The same was true in the Western Middle Ages on earth in the previous life.
At that time, they did not have sugar, so they used honey as sugar. They would even write down how many barrels of honey they had in their wills to prove their wealth.
Later, during the Crusades, they discovered for the first time that there was solid sugar in the world.
In the beginning, sugar was extremely precious. They even used it as a good medicine, using sugar to treat coughs, fevers, guards and other diseases. Even during the Black Death, people also used sugar to treat...
"You don't need to thank me! Lord!" Vivian was a little overwhelmed by Nalant's excited expression. In her opinion, she just discovered a wild fruit that could not fill her stomach.
"Sir, if you need more, there should be many of these 'small trees' in the surrounding woods... sweet... sugar cane!" Vivian added.
"Are there many more? Vivian, show me quickly!" Nalant became even more excited.
Later, under the leadership of Vivian, Nalant began to search among the nearby grass, and sure enough he saw a lot of wild sugar cane growing in twos and threes.
Because they are wild, these sugar canes are somewhat scattered, but according to Vivian, these sugar canes are not all, there are sugar canes in many places in the Storm Territory.
Hearing this, Nalant smiled and nodded, and did not continue walking through the grass.
A lot of the sugar cane is not yet fully mature and will take at least a few months to grow, but he is not in a hurry. He will need some time to digest the sugar cane.
When they returned to the original place, Shirley had almost communicated with the bees and ran over with excitement on her face.
"Sir, you see, this is the king of bees!" Shirley ran up to Nalant, opened her palms and presented an oversized bee in front of him, which was the queen of this swarm.
"Well done, Shirley!" This was a double blessing, which meant that he would not only have sweets to eat, but also honey to eat.
And harvesting such a large swarm of bees may be of great help in dealing with Quint's camp in a few days.
Later, Narant asked two guards to lift the huge honeycomb down with the cooperation of Xue Li.
It can be said that beekeeping technology is basically non-existent in this world. If you want to obtain honey, you can only find it in the wild.
But now with Shirley, Narant can move the entire hive to the castle without any scruples.
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Early the next morning, in the forecourt of the castle, three carriages loaded with goods were waiting to set off.
This time Nalant will send a total of twelve people to follow the convoy to Tulip City.
In addition to Quick and his first guard team, the other person is the butler Thomas.
Because Anthony is dead, he is the only person left who is literate and familiar with Tulip Castle.
Thomas will replace Anthony this time to report the development of the territory to the Earl, and will also provide an explanation for Anthony's death.
"Sir, the villain is about to leave! Please take care of yourself during the period when the villain is not here!" As a butler, Thomas is very concerned about the work of the castle. This trip will probably take ten days.
He was quite reluctant to give up.
"Don't worry, Thomas butler, you just need to follow my instructions and get things done immediately!" Facing the butler's concern, Nalant was a little embarrassed. Thomas was not a beauty, so a beautiful butler would be reluctant to leave.
If you look like that, he will definitely send you a warm hug.
"Yes, sir!" Thomas responded reluctantly without knowing that he was being disliked.
"Quick, the safety of the convoy is in your hands! Also, remember what I asked you to buy, especially the leather armor!" After talking to Thomas, Nalant looked at the fully armed Quick!
The leather armor equipment was purchased for Vivian's team. Since they are likely to make a lot of money this time, they can no longer be allowed to wear rags and linen on the battlefield.
"Yes, sir, Quick will ensure the safety of the convoy and at the same time complete the tasks assigned by you!"
"Very good! Let's go then! I'll be waiting for your return in the Storm Territory!"
"I swear to serve you to the death!" Quick stood up straight, bent his left hand and beat his chest vigorously. This is a universal military salute in this world.
After the salute was completed, Quick looked at the convoy and waved his hand, "Everyone, let's go!"
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After the convoy left, Narant went directly to the study.
"System, I want to draw a lottery!"
Last night was the night of meteors, but without the system's warning, Nalant did not dare to use the search function.
After all, under normal circumstances, the probability of a meteorite giving birth to an elf is extremely low. A barony is considered lucky if two elves appear in a year. If Nalant continues to try to search, the probability of the energy points being wasted is 90%.
Nine.
However, the elf is not available for the time being, but the lottery will not stop.
Narant now urgently needs to strengthen his strength to deal with matters in the buffer zone camp.
As the big turntable appeared, Narant clicked the start button without hesitation.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for getting an intelligence fruit!" The result of the lottery came soon. This time Nalant got a purple fruit that looked like a plum.
"It turns out to be an intelligence fruit! But it's better than that charm fruit!" Although he wasn't very satisfied, Nalant accepted it. At least it was stronger than the charm fruit last time.
As the fruit was taken out, the fragrance hit his nostrils, and Narant directly stuffed the fruit into his mouth.
"oh!"
The feeling brought by the intelligence fruit this time was completely different from that of the strengthening fruit. When all the juice of the fruit slipped into his belly, Nalant felt a shock all over his body, and then his whole head became clear.
If his head was like a computer with a single-core processor a moment ago, after taking the Intelligent Fruit, he immediately became a dual-core processor.
At this time, not only is the mind clearer, but also the things around you can be seen clearly.
"Is the effect so powerful?" Originally, he didn't care much about the intelligence fruit Nalant. With his own brainpower, he definitely didn't need supplements. But at this moment, he just wanted to say: Well, it smells so good!
After the Law of True Fragrance was achieved, Nalant suddenly thought of the secret technique of triple slaying with raging flames that he didn't understand, so he took out the parchment.
"Haha! The intelligence is really great, it suddenly became enlightened! Big move, here I come!"
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"Little man Bide, Kali... I have met the lord!" In the castle hall, Vivian walked in with several stonemasons and carpenters.
"Take a look at this drawing!" Nalant didn't hesitate and directly handed over a design drawing he drew last night.
Apart from castles, there are no products like toilets in towns in this world.
Several masons and carpenters carefully took the drawings and looked at them.
"How about it, can you build this house?"
"Back to the lord, it's okay to build a house according to your drawings. However, if you separate small rooms in the house and dig trenches underneath, I'm afraid it won't be habitable!" A mason who was bolder answered cautiously.
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"Well, you don't need to think about these things. You just need to ensure the quality of the construction. By the way, construction of this toilet will start immediately. Please discuss with the guard captain what materials are needed and how many manpower will be needed!"
"I will build three toilets in Maiye Village and one in Doom Village!"
"Yes, Lord Lord!"
Later, Naranten handed over the construction of toilets to Vivian.
At the same time, he also arranged for Vivian to promulgate his first decree: starting from tomorrow, all fenbian owned by the serfs will no longer be allowed to be poured out wantonly.
Anyone who violates the rules will be punished with ten lashes, and those who refuse to change will be hung in the square for public display.
Of course, Narant also considered the difficulties faced by the serfs before the toilets were built.
He also gave instructions, that is, the serfs could dig a pit and bury the fengbian in it to dry and ferment, so that they could dig it out and use it later.
After explaining the matter, Vivian took the craftsmen to discuss the construction of a toilet in the front courtyard, while Nalant went to the back garden to continue practicing the secret skills of fighting qi.