The old butler's hearing was a little poor. When Luther came, he was still counting the goods and did not hear the footsteps.

"Butler Ferran."

Until Luther shouted.

"Master Luther." The old butler finally reacted and turned around and bowed to Luther.

"I have something to do. Can you come to the living room?" Luther asked. The whole Pompeii family treated the old butler very well. He was called a butler, but in fact, he was as kind as a family member.

"Okay, you go to the living room first, I'll come later." said the old butler.

So Luther went to the living room upstairs first, and soon after, the old butler also came. After the old butler sat down, Luther said very frankly: "Butler Ferran, I discussed with Lelouch before and decided to let the farmers grow more rapeseed in the spring to be self-sufficient. So I hope our family can build an oil press workshop. In addition, as the number of knights increases, the demand for meat also increases, and our ranch should also be expanded. In addition, although there are not many people in our city now, some businesses should also be started. For example, clothing stores and jewelry stores. Only when these city stores increase can we attract more residents to live in Pompeii. You can discuss these with your mother."

These are actually family businesses and are not in line with the development of the family territory.

The tax revenue from the family's territory is official revenue, while opening shops and building factories are family businesses. They cannot be mixed together.

In the past, the family business was managed by Mrs. Sophie, but the old butler, as the backbone of the family, intervened more in the business. Anyway, Mrs. Sophie often asked the old butler for his opinion.

So Luther found the old butler and explained these things to him.

Luther did not ask about the details, he just gave an outline and asked the old butler to discuss with Madam Sophie to set up these basic stores.

On the one hand, these are part of the infrastructure. It is impossible for a town to not have even clothing stores and jewelry stores.

On the other hand, these businesses are exclusively run by the Pompeii family. As the town is improved and 5,000 residents move in, it will bring a considerable income to the Pompeii family.

Since you are doing it for others anyway, why not do it yourself?

Of course, as the city expands, these businesses cannot be done by Pompeii alone. There will definitely be other merchants entering Pompeii.

This is a good thing.

In short, this is the last thing Luther needs to arrange. After arranging this matter, Luther can start his journey of training as an earth knight.

The old housekeeper wrote down everything, and finally said with a smile: "Okay, I will discuss it with the Madam and get these things done, young master, don't worry."

"Thank you, Butler Ferran." Luther said politely.

After finishing this last thing, Luther felt relieved. Luther didn't want to go out today, so he had a good dinner and prepared all kinds of things for the trip.

Luther told his family again, but of course he didn't dare to tell them his destination.

Because according to Sun Face, Luther's training journey this time is to go deep into the forest. Dad doesn't know, but Mom will definitely object.

So Luther found an excuse and said he wanted to go to Kaiyue City to visit Miss Ruth.

In this way, he easily gained Mrs. Sophie's trust, and Mrs. Sophie was very considerate and made arrangements for Luther.

"Bring more gold coins. As a man, you can't be stingy when you go out. Oh, and bring some gifts. There are a few bottles of precious wine at home. Take them with you."

Mrs. Sophie was very diligent in preparing for Luther.

Luther was at a loss for words, and finally persuaded Mrs. Sophie to give up her plan and only take the gold coins with her. She also privately took some antidotes, wound medicines and other necessities for entering the forest.

Luther set out early the next morning. He first said goodbye to his family and then headed north towards Kaiyue City. When the distance was far, Luther turned around and headed for the forest in the south.

Alone, I entered the forest.

But the severe winter cold has not completely gone away, so the air is still bitingly cold. Because it has not warmed up yet, some big trees are still bare without growing new leaves.

After enduring the long winter, the hungry beasts move around looking for food.

After Luther entered the forest to the south, he walked a long way and was now far away from Pompeii. Fortunately, Luther had learned how to identify directions before, otherwise he would have been lost in the forest.

During this period, Luther would hunt wild animals to eat when he was hungry, stop to rest when he was tired, and run away immediately after encountering a monster.

Because this time Luther came to the forest to practice, not to fight with the monsters. Of course, Luther could not defeat the monsters alone.

Luther has not forgotten the last time when it took the combined strength of three people to barely kill the poisonous acid lizard.

Definitely not a great memory.

The training is simple, it enhances the strength of the body, strengthens the strength of the fighting spirit, and makes the person immune to all kinds of damage, thus bringing out the advantages of the Earth Knight to the fullest.

The answer given by Sun Face is to rely on the power of nature as much as possible.

At this time of year, the best natural force to find is the cold. Luther's goal is to find a big mountain and enjoy the pleasure brought by the severe cold on the top of the mountain.

Fortunately, Luther had learned some methods of identifying terrain before, so he was not searching aimlessly. Luther searched and searched.

Finally found a high mountain today.

This is a very high mountain. More than half of the mountain is covered with thick white snow, and the upper part is shrouded by a thick layer of clouds. It seems that it is still snowing on the mountain.

"It's so high, maybe more than a thousand meters." Luther guessed in his heart after estimating it with his eyes.

"Take off all your clothes, don't use your fighting spirit to resist, use your body to directly feel the blessing brought by this severe cold. Only by adapting to this severe cold can you gain the ability to be immune to it. When you face the Frost Knights in the future, the damage caused to you by their fighting spirit will be minimal."

Said Sun Face.

However, Luther did not take off his clothes immediately. He first walked up the mountain. After walking about 500 meters, the place was already covered with white.

Luther chose a place, took off all his clothes, and buried them in the snow, marking them so that he would not lose them when he returned.

Then Luther picked up his bag and prepared to continue going up.

"Take off your underwear too."

Sun Face suddenly said.

"ah!!!"

Luther looked down at his body. He was only wearing his underwear with red waistband. For some reason, underwear of this color was very popular among the nobles of the Kingdom of Prussia.

"It's the last layer. It's so embarrassing to take it off." Luther said shyly.

"Take it off." Taiyang said coldly.

"Okay." Luther finally took it off. Soon after, Luther, who let himself go and embraced nature, quickly headed for the top of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)