The Sun King's Evidence

Dinner will be held in the villa.

Orika looked at the Lake Fairy sitting next to Ryan and holding Ryan's arm with great hostility. The dark elf maid's face swelled greatly, and her amber eyes moved around, as if she was planning something.

The fairy in the lake didn't care at all. The goddess actually didn't need to eat much. She just picked a few fruits from Ryan's plate and ate them. Then she watched Ryan eat. Sulia sat opposite Ryan. The female knight used the silver knife and fork very elegantly. She seemed to be trying hard to maintain her dignity in front of Ryan and the goddess.

"Ryan, did you bring the dragon horn?" The Lake Fairy looked at Ryan eating and drinking with great interest, and the goddess asked casually.

"I brought it, but I haven't found the right time yet." Ryan nodded. Of course he brought the Ysrama Silver Dragon Horn, but he just didn't find the right time. As for giving it directly? Isn't Gao Jing's attitude obvious enough?

Maybe there wouldn't even be a word "thank you" by then. Gao Jing didn't use a threatening tone to ask where Ryan got it and why he didn't send it right away.

"How about you give me the dragon horn and I can find a chance?" the fairy in the lake said seemingly casually.

Ryan snickered in his heart, and he deliberately asked Lidya Su: "Madam, what do you think?"

"Well..." Lidya Su felt a little embarrassed when she heard this. Did Ryan do this on purpose? Want her to choose between a goddess and a husband?

"Yes, Lidya Su, what do you think?" the fairy in the lake asked.

"Let's see if Ryan has a better way." Thinking of what happened before, Sulia finally chose to stand with Ryan: "Since Ryan didn't directly take out the dragon horn, there must be something more. Good plan, right?"

The fairy in the lake raised her eyebrows, but then the goddess thought of what happened before, and could only sigh helplessly: "Okay, anyway, we are all Ryan's people now, just listen to him."

The Lake Fairy naturally knew about the conflict between Ryan and Sulia before, but the goddess rarely interfered this time, because even Lilith understood that this kind of thing could only be figured out by themselves, and it would be bad for her to get involved.

"Are you planning to go out for a walk tonight?" Ryan didn't say anything about his plan. The King of Knights brought up another topic: "Brother Fulgen and I made an appointment to go to the alien activity area. The first thing is to collect intelligence. , and the second one is also for casual strolling.”

"You and Sulia go ahead. Whether I am the Lake Fairy or the Moon Goddess, I am not suitable for public appearances." The Lake Fairy said generously: "As for Olika, I don't think she wants to go out either. You're causing trouble, aren't you? My divinely chosen champion's personal maid?"

"Hmph!" Olica said viciously: "Lilith, just wait for me."

Orica really didn't want to go out. She knew that her identity as a dark elf had aroused the vigilance and suspicion of the high elves, but she was really unhappy about being suppressed by Lilith.

As if confirming Ryan's arrangement, the sound of the door to the room rang. Orika went to open the door and found Fulgen standing at the door wearing a Sinian silk robe and aristocratic shirt and trousers, and his maid Ka. Lorna: "Ryan, are you ready?"

"Wait a moment." Before Ryan finished eating, he motioned for Fulgrim and Karona to sit down first. Karona followed Fulgan and sat down. The female wood elf's sharp eyes saw the fairy of the lake sitting next to Ryan. She He immediately realized something and whispered a few words to Fulgen.

"The villa is full, Lady of the Lake." After listening to Karona's words, Fulgen smiled slightly and said to the Lady of the Lake: "I wonder if you need to open a new room?"

"New room? No need, just squeeze in with Ryan and Lidya Su." The Lake Fairy gently opened her little fan, and she adjusted her sitting posture slightly so that Fulgen could not see. Looking at the infinite scenery under her high slit, the goddess said meaningfully: "This is a matter between us as an unmarried couple, so there is no need for brother's guidance."

"Unmarried couple?" Fulgen became interested, as if he had discovered a new world: "Really?"

"Of course! My dear, do you think we are an unmarried couple?" The Lake Fairy became excited. She held Ryan's arm while he was eating and emphasized.

"That's right." Ryan nodded reluctantly with something in his mouth.

"Did you hear that?! Brother Fulgen!" The Lake Fairy straightened her waist proudly and said towards Fulgen.

"Couple?" Fulgrim looked like you were teasing me, and the Primarch of the Emperor's Son mocked: "Father will not want an uneducated and impure daughter-in-law like you!!!"

