It's just that there are a lot of toll stations on this road...
First of all, regarding the sensitivity of the Magic Network, Edward himself has little experience or ability in testing these things.
"Half-elves are born with the agility and flexibility of elves. Not only are they excellent shooters, but in close combat, the thin stabbing sword attack on vital points is also extremely fatal... The southern part of the empire is
Several counties and provinces specialize in training half-elves as armies, especially since they have a long lifespan and serve for much longer. But if you really need mages, I suggest you hire one or two young and promising mages.
"
Looking at the young lord tapping the word mage on the parchment, Miss Anna Sui couldn't help but said: "If you want to train among half-elves, you can teach some people to use magic devices.
, but I don’t think you can train qualified mages just like this. If they are pious, it would be okay to train some priests.”
Edward shook his head.
Although the priest can also build a magic circle, 80% of it is related to divine power. He does not want to rely on their power for the defense of his own lair.
In other words, because of the Lord of the Morning's past actions, he is extremely wary of all kinds of magicians - if there is another god who looks at him next to him, he will be really hard to guard against.
Of course, he would not say this kind of precaution out loud.
"You may be a powerful mage yourself, but don't you know how difficult it is to train a person without talent to become a mage?"
Edward's silence did not seem to stop the staff lady from thinking: "We have also considered cultivating a group of mages, but in the end we can only do it slowly - the possibility of mages becoming talented is too low. And learning
After they become adults, it is difficult to control their behavior, so the large sum of money spent in the first place seems to have been wasted."
"Well, this is still the simplest. The key is to teach them at least Dragon Language and Elf Language, because most magic books are written in these two languages. It is not that there are no magic books in common language, but there are
The pronunciation of many magical words cannot be achieved by common language. But these two languages are extremely complicated... You have also studied this thing yourself, don't you know?"
Edward shook his head. Although he himself had struggled to learn magic, he really hadn't put in much effort in this area - it was just pronunciation and gestures. In short, he just followed the original pronunciation and movements of each word.
Just learn it if it's not bad
, what's the problem? As for contacting the Magic Network... His own sensing level was considered incompetent by most mages. It only took ten days to sense the Magic Network. Let's pick among these guys and find out who is better.
He's so good that it shouldn't be too difficult, right?
As for the levels he can reach in the future... In fact, he has never thought of taking the so-called 'normal route' in cultivating spellcasters. High-level spells are good, but they don't necessarily have to be used, except as a city defense force.
Destruction only requires simple assistance. As long as it is used properly, the brute force technique used by a low-level apprentice on his companions is not necessarily inferior to the fireball technique of a formal mage, and there is no danger of damaging the environment.
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Of course, the penetration rate of writing in this plane is too low, which is indeed a problem. At least 90% of the people on the mainland are illiterate. Although the grammar of Common Language is relatively simple, spelling of words is still a problem.
But priests and mercenaries can serve as teachers, and some bards can also teach children to read... But the most critical issue is...
Books, right?
Of course, the psychic understands how crucial the so-called civilization process...is the carrier.
The papermaking technology in this world is really not excellent - in fact, to be precise, there is no real paper here. The ones usually used to copy text are tanned sheepskins, so the books here are quite thick.
For the sake of area, these things are usually made very large, even as tall as half a person, but the thickness is only over a hundred pages, but they are still almost as heavy as half a stone brick, which is really not conducive to the spread of culture.
Moreover, it is not only bulky, but most importantly expensive - one book requires at least several sheepskins, and the sheep that produce these sheepskins are not something that can be produced on a large scale. Some areas have begun to use rough papyrus.
However, preservation is inconvenient, and the place of origin also restricts the production. Therefore, things like writing have always been limited to those who have financial strength or who are particularly in need of cultural dissemination.
But for Edward, it is not a problem that he wants to break this barrier.
The paper thing is nothing more than breaking wood into pulp, adding water to it, boiling it in a pot, retting it out, then brushing a layer on the gauze and drying it... Although Edward didn't understand the details,
However, since it can be made by hand during the Western Han Dynasty, it must not be too difficult for the joints. Even rough and thick paper is much lighter than sheepskin. As for bleaching... it seems that lime can be used, although it is said that it will
Somewhat yellowish.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether this thing is gray or white, as long as it can be printed with words. As for printing, it is even simpler. Just get a piece of wood and carve it into a board format. Anyway, it is also a primer for character recognition, and printing is also
No need to be too precise.
