Chapter 829: Chapter 0826: Five-Year Plan (Second Update)
Marquis Merlin’s funeral ended, and Liszt did not stay long at Long Taro Castle. The next day, he returned to Black Horse Island with Ach.
Compared to other nobles who needed to sail slowly, he traveled at the speed of sound aboard Ach’s shell, crisscrossing the Sapphire Archipelago as if darting around the second ring road of a city. Upon returning to his territory, he first mounted the Landwalker bird Loki and patrolled the area. He then found the increasingly well-fed Rainbow Whale Rose and took a dip in the sea.
Now, in the midst of the sweltering summer heat, swimming in the sea was incredibly refreshing.
The Lightning Dragon Turtle, raised by Ach, had become the guardian beast of Black Horse Island and spent half of each day lying on the beach near Giant Algae Town.
Then, enjoying the loads of delicious dried fish brought by the servants from Thorn Castle.
It also wasn’t completely idle; as a Thunder Attribute Super Dragon Beast, its body naturally condensed High Thunder Magic, creating a dense, natural cultivation arena rich in Thunder Magic Power. Many Thunder Attribute knights from the territory cultivated around it.
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These knights were all young, and they were the reservists of the “Burning Knights Group” that Liszt cultivated for himself.
The Sapphire Duke had the famous Blueblood Knight Order, and as his direct troop, Liszt naturally could not be without his own direct troop. Over time, as the Burning Knights Group continued to grow and expand, it would gradually develop into a noble merit group like the Blue Blood Alliance.
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“The Black Blood Hybrid Horses are doing well in breeding. The mixed breeds can now initially equip the local Knight Order, and the number of Black Blood Purebred Horses has grown from a few dozen to over two hundred. Once these foals grow up and we continuously improve their breed, they’ll certainly develop into Dragon Breed Horses just like the Blue Blood Treasure Horses.”
The Black Blood Treasure Horses were slightly smaller than the Blue Blood Treasure Horses. Although both were Dragon Breed Horses, they were inferior in quality in all aspects.
However, under Liszt’s “Eugenics and Scientific Horse Breeding” policy, it was only a matter of time before stronger Black Blood Treasure Horses were developed to equip the Burning Knights Group.
“It’s a pity that we’ve been unable to breed a new productive female Fierce Earth Dog, and there’s no end in sight for the formation of the Blizzard Knights Group; Little Yellow, Little Red, Little Purple don’t have mates, and the Flame Dragon Bird colony is difficult to develop—forming the Royal Knight Squad seems like a luxury… In fact, even the Cultivation System for Fire Paladins has not yet been ironed out.”
The Burning Knights Group is a collective term, containing ordinary knights as well as elite knights.
Just as there are elite Ashen Hawk Knights within the Blueblood Knight Order, the Burning Knights Group would also have the elite Blizzard Knights and even the elite amongst the elites, the Royal Knight Squad. The Blizzard Knights were planned to use Blizzard Beasts as mounts, while the Royal Knight Squad was intended to mount the Flame Dragon Birds.
Regrettably, while the cultivation principles of the Fire Paladin are basically clear, the specific details still need to be refined, and coordination with Leo also requires exploration.
Liszt himself felt he lacked the intellectual capacity to fully refine it, and Ach had no time to worry about this experiment either, so it had been shelved for now.
“It’s still too shallow a foundation; achieving success all at once is very hard.” Liszt watched the Lightning Dragon Turtle sunbathing on the nearby beach and sighed softly.
Just as the Smoke Mission had said, his personality was indeed filled with an exaggerated “do big things quickly.”
But some things just can’t be rushed.
“The Blizzard Beasts cannot breed, it’s difficult to form the Flame Dragon Birds, and it seems there’s no hope for the Lightning Dragon Turtle to become a tool for pulling ships… The only happy news is that the Super Dragon Beast is greatly beneficial to the knights’ cultivation, with the progress of these Thunder Attribute knights training around the Lightning Dragon Turtle clearly visible.”
Once Little Yellow, Little Red, and Little Purple grew up, they could also provide cultivation sites for Fire Attribute knights.
Of course, actually, cultivating near Fire Dragon Leo would yield even better results, but the dragon’s nobility would never allow insignificant ants to clamor around it.
