Victor failed to meet the Pope and instead attracted Nakhtigar, and his temptation did not seem to have had any effect, but it was not.

The Legendary Shadow Knight sneaking up on him in the Giant Wood Forest is enough to show that the other party has an affair with the evil god, and can deduce that Victor's identity as the owner of the No. 7 Alchemy Tower has been revealed, and the specific time may be traced back to the time when the little Baron Wimbledon was murdered by wizards in Castle Black.

There are a total of five known legendary knights in the human kingdom today, and Sylvia must first be eliminated; Howard Testier and Orokshia Baselius are both recently promoted legendary knights, and they can also be ruled out; Neowest was in the Boulder Fortress at the time, and there were high-ranking priests around him who could testify, and he did not have the time to sneak into the Giant Wood Forest; logically speaking, Nakhtigar could not leave El Holy City, but he had a history of assisting Neowest, on the other hand, assuming that Victor's guess was correct, the evil god parasitic on the Lord of Light was likely to affect the Pope and Nakhtigar, they could be the Shadow Speaker and the Shadow Knight.

Despite Nakhtigar's statement that his sneaking to Gombis was the result of unanimous agreement within the church, Victor still demanded that he perform the Radiance Spell, without explaining why.

Anyway, Victor has already been assassinated by the Shadow Knight, and most of the identities of the owner of the Alchemy Tower have been revealed, so it is not a big deal to test Nakhtigar openly, it is nothing more than to startle the snake. If Nakhtigar didn't know, he wouldn't be able to guess what was going on, and in another case, Nakhtigar was related to the Shadow Knight, and Victor sent him a clear signal:

I'm staring at you!

Victor is now full of confidence, he can deal with the power projected by the evil god into the real world, and he no longer needs to hide in the corner like a weak child, and the temptation of the bright is the reaction that the Angry Wind Sword Saint should have.

Facing the gaze of the Raging Wind Sword Saint, no one would feel relaxed. If Nakhtigar has an affair with the Shadow Knights, the next steps they take will leave a mark. In addition to the shadow priest who has been disconnected from the Barcelius family, Victor also has a clue in his hands - Raymond Peter, the eldest son of Grand Duke Peter.

Mercury has already planted eyeliner on Raymond's side, and whenever the mysterious wizarding organization moves and reacts to their agents, Victor will always notice something unusual.

The next morning, His Highness Randall officially entered the Holy City, first went to the Cathedral of Radiance to pray, and then visited the Silver Tower as a scholar and carved his name on the wall of the top floor of the tower. Afternoon tea parties and invitations to scholars from the University of the Tower to discuss academic topics are all necessary entertainment.

After the tea party, Victor led the scholars of the York family back to their temporary estate, and the proposal of Renma Hills to exchange rock bricks for gold coins was brewing violently among the aristocratic scholars.

The sage Arya created the Silver and White Tower, allowing the children of nobles from all over the world to come to study, itself in order to gather the academic achievements of the human kingdom, and the Silver and White Tower naturally has a very important diplomatic function. Behind each scholar is a powerful force who can represent the family in El Holy City to communicate with their classmates and friends, clarify their attitudes, and provide advice for the family's final decision-making.

That evening, several prominent scholars were invited by Master Tacitus to his manor villa. They were from the royal families, but the scholars of the kingdom of Gombis were excluded, and everyone knew that the meeting was for the purpose of exchanging bricks for gold coins.

In the candle-lit reception room, the attendants served coffee, preserves, and fruit to the guests, and when they all left the room, the scholar of Brand Eleano, who was from the royal family of Seuss, glanced at the splendid decoration of the room, and joked with a smile: "Tacitus, we used to laugh at your taste, and when we come back in the future, I am afraid we will not see this dazzling gold." ”

Tacitus laughed and said, "We have never lacked gold in Neville, what we lack is gold coins, and these two things cannot be confused. ”

The silver-haired, simple-looking scholar Filscher sighed heavily: "Our Kingdom of Duoduo is even more short of gold coins, and His Highness Randall has offered 20 million gold soles for rock bricks, which makes us very difficult. ”

"Hehe, 20 million gold coins is scary enough for any family, but for a kingdom...... It's not that I can't afford to pay. I believe that the Friedrich and Ludwig families will always be able to figure it out. Ziegtorin, a scholar representing the Barcelius family, glanced at Mancas, the court scholar in the Blood Wolf Castle, and said: "The size of the Sassan Empire is three times that of ordinary kingdoms, and His Royal Highness Randall has taken special 'care' of us, asking for coins worth 60 million gold soles and rejecting purple gold coins...... It is still difficult for the northern lord to gather such a large sum of money in a year...... Even if we deliver the full amount of money, it will not be easy to transport it to the Centaur Hills...... Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this?"

