Sword of Dawn

It wasn't until half a minute later that he asked hesitantly, "My lord... are you... are these potions real?"

"Do you think I'm a fake drug seller?" Gao Wen raised his eyebrows, "Of course these are true! It's just that I have a special method that can produce medicine at a very low cost."

"My lord, of course I don't doubt your character!" Patrick immediately said nervously, with great doubts in his heart. In all fairness, no one can make a lot of them at such a low price and Gawain casually. Keeping a normal mind in front of the fact of alchemy potion, behind it means incredible wealth, but Patrick is a smart man, although he is bold in money, he is very cautious when it comes to life, so he didn't ask Any in-depth secrets, but to analyze these potions that Gawain took out as an established fact, "Since you can really supply such a large amount of potions... then I actually have some ideas."

Gao Wen nodded: "You said, you have experience in business."

Patrick said straight to the point: "My lord, I hope you can add water to these rejuvenation potions."

As soon as this remark came out, not only Gawain was stunned, but even Amber, who had sneaked in next to him as the background board, was stunned. After a while, the half-elf lady looked up and down Padrik with an admiring expression: "This Sir, you are a talent..."

"Don't make any trouble," Gawain glared at Amber, then stared into Patrick's eyes, "You should know that this suggestion was not made by an honest businessman, so you should have something else to say."

"Yes, my lord, add water to the rejuvenation potion and change the name to 'Less Healing Potion' or 'Inferior Healing Potion. If you think this is not in line with the spirit of chivalry, then it is a big deal to make the price a little cheaper. You lower the price and declare that the effect of those potions is not as good as the real alchemy potion. As far as diseases are concerned, even such inferior medicines are enough to save their lives, and alchemy potions mixed with more water are better than the smelly ointment mixed with mud and rotten grass roots they bought from rural herbalists."

Patrick carefully watched Gawain's expression change, while the latter just nodded: "Keep talking, I'm listening."

"Rushlessly selling alchemy potions like rejuvenation potion at extremely low prices will definitely impact the existing market and the groups that make profits from it—of course, the 'New Chamber of Commerce' backed by you, the Duke, can look down on those small businessmen And the little alchemist, but gutter rats are disgusting even if they don't kill people; in addition, for ordinary people, it is not necessarily a good thing to be able to buy alchemy potions at a low price, at least not at the beginning. People may not be able to do anything to you, but they can turn to hate those poor people who "pass over". They can threaten those who want to buy medicine, attack those who have already bought medicine, and even simply mix poison into the market and spread rumors—— For most ignorant people, they can't tell who they have been harmed by."

Having said that, Patrick lowered his head slightly, and carefully added: "My lord, you are very powerful, but a brave lion must also be careful of poisonous insects."

Gao Wen kept his expression unchanged, but he looked at Patrick with a little surprise, and after a few seconds, he nodded slightly: "You are right, in order to avoid this situation, we will Do some 'disguise'."

"Yes, it's not a very clever disguise. As long as you declare that they are all inferior or even failed by-products of alchemy potions, more than half of the eyes staring at them will be reduced. You can also sell real rejuvenation potions and Disease-dispelling mixture, but the price should be increased—it can still be cheaper than the market’s potion price, but don’t drop it to the point of dozens of copper coins at once. In this way, traditional merchants will be paralyzed temporarily, and they will only think that you want to They want to temporarily lower the price to grab a little market, or find a cheap source of herbal medicine, and when they react...they have nothing to do.

"In this way, you have successfully established a trade route, and you have avoided attracting the attention of those with malicious intentions too early, and even the commoners who bought water-mixed potions bought effective potions at a price they could afford. That is much better than the mud and rotten grass roots they usually use, and they will be grateful to you."

Gao Wen did not respond, but murmured to himself in a low voice with emotion: "Is it a sin for poor people to even buy a bottle of good medicine..."

He thought of the famine in the Eastern Territory that occurred in Ansu 476, which he read in the history books before, and thought of the disaster where starvation was everywhere. There was a food shortage in the area, and several nobles who still had compassion organized the distribution of relief food, but more than half of the food entered the stomachs of the knights, treasurers, village bullies and robbers who supervised the matter, even those who received the food The disaster victims could hardly keep the life-saving food on hand - it was a volunteered food merchant who finally solved this problem. His solution was beyond everyone's imagination:

Add sand, sawdust and even maggots to the food.