"Well!" The fairy in the lake suddenly felt as if she had been struck by lightning. The goddess knelt on the ground with a frustrated expression on her face, just like a defeated dog: "Brother, you, how can you do this? explain……"

"I won't want an uneducated and impure brother-in-law like you!" Fulgan continued to attack: "Don't think that just by dressing up in Ryan's favorite clothes and sitting next to him for dinner, you can compare with Sulia. , she Sulia Kumani Antri Dewen Ford is my sister-in-law, the daughter-in-law recognized by my father personally! She is joking with me, no matter how big or small it is, just you? If you don’t even look in the mirror, are you qualified? Would you rather be qualified?"

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"Oh, you are not even qualified to be a maid. Ms. Olika is the personal maid that my father has determined to be Ryan's. Do you want to be with Ryan? I suggest you start with a good attitude. In the evening, Ryan and Su Li While I'm resting, you can just sleep on the cot and listen to the room." Fulgan continued to pursue, so Ryan quickly said: "Brother! Don't say that, we'll have to rely on Lilith's help for the rest of the matter!"

"If it weren't for this, I would have let her out long ago!" Fulgan smiled in a nonchalant manner: "Brother, eat slowly, Karona and I will go sit outside first."

Turning around, the wood elf princess was hit even harder than the fairy in the lake. Her face was ashen, full of gloom, and she looked helpless and unable to resist. Fulgan laughed when he saw this, and pulled Ka Lorna went out.

Olica narrowed her eyes happily, and she stretched out her hand to support the deeply-stricken Lake Fairy: "Master, madam, you go out, I will take care of things here."

Ryan wiped his mouth and couldn't help laughing. Fulgan really didn't show any respect to the Lake Fairy.

The Primarch of the Gray Knight walked up to the goddess, gently stretched out his hands to hold the extremely depressed face of the Lake Fairy, and kissed her gently: "Madam, don't worry, I promised you."

"Yes, you promised." The Lake Fairy was finally resurrected with full health after being given a passionate Breton kiss by Ryan. The goddess was still angry and punched Ryan with her small fist: "Take your Su Leah, get out! Really!"

"Hahaha!" Ryan walked up to Lidya Su: "Madam, let's go, let's go out for a walk."

"Okay." Sulia glanced at the Lake Fairy with some worry. Seeing that the goddess seemed fine, the female knight also knew that the Lake Fairy would not be defeated so easily, so she stood up.

The female knight and Ryan both changed into casual clothes that were convenient for traveling. Although it was already October, Lothern was like spring all year round. Sulia simply put on a pair of candy-style cheese bottoms with a red butterfly pattern. The little dress is different from the original elegance and elegance. It is more like a wife and a little woman going out on a date.

In addition, Sulia also put on a pair of flesh-colored ultra-thin silk pantyhose. These flesh-colored stockings are as thin as cicada wings, very soft and comfortable. If you don't look at the toes, you can't tell that Sulia is wearing them. , and there is a faint fluorescent effect on the surface of the stockings. Sulia would not dare to wear this kind of stockings in formal occasions anyway, that is, she dared to wear them out at this time.

Lidya Su's face was a little unnaturally flushed. After changing her clothes, the female knight took her husband's arm: "Ryan, I did as you said... I've changed, shall we go out now?"

"Well, let's go out now." Ryan smiled maliciously: "Don't worry, I will always be with you."

Coming out of the villa, Ryan found that in addition to Fulgen and Karona, the high-spirited nobleman Arsene Erudite was already there. He had a polite smile on his face: "Your Majesty Ryan, Queen Surya, you are going out. Do you need me to be your tour guide and explanation?"

"Can we go shopping by ourselves?" Ryan raised his eyebrows. The Gao Jing guys are really...

"Yes, yes, of course you can, but with me here, you can avoid a lot of trouble. Are you really sure you don't need my help?" Arsene bowed politely: "I can help you avoid all the guards. I’ll let you have a lot of fun with cross-examination and various inspections. If necessary, I know the current situation and various histories of all the forces in the world, and I can explain to you everything you want to know.”

"Wrap up Cathay, Ni Peng and Indy?" Ryan asked casually.

"Of course! I served as an ambassador in Nipeng for eighteen years, and even served as a military advisor and legion coach there." Arsène said elegantly: "What's your opinion?"

"Lead the way!" Ryan and Fulgen looked at each other and both answered in the affirmative.

Different from the extremely quiet nights in Lothern, the alien activity area is really lively. More than 100,000 people gathered on an island group, which was crowded with people, and trade activities were constantly going on. Oliver, Hadrian and other great leaders under Ryan The merchants are taking the opportunity to sell their goods. The Old Guards and Fulgrim's First Army of the Ash Legion have settled in the alien activity area, and everything is going smoothly.

Ryan and others crossed the ocean in the outer city and looked at the fiery environment of the alien residential area from a distance. Ryan not only sighed, but underneath the glitz and glamor of the high-end world was the lack of social vitality and the slow pace of leisurely life, while human beings are always so rich. Energy and passion.

