Chapter 106: The Territory Next to the Bird of Prey's Nest
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Ah, hell, a mistake was discovered, the previous two chapters misspelled the flag of the Fernandis family, the flag of Tuminis is a tulip, and the empire is a golden flower. (The fastest update speed is on the Aishang Novel Network biquge.info)
"The tuition fee is divided into various levels, set at between 500 and 2,000 gold coins per year, and if the total number of students is about 800, the tuition fee for the first phase is about 60,000 gold coins, and the cost of this centralized education is only for the employment of the instructor and the building...... Now in the city of Romandy, you can find more than thirty veterans who can be used for battle formation deduction and military teaching. And the knights of the Royal Knights, as swordsmanship, horsemanship, and battle formation battle instructors, do not have any problems, and only need to pay an extra salary. The overall cost is less than 10,000 gold coins, and the construction funds of the college site can directly advance the income of the first phase. ”
Tumenis's Chancellor of the Exchequer bowed slightly. Spit out a string of numbers.
"A casual sentence is an income of more than 60,000 gold coins...... The emperor lowered his gaze, sixty thousand gold coins, almost a year's tax for a small city, can arm a group of three hundred hoplites, or half of the light cavalry, even if it is a royal knight, this number is enough to arm about thirty people. On the battlefield, this is already a force that can change the situation, but the income of money seems to be only the simplest item: "Jonah, do you think this is feasible?"
"It works, and, if you follow that little ...... According to Viscount Edward, the establishment of this academy on the outskirts of the city would bring the new stimulus of commercial activity and the new taxes that would generate additional income for the empire of at least thirty thousand gold coins per year, and if the land around the academy were to be leased rather than sold, this income might be about twenty percent higher, and it would be completely in your hands. In addition, there is the consumption of magical equipment, if you take advantage of the comparison psychology of the descendants of those nobles, I am afraid that it can cause an extremely considerable income, of course, provided that the academy will not participate in this competition. ”
Yes, Viscount Edward.
The middle-aged man's eyes flickered...... Just two hourglasses, after that short period of construction, the second-class baron who had just been canonized had already become a third-class viscount, how fast?
"I just need to know the most definite results, and as for the predetermined part, I will consider it when the exact values are obtained. The Chancellor of the Exchequer only talks about money, so the Emperor can only nod his head: "Then the implementation will begin, and before the arrival of winter, lay the foundation of the building, I have a hunch that this building has the qualifications to become an heirloom." So, don't skimp on money and make it a little grander. ”
"Yes, my majesty. The Chancellor of the Exchequer replied, and then remained silent until the Emperor raised his head.
"How's Damian's injury?"
"It's just skin injuries, and after the priest's treatment, there are no problems, but ...... The child seemed to be mentally stimulated and may need to recuperate for a while. ”
"Alas, he is usually too freewheeling, and this time he offended someone who shouldn't be provoked, which can be regarded as a lesson...... However, in terms of results, it didn't have much impact, although his force was not good, but his appearance was not bad, at least it didn't disgrace us. The Emperor stood up and rubbed his brow, "So this time, that's it, don't punish him any more in the future." ”
“...... Yes, 陛xià. "The Chancellor of the Exchequer was silent for a moment, and did not say the fact that his son had confided in him when he had just woken up—" he changed his voice...... I didn't even say I was going to kill him, and I didn't ......"
The terrible screams of his son that flashed in his mind made the middle-aged man tremble slightly, and he couldn't help but close his eyes. All this time, he did not like this child because of his arrogance, his stupidity, his laziness...... But when he heard the terrible scream, he knew that the connection in the blood could not be erased by disgust.
If it hadn't been for the mage's intervention, he might have lost the child.
He was convinced.
Although Yiqiē seemed to be nothing more than an ordinary duel and a failure, the head of the Golden Pelican family had a clear understanding in his heart...... That terrible mage apprentice had a real murderous intent, and maybe even more than Damian, who would bare his fangs at himself and the entire Jasper family, tearing them apart and devouring them at the slightest moment.
Or is it not possible for him to do that now, but what about in the future? Ten years, twenty years from now?
"This Viscount Edward...... He is very intelligent and very patient, such people are usually very interesting beings, and they are bound to bloom their own brilliance at some point, even if it is only for a short moment. ”
The king did not notice the brief change in the courtier's expression, even more so that he was immersed in his own thoughts: "He was clever enough to give us a nut, for he knew that it could only be enjoyed by those who possessed the tongs, and that he would be able to get a kernel." The Emperor stood up and stared out the window: "But he may not know that the nuts he gave me were so large that not only me, but the whole of Tumenes, could be satisfied by it."
