Especially the central plot of land, where several times more fertilizer was applied.

Edward Thompson also came here to supervise for three days. When everything was done, he could only continue to wait, waiting for the peanut field to recover.

“All that could be done has been done. I hope the task will be completed soon.” He was not one to dwell on things. Once the work here was finished, he quickly turned to other affairs of the territory.

The most important thing was the sprite worms.

Chapter 11: Reviving Peanuts and Budding Flower Buds

“Henry Clark sir, how is the progress on finding suitable locations to settle the sprite worms? They’ve been dormant for a month now. I hope to revive them as soon as possible, rather than let them waste their potential.”

Sprite worms are magical little creatures.

They can recognize a master—just a bite on the finger, a drop of blood as a guide, and a magical contract can be formed. They are the spirits of nature, the essence of plants, and the messengers of magic.

Planting their wormgrass can influence the growth of surrounding plants.

Wormgrass is the plant body that nurtures sprite worms. It can be considered a life-bound magical treasure for the sprite worm—able to be stored or released, planted or put into dormancy.

The growth of wormgrass is the growth of the sprite worm.

If the wormgrass dies, the sprite worm will die as well.

Currently, the wormgrass is inside the bellies of the four sprite worms. With no nutritional supply, the sprite worms can only sleep deeply. This not only wastes productivity, but also delays the possibility of the sprite worms evolving—no sprite worm can evolve into a sprite just by sleeping. They must constantly absorb nutrients and continuously influence crop growth to evolve.

Even though the chances are slim.

Edward Thompson still wanted to try and see if his sprite worms could evolve into sprites.

Henry Clark replied, “The alfalfa worm is suitable for planting at the dairy farm, where there’s a large pasture. Changing the grass species and planting alfalfa should work; the millet worm is hard to find a suitable place for, since Flower Town mainly grows wheat and no one plants millet; the tulip worm should of course be planted at the flower farm, though that place is nearly abandoned... As for the bramble worm, Edward Thompson, you know that worm isn’t worth much.”

“I don’t care whether it’s valuable or not. What I need is for each of them to have a plot of land to grow!”

“I can go plant the alfalfa and tulip first. The lazy serfs should get moving, but Edward Thompson, I need manpower. The clerks are all lazy fellows—they can’t get anything done!”

“You can freely conscript the townsfolk. The castle will pay their wages.”

“Heavens, the castle will pay wages? You are truly a generous lord. But, there are almost no literate people in Flower Town, and you want me to organize a census. They can’t even write their own names. I guarantee they can’t get anything done. You can’t count on the commoners.”

This was a problem.

There were no schools in Flower Town, no education, and illiterate people as officials were indeed unreliable.

“In that case, Henry Clark sir, do you know any literate people who would be willing to settle in Flower Town? As long as they’re willing to serve as officials, I can pay them at least double the salary of officials in other towns... My castle should still have plenty of gold coins.”

No matter how out of favor he was, Edward Thompson was still the son of an earl. After his coming-of-age ceremony and being granted his fief, he received a considerable amount of gold coins.

Henry Clark was silent for a moment, as if weighing his words: “Edward Thompson, I can see that you have ambition for Flower Town. I do know some talented but frustrated individuals. But as your family tutor, I must remind you, Flower Town already struggles to support one lord. If more people come, it will be overwhelmed.”

“I understand that, don’t worry. I’ll handle it. You can invite them all over.” Edward Thompson said easily. Give him talent, and he could create wealth.

In his view, Flower Town was simply an untapped virgin land.

Even though there were no sprites and it was hard to get rich by farming, there were more ways to create wealth than just farming.

At the same time, a voice in his heart said, “I have the smoke mission, my golden finger. Maybe it can bring me even more wealth!”

As they were discussing business.

The old butler Carter knocked and entered: “Master, Old George from Peanut Hamlet is here to see you.”

“Oh? What is it?”

“He said the peanuts in Peanut Hamlet turned green and lush overnight. The central plot you specifically instructed to watch over even has a peanut plant with a very large flower bud.”

“Really? Let him in.” Edward Thompson was pleasantly surprised.

He had just applied fertilizer, and didn’t expect the peanut field to recover so quickly. He could hardly wait to find a place to space out and see if the smoke mission had already updated.

When Old George nervously tiptoed into the castle, Edward Thompson had already regained his composure: “Old George, tell me in detail about what happened in Peanut Hamlet.”

“Yes... my lord... your great radiance... has shone on every corner of Peanut Hamlet...”