Chapter 422 Why Work So Hard

For three days, Liszt was busy writing the book *The Theory of Three-State Magic Arrays and Reality Interaction*. Meanwhile, the officials in the administrative office had already prepared the industrial transfer plan.

This plan outlined that within a year, all spirit bug grass would gradually be relocated to Black Horse Island for protection. Magical herbs like Tulip, Thorn, Flame Mushroom, and Nightshade would also be moved to Black Horse Island for cultivation. Flower Town would retain only ordinary crops, relying on composting and irrigation.

As for workshops—bone workshops, magic workshops, crystal workshops, brewing workshops, and soap-making workshops—they would all be relocated to Port Town. Most craftsmen would also move to Port Town, leaving the shops and workshops in Flower Town to apprentices.

The plan was thorough.

Liszt didn’t have much to add and clearly agreed with the plan, leaving it to the officials to carry out.

He was more focused on the smoke mission.

Finishing the mission would get him an oily variant of corn grass insects.

Hmm? Seeing the two serpent tongue characters for "oily," Liszt’s eyes showed a hint of disappointment. It wasn’t corn cobs, after all. An oily variant—would it turn into soybean oil, sesame oil, or go up against peanut oil?

Currently, the oil used in the castle comes from soybeans and peanuts. Liszt finds the taste of both oils fine and isn’t picky.

So.

Oily corn grass insects aren’t exactly something to get excited about.

He then checked out the new smoke mission: *Reviving Fire Dragon Bones*. Have you forgotten that dried dragon bones need magic power to produce something amazing? Get the serfs to mine 10 tons of volcanic glass. Reward: The restlessness of rubber bug triplets.

After reading it, he got it right away: volcanic glass and Fire Dragon bones—something good’s coming. This mission needs to be done ASAP!

But why is the reward the restlessness of rubber bug triplets, not corn grass insects? I figured the first two missions were part of a corn grass insect series.

From what he knew about smoke missions, similar rewards usually mean a series. So the last two rewards of corn grass variants made him think corn grass insects might evolve, like Jie La did.

But then, the mission reward switched to the restlessness of rubber bug triplets.

What’s got these triplets all worked up? Are they about to evolve? Nah, they’re only six months old. So, what’s the deal?

He’d have to wait until the smoke mission was done to check on the rubber bug triplets—right now, they’re chilling in the castle, no weird behavior.

Feeling a bit let down.

Liszt headed out to check the corn grass fields, looking for the oily corn grass insects. But compared to the earlier corn and sorghum, the oily corn grass insects were tough to spot.

He got the serfs from Barley Village to search for two days, but they still didn’t find the oily corn grass insects.

He had no choice but to issue an order: To expand the cultivation area of corn grass, harvesting is prohibited for one month. Wait until the seeds mature before considering harvesting. Strictly speaking, the administrative office didn’t have an immediate plan to expand corn grass cultivation, but the officials were already used to Liszt’s occasional autocratic decisions.

Thus, the corn grass was protected.

They could take their time to search and wait for the oily corn grass insects to appear.

Time flies, and the mares in the stables have all given birth. The first batch of hybrid foals with Black Blood horse lineage has been born.

On the other hand, fig bugs, blackberry bugs, and pea bugs have also been born. News from Black Horse Island reported that green tea bugs have also been born.

Liszt made a trip to Black Horse Island, overseeing the mining of volcanic glass while contracting the green tea bugs. By now, he officially owns 24 spirit bugs.

The newly contracted fig bugs, blackberry bugs, and pea bugs have been brought to Black Horse Island and planted in the agricultural zone planned in Port Town. This area will gradually be developed into large farmland.

Not just these few spirit bugs.

The alfalfa insect grass in the meadows outside Tulip Castle has also been relocated to the heart of the expansive meadows on Black Horse Island; the four snake-blood fruit insects and their accompanying insect grass have been planted early in the port town's subsidiary farmlands, and a vast snake-blood fruit orchard has been laid out; the coconut tree insect grass has been relocated to Beach Island, a subsidiary of Black Horse Island. The coconut trees are arranged in a long strip along Flower Town's beach, which greatly limits the influence of the insect grass, so Liszt simply moved it to Beach Island.

There are many coconut trees on Beach Island, and the area is not large, just within the effective range of the coconut tree insect grass.

Most of the remaining insect grass will need to wait until the end of autumn harvest or until the farmland on Black Horse Island is opened up before they can be moved.

"Sir, we've gathered a significant number of red tree seedlings from Red Tree Island and are transporting them to the Red River estuary for planting. The ducklings are being hand-fed by the villagers, and with green caterpillars as feed, the ducklings are growing well," Blair, now serving as the port town's administrative officer, reported respectfully.

The Red River, though modest in size, is the largest river on Black Horse Island, and the name is meaningless, just because red trees are to be planted.

It springs from Ice Grass Hill, winds through the burial grounds, and eventually empties into the East Sea, forming a small estuary delta filled with silt.

Red trees thrive in the silt-rich estuary, where a new red forest can be developed.

"Plant quickly, then focus on breeding green caterpillars—these insects are invaluable," Liszt said.

Blair nodded in agreement: "Indeed, the green caterpillars' hair is superior to Eagle Perch Mountain's jumping antelope wool for weaving blankets. It serves as food for blizzard beasts and is excellent for crafting garments, making it highly valuable."

"The green hair of the green caterpillars, although not good-looking in color, is very suitable for making clothes, warm and comfortable," Blair added.

"However, the port town is severely short on serfs, sir. We need to continue buying serfs, ideally five to ten thousand at once. Black Horse Island's vast lands can easily accommodate these serfs, the knight team has been formed, and the serfs cannot resist the rule," Blair reported further.

Liszt remained silent for a moment before asking, "How are rubber sales?"

"Currently, we have traded with Tulip Castle, Gravel Castle, and Beer Castle. The price is twice that of glutinous rice, and the response is very good, barely able to make up for the gold coins needed by the territory. But the rubber production is still too slow; even with the recovery of rubber insects, the inventory is still shrinking day by day. Soon, we will not have enough for ourselves," Blair explained.

Speaking of gold coins, Liszt was upset: "Let's get through this period first."

Although he has a lot of good things, the potential of the territory is huge, and the future achievements are unlimited, but he just can't change the current embarrassing environment—poor!

Every time he comes to Black Horse Island and looks at the empty future castle site, he feels sad—he has thought of more than five hundred design schemes, but they can only be drawn on thick paper.

From the scope of Black Horse Island, the gloomy mood caused by poverty has not yet recovered, and the housekeeper Carter brought trouble again: "Master, you are about to attend the wedding of Sir Meopo and the princess. What do you need to choose as a gift? Is it to prepare the gift according to the standard you set for the wedding of Master Levis?"

"Mr. Carter, you say, if I only send a few flower soaps and a few bottles of flower wine as gifts, is it feasible?" Liszt asked.

Carter offered an awkward yet polite smile: "Well..."

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