Alpha de Strato Fernandez smiled, he did not dislike such people, but liked them very much - only smart people will weigh the pros and cons, only those who can endure can take care of the overall situation, and most importantly, his strength, which is not strong, belongs to the category of control.
"What does the kingdom need ......?" asked the Chancellor.
Asking a question doesn't mean he expects a real answer. Rather, he knew that the emperor needed such questions to stimulate his thinking. But after a slight pause, the emperor spoke in a low voice and gave him an unbelievable answer. "Yes, more power, for ...... Fight against the power of the mage. ”
The Chancellor of the Exchequer froze.
No, it should be said, to be expected.
It's just that no one wants to think like that. They are all subconscious, refusing to think about it.
"Your Majesty, how do you want to ...... Using this power? I don't think it's something that can be formed in a short period of time. There was silence for a long time before the middle-aged nobleman spoke.
He didn't like mages, never did, the truth, as the person who handled almost all the money of the empire, he knew best the gold coins that the temple had to absorb every year, every day, every hourglass, and even every breath in the ethereal sky...... It was a string of values that made him feel heavy, almost suffocating.
However, he had to put an end to certain dangerous thoughts, which was his duty as a courtier.
"Don't worry, Jonah, it's not what you think it is. ”
The courtier's worried expression made the king laugh and said, "It's just that when our great-grandfather left this academy to us, he must not have made us rely on it so much, no, it should be said. Making the kingdom an appendage of the Academy of Spells is the biggest mistake my grandfather and father has ever made, and the biggest mistake I'm making, so I want to correct it. But it won't be too fast, and it can't be too fast. ”
The Emperor's great-grandfather, Glenn Fernandis, the third emperor of the Tuminis kingdom, was a magic-obsessed being.
Not only a simple obsession, but with the utmost foresight and astonishing courage, at the cost of the entire property of the treasury, more than a dozen years of state revenue, and even the most fertile land, magic became an indispensable part of his kingdom...... Although after a hundred years, the entire Tulip Fernandez family does not seem to be able to condense the talent enough to enter this world, but such talent restrictions make their preference for this world stronger and stronger with each generation, and there has never been any reduction......
Or it is precisely because of his dissatisfaction with talent that the only change that the Grande made to magic was to break the traditional master-apprentice teaching system that mages were accustomed to, which attracted the favor of several ** masters, and after moving the mage tower to one place, the only one that existed on the continent so far, a national-scale, about the teaching of magic academies...... Deposited in the capital of the country.
Then his vision was confirmed, and just as the emperor expanded the kingdom, but invited the great offensive launched by the empire a hundred years ago that led to his death, it was the degrading spell of Stephen Hawking that saved the country from the doom of being ruled by the empire again.
As a result, in the era of his children and grandchildren, a large number of middle- and lower-level magicians were filled into all corners of society, and magic really became an element that permeated the blood of this country...... Spells strengthen the income of agriculture, spells increase the speed of construction, spells ensure the flow of commerce, and spells keep entire nations in an undefeated war......
This is also the reason why this country, which originated in the barren Xifengyi and was originally just a remote viscount of the empire, was finally able to become the corner of the chessboard of the mainland within a hundred years.
However, this is not necessarily a pleasant thing for a king,
"When I was a child, I once asked my grandfather, the dean of the Academy of Magic, if he was the greatest person in our country?" Looking at the world outside the window, the emperor slowly spoke: "And grandfather's answer is that His Excellency the dean is a great mage, but he should not be the greatest person in the kingdom, because in a kingdom, only the emperor is the greatest person." ”
"But as I grew up, I suddenly realized that sometimes, being strong, equals greatness. He said, but it didn't seem like he was talking to anyone, just narrating: "I sometimes think, if the ** division wants to be the emperor, who can stop him?
"My Majesty, ** Master...... It was indeed easy for them to be emperor, but in history, few ** masters were willing to do that. ”
The Chancellor of the Exchequer cautiously said, "There are many records of mages owning a territory, but even the most evil ones. Or in the most glorious era of the mages, the era of the great arcanists, the mages did not become kings, but only had their own castles, and even the servants were magical structures. ”
"That's right. Mages often say that if a person is keen on power, then it is impossible to follow the path of a mage, at least, it is impossible to become a powerful mage. And the mage's ** is not something that the general public can satisfy, they will always find in the end that in addition to their own strength, they don't need to rely on anything else. Only their strength can satisfy their ambitions. ”
The Emperor smiled.
“...... But they don't have any ambitions for the country, so what are they going to do to help the country?"
The Chancellor of the Exchequer was stunned, and when he regained a doubt in his mind, he remembered that his younger self had asked his father such a question.
