housekeeper, and the aristocratic system has always been so class-distinct.

The castle is small, but there is a lot of work.

Even if there is only one nobleman like Liszt who needs to serve, the daily workload is huge. For example, hygiene, every morning and evening, it is necessary to clean inside and out. They also have to wash clothes, boil hot water, prepare food, and clean toilets, and most of the work is entrusted to the male and female servants.

But this did not mean that Carter did not have to work, on the contrary, in addition to managing the servants, Carter was also responsible for welcoming guests, pouring wine, supervising the serving, receiving and sending letters, keeping high-end tableware, managing the underground wine cellar, and caring for the most important guests.

Carter Sr. is 50 years old this year, and in this age when the average age is less than 55, he is already an old man.

Dangdangdang.

He knocked on the door of his study.

"Please come in. Liszt's gentle voice sounded inside the door, with a mouthful of "steel cavity" popular in high society, in the Iron Ridge Kingdom and its subject countries, countless nobles regarded the steel cavity as their honor.

Carter Sr. took a deep breath.

He was at Tulip Castle and did not have much contact with Liszt, mainly in charge of one of the Count's annexes. At Liszt's coming-of-age ceremony a while ago, the Count assigned him to Liszt as a butler. Promoted in rank, stewardship is the ultimate goal of all servants.

But the pay has definitely dropped.

It's just that Carter didn't have any complaints, he sold himself to join the Tulip family at the age of fifteen, and it has been a full thirty-five years, he has not married, he is alone, and he has long regarded himself as a member of the Tulip family.

If you can follow the blood descendant of the Tulip family, Baron Liszt, through the last few years of his life, it will undoubtedly be a happy ending.

"Master, reading at night hurts your eyes, you should pay more attention. No matter how many candles there are, they are not as good as the sunlight during the day. ”

Liszt smiled slightly, his eyes moved away from the thickskin paper book on the table, and looked at the somewhat old butler: "Mr. Carter, have you already checked all the rooms?"

"Except for the room where the servants had to work, the rest of the rooms were locked. ”

"Very well, let's have a drink together. Liszt had already noticed the red wine in Carter's hand, and the aristocracy was so heavy on alcohol that it had become an unwritten convention that the owner of the castle would have a few drinks with the butler at night before going to bed and talk about the castle.

Liszt didn't like to drink, but his predecessor liked it so much that his body had a demand for it.

However, the alcohol content here is very low, and it is difficult to get him drunk unless he drinks as much as beer.

One glass of red wine per person.

Touched it lightly.

Shaking and shaking, Liszt took a small sip: "Can the use in the castle support this year's taxes?"

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult, you don't bring much wine from Tulip Castle, you don't have much wheat flour, Flower Town is very remote, no caravans want to come, even if we have gold coins, it will be difficult to buy wheat and wine. But the good news is that there are a lot of wild fruits in Thorn Ridge, so don't worry about running out of fruits to eat. ”

Liszt was not valued by the count, and when the family was separated, he naturally did not gain much.

According to his memory, when his sister Li Weiwei broke up, the carriage was loaded with thirty cars, and he ...... There was not a single carriage, only a few horses and a team of men carrying some luggage.

The treatment is very different.

But that's fine, he didn't have to bear too much kindness, so he didn't have to worry about how to show his closeness to the Earl of Coral Island.

"You can't do it without wheat. Liszt put down his wine glass and said in an unquestioning tone, "If Flower Town is to develop as soon as possible, the trade route must be opened!"

The staple food here is bread.

If you don't have white bread made from wheat, you can only eat black bread made from rye and oats, which is rough and difficult to swallow. Liszt could no longer eat his favorite hometown dishes, and he could no longer eat delicate white bread, he would starve to death.

"It's not easy to open up trade routes, and Thorn Ridge is too dangerous. ”

"Don't worry, I'll fix it. The future of Flower Town will not be limited by poverty, and the castle will not be so humble that it will not even have a name. Liszt said solemnly.

Only a palatial castle can have a name, as simple as Liszt's castle, saying that castles are all lifted, and then giving a name, will be laughed at by other nobles.

"Have you taken care of the elf worms?"

"Very steady, sir. ”

"That's good. ”

Finish with a glass of wine.

Old Carter said goodbye with interest: "Master, rest early, I wish you a good night." ”

"Good night, Mr. Carter, too. ”

When Carter left, Liszt looked at the thick paper book about the customs of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, which was very thick, about the thickness of a dictionary. But the content is actually very small, the thick skin paper is not worthy of its name, its thickness of a piece of paper, is almost as thick as pigskin.

"How was paper invented?" recalls Liszt, who found that he had a good memory and was able to remember the paper-making process he had seen on the Internet, "and when I had time, paper would have to be invented...... The Industrial Revolution seems unlikely, but there are still many ways to make a fortune. ”

In a trance, he came out of his mind again.

Sure enough, a snake composed of smoke appeared in front of him again.

"Mission: As a lord, you need to know everything about the territory, please make a tour of Flower Town, understand the crisis of the territory, and prepare for future development. Reward: The sublimation of vindictiveness. ”