Such a gathering does not decide anything, and the participants can stand in the position of the family and speak freely and show their attitude.

Semiodore, a scholar from the Kingdom of Borui, took a sip of coffee, raised his head, and said slowly: "Tacitus, you and Edwin York are old friends, and you have been in the Centaur Hills for three years, specializing in investigating the water conservancy projects and new farming and animal husbandry implemented by His Highness Randall, and have a very deep study of the tenant system. We'd love to know, what are your thoughts on the plan to exchange bricks for gold?"

Master Tacitus shook his head and smiled: "Who of you here has not studied the tenant system in depth?" His Royal Highness Randall has noble blood and extraordinary wisdom, and I can't see through whether his plan to exchange rock bricks for gold coins is related to the tenant system of the Kingdom of Gombis...... I invite you to come here today in the hope that you can put forward your own opinions and discuss the impact of the rock brick for gold coin plan. ”

"The plan to exchange bricks for gold coins may not be related to the tenant system, but His Highness Randall's strategy is impressive, and we may be able to grasp His Highness Randall's thinking from the tenant system...... Tacitus, you are the convener of the meeting, so as is customary, start with you. ”

Tacitus twisted his gray beard and thought for a moment, then nodded and said: "The study of the tenant system should be compared with the traditional vassal system, to be precise, the implementation of the tenant system has led to the extinction of the public land system. ”

"As we all know, in the past, a standard village of 3,000 people had to manage a territory of 300 square kilometers, and the cultivated land was actually limited, and the cultivated land belonged to the public land of the village. The lord collected 8% of the offering only for cultivated land, and the villagers mainly relied on the public land to collect for a living, and only symbolically handed over some public land resources. ”

"The advantage of the commons system is that the villagers consciously defend the land and strictly exclude outsiders, and the militia will take the initiative to patrol the territory and fight against poachers, monsters and beasts. His Royal Highness Randall built water conservancy, invented the mouldboard plow, and promoted the cultivation method of deep cultivation, and the area of cultivated land and the output increased exponentially. This shook the foundation of the commons system and greatly increased the income of the lords. Now, a village has more than a dozen farms under its jurisdiction, with a total population of nearly 10,000, and the original commons system can no longer be implemented, so Randall Ling took the lead in adjusting the proportion of offerings, and the families of the leaders can retain about 30 percent of the income from agriculture and animal husbandry, which was later increased to 40 percent. ”

Tacitus picked up his cup, took a sip of hot coffee, and continued:

Even then...... the lives of the families would be in jeopardy because they were understaffed and needed to hire displaced people to help grow crops and graze cattle, sheep and horses. Even if the Randall family gave the annual harvest of wheat straw and forage to the lord families, their income was still low, and even less than that of the public fields. ”

"The most important thing is that the way of production has changed...... The method of cultivation required more labor time and energy from the vassals, who were busy in the fields all day long, and had no time for militia training, no time for handicrafts, and no energy for the service of the lords. Therefore, Renma Hill took the lead in implementing the tenant system, allowing tenants to engage in heavy labor, and the families of the people had more time to receive martial arts training and engage in manual production. ”

"The tenant system has led to two changes: on the one hand, the displaced people have become tenants, and since then they have a stable life, no need to move around, and can slowly accumulate family wealth...... Well, they will become rich, on the other hand, the handicraft industry will become prosperous, the goods in the bazaars will increase, and the towns will prosper in trade...... Tenants who have homes and money to spare will naturally be willing to go to the bazaar to purchase goods, thus further promoting the development of trade. ”

In response to this situation, His Royal Highness Randall proposed a transaction tax to open up another stable financial income for the family. ”

The Filscher scholar of the Kingdom of Duoduo had a serious expression and said, "As a financial income of the family, the transaction tax is becoming more and more important, and it goes hand in hand with the traditional territorial offerings, and complements each other...... Territorial offerings will become a source of material reserves for the family, and the imposition of a transaction tax represents a stable source of wealth for the family, as shown in the ...... Gold, silver, and copper coins. ”

In other words, to measure whether a family is rich or poor, it is necessary to see whether their material reserves are sufficient and stable, and second, to see how much currency they have in their coffers. ”

"His Highness Randall's intention to exchange rock bricks for gold coins is already obvious......" The Seuss scholar sighed and said with a smile: "The centaur hills have obtained a huge amount of currency from the hands of the great lords of the countries, and the goods in the bazaar will continue to increase, and the price of goods will fall, and they will use the currency delivered by the lord to purchase a large number of cheap supplies...... Based on the amount of this transaction, I estimate that the centaur hills can exploit the lord's resources for more than thirty years. ”

"Lord Seuss can choose not to trade the goods, leaving them rotting in the warehouse. The Bloodwolf Castle scholar sneered lukewarmly.