This kind of food can finally be safely distributed to the victims, and it is this kind of food that has saved tens of thousands of people.

The grain merchant was called "the benevolent miser". In 477 Ansu, he was hanged on the tallest tower in the Earl of Tamas in the east, charged with "eating grain and poisoning the people".

"I take your suggestion," Gawain said slowly after taking a deep breath, looking into Patrick's eyes, "but I hope you can understand that this is temporary, if someone regards this method as his money-making If there is no way, then Cecil's law will start killing people."

Patrick stood up and bent down to Gawain with one hand on his chest: "Just as I will faithfully treat every copper coin left by Viscount Kant, I will also faithfully execute every order of yours."

Gao Wen smiled: "In addition, I would like to remind you of one thing in advance: this new business organization I established is not just for selling medicines, although in the early days, alchemy potions will be its main commodity, but in the future Sisi will There will be new output in the future, and I still have more things to sell."

Patrick nodded: "It's natural, a business group formed by a duke himself cannot have only one commodity."

"You should have understood the organizational structure of this new commercial organization. I hope you can first choose sincere and astute people from among the merchants you are familiar with as grassroots consignees. They can establish regional sales outlets by themselves, but the sales The decoration, pricing, import and export process, etc. of the point must follow my rules. Those who cannot accept this should quit as soon as possible. As for the higher-level regional agents and the general person in charge...you, as the general person in charge to set everything up, but I'm also sending my clerks and liaisons at every level of agency to monitor and help, and I hope you understand."

"This is natural - you provided all the funds and sources of goods, and this organization must naturally be under your control."

Gawain stood up with a smile and picked up the teacup in his hand: "Then let's toast to the establishment of the 'Cecil Chamber of Commerce'——Mr. Patrick, do you mind substituting tea for wine?"

Padraic also stood up and picked up his teacup. He actually wanted to say that he didn't care about substituting tea for wine at all-now he would care about anything that needs to be drunk, but in the end he bit the bullet and accepted the Duke's offer. Invited, picked up the teacup and said a word: "I... Hiccup..."

After the meeting, Patrick went straight to the toilet, while Gawain returned to his room.

A blueprint was quietly laid out on his desk.

On it is a machine with a symmetrical structure that gives people a sense of advancement. It has a rotating structure with a fan blade baffle, and a ring-shaped magic device located around the fan blade baffle. Next to the drawing, There is also a schematic diagram of the expanded rune array.

"Dear lord, I have completed the design of the rune array of the rotor-type magic energy engine, and found that it can adjust the speed by increasing or decreasing the number of rune groups activated at the same time or fine-tuning the contact area of ​​the rune trigger. For related information, see Rear.

— Jenny Perrault. "

Chapter 0218 The Consciousness That Travelers Should Have

The rotor-type magic energy engine can be said to be one of Gao Wen's first ideas after he thought of the route of "magic industrialization", but its realization has been delayed until today, because the difficulty and complexity of this system far exceed Any kind of magic device that has been conceived so far—the rotor magic energy engine needs at least eight groups, as many as ten or even dozens of neatly arranged repulsive magic circles to operate at the same time to start, and so many repulsive magic circles If the formations are connected together, the magic interference generated is almost a disaster. To solve the interference problem, even with the mathematical calculation of rune logic, it is extremely difficult.

But Jenny solved the problem anyway, and even came up with a further optimization of the original rotary engine.

Gao Wen looked at the blueprints on the table and the materials next to the blueprints for a long time. His expression was probably too serious, so that Amber, who came to the study to watch the fun, was taken aback. The latter looked at Gao Wen in astonishment: "What's wrong? There's something wrong with this blueprint? Did Jenny's calculation go wrong?"

Gawain raised his head and said without thinking, "I'm not a genius."

"Huh?" Amber was taken aback by this muddle-headed sentence, and the next second she thought it was Gao Wen teasing herself, "Are you trying to run people on purpose? Isn't a guy like you a monster?" Genius, let ordinary people live - of course I don't include myself in the "ordinary people", I am a genius, I am the Goddess of the Night Goddess, do you know..."

