Chapter 66: The Sweetness of Youth
Sylvia lazily snuggled up on a red willow chaise longue, her delicate face bloomed with a charming smile, her slender legs folded together, one white and smooth slender hand holding her cheeks, the other jade hand caressing a delicate purple gold cup, and her delicate and graceful body on the white and flawless alpaca leather cushion, showing sensuality and seduction.
Such a casual gesture did not conform to the etiquette of a nobleman's visitor, but Sylvia's body naturally exuded nobility and elegance, which made it impossible to give birth to the idea of blasphemy and contempt.
"This so-called purple cane wine, brewed without merit, the wine is turbid and red, there are flocculent impurities, sweet and sour taste covers the mellow flavor of the wine, people who know a little about wine know that this is an inferior wine brewed by the local method. Such a wine could not be recognized by the nobility. β
"However, this is the best raw material, and if I were to use this raw material for brewing, I would choose the fourth method of white tower winemaking, which is to cook the raw material, collect the dew from the white fern leaves, and then add calendula, and after a year of cellaring, the wine should be golden brown and mellow on the palate, which is completely comparable to the Dum of the United Kingdom of Borui. β
A well-dressed gentleman was talking to Sylvia, Anthony York, the House of York's Home Minister, and a scholar from the White Tower.
"It's a pity that these vulgar freedmen don't know how to make wine at all, and completely waste this top-quality brewing material. Anthony looked at the purple cane wine in his hand, shook his head and sighed.
"Anthony, then you tell me that the family has been pioneering the Centaur Hills for three years, why haven't you discovered that purple cane is the top raw material for winemaking?" Master Edwin, who was sitting on the side, asked coldly.
Hearing the master's questioning, Anthony was slightly suffocated, he bowed to Edwin and said: "Teacher Edwin, since my family was stationed in the Centaur Hills, I have tried to make wine with purple cane, and I have tried five methods, but what can be brewed is sweet water, and finally I decided that purple cane cannot make wine, but I didn't expect that purple bagasse is the top raw material for winemaking." β
"You think the vulgar freedmen have discovered that purple bagasse can make wine. Doesn't this result make you admit that the wisdom and skills of the free people are also worth accommorating?" Edwin said with some sadness, feeling helpless that the descendants of the family who had studied history with him were unwilling to support his views.
"Teacher, knowledge is important in inheritance and study, and free people may be a little clever, but they do not understand the essence of research problems, and some of the small techniques they invent are fragmented and disorderly, and their actual value is not great. And the knowledge that our White Tower collects and studies is systematic, not to mention that our energy is limited, just the existing knowledge reserve of the White Tower, it is impossible for a single scholar to grasp it all, who would give up pearls for the sake of sand?"
Although Edwin is a master scholar whom Anthony respects, he does not and cannot agree with the whimsical and unpragmatic nature of the old scholars.
"And, as far as I know, this time the freedmen used purple bagasse to make wine, which is a complete coincidence. That's because Baron Victor favored purple cane juice, and the purple cane residue he had squeezed was accidentally used by his people to brew it, and purple cane wine was invented. Of course, I don't comment on Baron Victor's undignified practice of eating purple cane. Anthony said again.
Hearing this, Edwin couldn't help but roll his eyes. You still don't make comments?
"The crux of the matter is not the purple cane wine, but the authority and dogma that blinded us, and it is because the lords believe in your conclusions that the purple cane in the centaur hills has been cut down. You know, our Silver Tower has not produced any new scholarship for nearly two hundred years, while the monasteries of the Church are constantly improving, and they have recently invented a feed formula to increase the physical strength of their mounts, and now the Church cavalry marches at least a quarter more miles a day than we doγγγγγγ β
"Alright, Uncle Edwin, I want to know, can we grow purple cane?"
Sylvia interrupted the old scholar's passionate speech, she was more interested in Purple Cane than the disagreement within the White Tower, you must know that the Dum of the United Kingdom of Borui is worth 20 silver soles a bottle, and the top Dum wine even reaches 50 gold soles a bottle, which is a huge wealth that no one can ignore.
