You can't rush to make money, it can only happen naturally. Nalant suddenly thought of something, so he said: "Thomas, apart from you, is there anyone else who can read in the castle?"
Although he knew the population of the territory, Narant wanted to arrange a detailed census. He wanted to include the family situation of all the serfs, such as their age group, what specialties they had, etc.
In this way, he can rely on the population to arrange territory affairs in the future.
"My lord, it seems not!" Thomas answered cautiously. Although the three male servants in the castle were also from Tulip Castle, they were not literate.
Thomas himself was trained as an elite valet.
There are only a few dozen such elite male servants in Tulip Castle, and they have received training in writing and arithmetic.
Under normal circumstances, they will become the deputy of the steward of Tulip Castle, specially assigned to manage some manors or other industries with financial interests.
Of course, occasionally they would be rewarded by the earl to his vassals.
For example, with Narant, Thomas came to him and became an excellent steward directly, which saves Narant the trouble of training a new steward.
"No?" Nalant worried. In this world, literacy is considered a high-end talent, and such talent is not easy to find.
"Sir, I...my sister can read!" At this moment, a weak voice came from the side of the long table.
"Huh? Vivian can read?"
"Yes, sir, my sister went to school for two years before!"
It turns out that before Vivian and Lilia were exiled to the Storm Territory, they lived in Tulip City. Their parents owned a tailor shop, so Vivian had the opportunity to go to school for two years.
Of course, knowing how to write was useless before Nalant came to Stormland, so no one knew about Vivian's literacy.
In fact, besides Vivian, Lilia is also literate, but she relies on Vivian's teaching, so her learning is not comprehensive enough.
"Very good!" Nalant was overjoyed. Vivian is really a treasure girl. After saying that, Nalant directly gave Lilia a piece of white bread, "Lilia, go find your sister!"
"Yes, sir, thank you, sir!" Lilia's face instantly showed surprise when she saw the white bread. She happily took the white bread and ran quickly outside the restaurant.
When Vivian arrived at the restaurant, Nalant handed over the census to her.
Moreover, Narant also made a form, which was more detailed than the household registration book in his previous life. It not only recorded the family members, but also recorded the skills he was good at, etc.
After Vivian received the order, she immediately led her second team of guards to start the operation.
After lunch, Narant went directly to the study.
"System, I want to draw a lottery!" The once-a-week system lottery can be used again. It was quite busy last night, so Narant now has some free time to do the lottery.
Following Narant's words, the lottery wheel appeared on the retina.
"Huh? Affinity fruit, charm fruit?" To Nalant's surprise, the lottery fruit that appeared this time actually changed.
Strengthening fruit and agility fruit have been replaced by two other types.
"Start the lottery!" Although he was a little disappointed that no strengthening effect appeared, Narant also knew that there was a long way to go.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for winning a charm fruit, please collect it in the system panel!"
"Although the original owner is a little weaker, he is still handsome. If he eats the charm fruit for me, won't he become the most handsome boy in the future?"
Nalant was speechless, but he still took out the charm fruit and ate it.
It's still delicious, and it's still polarizing in the mouth, but Nalant can't feel the effects after taking it. Even if he goes to take a photo in front of the bronze mirror, he still looks the same as before.
"If you can't see it, you can't see it. Strength is the most important thing in this world!"
Time quickly came to two days later. Nalant had been free for these two days and had been practicing fighting spirit in the castle.
The fishing rod is ready, but it will take some time for the blacksmith to make the fake bait.
"Sir, Chief Kenby Cowdung came to the castle to report that a huge sea monster appeared on the beach!" While Nalant was practicing, Quick followed Thomas in with an anxious look on his face.
"What? A huge sea monster?" Nalant was shocked when he heard this.
"Take me to Kenby Cowdung quickly!"
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In the front hall of the castle, Kenby Cowdung was brought in.
"Sir, that huge sea monster is all gray, has a terrifying and loud cry, and is at least this big in size...and it is a large group. The flying fish are being chased by them, and one sea monster has already reached the shore.
It's still twisting there!" Kenbi Cowdung's eyes were full of lingering fear, and he gestured vigorously in front of Nalant.
He even made a large circle around the clearing to show how huge the sea monster was.
"What about the villagers? Are there any casualties?"
"Sir, except for the one on the coast, all the other sea monsters are in the sea. I have asked the villagers not to go near the sea, so there are no casualties!" Kenby Cowdung replied.
"Quick, call all the guards and go!" Nalant breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the sea monster did not ravage the village of Doom.
But for such a matter, he, the lord, must go and find out more about it.
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, Quick summoned all fifteen swordsman guards.
As for Vivian, because Nalant asked her to handle the census, the archer team has been taken away by her.
Although there are only over a thousand people in the territory, the workload is still very heavy for her to register alone.
After mounting their horses and asking the guards to get into the carriage, Narant and his party quickly drove to the coast.
Because the guards didn't have to walk this time, but after more than half an hour of walking, Narant and others arrived at the Village of Doom.
"The lord is here!"
"The lord is here!"
When Narant and his party arrived at the entrance of Doom Village, all the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village in shock. After seeing Narant, they all cheered as if they had seen the savior.
"I've seen the lord!" Then, the serfs fell to their knees one after another.
"Get up, don't go near the coast, just come with us, Kenbi Cowdung."
"Yes, sir!"
After giving the instructions, Nalant dismounted his horse and led the guards towards the coast.
Proceeding cautiously along the way, Narant and others approached the coast in a few minutes.
"Sir, look, those sea monsters are still in the sea!"
Not daring to get too close to the coast like last time, Nalant and others just stood on the rocks that were enough to observe the situation in the sea.
As soon as they reached the high point of the reef, Kenbi Cowdung pointed to the offshore and exclaimed.
Narant and others looked in the direction Kenby pointed.
"..."
"Is this the damn sea monster that makes me so nervous?" Nalant rolled his eyes and had the urge to strangle Kenbi to death.