Continental Warriors Yoo Ma

"Now, I appoint you as the art judge of the Kunlun Cultural Exhibition. The official letter of appointment will be sent to you later." Ma Youfu said with a smile, "With this title, you will be warmly welcomed by the nobles and become the seat of various banquets." Guests of honor. Ladies and ladies who love art will definitely be interested in you."

Baron Harperdinner received the silver nameplate, and his excitement was beyond words.

Only after he had in-depth contact with such big figures as Prime Minister Georges and the Marquis of La Manche did he realize that a person like himself who could be fooled around by a mere liar could not do great things at all.In the future, I should simply lie flat and live a degenerate life of eating, drinking and playing for the rest of my life.

Although his wife was slept by others, but relying on the status of "art judge" given to him by Ma Youfu, he can sleep with other people's wives and make up for it, wouldn't it be enough?

"I hope you will have a happy life in the future, Mr. Baron. But please listen carefully to what I say next." Ma Youfu's face changed, and he said seriously, "First of all, the business of sucrose is all run by Margaret, and you have no right Don't ask questions, and you can't dispose of the family property privately. Of course, if you have descendants, you can also designate a child to obtain the inheritance right of your own income."

Although the Harperdiner family's property is considered rich by the standards of the country's rich men, Ma Youfu, who is in the high position of marquis, is not greedy for this land.This is just to prevent Baron Harperdinner from becoming old-fashioned, and mortgage his family property to do something that he has, and then lose everything.

Knowing that with a mistress and bastard children he could live the life of a pension moth like his father, Lord Harperdiner wanted nothing more.

"But please remember that the help I can provide you is limited to the above. Don't think that I will unconditionally help you deal with the aftermath after causing all kinds of troubles based on Margaret's relationship. Please take care of yourself in the future, Baron gentlemen."

Baron Harperdinner was stared at by Ma Youfu, and he felt a chill down his back. He nodded quickly and promised to live an honest life in the future.

Ma Youfu changed his tone, and asked again: "By the way, Mr. Baron, what made you make the decision last night? I'm curious."

Baron Harperdiner had no choice but to tell the whole story about being deceived by the Portuguese.

"Well, I'll help you pay off the Bank of Genoa. I'll also tell the magistrates to keep an eye out for that Portuguese crook."

After getting a satisfactory result, Baron Harperdiner left the manor alone in the afternoon.

If I still live here, I'm afraid I can't help but eavesdrop again at night, and then my body will become thinner and thinner, and I'm afraid I will lose my life in the end!

Margaret officially lived in the manor as a lover. In addition to making Ma Youfu happy every day, she also shared some financial work, which made the increasingly busy Marquis a lot easier.

However, the side effect that followed was that after the news gradually spread, many men wanted to follow the example of Baron Harperdiner and dedicate their wives to Lord Marquis, who was said to have special hobbies.

This left Ma Youfu speechless.

Even if he is Ma Mengde, he still likes beauties like Mrs. Zou, Mrs. Du, and Xiao Qiao, and he is not interested in all crooked melons and dates.

It wasn't until the fierce-looking orcs were ordered to stand guard, scaring away many potential green slave husbands, that this situation was much less.

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"This scoundrel, no wonder he was so bold when he was in Sharon, and dared to seduce me, the queen. It turns out that he has a preference for other people's wives..."

Queen Anjou and Marguerite arrived in Reims together, but when her best friend could stay at her lover's house every day, she could only live in Reims Cathedral alone.

Because in addition to shouldering the goodwill mission of the Valois-Anjou family during this trip, she was accompanied by a son.

After the First Battle of Chalon, Crown Prince Louis fell into a strange coma, and did not wake up until this winter passed.

No one has been able to find out what caused the crown prince to fall into a coma.It's just that based on past experience, the well-trained court doctor suggested that Louis go to the famous church to bathe in the holy light and heal his body and mind with the compassion of the seven saints.

Louis was not interested in this suggestion at first, but when he heard that his mother was going to Reims, he immediately became energetic and asked to go with him to the famous Reims Cathedral to feel the grace of God.

