Chapter 343 Don’t flatter randomly!
In the Larkin family, in Coconut Gold Castle, Earl Avery's face was extremely gloomy, and the butler Charmian in front of him bent over carefully, reading the Gibb Town report that had just been delivered.
"The entire dock was destroyed and burned, and it can no longer be repaired! The entire town of Jib was burned and turned into ruins, and the garrison camp was also burned and turned into ruins."
"A total of 50 guards stationed there and 30 guards on board were all killed in the battle. No one survived! There were a total of 386 residents of Jib Town, but only 130 escaped. The rest are all missing! A total of 20 shipbuilding craftsmen in the dock are all missing!"
"More than a hundred people from the Coconut and Gold Knights were stationed there, including Captain Nem. All of them died in the battle. No one survived. A total of 68 warhorse carcasses were found, and the rest are missing."
At this point, Butler Charmian paused, looked cautiously at Earl Avery, and was somewhat afraid to continue reading.
"read!"
Although Avery's face was as dark as water, he was, after all, an experienced earl who had been in office for many years. Although his tone was cold at this moment, not much emotion could be heard.
"Yes! Sir!"
Charmian had followed Avery for more than 20 years. He knew that Avery was actually furious at the moment, but under the current circumstances, he could only bite the bullet and continue reading.
"Two ships carrying coconut and grapefruit trees were docked at the dock for repairs that night. They disappeared after the war. In addition to the guards who died in the battle, Wright's wife and the serfs who were responsible for taking care of the coconut and grapefruit trees also disappeared."
Charmian finally read out the last sentence. To be honest, this loss was unprecedented for the Larkin family.
Especially the problems with the shipyard craftsmen, the Coconut Gold Knights and the magic potion coconut and grapefruit tree all occurred at the same time, which simply set off the frying pan of the Larkin family.
"Have you found any clues as to who did it?"
After a long silence, Avery finally spoke.
"Sir, we didn't find any clues in Jib Town, not even the enemy's bodies. The only thing we can be sure of is that these enemies landed from the sea!"
Charmian broke out in a cold sweat, he felt guilty submitting such a result to Avery. Although he was not responsible for the investigation report, it was he, the butler, who was facing Avery at the moment. The loss was so huge, but he didn't even know the identity of the enemy. Someone was definitely going to be unlucky this time.
"maritime?"
Avery closed his eyes, wondering what force could have wiped out the Coconut Gold Knights so quickly and thoroughly, without even one person being able to escape to report the news.
"Is Wright back?"
After thinking for a long time, Avery could only think of two possible enemies. The first was that other earls took action and launched an attack on Gibb Town. After all, only when the enemy is strong enough can they calmly clean up the scene after the looting without fear.
Of course, Avery would never have thought that none of Gervis's men were killed in the battle, only a few unlucky ones were slightly injured.
The second possibility is Wright. Wright has the ability and the possibility of motive. The affair between his wife and Nem was not very secret. It was only because Wright could not go ashore for many years that he was kept in the dark. This was also one of the reasons why Avery guessed about Wright, because he had the motive and ability to attack Nem's camp.
Of course, there is one thing that doesn't make sense here. If Wright really wanted revenge, why would he burn down the dock and Gibb Town? After all, his son is still a vassal baron of the Larkin family.
"Sir, we haven't received any news from Wright. The five ships we have left are all transporting goods to various places, so we can't send anyone to the island to check on Wright for the time being!"
Butler Charmian answered truthfully.
"Send someone to keep an eye on Baron Samson, Wright's son. If he shows any signs of trying to escape, bring him to Coconut Gold Castle!"
Avery said in a deep voice. At the moment, Avery no longer cared about so many things. He just wanted to catch these murderers as soon as possible to vent the tremendous anger in his heart.
"Yes, sir!"
"In addition, we must continue to investigate this matter and investigate the movements of other earldoms during this period. In addition, we will issue a reward of 50 gold coins for anyone who can provide information about the attackers!"