"I just sent it out of feeling." Gao Wen didn't pay attention to the BB in the second half of Amber, but said this with a half-smile, turned around and looked out of the French window, watching the land gradually light up. night lights.

He is not a genius.

Nor is he the center of the world.

He can't create an era of magic industry out of thin air, nor can he pull this world into a sea of ​​stars by himself.

Gao Wen was very aware of this from the very beginning, but today, he is more deeply aware of it.

He knows that he is a special individual compared with ordinary people, and he can frankly admit that he wants to do great things and has the ambition to influence the changes of this era, but he knows even more that even if the times change, he cannot do it alone. pulling.

Thinking carefully about what happened along the way, Gao Wen became more and more clear about his own position, and also became more and more clear about the talents and wisdom of the locals in this world.

The magic net comes from a down-and-out and talented wild mage, and the Rebecca crystal and rune trigger come from a noble girl with wonderful ideas. Rune logic is a great law that three generations of researchers have summed up over decades. A magic engine was hammered out by the craftsmen and technicians in the territory bit by bit, and the mass production technology of alchemy potions, as well as the final machine design and factory completion... were led by druid Pittman and him. Apprentices, plus months of hard work by hundreds of workers, technicians and artisans in the domain.

Just now, Padrik Bohm from Kantland understood the concepts of the so-called regional agency, production, supply and marketing chain, and market feedback in just one hour, and made a product review based on the actual situation of this era. Graded sale proposal.

But now, Jenny Perot has completed the final calculation of the rotor-type magic energy engine, and designed an effective speed regulation scheme for this engine before Gao Wen thought of it.

Gawain lowered his head and looked at the Cecil collar, which was still full of vigor and vitality after nightfall.

This is a dark and backward era, but this does not mean that a traverser has become the center of the world.In this era, in this world, there are wise people hiding everywhere, even those nobles who seem to be ignorant and backward, they are using their wisdom and strength to maintain their dominance. Gawain felt that if he wanted to be in this world To make a career, the first thing to do is probably not to forget to be in awe of this world.

Pay attention to the system of the world itself, recognize the wisdom of the local people, and under this premise, to reasonably grab their own interests, this is the way to survive and develop.

With a smile on his face, Gao Wen turned his head to look at Amber who was curiously studying the drawings on the table (although she didn't seem to understand anything): "You said, if everyone in this land is talented, then What the hell am I doing here?"

"What's the matter with you? You're talking all of a sudden," Amber blinked her eyes, "Aren't you talking nonsense, you are the lord, without you, why would our group of people gather here! We have already divided our luggage and left People... By the way, don't you really plan to announce the disbandment of the gang..."

Gawain glared at the half-elf: "Can you stop using the words I taught you? That's called a team, not a gang!"

"...Anyway, it almost has the same meaning. When the two words are put together, the last two letters are different..."

Gawain looked at the thief lady helplessly, but there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth.

That's right, the magic net was invented by the wild mage, the alchemy reaction device was invented by Pittman, the burst crystal and the rune trigger were invented by Rebecca... Many things in the territory were not his Gao Wen's creation, or at least not original, But his greatest value here is not to create these with his own hands, but to bring these talented people to play their original talents.

He does not surpass the wisdom of the local people, but he has vision and thinking beyond theirs. He has the knowledge of his previous life, the knowledge of Gawain Cecil, and the will and experience of being an ancient observer. He cannot create Nothing, but he knew what the land needed.

He knows where the road is going, and this is the role and reason for him to be here. From a broad perspective, he can plan the future order and social structure of the territory. From a small perspective, he can describe a specific technology route. The necessary machinery, and then let the technicians on the territory find a way to realize it.

Gao Wen suddenly laughed happily. He felt that no matter what cheats he had, at least one thing was certain:

He is the cheat of this world - at least the cheat of Cecil's collar.

Oh, and I have to take along Mr. (Ms. Nicholas Dan) who recovered from a cold not long ago and is thinking about how to make the next generation of large-scale stamping machines in the Institute of Mechanical Engineering these two days.

