Chapter 63 Golden Elf Bug
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For the next week, Gervis put all his energy into cultivation. He was basically not seen during the day except for eating. Until the spiritual energy in the cultivation space was exhausted, Gervis had to stop practicing.
The training in the first two days was just like the first time, basically practicing the critical strike three sword slash. Through unremitting efforts, Gervis successfully shortened the charging time of the critical strike three sword slash from two breaths to one and a half breaths.
Gervis was very satisfied with the results, but he also found that his whole body ached every morning when he woke up. This made Gervis finally realize that he might have practiced too hard. Although the maid Anna would massage his shoulders every morning to relieve the pain, Gervis no longer dared to be as crazy as he had been in the past two days.
In the next few days, Gervis basically practiced ordinary killing martial arts, and the frequency of critical triple sword slashes was reduced to ten times a day. This allowed Gervis to get rid of the pain of body aches.
During this period, Gervis also tried to bring horses into the space to train martial arts on horseback, but after two training sessions, Gervis found that it was useless. The place was still too small and he couldn't sprint at all. The horses were not real war horses, and their speed and endurance did not meet the combat requirements of the title knights. Moreover, Gervis didn't even have armor and a spear, so the effect was not as good as training on the ground. Due to various reasons, Gervis suspended the idea of training martial arts on horseback.
During this period, Gervis was also very satisfied with the performance of the little maid Anna. Because Gervis was short of staff and had few literate subordinates, Gervis had a sudden idea to hand over the territory census to Anna.
Originally, Gervis had no choice but to do this, but he did not expect that Anna was very responsible. According to Gervis's request, she not only counted the population, but also included age, gender, specialties, etc. Although the population of the territory was not large, it still took Anna a lot of time. Sometimes Anna was so busy that she did not return to the castle until midnight. For the safety of his little maid, Gervis specially sent two guards to protect her.
After four days of counting day and night, Anna finally got the real population of the Gervis territory: 1,254 people in the coastal town, 328 people in the seaside mountain village, 445 people in the village at the foot of the mountain, 305 people in the village on the edge of the dark forest, and finally a total of 2,027 serfs.
The blacksmith Bernard and his son and the alchemist Brian were free men, not serfs, so they were not counted. Even if they and Gervis himself were included, the population in the territory was just over two thousand.
Fortunately, although there are only more than 2,000 serfs, this group is very hardworking. As long as they are not children or elderly people who cannot walk, they are basically working in the fields. This means that this year's harvest is just around the corner. Although it is not much, it means that it will not be long before Gervis will receive the first tax since he became the lord.
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In the early morning, Gervis was dressed neatly with the help of Anna. He had become accustomed to the service of his little maid, because whenever he did not ring the bell to let Anna come in to serve him, he would see Anna's aggrieved look as soon as he opened the door. This made Gervis feel that he was deeply sinful, and finally he simply obeyed this little maid.
Gervis naturally used double standards when treating Thomas and the petite and lovely Anna, and he didn't feel any burden in his heart.
After getting dressed, Gervis walked to the restaurant alone. After having a rich breakfast, Gervis was about to go to the training space when he heard Anna's anxious footsteps coming from upstairs.
Gervis couldn't help but stop and wait. Because only Gervis lived and worked upstairs, the servants seldom went there. Even for cleaning the castle, they would finish it very early every day. They had finished these chores before Gervis got up, and no one else would stay upstairs.
The footsteps came closer and closer, and when Anna walked down the stairs to the second floor, Gervis saw her.
"My lord, an elf bug has broken through the amber crystal!"
Anna ran very fast with an excited look on her face. Her fair face was flushed due to the intense running, making people want to take a bite. When she saw Gervis standing in the aisle looking in her direction, she immediately shouted.
"Oh? It came out so soon?" Hearing Anna's words, Gervis became excited immediately. He originally thought that he would have to wait another five or six days for his second elf worm to be born, but he didn't expect it to come out today.
"What color is it, Anna?"
"My lord, it's the golden elf bug, and it's eating the amber crystal fragments!"
Hearing this, Gervis smiled even more brightly, and without caring about practicing anymore, he hurriedly walked up the stairs to meet Anna.
When Gervis came to the study and looked at the place where the elf insect amber was placed, there was indeed a golden insect shaking there, ignoring the arrival of Gervis and Anna.
When Gervis walked in front of it, it seemed to be unaware of it. It didn't even look at Gervis. It just put the broken amber into its mouth and chewed it.
"Haha, as expected, Boss Rongguang is protecting me. Now I believe it! It's rich gold!"
Gervis' eyes sparkled, and his smile stunned Anna beside him. It was hard to believe that the usually dignified and upright lord would show such an expression.
This elf bug is about the same size as Betty, with round eyes and a chubby body that is very cute. However, its body is translucent golden yellow, like a giant yellow gem.
There is no doubt that Gervis has obtained another mutated elf bug. Except for the green elf bug, elf bugs of other colors are very rare, and the spaces opened up have different functions.
The space opened up by the royal blue elf worm is rich in spiritual energy, which greatly increases the speed of cultivation of people inside.
And this golden elf insect is worthy of its gold color. The space it opens up contains minerals, various kinds of minerals. If you are lucky, even gold and mithril may appear.
That's why Gervis smiled so brightly. If it were an ordinary green elf insect, its greatest use would be to grow crops. Although it was also very valuable, the benefits would require a long period of hard work and waiting.
As for this golden elf insect, as long as Gervis is not too unlucky and finds a coal mine or unknown and unusable minerals, he can definitely make a fortune.
Both copper and iron ore are very valuable in this world.
Coal mines can actually make money, but after all, the price is low and there are quite a lot of reserves in reality. If you want to get rich from coal mines, you might as well use green elf insects to farm. Maybe the crops inside will mutate and become magical crops.
(End of this chapter)
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