Hearing Duke's inquiry about magic communication, Gandalf nodded very simply and replied: "There is this method, but it needs to pay a very high price, not only does it need to build a huge magic array, but it also needs to be guarded by magicians all year round, in addition to the Holy See, basically only the royal capital and a few princely cities can be maintained." ”

"You mean the French Empire has it too?"

Duke asked curiously, for he remembered hearing from Cassmai that this method of magic was a secret of the Holy See, and that there was no other way than to build a church.

"Of course, this magic isn't some top secret, how could you think it isn't?"

Gandalf looked at Duke with an idiot look on his face, for this kind of magic was a very low-level thing for him.

"That's what Kasmai said. Duke replied a little aggrieved, this is an internal matter of the Holy See, and the only channel for him to receive news is Carsmail, and Duke is not a magician, don't you know that these things are not very normal things?

"Kasmier is just one of the most low-ranking bishops in the Holy See, and he knows how much magic he knows, and this kind of communication magic is easy to make, but only if you have enough magic crystals and magicians. ”

Gandalf said very casually, anyway, as a mortal enemy of the Holy See, he has never taken the people of the Holy See seriously, and as the top archmage of magicians on the continent of Europa, it is naturally impossible for him to take a little bishop like Gandalf in his eyes. If there is a correspondence, Gandalf is at least at the level of a cardinal, and even more than the average cardinal to the level of the Pontifical See.

As for Dumbledore, the president of the Dark Witch Society, it is estimated that he surpasses the strength of the Pontifical Order, second only to the Pope of the Holy See.

"Then you mean you can do it? Let's start two magic communication circles in Alpine City and Storm Castle. ”

Duke didn't care about the cost, because now Storm Castle was already some distance away from Alpine City, and once something happened, it would take at least a few hours to contact each other, even if it was a quick horse, and it would also take into account the situation of running a dead horse, so magic teleportation was a very important thing, especially in military strategic deployment.

"It can be done, but the magic transmission magic array used by the people now is far less good than that of the Holy See, whether it is the transmission distance or the efficiency, if you want to reach the level of the Holy See, you can only find an elf mage to help. ”

Gandalf didn't say that the elven mage was okay, but as soon as he said Duke, he felt angry, because he helped Gandalf transport the elven moon chasing royal family, and said that a large number of elven magic weapons would come to support Storm Castle at that time, but now there is not even a human figure, and even Gandalf himself doesn't mention this matter, which really makes Duke unhappy. If it weren't for the fact that he didn't pay much cost at the beginning, and it was also a matter of the way, otherwise Duke really didn't want to just forget it.

Seeing the expression on Duke's face, Gandalf instantly understood what Duke was thinking. So he replied with a hint of embarrassment on his face: "I know what you want to say, but the elven war is not as easy as you think, not to mention that Malfurion is still in an extremely disadvantaged position, and it will take more time to defeat Illidan, who is now dominant." ”

"We'll solve the Elven Mage's problem later, and I'll give you interest at that time to help you set up two magic arrays in Alpine City and Storm Castle. However, the magic raw materials of these two magic arrays require at least one thousand gold coins, not including the supply of magic crystals and future magicians. And if a magic array wants to maintain its operation for a long time, it needs at least two mages to take care of it, do you think the current Storm Castle can solve this problem?"

"I can't solve it, but you can, find a way to get a few dark mages from the Dark Witch Society, and Storm Castle will take care of all their food, clothing, housing and transportation, plus the raw materials for magic research in the future, and this business will be closed!"

Duke didn't give Gandalf a chance to answer, and directly stated his price. After all, if this kind of thing wants to be solved, it can only rely on Gandalf and his Dark Witch Society, otherwise the magician Duke on the continent really has no resources. In fact, there were a few magicians in Alpine City before, but because of the Alpine Incident caused by Ott, those magicians who were loyal to Count Philip chose to leave, and their identities as magicians were noble, and even Ott did not dare to forcibly stop them.

Now Duke is also trying to find a way to get back the magicians in Alpine City before, but it is difficult for this world to find one, and it also needs the appearance of Count Filip, so this matter is ongoing. As for the consumption of magic crystals, Duke doesn't value it very much, now Storm Castle has gone through the most difficult thing of manpower at the beginning, and now there is no shortage of labor in the entire storm mine, and the steam prototype successfully developed by Watt has been successfully drained, which greatly accelerates the excavation efficiency, and the magic crystal of Storm Castle has reached the point where it can meet the demand.

Looking at Duke's face, Gandalf didn't know what to say, so he could only choose to agree by default. This kind of magic array is actually not difficult for him, it just takes time. But now that Stormcastle's territory is getting bigger and bigger, these things are necessary to ensure the efficiency of troop mobilization, even if Duke doesn't talk about these things, Gandalf will take the initiative to help, because he has become more and more familiar with Stormcastle, and it can even be said that it is his hometown.

The matter of the magic transmission was completed, and Duke was relieved, and then Storm Castle basically didn't make any major moves except for guarding against the Ice Demon and the Andorran army. And because of this year's bumper grain harvest, coupled with the fact that a lot of livestock has been brought from the barbarians or the Hans Empire, the meat supply of Stormcastle has also been guaranteed this year.

It can be said that Duke only solved the problem of food and clothing in Storm Castle a few years ago, and now he has begun to lead the people of Storm Castle to a well-off pace. However, this is limited to the people of the original territory of Stormcastle, and there are no fundamental changes to the people of the newly occupied territory of Alpine City. However, Duke has also begun to plan this aspect, and is ready to change the current quality of life by vigorously developing large farms and handicrafts, doubling the current production efficiency. And the first step that Duke sees is to get the Jenny machine, the pioneer of the efficiency of the industrial revolution!