After handing over the affairs of the perfume workshop to Huggins' security bureau and repeatedly emphasizing the importance of confidentiality, Todd held a three-hour meeting with the academics in Twilight West City.
The leader of the academic group, Master Terrence, was ill, so Elijah, the rumored genius scholar, participated in the meeting on his behalf.
Before the formal meeting began, Todd chatted alone with the man in his early thirties for dozens of minutes. What shocked him was that this tall and handsome scholar did not look like a commoner born into a shoemaker's family.
It's more like a child from a noble family.
In Todd's view, the other party's logical thinking and values are incompatible with the repressive Middle Ages.
On the one hand, Elijah yearned for the glory of Gutero, and on the other hand, he denounced the darkness of the current world. His knowledge covered philosophy, art, physics, chemistry, law and other subjects. While exchanging knowledge, he also
Todd introduced in detail the political environment and religious ecology of the mainland. There is no doubt that,
This is an excellent politician, artist and scientist. But aside from these outstanding qualities, what secretly troubles the monarch of Muxi Kingdom is that Elijah highly praises the revival of humanism between the lines. This kind of contempt for authority and
The enthusiasm for democracy even gives people a hint of danger.
In the following meeting, Todd discussed with the academic scholars about the future development of Muxi Kingdom.
After receiving Todd's assurance, scholars spoke freely, and the discussion focused on the boundaries between religion, kingship and democracy.
After this conference, Todd received the support of the academic community and received praise and praise from many scholars. The king himself transferred part of his power and arranged for some scholars with real talents to go to work.
On the stage of the kingdom.
The process of transferring power included a newly established organization by Todd, and a law that was jointly produced and supervised by many factions.
At first, this law did not attract much attention from the residents of Muxi City. It was not until the verdict of the first case that it officially attracted everyone's attention.
A scholar named Pascal from the Holy City of the East invented a thing called based on the principles of thermal conductivity, specific heat capacity, expansion coefficient, etc. After spending thirty copper stars to register the patent, businessmen from Muxi City
Without permission, a large number of imitations were produced based on the prototype of the mercury thermometer.
After collecting evidence and investigating, the businessman's actions were determined to be infringement. Based on the sales profit and product quantity, the Patent Office required the businessman to pay Pascal a large amount of patent royalties, which prompted the two to reach an out-of-court settlement.
After this incident, some subtle changes occurred in Muxi City:
First, residents of Duixicheng gradually came into being, and people began to learn to respect the achievements of knowledge. More and more people went to colleges and libraries to try to learn and understand science.
Second, inventions and creations are no longer a distraction. Those scholars with major inventions and prototypes living at home and relying on patent fees to live like kings is not a rare thing in Muxi City.
Third, relying on 20% of patent income and emerging trade commodities such as perfume, the Muxi Kingdom's treasury was once again filled, and the financial crisis was easily resolved.
Fourth, relying on power games and patent profits, Todd gained the trust of the vast majority of scholars, and tied these people who were skeptical of religion and royal power onto the advancing chariot of the Muxi Knights.
After completing this series of actions, Todd finally had the time and energy to return his attention to the military.
One warm winter afternoon, Todd was sitting on the throne, looking at several reports on the table, and raised his head to look at Cumberland: "The number of barbarian troops on the Moon Creek Plain has increased to 12,000?"
"Not all of these people can be called an army. A considerable number of them are old, weak, women and children from the northern barbarians. Although their combat effectiveness is not as strong as that of adult men, it is still troublesome to gather together." Cumberland touched a faint scar on his chin.
, said to Todd in a strange tone: "Compared with the number of barbarian troops, I am more worried about the barbarian wizards and war beasts."
"Wizard? War beast?" Todd listened to Cumberland's speech and laughed unconsciously.
In this different world, he had never seen magic or warcraft before, and thought that the so-called witchcraft was just a trick of pretending to be a ghost. But after a moment, Todd only saw seriousness on the other person's face.
Cumberland gently brushed the scar with his knuckles: "Thirty years ago, when I was a trainee knight, I once followed the commander through Watch Valley to attack the barbarian army transporting sacrifices. I climbed over the mountains and ridges,
After three days of traveling, my knight regiment encountered a barbarian priest group with only a hundred people. We designed an ambush circle and made some traps with sharp wood and boulders..."
Hearing this, Alfonso, who was sitting next to Cumberland, twisted his body unnaturally, as if he had some different views on the knights' use of ambush and trap tactics.
"In that encounter, the Cavaliers got the upper hand. We were condescending and killed nine barbarians in the first wave of attacks. But then, the nightmare began..." Cumberland's beard trembled slightly.
Standing up, he had a look on his face that Todd thought he had never
I have seen: "There was a woman of indeterminate age who was heavily protected by the warriors of the barbarian sacrificial group. She was wearing a raincoat made of crow feathers, holding a strange wooden staff in both hands, pointing towards the sky.
Chanting some strange words. After that..."
Todd looked at Cumberland gasping for air and asked softly: "After?"
"The barbarian warriors in the sacrificial group had their bodies swelled and their limbs mutated, turning into lightning-fast werewolves and infinitely powerful bear-men."
Todd's eyes widened in disbelief: "Are you sure?!"
The old knight nodded: "Your Majesty, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe that scene. For a long time, that battle became my nightmare every night. But fortunately, after fighting against the barbarians,
In more than ten years, I have only encountered a barbarian wizard once."
Wizard? Werewolf? Werebear?
The more Todd thought about it, the more puzzled he became. According to his experience in other worlds, he had never encountered magic and witchcraft. But according to Nordic mythology and dialogue, these seemingly supernatural things may have reasonable explanations.
Putting the wizard's matter aside for the time being, Todd asked Cumberland: "So what happened to the war beast?"
Cumberland gestured at the distance with his hand and said slowly: "Among the barbarian tribes, some strange beasts often appear. Some of them are like cows, but their bodies are as hard as iron and they can spit fire; some are like birds,
But the wings can spread up to five meters, and the beak and claws are like sharp blades; some look like male lions, but the blood is highly poisonous, and the roar can make people faint..."
Todd's eyes widened. Hearing this description, it was like a large collection of monsters.
"The most frightening thing is a kind of war beast called. Although I have never seen it, it is rumored that it is tens of meters tall, has two curved and sharp tusks, and can destroy the strongest city walls when it collides with its body!