Volume IV The Clash of Light and Darkness One hundred and eighteen, The King
Opened the cap of the bottle and sniffed it, the potion was supposed to have expired a long time ago, but it was probably the effect of the crystal bottle, and it still maintained its original taste, so Minter quickly judged that this was indeed the pot of medicine he had seen the drunkard and the potion master make when he was in the camp in Turi
At that time, because he saw the drunkard put round seed grass in the headache medicine, and judged that he was going to harm people, he deliberately added a few more drops of golden velvet liquid to it, which reduced the effect of the medicine
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, but Gail II's condition seemed to be quite serious, probably not just because of drinking this potion, right? He asked, "Your Majesty, have you taken any other medicine or poison after taking this potion?" ”
Jada's eyes flashed with an unknown light, and Gale II paused: "Why do you ask?" ”
Minter touched his head: "I don't think your symptoms are like just drinking this potion, when you see that there is a problem with it, you should take other medicines, right?" ”
Gale II suddenly fell silent, and Jada said: "At that time, there was a mess in the palace, and several court physicians prescribed medicines, most of which had a sedative effect, but the effect was average, and after half a year, even these medicines were useless, so we had to find other ways to ...... I've also invited other potions masters......" he glanced at Gale II quickly, "but none of them have been able to cure His Majesty's platinum to this day, and I can't tell how much medicine they have taken...... but he didn't mention whether he had been poisoned
Minter looked at him, and then at the unnatural black blue on Gale II's fingernails, and then didn't ask any more questions, and said, "I'm not a doctor, so I can't see your majesty, but I know what medicine can get rid of this bottle...... Headache medicine is harmful to you, and I also know that there are several potions that may be good for your body, even if your body does not heal completely after taking it, it should be quite much better If you are willing to try it, I can prepare it for you"
"Really?!" Jada was surprised, grabbed Minter's arm suddenly, Minte grinned in pain, he realized that he was out of shape and hurriedly coughed lightly and retreated to the side Gale II smiled and glanced at him, before nodding to Mint kindly: "Then you go to match, if you need anything, let the court chief find it"
Minter saluted and slowly retreated, but was called by Jada, "You are in the palace, I will let people arrange a room for you here, you stay with Your Majesty for the time being, so that you can pay attention to the changes in Your Majesty's body, and I will arrange the materials and utensils you need."
Minter chuckled in his heart and felt a slight coolness, but there was still a smile on his face: "This is the best, I used to go back and forth between the palace and your castle every day, it's really not convenient."
Jada nodded in satisfaction, and let him leave Mint and walk out of the room, led by the man at the door, through the corridor to the room at the other end to take a look, the space is large enough, the lighting is good, the room is furnished or something, although not very luxurious but comfortable enough, and there is a fully equipped potions workshop
The room was really nice if ...... Outside the door, there were not two soldiers with steel knives on their waists guarding the ground
Minter counted the potion materials in the workshop, and sneered in his heart
In the King's Bedroom, Gale II, supported by his nephew, walked to the fireplace and sat comfortably on a chaise longue stretching his limbs: "I haven't gotten out of bed for months, and it feels good to walk around like this."
Jada lowered his head in shame: "It's ...... that you're so sick and I'm going to go out of town."
"You stupid boy!" Gail II laughed dumbly: "Junia is awkward and runs away from home, if it's just a little girl's family playing a temper, it's okay if you don't go to her, but she was actually abducted and trafficked, how can you ignore it?" This kind of thing can't be spread, or her reputation will be ruined! The Queen Mother will be more dissatisfied with her, I understand your difficulties, not to mention that my body is like this, what difference does it make if you are not there? ”
"Uncle......" Jada's voice was a little choked, "Don't say that, I think Mintedi medicine is still effective, aren't you much better these days?" ”
"Indeed," Gail II was in a good mood, "at first it didn't seem to be any different, but after drinking it for two days, I felt much better, I slept well, and I had more strength in my body, I asked the old doctor, and he said that these medicines are not irritating, they are mainly used to tonify the body, so it is no problem to take them for a long time, I am really relieved to listen to his words" He asked Jada with some curiosity: "How did you come up with the idea of looking for this child?" It's so young! But people are very honest, and if they can't do it, they say they can't do it, unlike the previous two, they obviously can't do it, and they boast about how good they are."
