Chapter 904 The end of everything, the beginning of everything (3)
Silver threads emerged from the air and entangled each other, forming an unforgettable scene. On the smooth silver plate, there were ripples and waves. Finally, a human figure passed through the space, and the strong darkness condensed on the silver.
, so much so that the silver light seemed like a cloak that was gradually thrown away. Finally, in the countless silver rays, the human shadow stepped out of the disintegrating silver mirror in one step.
With his hand out, he pulled down the hood covering his forehead and Edward slowly raised his eyes.
The edge of the almost shattered rock under his feet was the road paved with blue stones. It cost him more than ten gold coins to gather young and middle-aged people in the village and town, and hundreds of people, regardless of gender, used from the distant river beach.
The wood was transported back to the huge stone, and then burned and nailed into the wooden wedges, and finally opened it and paved the road with fragments. The complete bluestone was used to create and repair the city lord's mansion.
Now, the road surface, which could have been kept flat and dry during the rainy season, has been bumpy, gravel, dry weeds and the black charcoal in it, mixed into a mottled color, covering the road surface one by one.
Edward stepped forward, and all the mess was rolled up behind him and threw the ruins on both sides of the stairs.
At the end of the road was a messy blue-black wreckage. The psychic sage looked up at it in a daze, but soon he remembered what it was.
In my memory, there is the windmill mill in Old Ceylon Lawgen, the tallest building in the entire town. Including the oak paddle, it is several feet taller than the Lord's castle, and now only the base is still
You can see a little trace of the windmill mill, but except for a few wooden stakes that are more than half a person tall, it has almost completely turned into broken and carbonized wood fragments on the ground - only a few feet left
Just how long
Someone once wanted to add four hanging baskets to it as an attractive recreation. But the old guy disagreed with anything. He said that the windmill is a tool for civilians.
Given by God, there is absolutely no slight contempt. What's more, this windmill has been passed down for four generations and has a history of nearly a hundred years. It is impossible to use as a toy.
Now, it's gone.
The silver eyes slowly passed the former wooden tower, as if you could see it. The strong flame spread on it, igniting every bit of dry wood on the paddles, and then, the overwhelmed tall building collapsed. After the smoke and dust
.Only one ground is broken wall and ruins.
Turning over the tall wreckage, there were black wooden strips and wooden pillars. There was a bakery in the town. The bread was not very delicious. After opening at the Hilton Express Hotel, the road to life was almost broken.
Later, at the request of someone, I learned to make a strange big cake and finally came back to life.
But now, the only thing that can confirm its identity is the wooden cage used to dry flour a few years ago. However, it has become a half-residue shrouded in black and gray.
"It's really miserable, isn't it? Our former home, our former starting point, our former blood...!"
The human voice made him speak, but he didn't look back, but when Edward approached, he spoke.
"Will you come here cause doubt?" Edward's brow moved.
"It doesn't matter. In short, I can't be replaced now, otherwise they would have no place to find someone of similar bloodline to me. What's more, this time I came out, I completely replaced me.
Enlightened.
"Where is the teacher Benjamin?"
"Don't worry, I do have royal bloodlines, which is proven by magic and divine arts at the same time."
The young king laughed haha, and reached out to pat his close friend's shoulder: "There is probably some very complicated reason. Just like you said, it must be something that is bleeding. But no matter what, Master Benjamin agrees
In this regard, and he seems to like helping me. Look, I said I would stay by myself for a while, and he left. It would probably take a while before I could come back."
Edward was silent.
Although the other party said it very easily, it seemed like it was just a natural trivial matter, but what happened here could be described as "bloody". The process of **'s teacher discovering that he impersonated him to accepting him as king
How dangerous is there? I am afraid that only the person involved in this matter will know.
So hesitated for a moment and he spoke:
"terribly sorry."
"Oh? Edward actually apologized. This is such a big strange thing. Is there any god about to die?"
The king looked exaggerated and surprised, then laughed and abandoned the proud indifference. He seemed to have returned to the year, when he was still the little noble here: "I have something to do with me, and you have it too."
Yours, not to mention, this is my problem. If I can't solve it myself, my life will have no meaning. What others give me is not mine, only what I earn is mine. If I rely solely on it,
Someone told me that I was a king, and then I became a king, so I might run away.”
As he said, he reached out and took out a small leather bag in his arms and spread it out: "Come and try it, vanilla cake?"
