Looking at the extremely happy mercenaries with their arms around each other, holding wine bottles in their hands, their faces flushed from drinking, Clemont's teeth were almost broken.
I can tolerate the fact that the citizens are happy, after all, they fought for it, but why are you mercenary adventurers so happy? Isn't this just irritating me?
Thinking of this, Clemont turned to Harry and said: "Harry, starting from tomorrow, except for the residents of the territory, everyone else entering the city must pay an entry fee, which is two copper coins per person!"
Hearing the Lord's words, Harry was stunned for a moment, but he still nodded seriously.
Although I don’t know why the lord suddenly started to collect the city entrance fee again, the lord’s words are an iron law, and he just implements it.
"Lord, wouldn't this be bad? There is nothing attractive about our territory right now. If city fees are suddenly collected, wouldn't that drive those mercenaries away? They are also part of the territory's income!"
Old Barr, who was supported by Barry, raised objections.
However, his words were quickly blocked by Barry.
"Grandpa, there was no attractive place in our territory before, but it will be different after tonight!"
After hearing his grandson's words, Old Barr's wrinkled face was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly reacted.
He felt ashamed and said: "Lord, old man, I am old and my brain can't keep up. I think this position of secretary should be given to young people!"
Although he had just received God's blessing, considering Old Barr's age, he was no longer useful. However, those people recruited from major colleges in the empire were still relatively immature. At most, they could only serve as assistants for Old Barr, and they still had a lot to learn.
They are not yet qualified for the position of secretary, which is similar to that of a territorial steward. Moreover, they are used to Old Barr's comprehensiveness. If someone suddenly changes at this point, Clement will be a little worried.
Looking at Old Barr's slightly stooped figure, Clemont smiled and shook his head.
"Secretary Barr, those young people still need experience, and the territory still needs you very much. You should continue to be this clerk! During this period, you can specially train someone who can replace you, so that you can
retired!"
Hearing this, Old Barr smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement.
As we approached the venue, the atmosphere became lively again. In the center of the venue, a huge pile of neatly arranged wood stood.
Carriages were parked near the city guard's tents. These were all kinds of meat and wine that Clermont had purchased in advance, which was enough for the entire city to have a good party.
When Clemont appeared at the edge of the venue, a wide passage was opened, and everyone's eyes followed Clemont's pace.
Before arriving at the bonfire, Clemont didn't say much nonsense. After taking the torch handed over by Sver, he raised it high and threw it onto the pile of wood.
"boom!"
Raging flames instantly rose into the sky, and the entire venue was illuminated by orange-red light. The moment the flames ignited, the entire venue was boiling.
As the soldiers distributed food and drinks, the atmosphere at the venue reached its peak.
Looking at the cheerful crowd eating meat and drinking heavily, Clemont laughed sincerely.
"Let's go, it's time for us to start!"
Arriving at a huge tent, Martha, who had been waiting for a long time, came forward with her three sisters.
"Lord, we are ready for everything you have arranged!"
"Well, thank you, let me do it next! You guys should also sit down and rest for a while!"
Walking into the tent, there was a huge round table placed inside, but it looked like it was made temporarily because it wasn't even painted with wood paint.
There are various ingredients on the round table at the moment, ranging from ordinary animal meat to magic beast meat, from various vegetables that are difficult to purchase in winter to various seafood.
On the table corresponding to each seat, there is a conical pot made of fine iron. At this moment, under the catalysis of the fire element magic core, white steam is rising from the pot containing the thick soup.
"Clairemont, what is this?"
Looking at the novel thing in front of her, Mariana asked curiously.
Clemont, who was rolling up his sleeves, smiled when he heard the words, and then introduced him to everyone seriously.
"This is a special kind of food, this thing is called hot pot..."
Under Clemont's introduction, everyone's faces showed a look of sudden realization.
As the bottom of the pot gradually boiled, a rich fragrance was emitted at this moment. Under the temptation of this fragrance, the sound of swallowing saliva also reached everyone's ears.
"Haha, Rupert, wipe your saliva, your saliva almost fell on the ingredients!"
Harry next to Rupert laughed and punched Rupert on the shoulder.
However, before Rupert could react, Graham next to Clemont touched the corner of his mouth.
This behavior also made everyone laugh.
They knew that the identities of these two guests were not simple, but this did not prevent them from having fun at this time.
Graham, who was accustomed to military life, didn't care about this. All he could see at the moment was the various ingredients on the table.
