Chapter 100 Pyrethrum (Please read! Please invest!)
Chapter 99 Pyrethrum Since the enemy and us were in a very clear situation, there was almost no need for friendly exchanges. The caravan readily dropped off half of the goods and fled away at full speed under the watchful eyes of the Idar bandits.
The situation is stronger than people. If he keeps half of the goods, he can at least make back his capital. But if he insists on not giving them, he might even lose his life.
This move was taught by Bruno. It's called "surround three sides and leave one side open, leaving a way out."
You know, even a rabbit will bite when it is cornered. Leaving these caravans with a little hope and the capital for a comeback will make the mercenaries in the caravan lose the courage to fight to the death.
Looking at the caravan fleeing in panic, Claire became more and more impressed by the Earl who was far away in the lord's castle but was able to make all the plans.
Being able to work for Lord Bruno Stuart is truly a blessing I have earned in my previous life!
While Clare was busy leading his men to count the spoils, Lister finally arrived with Bruno's orders.
Bruno decided to appoint Krell as the head of Idar's intelligence system, responsible for establishing the Idar Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) that would report directly to Bruno himself.
Borimir Braun, the former deputy commander of Idar's standing army, served as Krell's deputy and assisted in the preparation of the preliminary work of the Idar Intelligence Agency.
Since the funds that the Idar Territory can allocate to the Intelligence Bureau are very limited, Bruno does not expect the Idar Intelligence Bureau to play a huge role in a short period of time.
What the Idar Intelligence Agency has to do now is just to build an institutional framework and start training qualified spies.
After Lister left, Clare looked at the appointment document with the Stuart family emblem on it and remained silent for a long time.
In less than a year, Claire's life has undergone a radical change.
From a lowly serf, he became a free Idar commoner.
He then joined the Idar regular army, and due to his outstanding performance, hard training and outstanding performance in the Battle of the Golan Heights, he was promoted to the leader of the Idar Bandit Corps.
And now, he was actually promoted directly by Lord Bruno, Count of Idar, to be the top officer of the Idar Intelligence Bureau, which had not yet been established? Although Claire had not heard any news about this Idar Intelligence Bureau, which had not yet been established.
However, just from the sentence that he was directly responsible to Bruno, Claire clearly realized how important this position was.
In just one year, he was promoted from a lowly serf to an official with real power in Idar. It is no exaggeration to say that he rose to the top at such a fast speed! If it were in other places in the Norman Empire, all this would never have happened!
So, apart from the officials who have enjoyed the favor of the Stuart family for generations, who in Idar County is the most loyal to Bruno? Serfs!
Especially those serfs who were freed as civilians!
As a former serf, Claire knew that this dreamlike reality could only be realized in Idar Territory! Therefore, the idea of protecting Idar Territory and being loyal to Idar Territory was hidden in the hearts of almost everyone.
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While Claire was surprised and excited about Bruno's decision, Bruno, accompanied by Shabi, sat in a field in the southern part of Idar Territory in a very ungraceful manner.
Meanwhile, a chef who was accompanying the Count was preparing a fresh meal according to the Earl's previous instructions, looking confused.
First, pluck the feathers and remove the internal organs of the freshly killed chicken, and then break the bones at the chicken's joints while keeping the chicken's body intact.
Then fill the chicken's belly with condiments such as onion, ginger, garlic and various sauces, spread a layer of honey on it, and wrap it with a large lotus leaf.
Finally, evenly spread a layer of mud about one centimeter thick on the outside of the lotus leaf, and then throw the whole chicken wrapped in mud into the charcoal fire.
This is the beggar's chicken that Bruno had eaten in his previous life.
In fact, Bruno was not very interested in the beggar's chicken in his previous life, but after coming to this world, he began to miss the food he had eaten before.
So, what Bruno eats is not the taste, but the feelings!
Although beggar's chicken sounds simple, it is not easy to make. A novice can easily burn the whole chicken wrapped in lotus leaves into a charcoal chicken. Therefore, Bruno specifically asked the chef to make a few more chickens just in case.
A light pink checkered tablecloth was spread on the tender green grass, and Count Bruno of Idar sat on the ground, enjoying the thick soup prepared by the chef before the beggar's chicken was ready.
After Bruno's training, the chef of Idar's captaincy has greatly improved in both cooking and soup-making skills. At least, the meals he makes now are in line with Bruno's taste.
While Bruno was drinking his soup, Shabi came over cautiously and said, "Master, do these wild flowers you mentioned really have such magical effects?"
As he spoke, Shabi pointed to the hillside nearby, where groups of serfs were bending over, working tirelessly to pick the wild flowers that had just bloomed on the hillside.
That's right! As a hardworking and diligent earl, he would never go to the outskirts of Idar County to hang out.
Eating beggar's chicken was just a side entertainment. Bruno's main purpose was to lead the serfs to the fields to pick flowers.
However, the flowers Bruno picked were not ordinary flowers, but... pyrethrum!
Pyrethrum! This is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Pyrethrum that can reach a height of 60 cm.
The rhizome is short and the stem is upright. It likes a warm climate and grows well in sandy loam with deep soil, fertile and loose soil and good drainage.
The most important value of pyrethrum is that it can be used as agricultural insecticide and raw material for making mosquito coils!
As the climate warms and crops in Idar grow vigorously, insect pests have gradually become a major problem for Idar civilians and serfs.
The large field of pyrethrum in front of him was the solution that Bruno temporarily exchanged in the system mall.
Unlike the high price of the blueprint of a three-masted sailing ship, the price of pyrethrum is ridiculously cheap. The pyrethrum that is everywhere on the hillside in front of you only costs a total of five brilliant points, which is only one-tenth of the price of the blueprint of a sailing ship.
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Thanks to "timonxx" for the reward of 500 points!
Second update.
I would like to remind you that since we have reached the third milestone of new book investment yesterday, we do not recommend you to invest now! Investment has nothing to do with the author's income, and if you invest now, it will be difficult for you to recover your investment. Of course, free investment is still possible! (End of this chapter)
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