The Lord is Addicted in Infrastructure

Today's weather is particularly bad, rainy and cloudy.

Especially looking along the direction of the Kogit coast, the sky is full of dark clouds, and it is getting darker and darker.

The strong wind rolled up the turbulent waves and slammed it to the bottom of the cliff, instantly shooting out layers of water mist and foam, and the sound was deafening.

Grove Joe and other priests were sent to Lord Designia's castle under such extreme weather.

Banner glanced at the priests who were drenched in the rain like drowned chickens, and said, "Go in quickly, the lord is waiting for you inside."

He wants to go back quickly and report back to Mr. Walker.

"Bang" sound.

From nowhere, the iron tool that was blown away by the wind suddenly hit the corner of the wall, making a frightening sound.

The banner of the rose of thorns rustled at the top of the castle and fluttered in the wind.

In the background is a darkening sky.

The entire castle seemed to be shrouded in a thick shadow, which made the priests who were already frightened feel that this place was even more terrifying.

Another loud bang came.

Grove Joe and the priests shuddered.

at this time.

The gate of the castle opened slowly with a creak.

A maid appeared at the door holding a three-pronged candlestick in her hand, and said sideways: "Mister pastors, please come in with me."

Grove Joe couldn't help swallowing.

After seeing the priests walking tremblingly into the castle, Banna turned and left.

There are soldiers on duty in the castle.

They were standing on both sides of the corridor holding long spears. The black armor reflected the cold light, and the sharpness of the spears made people even more horrified.

The soldiers were expressionless, and they did not take their eyes off the pastor's arrival.

Grove Joe listened to the whining wind that kept coming from his ears, and barely suppressed his beating heart in his chest.

He and the rest of the priests were finally led by a maid to a room.

After a knock, the door opened.

Maid: "Housekeeper Judit, pastors and gentlemen are here."

Udit nodded and looked at the priest standing behind the maid: "Everyone, please come in."

Grove Joe led the way in.

Because of the bad and gloomy weather outside.

The light in this room seemed a little dim, soft and fluffy blankets were laid on the ground, candles were burning on the walls, and the flames flickered.

Judit led them past the outer room of the house and went inside.

Silent lightning flashed outside the window at this time, and there was a moment of light and darkness in the room.

Grove Joe just closed his eyes for a moment.

When he regained his sight again, he saw a figure sitting behind the long table in the inner room.

However, what frightened them, the priests, was that there were two other huge bodies slowly standing up behind the figure.

Even in dim light.

Grove Joe was also very sure - these are obviously two fierce and majestic tigers!

They have rare fur colors, one is black and the other is white, their bodies are smooth and strong, and their markings are beautiful... They also have thick limbs and sharp teeth. Two pairs of piercing tiger eyes are staring at them without blinking.

Grove Joe had no doubts that if he got a claw, half his life could be taken away...

He was also terribly scared now, his face was pale, his legs were limp and trembling, and he was probably only one step away from going directly to the embrace of the Creator God.

"Leader, lord, please forgive me, forgive me!"

A pastor finally knelt on the carpet with a face full of fear and unable to support himself.

Immediately afterwards, the other priests couldn't help but do the same thing, begging for mercy.

Xia Zuoyi, who hadn't said a word yet: "???"

what's the situation? !

"Ow?"

The coal ball then tilted its head, its thick long tail like a steel whip swayed leisurely behind it, and placed the tiger's head on top of the long table.

Xue Tuan licked his paws slowly, then sat down gracefully.

After the priests heard the tiger's cry, their bodies shook more obviously, and their heads were almost buried in the carpet.

Xia Zuoyi suddenly understood, and rubbed the heads of the coal ball and snow ball.

The two of them have grown rapidly in the recent period, and their current size is completely in the state of an adult tiger.

Even if Xia Zuoyi wanted to ride on the backs of the briquettes and snowballs, there would be absolutely no problem.

He pulled the big head of the coal ball off the table and patted it to be honest and not mischievous.

"Ow."

The briquettes rubbed against Xia Zuoyi's arm acting like a baby.

Grove Joe's face was covered with cold sweat, and he tremblingly said: "No, I don't know if the lord ordered someone to bring us here, what orders do you have..."

Xia Zuoyi: "..."

There is no need to be so afraid.

He said, "Stand up first."

The priests were trembling, and after Xia Zuoyi said it again, they supported each other and stood up.

No way, my legs are still weak.

Xia Zuoyi: "I asked someone to bring you here, because there are some things that you need to complete."

Grove Joe: "You, please tell me."

"Judit, give them something."

"Yes, my lord."

Judit picked up a stack of paper and a sufficient number of pens from the table and walked over, distributed them to the priests respectively, and said: "You need to fill in the information according to the facts, and give it to me after you fill it out."

"There's a table over there, go over there and write."

"........."

The priests looked at each other, not quite understanding the operation and direction.

