"I have the feeling that ancient times are getting closer and closer to us, while modern times are getting further and further away from us."
——Fengyan and crazy talk
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Late at night, the guest bedroom on the second floor of the castle.
Li Jiasu woke up from the extended wooden bed, his forehead covered with cold sweat.
Do devils have nightmares?
This question can be extended,
Can an extremely evil villain have nightmares?
Can a good person who is like a sage have nightmares?
In short, I think about it every day and dream about it at night. The tired devil has just experienced a nightmare.
No, to be precise, multiple absurd nightmares.
Li Jia Shu dreamed that he led an excavation team to unearth a laboratory of alien creatures from the ground, reverse engineered it, magically modified the biotechnology of the Xia Gai monster, and used biological parasites to destroy the humans on the island.
They were all brainwashed and turned into an 'insect swarm' that was completely obedient to themselves.
Then, in just 6 months, the bugs rebuilt the castle under their command.
He returned to the Nine Hells and was awarded the devilish title of 'Sir of the Insect Swarm'.
It is normal to rewind a movie in a dream.
Li Jiasu dreamed again that he extracted his own devil's blood, combined it with the alchemy of this world, diluted it, and refined a strengthening potion for the adult men on the island to take to strengthen their bodies. Subsequently, he greatly improved his health.
Promote colonial theory and cooperate with pirates to allow adult males on the island to participate in slave-catching activities in the north. Not only did the castle obtain a steady stream of new slaves, but the island's residents were also assigned to each household.
of domestic slaves.
Then, in only 9 months, under his own supervision, "only" a few hundred Slay Lady slaves died, and the castle was rebuilt.
He returned to the Nine Prisons and was awarded the devil title of 'Blood Whip Overseer'.
Nightmares are absurd and anything is possible.
Li Jiasu dreamed again that through his extraordinary ability - the 'contract poison' given by Grand Duke AD - he participated in the war of aggression launched by the Kingdom of Spain against the Kingdom of France and Portugal, using his extraordinary ability to fight against the devil's conspiracy.
, within half a year, he assisted the Spanish aristocratic coalition in conquering the city and occupying a large area of the French and Portuguese kingdom.
The Spanish royal court was very happy and rewarded Li Jiasu with a large amount of wealth and craftsmen. Then, including the length of the war, it took only 18 months to complete the reconstruction of the dilapidated castle on the island.
He returned to the Nine Hells and was awarded the devil title of 'Classic Villain'.
Another of the most bizarre nightmares is:
Li Jiasu dreamed...
He relied on the knowledge of his previous life, combined with the alchemy of this world, to recreate and magically modify a new set of 'papermaking techniques'.
Under his command and arrangement, the island's citizens began to build [paper mills], and at the same time began to [cut down trees] with extremely high efficiency, using the island's forest resources to produce 'high-end paper', and continuously exporting it to the outside world.
Exports from Spain, France, Portugal, and Saracen continued to generate large amounts of trade revenue.
Then, 9 points of the profit goes to the castle, and 1 point of the profit goes to the people.
The island's citizens used this 1 cent of income to live a 'good life' - compared to the past, they were indeed living a 'relatively' good life - although some people were "angry" about this.
"Unjust", but under the control of the devil, they could not rebel.
The castle used these 9 points of income to introduce a large number of craftsmen and contracted laborers from outside the island. Under the command of Li Jiasu, it took 24 months to complete the construction of the castle relatively easily.
He returned to the Nine Hells and was awarded the title of "What, you are not convinced?" the devil.
When the nightmare reached this point, Li Jia Shu was frightened and woke up.
I think about it every day and dream about it at night.
"Mmp, what kind of crazy dream, extreme thinking that puts efficiency first..."
He took out a copper kettle from the cabinet in the guest room, and the three venomous snakes that transformed into his palms spit out traces of flame and heated the cold water in the kettle.
Soon, billowing hot mist overflowed from the gap in the lid of the copper kettle.
After washing his face with hot water, Li Jiasu leaned against the window and looked far away at the silent village at midnight, at the harbor town with flickering lights, and at the undulating storm ocean.
In a sense, those previous nightmares were indeed some of Li Jia Shu's subconscious thoughts.
He told Chu Yang at the time that the castle could be rebuilt in three years, but he was actually estimating in a conservative direction.
This world is a pre-modern world.
There are significant differences between pre-modern morality and post-modern morality.
If Li Jia Shu was willing to completely abandon his moral baggage and adopt the general policy of 'efficiency first', his employer's tasks would naturally be completed quickly.
But, he refused!
Qualified workers must learn appropriate fishing skills!
Li Jia Shu suddenly figured it out!
"We are all in the gutter, but there are still people looking up at the stars."
His eyes moved upward from the chaotic and oppressive sea to the bright alien starry sky.
Maybe the world is fucked, destiny is chaotic, ideals are painful,
Only fishing is eternal.
Let those who work, return to work, and those who fish, return to fish.
Li Jiasu felt that he could take some time off from his busy schedule to do some relaxing hobbies.
For example - digging a grave!
...
The next day, early morning.
"Chu Yang, I have decided."
"You say?"
At the long table in the restaurant, the devil spread butter, sugar, and pine mushroom paste on the sliced white bread, and said to the lord.
Although Li Jiasu habitually goes to the construction site for breakfast and lunch and eats the same big pot of rice as the Sleif workers to keep in mind the position of his buttocks. But occasionally, he will come to Chuyang to have a meal and experience Let’s talk about the difference between class and class.
(Additional note: After the construction of the collective canteen, Sleif workers finally no longer need to squat in the open air to eat)
Chu Yang sat at the main seat of the long table, wiped the honey stains from the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and looked at the devil in surprise.
The young lord felt that the devil today seemed a little, well, happy?
"Ah, Chu Yang, didn't you report to me yesterday that those adventurers discovered another entrance on the island that was suspected of being an ancient pagan underground ruins? And they brought back a trophy?"
Li Jiasu asked.
Chu Yang nodded, "Yes, Arcadio's trophy. Yesterday he showed me... uh, a giant cockroach frozen in ice."
Recalling the 'big cockroach as tall as a person.jpg' that the aristocratic young man showed him yesterday afternoon, Chu Yang couldn't help but have a headache.
What other messy things are buried under the soil of my own territory!
The ancestor of the family is probably an extremely evil alchemist, otherwise he would not have built the family castle on this island.
The devil rubbed his hands and said excitedly:
"The underground ruins related to biological mutation are most likely laboratories or factories of alien bugs, hehehehe."
Chuyang: "?"
The devil took a deep breath and calmed down.
Then, he said seriously: "Chu Yang, I have decided to give the construction site a four-day holiday. Well, it's not a holiday, it's a real holiday."
"In addition to maintaining the operation of the collective canteen, the residents who come to work will have to stop working for 4 days, and the Sreif workers will have 4 days of vacation."
"Oh, actually it can't be considered a holiday for everyone."
Chu Yang looked confused at this time.
The devil made a gesture and said, "I will select a group of experienced people. The number will be small. It is appropriate to control it to about 20 people. Well, the kind who voluntarily work overtime."
"Plus those adventurers."
"I'll take them to dig... dig graves!"
"Power does not distinguish between good and evil. Since the treasure of the demon from outside the territory is here, it is destined to be with us!"