Chapter 295: No Paperwork

After seeing off Aubrey and his group, the town resumed its tranquility.

"Flower soap, flower brew, delicacies, plus ironwood—Flower Town’s specialties are becoming increasingly diverse," Liszt sat in his study, flipping through the administrative records sent by Gort, quietly sipping his milk tea.

The flower soap brought in a daily net profit of five gold coins. As long as the technology wasn't stolen or counterfeited, they could continue to monopolize the market and gradually expand with the help of Tulip Castle and Beer Castle’s distribution channels.

"In the short term, no one should know the technical formula of the flower soap."

The soap maker, Bounie Zhendan, was constantly improving the formula of the flower soap. Compared to the initial version, today’s flower soap, although still primarily made of soap powder, animal fat, and wood ash, had various auxiliary materials added, making the varieties richer and the cleaning effect better.

Even if shoddy counterfeit soaps appeared on the market, they wouldn’t pose a significant threat to the flower soap.

Liszt dipped his quill in ink and firmly wrote the number "10" on a blank sheet of thick parchment. He hoped the flower soap could reach a daily net profit of ten gold coins.

If that was achieved, the food for the castle and blizzard beasts would no longer be a concern.

"So, worrying about the blizzard beasts eating me out of my resources was just needless anxiety. As a transmigrator, I still have some tricks up my sleeve. A single move can generate substantial profits." He thought with some pride.

The flower soap was now the pillar industry of Flower Town.

Delicacies were also a pillar, although they didn’t make much money, they greatly enhanced the reputation of Flower Town. Now, who on all of Coral Island didn’t know that Flower Town offered the most delicious food?

However, reputation wasn’t particularly important to nobles. At most, it drew attention to Flower Town and Liszt.

Liszt himself didn’t care much about it either. He developed these delicacies to satisfy his own palate.

What truly mattered to him was the upcoming liquor business: "Next, whether we feast or starve, it all hinges on the success of the flower brew."

Currently, the brewery hadn’t been completed yet.

The brewmaster sent by his brother Levis was already in place, learning brewing techniques with Frank Jiuzao and others, and the family members who came with him had settled in Flower Town. Thirteen thousand pounds of iron, delivered in two batches, and brewing grains, including millet, had also been shipped in batches.

Wooden, pottery, and jade bottles were being crafted.

Frank, Levis’s family tutor who shared the same name as Frank, often ran back and forth with the convoy, overseeing the progress of the brewery. Apparently, Levis was more anxious about it than Liszt. Levis had taken some of the original flower brew and traveled to all six cities on Coral Island, inviting nobles to taste the new liquor.

Pre-orders had piled up on his desk.

In about a week, the first batch of flower brew would be ready for packaging and market launch.

The quill paused for a moment.

Liszt firmly wrote the number "50" on the thick parchment, hoping that the daily net profit from the flower brew business, after splitting, would reach fifty gold coins.

But his brow twitched slightly.

He struck out "50" and wrote "100." Here, liquor could be considered a luxury item, a daily consumable luxury that nobles were eager for.

As long as they captured Coral Island and Red Crab Island, achieving a daily profit of one hundred gold coins should be feasible. If they could also capture Golden Island and New Land Island, they would earn even more.

By then,

Black Horse Island could be fully developed, instead of covertly dispatching hundreds of serfs to work around the clock, exhausted, barely managing to construct a few streets and rows of houses.

Once the Rubber Tree Spirit Bugs were in place, Liszt planned to immediately expand the rubber tree plantations.

With the arrival of spring, the pasture for the Black Blood Horses would also need to be expanded.

This required a significant workforce and, of course, capital.

Upon thinking of this, he couldn’t help but feel fortunate: "Fortunately, I have the smoke-related quest, which has already rewarded me with four types of potions. The revenue from the black tulip brings in roughly four to five hundred gold coins each month, but the money doesn’t even stay in the coffers long before it's poured into town construction.

Right now, it's the early expansion phase, a time of spending heavily.

Just buying grain costs hundreds of gold coins monthly; the price of grain is astonishingly high. Especially in winter, the noble lords on Coral Island struggle to feed themselves and are unwilling to sell any grain.

"This winter, we’ll reclaim a large number of farmlands. I hope Flower Town’s grain can become self-sufficient... No, if we can meet three-quarters of our food demands, I’ll be satisfied. There aren’t enough spirit bugs to boost the harvest. For the remaining quarter, we’ll have to buy it."

This is the time to tighten our belts and work hard; only by enduring hardship can one become the best.

However, Liszt believes that his quality of life must be guaranteed first, so... the expenditure of the castle is almost reaching the standard of a viscount’s estate.

It is precisely because of his extravagant eating and drinking that he was able to quickly advance to the elite Earth Knight and rapidly increase his total battle qi.

The excellent bloodlines of those great nobles, who aim to become Sky Knights in their twenties, aren’t they also nurtured by eating well?

Eating magical beast meat like it’s bread and drinking potions like water, even a pig could take flight. His uncle Mexiro is a living example, a mediocre talent who was still trained to become a Sky Knight by Marquis Merlin.

Yawning, Liszt was too impatient to look at these administrative records anymore, throwing the quill into the inkpot: "Why do I need to know how much we spend and earn each day? I only need to worry if there’s enough money, whether it can meet my living and cultivation needs, and then continuously grow stronger!"

Rising, he left the study.

He had someone call Paris to prepare for actual combat, to work up a sweat.

...

After an exhilarating fight, he felt refreshed all over.

At noon, he had a bigger appetite and ate an extra plate of tomato scrambled eggs, then comfortably took a nap. Just after waking up, Liszt received good news.

Marcus had returned to Flower Town on the Flower.

He rushed to the castle: "My lord, the Rubber Tree Spirit Bugs have been born! Incredible, there are three spirit bugs, unheard of! Lassie, Griffin, and I checked every two hours. It was my turn to inspect at dawn, and I personally saw three spirit bugs emerge one after another!"

Fearing that Liszt wouldn’t believe him, he emphasized that he had personally climbed the tree to verify.

Liszt was already aware, so he didn’t show any surprise, just nodded calmly: "I understand, Master Marcus. These are spirit bug triplets. It’s miraculous, but not impossible. Once the Flower finishes unloading and reloading, we’ll set off immediately."

Surprised by the Lord’s reaction, Marcus suppressed his excitement and regained his composure: "Yes, my lord!"

Originally, the Flower wouldn’t sail at night, as night voyages are very dangerous, but due to the eagerness for the spirit bugs, Liszt urged Kosto to set off as soon as the Flower was fully loaded in the afternoon.

Cutting through the water, waves splashed.

Sailing at full speed into the sunset.

Marcus described the scene he witnessed: "Those were three milky-white spirit bugs, identical, smooth as milk. One crawled ahead, and two followed behind, crawling from one branch to another. They looked very active."