European Emperor Cultivation System

Chapter 60 Survival and Development

Li Peijun was a little tired and yawned, "Let's go, let's eat."

"It's another hard day." Li Peijun straightened his waist to relax his muscles and bones, and pressed his hands on his back like a keyboard.

Cohen was still holding back his doubts. Every time he opened his mouth to ask, the two strong men in front of him, who looked like door gods, shot him back with their eyes.

The lord's residence was cleaned inside and out again, and the dust and spider webs originally hidden in the corners and ceilings had long been swept away.After the rearrangement, the whole house has a warmer atmosphere.

"You guys are back, it's almost time for dinner." Catherine came out of the kitchen, holding a plate of bread in her hand.

"Let me see if this is black bread or white bread." Li Peijun pinched off a small piece and threw it into his mouth, "Well, not bad, it's delicious. I can finally chew it."

Everyone sat down one by one. The dining table itself had nothing special, only a plain white tablecloth and chairs with average texture. Except for the bible in the middle of the dining table, there were wine glasses and cutlery with the texture of the cross. It could be seen that the lord He treats religion with incomparable fanaticism, but treats secularism with no pursuit, and keeps everything simple.

"This guy must pay great attention to spiritual enjoyment, and he still doesn't forget to sing and praise even when he is hungry." Li Peijun teased a little, then shut up and started to eat.

After becoming a lord, the food on the dinner table is finally better. Although there is still the shadow of black bread, there are more white bread to choose from. Fruit wine is already a must-have drink every day. Hafleur's special The environment also makes sea fish a frequent visitor for breakfast and dinner.

"This pork chop is still a bit raw and cold." Li Peijun is not interested in these things. He is a carnivore and he still likes to eat pork chops with big mouthfuls.

No matter how hard I tried, the steak was always cut poorly, and I struggled to tear a hole in the rough meat, but I couldn't handle it because of the greasy fat wrapped inside.

"Let's re-grill it." Li Peijun directly forked the whole pork chop with a short dagger, picked up a glass of wine, and walked to the stove in the kitchen.

Under the fierce fire, the cold pork chops squeaked, the fat was slowly burned away, and the blood inside leaked out through the opening and closing gaps.

There is no salt, no soy sauce, and no seasonings. Li Peijun can only use wine as vinegar. After carefully pouring it over, he put it back on the fire and roasted it until the surface gradually turns from blood red to burnt. When it was brown and the aroma of wine overflowed, Li Peijun moved the pork chop away from the fire rack with satisfaction.

"Why is this meat so hard to bite?" Li Peijun tore at the meat, but he couldn't tear it off. In the end, he was forced to swallow the whole piece of pork chop in embarrassment, and it was difficult to chew it in his mouth, as if he wanted to conquer the vastness The sailors in the ocean were ruthlessly tortured by the wind and waves, and the feeling of swallowing forcibly almost choked Li Peijun to death.

"It feels like the old sow's pork used to make soup at home is chewier than it."

After complaining, Li Peijun rubbed his swollen stomach. It was as if he had swallowed a weight in his stomach, which was hard to digest. His chest was a little depressed. After returning to the living room, he ordered two more cups of fruit brew to relieve his discomfort. .

"Bruno, when I held a meeting with the nobles, why did I use Oster's crime of attempting to occupy the lord's wife?"

Cohen suddenly uttered a surprising word, and all the eyes of the audience were attracted by this sentence, which caused Li Peijun to almost choke half of the fruit wine he drank into his lungs.

"Naturally, this is the only way to confirm the crimes committed by his elder son, right, Tiddell." Bernard immediately came out to make a rescue, and continued to play tricks on Tiddell.

"That's right, that's right, one more crime, one more crime." Tiedle also hastily added.

"But..." Cohen was still thinking about talking, but Bernard and Tidel stepped on Cohen's feet and pinched the flesh on his waist to stop him from continuing.

Li Peijun regained his strength with great difficulty, and wiped off the choked wine with a napkin, and saw Catherine, who was leaning towards the other side, almost buried her head under the table, and only faintly saw a blush.

Even nobles rarely had leisure activities at night in the Middle Ages. Most of them would just throw themselves on the bed after eating and sleep until dawn. Bernard's group of people didn't know what they whispered under their breaths at the table. Anyway, after that, Cohen He also behaved without saying a word, just watching quietly.

After the maid cleaned up the kitchen and dining table, she left on her own, and she would come back early tomorrow morning. Li Peijun didn't have to worry about it himself. After closing the doors and windows again, the five of them returned to their respective rooms.

Li Peijun was thinking about tomorrow's itinerary in the room. It seemed that the affairs of the nobles had been satisfactorily resolved, and now he could concentrate on strengthening his own strength.

"Gunpowder blows the knighthood to pieces."

Li Peijun’s first impression came to mind. Knights and castles were synonymous with the Middle Ages. It was the widespread use of gunpowder that turned knights into moving targets and castles into impractical decorations. If powerful firearms could be produced, Naturally, he is invincible all over the world.

Suddenly, Li Peijun turned over and drew a sketch on the bed with a piece of cheap leather. The flickering candlelight made Li Peijun's eyes a little swollen and painful. After a while, the sketch of a cannon It is vivid on paper.

"Haha, what the hell are you drawing?"

Li Peijun looked at the sketch on the leather, and there were two wheels that were not round or square drawn on an upwardly inclined cylinder, and an ignition line was drawn at the end. The overall composition level was no different from his kindergarten paintings. On the other hand, Li Peijun proudly wrote a few Chinese characters on it - Invincible Cannon.

Looking at the childish sketch he drew, Li Peijun scrunched up the leather and threw it away with a smile and anger.

I don’t know how to configure gunpowder, and I don’t understand the principle. I can’t even draw a sketch of a firearm, let alone build a usable entity. The assumption that a hot weapon crushes a cold weapon does not exist. Li Peijun put it aside for the time being. thought.

"I can only find a way to modify the trebuchet." Li Peijun comforted himself.

The scene of the opening of new sea routes and the huge profits brought by the triangular trade resurfaced in Li Peijun's mind. He thought of the natives in America and Africa. Send a navy to forcefully occupy points, collect spices and gold, and you can make a fortune.

Soon this idea was vetoed by Li Peijun himself, remembering the last time I saw a light-sailed sloop in Honfleur, the hull structure was not enough to cross the English Channel, let alone cross the Atlantic Ocean.

The superb boatmen and huge merchant ships are all on the Mediterranean coast at the moment. If I can pass from Normandy, I will already be a prince who dominates one side, and I don’t have to worry about lack of money and lack of people like I do now.

Putting aside unrealistic ideas, Li Peijun finally focused on his own territory and thought about a way out. The current source of city taxes is nothing more than his own fiefdom and the city's industry and commerce. The shadow of urban autonomy in Venice has begun to take shape. , Li Peijun can also follow the same example and build Haverul into a city like ***.

"Well, just do it."

Li Peijun knew that a mature and well-developed industry and commerce would bring much more wealth than arable land, and he also knew that taking this step would definitely affect the interests of the traditional aristocracy and the church.

In the first step, Li Peijun planned to accumulate enough wealth from the peasants in the fiefdom, and then fall out with the nobles and the church when the time was right. For now, he just had to quietly farm, hide his capabilities, and accumulate strength.

"Tomorrow, I will inspect the farmers on the fief to see the situation of my own industry." Li Peijun secretly planned.

"Dong dong dong."

There was a gentle knock on the door.

"Who, it's so late." Li Peijun replied, but there was no response.

(End of this chapter)