Gawain had a lot on his mind, but it was hard for him to make the people around him understand all his thoughts.

He wanted to change the world, he wanted to build a new order—although he originally just wanted to survive in this world, but this idea has gradually changed as he has lived in this world—but how easy is it to change the world?

Even if he only looks at a small Ansu, he can see from this kingdom the powerful inertia that has accumulated for seven hundred years - the inertia of the landed aristocracy, the inertia of the people at the bottom, the inertia of the social system, everything in this country is built on the old order, and if this order does not change, then everything will not change.

He did establish his own world, establishing the Cecil Territory and a new social order in the land of the Far South, but in fact he knew that all this was just the beginning - he could make new laws, he could use magic technology to promote productivity, he could form more advanced government teams, and implement more scientific and rational territorial management, but all this was only "superficial" work.

Whether it is the person who manages the territory or the person who accepts it, they were all members of the traditional Ansu system just a year ago, small merchants, down-and-out scholars, ordinary commoners, and even serfs and slaves under the rule of the traditional land aristocracy, they have indeed been able to obey Gawain's orders and do what Gawain asks them to do, but they have not changed in their bones, the new law and new order in the territory are just another rule of another noble lord for them, they know what to do, But a lot of people don't really know why they do it.

As long as people's minds have not changed, then all changes can only be temporary, and the dividends generated by industrialization will be greatly wasted due to the restrictions of "people", Gawain knows this very well, so he wants to enforce education in the territory, especially for minors - he not only ordered the establishment of literacy cultural courses in schools, in fact, also opened common sense education on the structure of the kingdom, the history of nobles and commoners, the law of distribution of social resources, and rationality, etc., All this is his effort in ideological indoctrination.

It is easy to update a new batch of machines in the territory, but it is difficult to enlighten the minds of the people of this era, those serfs and slaves who have nothing and are oppressed sometimes even resist this, they have already agreed and adapted to their own fate, and even agree with the rules of the entire Ansu system, if you tell them that the nobles and slaves shed the same blood, they will even think that you are deviant and unreasonable, but this is not because they are ignorant, It's this era that has twisted them into this.

Gawain sometimes wondered if he was too eager to implement the new order, new laws, and new ideas, but one thing he knew very well was that the Demon Tide did not wait for anyone, and the war between Typhon and Ansu would not wait for him, and the more he understood the current situation in the world, the more he felt that time was running out, so he had to try to pull everything forward as quickly as possible - if it weren't for the two swords hanging over his head, the Demon Tide and the War, why would he be so urgent?

Gawain fell into a trance and thought for a while, until Rebecca's voice woke him up: "Ancestor, what are you thinking?" ”

Gawain came to his senses, looked at Rebecca with a curious face, and then looked at Hetty behind Rebecca with a thoughtful look, and several trustworthy faces around him, he smiled slightly: "Rebecca, do you remember what I once said to you?" The reason why the aristocracy has continued to degenerate and corrupt in the past 700 years is not because of the inheritance of the nobility itself, but because they have nothing to fear. ”

Rebecca thought for a moment and nodded, "That's what you told me......"

"There is nothing wrong with protecting the people, defending the land, and maintaining the glory of these aristocratic codes, but it would be whimsical to rely only on the consciousness of the nobles to make them abide by these codes," Gawain shook his head, "Many nobles preach noble blood, advocate innate justice, and even let scholars use various theories to prove that nobles are born with moral and righteous factors in their blood, so nobles do not need additional moral monitoring to strictly abide by the norms, but in fact this is all nonsense." ”

As soon as this sentence came out, almost everyone's eyes widened, Rebecca and Hetty looked at their ancestors in amazement, as if they couldn't believe that such an outrageous sentence actually came from the mouth of the first generation of nobles of the founding of Ansu, and Sölderlin, who was sitting in the chair next to him, couldn't help pinching his chin and looked at his old friend with a smile.

"How can there be any natural nobility, nobility is whitewashed by later generations," Gawain continued, "I don't know the origin experience of those people at the beginning of the founding of the country? How did the descendants of a group of apprentices, blacksmiths, and carpenters become inherently noble after 700 years? To put it bluntly, no one beat them, and they all swelled up and didn't look good......"

