The reception rooms at Rock Fort are extravagant and opulent, with a distinctive style. Three crystal candelabra chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and the candlelight shines brightly through the pure crystal, sprinkled in every corner of the room, hideous and ferocious beast heads and practical pure gold weapons are nailed in a row on the walls, and the furniture is often trimmed with gold leaf and decorated with precious stones to hide its simple and bulky shape.

These all show the courage and wealth of the Neville people, and also reflect the characteristics of the Neville Kingdom, which is densely forested, numerous wild beasts, rich in mineral resources, developed trade, and most of the people are fierce hunters and simple miners, lacking delicate and skilled craftsmen.

However, the leather craftsmanship of the Neville leather makers is at the top.

The leather sofa that Victor sits on has a square head and a square head, and there is not even a curved line, but its leather part is tightly textured, the color is dark red and almost black, and it has a sense of historical vicissitudes, but the surface is smooth and bright, and the pores are relatively clearly presented, obviously not dyed, but maintained the original primary color. Judging from the degree of pulp on the surface of the leather, after at least decades of precipitation, it is full of elasticity, and there are no cracks that are common in old leather, which does not look like an antique leather sofa at all.

Rex saw Victor's curiosity about the leather sofa, laughed loudly, and said quite smugly: "This is the centaur leather sofa, it was my trophy from five years ago, and there are 17 intact centaur skins, all of which are here." ”

Victor raised his head in surprise, his eyes swept over the more than thirty leather sofas full of guests, and said, "Unbelievable, I thought these leather sofas had been preserved for more than 50 years. ”

Neville's university scholar, Marquis Worrelt, the court minister, twisted his gray beard on his chin and smiled kindly as he explained:

"We have a special vegetable tanning process in Neville, the tanned leather is not only durable and breathable, but also has the effect of absorbing water and changing color, dark colors are not obvious, but light colors, especially white, are obvious, the leather surface will turn red after water absorption, and when the water dries, the color of the skin will become darker. Vegetable-tanned leather undergoes a significant colour change over time, also known as 'colouring' or 'weathering'. Therefore, the more you use Neville leather, the more beautiful it is, even if it is a new vegetable-tanned leather, its low color has the characteristics of simplicity, warmth and elegance. ”

Archbishop Vispuch, who was dressed in a golden silk red robe, nodded, and said: "The hard leather armor made by Neville cothersmiths is of outstanding quality, and its defensive effect can be maintained for at least 20 years. The leather armor of the Church paladins came mainly from the eleven tax paid by the Kingdom of Neville. ”

Victor suddenly realized, and a "chagrined" smile appeared on his face: "It turns out that the holy warriors are equipped with Naviville's top-grade leather armor...... Oh, I don't even dare talk to Father Dane about it. ”

The Paladin's Leather Armor looked like some years old, and Viscount Randall, known for his piety and generosity, was reluctant to talk to the Realm Priest about the Paladin's Leather Armor, of course, because he was afraid of donating money.

Viscount Randall's self-deprecating words narrowed the distance between him and the lord, and secretly praised Neville's wealth. The nobles of Neville who were seated laughed either reservedly or heartily, and even Archbishop Vespucci shook his head and laughed.

Obviously we should talk about the feat of hunting and killing centaurs, but how did the topic become leathermaking?

King Rex laughed heartily, and his heart was very helpless. Queen Satya glanced at her husband, covered her red lips with a fan, her eyes were crooked, and she said with a coquettish smile: "Viscount Randall's attention is really different, no wonder the Randall family can achieve enviable achievements." ”

Victor shrugged his shoulders and said, "Randall has no centaurs, no mines, and I have to worry about filling the bellies of my people. ”

"Randall collar coffee and cane sugar are worth a lot of money. ”

The minister of Neville Palace picked up the cup, took a sip of the fragrant coffee, leaned back on the sofa, and said contentedly: "The effect of coffee is really magical, and an old guy like me can still maintain the energy and mind of his youth, all by drinking coffee." ”

"And that's not all. King Rex said with a blazing look in his eyes: "Trainee knight impact knight, knight impact silver knight, the resonance of the fire element is very important. Any knight who resonates with the fire element rank first can basically be promoted smoothly. Coffee stimulates a slight increase in mental power and helps knights feel the pulsating laws of the fire element. Knight nobles with low bloodlines who take large doses of coffee will also have an increased chance of resonating with the fire elemental bit. He paused, glanced at Catherine, and continued: "I don't know about the promotion of the knight nobles of Gambis, anyway, the knight nobles of Neville have summed up a set of methods to take coffee and resonate with the fire elemental level. They mixed 1 pound of water into 4 pounds of ground coffee, stirred it into a paste, cut it into small pieces, and after taking it continuously, they ran the fighting qi to try to resonate with the fire elemental bit. ”

"The royal family of Neville has classified fire elemental affinity coffee as a transcendent item. Rex shook his head and sighed, "Unfortunately, the amount of coffee is too small. Coffee in Cogstone City, which costs as much as 55 gold soles a pound, is still in short supply. In addition, the energy-boosting effect of ground coffee is also a little worse. If only Gambis could make coffee into a potion. ”

Catherine smiled slightly, and said in a crisp voice: "Randall Collar's coffee production is limited, Victor deducts the eleventh tax, and the coffee handed over to Kite Castle every year is only about 900 pounds, calculated that Randall Collar produces a maximum of 5,000 pounds of coffee a year, and distributes it to Neville, which is really not much." ”

She never mentioned the potion made from coffee, but Victor's heart moved.