Seeing everyone's impatience, Clemont shook his head and said:
"The soup base hasn't been cooked yet, so you have to wait for a while to eat hot pot. Now I'll show you my craftsmanship! Dylan!"
Clemont shouted outside the tent, and then he saw Dylan walking in pushing a long iron box.
And this is the protagonist of this bonfire party - the magic barbecue pit!
I saw a grid made of iron wires spread above the barbecue stove, and on the iron plates on both sides of the stove, a layer of complex magic lines was drawn, and four fire element magic cores were inserted into the nodes of the magic lines.
superior.
At the bottom of the stove, a groove is connected to the collector on the outside of the stove. The oil and water produced by the barbecue will be collected into the collector through the groove.
What a scientific and environmentally friendly genius invention!
Looking at the barbecue grill he designed, Clemont nodded with satisfaction. Although he didn't know if it could be used, at least the appearance met his requirements.
As one of the manufacturers of the lord's royal barbecue grill, Abel, who was just about to sit down, also hurried over and demonstrated to Clemont how to use the fire magic circle.
Because the magic grill was only completed at dusk, Clemont didn't try it.
"Lord, please see, these three protrusions are the fire control devices you mentioned. They correspond to small fire, medium fire and high fire respectively. If you need the kind of fire power, just press that one!"
Listening to Abel's introduction, Clemont pressed the protrusion representing the small fire. Although the protrusion was on the outer wall of the furnace, the two brothers were very careful and deliberately placed a shielding magic around the protrusion, so that no matter what happened inside the furnace,
No matter how high the temperature is, it will not burn the operator's hands.
As the protrusion was pressed, the magic core at the innermost edge of the furnace suddenly lit up, and then the elements inside moved along the magic lines, and a ball of flame quickly burned.
Looking at the small red flame in the furnace, Clemont pressed the medium fire button again. As the second and third magic cores lit up, the flames instantly spread around and soon filled the furnace.
warehouse.
Seeing this, Clemont did not press the fire button again. This kind of firepower was enough for barbecue.
"What a clever design! Did you design this too, Clemont?"
Mariana, who was quietly watching the demonstration, praised him out loud, and then glanced at Clemont's face with a smile.
Although she asked this, she had already concluded in her heart that this was Clement's masterpiece, because this design had the same effect as the magic shield.
Clemont rolled his eyes helplessly. This little girl really knew what she was asking. Others may not know, but as the creator of the magic shield, how could she not understand.
After chatting with Mariana about magic in the academy last time, Clemont read many books and asked the magician Celine for advice, and then he discovered a big problem.
Although there are various magic items in this world, they all become magic items because the forging materials themselves contain magic power.
And after coming to this world for so long, he has never seen an example of a magic circle being carved on a mortal object, thereby turning the mortal object into a magic item.
There is no record of this in the book, Mariana doesn't know about it, and even the magician Celine who is about to become an elementalist doesn't know, as if magicians like them have never thought of this method.
When the two brothers Gordon and Abel were told about the idea of the magic barbecue grill, the two brothers' reactions also proved this. That is, the magicians in this world just didn't think of the way to depict magic circles on ordinary things.
Of course there is another possibility.
A problem can be discovered through the magic barbecue grill. This method of turning mortal objects into magic items does not actually turn them into magic items.
Because it can only be called a magic item when the magic circle is activated. At other times, it is an ordinary mortal object.
Moreover, the use of this kind of magic item consumes a lot of magic cores. If it is used for a long time, it will consume a huge amount of resources.
In addition, you must pay attention to the consumption speed of the magic core during use, and ensure that the magic core can be replaced in time, but in this case, the effect is not guaranteed at all.
How should I put it!...It's tasteless...Yes, it's tasteless!
Therefore, another possibility is that some magicians had this idea a long time ago, but in practice they found that the magic items created in this way are useless, not to mention energy consumption, and sometimes they cause casualties.
casualties, so over time this method was completely abandoned.
Although Clemont also feels that this method is a bit tasteless, it is still very interesting to make some individual items, like this barbecue grill.
Also, think about it, if on the battlefield, one side is an ordinary person, and the other side is also an ordinary person, but when the two armies collide, a magical brilliance suddenly appears from the long knife in the hand of one side, and then a forty-meter-long
The scene where the knife was slashing at my face must be very interesting.
However, this requires solving the problems of miniaturization and energy compression of the magic array. If these two problems can be solved, then this may be an epoch-making product.