Cordyceps thorn is located on a dairy farm next to the edge of Thorn Ridge, in a not-so-large thorn forest. The name of Thorn Ridge comes from the fact that there are many dwarf thorns on the periphery. But thorns rarely grow on a large scale, and they all grow in small patches of threes and twos.

Liszt investigated the cause and speculated that the reason was probably because thorns were shrubs – dwarf trees with no distinct trunk and clumps.

The accurate name of the thorn forest should be called thorn bushes.

Attached to the edge of the arbor grove, the tall trees block the sunlight and limit the development of the shrub.

"The unwillingness of thorn insects, in addition to insufficient nutrition, may also be due to the development area of thorn forests, arbors block the expansion of thorn bushes. ”

To the south of Cordyceps thorn is a dairy farm.

It is impossible for Liszt to shovel the pasture and plant worthless thorns.

Therefore, he planned to organize another logging team to cut down the trees around the thorn bushes and supply the thorns to expand outward. The more thorns there are, the wider the range of influence the thorn worm can be, and the more pheromones it collects, the more likely it is to evolve - in fact, he understands that it is almost impossible for thorn worms to evolve.

There are too few varieties of thorns, and it is difficult to collect pheromones.

The probability is too low.

"Although I don't know what the essential reason for the evolution of the elf worm is, the more plant varieties Cordyceps belongs to, the more likely it is that the elf worm will evolve. Affecting the amount of plant growth will also increase the chance of the evolution of the elven bug. ”

There is experience to follow.

The tulip family has been in business for several generations and has collected a large number of tulip varieties, and it is on these tulip varieties that the great elf incense, as well as three elves and eight elf insects have been cultivated.

Of course.

It's not that thorn worms don't have a chance to evolve at all.

Dreams still have to be had, in case they come true.

"I will do what I can do, and the rest depends on the thorn worm itself, whether it is really unwilling to challenge its fate. ”

Touching the thorn worm, Liszt left the worm room.

......

At about four o'clock in the afternoon, the head of the Chatan-City caravan came to the castle and bid farewell to Liszt.

The person in charge was a bearded middle-aged man named Gabriel, and bowed deeply: "Honorable Baron, under your governance, Flower Town shines brightly. Thank you for your generosity and kindness, the caravan had a wonderful day in the town of flowers, and now, Gabriel farewells you. ”

"Are you satisfied with the caravan's dealings in the town?" asked Liszt with a smile.

"Very satisfied, Lord Baron, the faces of the caravan members are full of smiles of harvest, we have sold a lot more goods here than we imagined, and we have also bought some specialties of Flower Town. I personally like the environment of the business district, and there is no feces to bother. ”

"So, Gabriel, does the caravan have a plan, when will it come again next time?"

"Not yet, but I think the road to Thorn Ridge is safe, the caravan won't be waiting long, and maybe in a month, we'll be loaded with goods again and come to Flower Town to trade. ”

"The town of flowers welcomes caravans at any time. ”

"Thank you, Lord Baron!"

Gabriel bowed and left the castle.

Returning to the caravan that had already sorted out the goods from the business district and slowly hit the road, the horses pulled the wagons one by one, along the road paved with a mixture of gravel and sea sand, and under the light of the red sun on the west slope, they drove in the direction of Thorn Ridge.

Arrived full of goods.

Laughter and laughter when leaving.

There is also the beautiful sound of gold coins, silver coins, and copper plates colliding with each other.

A moment later.

Old Grandet came to report on the purchase, and three gold coins, with the exception of two foals, and a large number of things, were given to Carter, the butler, and placed in the cellar of the castle.

Liszt didn't like these mundane things, and went directly to the horse farm to see the foals.

The two foals in the racecourse, estimated not long after they were born, were very afraid of life, and hid in the corner of the stable, not daring to run around. They are all very common breeds of horses, one brownish-red and the other brownish-yellow. Even if Liszt didn't understand Soma, he could see that they couldn't go to the battlefield.

"Is it a mare or a stallion?"

"A mare, a stallion, sir. Jim, who was feeding the foals, replied.

"Take care of them and don't get bullied by other horses. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Then Liszt turned around the fence, which had been separated by a separate fence, and several pregnant mares were eating wheat bran and peas, and there was no change in them.

Seeing his arrival, the dragon horse leaned over affectionately and stuck his head out of the fence.

Liszt stretched out his hand and patted it, looking forward to whether the foal he gave birth to would be as good as the dragon horse. Even mixed with the blood of the monster, maybe its foal will be even more powerful than the dragon horse.

......

Banquet.

Celebrating the caravan's successful trade in Flower Town is also a time to report on the work.

"Lord Baron, a total of 7 gold coins, 63 silver coins and 12 copper plates were traded in this transaction, and according to the low tax rate preferential plan you formulated, the fixed booth tax and the 20 tax and 1 turnover tax, a total of 18 silver coins and 15 copper plates were collected...... Isaiah gave a detailed tax report.

Caravan transactions are definitely subject to taxes.

The general lord levied a tax on foreign caravans, which was generally one ten, that is, one-tenth of the transaction value. Some harsh lords may adopt the standard of five taxes and one fifth, one-fifth of the turnover. In Flower Town, Liszt's tax rate was greatly reduced in order to attract caravans.

He set two standards.

One is a fixed booth tax, pay the booth tax, a fixed silver coin, no matter how much money you sell, no additional tax will be charged.

One is the 20 tax 1 turnover tax, that is, the tax is not paid according to the stall, and one-twentieth of the tax is extracted according to the total turnover.

This gave the merchant the choice of paying a fixed tax if he could trade more than 20 silver coins, and less than 20 silver coins to exchange the moving tax.

At present, the situation in Flower Town is not much in commercial taxes, and Liszt has no intention of making a fortune from this aspect.

"This commercial tax will not be remitted to the castle's account, and will be used directly to build the commercial area, and strive to build stalls, parking spaces, livestock stalls, as well as hotels and toilets, and repair them in time. In addition, the wells and sewers had to be planned together, and although there was plenty of time, I wanted to complete it as soon as possible. ”

"Don't worry, sir. Galtai nodded in agreement.

"Carl, let's talk about today's law and order. ”

"Yes, my lord!" said Karl, who was not attending the feast for the first time, but was still restrained, "the patrol was generally well executed, and we arrested a total of thirteen merchants who defecated in the open and punished them with flogging, and there was also a thief, whom Gabriel ransomed, and two people caught stealing and three people buying and selling by force. ”

Liszt asked: "Did you tell Gabriel, the head of the caravan, that if you find a thief for the first time, you can pay a ransom to ransom him, and if you catch it the second time, you will be directly seized and reduced to a drudgery in the territory?"

"Gabriel has been informed, and he said that when he returns, he will teach the thief a good lesson, and when the caravan returns again, there will never be a single person who violates your rules. Carl hesitated for a moment and continued, "My lord, how can the five criminals in the town be punished?"

"Freemen or serfs?"

"Theft and forcible buying and selling each have a free name, and the remaining three are serfs. ”

Liszt looked at Galtai.

Galtai immediately said: "My lord, you attach great importance to the caravan trade, and you have repeatedly propagated it, but there are still bold civilians who ignore the rules and should be severely punished! I think that a serf will be punished with fifty lashes and confiscate all his property, and a freeman who steals will be punished with ten or ten times the fine, and those who cannot afford to pay will be reduced to serfs. ”

"Do as you want. Liszt agreed.

There are no laws in the town, his will is the law, and if he does not obey his will, he must be punished—knowing the law and breaking the law, and the crime will be added to the first.