The Extraordinary Earl

Luther really felt the heavy maternal love with his body.

Clothes are not lightweight.

Luther and Shushua dismounted and entered the city hall, but Shushua stayed in the lobby of the city hall, while Luther went up to the second floor and came to Lelouch's office.

There is a charcoal fire in the office, making the office very warm. But Lelouch was still wrapped in a thick blanket and sneezed from time to time.

Poor Lelouch has a cold.

Knights are not afraid of the cold, but Lelouch is an ordinary person and cannot feel the benefits.

"It's such a cold day. Since you have a cold, you should go home and rest. Why are you staying in the city hall?" Luther glanced at Lelouch and asked with some confusion. He took off his hat, scarf, mask, etc. Once they were all untied, they were placed on the clothes rack by the door.

"There are still some things to deal with. Besides, it's even colder at home. At least someone can make me a cup of tea in the city hall." Lelouch said with a shrug.

This is also a poor person, with only a father and no mother, and no servants at home. Well, he might as well make the city hall his home, and there will still be people taking care of him.

Luther sighed and said: "Looking at your pitiful appearance, I can't help but say, you might as well marry a wife. There are so many knights in the territory now, and there are many good girls among their families. And as the mayor of Pompeii, you have a very high status, so it is not difficult to marry a good girl. "

"Let's talk about it." Lelouch's interest was not high, and there was a hint of sadness in his eyes. Luther guessed that the mayor had been emotionally injured when he was wandering outside.

This kind of thing can only be figured out by oneself, and there is nothing anyone else can do about it.

Anyway, Luther will not be emotionally hurt. He is taking the scumbag route and is destined to embrace the man in the forest.

"With this damn weather, what else do you have to do?" Luther asked instead.

"How about it? Did you gain anything from this trip to inspect the territory?" Lelouch asked.

"Nothing has been gained. Now that the new fields have been developed, we are just waiting for crops to be planted in the spring. The territory is very quiet. By the way, I also gave some gifts to the lonely elderly people and families in need."

Luther said.

In fact, giving gifts was Luther's purpose. He was like this. He gave warmth in winter and coolness in summer. He never hesitated to win people's hearts.

"As expected of Pompeii's kind man." Lelouch praised sincerely. Regardless of Luther's starting point, there are absolutely very few lords in the Kingdom of Prussia who can care about people's livelihood from time to time.

"My job is to think about agriculture. If things go by normal circumstances, wheat should be planted in the beginning of spring." Lelouch said immediately.

"Pfft, pfft."

At this time, the charcoal fire in the charcoal basin was burning vigorously and made a little sound.

"Don't you think we should grow wheat?" Luther heard what Lelouch meant and asked with interest.

"I think we should plant other crops. For example, I strongly recommend planting rapeseed, and plant some olive trees by the way. Wait until the next year to plant other crops."

Lelouch said.

"Growing rapeseed and olive trees, do you want to squeeze oil? That's true. Currently, oil, salt and other groceries in the territory need to be purchased from Kaiyue City. Not only do they have to be transported, but the price is not as cheap as producing it yourself. Salt Forget it, we don’t produce salt, but we can grow oil and other crops.”

Luther touched his chin.

In fact, it is not just a matter of oil. Due to the increase in the number of knights in the territory, the demand for meat has also increased. The small pasture in Pompeii is currently in short supply and needs to be imported from Kaiyue City.

However, if you plant rapeseed and extract oil next year, another problem will arise. An oil pressing workshop must be opened in the territory.

This is no longer the job of the city hall, but the business of the Pompeii family.

How much money can you make from a territory? A well-run territory is a priceless treasure. Don’t just focus on that little bit of tax.

"It's not just the benefit of being self-sufficient." Lelouch shook his head, then said with a smile: "Another benefit is that if our territory only produces wheat, we will not be able to consume it ourselves. We will have to transport it to Kaiyue City to sell it next year. The selling price will definitely not be too high, after all, the middlemen have to make a profit and save on shipping costs.”

Luther understood that from now on, although Pompeii produced wheat, it was self-sufficient and had no plans to export it. Oil that originally needed to be imported became self-sufficient.

In this way, the two parties save the price difference.

On the other hand, if the Pompeii family opened an oil-pressing workshop, purchased vegetables, fried the oil and sold it to farmers, it would be another considerable income.

And Luther also saw another way to make a fortune.

Oil is one thing, and all kinds of food, clothing, housing and transportation are another. Except for some villas that belong to knights, the entire city currently belongs to Luther.

You can build as many stores as you want and do as much business as you want.

How many factories can we set up and how much money can we make?

unknown.

All in all it should be a lot. Luther's blood boils when he thinks about it. My magic potion is, sooner or later I will take the potion and become a great knight.

"I understand. The city hall is responsible for planning. After the plan is made, rapeseed seeds will be purchased from Kaiyue City. But there is one thing. You have to teach farmers how to grow rapeseed."

Luther nodded and explained again.

"Don't worry about this, I know it well." Lelouch replied confidently.

"Ah." The confident man sneezed loudly within three seconds and quickly wrapped the blanket around him.

"Poor guy." Luther lamented for Lelouch in his heart.

After continuing to chat for a while, Luther left the city hall and returned to Pompeii Castle. He planned to meet his mother, Mrs. Sophie.

Let’s discuss the establishment of an oil pressing workshop in the territory and the expansion of the size of the pasture in the territory. By the way, I want to ask about the situation of Pompeii wine.

But before that, Luther met someone, an unexpected person, the thief Kurd.

north.

On the forest road connecting Pompeii and Baron Baron, a huge team was slowly marching towards Pompeii.

This is the Pompeii family's purchasing caravan. The Pompei family used to have a purchasing caravan that was responsible for going to Kaiyue City to purchase daily groceries, salt, cloth, oil, etc.

As the size of the Pompeii family increased, the size of the purchasing caravan also increased many times.

Among the many carriages, there was a man lying on one of them, a man who claimed to be a resident of Pompeii territory, named Arnold.

Arnold was seriously injured.

He was disemboweled and seemed to have been poisoned. All in all, his life was in danger, and he only had one breath left.

The people in the caravan had never seen anyone survive such injuries.

"This man is probably a knight. Only the strong body of a knight can make him survive. It's just a pity that he probably won't be able to survive."

The people in the caravan were thinking in their hearts.