Chapter 3: 3. Servants in the castle

Thomas left the study, feeling a lot of loss in his heart. When he went downstairs, he stopped at the turn of the stairs and wanted to take out a cigarette to light it, but only found that the cigarette was hidden under the pillow.

Mr. Carter, the housekeeper, strictly forbid the servants to smoke in the castle.

"Thomas, what are you doing hiding here?" A maid came upstairs, about thirty years old, wearing a black and white maid skirt, with a mop and a bucket in her hand.

"nothing."

"Doesn't the lord let you wait with you?"

Thomas patted the wall in annoyance: "Massie, you say, why the lord doesn't like me, although I haven't been a valet before, but I used to be the first valet for Viscount Roosevelt, and I can do this job. ."

"How do I know this, I'm not the maid of Tulip Castle, and I haven't seen the master before."

"I'm just asking you if I'm not doing enough."

"You should ask Mr. Carter, or Mrs. Mawson... and I don't think you have anything to worry about, Master has only three footmen, Jesse is an assistant, and Tom is clumsy and can't serve Master at all. Maybe Master's character is like that. , in this small town, there is no one better suited to be a valet than you."

Thomas cheered up a little: "Yes, I heard that the master is in the Tulip Castle, and he is not valued by the earl. Maybe he will only be the baron of Flower Town all his life, living in a poor country."

"Maybe."

"Maisie, do you regret following the master here?"

"I don't care. No matter how bad the life in the castle is, it is better than going back to the farm to starve and wait to die. I have already sold my body to the master, and there is no need to think about regretting it or not."

Thomas was about to speak when someone suddenly interrupted him: "Don't you need work, Thomas, Maisie, pay attention to your behavior, don't whisper outside your bedroom and kitchen!" Going up the stairs, someone came It was Carter, the butler of this humble little castle.

Holding a bunch of keys and a bottle of red wine in his hand, he was touring the entire castle.

"Okay, Mr. Carter, I'll go to work now." Thomas and Maisie hurriedly left and went about their own business.

If the minor nobles are the servants of the big nobles, then the male servants and maids are also the servants of the housekeeper. The aristocratic system has always been such a class distinction.

Although the castle is small, there is a lot of work.

Even if only a noble like Liszt needs to serve, the daily workload is huge. For example, hygiene, every morning and night, you have to clean it inside and out. They also have to do laundry, boil hot water, prepare food, and clean toilets. Most of the work is left to male servants and maids.

But that doesn't mean Carter doesn't need to work. On the contrary, in addition to managing the servants, Carter is also responsible for welcoming guests, serving wine, supervising serving, receiving and sending letters, keeping high-end tableware, managing the underground wine cellar, and taking care of the most important guests. .

Old Carter is fifty years old this year, and in this era when the average age is less than fifty-five, he is already an old man.

Dangdang.

He knocked on the study door.

"Please come in." Liszt's gentle voice sounded from the door, and he had a "steel voice" popular in the upper class. In the Iron Ridge Kingdom and its dependent countries, countless nobles regarded the steel voice as their honor.

Old Carter took a deep breath.

He was in Tulip Castle, and he didn't have much dealings with Liszt, mainly responsible for a courtyard of the earl. At Liszt's bar mitzvah a while ago, the earl assigned him to Liszt as a butler. Promoted in office, stewardship is the ultimate goal of all servants.

But the pay has definitely dropped.

It's just that Carter didn't have any complaints. He sold himself to join the Tulip Family at the age of fifteen, and it has been 35 years since he was married. He was alone and regarded himself as a member of the Tulip Family.

If you can follow the blood descendants of the Tulip family, Baron Liszt, to spend the last few years of his life, it will undoubtedly be a happy ending.

"Master, reading books at night hurts your eyes. You should pay more attention. No matter how many candles there are, they are not as good as the sunlight during the day."

Liszt smiled slightly, looked away from the thick paper book on the table, and looked at the somewhat old housekeeper: "Mr. Carter, have you checked all the rooms?"

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"Except for the room where the servants have to work, all other rooms have been locked."

"Very well, then, let's have a drink together." Liszt has noticed the red wine in Carter's hands. The nobles are so addicted to alcohol that it has become an unwritten practice that the owner of the castle will meet with the housekeeper before going to bed at night. Have a few drinks together and chat about the castle.

Liszt didn't like to drink, but his predecessor liked to drink so much that his body would have a need for it.

However, the alcohol content here is very low, and unless he drinks like a beer, it is difficult to get him drunk.

A glass of red wine per person.

Touched lightly.

Shaking, Liszt took a sip: "Can the expenses in the castle support this year's tax?"

"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. You didn't bring much wine from Tulip Castle, and there's not much wheat flour. The location of Flowers Town is very remote, and no caravan is willing to come. Even if we have gold coins, it's difficult to buy wheat and wine. But The good news is that there are a lot of wild fruits in Thorn Ridge, so don't worry about running out of fruit."

Liszt was not valued by the Earl, so naturally he didn't get much when he split up.

According to his memory, when his sister Li Weiwei split up, there were thirty carriages in the carriage, and he... didn't have a single carriage, only a few horses and a group of people carrying some luggage.

Treated differently.

But that's fine. He doesn't have to worry about how he should show his closeness to the Earl of Coral Island if he doesn't bear too much kindness.

"It's impossible without wheat." Liszt put down his glass and said in an unquestionable tone, "Flower Town must develop as soon as possible, and the trade routes must be opened up!"

The staple food here is bread.

Without the white bread made of wheat, you have to eat the rough, unpalatable dark bread made of rye and oatmeal. Liszt can't eat his favorite hometown dishes, and if he can't eat fine white bread, he will starve to death.

"Opening up a trade route is not an easy task. The Ridge of Thorns is too dangerous."

"Don't worry about this, I will solve it. The future of Flower Town will not be limited by poverty, and the castle will not be so simple that it doesn't even have a name." Liszt said solemnly.

Only a magnificent castle can have a name. It is as simple as Liszt's castle. It is said that the castle is a flattery, and another name will be laughed at by other nobles.

"Is the elf bug taken care of?"

"Very safe, sir."

"That's good."

Finished a glass of wine.

Old Carter said goodbye, "Master, rest early, and wish you good night."

"Good night to you too, Mr. Carter."

After Carter left, Liszt read a thick paper book about the customs of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire for a while. The book was very thick, about the thickness of a dictionary. But the content is actually very small. Thick leather is not worthy of its name. The thickness of a piece of paper is almost as thick as pigskin.

"How was paper invented?" Liszt recalled, he found that he had a good memory and could remember the paper-making process he had read on the Internet. "When there is time, paper has to be invented... The industrial revolution seems unlikely, but There are still many ways to get rich.”

In a trance, he lost consciousness again.

Sure enough, the snake text composed of smoke appeared in front of him again.

"Task: As a lord, you need to know everything about the territory. Please visit Huahua Town to understand the crisis of the territory and prepare for future development. Reward: The sublimation of Dou Qi."

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