Chapter 248: The Attitude of the Great Nobles
"Welcome, Mr. Tang Mo."
Following the polite housekeeper into the luxurious villa, Tang Mo found that "New World" was very elegant.
The game's setting has a distinctly medieval feel, but with a hint of the cult of the Industrial Revolution's technology in the details.
In the well-groomed courtyard, an ancient statue of a mage stands in the center of the fountain, suggesting that the world has been influenced by at least two different currents of thought.
As a writer of historical online articles, Tang Mo is also very interested in the history, culture and style of other countries, and he is also quite picky when playing games.
Because of this, he has a soft spot for Fangcheng Studio's games, especially after Fangcheng perfectly restored his "Heavenly Demon", he decided to buy three copies of Fangcheng Studio's games at one time, one to play, one to collect, and one to preach.
Walking in the courtyard of the villa, Tang Mo was intoxicated to enjoy the surrounding scenery, and the more he looked, the more satisfied he became.
That's the right task.
Not long ago, the game's operators released a temporary quest in which players could be chosen to become the tutor of a nobleman, responsible for teaching the nobleman's children and himself.
After successfully accepting this quest, you can gain a lot of experience, and it is not a problem to directly open the second-order skill.
Tang Mo originally just grabbed the task with the attitude of trying it out, but he didn't expect to grab this task at one time, and then assigned to the home of a fifth-level nobleman to serve as the tutor of the other party.
There were fifteen levels of aristocracy in the legal system, with the highest level and only seven ranks, and the lowest fifteenth.
Positions of nobility can be hereditary and split, and high-ranking positions of nobility can be split into two low-level positions, although this rarely happens.
The fifth-level nobles are already quite prominent figures, they can control most of the resources of the law, and they can decide the livelihood of 100,000 people in one sentence.
And although on the surface, they are only in Faite, but their scope of management actually includes the vast scattered settlements and various resource mines in the vicinity.
A city is like a kingdom, but the territory of this kingdom is extremely scattered.
Following the housekeeper into the luxurious villa, Tang Mo found that the fifth-level nobleman had been waiting for a long time with his wife and children.
They were well-dressed and elegant, and after seeing Tang Mo, they were neither humble nor arrogant, they bowed politely, and then personally brought Tang Mo to the living room.
The musicians began to play the music, and their superb acting skills made them have just the right volume to make the guests feel comfortable without overpowering the guests. This skill cannot be honed without decades of skill, and only the aristocracy can have such a rich capital to raise these musicians.
Inviting Tang Mo to sit down on a chair in the living room, the fifth-level nobleman rubbed his mustache, the end of his beard shining in the light.
"Welcome, apostle of the god of education, I am a fifth-level nobleman of Phate, and you can call me Kevin. This is my wife, this is my mistress, this is my wife's mistress, this is my child, this is my wife's child, this is our child......"
Although he had known for a long time that the relationship between NPCs in the game might be chaotic, after actually seeing it, Tang Mo felt that his ethics were still a little more conservative.
After finally introducing his family, Kevin asked the others to step down, leaving only the butler by his side.
"You should have received news from the God of Education, and I don't want to disobey the Oracle of the God of Education, so I will give you the greatest support possible. But I only have one small request, I love historical stories, so if you want to advise me, I wish you could find examples from history books, can you? β
The other party's request was a bit strange, it sounded like it was to set up obstacles for Tang Mo, so as not to let the other party restrain himself.
After all, the apostles of the god of education are here to restrain the words and deeds of the nobles, and no one wants another father to appear on their heads.
Sometimes, even my own father can't do it.
Faced with the other party's request, Tang Mo was not angry, but a little happy.
If you don't do anything, you can read books for nothing, and you still read books with pay, where can you find this kind of thing?
When I was playing "The First in the World", I still relied on the world's No. 1 storyteller to read the book, but I didn't expect that I could prostitute it for nothing now, such a good thing can make it run?
So, Tang Mo readily agreed, which surprised Kevin.
