Calendar year 219 of the Principality of Kane, April 28th. Five days after Allen woke up.
In the early morning, a magnificent morning glow appeared in the east, and a gentle mist filled the air.
With the sound of horse hooves coming, the quiet environment of the country road was broken.
Allen stayed in the carriage, playing with the bronze mirror he took from Belia. This was the first time Allen looked in the mirror when he came to this world.
In the mirror was a boy with soft wavy blond hair, marble-white skin, a narrow nose and a pair of rare black eyes.
Allen, who was tired of staying in Qinghuang Castle, planned to go out to inspect his territory today.
It happened that Mrs. Lisa and the others would come back from the manor this morning. In order to avoid embarrassing incidents such as hugging and crying with them, Allen set off early.
Allen's first stop is Jinmai Village.
The mayor of Jinmai Village came to the castle again yesterday and cried to Allen with a depressed face. The symptoms of wheat withering in the village are spreading. If the cause is not found, the village may face no harvest this year.
No one can make a conclusion until a matter is clear. Allen didn't know if "Gold Finger" would help, but in order to appease the mayor of Jinmai Village, he had to agree to see what happened today.
For this reason, Allen asked the housekeeper Carey to find Mr. Klee, an old man in the territory who is very knowledgeable about planting. He also specially selected 20 cavalry to form a temporary escort.
The team was getting closer and closer to Jinmai Village. At this time, the head of Jinmai Village, Farr, led a dozen men from the village to the entrance of the village early to wait.
"Village Chief Farr, I heard that the Baron will help the village solve its troubles today. Is it true?" A round-faced man behind the village chief asked curiously.
"I heard that our new baron is only 15 years old. He is so young!" The man next to the round face looked full of admiration.
"Really?...Only 15 years old!"
"..."
For a while, a large group of people started talking.
"Okay! Don't talk about the Baron carelessly!" Farr saw the Baron's motorcade in the distance and hurriedly stopped the noisy group of people with a serious look on his face.
"Quick, follow me to greet the Baron." Village Chief Farr said as he walked forward quickly.
Allen, who had just arrived, didn't know that he had already received a wave of admiration and admiration.
Looking at Farr and the civilians of Jinmai Village walking towards them quickly... they have gray-yellow skin, hair that hasn't been washed for a long time, and patches can be seen everywhere on their bodies.
Allen couldn't help but sigh, the nobles and the common people really lived in two worlds.
The aristocrats lived a prosperous life and often held aristocratic dances. I remember that there was a time when the aristocrats were ashamed of eating meat and only ate fruits and vegetables. It even developed into a trend.
Commoners work day after day to maintain food and clothing, and if they make a few mistakes, they may go hungry. Serfs are worse than commoners. Serfs are the personal slaves of the lord, and they do not even have freedom.
After the two knights at the front let him go, Farr and the villagers finally came to the baron.
"Baron, welcome to Jinmai Village. Your loyal subordinates express their highest respect to you." Farr expressed his loyalty to the baron with a joyful expression. The villagers were all nervous and froze.
"Okay, Farr will take me to the fields first, and let these guys go home first! There is no need to follow." Allen didn't like this formalism.
"Yes, sir."
The villagers were relieved and left quickly at Far's signal.
Farr led the way, and Allen led the escort behind.
What you are looking at is the endless wheat field. Now is the time for wheat to joint, ear, bloom, and set seeds.
A light green wave of wheat waved in the wind.
Gradually going deeper, the color of life is gradually disappearing, and a large field of wheat in front of me turns yellow and withers.
Old Mr. Klee took the lead and quickly inspected the dead wheat fields.
Time continues to pass, and because the area of death is large, the cause is unknown.
It was not until noon that the old Mr. Klee returned to the carriage with sweat profusely.
"Lord Baron, based on experience, I found that there is nothing wrong with the valuable wheat grown in Jinmai Village..." Old Mr. Klee looked guilty.
"Impossible...how can the wheat wither if there is no problem!" Farr said anxiously.
"But...that's the truth..." Klee said no more.
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"You two don't need to tell me, I know the reason why the wheat is dying."
"Lord Baron? You know the reason! That would be great." Farr was pleasantly surprised.
If he hadn't just found the answer through this orb, Allen would have estimated that his majesty as a baron would have been greatly reduced today, and his luck would have been in vain.
"Actually, this is a happy event!" Allen said.
"A happy event? Lord Baron..." Seeing the incredible looks of all his subordinates, and suppressing his inner joy, Allen decided not to show off.
"Because there is a magical plant growing on this land. It absorbs the nutrients and water fees from the purchased land, causing the wheat to die due to lack of water."
Magical plant! This is a treasure that can only be seen in the viscounty. It is extremely difficult for ordinary baronies to obtain magical plants.
