Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Come in!"

Gervais sat in the castle study, rubbing his head and shouting outside.

In the past few days, except for the morning when Gervais would enter the cultivation space to cultivate, in the afternoon he basically stayed in this study, thinking about whether there were any omissions in the preparation of the Southern Expedition, whether the arrangement of the territory was reasonable, thinking about these things was the most brain-consuming, and even the physique of the title knight couldn't help but feel a little tired.

Gervais's words fell, and Thomas pushed open the door and respectfully approached Gervais.

"My lord, there is another caravan in Marina Town today!"

"Oh? Where did it come from? ”

Gervais asked, not surprised that his remote storm had brought the caravan.

Because Stormwind had already arrived with three caravans in just nine days, Gervais didn't know if it was a coincidence or something to do with the Golden Wine.

However, when the caravan came, Gervais would send Thomas to check and confirm, and there was no problem with the way, but the identity was a regular caravan.

These caravans had complete proof of formalities and permission to trade in Jones territory in Winterfell.

"My lord, when I went to inquire, they said they were from the county of Lambry, and they also had permission in Rose Castle."

The trade between counties in different counties in this world is taxed, and in order to prevent unknown people from wandering in the territory, every time the caravan arrives in a county, it needs to go to the main city to get a certificate, so that it can be unimpeded in this county.

"Oh? Earldom of Lambry, that's quite far away, but we're only over 2,000 people in the Stormwind Order, did they say why they came? ”

There is also an earldom between the Lambry and Jones realms, and they have come here to do business, but they are really not close.

"My lord, they said that they were originally going to go to the Barony of Sico, but the Barony of Sico was also attacked by pirates the day before yesterday, and the entire Barony of Sico was under martial law, and their caravan still had some things for sale and play, so he came to the Storm Lord."

"Another barony has been harassed by pirates?"

Hearing Thomas's answer, Gervais suddenly sat up straight, and his face took on a hint of seriousness.

When Igal came to deliver the conscription order, he also brought the news to Gervais that there were pirates along the Jones territory during this time, and three baronies had been attacked.

Although the loss was not very large, only some mountain villages near the sea were plundered, but because the people had only harvested the wheat of the previous season some time ago, this time it was all cheaper than the pirates.

According to Igal, these pirates numbered in the hundreds, and they moved quickly, retreating immediately after a sneak attack on one or two villages, making it impossible for the lords to pursue the pirates even if they were attacked.

The matter has been reported to the Barons to Rose Castle, which is also mobilizing ships, but in general, it will take some time before it has the strength to deal with these pirates.

There are not many ships on the sea in this world, and it can even be said that there are almost none, and only a few major earl families have large ships, most of which are still used for transshipment of goods.

These ships were all old ships that had been used for an unknown number of years, and there was no dock for building ships in Jones Neck.

Gervais had also thought about using ships to transfer goods for development, but after checking a lot of books in the study, he found that there was no information about shipbuilding and navigation, and Gervais thought that there were not enough books in his study, but there seemed to be no books on this subject in the study room as large as Rose Castle.

Shipbuilding and seafaring knowledge seemed to be controlled, and Gervais wondered if it was the work of the Church and the previous dynasty, or if there was some other reason.

"Yes, my lord, that's what the caravan steward said! Should be credible. ”

Thomas nodded respectfully in reply.

"Thomas, tomorrow is the harvest festival, you will pass my order to Laurie, let him take his team to the seaside, always pay attention to the situation at sea, and if anything happens, come back immediately to warn!"

Gervais pondered for a moment, then explained to Thomas.

Although the pirates only dared to attack one or two villages, Gervais's territory was only more than 2,000 people, not counting slaves, and he could not afford to lose the population, not to mention that there were already cases of such a territory being attacked, and Gervais had to make some preparations.

Even if he is famous for his Storm Territory, it is hard to guarantee that the reputation of the golden wine has made some pirates feel bad.

Gervais actually has a speculation that since there are so few ships in this world, there are still pirates, and it may not be that there are no nobles behind it.

Although there are occasional rumors in the principality that ships have been snatched away by traitors and escaped, who knows if it was acting or not.

"Yes! My lord! ”

"Also, the three caravans should be optimistic, although they all have valid reasons, but I think their target is likely to be the vine!"

The caravan had a certificate issued by Winterfell, which meant that it had roots, so Gervais wasn't worried about any of the things they might do to threaten the territory.

However, Gervais would not believe that the three caravans were honestly doing business, most likely under the guise of golden wine.

Igar came to Rose Castle this time, and Gervais invited him to eat at noon, and at the long table, Igor was also an old acquaintance of Gervais, and began to explain to Gervais the most hotly discussed things in the aristocratic circles of the principality, among which the most interesting was the king's order about Jones Lord.

The other is about the golden wine of Gervais, and Igall also focuses on the evaluation and thirst of the aristocracy for golden wine.

Half of the golden wines sold by Gervais were bought by guests who had attended Alice's birthday party.

People who taste the delicacy of wine are never forgotten, but also because the wine is scarce, and now it is out of stock, the price of gold wine has been speculated to a great height, that is, 5 gold coins a pot, don't be too expensive, even if 5 gold coins a pot is not a place to buy.

Nowadays, if there are guests among the nobles, the host only needs to bring out the wine, which is a matter of face.

Don't doubt who will be able to drink a glass of wine at your home, it's definitely the highest level of courtesy.

Fueled by all these things, the aristocracy, who had never drunk wine, became even more fervent and crazy, trying in every possible way to buy a pot of wine to taste it.

Unfortunately, the first batch of this wine was only about 2,000 pots in total, which was still a drop in the bucket compared to the large and small nobles of the entire principality.

Many of the most thoughtful aristocrats have seen the huge benefits behind wine, and have offered high prices to get the raw materials and the process of making wine.

The raw material of wine has spread, and people know that in order to make wine, it is necessary to obtain vines, so there are countless nobles who covet vines.

If anyone can get the vines, there will definitely be a lot of nobles who will rush to ask for them at a high price.