After Thomas saw Werther's lord's seal, he poured two cups of tea for Werther and Wile and told them about the vineyard.
"Your Highness, you have also seen that the harvest of this vineyard is not as good as every year."
"These sights really shock me. Are they all caused by wild wolves?"
"Yes, the destructive power of those wild wolves is far beyond your imagination."
"Tell me about what happened over the years."
"I've been running this vineyard for twenty years and I've watched it deteriorate.
In the first two years, the grape harvest was quite good. Thousands of boxes could be produced every year. They were brightly colored, uniform in size, and plump. At that time, one-tenth of the grapes produced each year were sold to Dawn Town.
and villagers from other towns, and the rest was sent to make wine.
At that time, there was a winery nearby. Using unique wine-making technology, it could produce thousands of bottles of wine every year, including white and dark colors, with different degrees of alcohol, which were sold to customers with different needs. Not only that, the winery also brewed beer.
, hundreds of bottles of beer of different degrees are brewed every year. This winery will have the potential to become the largest winery in Notland.
At that time, my vineyard had ten workers and the annual income was hundreds of gold coins. The winery had hundreds of workers and the annual income was millions of gold coins.
But later, wild wolves continued to invade, not only eating the livestock on the farm, but also destroying nearly half of the farm. The wheat fields and vegetable gardens closest to the border were all destroyed, and my vineyard was not spared.
Not only that, my grapes were also infected with diseases, and the harvest was getting worse and worse. This year, there was only this little left, and the wild wolves didn't even bother to come and destroy it. Without the harvest, I gradually laid off the workers.
At the same time, without more wheat and grapes, it became increasingly difficult for the winery to open, and it gradually became lonely. The business was bleak for several years. The boss closed the winery a few years ago, and hundreds of workers lost their jobs."
Witte was surprised when he heard this. No wonder the town of Daybreak looked so depressed. It turned out that wild wolves destroyed nearly half of the harvest, and the most profitable winery could no longer operate!
"Then have you tried buying healthy grape seeds from other towns and planting them again?"
"I tried, but even if it grows up, it will be destroyed by wild wolves."
"So the root of the problem now is those wild wolves?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
These wild wolves must be too scary, Werther was sighing in his heart, and heard the instructions from the parchment: a new mission, to prevent the wild wolves from destroying the farm.
Well, that's really what I should do now, but I need to figure out all the details first.
"Have you ever tried to hunt those wild wolves before?" Werther asked Thomas again.
"I have tried it before, but they are very ferocious. Humans can't beat them at all. People who go to hunt wild wolves always come back with scars on their bodies, without killing a single wolf. Slowly, no one is willing to go there anymore.
."
"Oh my God, even bows and arrows can't kill them?"
"Your Highness, what are you talking about? Do you think it is enough to use bows and arrows to deal with wild wolves?" Thomas was very surprised at first, but then showed an understanding look, "Your Highness has been growing up in the palace in the capital, and you really don't know about wild wolves.
What does a wolf look like?"
After hearing this, Werther couldn't help but feel a chill running down his back. Could it be that this meant that the wild wolf was far more terrifying than he thought.
"Mr. Thomas, can you describe to me what a wild wolf looks like?"
"Your Highness, they are different from ordinary wolves. They are larger than wolves, have fangs, and are extremely powerful. I have a portrait of a wild wolf here. Please take a look."
Thomas took out a painting, which showed a very strange-looking creature. Its facial features and coat color were like those of a wolf, but its body shape was more like a lion, as if it were a combination of a wolf and a lion.
Werther couldn't help but feel scared. He really didn't expect that there was such a terrible animal on the border of Daybreak Town.
"Mr. Thomas, are there many wild wolves?"
"Not many. There are about twenty wild wolves that come to destroy the fields every time."
"Then can they eat people?"
"They will only hurt people when people confront them or block their way. Under normal circumstances, they are not interested in the smell of humans."
Witte fell into deep thought. Now he has some understanding of the general situation of the farm in Daybreak Town. The town is facing two problems, one is the decrease of livestock, and the other is the decrease of wheat, vegetables, grapes and other crops. In order to solve these two problems
, we all start from the perspective of preventing wild wolves from destroying, but what should we do to stop them well?
It suddenly occurred to him that every animal has something that it hates. If you can put a circle of things on the border of the farm that are annoying to wild wolves, maybe you can make them reluctant to enter the farm and hunt wild animals instead.
Able to protect livestock and crops in Daybreak Town.
Since they are wolves, there should be something they hate. Maybe they hate the smell of certain plants... As long as we can plant plants that disgust them around the farm!
It was past seven o'clock when Werther and Wile returned to the castle. Although Werther was already hungry, he was not in the mood to eat when he thought that many people in the town were suffering from poverty and starvation.
"Your Highness, dinner is ready." Tom said to Werther.
"You guys can eat first. I have something urgent to do. I discovered something terrible while patrolling the town today. I want to discuss it with Lina."
When Tom heard Werther say these words, he couldn't help but feel moved. The eldest prince was not as incompetent as everyone said, and he was obviously a very attentive person. He looked at Werther's serious back and smiled.
At this time, Linna came out of the room and happened to see Werther.
