Adrian sat alone in the living room of his World Tree Manor. In front of him was a row of all kinds of tea that Vicki had just brewed. One cup, he picked up the black tea and took a sip, frowning and falling into a state of anxiety.
middle.
With the emergence of black tea, milk tea and sweet tea, tea has become more and more popular. People in this world have similar tastes to those in the West in the Middle Ages. They all like sweet taste, but the taste of green tea is still too bland for them.
Speaking of which, even in his previous life, those around Adrian who really liked green tea were only older people with certain life experiences.
This is also the same situation in the Solar Storm Territory. Except for mages and Alfred Aoun and others, green tea is more like a medicine to others. Although the taste is much better than medicine, they don't like it.
That experience.
But milk tea is different from sweet tea. They became popular throughout the territory as soon as they were launched. The current tea production is still too low, and Adrian even needs to store at least half of it to prepare for future tea trade, so he can allocate it to individuals every month.
There was only a little bit of tea on the head, probably less than a hundred grams per person, and this was already the full output of the two halflings who were forcibly assigned by Adrian to be tea makers.
There are still not enough manpower, but Adrian has no choice. Although he still has white goblin peas, which can be used to directly create halflings with the creation cauldron, but in that case, Adrian will have no way to explain the source, world fragments and life breath.
Others can say that saving money is luck, but if halflings appear in large numbers without halfling leaves, then it is really an act of seeking death by treating others as fools.
And now the way to recruit from outside the territory is unavailable. Applying to recruit archers, hunters and bugbears again can be said to strengthen the territory's defense. So if you propose to recruit a purely productive race like halflings, it is treating the Holy Spirit Grand Elder Council as a
If you are a fool, your family will not pass it.
Let me explain here, in the Green Sea Dynasty, men other than the first heir of the family were forcibly divided into territories when they reached adulthood and then rushed into the territory to shoulder the responsibility of "guarding and herding the forest".
The ancient traditions and laws written into the "Code of Order", the reason for doing this is not because the high elves lost their minds when writing the "Code of Order", but because there are really many benefits to doing so.
There are two most important ones. One is that, except for the first heir, other men cannot inherit the positions of their fathers. This has also caused a group of noble young men who have lost hope and supervision to gradually become dissolute.
, this is a huge waste of the manpower of the high-ranking elves who are already underdeveloped.
Driving young aristocratic young men into the territory will not only exercise them, but also keep them as far away from prosperous places as possible, and thus away from a life of extravagance and extravagance.
The second article is the most important. In the early days when this code did not exist, there were even extremely evil incidents in which other heirs murdered the first heir for the sake of family property.
Of course, this duty of "guarding and herding the forest" has a time limit, usually between 150 and 300 years. During this period, the lords are not allowed to return to the family's World Tree, except in the Battle of the World Twins.
That is to say, according to the provisions of the "Code of Order", Adrian cannot return to the Nibelungs within 150 years, and is not even allowed to come close to the 100 kilometers of the Nibelungs.
This territory verification is an inspection set up to prevent the lords from wandering around in the territory and developing the abandoned territory. The lords need to build the necessary territory buildings within two to three years. The verification standards are three types of buildings: elf farm,
In Elf Ranch and Elf Forest Farm, the lord can only leave the territory after passing the territory verification, otherwise it will be regarded as self-exile.
You can apply for this verification in advance. Adrian has already built the elf farm, and he only needs to wait until next spring to start sowing crops. The main function of the elf farm is to produce food, and Adrian's elf forest farm is also under construction. The forest farm mainly produces food.
Wood is the most commonly used raw material for bows and arrows among elves, and there are also some high-end elf farms that can produce some spell materials.
Both of these are not a problem, but the problem lies in the Elf Ranch. This Elf Ranch mainly produces meat and animal companions. For example, although the Earth Dragon can be obtained by planting Earth Dragon roots, the greater source of the Earth Dragon is to be raised in the Elf Ranch.
It can be obtained through natural reproduction. After all, two of the magic crystals needed to grow an Earth Dragon root tuber can be purchased on the market.
If it weren't for the fact that when planting the Earthly Dragon root tuber, there is a very small chance of getting a copper dragon, and an even lower chance of getting a titanium dragon, probably no one would plant it.
Although it is said that if there is grass, it can be called a pasture, but the pasture is not just grass. Anyone who tries to cheat will be severely punished. In the pasture, you must at least have some herders. The seed of the herders, Adri
Ann does have it. Among the parting gifts given to him by Dan Brunt were five deer elf acorns. This is one of the best herder races in Glenson Tower. It seems that they only need to plant it, but
In fact, planting deer elf acorns comes at a cost. Each deer elf acorn costs about a hundred crystals. It gives Adrian a headache just thinking about it. He really can't afford to plant it.
