Chapter 740: Noble Visitor
Basically, in addition to the 'self-cultivation' stage, which is a matter of the World Tree, one of the steps of 'governing the land' is a continent-level transformation project, and 'establishing the world' is a social transformation plan, which is not a simple work that can be carried out. The negotiated part is only a rough plan. The detailed implementation of the detailed plan is another long expedition.
So not only Lin was not in a hurry, but even the plants were also patient. Anyway, thousands of years have been waiting, and this time is not bad. What's more, now there is a direction, which is better than the previous directionless.
After the discussion with the World Tree, Lin returned to his original life steps. Except for the addition of a daily itinerary to the high-seat meeting, the life shown to the outside is still uneventful.
After breakfast in the morning, the people disappeared from the Holy City and went to the High Seat Council. Come back at noon for lunch, take a break in the afternoon, and then mentor your apprentices.
Halumi and Kaya have been free-range for a long time, but whether the new Leonardo has a heart for magic or not, someone as a teacher still has to care. However, this kid always asks for some knowledge that has nothing to do with magic, and Lin answers him as usual.
Ezio and Vana's children, Kish, the education of the two big fat boys, Lin is also ready to put it on the agenda. Kish was sure he was six years old, after all, there was a mother there. Ezio's exact age is unknown, but he is probably about the same age as Kish.
If these two lawless scourges are left unattended, this family will almost turn them over. If nothing else, a few cats are often ravaged by their poisonous hands. With the black dragon Augustus as a backer, the gray cat Hardy has nowhere to get angry if he wants to, not to mention that these two are still at the stage of human cubs, and Hardy really can't be angry.
But for Lin, it's someone else's child anyway. What kind of training Harumi and Kaya received after they came to him, Lin planned to replicate it again. At least that set was used on two girls, although there was a little deviation, but it didn't go down the wrong path, it can be regarded as a successful experience.
As for the training standards that someone intends to set, there is no standard. Anyway, there is Fen, an existence beyond the level of the lich, not to mention breaking his hands and feet, even if he dies, he can be resurrected.
Therefore, Lin plans to let these two lawless big fat boys thoroughly understand the truth of 'sweating more in peacetime and bleeding less in wartime'. It's definitely not revenge or anything, and it has nothing to do with having your favorite cup smashed.
Speaking of which, in the past, at Orange Fruit Eton College in the southwest Siga district of the Lost Land, Lin had a similar attitude when teaching his students, and this bad taste was already part of his twisted personality. Now it looks like he intends to repeat the mistakes of the past. I don't know how the ending will develop this time.
After instructing the apprentices and worrying about the two fat boys, it was time for the math class at Kabanbay Academy. is also in a state of not doing his job, and he has long been on the road of pure numbers and does not know where to go. Lin didn't bother to correct these people, anyway, the teaching fee was still paid, and everyone was happy to provide the knowledge they wanted to know.
Then dinner, chatting and farting with people at home, stargazing, sleeping, and the day went by. No one could have imagined that he was now discussing with the high-ranking members of the Turtledove Alliance about something that could upend the status quo of the Lost Land.
Only a few magicians who are proficient in earth magic, or astrology and prophecy, can see a hint in the subtle signs, if they notice them. For most people, whether it is the High Seat of the Turtledove Alliance or the World Tree, it is unfathomable and quite far away from ordinary people.
People will care about this kind of existence, but they can't get into the details of each other's daily life. It's as if people will care about the emperor of the empire today, and give the news of the use of the power of the whole country to invade in what direction, but they will not know how many times the emperor brushed his teeth today, what he ate for breakfast, and such questions.
It's just that you can't do it, it's not that people don't want to know. There is gossip to watch, and the people who eat melons still like to hear it.
However, the high seats of the Turtledove Alliance had a suggestion that they should each split up and gather at someone's home in the holy city of Estali, so that they could discuss things at any time. To such a stupid proposal, someone is vehemently opposed.
If you agree and take the work home, it will be to turn the eight-hour work into a 24-hour work on the spot, and you will not give up if you don't die of overwork. Not to mention that now I do the work of the World Tree by myself, which is less than four hours a day. If you really let these bigwigs stare at you all the time, you won't be alive.
You must know that this is a group of plants, the kind that can work for a month without eating, drinking, or sleeping. What's even more terrifying is that they don't have a liver! What an astonishing creature.
And the work related to the World Tree, the only one who can help around is Fen, the former Demon King. It's okay for the two girls to do it, but they can't take the lead alone. It's just that lately the lich has been busy with his own business, and he often can't see people, and of course he can't grasp the tolerance.
Instead, it was for the sake of Fasan Mahatab's clothing commission, and someone was captured by the sudden appearance of the lich and squeezed for a good time, until the program for the jacquard machine was completed, and then he was freed. Someone could only look at the back of the lich departing in a dashing manner with a belly full of resentment, and bite the handkerchief that could not be torn off......
