Throne Steps

end of March.On the outskirts of the capital of the temple, Saenz's private residence.

"Hard?" Saenz put his pen down, but his eyes did not move away from the document, "His hand is getting longer and longer..."

The butler stood aside and bowed his head in silence.He understood that Saenz's "he" was not referring to the beast Hader, but Li Chen who had clearly offered an olive branch to Hader.Although Li Chen did not mention the communication with Harder in detail, the intelligence team following him could not stand by and watch. Currently, most of the information about Li Chen's movements is conveyed by the intelligence team.From the side, Li Chen did not shy away from the intelligence team, so naturally he was willing to confess to Sann what he was doing now.

However, since Saenz received the information in mid-March, he has asked Li Chen to maintain direct communication. Li Chen did not write his own information, so what is he talking about?

It's simple - bullshit all over the place.

Li Chen also understands that the intelligence team has basically finished what can be said, and there is really no point in repeating labor.But Saenz told him to communicate and told him to go back quickly. After thinking about it, he still couldn't go back anyway, so he just wrote a letter honestly.I have seen and heard a lot along the way, and I don’t worry about writing.Li Chen simply wrote a few sentences every day like a diary, and in three or four days almost got enough space to read once and sent it to Saenz.Sometimes I also write some anagrams, passwords and Chinese, just for fun.

Fortunately, these letters were all directly presented to Saenz, otherwise, if the housekeeper saw it, he would have to think, "The last time the intelligence team harassed His Highness with a long story, he must have learned from Li Chen", and he would have to rack his brains. Summarize the central idea from these unfocused essays.

Saenz himself is not entangled.When he was traveling before graduating from Pesa, he wrote this kind of essay-like stuff to Li Chen for a while-of course, he hadn't come to Li Chen's rambling brushstrokes casually.Li Chen was still a cautious child at the time, and he dared not not reply when he received the letter, so he insisted on picking out the key points to reply.Even Saenz at the time could see a sense of helplessness in the rigorous tone between the lines.This sentiment is very similar to the idea reflected in this essay.

In a word, it is "don't bother me please".

But Li Chen has no choice but to bear Saenz's "annoyance", and has to treat it as "sweet annoyance".As for how to embody "sweetness", it really takes some effort to write.Although the content of Li Chen's letter is scattered, it is quite interesting to read it in combination with the intelligence team's route and action report.For example, the intelligence team wrote, "I arrived in a certain city on a certain day, and visited the commercial street for half a day. I stopped at some places and suspected to draw some kind of pattern", and Li Chen wrote, "Why do all the carriages I see have date-colored horses? What's new this year?" For example, the intelligence team wrote, "The southwestern garrison camp is in good order, and it doesn't seem that there is a tendency to mobilize troops in the near future." Li Chen wrote, "The soldiers who came out on vacation are simply boosting the local economy. Is it so rich to be a soldier? It seems that I missed it back then." Great opportunity."

On the issue of money, Saenz also responded with a message, which basically said, "No money? Then don't be ashamed outside, and get back quickly."

After this oral letter was brought to Li Chen, Li Chen's letter arrived along with this information.

After listening to the butler's briefing, Saenz just commented vaguely, "Hands stretched out", without any further words.Seeing Saenz stop writing, the housekeeper knowingly handed over Li Chen's private letter.

This time, the content of Li Chen's private message is very clear, earnestly crying for poverty.

He submitted a project plan, which listed the man-hours and costs required for the entire project, and listed them in sub-items under the general item.It cannot be said that the above is comprehensive, but it can be seen that Li Chen has made considerable preparations for this.Attached to the plan is a simple design drawing, which is not precise or beautiful but concise and clear. The handwriting in it also belongs to Li Chen.Although Li Chen didn't directly ask for Saenz's funding, the words "need a lot of money" are full of meaning, how could Saenz turn a blind eye?His Highness Sarnlich read through the three pages sent by Li Chen, curled the corners of his lips calmly, and then raised his eyes to the butler standing beside him with his head bowed.