In addition, paper can also be used to wrap gunpowder and...
All the ideas seemed to go well.
The psychic was just thinking proudly... Trouble came unexpectedly from the other side of the door.
The reason was an order the young lord just casually gave.
"I'm telling you, Edward, we don't have much food left. If we eat like this for seven or eight days at most, it will be almost exhausted." Miss Lisa pushed the door open and complained loudly: "You'd better think of something."
way."
"What's going on? Isn't the first batch of food rationed according to the one-month ration? Even if there are more people, it won't be consumed so quickly. It's only been a week, isn't it? It's less than seven days, isn't it?"
"I just want to tell you this problem, those damn bastards. They ruined a lot of food in the village before. Also, the method of eating food you promulgated is really wasteful, you know? Let these people
How can you count if you open your belly and eat it casually, and you have to finely grind it into powder?"
So the lord's smile became a little helpless.
The people at the bottom of this world eat mostly black bread, which is usually baked with wheat flour mixed with a large amount of bran. In fact, in Edward's view, this kind of bread that is not even fully fermented is not worthy of the
The word bread is closer to... well, in fact, whether it is bread or biscuits in his impression, they are hundreds of times better than these things.
In fact, as a glorious former resident of Foodie Country, Edward has always tolerated the casual attitude of most people in this world towards eating.
Put the roughly processed wheat flour into a bowl, they add some hot water to make a wheat paste, and then live by eating this wheat paste every day. They also cook most of the black bread in this way, if there are wild vegetables and meat.
They also poured all these things into a pot and stewed them with wheat paste... In short, most of their three meals a day consisted of a pot of slimy-looking stuff. In Edward's opinion, it was simply pig food.
!….
This kind of thing can only be used to satisfy the hunger. But in Edward's plan, they have to rely on them to complete a lot of heavy physical labor... Those skinny guys are simply not qualified. Therefore, from the first meal, Edward has ordered everyone in the territory to
For civilians, all food must be refined. If not baked into bread, it must be baked into cakes.
In addition to the side dishes and spices, he also specially bought several stone mills to grind flour. This method of course brought unanimous gratitude. Those farmers who had not seen fine grain for many years had no other reaction except kowtow.
, even the half-elves who often hang out in the city also suffer from the problem of tears streaming down their face when eating.
But the direct consequence of this is that the expected supply of grain will be significantly reduced. After all, there is no way to include things like bran in the grain.
As for why the half-elf lady came to complain at this time - the reason was the problem of the captives.
The knights originally brought by the unlucky viscount have been captured, and the viscount has been honored as a prisoner. However, Edward has no interest in raising such a bunch of idlers. It happens that the farmer does not have many people.
Enough - Although the earth-engineered lyre can greatly reduce the workload, the trees used to build houses must be cut down.
therefore……
There are more than 200 big men in the territory to help - do a good job in labor reform and strive to become a new person.
But as a result, food must be even more scarce. These guys seem to be full-time soldiers and strong, but their food and drink are by no means comparable to ordinary farmers.
But Edward didn't pay much attention to it - even if the purchase of food was indeed a big deal, with his capital, it wouldn't be a big problem even if he could support these two thousand people until they died. Facing the young lady's complaints, he just chose
raised eyebrows,
"Why are you so stingy at this time? It's not like you don't have money."
"The problem is, you can't buy it even if you have money! You idiot!"
That relaxed expression made the half-elf lady burst into laughter.
He put his mouth to his ear and shouted dissatisfied.
"What's going on?"
"Purchasing a large amount of food requires proof. No matter who you are, you can't buy it casually. It's okay if we have a familiar city lord or something, but it's not easy to buy it near Romandy."
The half-elf lady sat on the stone table boredly, flipping through a biography of knights: "Because those idiots in the empire have nothing to do to start a war."
Now His Majesty the King has announced a food control. All food must be used to meet military needs as the first priority. Those big families are also taking the opportunity to tighten their pockets. At least around Romandy, no one has a large stock on hand.
Our original food production points on the trade route were not enough. This batch was specially obtained, but you ended up wasting it like this!"
"Well, when I baked the pie, didn't you still eat it happily?"
However, it was a joke, and Edward would still frown - the food output in this plane has never been high. This is common sense. The food produced by most farmers is barely enough to feed their own families. Tumi
Because of the help of magicians in Nice, most of the producing areas still have good output. However, food itself is the most scarce material, and each family will only strictly control the surplus. In order to meet the food shortage, Baiyang Town also spent a lot of money.
