The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

During the few days that Malediz stayed in the Designia territory, he conducted a detailed and precise investigation of what Xia Zuoyi said - "writing the storybook of the gods is to sell clothes and improve people's cultural literacy".

He often took Paul in and out of the two cities of Wissus and Fort Comoi, and his thoughts were so complicated that they changed almost every day.

But it is undeniable that the long skirts sold in the rose clothing store are indeed very beautiful and novel, and he has never seen such a style even in the San Airo Empire.

In addition to selling long skirts, the shop also sells hats, silk scarves, women's shawls, stockings, shoes... a full range of women's clothing and accessories.

But it does not sell men's clothing.

For this reason, Malediz asked Paul to go in and ask the guys in the store, and the answer he got was that he was not considering mass production of men's clothes at present.

But customization is acceptable if required.

After careful questioning, Paul finally understood.

This kind of customization is like a tailor who specializes in making clothes for nobles. According to the fabrics used and the patterns sewn, the prices are also divided into different grades.

The low price can even be enjoyed by some commoners.

The store also specially made a style atlas for this purpose, which can be chosen by people who want to customize, which is very convenient.

Paul: "My lord, how many more days do we need to stay in the Designia territory?"

Malediz looked at him: "What?"

Paul coughed dryly: "My lord, I, I want to order a whole set of men's clothes, if I stay here enough time..."

Malediz was silent, and there was no expression on his rigid face.

Just when Paul couldn't help but feel uneasy, he heard the Cardinal beside him speak, his voice was slightly dull.

"Yes, by the way, help me customize a set."

Paul was pleasantly surprised: "Yes, my lord."

He then asked Malediz for the style of men's clothes.

But what they said was not as comprehensive as they saw in person. In the end, the two walked into the Rose clothing store together.

After confirming the style of the clothes, Malediz and Paul came to the school near Wissas.

There are currently only two schools in the Designia territory, which are built in the two cities of Versas and Fort Comoi. The schools are responsible for teaching children to learn to read.

But there are not many teachers there, and sometimes priests come to teach part-time.

They walked on the clean streets and stepped on the asphalt concrete pavement. There was no mixed odor in their noses. The clean and fresh air made people take a deep breath, and they could not help but relax physically and mentally.

Paul dared not speak out.

He felt that the environment in Wissus was better than the royal city of St. Airo Empire, and every corner of the city could bring him new discoveries and surprises...

If Lord Maleditz permits, he must take a coach to the foot of Paar Mountain when he returns.

The school where the children are taught is called Wissas No. [-] Primary School. The gate of the school is guarded by soldiers and no strangers are allowed to enter.

They were also stopped by soldiers as a matter of course and asked to show proof.

Malediz took out the certificate issued by Xia Zuoyi - a word of approval was written on the light red water pattern paper, and the rose and thorn family crest was clearly printed.

After checking the certificate, the soldier respectfully said, "Please come in, do you need someone to accompany you?"

"No, I just want to turn around casually." Malediz shook his head.

The soldier stopped talking nonsense and made a gesture to invite him in.

It coincided with the school recess activities, and many children ran out.

They gathered together in twos and threes in the open space, and some of them turned their heads curiously to Malediz and Paul, who were obviously strangers.

"Excuse me, sir... Are you a new teacher?" A little boy suddenly ran over and asked shyly.

The boy's name is Dover.

He was dressed in cheap sackcloth, obviously in commoner attire.

Another boy walking slowly behind him was wearing a fine linen coat and boots, a child of a nobleman.

"No, it's not." Malediz said with a serious face.

Dover took a small step back, his face flushed: "Hold, sorry sir, Bishop Grove said that there will be a new teacher coming today... I thought..."

"I'm really sorry, sir, to disturb you."

Dover was very polite.

Under Xia Zuoyi's request and the training before entering the school, the teachers of the school not only teach the students learning and literacy, but also teach them the rules of etiquette and behavior.