The alchemy militia made the detoxified black astringent fruit into coffee, and the non-detoxified black astringent fruit into a psychedelic potion that tortured intelligence, but the black astringent fruit was originally the raw material of the spiritual elixir, which was specially used to temporarily improve people's spiritual attributes. In addition to mastering the recipe of the spirit potion, the alchemy militia also mastered the preparation method of the physical elixir, the perception elixir and the life potion. The alchemists of the Alchemy Empire use gold potions to restore their fighting energy to maintain the continuity of high-intensity work, unlike the current knights, who use the extra fighting energy brought by gold potions to resonate with more elemental bits. Because, with the help of external forces, the knight missed the perception of the four elements. They were unable to break through the bloodline barrier and stop at the stage of senior trainee knights and senior knights.

Since the ancient alchemists were all knights, they must have developed a system of pharmacy that was beneficial to them. Physical Elixir, Spiritual Elixir, Perception Elixir, and Life Elixir are very likely to be pharmacy products that help ancient knights perceive the four elements and advance smoothly.

Sadly, the raw materials for these recipes have either been renamed or become extinct, and the chances of Victor trying to replicate the ancient potions are almost nil.

However, the Kite Castle has a wizard who is skilled in concocting potions, and Auguste is world-renowned for his apothecary skills. Victor's collaboration with the Kite Castle may be able to improve the ancient recipe and bring many lost ancient potions back to light.

In the past, Victor was weak and did not dare to seek skin with the tiger, and good things had to be hidden. Now, Viscount Randall is not what it used to be, and he has the ability to protect his own interests, and of course he can take out some non-core knowledge and turn it into usable technology.

Cooperative research and sharing of results is actually a trick of laying eggs through chickens, and it is also the trend of social development. The Randall family currently does not have chickens that can lay eggs, and it makes no sense to hold the ancient knowledge of serving as chicken feed in their hands. In the end, whether you can get the eggs and how to divide the eggs is the key.

Victor thought about the electric turnaround and included the cooperative research and development plan in the list of strategic objectives of the X-3. He was surprised to find that there were a lot of strategic goals to be accomplished...... These include mastering the dominance of the Golden Order, perfecting the Psychic Blood Secret Method, solving the heir problem, comprehensively improving the strength of the Randall family, collecting alchemy tower rune crystals, building ports and fleets, spying on the inside story of the Kamen Brotherhood, creating a secret stronghold on the coastline of the Eastern Alliance, cooperating in the research and development of ancient technology, and obtaining free coinage.

Fortunately, there is no conflict between these strategic objectives. And many of the goals are intersecting and can be pursued simultaneously.

On top of these goals, Victor had a longer, more ambitious goal, which was to push for tenant reform and pull the clergy down the top of the pyramid.

The Radiant Church should serve the secular government, not be on an equal footing with the great lords.

To put it bluntly, Victor wants to seek the power of the Lord of Light. If the Lord of Radiance is indeed the highest achievement of the Alchemy Empire, then He must be in the service of the Imperial Regime. Because the ancient alchemists would not let their creations ride on their heads.

Since Victor is a secular lord and the successor of the Alchemy Empire, he should set things right.

If the Lord of Radiance is not the creation of an alchemist...... Who cares?

"Coffee, or any other Randall invention, comes primarily from the wisdom of the people. ”

Victor greeted Master Edwin, who was sitting next to the Marquis of Worrenter, and said, "I must thank Uncle Edwin, whose views on collecting and organizing the knowledge of the exiles have had a great influence on me. Although I had never studied in the Silver Tower, I regarded Uncle Edwin as my academic teacher. ”

Edwin smiled and nodded. The palace minister of Worralter glanced at him obliquely, and said to Victor: "Edwin is my classmate's friend, and I do not agree with his opinion at all, how can the wisdom and insight of the outcasts be compared with the aristocracy? It is neither necessary nor possible to deliberately collect and organize the knowledge of the displaced people. Because the homeless people have no knowledge at all. ”

"You old fellow, you won't admit the facts before you. Edwin retorted with a glaring glare: "The life experience of the homeless is knowledge. I admit that the outcasts are far less intelligent than the nobles, but there are ...... What we scholars need to do is to collect, sort out, and incorporate the scattered life experiences of displaced people into the existing academic system, and then bring forth the new. In this regard, the Randall family is one of the most successful. ”

Pastor Dane also nodded and said, "I have a personal experience of what Master Edwin said. It was with the help of the re-displaced that I invented soap. ”

"Lord Dane, you are the inventor of soap, not the outcast. ”

One of Neville's court scholars retorted: "If the homeless people could have invented soap, they would have already invented it, but in fact, they could not do anything without the scholars, and the scholars would still have inventions without the help of the homeless, so the scholars were the key players." ”

"You can't ignore the catalytic role played by the displaced people, and their experience is the basis for the soap invented by Dane. Archbishop Vespucci said categorically: "There is no doubt about this!"

Seeing that the court tea party had turned into a quarrel between academic schools, the lords of Neville and the court nobles suddenly lost interest and chatted with each other.

"Edwin, you said that many of the Randall's inventions and creations benefited from the homeless, but what about the tenant system? I think the tenant system pioneered by Viscount Randall has nothing to do with the homeless, right?"

When the Marquis of Worralter, the palace minister, saw that Edwin was speechless and twisted his beard, so he smiled proudly, stood up, bowed to Victor, and asked:

"Lord Randall, you are the pioneer of the tenant system. I have a few questions about the tenant system, and I would like to ask you. ”

Tenant system?

The lords and nobles of Neville immediately pricked up their ears, and the noise in the reception room instantly subsided, and everyone's eyes were focused on Viscount Randall.

Victor put down the silver cup containing the snow fungus tea, and said with a confident smile: "Lord Marquis of Worrelt, may you ask." ”