The dinner at the Earl's Court is very similar to the Blue Dragon Family Ball, except for the slightly concise hall and the slightly inferior dance steps of the nobles attending the meeting, everything else is reminiscent of the ball in the royal capital.

Rand didn't want to dance, so he asked the Maned Wolf Flower to dance a tune and then rested.

"Lord Viscount, why don't you dance?" It didn't take long for Elenda Maned Wolf to come and gossip about Rand,

"Could it be because there are no tails among the women dancing here?" Although Elenda's elder brothers also studied at the Blue Dragon School, they didn't make as much noise as Rand.

For example, Derek Maned Wolf did not dare to invite Grua to dance, and no one in their family dared to invite Duggan to be their family knight.

Therefore, Elenda likes to have fun with him every time she sees Rand, and Rand doesn't want to be like the little wolf girl.

"Miss Knight, if you can apply this curiosity to knight training, I believe that soon you will break through to the intermediate level."

"For me, the significance of the intermediate knight is not great, the level is too high, and there will only be fewer in-laws to choose from, otherwise how could Teacher Gurea be noticed by so many people, but no one dares to pursue it?" Elenda is telling the truth, compared to professionals, female demon supporters are more valued for blood inheritance, unless a woman like Gurea is extremely prominent from the bloodline, other female demon supporters have been worried about how to choose a marriage partner by the family since the bloodline was activated.

Female demon lovers without the protection of the family will be easily manipulated by the big family just like Wendy and the others.

"Looks like Lady Elenda has a crush on her?" Rand didn't want the topic to be too heavy, so he asked casually.

"No" the corner of the wolf girl's mouth turned up, and her huge eyes looked at Rand,

"Don't get me wrong, Lord Viscount, I'm not interested in you at all, I came to you simply because I'm afraid that someone here likes me."

"Thank you so much for your doubts, I knew that I was such an ordinary border viscount, and I shouldn't be too confident in my charm."

"I'll ask you something" Elenda suddenly leaned into Lante's ear and asked in a low voice,

"If, my eldest brother and second brother, who will you support?"

"Huh?" Rand didn't understand for a moment, but quickly came back to his senses,

"Isn't the Earl doing well now?"

"It's okay if you don't want to answer, you don't have to say such things to me" The little wolf girl knew that Rand didn't want to get involved in the dispute with the Earl's family, so she left stupidly.

。。 As the bored Rand was about to leave the Earl's Court, he was stopped by a young knight.

"Lord Viscount, I am Kevin Elk, heir to the Elk Viscount" The young and talkative knight wanted to talk to Rant,

"I've heard that a new group of family knights has been added to the Earl's family this year."

"Oh," Rand replied with a blank face.

"Does Lord Viscount really not want to participate in the battle in the Frostwolf Forest?" Seeing that Rand didn't have any desire to communicate, Kevin began to force a conversation.

"I really don't want to, I've been quite busy lately"

"That's right, if Lord Viscount makes a move, what else will happen to us" Kevin used all his words, but the two were not very familiar with each other, so they could only be in a hurry.

"What the hell is Kevin Knight trying to express?" Rand really didn't want to talk about it.

"Can you lend us some iron armor and horses?"

"How much? How do I pay? When the ordinary chat turned into a business conversation, Rand became a little interested.

"10 horses, 10 body armor, our family is not enough, we can't pay it all at once" But Kevin has some confidence because of the strength gap.

"What's in your house? You can mortgage first" Rand has always been more tolerant of neighbors' payment methods,

"If that's not enough, take a look at your specialty."

"Really? Great, our family has a shop in the southern marquisdom, which can be mortgaged to you" After Kevin spoke, he saw Rand's look like a fool, so he quickly changed his words,

"I mean, our shop can buy grain directly from the south, I heard that you need a lot of food?"

"I do need it, I wonder what kind of price you and Viscount Elk can give?" The two young men reached an agreement in principle, and the rest of the specific agreement depends on the negotiation of the caravan, and Rand is very curious, how can the Elk family pay for the business worth 3,000 gold coins with all the grain.