"Yes! Sir!"
50 gold coins is really a huge bounty. If the attackers had not killed a hundred-man brigade of the Coconut Gold Knights, but also robbed the saplings of the magic coconut and grapefruit trees, one of the Coconut Gold family's heritage, the Lakin family would never have paid such a price.
Because if we don't find the enemy quickly and recover the magic coconut and grapefruit tree, it is very likely that one day in the future, the enemy will use the magic coconut and grapefruit tree to attack the economic lifeline of the Lakin family.
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After completing the exploration on the island, Gervis left Laurie's guard team to supervise the serfs in developing the island.
First, we need to cut down some of the trees on the island, extending from the beach to the stone house by the lake.
Then we will build a settlement around this small lake. Once the settlement is built, we can immediately reclaim some land to plant crops. If the speed is fast enough, maybe we can harvest grain in the next quarter of this year. By then, these serfs will be completely self-sufficient.
As for the fact that Laurie's team only had 14 people, facing more than 200 serfs who came to plunder, they might not be too few in number to suppress them. Gervis was very relieved about this. The serfs in this world had actually been completely domesticated by the nobles, and they would not resist as long as there was a way to survive.
Being a serf for the Larkin family or for Gervis actually made no difference to them, and Gervis had already issued a decree that no taxes would be collected on the reclaimed land on the island within three years.
Many serfs were interested on the spot. Reclaiming the land was not a big deal for them. Compared with not collecting taxes for three years, it could at least guarantee them a stable life for several years.
At the same time, Gervis did not leave the workers who were responsible for taking care of the coconut and pomelo trees, as well as the shipbuilding craftsmen, idle. He had already instructed them to wait for the serfs to start cutting down trees until there was extra space and wood.
Several people who know how to plant coconut and pomelo trees are responsible for finding suitable locations to plant the magic coconut and pomelo seedlings and ensuring that the coconut and pomelo trees survive. If they do a good job, they can receive a salary of one copper coin a day in the future.
As for the craftsmen, they were needed to use the freshly cut wood to build a wooden bridge outside the beach, which would serve as a simple pier. After all, anyone who could build a ship was also an excellent carpenter.
As for building the dock, Gervis does not have enough manpower to build it this year, so it can only be put off until next year. When there are enough people, construction will start immediately.
After explaining everything, Gervis left the island with seven ships and headed towards Storm Territory.
Standing on the ship, Gervis looked at the island with anticipation. Even if there were orc invasions every year in the future, after he transferred some industries here, the impact would become negligible. At most, the serfs would not be able to grow food for two quarters.
"Lil, what are the names of the islands you encountered at sea?"
Standing at the stern, now that the island was officially occupied by him and had begun to develop, Gervis felt that the naming issue could no longer be delayed.
"My Lord, many islands in the sea have no names. We usually name them ourselves, such as Wright Island, Turtle Island, Banana Island..."
Lille quickly answered respectfully. After answering, seeing that Gervis didn't say anything, Lille carefully flattered him again.
"My Lord, this island is so beautiful, so green! I think we should name it Viscount Gervis Island! This will show your majesty!"
But it is obvious that Lille's level of flattery is far behind that of Gerves!
Lille did not receive any praise from Gervis. Instead, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, as if his life was about to be lost.
Lill quickly shrank his head and looked around secretly, but found nothing unusual.
"Viscount Gervis Island? It's green? Will people call it like this in the future: Viscount Gervis is green and beautiful! Oh, no, we should add 'island'!"
What a good flatterer! Lille didn't know that his feeling was real, and he almost died! Gervis had the urge to send Lille to serve Boss Rongguang. After all, it would be a waste of talent for such a talented person to stay with him.
"Let's call it Golden Island!"
Finally, Gervis held back! In the end, Gervis ignored Lille and walked directly to the captain's room.
"hiss……"
Lill hissed for a long time, not knowing how to praise it. Golden Island! This name is really... too unnoble!
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(End of this chapter)
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