Isabel, who was standing behind Aiwass, patted Aiwass's shoulder lightly, leaned into Aiwass' ear and said, "Mr. King seems to really not know... He is so pitiful."
You really called him king.
Do you know that you are Her Royal Highness the Princess?
Aiwass raised his eyebrows but did not express his inner complaints.
He just moved closer to Isabel's ear, also lowering his voice and biting her ear: "What, you want to forgive him?"
"He still has a daughter to raise... I feel that is the truth. He really regrets it and doesn't know what Minister Drost does."
Isabel felt compassion, but she also retained her rationality.
So she bit back again: "Help me, Aiwass... How can I save him without endangering Avalon's interests?"
"As you wish, my lord."
Aiwass raised the corners of his mouth slightly and whispered sideways: "Leave it to me."
——Since Aiwass said so, it must be right.
Isabel suddenly felt certain, stood up and took two steps back to be level with Lily. She signaled that she would no longer interfere in this matter.
And Aiwass turned around and looked at the king with squinted eyes. Just one look put him under tremendous pressure.
It is a good thing that Her Royal Highness wishes to be a kind queen.
As Aiwass, whose social relationships are basically bound to Avalon, he certainly hopes that the future queen and his immediate boss will be a kind and tolerant good person. Aiwass will not deny this good growth.
trend.
If Avalon really needs some less benevolent measures, needs to add a little bit of ruthlessness, thick face and dark heart...then he is still here.
Just hope that there won't be any familiar developments such as "Aiwass, I am the queen" or "Isabel, you will regret it"...
It's actually very simple to fulfill Isabel's needs.
——Because Mr. "King" doesn't know one thing, that is, Avalon is actually short of talents.
Botanist is a very rare profession. It is rare even in Star Antimony.
At least Wangli University of Law and Milton University do not have the inheritance of this profession. Because the transfer of this profession is actually more difficult than that of an alchemist - the balance that the alchemist upholds is more "material"
"Conservation" and the level of "everything has principles".
The balance that botanists must follow includes the balance between man and nature.
This is much more difficult to understand than alchemy.
Under the influence of Master Nobel, alchemy has developed in Avalon for almost twenty years. But even if we try hard to catch up, we are still far away from Star Antimony.
On the one hand, this is because Avalon has not yet formed a sufficient talent pool, and currently basically relies on the older generation of alchemists - and these old alchemists are basically not Avalonians.
On the other hand, it is because the development of the path of balance and the path of beauty requires a social atmosphere. Everyone's research actually promotes and competes with each other. Although this will inevitably lead to industry involution and talent loss.
A lot of waste, but the overall development speed will not be low.
——So since Star Antimony is overflowing with talent, why not Avalon hurry up and pick up some!
The people you don’t want over there, we want here!
Although the "King" himself only regards the botanist as a subsidiary profession of the alchemist... After all, the botanist cannot make a lot of money or become famous. Unlike the alchemist, who has several complete inheritance and promotion routes, even
There is also a serious lack of combat effectiveness.
But from a national level, botanists who are good at cultivating different plants, inducing directional mutations in plants, and quickly spawning various rare plants are much more useful than low-level alchemists of the same level. Alchemists must be of a higher level
It is only useful if it is at the first level, but even the first level of Botanist is useful.
Only a first-level botanist can reduce the crops that mature in eight or nine months to less than three months in a few acres of land by squeezing the fertility of the land, and ensure the quality of the crops; and low-level botanists can also
Deal with pests and diseases and continuously optimize crop seeds.
This is why the wheat and corn grains from Star Antimony can continue to be exported to Avalon in large quantities.
Because the imported grain from Star Antimony is of such high quality and low price that it has seriously squeezed the income of farmers in Avalon - even if the 30% protective tariff is included, it is actually still lower than the price of grain in Avalon.
Thirty percent.
Unlike Star Antimony, Avalon does not have an aristocratic class with individual land holdings.
All the land in Avalon is owned by the royal family, and farmers pay land rent for use. However, the price of these grains makes it impossible to pay the rent and cannot sell the price, which in turn leads to a financial crisis in the kingdom. Eventually, the cultivated land in Avalon is gradually converted
It became a pasture.
The then Chancellor of the Exchequer wanted to introduce the Corn Acts.
That is to say, by forcibly setting food prices, imports are absolutely prohibited when the price of food falls below the prescribed price.
He hopes to use this method to forcibly guarantee the price of grain circulating in the market. This means that the price of grain on the market will more than triple, and the prices of all agricultural products will also rise. And the number of workers in the factory
will also be significantly reduced.
Queen Sophia, who was still very young at the time, thought for a long time and believed that this would bring severe conflict and instability to Avalon. So she ultimately did not pass the Corn Laws.
If no one hoards food or drives up prices, it can at least double the price of food. This is enough to starve people to death. And it’s not sure if anything else will happen by then.
As a result, Avalon eventually became dependent on star antimony crops. Just like the name "Muwan County", the number of farmers in Avalon is not as good as herdsmen, and even fishermen are inferior. The rest are
Farmers are basically planting high-value cash crops. There are only a few arable lands fully invested by the royal family, and they grow at a loss some war grains that are of lower quality than the grains sold by the Star Antimony people.