"Witt, I heard from Ivan that you went to inspect the town. Have you finished reading it?"
"After reading almost everything, I know something very fatal."
"What exactly did you discover today?"
"Today I learned the most critical part of the town. It turns out that about half of the livestock on the farm are eaten by wild wolves every year, and about a quarter of the crops are destroyed by wild wolves."
"Oh my God, this is terrible. Without so much food, people's quality of life will also decline."
"Yes, the best way to deal with these wild wolves is to make them reluctant to approach the farm and have to wander around the border. I am wondering if I can plant some plants that are disgusting to wild wolves on the border of the farm to form an isolation zone.
In this way, wild wolves will not come to destroy the farm again."
"You said that, and I remembered something about wild wolves. In our country of Bruding, wild wolves often come to cause trouble, so we use various spices and juices made from scented plants to fumigate them away.
They. It can be seen that wild wolves are afraid of the smell of many kinds of scents combined together."
"What materials did you use?"
"There are mint, rose, lily, orange blossom and rosemary. Only the nobles of the vampire family can afford these materials. The common people can only scare away the wild wolves by showing their fangs."
"Alas, Dawn Town does not produce roses and lilies, and other materials are rare. What's more, if every corner of the farm edge exudes such a smell, it will consume a lot of energy and money, but it will not be worth the gain.
."
At this time, Werther heard the voice of the parchment again: "Get the elf who can grow plants."
"Elves!" Werther asked Tom, "Uncle Tom, do you know where there are elves in Daybreak Town?"
"Your Highness." Tom suddenly said, "Each type of elf has its own unique magic. They usually live in places like forests and snowfields. In Notland
It is outside the borders in other directions of the country and is at least hundreds of kilometers away from Daybreak Town. However, the lord of each fiefdom will raise an elf for emergencies. When your uncle was a lord, he raised an elf that could change into plants."
"Then do you know where the elf is now?"
"In Wright's hands."
"It looks like we are going to have a head-to-head confrontation with him again."
Early the next morning, Wright received a message from Werther: Send the elf back to the castle.
Wright sneered and tore the letter into pieces, and said to his men: "Put that stupid elf in the cage. Bring twice as many men and horses as yesterday, and we will go meet the new lord." At the same time, he carried the man on his back.
Bow and arrow.
Although he was unwilling, Werther had to face Wright. But surprisingly, he actually brought the elf over. The elf's body was like two fist-sized fur balls, with two rabbit ears on its head. It jumped up and down.
The dancing look is very cute.
"Your Highness!" Wright shouted loudly, "I brought the elf here for you. However, this elf runs as fast as a rabbit. You may not be able to catch up."
Wright opened the cage and kicked the elf hard on the butt. The elf was frightened and ran forward as fast as the wind.
Seeing that the elf was about to hit a rock, Werther ran over and grabbed it. At this moment, Wright shot an arrow into Werther's shoulder while Werther was not paying attention. It turned out that Wright let the elf run away to divert Werther's attention.
, so as to seriously injure him.
"Wright, how dare you hurt me!" Werther pulled out the arrow, and blood slowly flowed from the wound.
"Your Highness, this arrow is returned to you today. Also, this elf is useless at all. It can neither attack nor defend, so why not just give it to you." After that, Wright led the people and left.
I didn’t forget to make a face at Werther before.
"Damn Wright! Oh, it feels so uncomfortable." Witte saw the blood on his shoulder turning black, "The arrow just now was poisonous, someone is here!"
Since the soundproofing of the castle was quite good, Werther's weak voice could not be transmitted in. Just when he was wondering what to do, the elf next to him suddenly jumped and instantly transformed into a herb, while making a squeaking sound from his mouth.
"Elf, do you want me to apply herbal medicine?"
"Zhizhi." The elf nodded.
Werther crushed the herbs and put them on the wound on his shoulder. Miraculously, the wound healed within a minute, and he felt that the toxins in his body were also removed. Sure enough, this elf can transform plants!
"Thank you, elf, you are my lucky star! Let me ask you, if I ask you to conjure mint, rose, lily, orange blossom and rosemary, can you conjure it?"
"Zhizhi~" The elf jumped again and transformed into a plant, which was covered with mint, roses, lilies, orange blossoms and rosemary at the same time.
"You are so amazing, you can actually grow these five plants on the same plant."
"Zhizhi."
"If the entire farm border is to be filled with the smell of these five plants, then Zhizhi needs to transform at least hundreds of plants. And Zhizhi is very tired after transforming two plants today. I'm afraid he will only be able to make Zhizhi every day in the future.
One plant has been transformed. In this case, it will take hundreds of days to implement the plan." Witte said to himself.
"Squeak, squeak."
The elf grabbed the plant with his ears, buried it quickly in the ground, and then watered it with a watering can next to it. A magical thing happened: the plant covered with flowers and leaves of various species quickly grew many branches.
The branches are also covered with flowers and leaves.
"Great, it turns out that this plant can grow so fast. Just break the new branches and bury them in the ground, and they will grow new ones! Zhizhi, you are so awesome!"
At this time, Werther heard the voice of the parchment: Get the elf, and the next task is to plant a scent isolation strip to prevent wild wolves from destroying the farm again.