The words were pushed back like this, but Jiao Ming, a normal personality, had already decided to do so, and by the way, he disposed of the remaining part of the specimen, out of sight. After finally washing away the bloody smell mixed with the smell of acid and rancidity, and changing into new clothes, Jiao Ming summoned Luo Hua to instruct the disposal of the specimen, hesitated for a moment, and inquired about the whereabouts of the crocodile duke in the spirit of the purpose of not seeing it.

"Lord Crocodile came out of the Lord's Mansion early in the morning, looking very leisurely, thinking that he should wander around the territory. ”

"Wandering elite boss?" muttered, and Jiao Ming quickly came up with a solution: closed the door and hid in the office to review the backlog of documents. When she heard this decision, Luohua's eyes suddenly mixed suspicion and smile, and with her beautiful appearance, it was indescribably attractive. But Jiao Ming only felt that he couldn't get over his face, so he angrily ordered him to find Dieda. Luohua nodded yes, and didn't remind her to teleport directly to pull people.

With the help of two maids, the backlog of documents quickly decreased. During this period, he encountered a problem involving Yi Si, and Jiao Ming wanted to ask him a question or two, but learned that Yi Si was teleported to Qingshui City by a madman with a newly baked iron ingot early in the morning. The woman dared to ride in the madman's car and was even accustomed to it, and with such a sentence in her heart, Jiao Ming put such documents aside.

The afternoon is the usual time to go to Emily's Master Mage's Tower for research work, due to the delay of various things in the past few days, the progress of research is slow, Emily's mood is obviously a little impatient. After all, she also had a lot of fun watching the wall of Siccton punch holes, building ironworks and digging iron ore. So roughly speaking, it is a state of being depressed after playing to catch up with the progress of work. After dinner, Yi Si sent a message back much later than usual, and then had a meeting with Jiao Ming in the study on the top floor, the content of which was of course all the news he had learned in Qingshui City during the day.

First of all, it was the ironworks that made a splash as expected, and many families sent invitations to meet, so many that they almost filled the gatehouse of the Isshimizu Castle mansion. Of course, this is just an exaggeration, but Jiao Ming can see that compared with the various closed-door situations some time ago, Yisi is quite satisfied with the state of Wanjia's pursuit at this time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is addicted. And when Yisi vented this emotion a little, Jiao Ming asked for more specific information.

There is no change in the royal family of the kingdom, and there is still silent support and expectation. Some of the nobles of the martial arts faction who had originally invested in the arsenal sought further cooperation, while the rest of them also asked distant relatives to ask for advice. After all, the nobles of the martial arts faction are like comrades-in-arms, even if the royal family secretly obstructs them, they still marry each other for hundreds of years, and they can always be involved. As for the magical aristocratic families that started as craftsmen and courtiers and once firmly opposed industrialization, life is becoming more and more sad, after all, it is contrary to the temporary development direction of the kingdom's 'important people', and the light and dark are somewhat suppressed. But it is still far from the extent of tearing the skin, and it can only be regarded as a 'headwind'.

However, there is a grievance that needs to be dealt with. Since each family began to build various factories in their own territories, or large workshops, it was natural to build a large number of buildings, and the magic family that produced impermeable concrete additives repeatedly raised prices, and finally caused a disaster, and was taken to the territory by a group of unknown magicians. Coincidentally, the day after the three companies that had formed a feud with Jiao Ming just announced the joint opening of the factory to produce this thing, the news of the end of their hometown came to Qingshui City, and by coincidence, this basin was buckled solidly.

Jiao Ming gloated a little at first, but in his self-blame, he asked what the specific situation of 'hometown was ended', after all, human life matters.

"According to rumors in the city, the attackers first attacked people at night with poison gas that caused people to stupe, and then kidnapped two middle-level members, and the rest were fine. It can be seen that there are also scruples, after all, when new goods enter the market, the heel will inevitably be leaked, and there will be room for maneuver at that time, and you can slowly fight a lawsuit. ”

"That's good. ”

"What's the matter?" said Eath angrily, "It's more troublesome." Now the most feared result is because the three companies began to produce this unlucky additive, which will curb the price increase, or even reduce the price instead. When the time comes, the gang that robbed people will give up production and tear up the ticket and consider themselves unlucky, and we will not be able to clear the suspicion completely. ”

"How could it be. Jiao Ming waved his hand in the direction of the river beach construction site, "It proves that we have long mastered this technology, and there are as many concrete buildings and human certificates as there are." ”