However, after arriving in Reims, Louis suddenly showed great disappointment. Although he went to Reims Cathedral every day and prayed with the archbishop, but at other times, he was locked in the room alone, not knowing what to do.

Hey, the big sister Saintess who has been thinking about her is far away in Cologne, little Louis is suffering!

Fortunately, although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a bit autistic, he eats, speaks and behaves normally every day, so the queen is relieved and starts busying with her own affairs.

Thinking of the good friend Margaret whom I introduced to Ma Youfu at the beginning, now she can live in the manor in a fair manner, and is like a bond with Ma Youfu, but I have to attend various banquets every day, socialize with many nobles and businessmen, and prepare for a while. As soon as the committee was presented, the queen felt wronged.

This morning, while eating breakfast, the queen listened to the servant's report on the new things that had happened recently.When she heard the rumor that "Ma Youfu is a good wife", she couldn't help but feel sour.

At this moment, Crown Prince Louis suddenly passed by the restaurant, walking in a hurry, as if he was in a hurry.

"Louis, have you had breakfast? What are you doing in such a panic?"

"Mother, I have already eaten in the bedroom." The crown prince had to stop and answer his mother's question, "I heard Gioni Pallas say that there will be an interesting magic tool outside the city later. Experiment, I want to see it!"

The Greek thought he was knowledgeable enough to teach Louis how to be a king, but who knew that he led Louis to do various magic research all day long...

The queen thought it was the prince's teacher who was pushing him, and she was a little dissatisfied.

Chapter 180 The Debate in the Hotel

At this time, a sea of ​​people gathered in the square in front of Reims Cathedral.

The crowd surrounded a huge spherical object with three floors inside and three floors outside, pointing curiously.If the guards hadn't formed an impenetrable cordon, I'm afraid that the huge spherical object—that is, the magic hot air balloon that Ma Youfu spent a lot of money to make—would have been completely ruined by everyone's hands.

Through multiple channels and spending a lot of gold coins, Ma Youfu finally bought all the rare magic materials listed on the blueprint.Then he recruited many skilled craftsmen—including blacksmiths, carpenters, canvas workers, and even several apprentice mages—to start making.

To create a hot air balloon, other traversers have to start from scratch to improve technology, improve the level of materials and craftsmanship, expend countless resources and effort, and let time fast forward several years before they can succeed.

It is much easier for Ma Youfu to make a magic hot air balloon.

The wing membrane of a certain dragon-like creature is light, thin, tough and heat-resistant, which is just the ideal material for making balloons.And some kind of alien fish caught in the North Sea, the scales can secrete a kind of mucus called "hands-free" by fishermen, which happens to be a kind of super glue, which can be used to bond the wing membrane.

And the heat source is even simpler.

One fire elemental essence is enough.

As long as the fire elemental essence is placed properly with a silver stand, and then a mixture of ruby ​​powder and sulfur—which can also be regarded as food for the fire elemental essence—is thrown in, it can be ignited.

And this heat source doesn't even need a regulator.Spiritual fire elemental essences can understand simple human language.Whoever "feeds" the fire elemental essence can direct it.

Such a vehicle made of various expensive materials is naturally expensive.The first magical hot air balloon cost Ma Youfu [-] livres.

If the high cost due to the lack of experience in the initial production is eliminated, and if mass production can be carried out later, the price of a magic hot air balloon can be reduced to a thousand livres at most.

This is about the equivalent of three six-pounders with horses.Or a hundred gleaming Milanese full plate armor.

Expensive!

However, if such a hot air balloon can increase the combat effectiveness of Ma Youfu's artillery unit by 10%, it will be a good deal.

Whether this magical hot air balloon has practical value depends on the feedback from subsequent use.

Of course, the premise of everything is that the test flight of the hot air balloon can be successful today.

The civilians could only stand on the square and stretch their necks, trying to get a glimpse of what was going on.And those with status can naturally observe this test flight from the best angle on the second floor of the high-end hotels around the square.