A lot of effort.
He used to think that this was just the norm in Xifengyi. But now it seems that this virtue is everywhere.
"Besides, the Mixed-blood Association has its own affairs. It's impossible to invest all the funds here... The only one who can inject money here now is my father." The little girl curled her lips: "The Chamber of Commerce last time
But I suffered a lot of losses. Money is a trivial matter, but the key is making noise.
After a fight, many human helpers and shopkeepers began to quarrel because they were afraid of death. Although their salaries were increased, some of them still quit. The number of half-elf apprentices was not enough, and many things were affected. Skilled
The shopkeeper is not only a helper, but also a source of goods. Damn it..."….
What's more important is the defensive array.
The existing magic technology in the world today is enough to create a variety of magic items... Edward has seen a lot and has a few of them. So as far as he knows, the so-called magic items, in theory, are nothing more than magic items.
Spell attachment is always attached to certain objects. Nothing new.
But when it comes to the magic circle, this matter is extremely troublesome.
With the ability of the earth element, carving the lines of the magic circle is not a problem. As long as Edward concentrates his energy, the land around the city can be turned into stone slabs with carved textures at any time, which can even be as fine as a steel needle. Even if the entire magic circle passes through many layers,
The stacked runes and enchantments fit together flawlessly. They are related to each other and assist each other. It is not very difficult.
But the problem is. Each of these key nodes that make up the magic circle must be operated by the caster personally to introduce the power of the magic network, and the connected magic circles are not
Runes, enchantments and magic circles are the professional scope of the Conjuration School. Edward is completely confused. In fact, even the old dwarf he is responsible for teaching him specializes in the transformation system and is not very proficient in this aspect.
, among the people Edward knew, the only one who was most proficient in five areas was magic.
The dean of the college and the master of magic, Hawking - the entire magic academy is itself a museum of dimensional space and various defensive magic circles, and there are rumors that at least half of these things are from the handwriting of this dean.
As far as the school of conjuration is concerned, he is undoubtedly the number one person on this continent.
Well, if this master is willing to help, then it will probably be effortless to build a magic circle on Edward's small territory. Maybe it can be completed in one backhand.
But Edward's idea was just to change the name - to ask such a being to help, who knows how much it will cost? He is not the old guy's biological son, even the apprentice
None, let him help? Purely
"Hmm? Territory? You can just find someone to manage that kind of thing. What's the point of wasting time on it?" The old dwarf still looked like that,
"Now, are you sure it's him?" The indifferent expression on the dwarf's face made the tall mage frown.
"Ah, yes, that should be it."
"So, what are you going to do? Seal it?" Master Hawking snorted.
"I'm not as crazy as those magic sticks. That is one of the highest masterpieces of magic, the seal? What a waste." The old dwarf still looked unconcerned, and his fingers danced dexterously, carving runes on a piece of metal.
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"You want to indulge him? Or, don't tell me, you suddenly want that thing?"
"It's just some fragments, they don't have much value. As for what I want... Haha, don't you know? If I wanted it, I could have found it fifty years ago. I don't need it now.
Suddenly joined in?" The old dwarf narrowed his eyes: "Arcanists don't have anything that can be successfully controlled, so how can we magicians do it? If you are interested, I am more interested in the things behind it."
"You mean, that door?" The tall mage shook his head: "There are too many scum mixed in the legend, and this may not be true."
"There has never been just one person guarding this key in the records. Moreover, most of the guards spent their whole lives just maintaining a very short period of hegemony. They don't even know their own mission. How can you rely on it?"
How can we believe that this kid can have access to that amazing secret?" Albert smiled.
"No, I'm not sure, old friend, but I don't want to take any risks. You should know that the consequences of failure may be the whole world."
"You are still the same timid, no, I mean, cautious. Since no one has been able to complete the mission in those thousands or even tens of thousands of years, so what if there is one more, no more, no less, even if you look after him?
We don’t lack this kind of ethereal power, why not wait and see if the result is the same as those in the legend," Albert said:
"As for this kid, I am really optimistic about him. At least in terms of intelligence, he has something that others don't have. He is not so stupid that he will be tempted by that kind of power. And this time, the answer he gave me was,
It also makes me very satisfied, quite satisfied.”
"If you hadn't participated in it, I'm afraid Illyria would have disappeared from the continent this time!
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