"How hungry you must be! No, you have to let me rest for a while, or I won't be able to see anyone. ”

Grace pushed away Philip, who was touching him indiscriminately, and slapped away the big hands full of magic coquettishly, his full chest fell together, and his face was full of spring love.

"Really, you're like a beast in heat when you leave Lobit, don't you know you're tired, or if you've invented some strange magic, I warn you, using magic to enhance that ability, but it can lead to many unpredictable consequences, once a man used steel armor on a part of himself, and that place became steel forever. ”

Philip looked at Grace strangely as he buttoned up his shirt, "Isn't that great? ”

"Hehe, this is when I didn't become a blood clan, and my human best friend told me that the magician who used steel armor on himself later committed suicide. ”

"Isn't it? If you're too strong, you'll kill yourself?"

"Yes, it's too strong, how does it feel if you use the steel armor technique yourself, and someone else slashes it?"

"I don't feel it. ”

"Although that strange magician is as strong as steel, he has forever lost the feeling of a man, and such a strong contrast that his young mind can't bear it, and Zuihou commits suicide. ”

Philip:......

The carriage stopped, and Nash's voice floated down from the driver's seat at the front of the carriage: "Your Excellency, Lady Duke." We're here. ”

Philip scratched Grace's chest in retaliation and snorted, "I'm already very good, and you don't know it." ”

Without waiting for Grace to refute, Philip opened the car door, quickly put a smile on his face, and walked out first.

The flag of the white sun and black cross fluttered in the wind on the top of the castle, without any other markings, indicating that the castle in front of Philip belonged entirely to the Watson family.

Two groups of samurai in black armor majestically lined up from where the carriage had stopped to the gate of the mansion, with straight bodies. The expression of non-squinting shows the guests their liliang.

An old man in a golden robe walked out of the doorway. Slowly and majesticly, Philip took two quick steps after reaching out to take Grace, who had disembarked from the carriage, and was the first to extend his hands. Hold tightly with the old man.

"Count Philip. Welcome to the Fatino Castle of the Watson family. ”

"Your Highness Adrian. Thank you for your hospitality, and I have long admired the Watson family's scholar's castle. ”

Adrian heard Philip's compliment. He couldn't help but smile, it was always a pleasure to be praised, Adrian nodded to Grace, who was following Philip, and took Philip and led him inside: "Mr. Count, you are not an outsider, come on, let me introduce a wise scholar to show you the castle of Fatino." ”

A middle-aged beautiful woman in a floor-length skirt walked out to greet the three of them, her legs slightly bent her knees, her hands slightly lifted the sides of the skirt, and she nodded lightly, giving a perfect court ceremony.

"Your Royal Highness, Your Lordship, Madam Duke, I am Count Orfina, steward of the castle of Fatino, and allow me to introduce you to this great castle. ”

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The scholars with glasses and dossiers kept going back and forth in the castle, talking to each other and completely ignoring Philip and the other four, even if they found that there was an obstacle such as "a group of people" on the road, they only subconsciously took a detour and walked away, and had no intention of greeting Adrian, the supreme leader of the Watson family.

Philip found that Grace, Orfina, and Adrian all took such behavior for granted, and did not look unhappy at all.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are not only blood scholars but also elven scholars and anthropologists in Fatino Castle, and there are more than three hundred anthropologists in total, although this cannot be compared to the Imperial University. However, it is impossible for any family in Bugas to have so many scholars as we have, although these people are not highly skilled in magic or martial arts, but the wisdom they provide is the foundation of the Watson family's standing firm in Bugas. ”

The greatest benefit of endless time to the Blood Clan is not the continuous increase in personal strength, the experience brought by the years and the continuous reflection and summary of history are the most valuable assets, and the Watson family treats these scholars like treasures, as can be seen from the fact that they can ignore anything including the Blood Prince when they discuss it.

Orfina's hips shook slightly, causing Philip's eyes to glance involuntarily, and Grace's hand in the crook of the man's arm quietly twisted a trace of Philip's flesh, and then rotated it one hundred and eighty degrees.

Philip's originally smiling expression froze, he glanced at his lover awkwardly, and quickly turned his head away. Adrian, who was on the side of the two, couldn't help but smile when he saw this scene, the sweet fight between a pair of little lovers not only did not affect the relationship, but would increase some interest, and he was happy to see the rapid development between Grace and Philip.

Walking to the courtyard in the center of the castle, Orfina pointed to the windmill standing in the middle of the meadow and slowly turning, and said: "Everyone, this is one of the ancient machines left behind by the Goblin Empire, it is not only a magical machine, but also a priceless antique, and its value is not too much even if it is exchanged for a gold of the same height." ”

The three-metre-high windmill rotates slowly in the breeze, standing on the terrain that has been specially designed for it, and Philip can guarantee that this magical machine can be seen within a radius of ten kilometers.

Tens of thousands of years can still turn, one has to admire the magical manufacturing process of the Goblin Empire.