"You said yesterday that you received an application for engineering support from the Ainuma Temple?"

"Yes, the seal of the black swan is used." The housekeeper replied respectfully, "but the proposal for the relevant project has not been received yet, so it has not been forwarded to the engineering department."

There is an engineering department in the royal court's jurisdiction, but Saenz has been in the "Northern War" for several years and has a lot of properties under his name, so it is reasonable to have his own engineering department.However, Saenz's engineering department is not like the Engineering Department, which can cover everything from materials to construction. Instead, it assigns management after receiving tasks.Although it is easy to cause omissions, the engineering department is very knowledgeable in supervision matters, and Saenz has a prominent reputation in recent years, so there are very few people who make trouble under the nose of His Highness.Most of the construction of the Ainuma Temple was completed under the operation of Saenz's engineering department. The temple project supervisor Kandulla, who had been with Li Chen for several months, was transferred from Saenz's personal guards. Enter the engineering department who is responsible for the temple engineering.

"People can give it to him." Saenz unfolded Li Chen's private letter and handed it to the housekeeper, "However, don't give him a penny."

The butler nodded yes, and was not in a hurry to read the letter.Now that Saenz has made a decision, it means that he has already given his nod to this project. Who cares about the plan or not?As for the words "don't give money", it's the same as "let him freeze to death outside" and "don't give him treatment" in the past, and the housekeeper has long been used to it.Anyway, even if His Majesty wanted to beat Li Chen with this trivial matter, Li Chen would use his strength to solve it in the end.

Of course, Li Chen received a reply from Saenz very quickly, along with Black Swan, Sean, and Saenz's private engineering department.Li Chen is well aware of the reply pattern of not mentioning money, and even has the ability to plan how to make Saenz take back the fate of not giving money. However, in view of the tight schedule and heavy tasks of this project, he chose to accept his fate immediately this time. .

But accepting fate is not the same as taking responsibility for yourself.The most important research and development stage of this project has already been handed over to others, and Lichen plans to pass on part of the cost to the past.

The object of passing on is the eldest son of the Chamber of Commerce who is "poor with only money left" - Amoya.

Amoya means "love" in the ancient Chinese language, and Li Chen really couldn't figure out what kind of hallucinations the president of the chamber of commerce was having when he named his eldest son.Anyway, since the beginning of Pesa, Amoya has been thoughtful and good at guessing people's hearts. He seems to like to make friends and be good at making friends. In fact, when you think about it, it means that interests come first.Although the merchants have such personalities to some extent, their ability to rise up in Pesa, which is full of talents and powerful people, and win the throne of the president of the melting pot in one fell swoop, cannot be underestimated.

Back then when Aideren was the big boss of the melting pot, even if he followed the path of being close to the people, he did not rely on the presence of Fujalal and Lailier.Even though Amoya has the support of the entire chamber of commerce, the strength of the rich and powerful is obviously weak. It can be seen from his strength that he can make up for his shortcomings with his personal charm.

However, he was able to become the president without clinging to the nobles, but it doesn't mean that he would turn a blind eye when an olive branch hangs down.What's more, he hesitated about this opportunity for many years, and now it's just a matter of nodding and paying, so what's the point?

Amoya's private letter came across thousands of miles, and Li Chen seemed to be able to see his promise - rest assured, there will be a floor, and there will be money to install the floor.

Yes, the floor.Li Chen thought about what Fuzhao Enyan lacked, and suddenly came up with an unconventional idea.

Using the increasingly mature square crystal technology to expand the load-bearing translucent floor material, using induction technology, as soon as you step on it, there will be an image of light ripples from under your feet.It doesn't need much, it is installed at the end of the corridor leading to the inner hall and in the inner hall, the closer it is to the place of prayer, the more obvious it is, and it strives to create a wonderful scene of "going to the light".

