Chapter 40 Wolf Cub (Second Update)

"Hoo ho ho!"

Outside Pompeii Castle, there is an open space. Luther was shirtless and only wore a pair of shorts. The skin on his body is dark and the muscles are bulging, as if they were made by molten iron, full of strength.

He holds a knight's sword and dances with the knight's sword like a tiger.

The sun was shining brightly above my head, and my body was dripping with sweat. But Luther still gritted his teeth and persisted.

Knight training.

Daily knight training, whether it is swordsmanship, riding skills, or fighting spirit training. Luther never relaxed for a moment. Not only did he not relax, but he worked harder and harder.

Because he knows that there is no shortcut on the road to knighthood.

There are only two things to pay, time and sweat.

Even with the magic potion, if you don't pay for these two things, you will only get flowers in the mirror and moon in the water.

As Luther advanced to knighthood over time, he no longer studied under Magellan. According to Magellan, he graduated.

So now Luther is just training alone in this open space.

"Master Luther, I'm in the study. I have something to ask you." There was a rush of footsteps, and little Maya came running panting on her round-toed shoes.

"Do you know what's going on?" Luther stopped his knight training and took out a towel to wipe it.

"I don't know, but she looks very anxious." Little Maya shook her head, and her hair swayed accordingly.

"I know." After Luther wiped his body, put on his clothes and left. As for the remaining knight swords, horses, etc., of course they were given to the personal maid.

"Slob."

Little Maya curled her lips, used her strength to carry the knight's sword and put it on the horse, then led the horse back to Pompeii Castle.

After Luther returned to the castle, he immediately came to Old Sol's study. What surprised Luther was that not only Old Sol was there, but also Mrs. Sophie.

Old Sol sat behind the desk, and Mrs. Sophie sat on the chair in front.

But what convinced Luther was that although Old Sol and Mrs. Sophie looked like they were thinking, they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.

It's probably a good thing.

Luther thought to himself.

"Dad, mom."

Immediately, Luther greeted.

"Would Luther like to take a bath first?" Mrs. Sophie looked at Luther's appearance and asked with a little distress. Although I wiped it with a towel, I was still sweating.

At this moment, Luther's clothes were soaked with sweat.

Seeing Luther training even harder than before, Mrs. Sophie felt both proud and distressed.

This son is very hardworking.

"No mom, this is good. I will continue training later." Luther shook his head, then sat on another chair, crossed his right leg and put it on his left leg, and asked: "What's the matter, so anxious?"

"Good thing." Mrs. Sophie showed a smile on her face.

Even old Thor's very rigid and serious face seemed to be blooming into a smile at this moment.

Old Sol took out a letter and said to Luther: "This is a letter from Shield, who runs a shop in Kaiyue City. In the past month, one hundred barrels of Pompeii wine have been sold. After throwing away the cost, he made a profit. Seventy gold coins. On the one hand, he urged us to speed up the delivery of Pompeii wine, and on the other hand, he suggested that we expand the scale because Pompeii wine was developed by you, so we want to ask for your opinion."

Luther's eyes lit up when he heard this. He knew that Pompeii wine was a treasure that could produce a steady stream of gold coins for the Pompeii family. But I never expected Pompeii wine to be so popular.

The small Excelle City has already had such a large sales volume before it spreads to the entire barony.

When the sales are fully opened, it will be a mountain of gold and silver.

Now Luther's mind is filled with gold coins, and there are gold coins flying in front of his eyes.

It seemed as if they had turned into two glittering little angels, flying back and forth in front of his eyes.

Cool!

But Luther calmed down quickly, because after all, he was the one who wanted to do big things.

Luther thought for a while and said: "It is necessary to expand production. I believe Pompeii wine will become more popular. Expand production tenfold immediately."

Having said this, Luther paused, and then said: "As for the money earned, in addition to expanding production, I discussed it with my mother at the beginning. Some of it would be used to buy potions for me, some of it would be used to camp, and some of it would be used to recruit homeless people. Knight, increase the strength of the territory. Now I think this matter should be put on the agenda."

Old Sol was a little surprised when he heard this. He looked up at his wife and frowned: "You never mentioned this to me."

Mrs. Sophie was surprised when she heard this, but she forgot to tell Old Sol about this.

Old Sol looked at his wife, then raised his head and said to his eldest son: "You came up with this money, and I can give you most of the profit. I agree with buying the potion. After all, I also want you to follow the path of a knight." But what is the use of recruiting wandering knights? Although there are rebels in the kingdom from time to time, the province is still very safe. "

Luther agreed with Old Saul's statement.

At present, the Kingdom of Prussia is still very stable. The king is the master and holds a lot of land, resources, and troops. The current power structure of the Kingdom of Prussia is the power of the palace aristocracy headed by the king.

There are also the king's vassals, those nobles with title on the ground.

These two major forces.

As for the civilians who want to overthrow the kingdom and establish a more equitable Prussian kingdom, they call themselves the New Party and are called the rebel party by the nobles. In fact, their strength is very weak.

Under such circumstances, the contemporary leader of the Pompeii family, Sol, Pompeii, is a person who has no ambition to develop upward, and naturally has no interest in expanding combat power.

Luther certainly has his own words.

"Dad, now we Pompeii are not short of combat power. But as Pompeii wine becomes famous in Prussia, the huge wealth will attract many people's prying. We need combat power to protect ourselves."

Luther said righteously.

Old Sol smiled somewhat disapprovingly and said, "The Baron will protect us. And we only need to pay a little tax to the Baron. If even the Baron can't protect us, then we ourselves will be even worse. What's the point of recruiting some knights?"

Luther also admitted that what Old Sol said was right.

As the lord, the Pompeii family is to serve the Patton family. In turn, the Patton family will protect the Pompeii family. Even if the Pompeii family has such a large industry, the Barton family must protect the Pompeii family.

Because if the Barton family cannot protect the Pompeii family, then they will lose the prestige of the lord. How can other vassals still be loyal to the Barton family?

As for paying taxes to the Barton family, that is what they should do.

After all, the Pompeii family has to pay business taxes for commercial activities in Kaiyue City. If the Pompeii family expands their business and trades in the territories of other nobles, they will also have to pay taxes.

And if the Barton family cannot protect the Pompeii family, then the Pompeii family recruits some knights to protect themselves?

In the eyes of Old Sol, that is impossible.

The Pompeii family is too small, like an ant compared to the Barton family.

However, Luther raised his head and looked at Old Sol and said, "Dad, although the Pompeii family is an ant now, Pompeii will not be an ant forever. Expanding the knight's combat power is only the first step. After the profit increases, I also plan to buy serfs and recruit free people to Pompeii to reclaim wasteland and expand the guards. Pompeii has been here for hundreds of years and has always been so small. Now is an opportunity, I want to run it."

Luther showed his ambition to Old Sol, the leader of this generation of the Pompeii family for the first time.

A noble who doesn't want to be a great noble is not a good noble.

He, Luther, Pompeii, is definitely an uneasy guy.