In the year 732 of the Aramaic calendar, autumn, a certain day.
On this day, Lin did not run to the high seat meeting in the morning, but stayed at home, preparing to receive a guest, the Grand Duke of the Gwana Empire, Ricardo Cavi. The meeting again after more than seven months.
As for the reason...... I don't know. He said he was coming, and he came. How could that kind of domineering president-like big man care about the thoughts of a little magician. The other party is the gold lord anyway, and Lin also wanted to take a breath from the World Tree Core Modification Hell, so he decided to take a leave of absence from those high seats and come to meet this old man who has nothing to do and ascended the Three Treasures Palace.
In fact, the Grand Duke and his entourage had already entered the automobile manufacturing and R&D center as early as yesterday. If you really want to put on a show, you can send an envoy directly to 'invite' a certain magician to the center.
However, he still made an appointment to visit in person this morning, which can be regarded as a face-saving face. Fortunately, it was agreed in advance, otherwise according to someone's habit, he would flash away after breakfast, and he might not be able to meet him on a temporary visit.
Maybe the old man was well fed, went to bed late and got up early, but after someone got up and had breakfast, Grand Duke Kaveh's motorcade came in a huge way. The Duke's Guard, which has been motorized, has almost filled someone's courtyard with the street outside.
It is said that the old man's duke's guard still retains cavalry specially used to charge. But horses are also carried in vehicles to retain the physical strength to charge on the battlefield.
What is very conspicuous is that among the large and small vehicles of uniform grass green, there is a carriage that is quite ornately decorated, and it seems that the protection ability is quite good. The horse pulling the cart wore a silver visor, and the helmet of the waistcoat had a tuft of blue hair on the top, which looked very ...... Mighty? Or is it ridiculous? In short, the aesthetics of the aristocracy are quite far from someone's reality.
I don't know if this old man is here to show off, or if he really pays attention to travel pomp. Fortunately, in the end, only two squads of escort knights came down, and not everyone got out of the car, and the field that had been stuffed with vehicles was once again filled with people.
It's just that of the two escort teams, only one of them looks like the Duke's Guard that I've seen before. The other team consisted of knights of the Guard, dressed in black robes and covered with a black silk veil.
This is a specialty of the Gwana Empire, a squad of knights made up of noble women. According to their customs, noble women, whether unmarried or married, could not appear in front of men who were not members of the family.
But don't underestimate these knightly ranks made up of noble women. Because their outfits were so hidden, no one knew what was hidden under the veiled robes, maybe a pair of magic armor, maybe a crossbow. The aristocratic background means that they are well-off, and naturally they are very different from ordinary soldiers in terms of weapons and equipment.
And such a team of noble female knights is not something that anyone can use. They only serve female nobles, and even underage males cannot have such a team. The only exception was the emperor of the empire, but only in name only, as the female knights only protected the concubines, instead of the men guarding the emperor's harem.
Such a group of women, someone has only heard rumors before, but has not really seen it. But since such a team is seen here, it also means that there is a very important noble woman in the team of Kavigong.
Sure enough, the only woman who stepped out of the carriage was a shorter woman besides Grand Duke Kaveh. Of course, the loose robe couldn't tell what the figure was, but Lin could still use his own detection methods to get various data on the appearance of the other party's body, and even further simulate the other party's appearance.
However, the follow-up action must be carried out by someone on their own initiative. If Lin didn't make any moves, the detection program he carved on the Dream Magic Tower would only passively accumulate data without further processing to avoid taking up too many computing resources.
But even if he didn't do that, just from the simple environmental detection information, Lin could come to the conclusion that the woman in front of him was the granddaughter of Kaveh. Because her body parameters are similar to the driver's parameters provided by the Grand Duke when she designed the No. 1 car. And the person who was scheduled to drive car No. 1 was none other than the granddaughter of the Grand Duke, the girl who lost her parents at a young age.
In order to greet this great nobleman, Lin personally took his three apprentices and stood at the door of the main house to wait, which was the highest level of lineup. The seemingly hearty old man stepped forward in heroic laughter and gave Lin a big hug.
"Hahahaha, it's been a long time, Xiaogai." He is an old man who is familiar with the same as the Fa Sage Babak Abunahan, and he uses an affectionate name. He looked someone up and down, and said with a strange face: "The way you look now, it should be considered a terrible ,——" At the same time, he rubbed the sleeves of someone's Xuanwu robe with his fingers very unceremoniously, "-I still have to get out, and I finally have some clothes that match my net worth." ”
Patting his cheek, which was so thin that it was no different from a skull, Lin smiled. "Magicians, there are many people who look strange, not to mention those who are dead in the first place. I'm not the worst here. ”