"Peanuts are the staple food tonight?" Marcus skillfully peeled peanuts, wheat is certainly the best choice for staple food, but wheat production is generally not high, so peanuts and peas are needed to fill the gap.

"How does it taste?"

Liszt asked, and there were no boiled peanuts in front of him.

He didn't like boiled peanuts very much, so as the owner of the castle, Chef Abi made cereal porridge for him. As for the others, it is not a blessing.

"It's soft and moderate, but it's a little light and tasteless. ”

Galtai said: "Boiled peanuts are all tasted like this, and I think it's good to eat them once in a while to improve the taste, but it's enough to eat them regularly." But tonight's peanuts are bigger than the usual peanuts, have you noticed?"

Marcus suddenly said, "The peanuts in Peanut Tun have been harvested?"

"This is the first batch of peanuts that are close to the location of the peanut cordyceps. With 30% more yields than usual and a one-month shorter planting cycle, there will be no shortage of peanuts in the castle this year. I think Mrs. Abbey should have had time to grind some more peanut butter and spread it on the bread to smell it all day. ”

The only gourmand in Flower Town is none other than Galtai, a knight of lords who always talks about eating and drinking.

Liszt smiled slightly: "Wouldn't it be beautiful if it was paired with juniper wine." ”

"Oh, Liszt, you still know me, haha. ”

"It's a pity that the gin I brought back from Coral City last time has been drunk. ”

"To be honest, I really don't want to hear that. ”

In fact, there is even more frustrating news. Liszt took a sip of cereal, "The amount of red wine in the cellar has reached the bottom line, and Mr. Carter does not recommend that we continue to drink red wine, otherwise the festival in the second half of the year will not be able to support it." And the beer, the beer with hops, is also almost gone, and only the beer with a sour taste remains. ”

"Oh my God, that's not true, is it. ”

Liszt did not respond.

Carter, the butler who was waiting for the banquet behind him, replied: "The weather is getting hotter, beer is consumed a lot, and we can't produce hop beer ourselves without caravans." If it weren't for the last time Lord Earl's convoy arrived, carrying many barrels of beer, the castle would not even have enough sour beer now. ”

Galtai made a bitter face: "I think we should build a dock and go directly to Viscount Trik's house to buy hops." ”

Unfortunately, the east coast of Flower Town is all flat sandy beaches, and there is no deep-water port to build a dock.

As for Viscount Trick, he is a follower of the Earl of Coral Island, whose full name is Trick Humulus, and he owns a separate small island - Beer Island.

There is a magnificent castle on the island - Beer Castle.

The beer of the humulus family, with its hops, is popular on many large islands.

Beer is the most common type of alcohol in the Grand Duchy and is divided into two types, one with hops and one without hops.

Hops are a type of humulus that play a huge role in beer – giving beer a refreshing aroma, bitterness and antiseptic, forming an excellent foam that facilitates the clarification of the wort, and the strong hoppy taste of hops balances the natural sweetness of the wort and stimulates the appetite.

Beer without hops will quickly become a beer with a sour flavor that is difficult to swallow.

The hops on Coral Island are all brewed by the Humulus family, and it is because of this industry that the Humulus family has the money to build a beer castle with a name.

"There is no possibility of the dock, so I have to completely open the road to Thorn Ridge, and only then can the caravan enter Flower Town...... Now there are no tax knights to protect the entry and exit of caravans. Liszt said, looking at Marcus, "Mr. Marcus, isn't the selection of the knight squad over yet?"

Marcus put down the boiled peanuts in his hand and said, "Tomorrow is the final selection date, I already have preliminary candidates, but unfortunately their physical fitness is still too poor, and there are only two who can meet the admission standards of the Knight Academy." ”

"Probably because of the lack of food, the knight squad will be supported by the castle next, and I believe that their physical fitness will be greatly improved. ”

"Then I don't have to worry about food and focus on training. ”

"Well, let them master the fighting spirit as soon as possible, there shouldn't be only five fighting knights in Flower Town, and there are many things that need to rely on the knights in the future. ”

......

To his surprise, Liszt met the logging team the next day.

He thought that Galtai would have to delay at least two or three days to complete the transfer of sturdy serfs, but he did not expect to get an accident today.

Gortai rode on his horse and personally led the logging team to the main road outside the castle. There were thirty strong serfs in all, but only half of them had a new or old axe in their hands, and the team consisted of only two saws in total, which the carpenter's son had brought from home.

Iron tools are hard to find.

Metal is in the hands of countries with dragons, and it is difficult to get it.

This is also the reason why the Grand Duchy of Sapphire often organizes knights to go to the mainland to participate in wars and rob minerals - the iron ore of the Grand Duchy is basically snatched back from the Eagle Kingdom, and little by little by sea, transported to various islands.

In Flower Town, many serfs used wood, stone, and bone tools as tools of labor.

It's different from the neat and solemn situation in the imagination.

This group of strong serfs had a deep uneasiness on their faces - the lord asked them to go to the Thorn Ridge to cut down trees, which was too dangerous, and in case they encountered a demonic beast, their wives might have to remarry.

"Teacher Galtai, you didn't tell them, I will send someone to protect them?"

"Of course they did, but they were still trembling. ”

Liszt expressed understanding: "Language is pale. ”

As he spoke, a group of slogans ran from the horse farm towards the castle. There were four knights next to him, and the knight at the head was none other than Marcus.

"Your Excellency!" Marcus turned and dismounted, saluting Liszt.

"How are there thirty?"

"They will be escorting the logging team, and with today's performance, I will make the final check on the team members in my heart. Marcus explained, "They are all about the same physique, and their minds are not too stupid, and now, it is the last option, the examination of courage, and the knight cannot do without courage." ”

When Galtai heard this, he said, "Liszt, don't you say anything before you go?"

Li Si nodded, naturally wanting to say something.

He rode on the dragon horse, and the black demonic beast leather armor set off his heroic bearing, and slowly walked in front of the two teams. Liszt glanced at everyone in the team with a serious expression, and said loudly: "Lords, I am your lord, Liszt Tulip. ”

After a pause, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

After a while, he decided to delete the long and incendiary speech, and just said calmly: "Today, you will cut down the trees of Thorn Ridge for me, open the road between the town and the outside world, and I will protect your safety!"

The language was pale, and in the face of the serfs, who were still nervous, he just flicked his horsewhip, and the Lilong horse raised its front hooves and roared in the sky.

The horse's hooves landed, and Liszt was already riding forward.

"Let's go!"