Chapter 10 (2/2)

Peanuton had about a hundred acres of farmland in total and 23 families, or 92 people.

The 92 serfs, subtracting the little children, were working busily with the serfs sent from the town.

“Mr. Goltai, what’s the total population of Flower Town?”

“Well, excuse me, Liszt, I’m new to the job. I haven’t figured it out yet.” Goltai turned to a clerk. “You’ve lived in the town for years. Do you know the demography of the town?”

“No, sir.” The clerk shook his head.

Goltai turned to another clerk.

The second clerk shook his head, too.

So, nobody in Flower Town knew the population of the town. Liszt was lost for words. Was Flower Town a forgotten place? Nobody ever had any statistics?

I need a complete census. It’s humiliating that a lord doesn’t know the population under his command.

Thinking about that, he commanded, “Mr. Goltai, arrange a census as soon as possible. I want to know the number of households, the names of everyone, and the relationship of the households, as well as their occupation, age, gender, and marriage status.”

“That’s a lot of work to do. Liszt, you know that we have few officials in the town. We do not have a finance officer, a defense officer, a law officer, or a diplomacy officer. Actually, we don’t even have an administrative officer. I’m supposed to be your consultant instead of the administrative officer of the town.”

The civil officials of a dominion were usually headed by the consultant, who commanded the other officers.

The captain of knights managed the knights.

Although Goltai was at the lowest rank of nobles, he was still a noble. He followed Liszt here to be a consultant. As for Marcus, Liszt’s knight teacher, was undoubtedly supposed to be the captain of knights, although it remained to be seen whether Flower Town could afford any knights.

“Don’t worry, Goltai. Both Flower Town and my castle are on the rise. Just help me manage Flower Town and complete the census first.”

The consultant was too powerful. Liszt did not intend to appoint Goltai as that right now, not because he was worried about his own power, but because Goltai was too pedantic and stubborn. The man couldn’t keep up with his ideas.

“Alright, Liszt. You are an adult and a qualified lord. I will carry out your command.” Goltai showed the manners of a noble.

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For three days in a row, Peanuton was fertilized heatedly. All the land was soon irrigated with the organic fertilizer that was a mixture of mud, manure, and ashes.

The land at the center was given multiple times more fertilizers.

Liszt supervised it for three days. When everything was done, he could only wait for the farmland to recover.

I’ve done everything I can. Hopefully, the mission will be accomplished soon. He was not an idle man. After the job was done, he soon shifted his attention to other affairs in his dominion.

The most important thing was the elvish insect.