Chapter 41 (2/2)

However, the future of the castle was very promising. Liszt’s ruby sword alone was worth more than a thousand gold coins. The profits from the black tulip would eventually arrive, too.

“I’ll allocate fifty gold coins for the maintenance and development of the town. The coins will be deducted from the taxes of the town.”

“Fifth Neldas? That’s too many. Liszt, I’ve checked it. The annual tax of the town is only fifteen Neldas.”

“Fifteen coins aren’t too many. Mr. Goltai, tell Isaiah and Blair that Flower Town will be busy these days, and they must be prepared.”

“As you wish!”

…

Liszt was not joking about the development of Flower Town.

He was already drawing an abstract map of the town. Basically, it was a right triangle.

The two legs of the triangle were Thorn Hill, and the hypotenuse was the east coast.

The town was at the center of the triangle, the castle was near the right angle, and the Cow Farm and Barleyton were the other two corners.

To become rich, one has to build roads first. He highlighted the muddy trail from Thorn Hill to the town with a quill. I need to build the main road into a gravel one. There’s no cement here, but there’s a lot of sand. I can use it to pave the road.

The muddy roads among the villages could be paved with sand, too.

However, sand was not always the best choice, especially on rainy days. But it was a pity that there were few stones near Flower Town, making it impossible to mix the sand with stone.

Besides road maintenance, there was another important thing, which was farming.

Elves could influence the growth of plants, but elves were not indispensable. The farmers of the town farmed all the same without elves.

Teaching people to fertilize the land is the first step of scientific farming, but it’s not enough. I need a batch of tools to increase the productivity of the farmers. I can ask a blacksmith to make use of the iron from Tulip Castle and Falcon Town.

The two things were important, but their effects were not immediate.

The result of one other thing, however, could be seen quickly: fishery.

On the back of Fire Dragon, Liszt looked at the infinite ocean and smelled the unique salty stink of the ocean water. The waves sparkled under the sunlight.

Thomas played with Dudderson on the beach.

Dudderson had been growing fast. It was almost the size of a common dog and was showing signs of magic. It might be able to release magic before it reached adulthood.

Liszt intended to train it soon in case it hurt someone.

“My lord, is there anything special about the east coast? The ocean here is too deep for any port.” Marcus looked at the ocean and still found no wealth in it.

Liszt pointed at the reefs below the surface of the ocean. “Mr. Marcus, do you see the reefs? There’s food all over them. After the tide ebbs, you can ask the farmers to pick up the food… This is real seafood.”