"He still has some ability," Jada smiled, "but that's not the point, there are many people who are more capable than him in Shaonan, but...... Most of them are reluctant to come to Nuojia, and I am afraid of leaking the news, so I don't dare to go to this Mint is my accident, he didn't come to me, and I don't know that I will make this request, it should be quite reliable When I was in Mengli, I was poisoned once, and he took a dose of potion, and I was completely fine, but then Shed was hit by the same kind of poison, and it was much lighter than me, and asked him for a potion, but after drinking it, it didn't have such a good effect, I asked him, and the bottle of medicine I gave me was prepared for him by his teacher, But the bottle given to Shedd was his work, and I think his teacher must have been a great potions master, and if he could get in touch with this potions master through him, what would my uncle be afraid of? ”
Gale II sighed: "I see...... Have you inquired about the background of this child? Really reliable? ”
"I inquired about it, but the time was urgent, and I didn't have time to confirm it, but it should be no problem If he wants to be bad for my uncle and me, or even our country, then he has had many chances, but not only did he not harm us, but he also helped us several times, it shouldn't be sent by the enemy" After Jada said this, he hesitated for a moment, and added: "Don't worry, he has had conflicts with the people over there, and he is also dissatisfied with the previous ones, which is different from the last time. There will definitely be no more rebirth, he will stay in the palace, and if anything is wrong, he will ...... immediately" He raised his hand and made a slashing motion
Gale II smiled: "You......" After a pause, he smiled: "You just said...... Have you been poisoned, are they responsible? ”
Jada obviously understood who he meant by "they", smiled, didn't answer Gale II but already understood, sighed: "Mario is so ruthless, no matter what, you are also his own nephew......" Speaking of this, he laughed self-deprecatingly, his own brother can't take care of it, let alone just a nephew? "But...... Lawlor is getting less and less talkative! I heard that he had brought a Lisha dancer back to his private house and sent someone to warn him not to bring anyone into the palace, but my man reported that he was privately dissatisfied that he thought he had lost face in front of women, and wanted to find a way from the Queen Mother's side, how could he not tell what was light and what was heavy?! ”
He was a little anxious, and couldn't help coughing a few times, Jada hurriedly patted him on the back gently, and heard him whisper again: "Mario is so smart alone, it's a pity to spoil his son"
Jada was slightly unimpressed, but taking this opportunity, he hesitated a little and said, "Uncle...... I'll give you the proposal to see the land...... Have you seen it? ”
Gail paused, nodding slightly
"So what do you think? To be honest, I didn't expect that Easter to plan so well, although there are still many things to be desired, but as long as we improve it a little more and make some modifications, we still have a good chance of winning! But this battle cannot be ...... by Prince Mario Uncle go to fight, as long as you nod, I'll take this soldier for you! ”
Gail slapped his chest in silence and slowly leaned back in his chair
Seeing this, Jada was a little anxious: "Are you too burdened by the country?" But you know best what the situation is in the country now, last year's harvest was almost the best in the last decade, but compared to the increase in population, it is nothing at all! And our domestic arable land has reached saturation! If this continues, how many people in our country will die of hunger, or run away to live in other countries because of poverty?! Don't you often say that it is impossible to feed everyone by relying solely on self-sufficiency in agriculture in your own country?! Rather than watching the situation deteriorate year by year, why don't we fight and occupy the rich areas of the south so that our people can live better?! ”
Gale II smiled faintly: "What about after taking it?" ”
Jada was stunned, not quite understanding what he meant
"Do you intend to take away all the food and possessions of other lands, as our forefathers did, or do you intend to establish a real rule over that land?"
"I don't understand, since our ancestors five hundred years ago, we dreamed of unifying the Great 6, isn't that just to establish rule on this land and make our people live better?" ”
"No, that's different," Gail took a sip of warm milk tea, feeling a little better in his chest, before continuing, "If it's just to make the current Noga people live better, then ...... Plundering enough food and possessions will allow them to live a prosperous life for the next 10, 20, or even 50 years, provided that...... There are people who cultivate for them, but the plundered areas have to endure a long period of poverty...... If we regard this land as our own territory, it is equivalent to creating another group of hungry and poor people, and even, this land is bigger than our original one, and there are more hungry and poor people than we are, then even if we unify the big 6, what is the point? ”
Jada was a little dumbfounded, but it was undeniable that Gale II had a point, and if he hadn't taken possession of the land, he might not have this burden, but that meant that there was no unification of the Great 6, and that Noga still didn't have enough fertile arable land, which contradicted his original intention
He was a little uncomfortable: "So what should we do?" Don't...... Will we never be able to achieve this dream? ”
"It's not impossible," said Gale II softly, "if, in the next thirty years, there are no major natural disasters, the domestic situation is stable, trade with other countries is smooth, grain stores are slowly accumulating, soldiers and horses are armed...... are all ready in an unobtrusive situation, and at the same time, the intelligence agencies belonging to us are familiar with the situation of several other countries, then maybe we have enough strength to go to war"
"Thirty years ......" is too long, Jada doesn't know if he has the patience and there is no famine for thirty years, it is almost impossible, and now Nuojia will have a big disaster every four or five years, and the northern mountains have snow disasters every year
Gale II patted him lightly on the head, just like he did when he was a child: "Silly boy, if you want to start a war, it's easy, but if you want to start a victorious war, it's not so easy When Nicodimus the Great launched the Great 6 War, do you know what the situation was like in Norvi?" It was the most powerful country in the six countries of the whole country at that time! Moreover, the prestige of Nicodimus the Great in the country is unparalleled, and even so, the national strength after the war has been greatly damaged, and it is impossible for the current Noga to afford such a price."
