Chapter Twenty-Six: Fooling Around
After hearing Wang Yong's statement, the prince turned his head and asked Lei He, "Lei and Earl, is that so?"
Ray nodded and said, "Yes, Ivan didn't know our language when he first arrived in the village, and he learned it later. After that, as he said, Ivan and Kevin lived in the village, doing odd jobs until the Imperial Army went to us to recruit soldiers. β
Prince Xihami muttered suspiciously: "The army went to a small village to recruit soldiers?"
Then he gave Reagan a meaningful look and didn't say anything. For Prince Xihami, a person who has been in the political arena for many years, many things have been analyzed from this little information in Regan's words, but Prince Xihami has no intention of asking, after all, the level is too different, and there is no need for him to come forward to ask.
Then, the prince turned his head and asked Wang Yong, "Can you still find that magic teleportation array, and can that teleportation array still work?"
Wang Yong shook his head and said, "I can't find it, even if I find it, it can't be used, when I woke up, I saw that the teleportation array had been blown to pieces." Wang Yong came to a statement that there is no evidence for death, which makes it difficult to distinguish the truth from the false.
In front of Wang Yong, Prince Xihami called a middle-aged man in a robe and asked directly, "Will the teleportation array explode by itself?"
The robed man thought for a moment and replied, "Normally, no, but if the energy input is too high, there is a possibility of exploding." When Prince Sihami got the answer, he waved the man down.
After pondering for a long time, Prince Xihami asked Wang Yong: "You said that you are from the Silk Continent, and you are a knight over there?"
Wang Yong said calmly according to the words he had arranged earlier: "I am a viscount, but because my family is down, I live the same life as a commoner, and it makes no difference whether I am a nobleman or not." β
The prince nodded and asked, "You can't go back anymore, do you?"
Wang Yong resolutely said: "When I knew that I couldn't go back, I decided to live a good life here, I have no other relatives in my hometown, and I live the same everywhere." Now, I have a brother and a fiancΓ©e here, they are all from the Empire, in this case, I should also be considered a member of the Empire, and I hope the Empire can take them in. β
Xihami stared at Wang Yong for a long time, and finally said with a smile: "Very good, I am very satisfied with your answer, on behalf of the Aier Empire, I welcome you to join, and I am glad that you can become a subject of the empire." β
Then, Prince Xihami asked Wang Yong some questions about the Silk Continent, and then asked Wang Yong and Reagan to go back and wait for the notice.
Prince Xihami said that he still has some things to deal with here, and after dealing with it, he is ready to return to the imperial capital with Wang Yong and others.
Wang Yong saw that Prince Xihami did not return the coin to him, so he knew that this Prince Xihami did not believe his words, and it was estimated that he would have to investigate and confirm. So he didn't say anything, Wang Yong didn't believe that this Prince of Xihami could find out anything from the coin, after all, the metallurgical technology of the earth was much higher than here.
On the way back, Wang Yong said to Lei Xiang unconsciously: "It's not that I deliberately concealed it, it's just that this thing is too bizarre, and you don't necessarily believe it, so I didn't say it, I hope you don't mind." β
Lei smiled and said, "It's nothing, everyone has their own secrets, besides, we didn't know each other at that time, I still heard some things about you from Steward Hal once before I found out." β
Along the way, out of curiosity, Regan also asked Wang Yong a lot of things about the Silk Continent, Wang Yong combined some of the descriptions of the Silk Continent he saw in the book and his own associations, and Reagan was a burst of nonsense and full of guns, the eyes of this pure and stupid young man with a strong desire for knowledge flashed green, full of expectations and yearning for new things.
Back at the residence, Reagan sat in the hall, fantasizing about the Silk Continent alone, while Wang Yong returned to his room and continued to meditate.
In the living room, Prince Xihami said to a middle-aged man dressed as a nobleman: "Ohno, you also heard it just now, do you think what Ivan said is credible?"