"Of course you can plant, but the seeds of purple cane develop very slowly, and we found that it can take up to 15 years for purple cane to mature, but purple cane also has a way of propagation, their rhizomes are connected, which means that a mature purple cane can grow a piece of purple cane within the root range. In addition, purple cane also has an interesting property, that is, if the ripe purple cane is cut, it will quickly grow back to three meters tall within a yearγγγγγγγ β
Speaking of this, Edwin paused for a moment, he thought that Victor had asked him for advice on the harvesting method of purple cane, and strictly required his subordinates to harvest purple cane according to this method, could it be that this kid already knew the value of purple cane?
"So, if you want purple cane to return to a renewable scale, I estimate it will take 40 years. Edwin held back the doubts in his heart and continued.
"So, Anthony, please tell me if Victor's purple cane wine is still valuable?" Sylvia nodded and asked the Interior Officer.
"Madame, these purple cane wines, although they are in poor condition, have been filtered and distilled, and then cellared for more than three years, I am sure that I will create a new top-quality liquor, which will remove the acidity, retain a faint sweetness, and have a slightly purple color. As long as the upper class approves it, it can be sold for the price of a dume. Anthony said to the Countess.
"Madam, I think we can buy purple cane from Baron Victor, so that our profit margin will be greater. The Interior Officer suggested to Sylvia again.
"As for Barony Victor, I have my own plans, Anthony, you go down first. Sylvia said lightly.
"Yes, ma'am. β
Anthony saluted the Countess and Edwin and turned to leave.
"Ma'am, Lord Shaks has arrived. β
Anthony had just left, and a waiter was outside the door to report.
"Sylvia, I'll go first, I hope you can give little Vic a little more time, he is the lord I have ever met and is closest to the common people, maybe he will give us more inspiration. β
When Edwin saw that Sylvia was going to meet the sheriff, he took his leave.
"I will, Uncle Edwin. Sylvia smiled at the old scholar.
Under the guidance of the waiter, Xia X saw the glamorous and charming countess, who still looked casual and lazy, but the countess's words made him break out in a cold sweat.
"Shaks, you've disappointed me so much!
"Madame, I'm γγγγγγγ Shaks wiped the sweat from his head, he thought about it, and didn't find anything missing.
"Are you a pig's brain?" Baron Victor's guards had just arrived in Blackcastle when they bumped into you catching the Baron's shadows, are you afraid that others won't be able to see such a coincidence?" Sylvia's pretty face was as cold as ice.
"Madame, I was ill-conceived, but they did not suspect me, and I received the news that old John was inquiring about Balor, and they were sure to be ready to do it. β
Shaks knelt down on one knee and said quickly.
"Hmph! It's just your luck, the baron's guards are mercenaries who are not good at scheming. Then don't let the rest of the matter go wrong, or your sheriff won't do it!" Sylvia understood the joint of things in her mind.
"Madame, please rest assured that the steward of Baron Verpin's house is in Blackcastle, and that gang leader Balor has already arranged it, and the time will be γγγγγγγ β
"Okay! I don't care what to do, I just look at the results! You go and arrange it!" said Sylvia impatiently.
"Yes, ma'am, then I will retire first. Shax breathed a sigh of relief and stood up and said to Sylvia.
"Also, I want fifty percent of the purple cane wine that Victor received. Understood?" commanded Sylvia again.
"I see!"
Shax saluted Sylvia and walked backwards out of the room.
"Sylvia, do you need to personally intervene in such a trivial matter?"
After Shax left, a cold and delicate female voice came out of a curtain, and then a woman walked out from behind.
I saw her, with shiny and moving black hair, casually draped over her shoulders, petite and exquisite, but with beautiful and coordinated curves, delicate facial features but slightly immature, with her fair and moist skin, she was clearly a 16 or 7-year-old girl, but her temperament was as cold as ice, and she looked like she was thousands of miles away. And her gorgeous Mithril armor shows that she is at least a great knight of the silver rank.