But the ups and downs in Gao Wen's heart could not be conveyed to Hu Po's head with nine turns and eighteen turns. The thief lady only saw Gao Wen's deep and deep expression, and then suddenly laughed, and suddenly felt hairy all over her body. , I planned to rush out on the spot to remind Heidi and Rebecca that their great-grandfather might have expired, but I didn't expect that the old rice dumpling in front of me nodded to me just as soon as I thought of it: "Amber, Tomorrow, you will go to Tanzania Town as my envoy and hand over my personal letter to Viscount Andrew."

"Winter made me run so far..." Amber muttered, "What did you do in the past?"

"I want to invite that Mr. Viscount to come to the territory as a guest, and let him, a big mine owner, see how the people in Cecil Territory mine."

"Oh...what?!" Amber woke up in horror just as she nodded halfway, looking at Gao Wen as if looking at an enemy spy who had penetrated into her own people, "You want to invite Viscount Andrew to visit the mine in the territory? Do you remember? Is there anything there?!"

"Of course, remember, the magic energy engine, the drainage pump, the mine cart traction machine, and the crusher and screening machine that have been put into use recently."

"Do you remember that you still want an outsider to see it?!" Amber's eyes widened. "These are the lifeblood of the Cecil collar! Our place can develop like this in such a short period of time. But it’s all those machines, you’re not afraid that Viscount Andrew will see it..."

"I hope he will be tempted after seeing it, very tempted," Gao Wen nodded, "because I plan to sell him all the mining equipment."

amber:"?!"

"Our second-generation magic energy engine has been realized, and I want to sell the first generation," Gao Wen knew what Amber was thinking, but he enjoyed the fun of teasing each other, this troublesome half-elf Only in this kind of dazed situation will it look cute, "And you just said something wrong: the territory has developed like this in such a short period of time, and the machines have a certain role, but we don't rely entirely on them."

He shook his head: "The part of the Cecil collar that is really open is something that outsiders can't take away."

Amber's worry obviously hasn't subsided: "But anyway, you sell things like magic engines to others... Are you really not worried about the development next door?"

"They will definitely develop, and the mining efficiency of Tanzanian mines will be greatly improved," Gawain nodded. "This will ensure that Cecil can receive more magic materials, and the price will be lower."

Amber scratched her hair: "That's it? Do you have other reasons?"

"Of course there is—only a stronger partner can bring you greater benefits. I never worry about the development of others, as long as I can ensure that I am the fastest growing one, that's enough."

Gao Wen sighed softly when he said this: "Most of the rulers of this world are going the other way. They will do everything possible to ensure that no one within their line of sight will move forward. They don't care if they stand still. As long as others are not advancing or keeping backwards, it is fine, but this has a fatal problem-they cannot ensure that people who are out of their sight are suppressed. What they do can only lead to regional It’s just a recession, you know? In fact, it’s already happening.”

"Evil fruit?"

"Ansu's neighbor, the Typhon Empire, has been carrying out continuous military reform and social progress in recent decades. They have realized the regularization of extraordinary professionals and a certain degree of military assembly line production. The nobles in Ansu In the process of retreating in groups, a powerful and terrifying opponent has stood up where they cannot be affected or observed..."

Amber swallowed her saliva. She is also from Ansu, so she naturally knows that the threat from the neighboring country Typhon is increasing day by day, but it is the first time for her as a commoner to hear such an intuitive analysis from Gao Wen. There is one last doubt about Gao Wen's decision: "But if you sell those machines powered by magic engines to Viscount Andrew, he won't be able to use them...these machines must be driven by magic nets..."

Gao Wen laughed more and more happily: "So I will also sell him the blueprint of the magic net. If possible, I will even send a group of technicians at a low price to guide Leslie to complete the basic construction of the magic net." .”

"You even want to give him the magic net?!" Amber almost jumped up this time, "Do you know how many things he can do with the magic net?"

"Mining," Gao Wen said lightly, "Lead mining for Cecil."

Chapter 0219 New Business

In this land ruled by the Cecil family, Amber is probably one of the few people who dare to question Gawain's decision, although the half-elf lady's bold doubts in most cases are only because she has a He didn't talk about the door, but Gao Wen was still very happy to see that not everyone here would obey him blindly, which means the existence of independent thinking... Well, it doesn't necessarily mean independent thinking on Amber, she just owes her mouth.