Ou Nuo played with the coin, shrugged his shoulders and said: "It should be, you see that the craftsmanship of this metal is much better than ours here, and also, the language of the Silk Continent that you just asked him to speak, I heard his pronunciation seem to be similar to the one recorded in the book, it is all so tongue-twisting, and looking at his black hair and black eyes, it is also in line with the record in the book, I think he should not be lying." β
The prince nodded and said, "I think so too, but I still have to check it." Then, taking the coin from Ono's hand, he handed it to one of the guards and said, "Take this to the best blacksmith and ask if you know what kind of metal it is." The guard didn't ask much, took the coin and turned to leave.
Prince Sihami called another guard and said, "You have heard what Ivan just said, you should go to Luodi Village and inquire whether what he said just now is true." You can ride a fast horse, ten days back and forth is enough, right?" The guard took out the map and found Luodi Village, and after calculating the distance, he said categorically: "Enough, Your Royal Highness, I will set off." β
After the two guards left, Prince Xihami said to Ou Nuo, "Let's wait, and if there are no accidents in ten days, we will set off back to the imperial capital." In fact, it is also a good thing to be able to keep Ivan in the Empire, with his magical talent, as long as he is given enough time, there will be another high-level magician in our Empire in the future. If his spatial magic can be cultivated to the intermediate level, maybe it can also help us make spatial equipment and magic teleportation arrays, and at that time, it will be difficult for our Aier Empire to be strong or not, haha. β
Ou Nuo glanced at the guards at the door, smiled slightly, and said, "How can it be so easy, the magic of other departments is better to say, and the magic of the space system is the most difficult." In the past, there have been many magicians with spatial magic affinity, but in the end, until they died of old age, they only cultivated to the primary level, Your Royal Highness, you still don't have too much hope. β
Prince Xihami touched his chin and nodded, "That's what you said, let's wait for the result first, and talk about it later." β
Prince Xihami still has one more thing to say, this is a secret related to the royal family, and he is ready to discuss it with His Majesty after returning to the imperial capital.
Wang Yong let out a long breath after returning to his room, if he didn't answer well just now, he would have to hang up today.
Thinking that Prince Xihami said just now that His Majesty would give him a territory, the corners of Wang Yong's mouth turned up slightly, and he said with emotion: "I also want the lord, haha!"
In the past, because Wang Yong did not have the strength to ensure the safety of himself, Kevin and Amy, he did not dare to implement his development plan here.
"Now that he is an earl, after obtaining the fief, he will develop a group of political and armed forces loyal to him. With my current understanding of the world, at least cement, ceramics and steel can be 'invented', and if you can find quartz sand, feldspar or something, you can even get glass. At that time, just by selling these things, you can become the richest man in the whole continent" Wang Yong couldn't help but start giggling when he thought about it.
Ten days later, Wang Yong and Lei met Prince Xihami again. Prince Xihami said to Wang Yong: "In the past few days, I have sent people to investigate everything you said, and we have found that it is exactly the same as what you said, which proves that you are not lying. β
Prince Xihami saw that Wang Yong's expression was calm and unfazed, and he admired Wang Yong even more in his heart.
Prince Xihami changed his words: "I am telling you these things because I want to talk to you honestly, and at the same time, I hope that you will be able to do the same to me in the future." β
Prince Xihami stood up and said solemnly: "Now, on behalf of the Empire, I would like to welcome King Ivan Yong, officially as the Second Earl of the Aier Empire, and hope that you will contribute to the Empire. β
Wang Yong also solemnly saluted Prince Xihami, and then said loudly: "I am honored to be a member of the empire, and I will shoulder my responsibilities and strive to make my own contribution to the empire." The two of them finished talking and smiled at each other.
After laughing, Prince Xihami said, "We will leave tomorrow to return to the imperial capital, and you should also go back and prepare." β
Wang Yong hesitated for a moment and said, "When I pass through Xinji City on my way to the imperial capital, I want to go back to the village. My fiancΓ©e is still there, I want to take her with me to the imperial capital, I wonder if His Royal Highness can wait for me for a day?"