It seems simple to express it, but this induction is not the output of magic power, it can be said that it is different from the square crystal technology fundamentally.It is really difficult for Li Chen to complete the exploration by himself, so he simply throws it to Amoya for a quick solution through commercial operation.At the beginning, Amoya would write letters asking "Sense of pressure or light" and "Should the image be faster or slower", but was replied several times by Li Chen, "Send someone to the Ainuma Temple to see for yourself", and finally no longer hesitated, Take out the energy of "maximizing benefits" to personally supervise the research and development.

As for the money, Lichen paid two-thirds from his private property and Black Swan's property, and Amoya paid one-third personally.In addition, Amoya originally regarded it as a friendship project and gave the friendship a cost price. The two parties had a happy cooperation without bleeding, which was more worry-free than falling in love.

Of course, Li Chen would not directly reveal the payer.The project funds have been circulated several times in the industries of both parties, and at least five or six rounds have been laundered when they come out, and then they are used in the name of a donation from an unknown wealthy businessman, even if the official accounts are filled.

In April, Lichen set off from the southwestern garrison and headed northward at full speed.Since there was no rest in the middle, Li Chen greeted Saenz in advance and said that he had lost contact for a while, and then waited for his next letter to reach Saenz, which was already in late April.

When Li Chen arrived at the Ainuma Temple, Wiggins was losing his temper.There was no other reason, but the engineering team arrived as scheduled two days ago, and began to lift the floor of the inner hall according to the requirements of the construction schedule.Wiggins was the only person in the temple who didn't know the project. He was startled by the sudden start of the project, and then he was very annoyed when he knew the reason.Because the official statement of this project is that the wealthy businessman donated and the temple accepted, Wiggins, as the person in charge of the temple on the surface, was completely skipped. God knows who accepted it on behalf of the temple!

Although the person in charge of the project sent by Saenz—it was still Candura, who was once acquainted with each other—did not mention the specific names of the so-called "donation and acceptance", but when Li Chen was busy with the black swan When he returned to the temple, no matter how dull Wiggins was, he had come to his senses.Who else but Black Swan can skip deciding the matters of the temple by himself?

Wiggins was angry because he didn't know before, but now that he guessed the instigator, he became even more angry.He also didn't go to Li Chen's theory in person, but when the black swan didn't exist, he turned a blind eye when passing by.Li Chen felt a sense of relief when he heard that the waiters were saying that Wiggins was "furious at the arbitrariness of the black swan".After all, Wiggins can actually use "public opinion offensive", which is really a big improvement.

But Li Chen didn't have time to deal with Wiggins' methods.The grace of sunshine is imminent, the floor is still lifted, who cares if the children lose their temper?Li Chen secretly told Noah to be optimistic about Wiggins, and if he couldn't do it, he "detained" him in his room and prayer room to review the etiquette of Fuzhao Grace, while he himself was counting the days and arranging projects, and at the same time, he and Ye Lian, Holkin Na several female officials produced by Saenz's mansion double-checked the supplies for Fu Zhao's grace.

There are still three days before May, and the mountain pickers hired in advance will pick up the "freshly baked" floor to the Ainuma Temple. In the spirit of "perfect after-sales service", escorted back and forth followed up the mountain, and temporarily entered the Ainuma Temple in the name of "guiding installation".

Just as Lichen and Candulla welcomed Ye Lian up the mountain, the two greeted the floor team in person this time.

Spring is just around the corner, and the mountains where the Ainuma Temple is located are full of greenery. The steps leading up the mountain to the wide stone road at the main entrance of the temple—the "way of piety"—green shadows are swaying on both sides, and the small white buds of the flower of peace blow in the wind. Hide and show.When the grace shines and the flowers bloom, this place will become a bright path surrounded by flowers of peace.

Li Chen stood on the right side of the passage, and the team was coming towards him. He squinted at the young man who was walking in front of the team.

—Amoya?