Chapter 66: The Poor Dagger (1)
When Janeway arrived, Lucien was still meditating in his dorm room about the philosophy of fire. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Lucien was surprised to hear that the chief teacher, Demosine, was looking for him.
Lucien hadn't seen Democines since he came back from Giant Wood Town, and he didn't know why Demosines suddenly looked for him, and asked Janeway to say he didn't know.
Janeway led Lucien, and together they entered Demosine's office, which was a little messier than the last time he had visited, and Demosine was buried in his desk, writing something with a quill pen.
"Lucien, here, sit there and wait for a while, there are others coming. โ
Lucien sat down as he was told, still fidgeting a little as he didn't know what was going to happen.
Jian Wei patted Lucien's shoulder and comforted: "Don't be nervous, Lucian, the teacher is my good friend, and you are also my good friend, so you and the teacher are good friends, so it's okay." At this point, Janeway turned to Demosine and said, "Am I right, teacher?"
"You little slippery head," Democines laughed cheerfully, and said, "Go and practice the light element synergy with the light cloth, although I have not become an opanisha, but you, as my disciple, must become an opanisha." โ
"Hmm. Janeway nodded and made a cheering gesture to Lucien before going out.
After making sure that Janeway had left, Democines spoke, "Lucien, I heard that you have been very close to Mislanda lately?"
"Hmm...... I've been asking him for help lately?" Lucien was shocked, not knowing the meaning of Demosine's words, so he could only reply vaguely.
"Mislanda is also an arcane teacher, among the many professions of wizards, the arcane master is the most expensive profession, and he should be about to become a first-level wizard, I really don't know that Mislanda, a wizard from a declining wizard family, even if he is backed by the Truth Society, where did he get so many magic stones, is it really strange?"
After Demosine finished speaking, he looked at Lucien with a smile.
Lucien didn't understand the meaning of Democines' words, was silent for a moment, and said, "Chief, didn't you say that there are other people coming?"
"I was supposed to come, but Simon has been hospitalized by you, how can you come?"
Lucien was shocked, but his face did not change in the slightest, as if Demosine had not said that at all.
"Don't be nervous, I can feel your heart racing. I've heard that there are loan sharks in the academy, is there such a thing?"
"Hmm. Lucien pondered for a moment and said, "I've never seen one." โ
At this time, Lucien did not understand the meaning of Democines's words, which was alluding to the usury of Mithlanda in the academy, how dare he participate in such a thing.
"I don't know, I don't know, it's a good day, I'll tell you a story about the establishment of the Northlands. Democines pondered for a moment and said, "In the last thousand years of the wizarding era, the whole world was in turmoil, and the whole world was also declining day by day because of the war, and the origin of the wizarding world began to decline. At that time, in the Central Continent, there were four small shrimp-like wizard organizations, they went through hardships, came together in this pure land, and established the Northland Federation, as for the process of construction, I can't go into detail with you now. However, when the Northland was first built, the strength of the four forces was the same weak, we held together, recuperated internally, looked for lost knowledge and inheritance externally, and at the same time fought with Ant-Man, Wasteland people, mutants, monsters, and other creatures that remained in the wasteland, and over time, the four forces slowly grew up, and the Northland also prospered again. However, despite the development of the millennium, although the Northland seems to be prosperous, under this false prosperity, there is a lack of resources, a growing population, and endless power struggles. Do you know how many acres of arable land there are in the whole territory of Yilei?"
This kind of data is not much difficult for Lucien Bin, and he immediately reported it: "1.35 million acres of land." โ
"Then do you know how much grain Yilei produced last year?"
"I don't know. Lucien shook his head.
"Only 150,000 tons of grain. โ
"Ah, so little?"
"You must know that Yilei is still under our noses, there are so many acres of land that are not cultivated for food, you can imagine the situation in other places. Coupled with the large-scale enclosure of those wizard families and wealthy families in the mortal world to support their bloodline, so as to provide more family wizards, the Eternal Fire family where Crรฉwell is located alone has enclosed more than 200,000 acres of land, and those lands will not produce even a dime of grain, they are all waiting for the distribution of federal food. Last year alone, because of the maintenance of the No. 2 perpetual motion energy pool, we invested an additional 6 million magic stones in the food factory. Externally, we are also facing the tremendous pressure of war, and the entire Northland is actually on the verge of collapse. โ
"Why don't you reduce the mortal population?" Lucien asked subconsciously, for wizards, although mortals are important, but for wizards, it is not unacceptable to reduce the mortal population when facing a great threat.
"The number of mortal populations involves several magnificent defensive sorcery at the time of the founding of the Northlands, which cannot be easily reduced, and moreover, reducing the mortal population is equivalent to reducing the future wizard population, which is a vicious circle. Therefore, in order to improve the utilization rate of mortals, we have reached a unified opinion within the Manit Wizard Academy, and the rule of mortals in the Northland should be changed from a loose confederation system to a more centralized system, which is the unanimous opinion of the academy, however, in the direction of reform, several major societies within us have different opinions. โ
"The two most powerful factions within the Manit Wizarding Academy are the Illuminati and the Truth Society, the Illuminati where I belong believe that the Northlands should be changed to a provincial system under the federal governorship system, giving wizards and mortals a certain degree of autonomy, and at the same time reducing the resistance encountered in reform, while the Truth Society, where Mislanda is located, tends to establish an empire in the Northlands and transform the entire Northlands into a war machine, but they don't know that the war will destroy the Northlands, they are too confident. โ
Lucien didn't speak, trembling slightly, the battle of ideas he had been avoiding had finally reached him.
"As the Deputy Federal Governor and the only representative of the college in the federal government, I am also under a lot of pressure. Lucian, did you know that the Federation has always had no Governor, and although we are still above the Wizards' Council, nominally, the four Deputy Chiefs are the four most powerful people in the Federation. Lucian, I appreciate your attitude towards mortals, and while I don't know why Mislanda is close to you, I believe in your future choices, and I can tell you that the Illuminati are still the most powerful force within the Academy. โ