Hearing Byron's words, Gawain was finally stunned: "Girl? ”

"Yes...... "Byron's knight's face almost wrinkled into an abstract painting, "I only found out when I bathed her, and I was startled at the time!" ”

Gao Wen's eyebrows twitched twice, and he looked at the middle-aged knight with a strange expression: "Don't say what you think, I'm afraid that kid is not even ten years old, okay?" ”

When Byron heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand: "Impossible, impossible, although I am a mercenary, I am not vulgar to this extent, but I think I am afraid that I will not be able to adopt her......"

Gawain found it interesting, and was not in a hurry to continue studying his own information, but looked into Mr. Knight's eyes: "Why?" Just because she's a woman, you don't think you can adopt her as your heir? I don't see that you're still an old-fashioned guy in this regard. ”

"Of course it's not because of this," Byron grimaced, "she saved my life, and it's no problem for me to pass on my martial arts and property to her, but I'm a big old man...... How can you raise a girl well? I thought it was a boy, but now I don't know what to do......"

Gawain seemed to smile, but his gaze suddenly crossed the body of the Byron knight and looked in the direction of the tent door.

A small, thin figure was standing there.

Byron also realized something, hesitated and glanced back, and sure enough, what he saw was a little mute who secretly followed him at some point.

He...... She had already taken a bath, combed her hair, and changed into a clean coarse cloth dress, but the "stray and dirty child becomes a little princess when he takes a bath and changes clothes" did not happen to this child. Now she could tell that she was a girl, but she did not look much better than before: chronic malnutrition and labor that exceeded the load of her body made her look yellow and thin, her skin was rough, her hair was like a clump of dry weeds, even after combing, her body was thin, her face was shriveled and sunken from lack of nutrition, and there was nothing lovely about it.

She had come running after her in a daze, as if she had not realized until this moment that this place could not be broken into, and now she stood in the doorway in a daze, while carefully putting her hands and feet together, her face full of nervousness and confusion.

She should have heard the conversation between Gawain and Byron just now.

"Your daughter is coming for you." Gawain smiled and glanced at Byron, then beckoned to the mute girl at the door to let the child come over.

"Your Excellen......cy," Byron cried out a little confused, but then saw the little mute walking towards him, and the expression on his face quickly changed to embarrassment and unease, "You...... Why did you come along, didn't you say that this place can't run around? ”

"Byron," Gawain said, "I know you find this difficult, but you can't throw this child aside, and since you promised to adopt her, that promise should not be based on any subsequent conditions." Take good care of her. ”

"I ......," Byron opened his mouth, but finally nodded, "yes, I understand." ”

"You can ask someone to help you in case of trouble, there are people in the territory who know how to take care of the child, don't let go of your knightly frame - and I don't think you have such a frame - and I don't think you have such a frame," Gawain laughed, "This child not only saved you, but also helped me, she has a lot of credit for me to solve the crisis in Tanzania, this child brings good luck to our territory, we can't treat her badly." ”

The Byron knight nodded in agreement, while the little mute blinked at Gawain and then at Byron, she could understand what these people were saying, but she didn't understand the profoundness of knights and territories, so she looked a little dazed.

At this time, Gawain suddenly asked, "Does she have a name?" ”

"Name?" Byron seemed to think of this at this point, "Oh yes, I don't know her name yet...... I was in a panic before. ”

"She should have a name herself, but unfortunately she can't speak, I'm afraid none of us will know what her name is," Gawain glanced at the little mute, "Do you want us to give you a name?" ”

The mute boy immediately reached out and gestured, but Gawain and Byron did not understand what she meant, and after a difficult failed exchange, the mute suddenly screamed "hmm", and then trotted out of the tent.

Gawain and Byron looked at each other blankly, and then decided to wait and see, but after a long time, the boy ran back out of breath.

She held out her hand in front of Gawain, and in the palm of her hand lay a few peas.

After reacting for a long time, Gao Wen guessed what the kid meant: "You mean, your name is Pea?" ”

The mute boy nodded vigorously, grasping the belt of the coarse skirt with one hand a little harder, and with the other he pushed the pea forward a little.

This time it was Byron who reacted: "You don't want a new name, you want to continue to call 'pea'?" ”

The mute boy nodded vigorously again.

"This name must have been given to her parents, and if it had been the name given by the merchant who cut out her tongue, she wouldn't have taken it so seriously," Gawain guessed, "Pea...... I guess I thought she would fill her stomach when I came up with the name. ”

As he spoke, he reached out and pressed Pea's hair—it felt like a weed to the touch.

"Although she can't speak, she can understand, you have to pay attention to your words and deeds in the future, and set an example for your children," Gawain glanced at Byron with a smile, and at the same time remembered something, "By the way, the purchase of serfs and the handover of the displaced people in Tanzania Town now have the help of Viscount Andrew, and you don't need to keep an eye on it personally, you can leave this matter to a few smart and capable men, I have a new task for you." ”

Hearing that there was a new mission, the Byron knight immediately straightened up and looked serious.

"Don't be so nervous, the mission location is in the territory - I want you to organize a group of people to investigate the situation at that ruin in the Dark Mountains."