It was difficult for Gao Wen to explain all his thoughts to Amber in a short period of time. He could only briefly talk about the composition of the industrial structure and the concept of technological generation gap. As for the deeper economic and political interests, Leslie He didn't say anything about the long-term control of the leader.

But no matter what, Amber still carried out Gao Wen's order earnestly. On the second day, she set off to deliver a letter from Duke Gawain Cecil to Viscount Andrew's. In the castle.

And Viscount Andrew's response was faster than Gawain had imagined, he readily accepted the invitation on the spot, and on the third day after Amber returned to the territory, the Viscount took a fast boat to the pier in Cecil Territory .

When I saw the viscount last time, the other party was still weakened by magic, but after a period of recuperation, Andrew Leslie has regained his health. He is wearing thick and warm clothes In a dark red coat, his hair was combed meticulously. The newly recruited butler followed him. He also brought a guard team of ten soldiers and a business advisor from the territory—the business advisor was naturally for Gao Wen. The "business" mentioned in the personal letter, and the guard team composed of soldiers is a necessary pomp for nobles.

He saw a completely different New Cecil collar from what he had imagined.

Whether it was the brand-new and neat houses or the civilians walking on the streets, he was deeply impressed. He was particularly curious about the houses of the citizens, and the serfs and low-class people living in the territory. Where, but compared to Padrik, who has no noble blood, this Viscount is much more stable and calm after all. He maintained the most indifferent and elegant state from disembarking to being introduced to the Lord's Mansion, until sitting in Gawain Se In Searle's living room, there was no excess curiosity and fuss like any country bumpkin nobleman.

Then Betty poured a whole kettle of tea.

The folk customs in the southern region are simple and honest, and everyone is honest and honest—and more importantly, everyone seems to have the problem of overthinking. Like Patrick, Viscount Andrew guessed for a long time in the process of half a pot of water in his belly. What is the meaning of arranging a maid to keep pouring water on guests...

Betty, holding a large water bottle and standing in a daze in the living room, had no idea that she had been crowned with an enigmatic role card. She just looked at the decorative swords hanging on the wall in the room in a daze, and silently recalled Looking at the newly learned vocabulary and grammar, and at the same time, part of her attention was paid to pay attention to when the guest's teacup needed to be refilled-when she recited the vocabulary list for the second time, Gao Wen appeared.

"Viscount Andrew, I'm glad to see that you've recovered." Gawain warmly greeted you as soon as he entered the door. "I heard that Tanzania Town has completely restored order. This is really good news."

"I should thank you for your help. Without your large order of ore, I'm afraid I can't even repair the big hole in the castle this winter." Viscount Andrew said with a somewhat exaggerated smile, "So after hearing your After wanting to negotiate a new business with me in person, I came right away."

"It's indeed a new business, but it's not easy for us to discuss here—if you don't mind, would you like to come with me to visit the mines in Cecil Territory?"

"Mine?" Viscount Andrew frowned: "You mentioned in your letter that you have some new mining equipment for sale, but the Leslie family has been mining for generations, and I am familiar with all kinds of mining equipment... Hiccup... ...Ah, sorry, I'm sorry."

"Don't mind, don't mind." Gawain quickly waved his hand, and at the same time he was curious why Viscount Andrew's hiccups also started to echo, and then he explained with a smile, "It is necessary to see it with my own eyes, because I want to sell it." I'm afraid you haven't seen anything like this before."

Gawain had already talked about this point, and of course Viscount Andrew would not continue to be ignorant, so he readily agreed to the invitation to visit the mine - and asked where the toilet was by the way.

The Cecil Mine is located in the east of the territory. At the beginning, it was just a small mining site. However, with the rapid development of the territory and the increasing demand for ore, the mine has become the second largest in terms of construction efforts after "Cecil". A large amount of manpower, material resources and advanced machinery and equipment have been transported to the central area of ​​Syl City, and it has gradually changed from a mining site with only a few tents to a village with more than a dozen houses. Developing from the village to the town, there are now newly built brick houses here, as well as neat roads paved with slag and cement, and a wide main road connects the mining town and Cecil City, ensuring that The flow of people and goods between the two places.

Due to the convenient transportation, Gao Wen led his guests to the mining town in less than two hours by carriage.