"The grain can be delivered to you in installments," Kevin was grateful to Rand for being able to lend his horses and ironclad.

"Your territory is not the only one who needs grain this year, our family can send you stale grain every year."

"3,000 gold coins of grain is not a small amount, even if the Marquis of Elk in the south is good with your family, their old grain is not for nothing," Rand had never learned about the cultivation in the south, so he wanted Kevin to tell him more.

"My lord, I am afraid you don't know how willing the southern nobles are to empty their stocks when a large number of new grain is harvested."

"Even so, a lot of food is a lot of money." At this time, Rand suddenly had a new problem,

"And why would they rather dispose of last year's old grain at a reserve price than reduce grain production?"

"Ha, it seems that you haven't been to the Southern Territory, the South produces food not only because of the suitable climate and the help of the elves, but also because the empire will give a lot of paving every year, including seeds, plots and magic subsidies for large magic circles, because of these subsidies, the fields in the south can produce 3 seasons of grain a year. Every season is a good harvest. Kevin found Rand's point of interest, so he hurried to introduce it.

"You mean the subsidy for growing grain?" It was as if Rand had heard a word that was only available in his hometown.

"Yes, the grain in the south is hired by the landlords to cultivate, cast spells, and build magical facilities, and the local nobles buy it and sell it to the entire empire, the whole process is very similar to your family's salt business, the empire has strict requirements for production and selling price, just to ensure that everyone can eat enough."

"Whether it is a hired farmer who works, a mage who maintains a harvest circle, a land owner, or a nobleman who manages the entire grain production, they can get subsidies according to the yield per mu, on the contrary, if the grain harvest fails, or someone deliberately hoards grain, not only will they not get the subsidy, but they will also accept a fine from the Imperial Grain Department."

"Therefore, the aristocracy will not take the initiative to raise grain prices by reducing production, but will earn food subsidies by increasing production." Kevin depicts for Rand a very professional division of labor in grain production, in which the hired peasants and the aristocracy are only the executors of the empire's grain policy.

"Oh my God, if there is too much food and there is nowhere to put it, won't it lead to waste?"

"There is such a possibility, it is said that there is also a department in the grain department that specializes in subsidizing the nobles who destroy old grain, and it is next door to the department that issues subsidies for growing grain."

。。 Early the next morning, Rand met Dugan from Dragon's Tooth City, he brought Rand two magic rings of magic grain and monster meat, and Rand asked Dugan to help customize 40 sets of high-magnification crystal telescopes in the royal capital, these telescopes with 2-3 runes can greatly increase the multiplier of long-distance viewing.

Rand purchased a new magic ring to be used as a supply for his henchmen when he traveled, along with two hand-held magic mirrors for communication between the two caravans from Lot to Maned Wolf and Roth to the Royal Capital.

Rand eats with Dugan at noon and asks Dugan to verify the authenticity of the purple potion.

"This potion is of good quality, it should be a purple alfalfa only found in the Frostwolf Forest," Dugan is well-informed, and can recognize the potion as soon as he sees it,

"I have to remind you that the training of Warcraft is actually similar to the training of people, potions are only one aspect, and the use of magic is the key."

"How many bottles can you make a beginner demonic beast upgrade to the intermediate level?"

"It's hard to say, the bloodline of the demonic beast and its own state have an impact" Dugan looked at the lord in front of him before saying,

"If it's your black-scaled horse, I estimate that it can be upgraded within 100 bottles, but I want to remind you that mid-level demonic beasts are equivalent to mid-level professionals, and generally only high-level knights or big knights can control them." Dugan means that although high-level professionals can control intermediate Warcraft, they may not necessarily be able to look at Warcraft horses; Intermediate and advanced professionals may not be able to control intermediate Warcraft.

"I know it in my heart," Rand is anxious to upgrade the fire, not only as his own mount, but also to improve the quality of his own black-scaled horse population, so there is no need to hesitate, just take out the drawings of the connecting rod,

"You see if there is a place where Wang Du can do this, it's really not good, you can see if you can go to the imperial capital to buy it."