This is a very simple snack, but the method is Edward's 'modified', using eggs to blend flour, and creamy vanilla to add flavor. It is a small snack that James likes, but it is quite troublesome to make, so Edward later added the secret recipe.
Sold to the bakery in front of them, and they also became the second-black shop in Baiyang Town. After each cave bear successfully returns, it will buy some of these cakes to celebrate. Over time, it has become a ritual.
.
"I asked the chefs in the palace to make it, but for some reason, they are always far worse than what you do, and they are even worse than what Masa in the bakery is delicious, those idiots. Alas..."
A piece was thrown into his mouth, and the king shook his head: "How about it, when will I let me see something new?"
"Actually, it's better than what Masa and I made. You don't think it's because you used to stolen everything from us." Edward pulled the corner of his mouth: "Snatch someone else's stuff, and
There is another taste, which tastes much better than what you get for money or make it yourself. Moreover, if you know you will get beaten up if you catch it, but you will still stole it successfully. This feeling is
Better, very, very good.”
"Really or not?" The king opened his eyes wide: "Well, it seems to be true... Why didn't you tell me before? Ah. By the way, you are afraid that I will steal you from time to time, right?"
"If you steal, I will deduct money from your vault directly. What are you afraid of?"
Edward shook his head gently: "The main reason is that you were a lord in the past. Integrity is very important. You should not do such boring things, but now, having such ambition is good for you..."
"What's the meaning?"
"What do you think the king is?"
Edward stuffed half a piece of cake into his mouth, but his heart did not stop: "The king is a big robber. If he doesn't have the mentality of stealing things, it will be miserable... You have to use your own people and other countries.
, and snatch things from this world. Then use part of the snatch to the civilians. The other part is sent to the subordinates, but the largest part is left in their own hands."
"Stop making trouble. If the king robs things..." the young king murmured, but suddenly seemed to think of something. And his friend continued.
"What is returned to the civilians is the stability they should have. What they should have given to their subordinates is the taxes they receive from the civilians. The biggest part is the power of being a king, just like you were just a rich man in the countryside.
But when you become king, you can order your nobles to obey your words and then let the soldiers rush to the battlefield to die. This is the king's authority, but in fact it just changes the threat of robbers.
, All emperors are like this, and you can see that the heroes who founded their country in history actually started with mobs and robbers."
"After you say that, the king is really nothing great."
"Of course the great thing is not the king, but the order. Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be marquis. This is the power of order, which is the rule brought about by the operation of this multiverse."
"I don't understand. You're making some weird words again."
"Simply put, if you step on a wheel and the wheel moves forward, you have to step on it. If you don't follow it, you will be unable to stand firm and fall to the ground and be crushed by the wheel. This is order."
"Oh, you said this, what is that wheel called...the wheel of history, right?"
James laughed, and the batter of the pastry sprayed the gorgeous clothes all over, and he just wiped it indifferently: "At that time, you said everyone was running on this wheel, but there was no
If someone can stand on it forever, after the scenery has been in a while, they will definitely fall down.”
"Yes, they all have to fall, but the king still holds the axis of the wheel. You can decide who can stay and who can run over. The orthodox king will pass from
Those unbearable guys will crush them. But the overlord will crush them no matter whether they are good or not."
Edward took the snack bag, spread it flat on the ground in front of him, and stacked the pastries on it. Then he took out a stack of paper from the space bag and slowly folded it into a string of ingots. Ignite it with a little spark
.Then he closed his eyes, closed his hands together, and listened to the beeping flames rising slowly.
"Is this a ritual that only wizards have?"
"It's just a prayer to make their souls calm and prosperous in the future. It has no special meaning."
"It's really a waste. Do you know how much is the price of this kind of thing called paper produced in Romanti and Burgundy?" The king looked at the papers turning into ashes curiously, and couldn't help but shake his head: "This is the most important thing."
The toughest thing is to buy a hundred pieces of white gold coins, which is more expensive than real parchment! And according to magicians, this kind of thing cannot be used to copy magic, it is easy to catch fire and get stuck.
The water will be ruined!"
"If it's really useless, then it's naturally not popular."
Take out another bottle of wine and pour some on the ground. Edward handed him the rest, so the king gulped and killed several big mouthfuls: "Ha, the new wine is the most satisfying, those things that have been stored for decades
Son, it’s sour and astringent. The most hateful thing is that you have to pretend to appreciate it, bah!"