——In Aiwass’ view, this means that the star Antimony was actually quite afraid of Avalon back then.
At that time, it was a critical period for Star Antimony to attack the Black Eagle Principality and Narcissus Principality eastward. Especially the Narcissus Principality - it was too far away from Star Antimony's homeland.
Back then, Star Antimony didn't know how well the newly succeeded Queen Sophia controlled Avalon, nor did she know her governance plan. That's why they used this strategy to prevent Avalon from launching a war against Star Antimony.
Now, it's almost time to unwind.
According to Aiwass' understanding, the government over there in Star Antimony is actually very strict with botanists - probably because they are seizing power there, alchemists are squeezing the living space of botanists.
This is because the income of botanists basically comes from alchemists. It can even be said that the Star Antimony official raised the price of alchemical raw materials in order to protect the income and status of botanists.
According to Aiwass's memory, this was almost the period of civil strife in Star Antimony.
The alchemists want to seize power - and from the alchemists' point of view, their strongest appeal is naturally to reduce costs.
Obviously, the work done by botanists is not complicated and does not have high technical content, but their income is much higher than that of low-level alchemists of the same level.
Low-level alchemists are basically spending money like crazy - cultivating a third-level alchemist requires at least 380 gold coins in material costs. This is calculated based on the success of all alchemies, and if the talent is slightly
Almost, it is normal for this number to increase several times.
Everyone is also at the first level. Why can you earn dozens or hundreds of gold coins a month while I have to spend more than ten gold coins a month?
Therefore, alchemists are quite hostile to "profiteers" such as botanists. In order to win the support of the middle and lower-level alchemists, the top alchemists must seek benefits for them - and part of the benefits are naturally
Take it from botanists, and then take it from all walks of life through overall price increases.
If Aiwass guessed correctly, the "King" would be selling goods during the promotion ceremony... and he would probably be killed by the alchemists.
If Aiwass can recruit the "King" and send a friendly signal...
Then when the internal fighting on Xing Antimony's side further intensifies, it is possible that they will accept the defection of higher-level botanists.
Moreover, the moral quality of the "King" is quite good. As long as his heart problems can be solved, this person can be used.
"If I'm not wrong," Aiwass said slowly, "it's very likely that your family has been controlled by the Star Antimony people."
Hearing this, Augustus suddenly turned pale: "Why, why...?"
"Because botanists are prohibited from going abroad. You are probably from a wild background, or your previous level was too low, so you don't know about this."
Aiwass sighed, with a look of compassion on his face: "The inheritance of botanists, Xing Antimony takes a very strict look at it. If nothing else happens, you may also be assassinated by Xing Antimony."
Of course, this is a lie. After all, he is only a first-level rookie botanist.
The fight on the Star Antimony side is fierce. Even if it is for the sake of political correctness, they will not pay too much attention to botanists at this juncture. Otherwise, it will only further anger the extremely sensitive alchemists.
In other words, at the moment when the alchemists are planning to seize power, the leakage of the botanist inheritance is already an irreversible future. For Star Antimony, who has an increasingly strong desire for war, those alchemists who represent the most advanced technology,
When they clashed with the botanists, the royal family could only side with the alchemists.
This is the conflict between the country "Star Antimony" and the core group of "Alchemists of Star Antimony".
"Then, I can still go back..."
"What are you thinking about? What do you want to tell the people over there at Xing Antimony?"
Aiwass interrupted him directly and asked: "You took the initiative to export a large amount of 'alchemy raw materials' to Avalon - although plant essential oils are not classified as alchemy raw materials, you don't think the Star Antimony people don't understand
We buy these things to synthesize alchemical products, right?
"I'm not afraid to tell you - the person you sell to is your Star Antimony's biggest spy in Avalon. He has been responsible for smuggling Star Antimony from there. And just in the past few days, he was controlled by us and interrogated.
And he was executed. And it was almost before your goods arrived and after the contract was signed.
"Then you personally followed the smuggling freighter to Avalon. And you met me and the future Her Majesty the Queen. But you were not punished in any way and returned to Star Antimony safe and sound - I won't say anything else. You
Think about it for yourself, what do you think the Star Antimony people will think of you?
"You don't think you can go back, do you?"
The more the king listened, the paler his face became.
He's not stupid. He's just naive.
But to be recognized by the Tao of Balance, it is not possible to be without brains. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that what Aiwass said was true.
However, Aiwass changed the topic at this time: "But you have to thank our kind and kind princess.
"Because of our fate, Her Majesty Isabel intends to help you. We will try to send inspectors to Star Antimony to see if we can rescue your family. We will also send people to protect you."
"...What! Thank you very much, your kind and noble princess, and Mr. Moriarty...please rescue my family——!"
Augustus was immediately overjoyed, but also a little uneasy: "Then, what can I do for you?"
"You don't have to do anything. At least for now."
Aiwass raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said words that made Augustus relieved but even more uneasy: "This is free, Mr. Augustus."