Dover is a commoner, and he cherishes the opportunity to study at the school very much.

Because of his natural thinness, Dover's strength is not strong, and it is very difficult to lift a bucket full of water. As an older brother, he is not as strong as his younger brother.

In addition to doing some housework, the rest, including farming, can't help parents much.

Later, the school in Wissus was established, and the lord personally recruited students, and the children of nobles, civilians and slaves could sign up within the stipulated time.

However, there is an age limit, and the number of students enrolled is also controlled within a certain range. After enrollment, the tuition fee is free, but you still need to pay for books and meals in the cafeteria.

And civilians or slaves with family difficulties can apply for subsidies, that is, half of the cost of books and meals will be waived.

But it is a pity that even if the school was established, the lord's decision to recruit students personally and vigorously implement preferential policies did not bring a large number of people to participate in the school's registration.

It's a completely different situation than when you sign up for the draft.

The first is the age gap. When enrolling in the conscription, you are 14 years old. You can see the benefits of conscription immediately, but the school starts at six years old. What kind of knowledge do a group of children learn?

In the eyes of most people, it is better to keep them at home to help their children to do the work instead of spending money to teach their children to learn literacy.

This way you can make more money.

Most people who think like this are commoners and slaves.

With their current thinking, they don't think about any long-term plans, and the most important thing is to live a good life in front of them.

In this era, six-year-old children can already help with many things, and it seems completely unnecessary to them to spend money for a child to study and study.

The aristocrats have the money to hire private tutors for their children to teach alone. Since they can do this, why should they go to school...

Therefore, the initial effect of the establishment of the school was even more tragic than expected, and not many people would bring their children to the school to enroll.

School is the first step of culture.

However, it is this first step that is the most difficult to cross. A change in thinking will be more difficult than a change in behavior.

Dover wants to go to school. He thinks that if becoming a learned person is useful for the future, why would the lord build a school.

This must have the lord's consideration.

He goes to study, and when he grows up, he goes to take the exams for mayor and officials...

But when Dover finally plucked up the courage to explain his thoughts to his family, he first encountered strong opposition from them.

His father thought it was impossible for commoners and nobles to get along in the same school, and he would definitely be bullied and looked down upon by others.

His mother worried about that too.

What's more, even if you only need to pay half of the book fee and the canteen fee, it will be a big burden for a family like theirs after a month or half a year. The younger brothers are still young, so they need his care...

Dover was initially persuaded by family members.

The registration time for the first year of the school was missed, and he did not go, and the number of students enrolled in the school was pitifully small compared to the number of people who participated in the conscription at that time. Obviously, there were many children of the right age to go to school in Weisas...

The following year, Dover couldn't help mustering up the courage to bring it up again.

He said in a weak voice at the time: "I am not afraid of being bullied, nor am I afraid of being looked down upon... I, I have gone out and inquired. The school only has five days of class and two days off, and the class time is very short."

"I can come back early to help you and mother work, as long as... as long as you can read and learn, you can definitely earn a lot of money if you go out and find a job..."

The most important thing is that a friend he knew before has changed a lot because of going to school... He is very envious.

Dover didn't want to miss this opportunity to sign up again.

He fought for himself with all his might.

In the second year, the original intention of the school was gradually recognized by people, and Dover's parents finally agreed for him to go to school.

Considering the age of the children, there are not many courses in the school, such as literacy, basic arithmetic, etiquette and morality, territorial laws and regulations, etc.

Malediz took advantage of the opportunity to chat with Dover because he had misidentified him, and knew a lot about the school.

Before the start of class, Malediz saw the little boy dressed as an aristocrat behind Dover holding his hand and running away, talking impatiently as he ran: "You are the most verbose, if you are late, I will kick you." your ass."

Dover smirked, and the two gradually disappeared around the corner hand in hand.

Grove had been watching from the sidelines for a long time, and now he came over and saluted with his right hand on his chest: "Master Cardinal, Archbishop..."