And the head of the Golden Pelican summed up two words lightly.
"Convenient. He said, "Although the mages are powerful, they are not gods after all, they have too much knowledge to master, they have no interest in meddling in mortal affairs, it is too troublesome and unattractive...... So, they need some people who are interested in these things to help them manage and make sure that they can devote themselves to the things they love. ”
But the current head of the Golden Pelican family understands very well that these words are so easy only in the mouths of outsiders - the emperor cannot be willing to be just a nominal ruler, and he cannot be willing to be just a steward, a tool to give what is needed when needed...... That's no different from a female cousin!
Emperors, should be supreme, at least under the heavenly vault, they should be.
They may not mind the ethereal divine power, but they will never allow a mortal to share, or even have power over them.
However, the reality is that everything does not go as planned.
Whether the emperor wants it or not, if it weren't for the Mage Academy, the Tuminis Kingdom would not have the current territory at all, at best, it would only be one of the lords of the fragmented buffer territory sandwiched between the two great powers of Fire Emprint and the Empire, and now if there is no Magic Academy, I'm afraid that the two kingdoms will not replay this spike that only has half of their national strength, but has been choking in their throats.
In fact, the Empire's temptation to realize this idea has never stopped, and the Fire Emblem Kingdom, the savage and ancient realm, has amassed terrifying and unpredictable power in silence.
"I'm not worried about the ** divisions, the power they have has already pushed their level to a level that we can't reach, but the terrible thing is that the current Tuminiz is not only the ** division, nor will there always be only the ** division. The emperor said, "Just like the little guy said, ten years of trees and a hundred years of people...... And what will happen in a hundred years must start now, not too late. ”
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"Sure enough, this is really a hundred-year plan......" Edward sighed as he put down the sheepskin scroll in his hand.
Because things like land surveying and statistics also require the use of spells, Tumenis's national map is also available in the academy, but when Edward retrieves the information out of curiosity, he finds that he seems to be in trouble again.
His fiefdom was not far from Romante, three hundred miles, fast horses could go back and forth in a day and a night, there was a river in the territory, and there was no shortage of forests and valleys, such a place, presumably the land should not be barren. It is also close to the route from the kingdom to the northeastern territory, which is considered a good place for convenient transportation.
Lovely Dehua would rather its transportation is not so convenient, or even a little farther away from the capital.
Take a look at the stellar record......
The twenty-eighth lord died.
The twenty-ninth lord ruled for two years before relinquishing the domain and turning it into a barren land in the land of the Western Feudal Eup.
The thirtieth lord was embroiled in a dispute between the lords and died......
The thirty-first lord was involved in a dispute between the lords and died......
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In the last fifty years, there have been twelve lords here, three of whom have died in vain, five who have died because of territorial disputes, and three who have been in office for less than a year and have relinquished their responsibilities and preferred to change a pension domain, and the one who has ruled for the longest time. That is, the first lord - he has been working for almost ten years, but for nine and a half years, it seems that he has been making soy sauce in the capital.
Edward could have continued this life.
If he did this, he would almost get a tax of about 3,000 gold coins a year, which was enough for any small noble family to squander a year's expenses, and it was already considered a luxury among luxuries to provide for a hero.
Cutie Dewah doesn't want to live this life.
After all, when it comes to heroes, all he can think of is the decapitated Drakra or the burned Joan of Arc? The single title of hero can bring a person no benefit except vanity, and this aura will only make people carry heavy shackles, become a character that the public hopes or eventually follow the path of the degenerate.
If you want to live according to your own hopes, you still have to build a home of your own. Subconsciously, Edward wanted to find a place where he could enjoy life without the sordid power struggles. But this is not a peaceful commercial society that can be bought with money, and if you want to get a piece of paradise, you can only rely on yourself to develop and protect it.
"You'll have to put the half-elves inside, so it seems like it's going to take a lot of work. The telemancer closed his eyes slightly, his fingers tapped lightly on the map, and next to the name of Burgundy, there was a line of small red letters.
Blackhawk Family Domain.
The name is like thunder.
In fact, the overall strength of the Blackhawk family is not in the forefront of the kingdom, but there are few people who have not heard of the Blackhawk Family Knights, this Giant Eagle Knights, whose number has always hovered around five hundred, is a powerful military force coveted by Tumines, and even any force in the entire continent.
It was a knight that soared through the sky.
Giant Eagle. A bird that is not much different from an eagle, but is just a size, can grow to more than fifteen feet, has a wingspan of thirty feet, can carry small ballistas, and a magic user's terrifying battle is the first word that should come to mind when it comes to Blackhawk.
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