But immediately, he also happily summoned his butler, asked the butler to take Tang Mo to the library, and instructed the butler to meet any excessive requirements of Tang Mo.
And seeing Kevin's library, Tang Mo was also excited.
As if the hungry ghost saw the food, the pervert came to the second dimension, Tang Mo swooped down on the bookshelf, picked up a book and flipped through it.
The price of these books is not low, after all, the paper industry has not yet become popular, and although people can make a piece of paper, each piece of paper is made by hand.
They need to beat the fibers of the wood repeatedly until they disperse, then use fine boards to scoop up the pulp and shape it, and the uneven texture in the middle is used to write letters, and the uniform texture is used to bind the book.
The cost of a book on paper alone is dozens of silver coins, and in order to match the cost of the book, the ink naturally has to be an expensive pen that will not fade for a long time, which makes the price of the book even higher.
And now, the huge library is open to Tang Mo, and all kinds of expensive books want to be read, this kind of good thing is really rare.
Finding that Tang Mo was already intoxicated with the books, the old housekeeper retreated silently, and didn't even make a sound when he closed the door.
Tang Mo unfolded the book and found that it was a mythological book.
[The world was originally chaotic and disorderly, and after the main god was born in the form of a cat, he found that this world was no longer worth nostalgia. γ
The Lord God grew his beard and left the place. Its beard slowly grew, and out of the shadows it gave birth to its own consciousness, the goddess of mercy. γ
[The goddess of mercy saw the miserable situation here and thought it was miserable. The tears of the goddess attracted the attention of the outer gods, who sympathized with the goddess's plight and lent their powers to the goddess. γ
[The goddess began to rely on the power of the outer gods to reconstruct the world, and the world full of loopholes gradually took shape. The Goddess created beings from the remnants of the world, and the Goddess lent His power to the priests. The former high priests relied on the power of the goddess to build more than a dozen cities, and Faite was one of them. γ
[The first-class nobles are the descendants of the high priests, and their blood is noble and pure. The fifth-level nobles were the guards of the high priests, and their loyalties were sacred and strong. They deserve to run the world. γ
After quickly turning over the whole book, Tang Mo felt that although it was said to be a myth, there were many things in it that reflected reality.
It is estimated that this is also related to the late formation of the whole city, the history of Faite and other large cities is only a few hundred years, myth and history are still confused, and there are many real parts in it.
Copying down the content he was interested in, Tang Mo began to read the second book.
The book is "The Mystery of the Sorcerer", and the author is unknown.
And at the beginning of the book, the author states the fact that magic is only a talent, not something that can be learned.
Magic is a loophole in the world, and when a child is born, the law has a problem with him, causing him to be born with the ability to see and control the loopholes in the world.
However, this ability is both a blessing and a curse, and the loopholes in the world will bring great power to the mage, but it will also make the other party hear the murmur from the shadows at all times.
These shadows are located in the loopholes of the world, and unlike the shadow particles, these murmurs do not pollute the flesh, but the soul of the magician.
Over time, mages will inevitably be corrupted by the Shadows, and some will degenerate into Dark Mages and begin to wander around spreading the gospel of the Shadows.
Because the power comes from the loopholes, the magician will be a little powerless in a place like the Faite that is protected by divine power, and only by going outside can he exert his strongest strength.
As a result, mages are left in isolation, either silently seeking truth through loopholes or finding a way to lift their curses, and most mages end up in madness, merging with the shadows and becoming terrifying dark mages.
"No wonder I've heard rumors of magicians, but I've never seen them, so that's why."
After reading this book, Tang Mo looked at the world outside the barrier and felt a little yearning.
New World is currently only open to one area of Legal, while the City of Judgment is still under construction, and more gameplay will be opened and more surprises will be brought at that time.
At the thought of there were more and more interesting ways to play, Tang Mo felt that there were a hundred monkeys scratching his chest, making him want to see the DLC immediately.
Forcibly calming himself down, Tang Mo continued reading.
