Chapter 66: The Steward
With the certificate in hand, after a period of cheering from the people, Ma Shen bid farewell to the king and returned to the back of the preparation area, which was finally empty and could see what he had gained.
"Kill the Magic Mountain and get 100 Energy"
"Become the champion of the first martial arts competition and get 500 energy"
Ma Shen found two hints in the data panel, so he said that he now adds the remaining energy before, there are 642 points of energy, and sure enough, as the old saying goes, the old does not go to the new and does not come, there is no gun and no cannon, the enemy will send it to us, so don't be afraid that there is no energy, the bread will be there, and the energy will be there.
But how did I suddenly have magic power inexplicably, and it was still in the physique, it stands to reason that the magic should belong to the spirit or something, what does it have to do with the physique, it can't be said that the magic of the ice and fire world is different from other worlds, and has its own particularity, so it is necessary to analyze the special situation.
Well, these are all nonsense, it didn't take long for Ma Shen to roughly figure it out, magic comes from the spirit, and for himself, the world itself is the spiritual world, and he also enters this world in the form of a soul, so for others, the physique and the spirit are separated, but for himself, the physique and the spirit have been combined, the physique is the spirit, the spirit is the physique, no wonder the physique is getting better and better recently, and his spirit is getting better and better, even if he sleeps a little shorter at night, he is still energetic during the day。
As for the skill that suddenly appeared, the skill explained that it was magic from Quells, and according to Ma Shen's inference, I am afraid that it was because the dragon was about to appear, which meant that magic was about to return, so there was also a skill representing magic in the store.
Although the limit is still very large, it can only be used once a day, but Ma Shen feels that this should not be a basic skill, because the level is too low, but because the magic in this world has not been fully recovered, and when it is fully recovered, there should be no limit to the number of times magic can be used per day, but this will be talked about later, and now the main task is to solve the matter in front of him first.
"Teacher, you're so good. ”
"Brother Ma Shen, are you rich now? ”
"Congratulations, Sir"
Sansa politely stood aside, while Arya and little Nasha chattered around Ma Shen, in fact, there were occasional strange words that made Ma Shen a little dizzy.
Sister Mordan hurriedly stopped the girls who came to look for Ma Shen: "There is something to talk about, let's go home first, don't disturb Jazz to do business." ”
"Oh, okay. Arya muttered and stopped, and didn't even dare to speak with the little Nasha next to her, so she could only look at Ma Shen pitifully, hoping that Ma Shen would save her from the sea of suffering, of course, this was completely ignored by Ma Shen.
Sure enough, the power of the teacher is great, although the nun is not a teacher, but in this world the nun is already equivalent to a governess, Ma Shen looked at the back of the girls leaving, and secretly sighed.
"My lord, is it now?" asked Roo, the squire on the side, as he stepped forward.
"Stupid, of course I'm going to get the money. Ma Shen glanced at the stupid squire.
"But the question is, where do you take it?" Roo asked, asking what he thought was a difficult question.
"You don't care where you put it! "Ma Shen hated that iron and steel had eaten a chestnut for this stupid squire, and if he didn't take it now, when would he take it, would he wait for King Robert to be killed by a wild boar before he would get it, I'm afraid that his prize money would have been embezzled by the queen at that time, and he wouldn't get a penny.
However, Luo Ao's question also got to the point, the value of 20,000 gold dragon coins is too high, and after being known, it is completely a bee and a butterfly, and there is no shortage of people who take risks in any world, otherwise those billionaires will hire bodyguards one by one, this is not like others think, for what to pretend to be forced or something, but there are other considerations.
So since I have so many deposits, for the sake of safety, I should deposit them in the bank according to my habits, and it just so happens that there is a very powerful bank in this world, called the Iron Vault.
The Iron Vault is the most important bank in Braavos, and while all the free trade city-states have their own banks, the Iron Vault is richer and more powerful than all the other banks combined, with the kings of the Seven Kingdoms among its customers.
