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The next afternoon, when he returned to the Tulip Castle, he still had a make-up banquet, and Liszt also rested at the Tulip Fort for the night before returning to Flower Town.

However, he returned to Flower Town this time, and he couldn't relax.

Levi's wedding is about to take place - in the castle of Long Taro, William Lee has communicated with Roger Golden Wheat Ear, the only son of the Marquis of Roderick, and the wedding date has been confirmed for September 12.

The Pioneer Order is also about to arrive - the Iron Ridge Kingdom will definitely send a mission to visit Blue Dragon Island to determine the date of this year's war with the Eagle Kingdom - and it is also strange to say that almost every year at the time of the autumn harvest, a large-scale conflict breaks out between the two kingdoms that will last for hundreds of years.

In addition to the reason for feud, another reason is probably promoted by the knightly system - how to make meritorious contributions without war, how to alleviate the contradiction between the old and new nobles without war, how to redistribute wealth without war, and how to vent vigorous energy without war.

Working hard to become a knight of the earth, or even a knight of the sky, is to go to the battlefield and make contributions.

On the way back, Liszt was a little upset: "Levi's birthday gift is easy to do, but his wedding gift must not be worse than the gift for May Opal...... Although the knight squad has supplemented two earth knights, now that the territory construction is in full swing, it is really not appropriate to send knights to participate in the battle. ”

Knights are beings who can fight on their horses and govern when they dismount, and they are the cornerstone of the knightly system - because only knights can enjoy complete knowledge, especially knights of noble origin.

Without the knowledge to expand the mind, it is difficult to be qualified for a management position.

Now that both Port Town and Flower Town are short of officials, especially those who can preside over the "General War", the Earth Knights can barely maintain the management of their territory.

Pumping them all out will seriously affect the construction.

"However, if I plan to go into battle, it is impossible for me not to bring a squad of knights...... For the sake of serfs, I still have to prepare and set off, fortunately, I can plunder resources, my Shake Sen and the eight little ones can be brought to the battlefield, and a few castles can be demolished, and I will probably be able to scrape together enough money to buy serfs. ”

Battle of Ironhoe Island, where the Grand Duke forbade the plundering of resources.

However, the development order is mainly to plunder resources, but it is just to pay a large bus tax, and it must be more cost-effective to develop the order.

On the road.

He called out the smoke mission again.

"Mission: Resurrected dragon bones Have you forgotten that the dried dragon bones need to be nourished by magic, and only in this way can you give birth to the results that make your heart beat, please organize serfs to mine 10 tons of volcanic glass. Bonus: Rubber bug restlessness. ”

No change.

Ten tons of volcanic glass is not enough.

When he returns to Flower Town, he finds Galtai waiting in Flower Town.

"My lord, in the process of developing Black Horse Island, there is a problem that has been overlooked and needs to be solved urgently. "We only have two sailing ships, the Flower and the Thorn, but Black Horse Island is not able to produce food today, and the trafficking of grain alone has to take up most of the capacity of the two ships." ”

"That's a question, has the Flower Town Administration been growing lately?" asked Isaiah instead.

"With the completion of the distribution of Flower Brew on Red Crab Island, the income has increased significantly, but it needs to be paid to Tulip Castle to repay the arrears. The scale of flower soap has never been able to continue to expand, and the supply of raw materials is insufficient...... Therefore, the current income of the administration is not growing significantly. ”

"I got it......"

"My lord, if you want to repay part of the income from the flower brewing first, and withhold some of the expenses for the supply territory?" Galtai proposed.

Liszt rubbed his forehead: "I want to do the same too, but the Tulip Castle is also facing a gold coin dilemma now." My brother is getting married and needs a lot of gold for the wedding, and my father has decided to raise taxes to get through this difficult time. ”

Tulip Fort is his back.

But the Tulip Castle is not available for him to take endlessly, especially in the face of Levi's wedding, a wedding of the nobles, which is absolutely an overwhelming luxury that costs a lot of gold coins, so all countries have a special tax called "marriage tax".

The lord or the daughter or son of the lord is getting married.

But what if you don't have money?

Of course, the tax is collected, and the pressure of the lord's marriage is passed on to the lords of the territory, and it doesn't matter whether the lords complain or are happy.

Now that Castle Tulip had to rely on the marriage tax to raise money, Liszt was too embarrassed to borrow money from Castle Tulip.

You can only figure it out on your own.

"No matter how fast the thorn ironwood can grow, it can't keep up with the speed of cutting; no matter how much rubber insects can repair rubber trees, rubber can't be cut in large quantities; no matter how popular flower soap is, animal pancreas and other ingredients are still in short supply; and flower stuff can seize the market again, it still needs time to distribute goods. ”

Basically, the products of the territory can be cashed out quickly, but they still cannot fill the gap in the development of Dark Horse Island.

So after the trouble, Liszt still had to sell his property, and he sent Galtai and Isaiah away, hid in his study, and counted the property he could sell.

Mithril, jade, crystals, not much left.

I really can't afford to sell it.

His gaze was fixed on three gems, a red-blooded sword inlaid with rubies, a sapphire magic ring, and a pink gem captured during the Battle of Ironhoof Island.

"I don't need to use the red blood sword, Li Vera has been coveting, she definitely doesn't want to discount 1,500 gold coins, just sell it half and give it away, 800 gold coins, she should be able to take it out; ”

But he thought about it again.

With a new inspiration: "I don't really need to prepare a lot of gifts for Levi's marriage, I can give him a pink gem, a gem worth a thousand gold coins, it is definitely a very powerful gift...... The pink gem is used as a gift, and the Red Blood Sword can be sold for money to buy two second-hand sailing ships, which can almost make up for the lack of capacity. ”

Plan well.

He immediately went to Fort Tulip to find Livila - although she was sealed in Falcon Town, she spent eleven months of the year at Fort Tulip, and she was full of old people.

"You're going to sell me the Red Blood Sword?" said Li Vera in surprise as she looked at the dusty Liszt.

"It's not to sell it to you, it's half to sell and half give, it just so happens that I am short of money, and I thought that my sister you lack a good weapon, so I made this decision. ”

"You're short of money right now?"

"It is conceivable that in order to divide the Dark Horse Island, I have hardly obtained any material rewards for the Battle of Iron Shoe Island, and the development of the Dark Horse Island has made me a poor egg, coupled with the marriage of Mei Opal and Levi, my funds have been seriously depleted, and I can only find a way from you. ”

Faced with Levi's predicament, Li Vera thought for a while and said, "The Red Blood Sword is a gift from your grandfather, it is very meaningful, I won't take away his expectations for you, but I can lend you a sum of gold coins." ”

Being able to borrow money, Liszt certainly didn't want to sell the Red Blood Sword.

It's a great backup weapon.

"How many gold coins can you lend me?"

"Five hundred, is it enough. ”

"A thousand, I'm very short of money...... If you want more, lend me two thousand gold coins. ”