Chapter 0069: The Mysterious Missing Saltpeter Mine
Out to Sea Festival.
Not to mention that Liszt has forgotten.
The two most important festivals of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, an annual festival and a sailing festival.
The New Year's Festival is a custom in the mainland, celebrating the end of the year and the beginning of the new year, basically the nobles and commoners of any country, will celebrate the New Year's Festival.
The Sailing Festival is a festival unique to the Grand Duchy of Sapphire, in order to celebrate the first time the Sapphire family went to sea - after the defeat of the Dragon Slayer, the Sapphire family had to migrate from the mainland to the archipelago to create their own country. In order to whitewash the background of failure, the day of going to sea is advertised as a great sailing day to chase dreams.
Commoners may prefer the New Year's Festival, which is a festival that has been passed down for countless generations. However, the Sailing Festival is an annual festival that must be celebrated by the nobles of the archipelago country.
"Thank you, Sir Lydon, for all the hard work you have done to deliver the message. ”
"This is what I should do, Lord Baron. ”
"Are my grandmother and father, and my brother and sister, and my wife and Lytton all right?"
"Everything was fine. ”
"That's good. ”
Talking to Lydon about the current situation of the Tulip Castle, Liszt inquired about the news that the Tulip fleet had not yet returned, and unconsciously returned to the castle.
Lydon and his party hadn't eaten lunch yet, so he immediately asked the kitchen to prepare lunch for the group.
"Lord Baron, is Flower Town going to cut down all the trees in Thorn Ridge?" Lydon asked himself as he wondered along the way, the logging team had cut a large clearing in the past two days.
"There is a plan to cut them all down and cut off the habitat of the demonic beasts. However, there is not enough manpower for the time being. You can only cut down the trees on both sides of the road first to clear the open area to reduce the risk of invasion of Warcraft. ”
"This is a good way, the monsters in the forest are terrifying, and the monsters in the wilderness are just slightly stronger beasts. ”
For knights with horses, the open area will not be caught off guard by magical beasts, and even magic can be evaded. Moreover, the horse's running speed is super strong, and the Warcraft may not be able to catch up. Knights can charge in the open area, and the men and horses will use various fighting secrets.
Maintain the etiquette and politeness between the nobles.
Lydon and the others said goodbye and left after lunch.
Liszt needs to make arrangements: "Mr. Carter, in three days, the Tulip family will come to the castle to celebrate the Voyage Festival with me, I am not very keen on this kind of noisy scene, you can make arrangements." ”
"Sir, please rest assured, I have participated in the Tulip Castle many times when I was young, and the scene of Louis Butler presiding over the holiday banquet is deeply rooted in my mind. Now there is endless seafood in the castle, as well as Warcraft meat, except for the slightly worse drinks, which can hold a perfect banquet. ”
"I remember that among the new serfs, there was a winemaker?"
"Yes, his name is Frank Distiller's Lees, but he only makes fruit wine, not white wine, red wine and beer, and we don't have hops. ”
Liszt frowned: "We don't have any beer with hops?"
"There is still half a barrel hidden in the cellar, this is the only little enjoyment you have, sir, and I am a little reluctant to take it out. Carter regretted that in his mind, Liszt was already the most important position.
"Then don't take it. Liszt blinked.
Carter smiled back, "That's what I thought, too." ”
"It's a pity that when Lydon left, I forgot to ask him to pass a few words to Levi and ask Levi to help me buy a batch of drinks and ingredients...... So at the end of the day, it's the poor roads, otherwise the gold in the castle should be spent, not left to mold. ”
"Maybe you can tell Mr. Marcus to deliver the message?"
"No, Mr. Marcus has more important things, the logging team needs his care, and the knights need him to train. Let's be a little shabby on the sea festival, and let my father see the barrenness of Flower Town, I don't think it's a bad thing. "Crying children have milk.
Doesn't the Earl's conscience hurt when he sees that there is not even a beer with hops in Flower Town?
Carter smiled and said, "Master, you are getting more and more free. ”
Liszt smiled slightly: "I recently read a knightly novel, there is a little poem on it - if life deceives you, don't be sad, don't be anxious! Melancholy days need to be calm, believe it, happy days will come, heart always yearns for the future, but now it is often melancholy......"
Everything is instantaneous, everything will pass.
And what has passed will become a cordial nostalgia.
The Earl didn't pay much attention to his third son, Liszt, which was not a big deal, so although life was sometimes shabby and embarrassing, Liszt was still optimistic, and compared to most commoners and minor nobles, life in Flower Town was already perfect.
Being able to eat white bread every day is an unattainable ideal for many people.
......
For the next few days, the town was still in full swing of construction, building roads, logging trees, building houses with oysters, and the serfs were full of enthusiasm with copper plates paid by Liszt, even in the hot weather.
The castle was in full swing, and Carter's butler was busy directing the servants to clean inside and out, and decorate the castle. The cook, Abi Soup Spoon, puffed out her loud voice all day long, and turned the two kitchen maids, Erin and Little Lily, around the command, busy with various ingredients.
Marcus led a team of knights to guard the logging team while practicing the basic course of fighting spirit.
Galtai, Isaiah, and Blair are also working hard.
Liszt was the only one who was a little troubled - he couldn't find the very small saltpeter mine!
The quest has been completed, but the saltpeter mine rewarded by the quest has not been discovered for a long time. No one reported to him, unusual stones had been found somewhere, and there was nothing out of the ordinary that deserved his attention. For three days in a row, there was no clue, which made Liszt very entangled.
It's not that saltpeter ore is worth much.
Aside from using it to make ice, he didn't know what saltpeter was used for.
But this situation is not optimistic, which makes him worry about whether there is something wrong with the smoke mission, and the previous task rewards are basically not overnight, and they all arrive in his hands on the same day.
"Could it be that my golden finger is about to leave me?" At night, lying on the bed, looking at the task of Shiitake Mushroom, still hanging, he was very worried.
OK.
The worry lasted only until the fourth day.
On this day, after Galtai led the logging team into Thorn Ridge to work, he was followed by a team of gravel transporters, who were responsible for breaking up the stones in Thorn Ridge and carrying them to both sides of the road for paving.
Just as they were looking for stones to smash, they suddenly found a pile of rubble embedded in the ground, accompanied by a large amount of white crystalline material. At first they thought it was salt, and salt was very important in everyday life, so the serfs were very happy - if they got something good, the lord would reward them.
But after a brief tasting, I found that this white substance did not have a little salty taste, on the contrary, it was a little bitter.
Still, they scraped a lot of white material and handed it to Galtai for argumentation. Gortai couldn't tell the difference, so he told Liszt about the situation.
Liszt looked at the white crystalline powder in his hand, to be honest, he didn't know if this thing was saltpeter or not, but he knew it after experimenting.