Drawing back his gaze, Liszt stroked the Rainbow Whale Rose beneath him and gently remarked, “Good mounts are really hard to find. Landwalker bird Loki and Rainbow Whale Rose don’t have similar breeds; there’s no way to breed…It’s easier to find and train some Super Dragon Beasts to follow.”
Thus, he remembered the clues about Super Dragon Beasts he had learned from Kenley Truth.
The Earth Attribute Golden Mountain Goat is raised by the Steel Ridge Royal Family, so evidently, it is quite difficult to obtain; there is a type of Sub-dragon called Gallant Eagle, raised by a Duke’s family in Steel Ridge that once birthed a Dragon Knight, but the actual creature has never been seen; the most likely to be obtained is the Unicorn.
Within the Pegasus Great Forest, there are advanced Dragon Beasts known as Pegasus, and it is said that within the Pegasus herd, Unicorns have been spotted.
“Pegasus are Wind Attribute advanced Dragon Beasts. If the Unicorn is similar to the Thunder Attribute Dragon Turtle and Dragon Turtle in terms of species relationship, then it should be a Wind Attribute Super Dragon Beast… According to the ‘Magical Beast Encyclopedia’ naming convention, it should be called Storm Pegasus, which more suitably matches its status.”
Whether it is the Storm Pegasus or the Unicorn.
Li Si Te had already decided that once he found the time, he would go to the Pegasus Great Forest with Ach to search for them.
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The results of patrolling the domain were not bad.
He obtained three Elf Bugs, specifically the Little Wheat Bug, Hemp Rope Vine Bug, and Tomato Bug, in addition to the previously discovered Barley Bug and Corn Bug by the serfs. The domain had continually produced five high-economic-value Elf Bugs recently, which was quite gratifying.
Big data proved.
Scientific farming greatly promotes the cultivation of Elf Bugs!
With this discovery, and the long-term farming methods explored by the domain, it is foreseeable that the Flame Kingdom will welcome a continuous explosion of elves, and the national power will skyrocket by geometric multiples.
After inspecting the domain.
After handling the accumulated official duties.
Staying for a few days for good rest at Thorn Castle, Li Si Te soon gathered the construction outlines written by his senior officials and looked them over carefully.
Discard the dross and select the essence, then integrate the strengths of various sources to write his own “Flame Country’s Zeroth Five-Year Construction Outline.”
As to why it is the “zeroth five years,” it is because he plans to complete the establishment of the country within these five years; since it is not yet established, it cannot be the “first five years.” In short, it was just Li Si Te’s personal quirk flaring, or perhaps a twitch in his brain.
The “Outline” in summary is a sixteen-character policy.
“Iron Hooves Black Horse, continue development, Flame Whirlwind, fully develop; Serf Trade, Knights pioneer, Infrastructure, Industry Shift.”
Specifically, it was divided into several developmental steps… This was a detailed and solid construction outline, considering needs from all aspects, which would guide the establishment of the Flame Kingdom from a high vantage. As long as it was strictly implemented, the country would inevitably be successfully established within five years.
When the “Outline” was transcribed, the Smoke Mission was also completed.
“Mission completed, reward awarded to the creative Magician Inuit Truth.”
“Inuit Truth? I have heard this name before; just two days ago, while inspecting the docks, a magician blended into the sailing team, apparently, a young magician aspiring to great voyages.” Li Si Te quickly found out which magician was the reward of the Smoke Mission.
The day after he returned to his domain, Kostor and others returned from testing the new Longitudinal Sailboat. After the sailing test, detailed data on the Longitudinal Sailboat was obtained. In the aspect he most cared about, speed, its advantage was not as significant as Liszt had imagined, especially when sailing downwind, the Longitudinal Sailboat was actually quite difficult to control.
However, when sailing upwind, the advantages of the Longitudinal Sailboat’s speed were perfectly displayed; unless it was directly facing headwind, the Longitudinal Sailboat could sail by relying on the sea wind—of course, in real operation, when the wind was too strong or the headwind too direct, it still was hard to sail.
Li Si Te was not very satisfied with the performance of the Longitudinal Sailboat; he had originally thought it could replace the Transverse Sailboat, but now it seemed, it could not replace it at all.
Just then, the young magician named Inuit boldly suggested, “Your Highness, why not combine longitudinal and transverse sails… Moreover, the sail is too flimsy; I suggest using hardwood to support the sail, allowing the wind to strike the sail better and fully utilize the pushing force.”