"It's very simple, of course, but the problem is not in the company that originally produced the impermeable additives, but in the three companies that are at odds with us. Yi Si had a bitter face, seeing that Jiao Ming was still confused, and continued to explain: "Our reconciliation with those three families is secret, if there is no such thing as robbing people, although the discerning person can guess the approximately, he will not make a noise. We don't make trouble for each other, and if we rot slowly, it's over. But the current situation is that the three families must suspect that we did the robbery, and they are intent on framing the three of them. In this way, they either explain the source of the recipe to the outside world and admit to reconciling with us, or they are carrying a black pot of bad rules, at least from the outside, it is a rather disgusting poisonous plan. ”

Jiao Ming groaned for a while before he could roughly sort it out, only to feel disgusting like stepping into a dung pit. "Is there a way to explain this?"

"I didn't expect it for the time being. Eth shook her head, "But I know you're not good at that, so leave it to me." After all, in fact, it was not we who did it, and the robbery gang was also to set up a factory to make money, not to frame us, and there must be many contradictions in the details to prove our innocence. ”

"I hope so. ”

"So back to the point, about the ironworks. A smile appeared on Iss' face again, "As soon as you nod your head, a large number of mage laborers will immediately enter, especially the gas miners who are in short supply. ”

"Hurry up. When the number of people increased, the output naturally increased, and the construction of steel-making furnaces began, and then the expansion of the arsenal. Jiao Ming nodded three times fiercely, and added in his heart, "When the time comes, you can exchange for the method of closing your mind, and then talk to Binglian well, no matter what the result will be." ’

Yisi was naturally happy to see this, and left with a package ticket, saying that he would go to do further recruitment plans. Jiao Ming hurriedly stopped and asked about the alliance between the Red Mountain Kingdom and the crocodile neck, after all, he thought of the ice lotus, and his thoughts couldn't help but slide to this matter.

"At least for now, everything is going well. ”

"That's good. Saying that, but thinking of the poor two-year-old baby of the second lady of the crocodile collar, Jiao Ming became entangled again and asked, "Is there any possible alternative to the proton one?"

"It's hard. The more familiar they became, Yi Si could certainly understand Jiao Ming's thoughts, "Trusting this kind of thing is the most valuable." Our Red Mountain Kingdom and the Crocodile Collar have no contact and are thousands of miles apart, except for protons and marriages, I really can't think of any way to restrain each other. ”

"Wait, since we're so far apart, it's not going to borrow my magic vine network for free, right?"

Yi Si rolled his eyes, "Don't be narcissistic, although the dual talents of the qi and water systems are rare, but within the Red Mountain Kingdom, it is still very easy to find ten or eight." Combined with the teleportation array blueprints purchased from the Wizards' Guild, the teleportation array can be built on the day of the official alliance. ”

Jiao Ming nodded suddenly, and then said with a smile: "You are such a casual copycat, I really should charge you a little copyright fee." ”

Yi Si was stunned, and after Jiao Ming explained, he probably understood that this was a joke. Although he still didn't catch the joke, he also pulled the corners of his mouth. But seeing that Jiao Ming was in a good mood, Yi Si, who was about to leave, said with a hesitant expression: "There is another thing I didn't want to say, about the Crocodile Leader's Nine Rings powerhouse, the royal intelligence department asked me to inquire about a question, of course, you can completely refuse to answer, I am free to fool the past." And to be honest, I'm tired of that crowd, and they don't dare to do anything to me, they don't have to worry about anything. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"Is the fourth Nine-Ring powerhouse of the Crocodile Territory, the one who uses earth-based magic to connect you with magic, has some origin or involvement with the Earth Mother God Cult?"

Jiao Ming was completely stunned, and then realized that the Red Mountain Kingdom must have misunderstood something. All sorts of jumbled thoughts swirled in my mind, barely grasping a few points, but unable to connect them into a line. After his face changed for a while, Jiao Ming asked rhetorically, "Do you know why that intelligence department is interested in this?"

