Chapter 414 The Emperor's Hand
The Fallen from Hell were taken by Feige to the Royal Wand Workshop and began their lives as slave laborers. Compared to the oppressive, terrifying, and evil environment of Hell, the air in the Yongli Continent is obviously much better, but this air is the only benefit that the fallen can enjoy. In other respects, Feige provided them with exactly the same standards as they did in Hell.
This standard looks like it is deliberately torturing them.
In fact, it is indeed torturing them.
Thunder White was in charge of training them as quickly as possible to become craftsmen who could use the Xia Ni Spirit Engraver, so she saw everything: the little devil in the invisible state supervised and controlled these people at all times, and continued to suppress and torture their humanity. They will use spells to turn the food given to these people into a state of imminent decay and add a poison called pain to it, they will keep them undressed and sleeping, but they will use spells to keep them awake while working, and they will keep an eye on these people at all times, grasping every mistake and inflicting punishment as soon as possible.
These practices make it difficult for Thunder White to accept. She gritted her teeth and endured it, and it dragged on for four days, and finally she couldn't stand it anymore and angrily asked to see His Majesty. Feige happened to be in Hell at the time, and only returned to see her the next day, bringing back a second batch of forty new Fallen slaves.
Thunder White immediately learned the news. It is clear that every fallen person will continue to be tortured and abused under her care and education. So when her eyebrows furrowed angrily, her gaze filled with emotions bordering on hatred, Feige expressed understanding.
"Your Majesty, are those craftsmen really used as slaves? I doubt you actually know how the little devils treat those degenerates!" "As soon as Lei Tingbai thought of the situation at that time, his feet stomped on the ground: "Obviously bring them normal food, the little devils want to use spells to turn those foods sour, and even find insect eggs in them! Do you know what kind of eggs I'm talking about?"
"I can imagine it. "Feige sits on the Iron Throne, which is so powerful because of its hideousness. He touched his chin: "Your anger is very reasonable, the little devil should not catalyze the food to make it close to rot, there are still many people in the Yongli Continent who can't eat enough, and destroying food is a felony." I'll tell them not to do it in the future, don't worry. ”
"I can't rest assured!" Lei Tingbai shook his head: "Your Majesty, if those craftsmen want to take great risks to earn money for you in the future, don't abuse them, right? ”
Fitch froze for a moment, snapped his fingers, and summoned the little devil who watched over the slave labor of the Fallen, and asked him to explain their management methods in detail. Lei Tingbai listened with his arms crossed, never giving the little devil any good looks, and from time to time he lowered his voice and complained about two sentences such as "despicable! shameless!".
After the little devil finished introducing him, Fei Qi thought for a while, and then said to Lei Tingbai: "I asked just now, and it is indeed managed according to the method you described. These methods sound inhumane, but they are very necessary. Thunder White, don't take those degenerates as human beings, they are just tools of hell. Now the 'torture and abuse' you are talking about is just a response to their evil deeds in life. Do you think they deserve to be better?"
"At least they didn't commit a crime against the Levy Magic Empire and its people, and even if they were to be punished, it wasn't the Empire's business, right?" Thunder White said, "They're here to be craftsmen, so they should be treated as craftsmen." If there is to be punishment, it will be after returning to hell. ”
After Thunder White finished speaking, Feige stared at her for a full minute, and then thought about her words. Thunder White's requirements are a kind of self-demand for kindness, and there must be a corresponding attitude towards craftsmen, which is understandable. And they want the horses to run away and refuse to give them grazing, which is not punishment but evil.
"I can promise you that after they finish their training and go to work, they will be treated the same as ordinary craftsmen for their basic needs such as food and lodging, but holidays, salaries, and even more so freedom - they are degenerates from hell after all, and this has not changed. "At the same time, those who fail to complete their training, those who fail to pass the training, and those who make mistakes again after becoming craftsmen are still in the same way. ”
"Is that all there is to it?"
