"How?" Donner took out an orange crystal and left it on the table, then tucked the cloth bag back into his arms, "Now can you trust my sincerity?"

"Your Excellency," Laurent carefully put the orange crystal in front of her eyes, feeling the orange light on it so dazzling, "how can I exchange the orange crystal for so many blue crystals?"

"You don't have to worry about that. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Donner laughed.

After a slight hesitation, Laurent did not put the orange crystal away, but put it back on the table, and said: "Lord Duke, I admire your contribution to the empire in the Great Patriotic War, I think anyone who knows the inside story will think the same as me." It is precisely because of this that I feel obligated to remind you...... It's not good for you to train those civilians to be magicians...... No, even just teaching them to read would be dangerous. ”

"Why do you say that?" Donner probably guessed why.

"My lord, I can fully understand your sympathy for those who are poor...... But your land needs farmers to plough it, lots of farmers...... But if the children of these farmers had become more knowledgeable through their studies, they would not want to go back to farming...... Laurent explains.

"I'll think about that," Donner smiled slightly, "However, the Academy of Magic can't accept many children a year, which is only a small number compared to the 200,000 population of the province. ”

"Hmm......" Laurent's brows moved slightly, as if she had thought of something, then looked up at Donner, and asked in a low voice, "My lord, your ambitions are not only in the three northern provinces, right?"

The corners of Donner's mouth curled slightly, and he understood what Laurent meant.

He jumped out of the way of the Faemon royal family and left the expenses of the magic academy alone, seemingly wanting to establish a kingdom within a state. And he selects talents from among the common people, which looks like he is buying people's hearts. In fact, Donner is not shy about people thinking so—it's a good idea to use a false illusion to conceal the real purpose.

"It's too early to say this...... Donner was deliberately vague, but there was a smile in his eyes when he looked at Laurent.

"Your Excellency...... I'll do my best to keep the whole academy behind. Laurent apparently understood what Donner meant, and his position suddenly became firm.

Donner thought to himself: I didn't expect this old man to be so old and so ambitious.

But he just smiled with satisfaction.

......

A few days later, Donner met with the deans of the two neighboring provincial magic colleges.

Unlike Laurent, the head of Santan's School of Magic, they were not very interested in staying in the North, and Donner did not do their ideological work anymore. For the time being, he was satisfied with having a magic academy under his control in his territory.

For the academy's admissions season, which will take place in two months, Donner's target for Dean Laurent is to admit 1,000 poor children of appropriate age, except for the change in enrollment from nobles to commoners, and the small changes that come with it (such as free room and board and magic metal, and literacy classes in the first year), everything else is the same - those who do not condense the Divine Yuan within a year will be discouraged, and those who will not be promoted to magic apprenticeship in three years.

He kept the academy only to train civilian students who could read and write, and to build real combat effectiveness in the future.

As for how to build up the combat power that belongs to Middle-earth, he still has to consider it according to the speed of development of pharmacy and engineering over a period of time. This is a matter that needs to be carefully considered, and any blind rashness can have immeasurable consequences in the eyes.

You know, a magician means a long life, and if a small percentage of people in Middle-earth become magicians, it won't be long before they face a severe food crisis.

In addition, if you only develop the magic array technology, you will also face the dilemma of depleting the magic crystal resources.

Obviously, both of these paths will have disastrous consequences, and how to find a balance between them, or find a third, completely different path, must be carefully considered and tried.

And all Downer can do now is make all kinds of preparations before he fully understands it.

Therefore, whether it is a real primitive, or a "collider" meditation method that costs almost nothing, he is not ready to release it for the time being-once it is popularized in the range of hundreds or thousands of people, he will no longer be able to contain it.

......

Downer was in full swing preparing his plan while waiting for news from several directions, including Wesley, Mr. Merkel, and most importantly, Cynthia.

However, he didn't wait for that, but met Minoan and Paz first.

On the evening of August 12, Downer met the two former companions as he rode back to Misty Town after a long day of patrolling.

"We went to Santan City, but the people there said you didn't stay at all, and if Pasti hadn't asked at the Santan Academy of Magic, we would have gone for nothing. Mino's smile as he walked over to Donner, while Paz looked a little reserved and dragged behind him.

"Looks like I'm not hiding far enough......" Donner smiled happily: "Path, long time no see!"

“...... Lord Duke. Paz seemed to hesitate for a moment, but finally chose the title. This high-level magic apprentice who once reasoned with Donner at the Imperial Martial Demon Festival is now also an official magician.

"What an adult!" Mino, turning his head and smiling, pushed Paz, "You wood!"

"That's right, what an adult doesn't do!" Donner smiled happily, and Paz was still the same.

"Donner...... Long time no see......" Paz finally had a smile on his face, which was not easy for him.

"But seriously, what are you hiding here?" Mino walked over to Donner and gave him a warm hug.

"Let me guess, His Majesty the Emperor asked you to come, right?" Donner looked at him with a smirk.

Without waiting for Mino's answer, Paz nodded, "That's right." ”

"I said Path, you are too honest!" Mino shook his head helplessly, and said with a straight face: "Even if there is no order from His Majesty, we want to come and see you!"

Donner laughed and punched Minow: "God knows if that's true or not......"

"Of course it's fake!" Mino, shrugging his shoulders and following Donner's words. He and Donner were born and died, and the relationship between the two was extraordinary, even if they hadn't seen each other for many years, they could understand which of each other's jokes was a joke.

However, Paz seemed to be inherently unable to understand this, and when he heard Mino's words, his face suddenly showed puzzlement.

Donner couldn't bear to tease him anymore, and said with a smile: "I know that His Majesty the Emperor is still worried about the affairs of the Silver Finch......

"It's not just His Majesty the Emperor," Minoan interrupted Donner with a wave of his hand, "you really should go to Coennas, the whole Imperial City is worried about this!"

"Then you can just wait for the news before you go back. Donner spread his hands and said, "It's going to be fast anyway!"

"That's exactly what I was going to do. "Mino didn't mean to be polite at all.

(Ask for a monthly pass!Ask for a recommended ticket!) (To be continued.) )