All lords need to pass the territory verification before they can leave the territory. It is also important to recruit people freely. The reason for this rule is to prevent new lords from recruiting too many lords at once because of their success.
Afterwards, the people will starve to death together with the citizens. At least after building three major buildings, basic life is guaranteed and no one will starve to death.
Adrian felt that he was trapped in the endless loop of the territory. If he could not recruit citizens freely, he would not have enough manpower to produce tea. Without enough tea, he could not start the tea trade. If he could not start the tea trade, he would not be able to earn magic power.
Crystals, if you cannot earn magic crystals, it will be difficult to develop your territory, and the completion date of the three major buildings will be even further away.
Adrian gets a headache when he thinks about the terrible death spiral, but there is really no better way now. He can only rely on the two halflings to save little by little, and then hope that the tea leaves can buy him
Good price.
No, we can't just hope, the tea must be bought at a good price. This requires hard work, applying the tea packaging from the previous life, and thinking of more attractive gimmicks to increase the price of tea.
For example, green tea can be made from beautiful wood and decorated with simple patterns. The audience for green tea is preset by Adrian to be middle-aged and elderly elves and vassals. They should like such packaging. Well, it can also be said to be close to nature.
As a gimmick to reminisce about life, many people should pay for it.
As for milk tea and sweet tea, you can refer to the packaging of instant milk tea that loved to circle around the earth in a previous life, because there are many young and middle-aged elves who like these two types of tea. These elves generally have responsibilities, so portable travel-sized milk tea and sweet tea should be able to
Favored by them, Adrian thought he could use a combination of tea bags and metal portable tea cups to win over this audience.
Black tea and scented tea can be packaged in gorgeous glassware, because Adrian defines these two types of tea as home tea. In other words, the person who buys the tea, Adrian, is going to be a housewife by default, just like him.
His mother, Isabella, was a housewife, so the ornately decorated glassware was the first choice for packaging these two teas. Well, maybe they could also be paired with similarly ornately decorated glass tea sets.
This is all Adrian's plan for the time being, but it is enough. After all, he is the lord and can point out the general direction. As for the specific details, he and Alfred need to wait until Ralph is in place to complete them together.
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Adrian's brows relaxed slightly, he took another sip of black tea, then stood up and walked to the bed, ready to look at the distant scenery, relax his body and mind, and relax his eyes.
But within a few minutes of Adrian standing there, Vicky interrupted Adrian's relaxation. She pushed the door in, walked behind Adrian, and said:
"Master Adrian, Ralph and Alice arrived with the newly added archers, hunters and bugbears. They came back with them, as well as all the ground dragon carts and the supplies purchased in Nibelungen.
I think you need to go down to Rivendell to hold a simple welcome ceremony for them, after all, you will be the one they follow throughout their lives."
Adrian turned back and said: "Yes, Vicki, go and find my Jane dress."
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This is not the first time Adrian has met Ralph, but it has been more than a year since the last time the two met. Ralph has been managing the Nibelungen industry for Traversi, and rarely
Go to the World Tree Manor of the Aragund family.
When Adrian came to the ground, Alfred was already greeting Ralph. Seeing the closeness between the two, Adrian knew that the relationship between Alfred and Ralph was not bad, even if they didn't want to
They lost to each other, but they are brothers after all, just like Adrian and Traversi. Although Adrian was extremely reluctant to go to the fiefdom, he did not hate Traversi, who occupied his father's first inheritance.
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When Ralph saw Adrian stepping on the ground, he immediately came up to meet Adrian, and Alice followed him: "Dear Lord, Ralph (Alice) sends you his greetings."
Adrian smiled and said: "Okay, I also extend my greetings to you and welcome you to the Solar Storm Territory. However, the current Solar Storm Territory is still in the initial stage of construction, so I'm afraid you won't have much time to rest and adapt.
We also need to get familiar with it as soon as possible.”
Both Ralph and Alice knew that Traversi would never return to the Nibelungs in their lifetimes. After all, the duties of the Judge of Order would last three to four hundred years, and it would be difficult for them to survive until that day.
, so they are afraid that they will follow Adrian for the rest of their lives.
Ralph smiled and said: "Lord, before coming here, Master Travisi has transferred our employment relationship to Master Aragund, so strictly speaking, we are the same as Afu.
We are not here for vacation, so you can trust our work attitude.”
Adrian nodded and asked, "Have you brought all the new attendants and vassals that the family applied for?"
"Lord, the supplements and expanded manpower you applied to the family have been approved, and have been reported to the Holy Spirit Grand Elder Council for approval and filing. Don't worry, we have brought a lot of them."
"Okay, with these manpower, the security of the territory can be basically assured."