Seven hundred years ago, the ancestor said this, no one can refute it, so the people in the room can only listen carefully, but there is still someone on the scene who can interject, that is the same historical Toldrin, this elven ranger looked at Gawain with a smile, and waited for the other party to finish speaking unhurriedly: "So, my old friend, if you beat them all one day, what kind of new order do you want to establish after that?" You know, even the legendary ancient sage king of Gondor, the dynasty he established will one day decay and collapse, and humanity is a short-lived and forgetful race, can you guarantee that the new order you establish will always be as you wish? ”

At this point, something had almost been picked out, and the room fell silent.

"Of course not," Gawain's answer to Tölderling's question was simple and straightforward, he startled people with the first two words, but then he smiled and said, "So what I have established is not the order of one city and one country, nor the order of one generation, but the order of civilization as a whole, and the order that all nobles are no longer born noble, and all rulers cannot be unscrupulous, and when that day comes, I will not care if the emperor is sitting on the throne, whether it is the king, or whatever, he must always tremble, Care must always be taken, for there will always be a force that can pull him down from the throne after he has made a mistake. ”

That's enough to say that, a lot of things don't need to be explained too clearly.

There was a pin drop in the room for a while, Amber couldn't help but touch her neck, and looked at Gawain very seriously: "To be honest, you won't kill me after this, right?" ”

Gawain didn't answer, just pressed his hand on the top of Amber's head, smiling.

"You were always able to surprise people seven hundred years ago, and seven hundred years from now you are not bad," Thorderling stood up from his chair, and the elven ranger came to Gawain, suddenly knelt down on one knee, and solemnly bowed to the human knight when facing the lord, "Just as I promised before I set out - Thorderlin?" Frost Leaf, may it return to your command. ”

Gawain also solemnly returned the salute and lifted the old friend (at least an old friend of his body, an old friend in his inherited memory) up: "Welcome." But for now, you still need to rest and heal from your injuries. ”

Pitman laughed on the side: "Lord, don't worry, with my ointment and healing spells, he won't be able to completely recover in a few days." ”

Gawain gave the old druid a deep look, and he was sure that this was the first time that the other party had uttered the word "lord" in such a formal tone.

He nodded: "Then the wounded will be handed over to you." ”

One by one, they left, and soon only Gawain and Amber were left in the study.

"Didn't you just murmur that I was going to kill you? Why did you still have a dead face at this time? Gawain looked at the half-elf lady who remained in the study with a smile and deliberately teased her.

Amber didn't respond to Gawain's teasing for the first time, she just looked at each other with a serious face, and it took a long time to break the silence: "I'm thinking, you guys are a little serious when they talk big." ”

"It's all serious," Gawain said calmly, but then nodded, "But if you cool down and think about it at this time, there's nothing wrong with you saying that I'm talking big - after all, the Cecil Territory has only just gained a foothold now, and it's really early to dare to plan the situation in the kingdom at this moment." ”

Amber glanced at Gawain: "It's not your character to be so modest - and others don't know, how can I not know?" Cecil is indeed just getting his footing, but those dark lines and pieces you laid out...... It's not just in Cecil. ”

Speaking of this, she paused and looked at Gawain with her hands on her chest: "Until today, I finally know the reason for your many strange behaviors, you...... Sure enough, from the beginning, he didn't plan to be a pioneer nobleman in peace. ”

"Actually, I really plan to build in peace," Gao Wen spread his hands, "If I can, I don't plan to mix with the contemporary Ansu aristocracy, but then again...... They are stupid and have a lot of money, so why shouldn't I? ”

"I believe in yours to have ghosts!"

Gawain: "......"

At the same time, in a hidden dungeon near the border between Ansu and Typhon.

In a side hall covered in vines and roots, a mutated plant suddenly bulged, and a woman in a priest's robe with long dark green hair stepped out of the cracked pod as the bud-like structure at the top of the plant rapidly expanded, matured, and cracked.

Beltila's face was gloomy and pale, and she glanced down at her hands and arms to make sure that all her injuries were healed, and then she stepped forward, dragging the formidable roots and vines towards the black-robed figure that seemed to be waiting at the entrance of the side hall.

"Sheikh Heaton," Bertila said in a rather cold tone, looking at the black-robed man in front of her, "I didn't expect you to come out of the flesh and blood abyss first, and the first thing you did was to greet me, which is really surprising." ”

"It's all the more surprising that Sheikh Bertila, who almost never makes mistakes, would have such an embarrassed side," said Imam Heaton, with a calm and resolute countenance, "but I'm not here to meet you, I'm just here to tell you that in the days you've been away, the Grand Imam has awakened, and he has told you to go see him as soon as you return." ”

"The Grand Imam has woken up?" Bertila frowned slightly, then nodded coldly, "Okay, I see." ”