For example, the royal teacher of Prince Louis, the Greek Gioni Pallas who can earn five hot air balloons a year.For example, the Earl of Armagnac, who can earn the equivalent of 120 hot air balloons a year from the family business.

At this time, both of them were sitting in the main hall on the second floor of the hotel, chatting while watching the situation in the square.

"Hey, people nowadays are becoming more and more ignorant. The Marquis of La Manche just made a flying manned sphere, and there are so many people watching." Gioni Pallas shook his head and sighed. "I have a good command of flying skills. I can fly an adult in my arms. If there are so many people watching me fly, I will earn a lot of money. In my opinion, why should the Marquis of La Manche be so troublesome and cost so much?" How much time and money do you need to make this kind of sphere? Hire a few magicians who have mastered the flying technique, isn’t it all right?”

"The difference between the two is huge." Count Armagnac took a sip of the mead and disagreed with Gioni Pallas' words.

He supplied the fire elemental essence that drives the hot air balloon.If Mayouf proves the use value of this hot air balloon and starts the follow-up production plan, then the Earl of Armagnac himself, as well as the Lectour Arcane School with which he is closely related, will also have a stable income.

Therefore, he naturally could not see the Greeks belittle Ma Youfu's invention.

"For spellcasters, flying is not difficult. Even some high-ranking knights have mounts that can fly. But you have to know that whether it is magic or monsters, they all belong to the category of extraordinary power, which can be encountered but not sought. It costs about five hundred livres a year to hire a magician who can perform flying, which is not more expensive than the hot air balloons that Ma Youfu fiddled with. However, a great nobleman with a good income—such as our Highness. His The theoretical annual income can reach 100 million livres, and it is not a problem to build a hundred hot air balloons. But what about mages? Can you find a hundred mages from all over France who are willing to obey the nobles and know how to fly?"

In terms of the study of mysterious knowledge, Gioni Pallas is obviously not as good as Count Armagnac, the old mage.

The latter gave another example: "The Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I once formed a flying snake guard. This army was invincible on the battlefield, fierce and fast, and won the title of 'Lightning' for the Sultan himself. But when Bayezid I defeated Ankara and was captured by the lame Timur, the Guards disappeared. Later Ottoman Sultans also wanted to rebuild the Flying Snake Guards, but they could no longer find this kind A powerful flying monster. This is the rarity and irreproducibility of extraordinary power."

Perhaps when he was in Sharon, he miscalculated because of Ma Youfu. Gioni Pallas just wanted to belittle the things the other party had created to find psychological balance.

He retorted: "My lord, could it be that Ma Youfu's hot air balloon was produced with energy? As far as I know, that hot air balloon used a lot of rare magic materials."

"Ma Youfu's hot air balloon is difficult to replicate, but its principle can be replicated. Maybe in the future, we can use the cloth woven by the machine to replace the wings of flying animals. The stove we made can also It can play a better role than the essence of the fire element. Let mortals use knowledge to control the power of the material world to fly into the sky—this is the meaning of the hot air balloon, and it is also the reason why the public pays attention to this test flight."

Gioni Pallas had to admit that Count Armagnac's words were very reasonable.But he still refused to admit defeat, and activated the basic skill of Gang Jing-rescue soldiers.

"Even so, Mayouf's hot air balloon is nothing groundbreaking. At that time, the Roman Empire had produced a flying device called 'Daedalus', which could allow mortals to fly like birds..."

"Doesn't this prove that Ma Youfu is on the right track? Although it is a bit strange for me, a mage who relies on extraordinary power to stand in the world, one criterion for evaluating the progress of human civilization is whether the power of the material world can be used to replace Mysterious and extraordinary. The great Rome you say can do this, but the process has been interrupted by the dark ages. Today, this thousand-year-old empire can only survive under the protection of pagans. And the fire of the new era will be ushered in burn!"

Chapter 180 IX Your Mom Is About to Fly

Gioni Pallas stood up, bowed to the Count of Armagnac, and said, "I admit that what you said is very reasonable. I hope that the Marquis of La Manche can succeed and reproduce the glory of Rome."