He had heard about the people from the Holy Church.

Today, I came to the school to teach a class. I didn’t expect a pastor to come to him and said that the two adults went to the church and the temple to pray for the God of Creation, and then came to the direction of the school. They probably wanted to visit.

Grove: "If the two adults want to know more about this school, I can explain it to you..."

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When Xia Zuoyi saw the returned Malediz and Paul in the castle, he suddenly found that the cardinal's attitude towards him seemed to have softened a lot.

After dinner, Xia Zuoyi returned to her room to rest, but suddenly heard the flapping of wings from outside the window, accompanied by the sound of the window being knocked.

He quickly got out of bed and opened the window.

Qing Tuan's huge body squeezed in instantly, and after a few chirps, he rubbed Xia Zuoyi's cheek affectionately.

Leaving aside the fact that Boris was far away in the Anas Empire, he was taken aback by the youth group who came to him suddenly in the middle of the night, and then saw the letter tied to the youth group's paw.

It's too eye-catching during the day, so come here at night.

The letter was written by Xia Zuoyi in advance, explaining the cooperation and asking Boris if he knew the cardinal of the Holy Church, Malediz Howard.

Boris happened to know.

But it still takes two days to investigate the detailed information of the cardinal.

After that, Boris wrote all the information from the investigation into an envelope, and handed it over to the Youth League to bring it back.

After receiving the letter, Qingtuan flew back immediately without any delay.

Xia Zuoyi followed the feathers of the youth group: "Thanks for your hard work."

"Chirp."

Qingtuan spread its wings to cover Xia Zuoyi, its blue-gold eyes were full of love, and after a few hops, it stretched out its paws for Xia Zuoyi to take down the letter.

The letter recorded the news of Maleditz, his background, his hobbies...

Xia Zuoyi couldn't help raising her eyebrows after reading it: "This Mr. Cardinal turned out to be a commoner... No wonder, his preference is..."

To be able to sit on the position of the cardinal of the Holy See as a commoner... Malediz's methods are really strong.

Malediz's father accidentally rescued a nobleman, and the nobleman allowed Maleditz's father to make a request in return.

And this requirement is - he hopes that his son Malediz can follow the noble son to learn knowledge.

It is precisely because of this that Malediz had the opportunity to enrich his knowledge, become a priest, and later come into contact with different classes, and finally served as a cardinal in the Holy See.

Xia Zuoyi couldn't help thinking that Grove sent someone to report to him about today's events - Malediz and Paul first went to the church and the shrine, then stayed in the rose clothing store for a while, and finally went to school.

Maleditz talked to Grove at school for a long time.

Xia Zuoyi rested her chin and thought, it seems that today's trip to Wissus must have made Maleditz a lot of emotion, otherwise the look in his eyes after returning to the castle would not be so complicated.

Qingtuan gathered its wings and stood on the window sill.

Xia Zuoyi also sat up with her arms propped up, leaning against Qingtuan's warm body, raised the letter with one hand and said with a smile: "Youngtuan, do you know that sometimes it's quite easy to grasp a person's preferences?" Yu grasped the weakness of this person."

"And it's the easiest thing to attack this person's weakness."

"Chirp."

Qing Tuan tilted his head.

Its blue-gold eyes stared at the dangling paper, and finally pecked at it when it swung close again, and a hole was torn in the paper.

Xia Zuoyi couldn't help laughing, patted it and said, "Don't be naughty, it's time to rest, let's sleep, Youth League."

He jumped off the window sill.

Qing Tuan chirped and flew down to a huge tripod in the house, combing its white and beautiful feathers.

Xia Zuoyi covered the quilt and gradually fell asleep.

The room was quiet.

The next morning.

Xia Zuoyi summoned his servants to pick all the beets he had planted in the vegetable garden.

Beet is a winter vegetable that matures only in winter, but the requirements for planting are very broad, so you don’t need to pay special attention to it. If you plant it in a greenhouse, it can survive all year round.