It is true that the history of Phate for hundreds of years is not long, and the population is not too large with the surrounding villages and towns, and the books produced by various scholars seem to be many, but most of them are repeating the old ways of others, and there is not much innovation.
Therefore, although it was relatively slow to read at first, after knowing the routines of these people, Tang Mo began to glance at ten lines, only stopping for a moment after some interesting ideas appeared, and then quickly skipping them.
With this reading skill, he actually read all the books in the library in a very short time, and made most of the content into a cheat sheet to make it easier for him to cheat.
Isn't it normal for players to make small moves and provide some convenience for themselves?
Seeing Tang Mo leave the library, the old housekeeper quickly told Kevin about it, and the latter quickly came here and received Tang Mo who was out of the customs as soon as possible.
With his arms outstretched, Kevin said exaggeratedly: "Mr. Tang Mo, welcome!" You must have learned a lot from the way you looked, right? β
"Are you imitating your great-great-great-grandfather?"
"What?"
"'If you really care about me, bring me wine and meat, instead of standing like a piece of wood!' These are the words of your great-great-great-grandfather to his son after his resurrection. But rather than resurrect from the dead, I would rather believe that Big Brother faked his death and came back to life after being put in a coffin. β
Kevin's eyes widened, and he stiffened as he combed his mustache, even skimming off one of his beards.
Tang Mo's tone was vivid, restoring the situation of the ancestor back then, and also allowing Kevin to find that this apostle was more intelligent than he imagined.
After cautiously probing a few times, Kevin found that Tang Mo not only knew the approximate situation, but could even find the original text with a little recall, and then retell it as it was.
Tang Mo alone will definitely not be able to memorize all the content, but there are many similar situations in the game group he is in with him, everyone shares it together, and finally sorted out a plug-in, as long as you enter some vague words, you can find similar records in the game.
With the efforts of hundreds of people, it is really too simple to deal with a Kevin.
Kevin didn't know about Tang Mo's efforts for this task, but that didn't stop him from adoring Tang Mo.
In his opinion, Tang Mo is definitely the most favored apostle of the God of Education, and this time he went down to earth to save the world and expel ignorance.
Tang Mo also felt that he would be able to show his talents immediately and use his ability to influence the direction of the game.
But it turned out that he was overthinking.
Kevin didn't let Tang Mo start teaching himself, but took the other party to frequent various parties, sometimes three or four times a day.
At the party, he packaged Tang Mo as his tutor, and declared that all the other party's talents came from the god of education, and he knew everything.
Such an exaggerated description naturally caused some people to be dissatisfied, but after trying it a few times, they had to admit that Tang Mo's memory was indeed amazing.
The provocations of these people further strengthened Tang Mo's prestige, made him famous, and made him begin to suffer more challenges.
In this process, he even met players like him, and they fought with each other like crickets, and although they won in the end, Tang Mo still felt very uncomfortable.
He's here to teach Kevin, not to be taken out to fight!
Finally, Tang Mo, who couldn't bear it, found Kevin and told the other party that his time was precious and he couldn't waste it on these boring parties.
He's here to do something big!
After knowing Tang Mo's thoughts, Kevin pondered for a moment, and then asked, "So, what do you want to teach me?" β
"On the principles of dealing with the world, and the attitude towards the common people, etc."
Knowing that Tang Mo just wanted to teach these things, Kevin breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "I'm sorry, I did ignore your feelings before, but I can make amends. What are you going to do with the people? β
Tang Mo immediately said a lot, including raising wages, raising housing, ensuring medical care and education, etc.
These are all clichΓ©s, but Kevin still nods frequently, listens attentively, and writes them down on paper.
He promised to do it, but tonight I will attend a party first, and a third-level nobleman will appear, which is not a common opportunity.
Before leaving, he handed the recorded paper to the housekeeper, and then pushed Tang Mo away.
And there was only one sentence on the paper: "Leave him alone." β
(End of chapter)