"Trisley, I was only interested in it, but now that the green fruit has taken on a luscious taste, I can't help it, and I want to eat it. Sylvia stretched, giggling.
"Is it because of the purple cane wine?" Seeing Sylvia's lazy waist movement, the silky spider silk dress immediately stretched out a thrilling curve, and Trisley's eyes couldn't help but show a hint of jealousy.
"You've been waiting here for a long time to talk to me about Nicole, aren't you?" said Sylvia softly, not wanting to talk much about Victor.
"Nicole is my subordinate knight, she is now a knight, and she has been promoted through the trial of life and death, in this process, she must have sensed the elemental sea, even if her knight blood is not pure, there is no doubt about her promotion to the silver rank. Trisley nodded.
"So, I want you to give her the treatment of a knight of her family, a manor, 5,000 acres of fiefdom, and a village, as well as a knight's allowance of 3,000 gold sol per year, and I have already thought of her new name, which is γγγγγ β
She refused. Without waiting for Trisley to finish, Sylvia said lightly.
Nicole only asked for the status of a personal maid for her mother, and was willing to serve the family for another ten years as a knight of the squire, after which she would leave the family. β
"Why?"
"Ask her yourself. β
After Trisley left angrily, Sylvia picked up the purple gold cup, she stared at the steaming coffee inside, in her eyes the coffee seemed to gradually show Victor's elf-like handsome face, Sylvia showed a charming smile, raised the purple gold cup and took a sip.
"Purple Cane, Coffee, and Swiftbird, Victor, I expect you to bring me a bigger surprise! Also, it's not so easy to kidnap my knight!"
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Outside the Blackcastle Town Security Office, an old man with a thin body, plain clothes, and a bitter face was always paying attention to the movements inside the police station, and he was Baror, the gang leader of Blackcastle Town.
Balor waited anxiously outside the sheriff's office, waiting for Sheriff Mistress Shaks to summon him.
One of the guards approached Balor, who gave the gang leader a wordless look, and Balor immediately followed the soldier towards the police station.
"Good day, sir!"
In a hidden room in the Sheriff's Office, Barol meets the powerful Sheriff of Blackcastle.
"Barol, how are you arranging what I ordered?" asked Shaks in a deep voice, and the hyenas in Castle Blacks were all snorting at him, and they were not polite at all.
"My lord, the steward of Baron Velpin's family, is now arranged by me in a private house, but it can't be delayed for too long, this time he wants me to kill the secret son of Baron Victor's family, and gave 100 gold soles, after the mission failed, but asked me to take out 400 gold soles to return to him, I guess this son of a bitch raised, hacked the bounty given by Baron Villepin, and now he wants to return this money to the baron, so he wants to make up for it from my hands, and I am temporarily delayed. But he told me that I had to raise money for him in two days, because in three days he would have to go back to Verpin to get it. Balor leaned over to Shax and whispered.
"In a day or two, the people of Baron Victor's family will do it. You must not let the steward of the Villepans leave that private house! Xia Xsen said coldly.
"Your Excellency, don't worry. He won't be gone for two days, and I've got a pair of sisters for him, and he's having a good time now. But...... β
Barol hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "My lord, I heard from the steward of the Velpan family that the lord of his family is a cousin of Her Majesty the Queen and has a deep background. You see, if I calculate him so much, will it γγγγγγγ β
"Don't worry, it's not you who kill! This account can't be counted on your head, after the matter is completed, you avoid it for a while, and when the turmoil passes, who can remember a little person like you?" said Shaks disdainfully.
"In the past two days, you have to go in and out of that private house frequently, and arrange more people to take care of it there, so that people will mistakenly think that you live there, do you understand?"
"Yes, my lord, I will do so. β
"Remember, I won't reward you, but you can save your life! β
Barol looked depressed, slowly walked out of the police station, and after turning into a small alley, his cloudy eyes became deep.