"It's simple. Seeing that things that were not hopeful seemed to have taken a turn for the better, Yi Si immediately said: "Your vine circle is placed in the craftsman area of Qingshui City, plus the last tour group, basically a little inquiry, people with a heart can find it." Originally, the royal intelligence department was just a casual investigation, after all, there were many qi families in Qingshui City who set up teleportation arrays. But the problem is that your connection to vine magic has some similar flavor to that of Mother Earth Gods. And over there is our enemy, and considering that your crocodile territory never seems to have ever been a soil magic aristocratic family, this is why I asked. ”

After pondering for a moment, Jiao Ming suddenly remembered that Binglian had said that Xiao Shi's magic entry was unusual, and it could not be explained by 'self-realization', and his heart sank, could it be that Xiao Shi was learning from Master Mar, but why did he hide it? Especially Master Mar, Jiao Ming still had some impressions about what each of the six burn scars on his bald scoop represented, which seemed to include not preaching and not lying. "This magic connection, is it very deep magic?"

"It's really hard, but it's not about profundity. Yi Si gestured with his hands, but he couldn't think of how to explain this contradictory statement for a while, and said after a moment's silence: "To tell you, I can't use it, and there are a lot of earth nine rings that may not be able to use it." If the condensation is wielding a greatsword, then this connection magic is the engraving with a greatsword. The soul of a magician is like a mountain wall, an ordinary person is a wall, and a large animal is a piece of paper. And that vine of yours, almost a little shell. It is naturally not easy to depict the same length of content on it. ”

Jiao Ming chewed word by word, and found that this was a delicate job similar to a miniature carving, and it was not a skill exclusive to the Nine Rings of the Earth System, but in order not to expose more, he did not ask a rhetorical question to confirm, so he just shook his head and said that he did not want to answer.

"It's a waste of my saliva to ask so many questions without answering. Yi Si complained, and then smiled at the corner of his mouth, "I think you are suspicious of something, you can ask me about earth magic." Not only is it free, but it's also confidential, and I won't reveal a single word to the kingdom's intelligence services, nor will I say a word to the crocodile collar. ”

"Thanks, but I'll think about it later. Jiao Ming accepted this kindness. After all, it's about small poems, and it's better to be cautious about relatives in all senses.

......

The next few days were very good, and with the efforts of Yisi, the gas miners were soon sufficient, and the erection of the steelmaking furnace was easily built without even Jiao Ming's hands.

As far as Jiao Ming is concerned, the spread plan of the tropical fruit plantation that he is more concerned about is also going well, and the several territories that have been included in the jurisdiction after being promoted to the viscount have been reported frequently, and the pioneer teams sent to the past have all started work smoothly, cutting down miscellaneous trees and setting up Jiao Ming's vine teleportation circle, and when the circle is operational, you can build concrete houses and take revenge with food to absorb and recruit villagers to labor.

In addition, the Qi Baron family, which had been posted upside down, became more and more sure that they had bet on the right treasure, and only focused on expanding the fruit production of their own territory and transporting fruit raw materials. By the way, the large number of fruit ice fruits to Qingshui City has also been taken care of by this family, if it is not suppressed by Yisi, I am afraid that the sales work in Qingshui City will also be taken away.

However, life was unsatisfactory nine times out of ten, Jiao Ming thought that teleporting the negotiation team led by Ms. Ziyu to Qingshui City was a torture enough thing, but he didn't expect that a more torturous situation would appear. A few days after the crocodile leader and the Red Mountain Kingdom reached a military alliance, this alliance came into play, and the Red Mountain Kingdom probably wanted to weigh the strength of the crocodile leader's magic warriors, and by the way, look at the improvement of the new army on Jiao Ming's side, and organized a war on the grounds of 'reconquest of lost territory'.

Strictly speaking, in this feudal society, the forces are tilted against each other, the national borders are constantly changing, and anyone can talk about the reason for reconquest or since ancient times.

When war has nothing to do with him, Jiao Ming only listens to it, and doesn't care about specific bullshit reasons. This time, not only the crocodile collar was involved, but also the new army, which had just completed the target of one shot per man, had to pay more attention to the justice of the war, and tried in vain to pluck itself from the pool of blood of the dead and wounded of the enemy and the enemy, and by the way, forgot the phrase 'there is no such thing as a just war'.

Strictly speaking, in this feudal society, the forces are tilted against each other, the national borders are constantly changing, and anyone can talk about the reason for reconquest or since ancient times.

When war has nothing to do with him, Jiao Ming only listens to it, and doesn't care about specific bullshit reasons. This time, not only the crocodile collar was involved, but also the new army, which had just completed the target of one shot per man, had to pay more attention to the justice of the war, and tried in vain to pluck itself from the pool of blood of the dead and wounded of the enemy and the enemy, and by the way, forgot the phrase 'there is no such thing as a just war'.