He originally wanted to bring out the great Roman Empire to disparage Ma Youfu.Who knows, but it became the other party's argument to refute himself.

Speaking of this, in order to maintain his "erudite but humble" personality, Gioni Pallas took the initiative to admit defeat in this debate.

The frankness he showed made the surrounding nobles who had been listening to the debate between the two applaud and express their appreciation.

But then, the Greek changed the subject and said: "However, I don't agree with your evaluation of my great motherland. Rome is still a stronghold against the Mulhollans, and we still have tenacious vitality. I originally wanted to You proposed a duel to express the anger in your heart. However, it would be unwise for the two mages to waste their precious lives on such a stupid thing. How about we use another method to end this dispute?"

He is obviously a Greek, but he talks about Rome all day long... Troublesome guy...

The Earl of Armagnac felt a little helpless, but the honor of the nobility made him unable to escape: "Tell me, what can I do?"

"How about a bet, a hundred livres." Gioni Pallas said with a smile.

"What bet?"

"You said that the Marquis of La Manche's flying ball can replace magic. The biggest advantage is that it can be mass-produced and continuously optimized and improved. But I still have a question-is it really necessary to mass-produce? Even His Royal Highness, Is it necessary to maintain a hundred flying spheres? A large battle with more than 5 people only needs three or five flying mages to control the overall situation. From the perspective of a scholar and spellcaster, what do you think? The invention of the Marquis of Manche is very useful. But from the ruler's point of view, it may not be."

This capricious Greek is still talking hard!

The Earl of Armagnac sneered, and said, "Then what do you mean, let a real ruler judge the views of both of us, which one is more reasonable?"

"Exactly. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be here soon. How about letting the future French monarch decide who should earn a hundred gold coins?"

The Earl of Armagnac knew that the other party was the teacher of the crown prince, and the two parties had a deep relationship, but he still agreed to the bet.

"Don't worry, Your Excellency Earl, although the crown prince is young, he already has the potential to be a wise king. It is impossible for him to favor me as a teacher out of selfishness, thereby offending you, an influential nobleman. Let the truth decide the outcome of the game." .”

As soon as he finished speaking, Prince Louis came to the hotel with a few guards.

After hearing about the bet, Little Louis had already made up his mind to let his teacher win.The reason is simple, because of Joan, he hates that Sirisian.

This is where Gioni Pallas' confidence lies.

But just when Louis was about to speak, a deep voice sounded in his mind: "My servant, consider your answer carefully. The flying machine made by the Siris is very in line with the aesthetics of our undead. Life is chaotic and undead. Unpredictable. A lifeless machine is reliable enough..."

Queen Anjou worried that her son would stay in the room every day and get autism.actually not.People carry a grandfather with them, and they can chat anytime, anywhere.

Moreover, this mysterious existence who claimed to be the "Lord of Silence" did teach Louis a lot of useful knowledge.

So, Louis said the reason why the Greeks lost a hundred livres: "From the perspective of the monarch, I definitely agree with the Earl of Armagnac. Because the machine is easier to control, and the noble casting of spells is born." The other is not."

"Haha!" Earl Armagnac was so happy that he set off a firework trick, causing everyone to exclaim.

Gioni Pallas felt as disgusted as if he had eaten aloe vera juice on the street in India, but he still forced a smile, expressed his appreciation to the student who backstabbed himself, and then paid Count Armagnac a hundred gold coins.

After the war of words in the hotel was over, the preparations for the test flight in the square were finally completed.

In the eyes of everyone, the hot air balloon successfully ascended to the sky.

When the height exceeded the spire of Reims Cathedral, several banners were lowered from the balloon.

The above text reads "Warmly celebrate the official establishment of the One Meeting One Exhibition Committee", "The pious and generous His Royal Highness Charles VII will serve as the chairman", "The One Meeting One Exhibition will be held in the great city of Paris"...

"Held in Paris? Are the British invited?"