Chapter 580: Cool Summer with Green Silk

The clothing in this world is clearly not as advanced as in the Earth era. They are categorized into ordinary clothing and magic gear based on the materials used.

Magic gear is obviously only affordable for noble knights, such as Liszt's cloak, with its red front, black back, and gold trim, which is magic gear. There is also his six-headed king sea snake leather armor and other various magic gear made from magical beast materials, serving both as clothing and armor.

In the realm of ordinary clothing, the pinnacle is undoubtedly fur garments—precious furs such as mink and fox, which are exclusive to the nobility.

Additionally, ordinary nobles generally wear woolen clothing, woven from wool and similar fibers; for warmth, they typically don down-filled garments, like those filled with goose or duck down.

Commoners mostly wear linen and cotton clothing.

Silkworm farming is unheard of here, hence the absence of silk products. However, upon encountering the fabric spun from green-haired worms, Liszt immediately thought of silk.

Lightweight, sheer, and smooth to the touch, it resembles a delicate layer of gauze.

The green-haired fabric, while not matching the comfort of genuine silk, is still a high-quality silk fabric. After bleaching, its color significantly softens, transitioning from a vivid green to a subtle, misty hue.

"This fabric is excellent; we shall name it silk," Liszt once again used a counterfeit to usurp the name of the real thing—of course, there is no silk in this world, so calling the green-haired fabric silk is not a big deal. Names are just codes, convenient for him to distinguish and remember.

"Yes, my lord."

"Have the textile workshop promptly craft me several silk outfits; silk is ideal for summer wear."

The green-haired worms breed rapidly, and the green-headed ducks and flamingos eat the worms but not the green hair. Each feeding trip to the mangroves yields a bounty of green hair, discarded by ducks and birds. Once transported to the textile workshop, it's woven into substantial quantities of silk.

This is destined to become a local specialty.

The nobility is sure to covet this lightweight, cool, and breathable fabric.

Consider that even during peak summer, nobles are obliged to don full formal attire at banquets, complete with a neck-encircling ruffled collar. Adopting silk for garments could at least triple the comfort—while grand nobles may have their cooling methods, lesser nobles will undoubtedly clamor for silk.

Liszt mused to himself: "The price of green-haired silk ought to exceed that of down jackets... To cater to the nobility's demand, Nami must intensify her efforts, cultivating additional mangroves along Black Horse Island's shores for green-haired worm farming... Ideally, green-haired worms should be farmed artificially."

Just like raising silkworms, the efficiency of artificially raising green-haired worms should significantly increase.

Then the green-haired worms would only need to eat, drink, and sleep, and when mature, they would be thrown to the green-headed ducks and flamingos to eat, and the leftover green hair would be collected.

"Just follow this routine, and have Gort arrange for people to execute it later..." Just as he thought this, he suddenly paused again; the territory has a huge shortage of serfs.

Raising green-haired worms obviously requires a large number of serfs, and it seems impossible to do now.

We still have to wait until after the development order, and the territory can usher in a leap-forward development.

Speaking of the development order.

Liszt soon received a message from a knight from Tulip Castle—the Count invited him to Tulip Castle for a family banquet, as the Count had received a notice from the court to go to Blue Dragon Island to gather at the Blue Sky Mountain Palace for a court council. Compared to previous years, this year's council time is quite early.

So that day, Liszt rode the land bird Loki and quickly headed to Tulip Castle.

Loki's speed is getting faster, and its endurance has greatly increased, obviously still growing. However, what disappoints Liszt is that it has not yet learned a third magic. As a mid-level dragon beast, knowing only two magics is indeed a loss of status—perhaps the power of the bloodline fruit is insufficient.

Making it a half-baked mid-level dragon beast.

...

"Liszt, you came so quickly," his brother Levis greeted him at the door.

Having the servant take the land bird away, Liszt replied, "I have the land bird Loki; it only takes forty minutes to get here from Flower Town."

"I really envy you; you lack neither aquatic mounts nor aerial mounts, and you even have the blueblooded horse gifted by the Duke."

"When you advance to become a sky knight, everything will fall into place. You must be close, right?" Liszt walked side by side with Levis into the castle and inquired.

Levis showed a reserved smile: "Indeed, I am close. I have already touched the bottleneck of restraint, but I am still preparing to break through for now. Your book 'Earth Notes' has been a great help to my training. I have to admit, your insight into mana cultivation is astonishing."

"It's good that I can help you."

Just as they sat down in the living room, Gloria, who was pregnant, personally brought him a cup of plain milk tea—everyone in Tulip Castle knew Liszt's taste, either green tea or milk tea without minced meat, eggs, and other ingredients.

She smiled and said, "Father and Lady Mary are in Coral City handling this quarter's taxes and should be back soon. Grandmother and Lvera have already sent someone to fetch them. You and Levis can chat first. Lytton is also in the castle; I'll summon him."

Liszt took the milk tea: "Thank you, but you're pregnant. These tasks should be left to the servants—your baby is the priority."

Levis said beside him: "Only because you're here does Gloria go to such lengths. Others wouldn't receive such attention."

Turning to Gloria with a gentle expression: "Please, don't overexert yourself, Liszt wouldn't care about these formalities. Sit down and let's chat together, and there's no need to summon Lytton. He's just a child; what could he possibly add to the conversation?"

After Gloria sat down, she still said to the butler: "Mr. Silva, please go and fetch Lytton."

Liszt quietly savored the milk tea.

He had no interest in the daily politics of Tulip Castle.

After the butler went to fetch Lytton, he seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, my territory has recently produced a unique fabric. I brought some for you to make clothes."

The servants soon brought a bolt of green silk.

Handed to Gloria for appraisal.

As a woman who had studied textile arts at Oxhorn Academy, Gloria naturally knew the quality of fabrics. After stroking it for a moment, her eyes lit up: "Smooth, lightweight, and breathable—it feels incredibly comfortable, and the fabric's luster is stunning, with a faint green shimmer!"

The personal footman Thomas explained on her behalf: "This is called silk, my lady."

"Silk... Liszt, what is the value of this fabric?" Gloria asked keenly, she had already sensed the commercial value of green silk.

"I believe it won't be cheaper than high-quality down, though the exact pricing hasn't been determined yet. After all, the productivity of the territory can't meet the demand, and silk can't be mass-produced in the near future. I just brought some over to give you for making summer clothes."

"Is there anything we can help with?"

"Not at the moment. Let's discuss it once the production of green silk stabilizes."

"Alright." Gloria was not disappointed, still happily saying, "Silk feels so comfortable. This summer, we won't have to endure those stifling full-length skirts anymore."

Levis also touched the silk and praised: "I'll have a few frock coats tailored from this. Woolen frock coats are unbearable in summer, and that dreadful ruff feels like a hot water bottle around the neck!"

As they chatted, Lytton soon arrived. Seeing Liszt, he greeted obediently, "Brother Liszt, you're here."

Liszt responded with a "hmm" and then used Magic Eye to assess Lytton's mana level—it was quite dense. Over the past few months, Lady Mary must have invested heavily in his training.

But after a glance, he dismissed it.

As a dragon knight, Liszt didn't even regard a full-level sky knight highly, let alone a mere earth knight. In the entire Sapphire Duchy, the only one he respected was the Sapphire Duchy himself—Andrew Sapphire, who was either a dragon knight or the Lord of Dragon Domain.