The dinner party at the Earl's Mansion was very much like a Blue Dragon family dance. Except for the simplicity of the hall and the slightly slower dance steps of the participating nobles, everything else reminded people of a dance in the royal capital.
Lant didn't want to dance, so he asked Flower of the Maned Wolf to dance a song and then rested.
"Lord Viscount, why don't you dance?" Not long after, Elenda Maned Wolf ran over to Lant for gossip.
"Is it because there are no women dancing here with tails?" Although several of Elenda's brothers also studied at Blue Dragon School, they didn't make as much noise as Lant.
For example, Derek Maned Wolf did not dare to invite Gu Leia to dance, and no one in his family dared to invite Dugan to be his family knight.
Therefore, Elenda likes to have fun with Lant every time she sees him. Lant does not want to be like the little wolf girl.
"Miss Knight, if you can apply this curiosity to knight training, I believe you will break through the intermediate level soon."
"For me, the meaning of an intermediate knight is not that big. If the level is too high, I will have fewer husbands to choose from. Otherwise, how could Teacher Guleiya be paid attention to by so many people, but no one dares to pursue her? "Elenda is telling the truth. Compared to professionals, female demon possessors are valued more for their blood heritage. Unless women like Gulea stand out from their bloodline, other female demon possessors will be inspired by After the bloodline, the family was worried about how to choose a marriage partner.
Female demon possessors without family protection will be easily manipulated by big families just like Wendy and others.
"It seems that Ms. Elenda has someone she likes?" Lant didn't want the topic to be too heavy, so he asked casually.
"No." The corners of the wolf girl's mouth turned up, and she looked at Lant with her huge eyes.
"Mr. Viscount, please don't misunderstand me. I have no interest in you at all. I came to you simply because I was afraid that someone here would like me."
"Thank you very much for clarifying my doubts. I know that an ordinary border viscount like me shouldn't be too confident in my charm."
"Let me ask you something." Elenda suddenly leaned into Lant's ear and asked in a low voice,
"If I were my eldest brother or my second brother, who would you support?"
"Huh?" Lant didn't understand for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses.
"Isn't your lord doing well now?"
"It's okay if you don't want to answer. There's no need to say such things to me." The little wolf girl knew that Lant didn't want to get involved in the disputes between the Earl's family, so she left angrily.
. . When the bored Lant was about to leave the Earl's Mansion, he was stopped by a young knight.
"Lord Viscount, I am Kevin Elk, heir to the Viscounty of Elk." The young and talkative knight wanted to chat with Lant.
"I heard that the Earl's family has added a new group of family knights starting this year."
"Oh" Lant replied expressionlessly.
"Does the Viscount really not want to participate in the battle in Frostwolf Forest?" Seeing that Lant had no desire to communicate, Kevin began to strike up a conversation.
"I really don't want to, I've been quite busy recently"
"That's right. If the Viscount takes action, what will happen to us?" Kevin used all his words, but the two of them were not familiar with each other, so they could only be anxious.
"What exactly does Kevin Knight want to express?" Lant really didn't want to have an awkward conversation.
"Can your lord lend us some armor and horses?"
"How much? How to pay?" When the ordinary chat turned into business, Lant became slightly more interested.
"10 horses, 10 pieces of armor. Our family doesn't have enough money to pay it all at once." However, Kevin felt a little less confident because of the difference in strength.
"What do you have in your house? You can mortgage it first." Rand has always been relatively tolerant of his neighbors' payment methods.
“If it’s really not enough, you can check out your specialties.”
"Really? That's great. Our family has a shop in the southern Marquis Territory, which we can mortgage to you." After Kevin said it, he saw Lant's look on his face like he was looking at a fool, so he quickly changed his words.
"I mean, our shop can directly buy food from the south. I heard that you need a lot of food, sir?"
"I really need it. I wonder what kind of price you, the knight, and Lord Elk Viscount can give?" The two young men reached an agreement in principle. The remaining specific agreement depends on the negotiation between the caravans. Lan I am very curious as to how the Elk family can pay for a business worth 3,000 gold coins with food.