Feiqi nodded, smiled and said, "You've won a lot for them, and you should be proud of that." This is based on a long period of observation and experimentation, and making changes and giving them better treatment will greatly increase the cost of management and security - I will have to add more people. ”
Lei Tingbai thought for a while and said, "Well, I think this arrangement is acceptable now. As long as they're trained to be craftsmen, that's not bad. I'm going to go back and get the training so that they can have a good life as soon as possible. ”
"That's right. Feige encouraged. "If nothing else, take your new Wand Apprentice with today's arrival. There is no need to be nervous, just these two batches of people, as long as they are trained, they are enough to cope with the current production pressure, and the number will not be increased for a period of time. Hurry up and get busy, I still have a lot of things to do here!"
Is there something wrong?" Thunder White looked left and right, there were no ministers waiting for Feiqi to be received, and there were no attendants holding documents waiting to be reviewed, Feiqi seemed to be in a leisurely state on the Iron Throne?, "Okay, I'll retire now." Hurry up and finish the training, I'll have to recruit researchers. ”
When Thunder White walked out of the throne hall, Feiqi's face turned gloomy. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he grabbed the little devil who had just reported to him and dragged him to his face. The nails of Feige's thumb lengthened, and they were aimed at the little devil's throat like short thorns. "Who told her to care about the lives of the degenerate, what beds and what meals the degenerate slept, how you cast spells to control them, and how did these things come out to her?"
"My lord!" said the little devil quickly, "that girl can pass as she pleases, and your human guards in the Royal Magic Workshop will not stop her! My lord, I've told her 'there's nothing to see here,' but it didn't work. My lord, I've worked hard!"
"What an effort!" Feige pushed his thumb forward as he clamped the little devil to death with a strong grip. It didn't do its job well, and it didn't cast spells on the humans around it without Fei Qi's consent, which was guaranteed to be executed. The little devil's warm blood trickled down Feige's fist and dripped onto the Iron Throne. The little devil's invisibility failed, and its corpse hung almost weightless on its hands like a flattened bat.
"Useless waste. Feige magically set the little devil's corpse on fire, then stuck it in the blade of the Iron Throne and burned it quickly. After hearing the words of the little devil, Feige suddenly had some uncertainty about the situation in the magic workshop, so he stood up from the throne, performed teleportation, and looked with his own eyes.
The Workshop is located not far from the School of Magic, and is part of the "Workshop Campus". It is home to the vast majority of the handicrafts of the Magic Empire, with the main products being shoes, hats and ceramics. Influenced by the emperor's emphasis on agriculture and the construction of roads, the production of agricultural tools and vehicles was increasing rapidly.
In Feige's opinion, they are still far from industry, and only their own Royal Magic Workshop has touched the edge. Standardized production, as many types as possible and interchangeable parts, more emphasis on professional rather than all-round division of labor, primitive assembly lines, and of course, most importantly, strict supervision and testing of output and quality.
It has to be very strict, because the White Flag grocery store also does the inspection, and it has better inspection technology than here – unfortunately it can't be used. It's going to provide four times the amount of revenue the current empire is going to make, so Feige takes the Royal Magic Workshop very seriously - he doesn't allow any problems to arise here.
A guard directly responsible to him is responsible for the safety and security of the workshop, the size of forty people is not large, but twenty of them are from the Hell Knights, and there is no problem with combat effectiveness.
The mana fluctuations of the teleportation alerted them, so when Feige walked out of the spatial passage, he was delighted to see four magic spears aimed at his chest. "It was nice and very responsive. Feige spoke as he gestured to the Knights of Hell's Order. However, it wasn't until Keret came over that the soldiers of the Knights of Hell were truly back on standby.
Among the few people in Icepeak Fortress, Sisina and Mom never liked the Knights of Hell at first, and went on an expedition to the Sunset Mountains with the help of Feige and the School of Magic. Several others have more or less lived in the Knights of Hell, among whom Tron has become the deputy commander of the Knights, only obeying Feich's orders and becoming one of his arms. Giles and Calet work as instructors in the Knights, teaching them about monster hunters fighting monsters and surviving in the wild. At present, Giles is still in the post of instructor, and Keley, I don't know which tendon in his brain has turned wrong, he is not an instructor, but passed the exam to become a member of the regiment, and is currently under the command of Tron.
