(The fourth update, 10,000 completed! ask for recommendation!)

"Little Donald, what's this red drink?

Hearing Baron Red Maple's inquiry, Donald explained with a smile:

"Lord Ernest, this is one of our mage's drinks, and I call it black tea. Originally, it was just an alchemy potion, and eating it would have certain benefits for the body, and this way of drinking was still researched by me, so you might as well try it!"

Baron Red Maple took a small sip with some hesitation when he heard this, but Sir Jesse drank it into his mouth without hesitation.

After the entrance of the black tea, there was a faint bitterness that made the two nobles frown slightly, but then their mouths and taste buds were occupied by the fragrant and unique taste. Half a cup of black tea on the lower abdomen, the whole body is warm and comfortable, and even the spirit is lifted.

"That's a good thing!"

"Yes, it's a mage's drink!"

Sir Jesse and Baron Red Maple praised one after another, the former was aware of the extraordinariness of this drink, this is a drink for mages, presumably spread to the royal capital, and will definitely attract the royal family and nobles.

The middle-aged businessman immediately thought of the business opportunity here, and couldn't help but move, and asked Donald with a kind smile:

"This drink seems to have a certain economic value, I don't know if you consider selling some of it, I can sell it for you, so that you have enough time to delve into the mage's practice!"

Donald was not surprised to hear Baron Red Maple ask like this, he had plans to introduce black tea as a drink as early as the success of moonshine wine. In the past life, tea was the main part of the trade between the East and the West, and in the history textbooks of Donald Middle School, it was estimated that in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the annual trade volume of tea trade was at least hundreds of millions of taels of silver.

In this world, he plans to make black tea a must-have luxury drink for the aristocracy and wealthy merchants. Although he did not study economics, he also knew that the benefits would be huge.

So when Baron Hongfeng saw the business opportunity here, of course he would not give the opportunity to outsiders, but replied slightly apologetically:

"I'm very sorry, although I invented this drink, but its sales rights are the same as that of Moonshine Wine, and it has been handed over to the management of the Boulder City Mage Club, if Lord Ernest is interested, you can go and talk to Master Madri in charge of this matter!"

"That's it, then forget it, Master Madri is also a very shrewd businessman, presumably with him as an agent, you shouldn't suffer a loss for little Donald!"

It's a pity! Ernest sighed in his heart, he was also an old friend of Madri, a middle-aged merchant and a middle-aged businessman, and he had dealt with the other party a lot, knowing that Madri was a profiteer who did not belong to him in business, and he would definitely not get much benefit in the end by negotiating with the other party.

And the other party's statement also shows that he can't get a share of moonshine wine from him.

Donald knew that the aristocratic profiteer didn't really care about him, he just valued the huge benefits that his products could bring. So he changed the subject to another guest.

"What do you think of this orc invasion, Jesse?"

Sir Jesse's expression perked up when he heard this, and then he said with some yearning:

"The small group of orcs over the years is a good opportunity for us noble side branch disciples to go further! It's a pity that I don't have military talent, and I don't have strong personal strength, but Donald, as a powerful mage, it should be easy for you to establish meritorious deeds on the battlefield!"

Donald shook his head and said: "I have the intention to participate and establish combat achievements, but there has been no news from the royal family, which is really worrying, maybe the orcs will be repelled by the border garrison long ago!"

Sir Jesse patted Donald on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Donald, don't worry! It is estimated that there will be news soon, for this opportunity for meritorious promotion, even if the royal family does not express its position, the noble children of the royal capital will not give up, and the big people behind them will definitely contribute to the trouble, and His Majesty the King cannot but consider the opinions of those powerful nobles and parliamentary elders." ”

It seems that although Sir Jesse has left the royal capital, as an official in charge of aristocratic affairs in a place, he must still have some reliable friends in the royal capital, and he is still well-informed.

Donald, who received the positive news, was happy in his heart, and then turned to Baron Red Maple and asked:

"What are Lord Ernist's plans, is there any intention to further the honor of the Barony of Red Maple?"

The middle-aged businessman was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled:

"I'm still good at running the territory, even if I march and fight, it's up to you young people to do this. Besides, I only have one daughter, and I can't let her go to the battlefield as a lady, but if I can choose a son-in-law among the young nobles who have made great achievements in the war to inherit the territory of my Red Maple Territory, I am still very happy!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Donald intentionally or unintentionally. For Baron Red Maple's almost explicit hints, Donald just thought he didn't see it.

Not to mention that he doesn't have a suitable partner yet, even if he chooses a lover of the opposite sex at random, there are many noble ladies in the entire North County, and it will not be the turn of this old profiteer's daughter.

Ever since Baron Red Maple ignored the Merlinna family's plea for help, Donald didn't want to have anything to do with it anymore, he hated it so much, but at least he wouldn't have a deep friendship with such a profit-oriented businessman and his family.

The conversation that followed quickly stalled. The old and shrewd Baron Red Maple found that he could not keep up with the topic that the two young men were talking about, and after praising the banquet, he took his leave.

After seeing off Baron Red Maple, the two young nobles returned to the reception room and smiled at each other, both feeling a lot more relaxed.

Donald first raised the topic, saying:

"Jesse, I don't know how many orcs invaded in previous years, and how were the battle exploits calculated?

"Donald, you're too polite, these things are known to everyone in the nobility, and it's not a secret. ”

Sir Jesse sorted out his words, and then went through what he knew.

............

"According to the situation over the years, the average small group of orc raiders is made up of one or two orc tribes, and the number is roughly between thousands of orcs. These orcs will cross the mountains and hills to reach the borders of our kingdom, scatter, loot the food and supplies of some border villages and towns, and then return to the Northwest Wasteland with a large army. ”

After Sir Jesse said this, Donald immediately asked:

"And how effective are the orcs?"

"Based on past experience, each orc squad has about ten to fifty orcs, and it usually takes more than three times as many human soldiers to defeat those barbarian guys!"

"It's really powerful, it seems that the individual combat power of orcs is at least three times higher than that of ordinary humans. ”

"Of course, orcs have strong fertility and strong individuals, if it weren't for the fact that their heads are not very easy to use, and they have lost the protection of the true gods behind them, otherwise there would have been no place for other intelligent races to survive in this world!"

Sir Jesse sighed, then continued:

"Under normal circumstances, killing a lone orc will only give you a bonus and no merit. Conscripts who participate in the war will only be credited with a battle merit if they destroy one orc squad, and killing about five orc squads will almost earn the title of non-hereditary honorary knight. If Donald wants to get a knighthood or a reward from the estate, then at least a thousand orcs must be killed to be possible. ”

"Most of the nobles and professionals who enlist will not be deducted from their merits, and as for the commoner adventurers who participate in the war, the requirements for meritorious service are more stringent, so there have always been few commoners who have obtained the title of nobility, unless he is a strong professional. ”

"Of course, if you are sure, Donald, you can also choose to hunt the spellcaster shaman priest in the orc army, the head of a low-level shaman is worth the battle feat of exterminating a thousand ordinary orc warriors, or even higher!

Sir Jesse sat at Donald's manor until late in the evening, when he laid down his empty teacup, bid farewell to his master, and rode in a carriage back to Boulder before the gates closed.

A conversation with Sir Jesse has made Donald's ideas and plans more complete, and now he just has to wait for news from the kingdom.

However, before rushing to the battlefield, Donald also had to consider the safety and development of the estate after his departure.

Once the kingdom's conscription order is issued, he will leave the manor and rush to the border battlefield, then the manor will be completely empty.