Admiration is admiration, Philip is not too shocked, after all, the ancient machinery has several in his own home, so it is imitated that your drilling rig and ore truck are matched with Philip's counterfeit ancient machinery - the excavator has been secretly put into production in the various mines of the Ross family, and the continuous profits every day have made the Ross family a lot more comfortable recently.

Orfina couldn't help but be a little surprised when she found that Philip was only shocked for a moment before coming back to her senses. Glancing at Adrian and marveling at Philip's composure and knowledge, Orfina smiled and led Philip to a large room where many scholars entered.

Rows of bookshelves, standing guards, waiters looking for books for scholars were silent, and the loudest was the sound of scholars flipping through books.

"Everyone," Orfina whispered to Philip, lowering her voice, "this is the library of Fatino Castle. Orfina pulled a yellowed book from the shelf and placed it in Philip's hand. The book is impressively printed with the words "Proclamation of the Empire of Bugas". Printed in the year 6683 of the continental calendar".

These were the first statehood declarations printed when the Mandal Empire was founded in 6683. ”

Orfina then pulled out a book from the shelf, "This 'Secret History of the Imperial Court' was written by a scholar about 10,000 years before the continental calendar, and as far as I know, only Fatino Castle has it on the Continent of Light. ”

Orfina had pride on her face. She feels lucky to be in such a great family.

Philip responded with a smile. Sincerely sighed: "The Watson family is really rich. So many collections, so many antiquities, really opened my eyes, Prince. Thank you so much for letting me visit the Watson family's scholar's castle, and as a scholar, I mentioned in my letter to you that I would like to borrow a few books from the Watson family's library, don't you think it's convenient?"

Adrian waved his hand to summon his entourage, and as a result, the wooden box in his entourage's hand, several extremely elegantly decorated political books were lying in it, Adrian said with appreciation: "Your Excellency Earl is in a high position and has taken time out of his precious time to study, what a model for nobles, the Watson family is really honored to have a friend like you, these books should be given to you by me." ”

"General History of the Mainland", "Research on the Political System of the Mandal Republic", "Miscellaneous Records of Mainland Customs", ......

This is the book that Philip wants to "borrow" from the Watson family, all of which are the most ordinary books that can be bought in ordinary bookstores, and they are not treasured ancient books at all, but Philip officially wants Adrian to write a letter in the hope of being able to "borrow", which in the eyes of the Prince of Blood, is Philip's expression of closeness to the Watson family, which also makes Adrian, who has always been worried about Philip's hatred of Grace's house arrest, relieved.

Philip also smiled, without refusing at all, and showed Adrian an ambiguous smile of "you know", which almost made Orfina on the side think that Philip and Adrian had a relationship.

Taking the book, Philip turned to Orfina and said, "Madam Count, I have a few questions, I hope to be able to ask the scholars of your castle, I wonder if you can arrange them?"

Seeing Adrian nodding, Orfina smiled gracefully at Philip, "Of course, yes, I wonder what problems you have, Lord Lord?"

"Hehe, some government affairs. ”

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Orfina was very efficient, and soon organized two economists and two political scientists, according to Adrian's intentions, in order to show her closeness to Philip, Orfina found a scholar who could be regarded as very good in the castle of Fatino.

"Mr. Lord, if you feel that the overall income cannot be increased due to the low commercial tax, but you are worried that the merchant will easily run away after the tax rate is raised, I suggest that you refine the commercial tax, collect taxes according to different industries, set a relatively low tax for the industries you want to support, and set a relatively high tax for those industries where the market is fully competitive and all kinds of businessmen who have no strength also want to make a fortune, so that you can balance the business structure and financial income of Lobit according to your own wishes. ”

Philip clapped his hands excitedly, held the somewhat thin middle-aged man in front of him, and said, "Viscount Eli, you have solved my big problem!"

Immediately, Philip turned to Adrian again, "Your Excellency, I am really convinced of you, your family is full of talents, and each of the scholars you have makes me admire it very much, and the problems that I can't solve for a long time are not a problem at all with them." Lord Adrian, you're really well trained. ”

After discussing with the previous three scholars, Philip also gave out a high hat one after another, which also made Prince Adrian, the ruler of the Watson family, feel very happy, even if he couldn't even remember how long he had lived, Adrian still liked the heartfelt praise from others.

In his opinion, Philip's deliberate praise is a sign that the future of the two families will be bright.

Adrian smiled and waved his hand: "It's great that they can help you solve the problem, Lord Philip, haha, Count Philip, do you still have any questions, and what do you ask Although we have nothing else, our Watson family has nothing else, but there are still a lot of scholars with a belly full of ink." ”

Philip took a step forward and said with a smile to Adrian, who was full of smiles, "Now, in this way, can I want His Royal Highness to borrow a few scholars like Viscount Eli to go to Lobit?"

"Good, good, good, a trifle, uh, borrow a few scholars?" (to be continued......)