The Knights of Hell is a lifelong profession, and there is no such thing as retirement and reoccupation, only the classification of the first line of combat, the second line of vigilance, the third line of support, and the fourth line of preparation. The Monster Hunters of Icepeak Fortress, as instructors, are not members of the Hell Knights and are not affected by this rule. In other words, if Giles wanted to see the outside world, he could have thrown his sleeves and walked. And Callet, who became a member of the group, did not have this possibility. And the salaries of the regimental members are much less than those of the instructors......
Feige couldn't understand what Kylie was doing.
Kele scratched his head, he didn't want to salute his past students with such a perfunctory gesture. "Your Majesty, why did you sneak here? Everyone has been nervous lately, so ...... If there's anything offensive, just take it. ”
"No offense, you guys did the right thing. Feige looked left and right, and everyone continued to return to patrol and sentry posts, and no one was eavesdropping. He said, "Why did you come here? The post here belongs to the second line of the cordon, right?"
"Deputy Regiment of Tron...... The boy probably didn't want to see me, lest he remember the time I used to train him, so he arranged for me here. Kylie shrugged his shoulders, took a small bottle from his pocket, uncorked it, poured a little snuff out of it, and wiped it on his nose. He sniffed, then said to Feiqi, "Don't worry, I have a little refreshing thing for myself, which is very safe and will not delay my duty." ”
"How's it going?" Feige gestured to the inside of the workshop.
"There's nothing wrong with it, especially on the craftsman's side, we check the entry and exit every day, and regularly check the family situation of these magicians to make sure that they can live and work comfortably. Kailie then frowned slightly and pointed in the direction of the southwest corner of the workshop. "It's just that the prisoners you found are a little troublesome, they give people a very evil feeling, but they are very obedient. Feige, where did you get these people? I'm afraid something will go wrong with them right now. ”
"Is there a problem at the moment?"
"Not really!" said Kellet, "that little girl from Thunder White gives them training, and those fellows are like clay figurines, let them eat and sleep, and only sit obediently." When I see them, I always feel hairy in my heart, as if there is evil hidden in them. If it weren't for the fact that the other comrades-in-arms didn't feel this way, I would even want to just wipe them all out!"
It seems that Kailie has sensed the little devil hidden, and the sense of smell of monster hunters is still stronger than that of ordinary Hell Knights. "Don't worry, those guys aren't usually capable of making trouble. If they dare to disobey your management, just kill them, don't hesitate. To put it bluntly, those are the worst of the worst crimes, and I'm going to see if they're still useful. ”
"Oh, so there's still that meaning in there, no wonder I've seen some church pastors lately. Are they secretly preventing these criminals from escaping?"
"Ha, you've found out!" Feige remained silent, reached out and patted Kylie's shoulder, and said, "I now think that after entering the Ice Peak Fortress, I am very lucky to be able to accept your training, you are still very strong! Those priests are not all for this, you should not know that they are there, and treat them as irrelevant passers-by." If ordinary people can't come in, those pastors can't come in, and they must be treated equally and strictly enforced. Except for me, those criminals cannot be approached without duties and orders, including Thunder White. ”
"Understood...... Got it. Kyle understood what Feige meant. Letting Thunder White pass freely is indeed relaxing, and if this kind of thing is seriously investigated in the Hell Knights, it is a dereliction of duty. Fei Qi didn't pursue it this time, perhaps because he was also a responsible person, so he raised his hand. So Kele nodded: "Strictly enforce the rules and treat this place as if it were a battlefield." ”
"It's not enough to be a battlefield, and the level of vigilance is taken out, and too much of it will only increase fatigue, but cause hidden dangers. After Feiqi finished speaking, he suddenly chatted about homely things: "Why don't you become an instructor and come to be a member of the group? You don't want to find a way to overthrow Tron, do you?"
"Tron is doing a good job, his good is that I teach well, do you think you can be scolded for nothing......?"