"It is said that sweet potatoes are a local staple food specially selected by the God Emperor for the Galloping Horse Kingdom. At that time, the entire Galloping Horse Kingdom suffered from magical turbulence. No matter whether it was divine magic, magic or magic fairies, they could not effectively increase the grain yield. God The emperor selected several crops with edible roots for the Benma Plain. Among them was the potato. After hundreds of years of cultivation, sweet potatoes, white potatoes and purple potatoes were proven to be the most suitable food for growing on the plains." Abel Te looked at the demon-free people working on the grassland and introduced him to Lant.
"Wait a minute, did you just say something that has never been introduced before? Magic goblin? What is that?" Lant was very interested in this kind of term that he had never heard of in his previous life, and Lant Galloping Horse himself had never seen. interested.
"That is an elemental life born from the magic network. You grew up on the Galloping Horse Plains, so naturally you have never seen it before. Needless to say, our Galloping Horse Territory does not even have the Rote Territory and the Blue Magpie Territory. We only have the Maned Wolf City and the It can only be found further inland in the hinterland of the human race." Albert said without paying much attention.
"Magic fairies can promote specific magic elements in specific areas, but they are very rare. Although there are transactions between some big nobles, they are very expensive. You don't have to think about it before calling yourself a viscount."
"That's right. It's too early to talk about that now. I think we should take a look at these potatoes first." Lant was very accepting of the reality.
The territory will migrate eastward every few days. After each migration, the citizens can find more sweet potatoes. After mutton, grains and sweet potato starch are used as food sources, Lant's territory avoids The trouble of hunger is only in October, and the Benma Plain has not yet entered the freezing period. It will only become more difficult after October.
Nowadays, the non-demon people from the left and right camps, who are more valued by Lant, will live around Lant's main tent, including several housekeepers, Zhenqin, and several non-demon people who can play musical instruments. They will all live in Yuan who once traveled to the badger tribe. Inside the tent.
Makoto lives in a tent with several singers and dancers. She is now a clerk for Rand. Every day she has to count the horses, pack animals, woolly sheep, as well as the children and craftsmen in the camp, count and record rand gold coins, Regarding the situation of the magic crystal, record the tasks assigned by Lant to each person in charge.
Therefore, if Neil wants to see his mother Makoto, he can only do so during dinner. At this time, Neil will tell Makoto all about the day's experience, and then wait for Makoto to give him suggestions.
"Sir Lant really likes you guys because he likes children very much. Have you ever asked Hound Tooth? Does he want to stay with Mr. Lant?" Makoto is very keen on things around him.
"We have talked privately. Hound Tooth wants to follow the leader, but Hound Tooth's father only has a child who is a demon holder, and their knight leader still relies on him."
"Are all his younger siblings over 16?"
"Is that true? He has several younger brothers and sisters, all of whom are quite young."
"When you go back to play with Dog Tooth, bring some monster meat to his younger brothers and sisters."
"Huh?...Okay then"
Lant had already finished eating and went to find Makoto before returning to the tent. "Hey, Neil is here too. Let me just say a few words. Makoto, please write a notice for me. I want to launch a literacy competition in the territory. Before Illiterate residents, or children under 14 years old, who can read the most in a month can be rewarded with 4 meals of meat and vegetables.
Those who want to participate should find their respective person in charge to sign up tomorrow. After collecting the registration list tomorrow, we will check whether they have the foundation one by one.
After everything is confirmed, let them go back and learn to read on their own. In addition to Nancy, you can find two more people to teach the adult residents how to read in the evening. All contestants are divided into two groups: those under 14 years old and those over 14 years old. The 3 people in each group who can read the most words will be rewarded. "
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment." Makoto moved very quickly and wrote the notice in just a few minutes. Rant took a few glances and thought it was okay, so he asked Makoto to hand it over to some housekeepers tomorrow.
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Every night, Lant would ask Albert to tell him family stories under the stars.
For Lant, Albert is not a very good narrator. The family stories he tells are very straightforward. Even battles or honors are told in a straightforward manner.
Not only the expression process, every member of the family has the surname Benma, and many cases of duplicate names will occur. Unrepeated names are particularly difficult to remember, which bothers Lant.
"After the first Galloping Horse destroyed the country, our ancestor, Prince Charles Galloping, was living in the imperial capital. At that time, he was actually a person who was not valued in the family. Although he was a great knight, he was 73 years old. He was still considered to be incapable of fighting and unfit to be a galloping king.
It was the late emperor who overriding all opinions and demanded that the empire must avenge the restoration of Galloping Horse. After the God-Emperor ascended the throne, he immediately named Charles the King of Galloping Horse, and made an exception to allow Charles's two sons to study in the Tower of Purity. "
Today's Albert is about the difficult experience of the exiled Benma royal family in the imperial capital after the Benma Kingdom was destroyed for the first time, that is, 1,000 years ago.
If Lant hadn't heard about it, the empire paid Charles a salary according to the standard of a prince, and paid a salary to Charles' two sons according to the standard of a duke. It also built a small palace specifically for them to accommodate the three royal members and their 72 harems. If so, Lant does think they are quite miserable.
At the end of the story, Albert was even sad that Charles did not want to return to the Galloping Plains to govern after the restoration of the country, but continued to stay in the imperial capital, which almost caused the dissatisfaction of the God Emperor.
"I won't go back if you leave me alone. What kind of place is this? Turbulence blows every day, and barbarians wander around. It's a place like the Capital of the Human Emperor, and we are raised every day. He, Charles, didn't say whether he was happy or homesick here, so he is worthy of his ancestors." Lant's inner complaints almost came out of his mouth.
"Lant, today's family story ends here. I have something to ask you." Albert took out the notice written by Makoto just now. "You want all the people in the territory to be literate?"
"Not everyone. We don't have that many teachers who can teach literacy now. We can only teach whoever is interested, and reward whoever recognizes more." Lant said casually, "I also know that this is not effective." Well, if I work all day, I don’t want to go to night school at night, so I use competitions to encourage them to read.”
"Didn't those knights of yours propose anything?"
"Propose it? No, I haven't announced it to everyone. What will they say?"
"Wouldn't they find this inappropriate?"
"I teach writing among the people in my territory. What are their dissatisfactions? Only when those without demons can read can they do things better. Those without demons serve the territory, and those with demons defend the territory. Isn't this good?
If you feel dissatisfied, don't eat my food if you have the guts, and go fight against the barbarians yourself." Lant didn't think there was any problem in teaching his people to read at home.
Lant didn't know that many lords and knights in border territories had monopolized knowledge to ensure their own family interests.
"Well, if that's the case, then you can tell the people tomorrow."
"Of course I have to say it. I told several knights with children today to let their children sign up first. Their children have a good foundation and may be able to eat meat."