Now that the baron where he lives has a magical plant, everyone is extremely happy, and the scene is extremely quiet for a while.
Allen has observed the area where the wheat died, which happens to be an irregular circle.
He asked Mr. Klee to sit down and rest, and sent others to search carefully at the approximate center of the circle. Allen chatted with Mr. Klee, and it happened that Allen wanted to know more about farming.
During lunch, a cavalryman came to report that they had found it.
Arriving at the center of the crowd, Allen finally saw this long-awaited magical plant.
It can be seen that this is a wheat seedling, with only two blood-red leaves on the whole body. The fire element is flowing throughout the body, like a ball of flame, and the ground at the roots has been baked black by the high temperature.
Allen decided to name it Flame Wheat. Since Flame Wheat has not yet reached adulthood, no wheat spirit has appeared yet, which is suitable for making a contract. His journey as a knight has finally begun.
In order to move the flame wheat back to his castle, Allen had to endure the high temperature and dig out the flame wheat together with the soil.
In order to contract Flame Mai as soon as possible and start his own journey as a knight, Allen left Far and rushed back to the castle with the escort and the old man, even forgetting the Carp Village he originally planned to go to.
Returning to the castle, Allen decided to put the flame in the approximately 90-acre garden behind the castle and into the rose field in the southeast corner of the garden.
The 2-meter-high rose plant can block the line of sight. After asking the soldiers behind him to clear about an acre of open space in the center of the rose field, Allen planted flame wheat in the center of the open space.
"You go out and guard outside. No one is allowed to come in without my order." In order to be just in case, and to keep the secret that he could contract magical plants, Allen sent soldiers to guard outside.
Sitting cross-legged in front of the flame wheat, Allen controlled his soul to draw a special mark in the void. This mark moved back and forth in the mist of luck, until after absorbing all the remaining luck, the mark seemed to
Transformed into a golden entity.
Allen controlled the mark and slowly integrated it into the Flame Wheat. In an instant, Allen seemed to have turned into a plant growing in the flames. Allen could feel the various feelings of the Flame Wheat.
As the flame wheat itself is connected with Allen, Allen's induction of the fire element becomes more intimate. When the flame wheat grows into the fire element wheat spirit, he can become a low-level knight and absorb the fire element into his body.
After completing the contract, Allen asked the soldiers to continue guarding, while he went to find the housekeeper Carey.
"Master! Did you say you got a magical plant?" Butler Kaili's mood was palpable.
"Yes." Alan replied.
After the housekeeper got Allen's affirmative reply, he couldn't wait to see what the magical plant looked like.
"Butler Kaili, don't worry. Come with me to the family treasure house first and give me the key that father left with you." The butler could only hold back his temper and returned to his room to return the key that the baron had entrusted to him.
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After struggling to get rid of the housekeeper, Allen came to the treasure house in the family basement. The treasure house was not big and only had a space the size of a castle study.
There was only a dark wooden shelf placed in the treasure house. Allen looked at it and found that in addition to three gold coins filled with "golden dragons" called "golden dragons" in this world and family ledgers, there was only the black box of the former baron that held the cultivation resources.
And the white pension box sent by Viscount Bernard due to the death of his predecessor, Baron Qinghuang.
Allen's goal is the resources in the black box. Since Flame Wheat is seriously lacking in fire element supplements, it cannot grow. Allen wants to see if the fire element crystals are useful for Flame Wheat.
Allen remembered that his father usually used fire element crystals for practice, so he wanted to try his luck.
When he opened the box, there were only two cloth bags inside. In one cloth bag were crimson crystals the size of fingernails, which were exactly Allen's targets. There were 12 of them in total.
Another bag contained various seeds that Allen didn't recognize.
I don’t know what the purpose of my father’s collection of these seeds is. Maybe... it’s a personal hobby, just like some people like flowers and plants, and like to adopt small animals...
Allen turned his target to the white box. Since he was unconscious, the housekeeper could not open the box without permission, so he locked it in the treasure house.
Opening the box, there were 10 golden crystals lying neatly inside. Gold element crystals! After checking again, it was confirmed that there were only 10 crystals.
Closing the lid again, Allen decided to leave them here because they were not needed for the time being.
After exiting the treasure house, Allen hurried to the rose field. After waving the guards away, Allen took the fire element crystal to the location of Flame Wheat.
Allen didn't know that the fire elemental crystal body had no effect on the flame straw, so he could only be a dead horse. Who let himself use up all his energy!
Otherwise, you can also check out the flame wheat cultivation plan. For the time being, that's all. Alan then buried more than a dozen crystal stones around the flame wheat.
Just after it ended, the call of Butler Kaili came from outside.