"But...... But...... If well planned, perhaps...... We don't have to spend too much, right? Jada still didn't give up, "Or, let's only lay down a part of the area for the time being, and then use it as a base ship to accumulate strength, and then fight other places?" ”
Gale II couldn't help but laugh: "Do you think that other countries are wood, just waiting for you to fight, and will not fight back?" When the time comes, even if you want a truce, they won't agree" After a pause, he sighed: "Besides, now we don't know anything about the customs and habits of other countries, even if we fight it, we don't know how to govern it, if we want to realize the dream of unifying the big 6, it can't be done in a day or two, a year or two."
Jada stopped talking, he knew that this king's uncle had a plan to establish an intelligence agency, but unfortunately Prince Mario objected, thinking that it was redundant, and he only needed to buy high-level people from other countries to get enough information, however, buying nobles from other countries could only get information from the upper echelons of these countries, most of them were power changes and army transfers, but there were almost no customs and habits
Seeing that his nephew was deep in thought, Gale II patted him gently: "Son, sometimes, I am not a descendant of Nicodimus the Great, when I was young...... I once dreamed of one day being able to go to those rich places, and the harbor written in the book was like with the big boats, flowers, fields, and sunny coasts, but ...... You can't sacrifice our people for the sake of your ancestors and your own dreams, let them live a life of hunger and poverty, you go back and think about it, Mint didn't know anything about this conversation between the uncle and nephew of the royal family of Noga, he just concentrated on the potion and quietly wrote down some of the things he saw in the palace, maybe because he was worthy of it, maybe his potion was right for the symptoms of Gale II, the latter's health gradually improved, and after three or four days, he was even able to get out of bed and walk around the room twice on his own
Gale II was very excited, and ran out of the room, and in the long corridor where the curtains were lowered and the stove was placed, Jada walked back and forth, and many ministers and staff in the front hall of the palace saw it, and they were very happy, and the good news was spread in less than half a day
Minter saw that the time was almost up, so he proposed to Jada that the potion materials prepared in the palace were not enough, many were not complete, and they needed to be added to another batch, he handed the list to the other party, and said: "Monri should be able to buy some of them, but it is best to go to Sico, which is the largest distribution center for magic materials in the whole university 6, and all the materials can be found If you send a reliable person to ride a fast horse and hand over the list to the largest material bank, it will only take a day or two at most, and you can buy all the things."
Jada looked at the list and frowned, "Some materials have marks next to them, what is that?" ”
"Oh, that's the habit of potions masters," Minter said lightly, "It means that they should be packaged separately, so as not to mix different materials together, which affects the effectiveness of the medicine, which is very important, and must be followed, otherwise the things bought back will not work well and will affect His Majesty's body."
When Jada heard this, his face turned straight: "I know, don't worry, I must do it as soon as possible" He carefully folded the list and put it in his underwear pocket, and was about to say something, but suddenly closed his mouth and looked straight ahead
Minter looked back and saw that at the other end of the corridor there was a large group of people standing, tall and mighty, who looked a little like Gale II, but gave a very different impression, he was dressed in luxury, standing proudly on that side, as if a king had descended
Minter saw Jada looking at the man with a serious face, and his heart moved, and he quietly stepped aside, coldly watching this scene of king and king
But soon, he was a little less relaxed
Among the gang, there were two other acquaintances, staring at him with surprise and fierceness, it was Esparo and the strange man in black
He couldn't help but mutter, what day is today? How did people arrive so together?
(, The king sees the king!) Does Minter goof? Stay tuned, in fact, I think Gale II is a very storytelling person, but it's a pity that he's only a second- or third-tier supporting role here, so it's not good to expand and write, someone yy? )
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