He spat and hiccupped again: "To be honest, you guys have known this a long time ago... Alas, several guys told me the day before yesterday. They asked to thoroughly investigate the source of this thing and put it in order to
It became like a gold mine, and could only be produced by the royal family. I also told me a lot of questions, ha, these idiots, don’t they know that technology is impossible to ban it?”
"Actually, I think it's good if you want to confiscate it."
Edward took the bottle he handed over: "Let this thing flow. The civilians will gradually become smarter, because they will write what they know into books and spread it, if they add civilian schools. Finally, the noble class
Sooner or later I will turn against you.”
"Ha? I didn't expect this. But it's great. I was about to kill all these borers!" The king waved his fist excitedly.
"I said, Edward, I always thought that you were suitable for someone to come up with ideas. Those who assisted the king were like the prime ministers, or ministers, dukes, etc. in those stories." He paused. There was a large area behind him.
Sitting down on the dead grass, pulling a long blade of grass into my mouth: "But now, I'm wrong. You're more like a king than a king, or, more like an emperor... Fortunately,
Ah, fortunately Master Benjamin is not here, otherwise he might have chosen you as the king.
"I don't have that ability."
"You have it, you're just too lazy to do it." The young king shook his head:
"But in fact, even if you are too lazy to do it, you can do things well. A country is nothing to you. After I gradually mastered this country, I began to recall what you said little by little.
Then I found that they all came true one by one. For people, for things, for those nobles and civilians, how to bribe them, how to make them fear and surrender, if you use your method, it will be very easy.
I couldn't believe it at that time. Although I have only been in contact with these for a month now, four of the original ten lords have decided to be loyal to me, and three others are hesitating. The whole country is almost so easy.
Submitted to me.”
"It's not surprising that you say it is always easier than doing it, not to mention that you have innate advantages."
"Yes, just find a big tree and make full use of its veins. Sometimes, as long as you cooperate a little, as long as others determine that you are protected, you can fully utilize their
Power, and once the relationship between each other is formed, it will gradually become tight and indestructible, which is what you said." The king said: "As a result, I just borrowed it a little, and the whole country became mine, but you have to do it.
If that's the case, I think it might be ten times easier than me, no, one hundred times more, right?"
"I don't do it, being a king means nothing to me." Edward said: "And, even if you do it, what can you do?"
"Do whatever you want? For example, I will turn this continent into my country."
"This is very difficult. Even according to the current situation, it is very difficult to unify such a large place. It is beyond the scope of calculations that a person can calculate. What's more, if you just use your current means, time may be
It was a long waste. Especially the Central Mountains.”
"I can use the mages to make a way out of the Central Mountains so that it won't affect it."
"One road is not enough."
"Using a large teleportation array, it is very convenient to connect to all places. As long as there is a channel and can be reached, it is enough. Good. This process will be very long, but it doesn't matter. I can find a way to survive.
.”
"Become a monster?"
"I didn't think I'll never die. That's too greedy, but the mages also have many ways to increase a person's life span. I'm not planning to live forever. As long as this continent is enough, you might say I'm stupid.
,I also know that this thing is useless when it comes, but the goal is always bigger, the better, and what is the point of a country with only humans? Elf, dwarf, dwarf, orc, and those
I haven't heard of it, I'm going to turn them into a part of my country."
"This speech is a bit domineering." Edward smiled as he looked at the young man's glossy eyes.
That person seems to be the one in his memory, which makes him feel much more refreshed, and his worries are still piled up in his heart, but he no longer feels as heavy as a moment ago. He once thought that friendship is not that good.
Important, but no matter what, there is, it is always better than nothing.
"What are you talking about! I'm obviously very domineering, right?"
"No, no, it's true that you can turn them all into your harem? Domineering. Oh, not only these, there are taurens and ogres..."
"Go to you, the elves are still making do with it, just let it go..." The young king punched his shoulder, but it seemed to hit an iron plate, grinning in pain, and laughing for a while.
Looking up at the damaged ruins in front of us, there were many sighs in the voice: "It only took a few months, everything changed... Because we were in the most ups and downs of our lives, just grab it right
A rope can be soared up in an instant."
"You're really optimistic."
"Do you want to cry in the corner? The wheel of history rolls forward, but no one can stop it."
"Oh, I heard that there are some. The sucking monsters can control time, so they can jump from the future to the past..."
"What is that? Would you please give me a few?" (To be continued...)