Aldington has no choice but to be a man with a golden finger who prefers to take the violent route of one force to ten meetings.

Perhaps, in ordinary war, knights have to learn to charge in groups.

But if you become a dragon knight, then the war is a matter of one or two people, and ordinary knights can't participate in the battle between dragon knights at all. Aldington's small goal is to become a dragon knight, and by that time, he will become a strategic-level existence in the Plantagenet Kingdom.

Therefore, he now yearns for the prosperity of this world, and can live comfortably, why should he be so tired?

Of course, he didn't contradict the baron, at least for the first two years of his adulthood at the age of eighteen, he had to play the role of the minor heir of the Iris family, and follow the baron's arranged route. When you become an adult, it's not too late to go to the wreckage, and then it's easier to do anything.

"Okay, okay, I'm not taking Aldington to Versailles." "But I'll take Aldington to Little Versailles, and publish his poems in the newspapers." I know the editor-in-chief of the Versailles Journal, who would give Aldington a prominent page. ”

Baron Aureno did not refuse, but he proposed: "Let's go to a musical and dance show, and by the way hold a small salon in the villa." ”

The salon, originally meant a luxurious parlor for the upper class, extended to social gatherings.

"That's very good."

An hour later, when the family had assembled, Old Lady Carly and Lady Helena rode in a carriage, and Aldington rode with the Baron and Uncle to Little Versailles. Even if you don't stop running, it will take you a whole day to get to Little Versailles, but there is a small city in the middle.

A city not much bigger than a township, called Horseshoe Pearl, a very strange name.

In the long past, there was a river here, and there were many pearl-producing mussels in the river, so some people settled here to catch pearls, and the river bent like a horseshoe, and after the palace minister of the Danube Province visited here, he built a small city, and it was named after the horseshoe pearl.

In the Plantagenet Kingdom, most of the cities belonged to the king, and the fiefs of the nobility were mostly in the countryside.

Momiji Town, the fiefdom of the Iris family, is an authentic countryside consisting of a castle and three markets. However, several generations of family owners have run the business well and have industries in several nearby cities.

On the edge of the horseshoe pearl market, there is a pearl fishing estate, which belongs to the iris family.

"Pearl Manor."

Aldington rode on the red bean horse and looked at the name tag hanging on the gate of the manor's fence wall. The family named the manor very arbitrarily, and the main business was called whatever it was. For example, the sweet potato manor that suffered from the waffle before, and the magic manor where the magic house is located.

In fact, there are several aristocratic manors nearby, all called Pearl Manor, the difference is that the flag planted on the manor is different - here there is a purple fleur-de-lis flag

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The evening sunset sprinkled the earth with golden glow.

The winding Horseshoe River, reflecting the bright sunshine, is full of green farmland on one side and high and low urban buildings on the other.

Red Beans were leisurely eating grass on the riverbank, and Aldington was fishing in the river with a fishing rod in hand.

Oreno and Hector had fishing rods in their hands, and none of them wanted to stay at the manor, so they simply went out fishing. In addition to the mussels that shovel pearls in the Horseshoe River, there is also a species of largemouth bass, which is the spawning season of largemouth bass, which is not only fatty in meat, but also rich in nutrients in fish roe.

Before he could fish for a while, a servant rushed over: "My lord, Your Excellency the administrator of the horseshoe pearl, I have come to pay a visit to you." ”

"Let him come and fish directly." Baron Aureno did not look back.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a big belly came to the shore with a smile: "Lord Baron, have you caught a largemouth bass?" ”

"Snowden, you're here, just fishing together, I remember your fishing skills are amazing."

"If you don't have the talent to cultivate, you can only delve into some small skills." Snowden saw Hector and looked at it for a while, then greeted him enthusiastically, "Is this Viscount Hector of the Eagle Strike Sky Family?" ”

Hector responded lightly, maintaining the reserved air of an aristocracy.

Snowden didn't care, he was Juncker from a small aristocratic family, and he was already used to this unequal class society, he didn't ignore Aldington, and greeted him with the same warmth: "It's Young Master Aldington, I heard that you have cultivated your fighting spirit, I brought you a gift and put it in the manor." ”

"Thank you, Administrator Snowden." Aldington smiled in response, this Snowden administrator, he has the impression that he often visits Butterfly Castle.

As the administrator of the horseshoe pearl, it is one of his daily tasks to establish a good relationship with the nobles of the nearby fiefdoms.

The baron said, "Snowden, let's fish first, and stay for dinner in the evening." ”

"Thank you for your generosity."

When the sun sets, there are not a few fish in the basket, and the largemouth bass is not caught, either because the location is not good, or it may be that they have been caught by nearby fishermen. The good thing for a few people is the nature of fishing for fun, not whether there is no catch.

After a light dinner, Snowden took his leave.

In the manor house lit with oil lamps, Baron Aureno was listening to the steward's report, and Aldington was listening to it, studying the government.

"This year's water in the Horseshoe River is much worse than usual, the rainy season has not arrived, the number of pearl mussels is decreasing, and the estate's pearls are getting less and less." The steward reported.

"Is it the same with the surrounding manors?"

"Yes, sir."

"In this case, the income of the pearl estate will drop significantly in the past two years, so when the rainy season comes, can the pearl production increase?"

"It may be difficult, sir, the breeding season of pearl mussels is from April to June, and now halfway through the river, the water level is too low for pearl mussels to reproduce. When the rainy season arrives, the number of breeding will not be sufficient, at least for two consecutive years of reduced production. ”

Aldington, who was listening, suddenly asked, "How much do pearls cost?" ”

"According to the size and condition of the pearls, they are divided into nine grades, the best first-class pearls can be sold for 1 leva and 1 gram, and the worst ninth-grade pearls can be bought for 1 gram with ten copper plates. However, we all grind pearls into pearl powder and sell them, and there is a great demand for pearl powder from magicians, and the price should increase significantly this year. The steward replied in detail.

1 leva is 1 gold coin.

The gold coins of the Plantagenet Kingdom weigh about 17 grams, which is equivalent to saying that the best pearls cost seventeen times that of gold, and the worst pearls cost one-sixtieth of gold. Whether it's bad or good, the price of pearls is high and it's a good deal.

"Why doesn't the estate be farmed in captivity?" Aldington continued to ask.

The steward shook his head and said: "The cost of cultivating pearl mussels is very high, and the most important thing is that only a small part of pearl mussels will produce pearls, and most of them will not produce pearls. ”

"Can't you make pearls artificially?"

"Artificially made pearls?"

Aldington looked at the confused steward, and probably knew that the technology of cultured pearls had probably not yet been developed, or that the people here did not know how pearls were produced.