Prince Xihami frowned, thought for a while and said: "After the end of this war, I have been delayed for a long time, and there are still many things that I need to deal with in the imperial capital, and I really can't drag it out." In this way, when you go to the city of Xinki, after receiving your fiancΓ©e, you can go to the imperial capital to find me yourself, and I will not wait for you. What about you, Count Regan, do you need to go back and clean up?" the prince asked Ray.
Lei nodded and said, "I'll go back too, and then go to the imperial capital with Ivan and the others." β
After a moment's hesitation, Reagan continued, "Your Royal Highness, I have something to discuss with you. That's right, I'm a gold practitioner, and I also like alchemy, and I'm not interested in territorial management or anything, and I can't manage it. So I wonder if His Royal Highness can tell His Majesty that I don't need to reward my territory, and my current village should be divided among other people. In fact, giving me the territory will only make the people suffer, and it will also drag down the empire, so it is better to leave it to those who can manage it to develop, which will be beneficial to the people and the empire, and I am happy to have time to study alchemy. β
After hearing this, Prince Xihami stared at Reagan for a while, and when he saw his sincere look, he said in surprise: "I was rejected when I first saw a fief given to him, but I will convey your request to Your Majesty, and you can go back and prepare." β
On the way back to his residence, Wang Yong asked Lei in surprise: "Why don't you want fiefdom?"
Ray shrugged and said, "What I just said is the truth, and you know that the affairs of the village are handled by Steward Howl, and now that he is old, I don't want to overwork, so I decided so." Anyway, the earl's annual salary is enough for our life, and the rest can buy some alchemy materials or something, that is the life I want. β
Wang Yong asked a little sadly: "Where are you going to go in the future?"
Lei Xiang raised his head, looked at the blue sky and said, "I haven't thought about it yet, let's talk about it then." There were only ten of us, and it was the same everywhere we went, it didn't make a difference. β
Wang Yong's eyes lit up, and he said sincerely: "Since this is the case, then you can wait for me to get the territory and go to my territory." I'll provide you with a place to live for free, in fact, I'm also interested in alchemy, so why don't you teach me. β
Lei looked at Wang Yong, who had a sincere face, and said with a wry smile: "I think you should know that there are deliberate people targeting me, so you are not afraid that if I go to you, it will affect you?"
Wang Yong pursed his lips disdainfully and said: "To be honest, I was afraid before, but now we are friends, how can there be such a thing as a friend or not." If anyone dares to deal with you, let's all go up side by side, knock down and stomp on all those who are looking for trouble, and let those people know how powerful our brothers are. β
Although Wang Yong's words were a little naΓ―ve, Lei Xiang was very moved, patted Wang Yong's shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, since we are friends and brothers, then I won't be polite to you, and when I get to you in the future, I will eat you and live yours, haha." Reagan had a good laugh because he had a real friend.
Wang Yong also smiled and said, "Okay, it's decided." β
The two of them returned to their lodgings, gathered everyone together, and informed them that they would leave tomorrow and that they would leave for home.
After everyone listened, they laughed and jumped with joy, and some people actually hugged their heads and cried, Wang Yong didn't expect everyone's reaction to be so strong, but he was relieved to think about it, only after experiencing life and death, he would realize the importance of home and relatives, and he would miss his family so much.
Wang Yong asked everyone to go back and pack their things, and quietly found Carl and said, "If there are too many things, it's not easy to take them."
Put it in my space ring, and I'll return it to you when I get back. β
Not to mention that this is okay, after a while, Wang Yong's space ring was stuffed, and Wang Yong didn't expect that a group of big men would be able to buy things like this.
Especially Da Blow, he has the most things, and he has three big bags, and his things alone stand in one-third of the space of the ring. Da Chui was also a little embarrassed, explaining that these were all bought for his wife and children.
Wang Yong smiled and didn't say anything, thinking to himself: "This big blow is still quite Gu family." β