It has a terrible reputation for collecting debts, and when a prince or king defaults on their debts, or is foolish enough to disrespect their contract with the Iron Vault, new princes or kings (with financial assistance from the Iron Vault) will spring up, and these new princes or kings will have to recognize the previous debts and repay the money they borrowed from the Iron Vault in order to win the throne, lest they suffer the same fate as their predecessors.
No, no, Ma Shen shook his head violently, the money is still the safest by his side, the iron vault and everything are far away, Ma Shen, who maintains the mentality of the iron rooster, said that these so-called banks are trying to cheat their own money.
Anyway, now that you have a fief, put the money in your castle, and hire a few hundred good guards to guard it, and when you have no money, you can also take such a large group of people to grab money, it seems that you have to urge Lan Li to do it as soon as possible, and before that, your 20,000 gold dragon coins will be temporarily deposited with King Robert, and I still believe in the credit of the bold King Robert, because the gold dragon coins are "copper plate trivialities" in the eyes of the bold King Robert , Ma Shen thought to himself, not knowing that his fiefdom was just a small town, where did he come from.
Walking and walking, the black rabbit suddenly sneezed and stopped, what's the matter, Ma Shen glanced at Luo Ao who was leading the horse, looked up and looked ahead, only to see a white-haired old man kneeling on the ground in front of him, kowtowing to Ma Shen desperately, and the people passing by immediately came over.
Ma Shen, who was still dreaming just now, was immediately dumbfounded, and hurriedly dismounted and helped the old man up: "If you have something to say, don't kowtow." ”
With Ma Shen's support, the old man stood up tremblingly, wiped a handful of tears and said: "Honorable and great sir, my name is Salas, from the fiefdom of the Magic Mountain, Fort Klegane, my son opened a hotel there before, but unfortunately met the Magic Mountain, and then the Magic Mountain saw that my granddaughter was beautiful and wanted to defile my granddaughter, my son stepped forward to stop it but was killed by this demon, and then even killed my whole family, only I happened to go out to survive. ”
Salas said as tears continued to slide down the corners of his eyes: "Originally, I only wanted to come to King's Landing to find the Magic Mountain and die, but I didn't expect Sir to help me avenge my blood, I only hope to be by your side now to repay Sir for his kindness to me." ”
"This... Ma Shen glanced at Salas hesitantly, what could he do for himself, it was difficult to go back and confess.
As if he also saw Ma Shen's hesitation, Salas hurriedly wiped his tears and said: "My lord, I can do anything, I was a housekeeper for a long time when I was young, and I can do everything that a servant can do." ”
The housekeeper, it just so happens that he is also short of manpower, Ma Shen thought about it, waved his hand and agreed: "Then let's follow, it just so happens that I also lack a housekeeper." "Whether it's the eyes and ears sent by others or really like he said, it's to repay the favor, so take the initiative to come, you can't refuse it, no, it just so happened that I found a new skill in the system store before, and I can experiment it in the future.
"Thank you, my lord, thank you" Hearing Ma Shen's words, Salas wanted to kneel on the ground again, but was pulled by Ma Shen in time, how could this old man kneel at every turn like the ancient Chinese people.
Ma Shen complained in his heart, and then returned to the Prime Minister's Tower with the housekeeper and the attendant he had picked up, and "Luo" Ma Shen called.
"Your Excellency?"
"Take him and let him groom himself. Ma Shen pointed to Salas, who was still standing straight and ready to step forward at any time, and said, looking at this posture, he really deserved to be a housekeeper for a while.
"Yes, sir," Roo nodded.
"Also, when you have time later, find someone to go to Fort Klegane to inquire about him, such as whether his whole family was killed by the Demon Mountain, as he said, and who he worked as a butler when he was young. Ma Shen instructed that he still lacked available manpower, and when he had manpower, he must set up an intelligence agency, otherwise he would not know anything at a glance, and he would definitely suffer the loss of information asymmetry.