The scholar of Borui University said: "Any big family can come up with a million gold soles, and a kingdom will not raise less than 20 million gold coins...... However, it would be more reasonable for the Kingdom Lord to pay the transaction money in ten years. ”

Ziegtorin of the Barcelius family shook his head and said: "If there were giant brick kilns and rock bricks when the Borui Kingdom first opened up the Southern Continent, not to mention one pioneer fortress, even if three fortresses were built, it would not have been driven out of the Southern Continent by the Gaogen Barbarians. Now with the rock bricks, it is almost impossible for us to lose the pioneering war we have launched. There is no doubt about the importance of rock bricks, I believe that His Royal Highness Randall and Queen Rose do not care about cheap materials, the implementation of new farming and animal husbandry in the Centaur Hills has achieved significant results, the port of Gombis is under construction, or in ten years, the Kingdom of Gombis will be able to build a rock brick castle south of the Jinshui River. ”

"The plan to exchange the bricks for gold coins is clearly the result of the efforts of His Holiness the Pope, and the one-year deadline set by His Highness Randall may be a trap for the lords of the nations. If someone objected, or if the delivery time was delayed, His Highness Randall might naturally make new requests, such as Adamantite from the Borui Kingdom, Mithril from the Seuss Kingdom, and Dragon Bone Steel from the Duoduo Kingdom. ”

The Barcelius family and the Bloodwolf Castle have political differences, but as lords of the north, they have a common interest in the matter of rock bricks. Sidon's frontier needs the technology to make rock bricks, and the sooner the better. The kingdoms of Borui, Seuss, and Duoduo were not in a hurry, and they wanted to unite the lords of the other kingdoms to bargain with the centaur hills.

The Kingdom of Neville is also a member of the Beituo camp, and Master Tacitus came forward to make a round and said: "His Highness Randall may be difficult to set a one-year deadline, but the donation of 20 million gold coins is actually nothing to the kingdoms, don't forget, in February of this year's fire season, the Silver and White Tower will hold a Sol Alliance to discuss the share of gold and silver coins minted by the countries. ”

"Gold, silver, and copper ingots are not coins, but they can be minted in gold, silver, and copper. Together, we can increase this year's minting share and remove the financial pressure from His Highness Randall. ”

The atmosphere in the reception room was silent for a while, the scholars exchanged glances with each other, and Filscher of the Kingdom of Duoduo slowly shook his head and said, "No, the centaur hills still have too many gold coins, and the materials they can buy are several times that of ours...... Even, as long as they raise the purchase price of materials a little, they can force the lords of the countries into a dilemma, and we can't buy the materials in the market, and we can't buy them. ”

“...... Unless, the royal families are free to mint coins......"

In the private estate of Pope Clement, in the temporary residence of the Randall family, Victor and the long-lost Master Edwin talked and laughed, and after talking about each other's experiences during this period, he smiled and said: "I am going to return to Gangbis tomorrow." ”

Master Edwin was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "Tholl Alliance, won't Your Highness participate either?"

Victor shook his head and said with a gentle look in his eyes: "I've been out for almost two years, and I miss Sylvia and my baby daughter Liobia very much, and I can't wait to put on my wings and fly to them." ”

Of course, it is true that he misses his lover and daughter, and another reason why Victor is in a hurry to go home is that he has just received a secret letter from the Kite Castle, and the Faceless Chief Tofowen may be dying, and he wants to see Victor again.

When it came to the wizard's secrecy, there was no need to find out with Edwin, and Victor instead said:

"Master, I have taught you the secret forms and contemplation thoughts, you have to practice them every day, it will be beneficial to your body, and when I return to Gambis, I will ask the Kite Castle for a life-prolonging potion prepared with the heart of a dragon vein kobold and give it to you. ”

Edwin and Victor are also teachers and friends, and Randall has provided Victor with great help at the beginning of his development, and this friendship is worthy of Victor giving him a transcendent potion.

"I thank Your Highness in advance. Edwin smiled with satisfaction, frowned again, and said, "I'm afraid the matter of free coinage will not be so simple, after all, the Covenant of Thor is called sacred, and it has a history of more than four thousand years. ”

"It doesn't matter. Victor waved his hand and said calmly: "The ditch has been dug, and the water will flow in...... Even if the Sol Alliance is unable to reach a consensus on free coinage this time, it will be in our favor...... But I believe that the Holy Covenant of Thor will make private coinage unholy in the next ten years. I promise that there will be no more Sol Alliances next time. ”