What's more, beets are usually harvested around May, and there is no problem picking them now.

In the afternoon, all the beets were picked and piled up in the open space next to the vegetable garden, and there were some tools prepared in advance not far away.

Xia Zuoyi ordered the servants to wash the beets, then cut them into shreds and put them in the basin.

Earlier, he wanted to get out the craft of beet sugar making as soon as possible, but was delayed by writing storybooks and developing the clothing market, so he had to ask Reynolds to research and make the equipment needed for beet sugar making.

Now everything is ready, just waiting for the final results.

Just washing and shredding the beets took a lot of time, and it was completed at noon the next day, followed by the juice extraction, cleaning, evaporation, crystallization, drying and other processes.

Among them, the most important step is to boil the clarified sugar liquid in a large pot at high temperature, so that the sugar liquid boils, evaporates the excess water inside, and finally forms crystals.

Wait until it is dry and then drain the excess water. After screening, you will get white sugar granules.

The process of making sugar from beets lasted for eight or nine days, and even the nearby air began to smell sweet.

This feeling was blown all the way to the surroundings along the wind, and finally caught Maleditz's attention one day.

In fact, from the first day, Malediz was very curious about what the little lord was doing in the vegetable garden.

However, Xia Zuoyi had already issued an order before, that irrelevant people were not allowed to enter or leave the vegetable garden without permission, and the meals they usually ate were picked and delivered by special servants.

Everyone up and down the castle obeyed the rules.

As guests, Malediz and Paul naturally had to respect the order of the castle owner. Even though they were curious, they never stepped into the vegetable garden, and they rarely even passed the vicinity of the vegetable garden.

But today, when he walked closer inadvertently, he smelled a sweet smell.

Although it was only a little bit, Malediz couldn't help but follow the smell to find it. After walking for a while, he realized that he was approaching the vegetable garden unknowingly.

At this time, the sweet taste is already very obvious.

Malediz stopped in his tracks, feeling very embarrassed.

So much so that after Xia Zuoyi came out of the vegetable garden, she saw the staid Cardinal circling in circles with a hesitant and troubled expression.

Xia Zuoyi hid the meaningful expression from the corner of her mouth and let out a dry cough.

Malediz stopped moving in an instant, and his face became more serious. Those who didn't know thought he was dissatisfied with something: "What are you busy with, my lord?"

Xia Zuoyi: "It's hard to reveal it for now, I can give you a gift the day after tomorrow, about the inside..."

He left half of his speech to let Maleditz think.

Early the next morning, Malediz received a wooden box tied with a bow at the door.

He thought to himself that this should be the gift the little lord was talking about, so he picked it up and turned back into the house.

Malediz sat on the sofa and removed the bow tie, and opened the wooden box—a box of round, flat, irregular things with a faint yellowish tint.

A piece of paper lay on it.

Maleditz picked it up and read out: "Lemons, lemons, sugar."

Maleditz's brows twitched involuntarily, and his eyes widened slightly. He was silent for a while, and then gently twisted a lemon drop into his mouth——

--"Well."

The sour and sweet taste of lemon candy made Maleditz couldn't help squinting his eyes, but the brows gradually relaxed, and his whole body exuded a sense of relaxation.

Three days later, Maleditz and Paul boarded the carriage with a suit of men's clothing made to order at Rose Clothing and a box of presents.

They are ready to set off to return to the San Airo Empire.

Before leaving, Malediz said to Xia Zuoyi with a complicated expression: "If "The Story of the Gods 3" is written, please send someone to the Holy Church to deliver a copy..."

"Finally, thank you for your generosity."

Thinking of the box of valuable candy, Paul couldn't help but took off his hat and bowed his head, and euphemistically expressed that he also wanted a story book.

Xia Zuoyi frowned and smiled, "Sure, I wish you and the archbishop a smooth journey."