Chapter 23 (1/2)

The unoccupied farmers in the Cow Farm were enlisted by Liszt to till the desolate land around the castle and plant clovers.

According to Goltai, as the lord’s serfs, they must work for free.

Liszt was better than that. He decided to offer the farmers three meals a day. Most farmers had two meals a day, so they were eager to work here.

He gave the additional wheat bran in the castle to the farmers who worked for him. The wheat bran, which was supposed to feed horses, was food for most of the farmers.

As I recall, wheat bran is more nutritious than wheat flour. Liszt remembered how the sellers in his previous life claimed that the dietary fiber and Vitamin B in wheat bran were beneficial. However, it tastes awful and is hard to digest.

As a noble, he did not need the nutrition, so he did not force himself to eat the rough bran.

The food for nobles was white bread.

Bread was the absolute staple in this place. According to materials and tastes, it could be divided into nine levels.

The best white bread was made of the fine wheat flour that had been screened and selected. Only the grand nobles could afford such bread. Every piece of bread cost multiple silver coins.

The secondary white bread was made of wheat flour from which the bran and germ layers had been removed. It tasted smooth and often cost one silver coin apiece.

The white bread of the next level was made of unscreened fine flour. It tasted worse and could cost three silver coins apiece.

The worst white bread was made of rough wheat flour that was only processed simply. Every piece of the bread could cost ten coppers. This was the white bread that Liszt had been served.

As for the civilians, they had brown bread.

Only the wealthy free folk could afford whole grain bread, which cost several coppers apiece. The common free folk mostly ate the bread that cost one copper apiece. The serfs had mixed brown bread that was made of wheat flour and other flours.

The poorer serfs either had cereal brown bread made of peas and other grains, or the bran pies that were exclusively made of bran.

Other than them, Liszt also knew of a kind of brown bread that civilians often made.

The brown bread would be extremely hard after fermentation. The civilians would cut it into slices and use them as plates or table props.

It was said that certain plate brown bread could be used for months.

What a wretched feudal society, Liszt observed hypocritically, not really intending to break the system when he enjoyed the privileges as a noble.

Besides, it was barely possible for him to break it without dragons and elves.

“My lord, should I bring Fire Dragon to you?” asked Thomas carefully. He had always been cautious around Liszt.

“No. Right, Thomas, how was the horse in the stable? Did it throw a tantrum?”

“It was mean to Fire Dragon last night, but this morning, Fire Dragon was already able to eat next to it.”

Liszt nodded, unsurprised.

One of them was a stallion, and the other was a mare. It was only reasonable that they lived in peace. Also, Fire Dragon would probably bear the first children of the Black Dragon Horse—Liszt did not object to it as Fire Dragon was an excellent breed, too.