Mount and Blade System: Start from Pioneer Lords.

Chapter 135 A powerful enemy attacks
Next to Gaoya Castle there is a calm, slowly flowing stream, the deepest part of which is only above the waist. In Sikai's opinion, even the moat of Bailiu City is wider and deeper than this stream, but it has a reputation that even the widest river in the North cannot match - the Rushing River.

Some wolf cubs and orc boys were picking up pebbles of various sizes and colors in the river.

Every time the basket was full, Li Wei would reward him with a bright red apple.

These boys were like devout believers who were blessed by the gods they believed in. They held the apples in their hands with adoration on their faces and ran back happily to keep them.

"Sir, why do you need so many pebbles?" Sikai couldn't help but ask.

"Isn't there a spring next to my Lord's Hall? I plan to pave the bottom with colorful pebbles and plant tulips from the southern border on both sides. When you have nothing to do, you can sit in the courtyard next to it and drink tea. Of course, if you have time, you can also invite Miss Leah to relax."

Sikai was too tired to complain. He was still wondering how this rough Lord of High Cliff Castle had the leisure to take care of the garden. Perhaps his real purpose was for the last one.

No wonder we still plant tulips...

"Hiss, spicy, spicy."

Sikai took the skewer handed over by Levi and ate it in one bite. The spicy food made him drink a big mouthful of goat's milk.

"Sir, to be honest, you are the most down-to-earth noble I have ever met. This spice that came to Derby from the Persian Gulf countries in the east is only used by commoners to adjust the taste. Nobles often disdain this cheap spice. But even so, there are very few people in Derby who can accept this spice."

Sikai was sweating while eating. Even the cold wind could not dispel the heat in his body and mind. He had never thought that this seasoning would be so delicious and have such an effect.

As a native northerner, besides fire and strong liquor, only the cold winter can help him dispel the chill.

He immediately thought of the huge business opportunities contained in this seasoning.

"But now it seems that they simply don't know how to use this spice. Sir, you have perfectly discovered its true use."

Sikai, who has always stayed away from chili peppers, had a love-hate relationship with this condiment for the first time.

This Sky Knight is also a person with high emotional intelligence.

To put it nicely, it means being down-to-earth; to put it bluntly, it means having no aristocratic demeanor at all.

However, the Lord never paid attention to these minor details. He just smiled mysteriously and said, "I have planted a lot of peppers on a hilltop."

"Next year, I will promote it throughout the North."

Sikai's evaluation gave Levi a great boost of confidence.

Although chili pepper is popular in Derby, it is actually not very famous. Only some poor civilians who cannot afford spices use it to season food.

But even so, many people will give up on this seasoning when they first come into contact with it.

The reason they don’t know how to use it is secondary. The main reason is that the people of Debe all like sweet food, and chili peppers are as delicious to them as feeding bitter melon to a newborn baby.

As a genuine Sichuanese in his previous life, no one could bring out the best of chili peppers better than Li Wei.

Originally, opening a high-end restaurant would be the most profitable approach, but his main focus was on expanding territory, so he didn't have the leisure time to open a restaurant.

Therefore, selling the peppers directly is obviously the most cost-effective approach.

What Levi has to do is to promote the chili pepper thoroughly. Those people who came to Gaoyabao are obviously among those who are promoting the chili pepper.

As for dispelling the cold? This can only be used as an additional function and should be consumed appropriately. If civilians use it as a staple food to dispel the cold, they will only die faster. After all, the premise of heat is to consume the energy in the body, which is an eternal law.

Those poor people in the slums who are so thin that their bones are just visible, do not have enough energy in their bodies to keep out the cold even if they eat chili peppers.

Sikai frowned. To be fair, he had stayed away from this kind of seasoning after tasting it once before. But he didn't expect that it could work so magically under the hands of this lord. Not only did it give the food a unique flavor, but it also helped people dispel the cold.

The business opportunities involved are naturally not small, but it is difficult to promote it in Debei.

Sikai is an honest man. He thought and said, "Sir, please forgive me for being frank. This seasoning has indeed brought about unimaginable changes under your ingenious hands."

"But Debu's food is basically garnished with honey, maple syrup or pepper, and this kind of seasoning that goes completely against the grain is hard to accept."

Levi also understood this point. It was just like eating Houttuynia cordata in his previous life. Those who loved it loved it to death, and those who didn’t love it hated it to the core.

"Didn't you accept it, Sikai? Now you eat these skewers as fast as me, Sir."

It is difficult, but isn’t this Knight Skye just the beginning? Levi is very optimistic.

"That's different." Sikai was silent.

Could he say that he had refused at first, but was forced to eat a few skewers by someone and just started to eat them, and only then did he taste the different flavor contained in them?

Even so, he loves and hates it. He feels a special kind of pleasure when eating it, but the pain afterwards makes him want to drink up the entire rushing river.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this." Levi waved his hand. He was originally planning to talk about Kexianri's move south, but somehow the topic ended up being business issues.

After the relaxed chat, the real purpose of organizing this barbecue symposium came next.

"Ms. Leah wrote to me a while ago, saying that you guys had a falling out with that group of stubborn people?"

Levi waved his hand to send away the rabbit girl with a dark face who was grilling meat.

Sikai also tacitly dismissed the followers who followed him.

"It is indeed true." Sikai sighed and couldn't help rubbing his hands together. This was a small action that he did not know what to do with.

"The negotiating team was massacred by the Minotaur, and their heads were impaled on tree branches to show their determination."

"A knight who escaped brought us more important information. This Tauren tribe has exhausted all its war potential. The scimitars used for cutting grass have been cast into iron armor, and all livestock have been slaughtered to store military rations.

In the tribes they encountered on the road, women and children were used as emergency rations, and the males were forced into the team.

Sikai looked at the Lord deeply and said, "My Lord, do you know that this group of Minotaur has gathered more than 10,000 people? This is a force that even the Duke has to pay attention to, especially since they are still growing like a snowball. By the time they get here, I dare not imagine how many people they can gather."

"They definitely didn't just come south to plunder this time. I'm afraid they have other intentions."

"What does Duke Florina think?" The lord also frowned.

He really didn't expect that this group of big idiots would actually achieve something.

The guards of Gaoyabao were not even a fraction of their opponents; the situation was more serious than he had imagined.

(End of this chapter)