The Prince of Zion made up his mind and immediately contacted the country through the magic array. He didn't look for so-called "rare books" or "unique books", but as soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted to transcribe an ancient book of the Second Age in the secret vault of the Terrela royal family.

The Second Age was a time of cultural prosperity, and there were many books at that time, and many have survived to this day. For example, the earliest version of the popular "Bombardment Guide" series among mages dates back to the Second Age - a book called "Goblin Goblin Bombardment Guide", which details the ecology and habits of goblin creatures and how to combat them.

Of course, it can't be this kind of widely circulated book that can be included in the secret vault of the Terrela royal family. Even in the Second Age, the book was a treasure, enough to be used in the basement of a large library, or to be used by scholars for burial.

More than a thousand years have passed since the Third Age, and this Second Age is already a rare and unique book, and in the eyes of scholars, it is tantamount to a priceless treasure!

Taking the earth as an example, a thousand years ago, it was almost the Northern Song Dynasty in China. At this time, William, Duke of Normandy, France, had just conquered England and established the famous Norman Dynasty, which laid the foundation for the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France in later generations; soon after, the extremely important "Magna Carta" in world history was signed, which was the beginning of Western constitutionalism; and not long after, the prosperous Song Empire built on the basis of crazy exploitation suddenly collapsed because of the stupidity of the last emperors, and the hero Yue Fei's Northern Expedition failed, but was brutalized by Zhao Gou, the most shameless founding emperor in history, and the oath of "returning my rivers and mountains" was finally worshiped by the "courtiers" In front of the national letter, he sighed in the wind......

On the earth, a book handed down from the Northern Song Dynasty is definitely a rare treasure - it is not easy for paper items to span thousands of years. For example, the famous "Qingming Riverside Map" is a national treasure. That is, China is a country with a long history, in other countries, not to mention this kind of huge long scroll, even if it is a scholar secretary, it can be placed in the National Museum, and it must be covered tightly with a glass cover, who dares to take pictures and immediately blast out the door......

In this world, because of the powerful tool of magic, the difficulty of preserving books is much lower than that of the earth. But the war in this world is much more exaggerated than that of the earth, and it is commonplace for the entire continent to be divided into a pot of porridge. In the midst of the war, I don't know how many precious ancient books were destroyed. Every ancient book that has survived to this day is mostly based on luck rather than preservation technology.

Of course, the Terrera would not give the ancient book to the Northern Demon King, and they would not even finish copying the book, only a third of it was copied, and it was sent to the Prince of Zion through the teleportation magic array.

Prince Zion himself has never actually read this book - the ancient books of the Second Age, of course, cannot be read casually, let alone the prince, even the king is no exception. There are only two ways to watch it, either by reading it by magic, or by reading the transcript after it is transcribed by magic.

Prince Zion is very busy, he has to learn a lot of governing principles, and he has to deal with a lot of his own affairs, so he doesn't have the spare time to study ancient books. But after the book was in his hands, he still looked through it curiously.

"Uh...... What does this book say?" he closed the book after only one page and asked the scholar who had come with it.

The scholar, of course, read the manuscript and immediately replied: "This book is an exposition of the 'ideal society' by the famous sage Aristorus of the early Second Age, who conceived his ideal society through a fictional dialogue between two sages, in which the scholar-king becomes the ruler, the magician and the knight are the auxiliaries, and the lords are like the stars." ”

"Isn't that similar to the current situation?" asked the staff curiously, "Could it be that the kings of later generations built the country according to his ideals?"

"It's impossible to verify. The scholar was a rigorous man, and replied cautiously, "I belong to the school of 'not speculating on history,' and for us there is one thing to say, and we do not admit or deny anything that is uncertain." ”

Prince Zion nodded, he liked this rigorous approach: "Then this book should be regarded as one of the origins of the 'lord system'?"

"It's true that there is such a statement in the academic world, but because we have not had the book copied or even let the news of it circulate, no one is sure. ”

"Why?" asked Prince Zion, curious.

"Kings need majesty, and mystery is a source of majesty. The scholar replied, "Anything that is clearly examined will lack a sense of mystery." Even if this is confirmed, the Terrela royal family will not benefit from it, but will damage their own mystery, so why is there any need to confirm it?"

The Prince of Zion was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement.

He was a politician, and for him, academics, people's livelihood, war, and conspiracy were all tools that existed to maintain his rule. Influencing the ruling authority for the sake of scholarship is like abandoning the basics, so he won't do it!

"So...... Won't we lose out if we take this book out and give it to the Demon King?" he asked worriedly.

"No, who would believe what the Demon King said?" the scholar smiled, "If this matter spreads from the Demon King, it will deal a blow to the idea that the lord system originated from scholars, after all...... The Demon King is a villain no matter how you look at it. What the villain says, even if it is true, everyone will only assume that he is fake. ”

The Prince of Zion couldn't help but laugh, and so did the staff, and the atmosphere in the study suddenly became very pleasant.

The last time they met, they were put on a table by the Demon King's staff, and they suffered a little loss, although they didn't say it in their mouths, they actually minded it in their hearts. Now that I can use this half of the book to redeem a little bit, bury a small trap for the other party, and maybe get a little benefit, why not?

But their good mood only lasted a little more than a day.

When the third meeting took out the book, the third member of the Demon King's staff, a strange man with a white horn on his forehead, only looked at it slightly, and smiled disdainfully.

"It turned out to be the book "Dialogues on the Ideal Society". He casually put down the book, "It's only a third of the content, and it's up to you to get it." If I'm not mistaken, the whole book must be in your vault, and at least the part of 'Proper Politics and Improper Politics' will be considered a little sincere. ”

The Prince of Zion was stunned, and subconsciously turned around, only to see the scholar in charge of transcribing and delivering the books with wide eyes, as if he had seen a ghost, and his face was full of shock.

Playing this kind of trick in front of the emperor who once infiltrated the secret vaults of various countries and looted all kinds of rare and ancient books, they are really a hatchet!