Chapter 178: Can't Afford to Lose Face!

【Intelligence Five: The forty-fifth birthday celebration of the current Hou Jue is approaching, but the Hou Jue's eldest son, who is in charge of preparing the celebration, seems to have encountered a significant trouble.

That is, a batch of honey originally ordered was hijacked by pirates during sea transport.

This was specially ordered by the Hou Jue's eldest son half a year in advance for the celebration.

Now the banquet celebration will be held the evening after tomorrow; if enough honey cannot be bought by then to make bread, desserts, and so on, the entire birthday celebration will be ruined.

Unfortunately, honey is not a staple grain with huge reserves available anytime and anywhere, so the Hou Jue's eldest son has already anxiously put out the word.

Whoever brings a large quantity of honey for sale, he is willing to pay double the price and owe them a favor!】

【Intelligence Thirty-Six: After several months, an area where the mist dissipates will appear again in the Death Mountain Range.】

Another beautiful day begins with ding ding ding!

Listening to the system intelligence in his mind, finally another wave of useful information has arrived.

Ten days have passed since the last ennoblement of Baron Kane.

During these ten days, the development speed of Storm Domain has become even faster.

Especially with seven thousand serfs joining, the original labor shortage problem in Storm Domain was immediately solved.

Thus, projects such as reclaiming farmland, repairing water conservancy, building houses, repairing roads, and expanding the castle are proceeding in full swing.

Of course, one of the most important projects, expanding the army, was completed several days ago.

Before the expansion, Storm Domain had only one hundred and twenty-five guards.

After the expansion, the slaves and pirates who participated in this expedition were all merged, and at the same time, some serfs recruited from Baron Kane's domain were supplemented.

Together, they formed a three-hundred-man guard legion.

Under normal circumstances, a Viscount obviously does not have the ability to support such an army.

But with the intelligence system, plus telescopes and sugar production, there are predictable considerable incomes.

Gervas felt he could take bigger and bolder steps.

Even if there is not enough money now to equip all the guards, at least training can begin first.

And this training has become even stricter.

Besides combat skills, previous life's formations and goose-stepping were also added.

This was not only for better aesthetics, but also to increase the guards' obedience and cohesion.

Pulling the bedhead rope, dressed neatly under the service of the delicate maid Caroline, Gervas started his busy day.

First, naturally, it was about the migration of the Lightning Silver Fish.

Gervas had heard of these Lightning Silver Fish before; their taste was not particularly exquisite, but because they contained rich mana in their bodies, they had great use.

Once, a Viscount's domain happened to have Lightning Silver Fish appear within its territory.

Just five years later, this Viscount family cultivated a hundred-person Title Knight Order.

This was a Title Knight Order, a full hundred people; in the kingdom's war that year, they established meritorious service for this Viscount, allowing him to be honorably promoted to the position of Count.

Of course, it was later heard that someone deliberately plotted against them, causing that area to no longer be suitable for Lightning Silver Fish to spawn, so this Count-Hou Jue family did not soar to the heavens.

As a deep patient of the fear of insufficient military power, what Gervas lacked most was supernatural subordinates.

So he would absolutely not let go of these Lightning Silver Fish.

"Water weeds? Do all the water weeds in all the lakes need to be dredged?"

"That's right; except for Silver Light Lake and Swan Lake, all the seaweed in the other lakes must be dredged."

"After the dredging is done, immediately throw them into Silver Light Lake; remember, the speed must be fast!"

Hearing this, Old John, although not understanding the purpose of doing so, still solemnly replied, "My lord, I will arrange personnel to handle this immediately!"

Walking out of the dining hall, Gervas went to the training ground, where knights and guards were training hard.

"Greetings, my lord!"

"Greetings, my lord!"

For a moment, the training ground was filled with greetings and shouts.

Gervas responded to each one, and then separately called over Lei Meng and Knight Mi Gen.

"My lord, if you have any orders, just give them to this humble one!" Seeing the situation, Knight Mi Gen was eager to try, thinking Gervas had some important mission.

"You two just follow me first!"

Soon, Gervas brought the two to the area where the two Iron-Shell Fire Lizards were raised.

The Iron-Shell Lizards have now grown slightly, reaching a length of about two point eight meters.

Although becoming a true mount is still a bit of a stretch, do not underestimate them.

These little fellows are now even more fierce than crocodiles four or five meters long.

After all, they are magical beasts!

Roar roar!

Of course, when the two little fellows saw Gervas, they were both fearful and delighted.

The fear was because the two little fellows had once been wild and unruly and made mistakes, and were disciplined by Gervas.

For example, one little fellow once attacked the serf responsible for raising them without any warning.

Causing the serf to lose a small arm.

That day, Gervas personally jumped into the beast pen raising the Iron-Shell Rhinos and thoroughly disciplined the offending little fellow with his fists.

Beaten so hard that for the following few days, the two little fellows would show fear whenever they saw Gervas.

Of course, give a stick and then a candy; as a transmigrator, Gervas played this game very skillfully.

Thus, for the following few days, every time Gervas came, he would feed the two little fellows meat, including small pieces of magical beast meat.

This is what made the two little fellows both love and fear Gervas when they saw him.

Of course, later Gervas also modified the beast pen.

Not only was the stone wall built higher, but an isolation zone was also set up within the breeding area, mimicking the zoos of his past life, with iron fences serving as the barrier in the middle.

When the keepers needed to feed or clean the beast pens, they would first lure the magical beasts into the isolation zone to ensure safety.

"Eh, my lord, both little ones have grown so big! I remember when I carried them back last time, they were only one meter fifty in length!" Knight Mi Gen exclaimed in wonder.

"That's right, the two little ones have grown quite a bit and have now reached the age where a master-servant contract can be signed!" Gervas spoke up, taking the opportunity.

"Master-servant contract?" Knight Mi Gen was stunned at first, then envy immediately surged in his eyes.

"My lord, congratulations! Soon, you will be able to mount a magical beast as your steed!"

"Not me, but you and Lei Meng. This is why I brought you and Lei Meng here!"

"Me and Knight Commander Lei Meng? This..." Knight Mi Gen was stunned into silence.

He could very well understand that Lei Meng might have the possibility of signing a magical beast contract.

After all, Knight Commander Lei Meng was a Silver Knight, the strongest combat force under my lord.

But as for himself... having become a Great Knight for only ten days, what merit did he have to deserve such an opportunity?

"My lord, your subordinate dares not. You should sign the contract with the Iron-Clad Fire Salamander yourself. I don't even possess battle qi; if this gets out, people will laugh at me in the future!"

Gervas felt both annoyed and amused. "Knight Mi Gen, is your ambition so small? With such a wonderful opportunity, you dare not accept it just for fear of idle gossip?"

"Besides, asking me to ride an Iron-Clad Fire Salamander? Are you looking down on me, your lord?"

"Your lord here would at least sign a contract with a unicorn or a giant dragon; otherwise, I wouldn't even have the face to ride it out!"