Zhou Qingfeng was leaning on the recliner in the rented bedroom, thinking hard. His 'Broken Lamp' project still had no progress, but his plan to attract talents was going smoothly. He invited more than a hundred people to dinner, and selected 23 people who were of good character.
candidate.
These people all come from all over the North, and they converge on the Banshee Castle where there are the most opportunities to seek development. After begging and begging, they often end up with no other way out.
According to Seth's report in the information network, these people have different abilities, but none of them meet Zhou Qingfeng's requirements. However, their moral character is quite acceptable. At least they did not lie intentionally during last night's test, and they did not act particularly greedy.
that's enough.
After all, poor abilities can be cultivated, and some problems are often caused by poverty and can be tolerated. But if you get into bad habits such as lying, it is often difficult to correct them.
Most people in Harmony Village are completely illiterate, and training is difficult. The manpower recruited by Banshee Castle has some basic skills. Therefore, similar recruitment will continue to provide talents for Zhou Qingfeng.
There are two troubles now. One is that last night's action caused quite a stir and became the biggest news in the Banshee Castle the next day. This can easily attract the attention of interested people. The second is how to arrange these candidates and eat, drink and have sex.
It's not easy to manage.
"This matter must be resolved by Roma." Zhou Qingfeng wanted to name these people as apprentices under Roma, which could just cover up the chaos that happened last night. "I have to visit Roma in person. As long as
Spend money and this matter should be solved easily."
Zhou Qingfeng could only throw away the messy 'lighting' test items on the table. The more simple the design, the more superb skills and materials are needed. Now that he has a plan, he is stuck on skills and materials, which is a headache.
very.
After leaving his residence, he walked slowly from the craftsmen's area to Roma's house in the civilian area. The streets that were deserted a few days ago were now crowded with people. Several carriages were blocked on the narrow road, and Zhou Qingfeng was unable to get in.
I asked the coachman for a few words, and it turned out that they were all here to see Rom. As a new member of the Banshee Castle Wizarding Group, a lot of people came to visit in the past two days. The real dignitaries did not come, but there were low-level knights and businessmen.
I came to visit as if I wanted to get married.
Zhou Qingfeng couldn't help but smile when he thought that Rom, a fat man who was not very young yet, had become a hot commodity in the blink of an eye. He asked Sophia to contact the hidden servant he had given to Rom to report the situation in his residence. As a result,
I found out that Roma had moved.
"This damn fat man moved without saying a word." With the help of a hidden servant, Zhou Qingfeng quickly found Rom's new address. According to Adrian's investigation in the past few days, the damn fat man's new home is already in the aristocratic area of the city."
What does he want to do?"
Zhou Qingfeng turned around and headed to the aristocratic area of the city. Compared with the loose management of the civilian area, the streets in the aristocratic area were guarded by guards. There were even checkpoints inside and outside the houses of the powerful. Strangers would be interrogated when they showed up, making it difficult for outsiders to enter.
But Zhou Qingfeng's "dark stealth" ability is not for nothing. In a dim environment, he can easily hide his traces and deceive some ordinary guards without any problem. He climbed over a wall and jumped a barrier and came to an extraordinary private house.
backyard.
There was actually a warning circle on the wall of the private house, and the technique was quite clever. Zhou Qingfeng's study of alchemy in the past few days has broadened his horizons. He used his super affinity for the magic network to get through the circle and get in.
In a large room in the backyard of the private house, Zhou Qingfeng's servants were busy around an alchemy experimental bench. In fact, these servants were controlled by Sophia, and Roma could only be said to have indirect control.
There is no one in the laboratory. There are several rows of test tube racks on a wooden table, all filled with tin opaque test tubes. This is a finished product packaged for easy portability and use. Open the test tube cover and there is a red stamina potion inside.
.
In addition to stamina potions, Zhou Qingfeng also saw something else. There were several arcane formation disks for testing on a table. The runes drawn on them all had the functions of 'energy absorption', 'energy gathering' and 'transformation'.
.
"This bastard is copying my idea and wants to make cheap lamps." Zhou Qingfeng was dumbfounded when he saw it. Last time, Roma had advised him not to engage in this project, but he secretly began to think about it, "He is indeed a disciple of Fabbro.
.”
Rohm's understanding of runes is far less profound than Zhou Qingfeng's, and he doesn't have a vast database like the 'Gate of True Knowledge' to refer to. The lamps he made are very crude, and there is no cheap lava stone as energy source, so they are completely useless.
.
But although Fatty Fatty's thing was unsuccessful, it gave him a new idea - he did not consider making the runes and formations constant, but simply put a 'light spell' on them.
"The light spell is bright enough to solve the lighting problem. But low-level arcane light has no temperature. And temperature is even more important to the North than light." Zhou Qingfeng rejected Rom's idea, but he saw
The redeeming features.
"Perhaps I shouldn't think about solving the problem at once. If I don't fix the runes, I can use spells to extract the heat energy from the lava rocks, and rely on manpower to cast spells repeatedly to achieve the goal. The premise is that I can have a large number of low-level wizards, at least apprentices
.”
Having a large number of wizards is harder than inventing a 'cheap advanced lamp'. Even a group of wizard apprentices are not leeks in the field and cannot be grown casually.
But this problem was not certain for Zhou Qingfeng. He thought he had found a way, but suddenly he heard voices coming from outside the backyard, so he ducked and hid in the shadows in the corner of the laboratory.
It was Rom who came, accompanying the Jason wizard who liked to wear a pointed hat to the laboratory. He reported his results in the past two days, his attitude was respectful to the point of humility, but he still concealed the transaction with Zhou Qingfeng.
.
This damn fat man looked a bit silly, but he was born in a businessman family and was well-rounded. He walked into the laboratory before Wizard Jason, clapped his hands continuously according to the set gestures to stop all the working servants, and then served two
Cup of hot tea.
Wizard Jason only saw two cups of hot tea sent by the hidden servant, laughed happily, and said: "Rom, you are such an interesting guy. This time, you took the initiative to sell physical potions at a reduced price, and let me do it with Mr. Phils.
There is also brilliance in front of you.”
"You have helped me a lot, so naturally I should repay you in return." Rom smiled and pointed at the sealed medicine bottle on the countertop, "I am getting better and better at it now, and I will definitely win all the orders this time. Absolutely."
Everyone is satisfied.”
Wizard Jason was indeed very satisfied with the stamina potion, and asked seriously: "Rom, I came here today to ask something. You are from Cold Wind City, do you know a guy named Victor Hugo?"
Rom was startled, and said without changing his expression: "You mean the leader of the small force in the Black Forest? I've seen him before, but I'm not familiar with him. What's wrong with him?"
"It's about the elf ruins. Now everyone in the North knows that Victor Hugo controls the 'Silver Leaf City'." Wizard Jason said in a deep voice: "It is said that the Long Legs family in Cold Wind City has not been able to kill them.
He, Lord Phils, is somewhat interested in him."
Oh..., Rom sighed in relief, but shook his head and said: "I left Cold Wind City a few months ago, so I don't know much about this guy. But he should be quite powerful and difficult to deal with.
.”
"You'd better be prepared. Mr. Phils will summon you in the next two days, and he will probably ask you something about this person. If you can say something, you will definitely be more appreciated." Jason kindly reminded you.
, consider Roma as a friend.
Naturally, Rom nodded repeatedly and said a few words of flattery and thanks. Wizard Jason was just here to report the matter and left after speaking. But he sweated a lot, held on to the experimental table and whispered: "This is a trouble, I should say
what?"
"Tell it like it is." A sneering voice came from the corner.