Outside Pompeii Castle, there was an open space. Luther was shirtless and only wore a pair of shorts. His skin was dark and his muscles were bulging, as if they were made of molten iron, full of a sense of strength.
He holds a knight's sword and dances with the knight's sword like a tiger.
The sun was shining brightly above his head, and his body was covered in sweat. But Luther still gritted his teeth and persisted.
Knight training.
Daily knight training, whether it was swordsmanship, riding skills, or fighting spirit training. Luther never relaxed for a moment. Not only did he not relax, but he worked harder and harder.
Because he knows that there is no shortcut on the road to knighthood.
There are only two things to pay for, time and sweat.
Even if you have the magic potion, if you don't pay for these two things, you will only get flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.
As Luther was promoted to knight over time, he no longer studied under Magellan. According to Magellan, he graduated.
So now Luther is just training in this open space alone.
"Master Luther, I'm in the study. I have something to ask you." There was a rush of footsteps, and little Maya came running panting on her round-toed shoes.
"Do you know what's going on?" Luther stopped the knight training after hearing this and took out a towel to wipe it.
"I don't know, but she looks very anxious." Little Maya shook her head, her hair swaying accordingly.
"I know." After Luther wiped his body, put on his clothes and left. As for the remaining knight swords, war horses, etc., of course he gave them to his personal maid.
"Slob."
Little Maya curled her lips, used her strength to pick up the knight's sword and put it on the horse, then led the horse back to Pompeii Castle.
After Luther returned to the castle, he immediately came to Old Sol's study. What surprised Luther was that not only Old Sol was there, but also Mrs. Sophie.
Old Sol sat behind the desk, and Mrs. Sophie sat on the chair in front.
But what convinced Luther was that although Old Sol and Mrs. Sophie looked like they were thinking, they could not hide the smiles on their faces.
It's probably a good thing.
Luther thought to himself.
"Dad, Mom."
Immediately, Luther said hello.
"Would Luther like to take a shower first?" Mrs. Sophie looked at Luther's appearance and asked with a little distress. Although she had wiped it with a towel, she was still sweating.
At this moment, Luther's clothes were all wet with sweat.
Seeing Luther training even harder than before, Mrs. Sophie felt both proud and distressed.
This son is very hardworking.
"No mom, this is good. I will continue training later." Luther shook his head, then sat on another chair, raised his right leg and put it on his left leg, and asked:
"What are you so anxious about?"
"Good thing." Mrs. Sophie showed a smile on her face.
Even old Thor's very rigid and serious face seemed to be blooming into a smile at this moment.
Old Sol took out a letter and said to Luther: "This is a letter from Shields who runs a shop in Kaiyue City. In the past month, one hundred barrels of Pompeii wine have been sold. After throwing away the cost, he made a profit.
Seventy gold coins. On the one hand, he urged us to speed up the delivery of Pompeii wine, and on the other hand, he suggested that we expand the scale. Since Pompeii wine was developed by you, we want to ask your opinion."
Luther's eyes lit up when he heard this. He knew that Pompeii wine was a treasure and could produce a steady stream of gold coins for the Pompeii family. But he never expected that Pompeii wine would be so popular.
The small Kaiyue City has already had such a huge sales volume before it spreads to the entire barony.
When the sales are fully opened, it will be a mountain of gold and silver.
Now Luther's mind is filled with gold coins, and there are gold coins flying in front of his eyes.
It seemed as if they had turned into two glittering little angels, flying back and forth in front of his eyes.
Cool!
But Luther quickly calmed down, because after all, he was someone who wanted to do big things.
Luther thought for a while and said: "It is necessary to expand production. I believe Pompeii wine will become more popular. Expand production tenfold immediately."
At this point, Luther paused, and then said: "As for the money earned, in addition to expanding production, I discussed it with my mother at the beginning. Some of it will be used to buy potions for me, some of it will be used to camp, and some of it will be used to recruit homeless people.
Knight, increase the strength of the territory. Now I think this matter should be put on the agenda."
Old Sol was a little surprised when he heard this. He looked up at his wife and frowned: "You never mentioned this to me."
Mrs. Sophie was surprised when she heard this, but she forgot to tell Old Sol about this.
Old Sol looked at his wife, then raised his head and said to his eldest son: "This money was your idea, and I can give you most of the profit. I am in favor of buying the potion. After all, I also want you to follow the path of a knight.
But what's the use of recruiting wandering knights? Although there are rebels causing chaos in the kingdom from time to time, the province is still very safe. Our Pompeii family does not need to maintain these unnecessary combat forces."
Luther agreed with Old Saul's statement.
At present, the Kingdom of Prussia is still very stable. The king is the monarch and holds a lot of land, resources, and troops. The current power structure of the Kingdom of Prussia is the power of the palace aristocracy headed by the king.
There are also the king's vassals, those nobles with title in the field.
These two major forces.
As for the party that the common people wanted to overthrow the kingdom and establish a fairer Kingdom of Prussia, claiming to be the New Party, but being called a chaotic party by the nobles, it was actually very weak.
Under such circumstances, the contemporary leader of the Pompeii family, Thor, Pompeii was a man with no ambition for upward development, and was naturally not interested in expanding his combat power.
Of course Luther also had his own rhetoric.
"Dad, we in Pompeii now have no shortage of fighting power. But as Pompeii wine becomes famous in Prussia, the huge wealth will attract the prying eyes of many people. We need fighting power to protect ourselves."
Luther said righteously.
Old Sol smiled disapprovingly and said: "The Baron will protect us. And we only need to pay the Baron a little tax. If even the Baron can't protect us, then we ourselves can't do it.
What’s the use of recruiting some knights?”
Luther also admitted that what Old Saul said was right.
As the masters, the Pompeii family must serve the Barton family. In turn, the Barton family will protect the Pompeii family. Even if the Pompeii family has such a large estate, the Barton family must protect the Pompeii family.
Because if the Barton family cannot protect the Pompeii family, they will lose the prestige of their lord. How can other vassals still be loyal to the Barton family?
As for paying taxes to the Barton family, that's what they should do.
After all, the Pompeii family had to pay commercial taxes when conducting business activities in Kaiyue City. If the Pompeii family expanded their business and conducted trade in the territories of other nobles, they would also have to pay taxes.
And if the Barton family cannot protect the Pompeii family, then the Pompeii family recruits some knights just to protect themselves?
In Old Sol's opinion, that was impossible.
The Pompeii family was so small that they looked like ants compared to the Barton family.
However, Luther raised his head, looked at Old Saul and said: "Dad, although the Pompeii family is an ant now, Pompeii will not be an ant forever. Expanding the knight's combat power is only the first step. After the profits increase,
I also plan to buy serfs, recruit free people to cultivate the land in Pompeii, and expand the guards. Pompeii has been here for hundreds of years, and it has always been so small. Now is an opportunity, and I want to run it."
For the first time, Luther showed his ambition to Old Saul, the leader of the Pompeii family.
A noble who does not want to be a great noble is not a good noble.
He, Luther and Pompey, was definitely a restless guy.