But they didn't dare to ask anything. After receiving the paper and pen, they immediately went to the side to fill in honestly.

The content on the paper includes—name, age, etc., positions held in the church, abilities you are good at (multiple choices)...

There are also several classification items listed under the abilities they are good at, mathematics, music, astronomy, medicine...

But why is there manual work in it, but no theology option? !

The pastors bit the bullet and checked a few more familiar or slightly understood options, and filled in all the contents on the paper with entanglement.

Then give it to Judit.

Judith showed it to Xia Zuoyi again.

"Ow."

Unwilling to be lonely, the coal ball leaned over again, and rubbed its big head to the top of Xia Zuoyi's head, and a thick big tiger claw also rested on the chair by the way.

There is a clear contrast in the size of a man and a tiger.

Grove Joe couldn't help taking a deep breath when the tiger got so close, his heart beating wildly.

However, after staying in the house for such a long time, he also found that although these two big tigers looked fierce and majestic, they made people feel intimidated.

In fact, he listened to the words of the lord who was sitting in the chair.

Grove Joe carefully peeked at Xia Zuoyi, and then he couldn't help feeling a familiar feeling in his heart.

He seems to have seen this little lord somewhere before.

Where is it?

Grove Joe suddenly remembered that in the royal city of Kaes, the church was still intact at the time... the child who told him at that time that he wanted to ask the Creator God for a small amount of money!

That... no, isn't that the lord who is sitting in front of him now? !

Grove Joe opened his mouth in shock.

No wonder...even the butler next to him looked familiar.

Xia Zuoyi nodded in satisfaction after reading the information in her hand.

Yes, these pastors know more than he expected, and they can be trained and employed in advance.

He raised his head and said, "You will be temporarily arranged to live in the castle. I will explain the situation after what you need to do. During this period, don't leave or walk around at will, do you understand?"

Grove Joe and the priests said respectfully, "Yes, Lord Lord."

Whether it is to convey the news of the selection of the mayor, or to prepare the test papers, etc., it needs to be arranged and planned in advance.

What's more, there is no precedent for preparing for the exam in the Western Continent, and those who want to participate in the selection must be given some time to adapt and prepare.

After all, there must be a review period before the exam.

The written test is one aspect, and the interview is also one aspect.

During this period, papermaking and beet sugar production, which had been delayed for a long time because of the Duke's turmoil, needed to be rearranged.

He wants to put papermaking first.

After the paper is made, it happens that the opportunity of the mayoral selection examination can be used to spread the appearance and benefits of the new paper widely.

Immediately afterwards, it can be sold in the Thorn Chamber of Commerce.

Exam paper.

The paper that the mayor once answered the question, after using it, you will know how good it is!

What a great way to advertise.

Xia Zuoyi began to prepare for how to "research" papermaking.

He asked Yadai to find out which plants can be made into paper besides sedge plants that can be made into papyrus.

After the duke's turmoil happened, Yadai was not idle.

With Xia Zuoyi's clueless reminder, he has already found four or five kinds of raw materials that can be boiled into pulp.

At that time, Xia Zuoyi only revealed a little bit about the raw materials used in papermaking, but there were still many key steps missing in order to obtain the finished paper.

Now is the time to show the art of papermaking.

It is one thing to become familiar with the methods of papermaking, and quite another to begin to practice them.

Xia Zuoyi took Yadai to experiment a few times, smashing up the necessary raw materials such as bark, hemp heads, straw, and old fishing nets, and then put them in a pot to boil them completely and make them into pulp...

He asked Reynolds to make tools for scooping and covering paper, etc.

Use appropriate tools to fish out the pulp, filter out the water, and form a paper film, then continue to cover, compress, squeeze out the water completely... and finally dry it to dry.

During this period, the fire burning in the courtyard on one side of the castle never stopped, which made the priests living in the castle very curious.

However, they didn't dare to take a look, and they didn't dare to ask casually. They stayed peacefully every day, so they couldn't help but relax a little.

Even the big tiger that often wanders around the castle is still very scary.

A month later.

Grove Joe and other priests were brought into the previous room again.

Xia Zuoyi sat on the sofa and gently combed the hair of the snow ball, while the coal ball squeezed aside aggrieved, trying to push his brother away with his thick and big paws.

"Ow."

At this moment, Xuetuan turned his head and bit the briquette's paw, and bared his white and sharp teeth to scare it.

Xia Zuoyi calmly pushed the briquettes away, then stretched out his hand to touch Xuetuan's teeth, and closed his mouth: "Don't make trouble, don't fight, or there will be no meat for lunch."

He had already combed the briquettes first, and the big black lump next to him was all the hair shed by him. He was obviously an older brother, but he didn't have the stability of a younger brother at all.

Xia Zuoyi sighed, feeling tired.

He followed Xue Tuan's hair, raised his head and smiled at the pastors, "From today onwards, you will start receiving training."

After all, the teacher has to go to work first before he wants to write the test paper.