After sending off the knights of Kant and completing the daily work of approving paperwork, a whole day passed.

Gawain came to the window and looked at the sinking giant sun outside, no matter how many times he looked at this otherworldly sun, he would give him a sense of shock, he looked at the faintly emerging lines on the surface of the giant sun, which may be atmospheric turbulence, and casually pushed open the window of the study.

A cold breeze immediately poured into the room, swirling through every corner of the study - although it was the month of recovery, it would be a long time for the weather to warm up, at least for this time, the wind was still quite powerful every morning and evening.

Gawain didn't mind the cold, he liked the feeling of being cleared under the cold wind, so he took a deep breath in the cold wind, but there were still people here who were afraid of the cold A dark shadow emerged from the nearby air almost instantly, rushed forward and snapped the window tightly closed, and muttered while closing the window, "You have a problem, the window is open in the cold and freezes to death......"

As it turns out, the best way to force a Shadow Master out of stealth is to open a window, in addition to throwing flashbangs.

Gawain looked at Amber muttering with a smile, "A guard like you usually doesn't survive to get off work under other lords......"

"If you were an ordinary lord, I wouldn't be your sidekick," Amber turned her head and thrust her waist in a straight way, looking at her appearance, she should be ready to say a few more words, but before the girl could continue to speak, a smell of food had already wafted through the crack in the door and into the study, and the half-elf thief suddenly sniffed without dignity, "Whoa...... Today's barbecue is so delicious......"

Gawain also sniffed the smell in the air carefully, feeling a little strange, "It doesn't seem to be Betty's craft?" ”

"I won't analyze it with you, I'm hungry and want to eat!" Amber waved her hand as she spoke quickly, and in the blink of an eye opened the door and ran out, leaving Gawain behind him smirking and shaking his head, and followed him out of the study.

Many nobles are accustomed to formulating a lot of dining rules, not only to pay attention to the order of seats, but also to stipulate the position of the servants during the meal, the music played, and even the placement of the dinner plate and the number and direction of the candlesticks, they will also be proud of the implementation of such strict dining rules, as the embodiment of their "civilized people", but the dinner of the Gawain family is different from other nobles - the table manners of the Cecil family have been very brief after the decline of a hundred years, After their ancestors unveiled the coffin and expressed their dissatisfaction with the bunch of people standing next to them during the meal, the only remaining dining rules were omitted, and now, there are basically only two items left: "the ancestors can only start the meal after they are seated" and "wash your hands before eating".

When Gawain arrived at the dining room, he saw that Hetty and Rebecca were already waiting for him at the table, and even the kraken, who didn't usually leave the door, was waiting for the meal to be served, while Betty was busy placing cups, plates, knives and forks beside him.

Gawain walked to the table and glanced at Tyre with a smile, "It's rare, you're interested in coming out for a bite to eat today?" ”

"I heard that there's a new chef," Tyre said as he wagged the tip of his tail slightly, "I'm curious, so I'll try it~~"

"New chef?" Gawain was stunned for a moment, and looked at the "big butler" Hetty a little curiously, "What new chef?" ”

"Santis is back," Hetty explained with a smile, "and with the last convoy entering the city in the evening, I haven't had time to report it to you. He also brought his family, his father Bauer? Mr. Said is a chef, and there was a shortage of a chef at home, so I asked him to give it a try. ”

"Is Santis back...... It seems that it is really in time for the beginning of spring," Gawain showed a look of joy, and then muttered, "But their family has just arrived here, and they should rest for a day." ”

"That Mr. Bauer took the initiative," said Hetty helplessly, "you should understand that he has left the royal capital and is in a strange place, and needs to settle down as soon as possible in order to be at ease." ”

"Yes," Gawain nodded, then glanced up at Betty and asked the little maid with a smile, "How's the new chef?" ”

"He's a great guy!" Betty nodded vigorously and said with admiration, "Better than me!" ”

The girl spoke with great ease, without any sense of danger that her "kitchen status" was threatened, as if she had no problem at all as long as her pans were not touched, and her "right" to put cups and dishes in the dining room and to take care of the lord.

Gawain even suspected that even if someone touched her "rights", she would not know how to resist.

And in the time he spoke, Amber couldn't help it, this half-elf who had never understood what the rules were, and had been accustomed to following Gawain's family, quickly cut a piece of barbecue meat and stuffed it into his mouth, and then inhaled while being hot, and shouted "Huhu...... This one...... This one is really delicious......"

