Chapter 294: Preventing the Exodus of the Vines
After passing through the Marina Station, Gervais saw a long red carpet stretching from the castle to the bottom of the gentle slope, and Thomas was already waiting for Gervais with a group of servants at the bottom of the gentle slope.
"This Thomas, when did you learn to be so extravagant and wasteful!"
I cursed in my heart, but the smile on Gervais's face was even brighter, and there was nothing more exciting than being greeted when I got home.
When Gervais was still a few dozen meters away from the gentle slope, Thomas was the first to arrive.
"Your Excellency, you're finally back! The villain misses you all the time! β
Thomas's words were earnest, and the appearance of the trot was really like a deep resentful woman...... Uh, wait!
Suddenly, Gervais had the idea of having the unicorn rush straight at Thomas, knocking him into the air.
"If you're a beautiful butler, forget it, but Thomas, you're a big man, you have to say such undisciplined words."
Gervais is funny and angry, and after a few days of not seeing Thomas, his sycophant kung fu has grown more and more, but this sycophant makes him a little uncomfortable.
Unbeknownst to Thomas, his horse was on the hooves, he soon trotted to the unicorn.
"Thank you, my lord!"
"Well, it's okay, this trip to Winterfell has gained a lot, and the hard work is worth it!"
Gervais nodded, and seeing that Thomas was willing to take the reins from his hand, he handed the reins directly to Thomas.
Thomas then happily led the unicorn down the red carpet.
On the red carpet, Thomas stopped and pulled the reins, and when Gervais turned over and dismounted, two maids immediately came to Gervais with towels and copper basins.
Gervais grabbed a towel and washed up, and immediately felt refreshed, and then said to Thomas: "Thomas, has the matter I asked people to come back to inform you a few days ago has been done?" β
"My lord, it has been completed, the sheds have been erected, which can be used by thousands of people to live in zero hours, and the villagers have also been arranged to start collecting stones in the seaside mountain village, and they can start building houses at any time!"
"Yes! Very good! β
When he sent someone back to fetch Mithril the other day, Gervais asked Thomas to build some simple wooden huts for the slaves to live in, so that there would be nowhere to place hundreds of slaves when he returned.
"My lord, the restaurant has prepared food, you can go and dine first!"
After answering, Thomas immediately bowed down and led Gervais towards the slope, Thomas knew that Gervais had always been casual about dressing, housing, and transportation, but he attached great importance to eating and drinking, so when he received the news that Gervais was about to arrive at the castle, Thomas's first order was to let the cook start cooking food.
Hearing that the food was ready, Gervais nodded to Thomas with satisfaction and walked towards his castle without hesitation.
Soon Gervais was guided to the restaurant by the flattering Thomas, and when he walked into the restaurant, Gervais smelled a burst of fragrant aroma, only to see that a large table of colorful and fragrant food had been placed on the table, which made Gervais, who had been in a hurry for nine days, move his appetite.
"Thomas, who makes this food?"
Looking at these delicacies, Gervais was a little surprised, just from the appearance and aroma of Chef Jimmy, it was only slightly inferior to Chef Jimmy.
"My lord, Jimmy's two apprentices did these things!"
When Thomas saw that Gervais was satisfied, he was also happy in his heart, and immediately replied.
"Oh, good!"
Gervais nodded, and then remembered his oyster team, who must have returned to the Stormlord before Alice's birthday party began, as all the lords had gone to Rose Castle at that time.
Then, Gervais didn't say anything more, and directly began to sweep the food on the long table.
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"Thomas, I have something here, and you're going to arrange it for me tomorrow!"
Gervais, who had already eaten with a mouth full of oil and had no image at all, wiped his hands with a square towel and said to Thomas with a solemn face.
"My lord, please command, the small one must be done for you!"
Thomas didn't dare to slack off, pricked up his ears and waited for Gervais's orders, every time he saw Gervais so serious, it meant that he talked about what Gervais cared about the most.
"This trip to ChΓ’teau del Rose, all the wines have been sold out and the prices have been repriced! One gold coin and one pot! β
"What's more, I've heard Alice say that grapes are wild fruits that only the Storm Collar has, and I'm sure that when the golden wine is known to the nobles of the entire principality, someone will definitely pay attention to the vines."
"Therefore inform all the serfs in the territory to-morrow, and let them all go out, as long as they are the size of a thumb, and transplant all the vines near their place of residence, and then the number of vines in each household shall be recorded, and no one shall buy or sell vines privately!"
"If anyone dares to buy and sell vines privately, he will be deprived of his status as a serf, reduced to a slave, and sold more than five vines in private, he can be hanged directly."
"As for the vine, which is not as thick as a thumb...... Destroy them all! Not a single plant left! Remember, Thomas! β
Finally, Gervais put down the top priorities he had been thinking about all along.
On this trip to the Rose Castle, the golden wine allowed Gervais to see the wealth of the nobles, and at the same time used the golden wine as the biggest help for the Stormlord to take off.
The absence of vines elsewhere means that the wine will be the exclusive business of Gervais in the future.
But no nobleman can turn a blind eye to such considerable benefits, and Gervais estimates that there are many people with evil intentions coming towards Stormwind at this moment.
Although it is not known why vines are only found in the Storm Territory, the vines can be transplanted by hand, which is the only loophole that can be exploited by other nobles.
In order to plug this only loophole, Gervais thought about it for a long time and made a lot of determination, especially the plan to destroy those small grapevine saplings, which was actually very inconsistent with the values of Gervais's previous life.
But in order to make wine his exclusive business, and for the better development of Storm Collar, Gervais had to do such a detrimental thing to himself.
Although Gervais could not collect 100% of all the vines in his domain, at least it would reduce the chance of the vines being acquired by other nobles.
Even if the other nobles occasionally got one or two vines, it would be of little use, and it would not be enough to make them drink for themselves.
Of course, in addition to ordering all the vines in the wild to be collected, Gervais is also going to set up checkpoints at the only two entrances to the Stormwind Territory, and by the way, strengthen patrols in the territory, which can greatly reduce the chance of vines outflow.
Gervais feels that with this set of strategies, at least he can make the sales of golden wine belong to him in the next 10 years, through this decade, Gervais can already make a lot of money, as for 10 years later, Gervais can not predict now.
One thing Gervais is sure that if things go well, maybe he may become a golden knight in 10 years, and the strength of the territory will not be weak, and he has the power to protect himself.
"Remember, sir!"
Thomas put away his little notebook and replied solemnly to Gervais.
Hearing that Gervais had raised the price of the golden wine to 1 gold coin, and that all the wines he had brought with him were sold out, Thomas knew why Gervais was so serious now.
"Well, that's good, then you can get busy first!"
Gervais nodded, it was not early now, although the sun had not yet set, but it would be dark in two hours, and there were still a lot of things waiting for Thomas to arrange, so Gervais asked him to step down.
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After a full dinner, Gervais went to the third floor to take a beautiful bath, and after soaking in the bath, Gervais sat leisurely at the desk in the study.
At this moment, there are already a lot of large and small boxes on the desk, in addition to a few jade boxes, there are also two small treasure chests that can often be seen in film and television works in previous lives.
The small wooden chest was small, but it contained all the gold that Gervais had earned in Winterfell this time.
Crash!
Opening the two small chests, Gervais heroically poured all the gold coins onto the large desk.
For a moment, Gervais only felt a large piece of gold in front of him, almost blinding his titanium alloy lord old man's eyes.
"Haha! No wonder everyone loves this thing, just looking at it makes people feel comfortable! β
With a hearty laugh, Gervais began to count his coins!