"The food can be delivered to you in installments," Kevin said, grateful that Rand could lend him horses and armor.
"This is not the only year your territory needs food. Our family can deliver old food to you every year."
"3,000 gold coins of grain is not a small amount. Even if the Elk Marquis in the south is like yours, their old grain will not be in vain." Lant had never understood the planting situation in the south, so he wanted Kevin to tell him more. speak.
"Sir, I'm afraid you don't know how willing the southern nobles are to clear out their stocks after a large amount of new grain is harvested."
"Even so, a large amount of food is still a lot of money." At this time, Rand suddenly had a new problem.
"And why would they rather deal with last year's old grain at a low price than reduce grain production?"
"Ha, it seems that you have never been to the southern territory. The southern territory produces food not only because of the suitable climate and the help of the elves. Every year, the empire also provides a large amount of paving, including seeds, plots and magic subsidies for large magic circles. That's right. Because of these subsidies, the fields in the south can produce grain three seasons a year. Every season is a bumper harvest." Kevin found Rand's point of interest, so he quickly introduced it.
"You mean grain-growing subsidies?" Lant seemed to hear a vocabulary unique to his hometown.
"Yes, the food in the south is hired by landowners to cultivate, cast spells, and build magic facilities. The local nobles purchase it and sell it to the entire empire. The whole process is very similar to your family's salt business. The empire has both output and selling price. There are strict requirements to ensure that everyone has enough to eat.”
"Whether it is the laborers who work, the mages who maintain the harvest circle, the owners of the land, or the nobles who manage the entire grain production, they can get subsidies based on the yield per mu. On the contrary, if the grain harvest fails, or someone deliberately hoards grain, not only will they not be able to get If you receive subsidies, you will also have to accept fines from the Imperial Food Department.”
"So the nobles will not take the initiative to raise food prices by reducing production, but will earn food subsidies by increasing production." Kevin described a very professional division of labor in food production for Lant, in which from farm laborers to nobles, They are all just executors of the empire’s food policy.
"Oh my God, if there is too much food and there is no place to put it, wouldn't it lead to waste?"
"It's possible. It's said that the Grain Department also has a department that provides subsidies to nobles who destroy old grains. It's right next to the department that issues grain subsidies."
. . Early the next morning, Lant met Dugan from Dragon Tooth City. He brought Lant two magic rings of magic grains and monster meat. Lant asked Dugan to help customize 40 sets in the royal capital. High-power crystal telescopes, these telescopes with 2-3 runes can greatly increase the power of distant viewing.
Lant purchased a new magic ring, which will be used to carry supplies when his friends travel in the future. Two hand-held magic mirrors were also delivered to him for use in the two caravans from Lot to the Maned Wolf and Lot to the Royal Capital. communication.
Lant had lunch with Dugan and asked Dugan to verify the authenticity of the purple potion.
"This potion is of good quality. It should be purple alfalfa that is 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 humans. Potions are only one aspect, and the use of magic power is the key."
"Approximately how many bottles can it take to upgrade a basic monster to an intermediate one?"
"It's hard to say. The bloodline of the monster and its own condition have an impact." Dugan looked at the lord in front of him and said,
"If it is your black-scaled horse, I estimate that it can be upgraded within 100 bottles. However, I would like to remind you that mid-level monsters are equivalent to mid-level professionals. Generally, only senior knights or great knights can control them." Dugan What this means is that although high-level professionals can control intermediate World of Warcraft, they may not necessarily be interested in Warcraft Horses; mid-level and high-level professionals may not necessarily be able to control Intermediate World of Warcraft.
"I know it well," Lant was anxious to upgrade Agni, not only as his own mount, but more importantly to improve the quality of his own black-scaled horse population, so there was no need to hesitate, and he took out the drawings of the connecting rod.
"See if there is a place in the capital that can do this. If it doesn't work, see if you can go to the imperial capital to buy it."