Byron was curious: "You're ready to explore there in full?" ”

"Viscount Andrew dug up the fragments of the Eternal Stone Slab under the Tanzanian mines, and I am becoming more and more worried about the ruins in our territory, so I have to speed up the progress," Gawain nodded, "You are a mercenary, you should have some experience in exploring this kind of ruins, find some cautious and careful and bold hands, bring the best equipment, and first check all the corridors and rooms in the shallow floor and draw a map." I don't ask for speed, I want safety and meticulousness - I don't want experienced fighters to die in that kind of place, and I don't want you to leave something important out of the ordinary, you know? ”

Byron straightened up: "Yes, don't worry, I do have some experience in this area and I won't let you down." ”

The Byron knight left, and Gawain stepped out of the tent and looked out at the territory that had grown day by day.

Not so long ago, it was just a "camp".

The frost moon is approaching, the weather is getting colder day by day, but the new Cecil Collar is getting on the right track, the first generation of magic engines (after the adjustment and optimization of Nicholas Egg, from a prototype to a practical machine) has now officially appeared in front of the lords, this strange shape but infinitely powerful, relying on magic to run but can be controlled by ordinary people The machines have shocked many people's eyes, and when they were just put into use, many serfs and civilians even looked at those machines with fear- It was as if they thought that there were countless invisible little devils living between the repulsive mechanism and the connecting rod bearings, and that it was the devil's hand that drove the heavy and terrible steel that made it difficult for the initial operators to recruit them, and later even used coercion to ensure that each machine had enough manpower to operate it......

But this ignorant and ridiculous situation lasted only a short time.

At Gawain's request, the system of "preaching" and "edification" was pursued in the territory, and all new things, whether new laws or new machines, were to be read and educated to the people repeatedly, and Gawain made up his mind to eliminate ignorance and ignorance in this land, so within a few days, people knew that those machines were a new magic device, and that it could be manipulated by ordinary people not because there were demons in the machines to absorb the souls and flesh of ordinary people, but the crystallization of wisdom and technology.

Gawain deliberately emphasized the existence of "ordinary people" in the entire machine development team in the propaganda, especially engraved the names of all the craftsmen involved in the early research and development on the surface of the machine, and those craftsmen lived with everyone on weekdays, and they gained countless admiration and admiration for this, and what Gawain harvested was the increasingly active spirit of those once numb and ignorant serfs and civilians.

Now in the territory, you can already see ordinary people walking around with smiles on their faces.

And with the surging power of the magic energy engine, the various basic production of the territory is proceeding at an astonishing speed.

The mine is using magic engines to pull minecarts and extract seepage, and the supply of iron ore is becoming stable, and now the only thing that is limited is the uneven road between the mine and the steel plant, and Gawain has already begun to order the construction of this section of the road, and with the help of Hetty's magic, it is not difficult to level and build an improvised road.

The production progress of the machine factory is shocking, the golden thigh of the Iron Ball Star (although he doesn't have legs) is even more powerful than Gawain expected, all kinds of simple lathes he can think of are being produced day and night, if it weren't for the rune furnace based on the magic net energy supply and the sufficient ore supply in advance, I'm afraid that the steel reserves of the entire territory will not be able to keep up with the consumption rate of Nicholas eggs.

The brick kiln factory has used a simple molding machine from the machine factory, and Rebecca's "cement" has also achieved preliminary results, a cemented material with up to the strength standard has been tossed out by her, although the problem of yield and yield is still very large, but Gawain can already consider leaving the territory from the wooden houses and tents and entering the stage of "hard houses......

At such a stage when material construction is smoothly unfolding, the biggest problem is the shortage of qualified personnel.

Labor force is not a problem for the time being, because the area developed by the territory is so large for the time being, but there are not enough talents to maintain and continue to promote the new machinery and new technologies that are constantly emerging.

Technological progress cannot be done by a few people - while a few genius ideas may indeed create something that can change the times, it will take a large number of low-end technicians to promote the application of these things and form a sustainable industrial chain.

There weren't too many "geniuses" among those 100 people, and there weren't even many talents.

Not everyone who deviates from the mainstream society is a genius, and many times they are rejected by the mainstream society simply because of low EQ - but the lost EQ does not turn into skill points added to IQ.

Although Gawain said that "the territory welcomes deviants", it was more to cheer himself up and inspire, and he himself knew that it was quite unrealistic to expect Wang Du to screen him a hundred change-makers of the times, and this is exactly the case: except for Jenny, a valuable talent and a few good seedlings, the rest of the hundred people are basically mediocre people, who may be able to complete their own work, but they can't ask for more.

I don't know how many intellectuals Viscount Andrew can find for himself...... Considering the overall level of education in this era, one cannot expect too much.

At this moment, a shout from not far away suddenly interrupted Gawain's thoughts.

"Ancestors~! Ancestors~! Rebecca screamed and jumped in her direction, waving her signature iron staff and a large roll of paper in her other hand.

When Gao Wen saw the iron staff in this girl's hand, he immediately subconsciously shuddered-this is another test of the rest stick method from the ancestor of the family?

But then he saw that Rebecca was followed by Jenny, and the rune master was holding more scrolls in her hand, and she was running behind Rebecca very hard, beckoning Rebecca to slow down as she ran.

Gawain breathed a sigh of relief: it seems that Rebecca is not here to murder the ancestors......

After the two of them ran in front of them, Gao Wen looked at his great-*N+1 granddaughter curiously: "Slow down, slow down, pant evenly-what's wrong with you?" ”

"I ...... The two of us studied the notes and ...... of Master No. and those rune laws," Rebecca gasped vigorously and finally took a deep breath and said, "Then we'll figure out the infinite expansion structure of the magic web!" ”

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