"Is it that delicious?" Tyr glanced at Amber suspiciously, then poked the food on the plate with the tip of her tail, then tried to cut a piece of meat and put it in her mouth, and after chewing it twice, she swallowed it expressionlessly, "It still doesn't taste good, I'm looking forward to it." ”

"You nonsense, don't you know you don't have a sense of taste? You shouldn't have such an expectation that doesn't conform to the laws of nature," Gawain glanced at the sea caterpillar monster, then tasted the new chef's craft, and nodded in satisfaction, "Yes, let that Mr. Ball stay here." But more than that, I want to know how many people Santis brought back with him? ”

Hetty already knew what Gawain was concerned about, and immediately replied, "About a hundred craftsmen of all kinds and twenty-three scholars came into the city with him, as well as three mage apprentices and a low-level mage. ”

More than a hundred craftsmen and more than twenty scholars, this is still an acceptable number for Gawain, so many intellectuals or technicians can be of great use in today's territory, but after hearing the number of mages and mage apprentices, he couldn't help frowning, "There are so few mages and mage apprentices?" Only one official mage?! ”

Amber swallowed the contents of her mouth hard, glaring, "Could it be that even an ancient mage like Kamel is not attractive to the royal capital mage?" ”

Hetty seemed to be deliberately scaring people, and after seeing Gawain's and Amber's reactions, she smiled and said the rest of the words: "There are also nine official mages and more than twenty mage apprentices they lead are on their way to arrive - one of them is even a mid-level mage. ”

When Gawain saw Hetty's smile, he knew that his usually dignified eldest granddaughter also had a rare skin, but he fully understood Hetty's desire to "skin it"-

Nine full-fledged mages and more than twenty mage apprentices! There's even a mid-level mage inside!

Although a mage's individual spellcasting level is of little value in Cecil's current wizarding industry system, a higher mage level usually means a certain level of mathematical ability in addition to higher talent, which is quite useful!

It's impossible for Santis not to know the requirements of the Magic Channeling Industry, so the people he brought must have been screened and vetted, and this batch of mages and mage apprentices is simply a huge treasure for Cecil Ling, who is now in dire need of technical talents!

It was indeed correct to arrange a trip to the royal capital for Santis, compared to the deserted and remote south, the center of the kingdom that Ansu had been running for seven hundred years must have more abundant human resources, and in the city that had the highest magic technology in the kingdom and gathered dozens of large and small magical organizations such as the Royal Mage Association, the Wizarding Society, and the Magic Research Society, there were quite a few low-level mages and mage apprentices......

"Santis has left a stronghold in the royal capital and is openly active in the name of long-term recruitment, and as you have previously told, 'Witch' Gypley and 'Fast Legs' Pierce will keep the stronghold running after Santis is gone," Hetty continued, "so there will continue to be technicians being sent in the future—and as Cecil's territory continues to grow, there will be more and more talent transfers." ”

Gawain nodded happily and satisfied, and when Hetty finished speaking, he exhaled with relief, and then looked at his eldest granddaughter, "Don't pant in the future." ”

Hetty deliberately lowered his head exaggeratedly, and his tone was particularly serious: "Follow your teachings—"

Gawain smiled and waved his hand repeatedly, "Okay, okay, if it continues to develop like this, it will be another Rebecca." ”

Rebecca, who was looking down on the other side of the table and trying to compete with the steak, immediately raised her head: "Why is it still my business?" ”

The girl had been wielding her knife and fork and arguing with the food from beginning to end, and had scarcely heard any conversation at the table, and it was only then that she heard her name called, and reflexively looked up and replied.

Gao Wen was in a very good mood at this time, and when he saw Rebecca's cute expression, he felt much cuter than usual, and couldn't help but say to her, "You go back and prepare, your Magic Technique Research Institute is going to be busy—didn't you complain before that there were too many people needed for practical projects, and there was always no one available?" Now, you have at least a hundred apprentices to train, and you'll have to train those rune craftsmen, mechanics, and rune masters to become magicians in the shortest possible time. ”

The more than 100 craftsmen and scholars brought by Santis are indeed the talents urgently needed by the territory, but they have to adapt to and learn the "technical needs" of Cecil's domain, in addition to the indoctrination of Cecil's law, they must also learn a lot of basic craft knowledge and theoretical knowledge of the magic industry, and changing from traditional craftsmen to magic technicians is the first step for them to become Cecil's technicians.

But fortunately, Rebecca once led a group of "problem people" with worse backgrounds to toss and turn, and tossed those people into skilled magic technicians, so Gawain was not worried at all that this stupid roe deer, who seemed to be stunned but was actually talented, would not be able to lead a group of smarter and more obedient teams.

The Magic Technique Research Institute on the territory has been inaugurated a few days ago, and several large laboratories and workshops are in order, and now is a good time to train apprentices.

Of course, you can't cram everyone into the Magical Technology Research Institute - Gawain also plans to select some suitable scholars from among those scholars and give them to Santis to take and turn them into teachers in the General Academy.

If there are rune masters who are particularly talented in the theoretical field, they should also be sent to the Rune Research Institute in batches.

Rebecca listened to the words of the ancestor in a daze, she didn't pay attention to a few drops of broth stuck to the corners of her mouth, and when she finally understood that she was going to have a big team soon, the girl immediately became excited, and jumped up on the spot with a cheer "Wow!" ”

Then he threw the fork in his hand to the ceiling.

Gawain looked up at the fork that was forked on the ceiling, and then looked down at Hetty, whose face had darkened.

He sighed, "Let's fight, let's do it." ”

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