Viscount Andrew maintained his calm and indifferent demeanor until the last stop of the journey—whether he saw the magic spar lamps everywhere in the territory, the straight and smooth road, or the leaders who were still busy working in winter He tried his best not to be overly surprised by the people and the "factories" with weird noises on the edge of the town, because although these things exceeded his expectations, they were not beyond his imagination-he was surprised that the old days had declined so much that they almost relied on selling titles The Cecil family who came to maintain it can build such a territory in a short period of time, but he can still add a reasonable explanation to everything he sees, as long as all this is understood as "Gauvin Cecil I dug out the coffin that I buried in the past, and then piled up such a place with money”, then everything is understandable.

Until he saw something that he couldn't understand, couldn't explain, and couldn't even imagine.

"This... what is this?!"

In front of Viscount Andrew, a huge machine is using amazing power to drive the winch, dragging several carts of heavy ore out of the deep mine, which may require dozens of slave labor to push. There was a deep sound like the roar of a giant, and the huge disc structure was constantly rotating on its side with an indomitable momentum. Every part of it seemed to be made of steel, but these inanimate things were running endlessly like living things— — Emotionless, endless, powerful, even with an inexplicable majesty derived from steel.

After being dazed for a few seconds, Viscount Andrew finally saw a little magical light shining at the core of the machine, and his speech ability finally recovered a bit: "This is... a magic device? Some kind of magic mechanism and A combination of mechanical mechanisms?"

"It can be understood in this way," Gao Wen smiled, "This is what I want to sell you, but this is only one of them. Going forward, you can see more machines—— , More than half of the heavy physical labor in the mine is done by these machines.”

The more Viscount Andrew looked, the more astonished he became. He knew about mines and the mining equipment, but no matter how he thought about it, he would never have imagined that the "mining equipment" mentioned by Gawain was actually a bunch of such...steel monsters.He looked at the huge machines, and quickly noticed the incredible precision of these seemingly crude iron bumps-the tight parts, the precisely fitted connecting rods, and the unmanned The magic circle that is manipulated but switched quickly...how on earth are these monsters made? !

"Is this... the magic technology of the ancient Gondor Empire?!" Finally, Viscount Andrew thought he had found the only possible reasonable explanation. He slowly turned his head and looked into Gawain's eyes and asked.

"This was jointly designed by me and the technical experts in my territory. Of course, if you think that because I am the first survivor of the ancient Gondor Empire, the technology I have mastered is considered ancient Gondor technology... then so understand It's okay," Gawain deliberately explained with a rather vague explanation, and then looked at Viscount Andrew's reaction, "How, are you interested in these 'magic devices'?"

"As long as you are willing to sell it!" Viscount Andrew said with widened eyes.

"Presumably you can also see that the details of these machines are frighteningly difficult to process, and the cost of manufacturing one is high, so the price is naturally high. According to the difference in its scale and manufacturing difficulty, the cost alone Between hundreds and thousands of Cecil gold coins, and the manufacture of these things obviously requires the participation of extraordinary beings, labor costs...you can imagine," Gawain said unhurriedly, but his smile gradually disappeared after Viscount Andrew Before, he changed the subject, "Of course, I only set this price when I sell it to others. If I sell it to my neighbors, I only charge the material cost price—and if you have difficulties, you can even use ore to pay for it." account."

Viscount Andrew felt a great heartbeat.

These machines are not cheap, of course he is very clear, but he is also very clear that these machines are equivalent to the strength of how many people are running!

A tractor can withstand the strength of dozens or hundreds of slave laborers, and the ore crushed by a crusher in half a day can make all the crushed stone slave laborers in the Tanzania mine have nothing to do!Of course, it will cost a lot of money to buy these machines, but he will recover the cost very quickly. After the cost is recovered, Tanzania Town, and even the entire Lesley Territory, will usher in unprecedented benefits!

Moreover, the magic part of these machines does not seem to be too complicated. After paying back the money, he may try to recruit a group of rune craftsmen and magic circle experts to study how this thing works...

At this time, Gao Wen's voice interrupted his thinking: "By the way, Viscount Andrew, I have to tell you something: these machines cannot work by themselves, you should have found out, there is no magician here to give the machines provide energy……"