Starting my Journey as Earl in other world by building Hanging Garden

"Carls, have you heard? The Earl's valet has gone mad!"

"What? How is this possible? Aunt Sally, please don't say anything nonsense. What if someone hears you gossiping here? What should I do then..."

"I didn't say that..." Aunt Sally looked around furtively, then stretched her neck and approached Carls and said, "You just work hard all day long and you are not well-informed. This matter has already spread throughout the city."

"Oh? Aunt Sally, please tell me what's going on."

In this world of extreme scarcity of spiritual and material life, any little interesting anecdote can be discussed for a long time, especially trivial matters about the nobility.

"You know that Master Bruno went out of town a few days ago..."

"I know that. It is said that the Count listened to the advice of his new valet, L'Hopital, and actually decided to go to the seaside to find food. It is really absurd..."

"Yes, I've heard that too. It is said that L'Hopital has a mean look and is a very evil person..."

"Shh... Keep your voice down so no one can hear you... But then again, what does this have to do with Leon's madness?"

"Of course it is related. Think about it. Leon has served the Earl for many years. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. But because of this L'Hopital, he was squeezed out. It is said that Leon was neglected and was extremely angry with L'Hopital. In a fit of rage... he actually... actually..."

"What's going on? Aunt Sally, tell us quickly." While she was speaking, several curious neighbors gathered around, carrying small stools and rushing to listen to gossip.

Several people surrounded the plump Aunt Sally, their faces full of desire for knowledge.

Seeing this, Aunt Sally wiped the dirt off her hands from her apron, cleared her throat, and said, "You all know about black pudding, right?"

"Yes! It is said to be an excellent delicacy."

"When Leon served the Earl, the Earl would often give Leon black pudding as a reward."

"What does this have to do with Leon's madness? Aunt Sally, please get to the point quickly. My wife is waiting for me to bring back the firewood!"

"That's the point!" Aunt Sally glared at the man unhappily, and then said, "After Leon was ignored by Lord Earl, he naturally no longer received black pudding as a reward. As a result, he thought about black pudding day and night, and eventually developed hysteria. Whenever he saw something that looked like black pudding, he would collect it."

Aunt Sally paused, then said mysteriously, "Do you know...what black pudding looks like?"

"What does it look like?" everyone asked hurriedly.

"Although black pudding is extremely delicious, it is black, and... a bit like that thing..."

"What? Aunt Sally, please tell me quickly!" everyone urged.

"It's just like what you normally poop out..."

"Oh my god... Could it be that Leon..."

Aunt Sally nodded seriously and said, "It's at the house at the end of the road, right next to the city gate. Five large baskets of manure can be exchanged for one copper coin. The notice has been posted, but not many people know about it yet, but it is absolutely true!"

The spectators sitting around looked at each other in confusion. The amount of information was too much and they needed some time to digest it...

After a while, someone finally spoke up to confirm, "Five baskets of feces can be exchanged for one copper coin?"

Aunt Sally nodded and said, "I'm not lying to you. There's a notice posted at the house at the city gate. It can't be faked! Old John has already exchanged it for several copper coins."

After hearing this, the guys who were originally just sitting around to eat melons became a little restless. Five large baskets of feces could be exchanged for a copper coin!

Is there any better deal in the world than this?

There isn't much else in Idar City, but there is a lot of feces. Human or animal feces can be easily collected on both sides of the road.

Leon is really...crazy!

"Aunt Sally, I...I'm leaving first!"

"Aunt Sally, I have something else to do..."

"Aunt Sally, I'm going to take out the dog for a walk..."

The eager crowd almost rushed to leave, fearing that if they arrived too late, Leon would not accept them. This was a rare opportunity to make money...

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The city gate was already crowded with people at this time.

There were adults, children and even old men with hunchbacks. They were all pulling or dragging large baskets of feces and lining up to receive money.

The news that the crazy Leon was collecting feces for a large sum of money had spread. The residents of Idar did not believe it at first, but when the first person actually received a heavy copper coin, the whole of Idar was in an uproar.

In the streets and alleys of the town, you can see adults or children carrying baskets picking up excrement left on the roadside, a scene of bustling activity.

For the first time, the residents of Idar City felt that there was only so much feces in the city, and Leon realized for the first time that there was so much feces accumulated in Idar City...

As Idar's excrement collector, Leon certainly didn't have to do everything himself. He assigned someone to handle, weigh and transport the excrement, while he himself handed over copper coins to the civilians who came to collect the money. However...

Leon always felt that people looked at him in a strange way. When those ragged civilians took the copper coins from his hands, they always looked at him with a...strange look...

Those eyes were filled with sympathy... pity... and greed...

What's more, some people would say some words of comfort and sympathy to me, and one child even gave me a piece of hard black bread...

What is going on?

Leon was puzzled.

But he didn't want to ask directly, so he just handed over the coins one by one under people's pitying eyes...

The feces sent to the city gate will be weighed by a special person, and then the dry and wet feces will be sorted. After a brief record, someone will pour the feces into the ox cart that has been waiting for a long time, and then the soldiers will transport it out of the city to a hillside southwest of Idar.

There, serfs who had been waiting for a long time would unload the dung from the ox carts, and then process it according to the method instructed by the Earl before he left.

Part of it was spread flat on the hillside to dry, and part of it was piled into balls more than one meter high. After adding weeds and mixing with water, it was processed according to the composting fermentation method taught by Bruno.