"The Assurs have given you the highest level of preferential treatment. Your Majesty Ryan, this is your permanent visa." Arsène, the polymath, wore a pair of round-framed glasses. He took out three visa books from his arms: "Please accept it. Well, with them, you can enjoy permanent residence in Ulthuan. Although you may not necessarily use it, Assur always considers you to be Assur's friends."

"Permanent visa?" Ryan reached out and took the gilded parchment and smiled: "Anyway, thank you to the high elf for your kindness. I heard that this kind of visa is very difficult to get?"

"Since Ulthuan decided to open up again, we have only issued more than 300 permanent visas." Arsena nodded arrogantly: "Strong people in the Sanctuary, top highly educated and high-tech talents, and people with a net worth of more than 20,000 There are big businessmen with 150,000 gold coins, and investors who are willing to make huge investments in Lothern."

"The standards are really high." Ryan glanced at the dark night sky and the large swirling whirlpool in the distance.

"Not everyone can obtain permanent residence status in Ulthuan." Arsena nodded: "Here, everyone, I'll go talk to the guards."

Fifteen minutes later, on the extremely lively street, all the shops were open, and fierce trade was going on. Businessmen from all over the world gathered here, and there were even large groups of mercenaries and many prostitutes, who finally completed the ocean voyage. The sailors and mercenaries spent a lot of money here, and even found a street corner or alley to get drunk. Ryan even saw many women in scantily clad clothes standing at the entrance of the alley, curling their fingers at Ryan and Fulgan.

Both Sulia and Karona looked at this with contempt and disdain.

There were shops and shops on both sides of the road, and countless voices came one after another, hawking goods along the street. Among them, Ryan was already used to the goods from the Empire, Britannia, Southern Kingdom or Arabian people. He was interested in Cathay, Nipeng and India. Local businessman: "I want to see the goods of the Far East Chamber of Commerce."

"Please follow me, Your Majesty." Arsena motioned for Ryan and others to follow.

Goods from the Far East are more popular.

“Here’s the curry~ Curry from Indy~ It only costs five gold coins per piece! All gold coin payments are supported!”

"Zhendan eats rabbit meat cold and rabbit legs cold, Xiaose's mother's secret craft!"

"Old Doug's armor-stacked war machine at the entrance of the village produces high-quality anti-war equipment, which won't hurt if you get beaten! There are also cute egg pancakes!"

"The head of a broom, the mouth of a shovel, the two legs of a goblin bomb, the Roaring Demon from a distance, and the Java from a close look. The top divination cards and big shovels from the Far East are sold here!"

"This is Kagura Nana's spicy army! If you eat this pepper, you will be my mother's son!"

"Kon~Kon fox! Fox shoots are sold here."

"Navy maid's onions, three silver coins each, three ten silver coins! Oh oh oh oh!"

"Fresh doghead fish from the Far East, happiness is often felt thoroughly, but Jinye's heart is often hidden. She eats doghead fish and watches Dark Sword 22 in her dreams!"

The Far East Market was very popular. Ryan and others bought a lot of things while strolling around. However, Ryan's attention soon focused on a group of Cathay merchants selling arms: "What is this, a musket?"

"Yes, this is a musket from Cathay, named Rumi Gun." Arsena took the initiative to explain: "Chinese's army is equipped with this kind of musket on a large scale."

"Why are military equipment sold outside?" Ryan picked up the Rumi gun and made a gesture. The Sinian businessman immediately came up to explain the performance. The Rumi gun has a longer range than ordinary muskets, but its operation is faster. Because it is complex and troublesome, and the cost is extremely high, its rate of fire is not as good as the long-barreled thunder musket produced by the dwarves, its power is not as good as the long-barreled mercury fire musket produced by Nuer, and its range is not as good as the long-barreled fire musket produced by the Hawk leader. It can be regarded as an average of the three. Ryan played with it for a while and put it down, shaking his head to indicate no.

"The Cathay army was equipped with Lumi guns about a thousand years ago." Arsena smiled: "It was a very powerful firearm at the time, but it did not undergo continuous innovation and evolution later, and just continued to produce similar firearms. , it sounds interesting, would your Majesty want to hear it?"

"Tell me." Ryan was quite interested in this.

"Chinese invented firearms in ancient times. Almost 4,000 years ago, the first batch of Cathay merchants came to Arabi and traded with the locals. They brought firearms." Arsena smiled: "After that, Ni The Kohalans and Arabis improved and developed Cathay's firearms, but Cathay's firearms technology gradually stagnated."

"because?"

"Because the scholar-bureaucrats who believe in Qingbao Tianzun are obstructing it." Arsena shook his head and told Ryan the matter.

Cathay now belongs to the Wu dynasty, with a population of about 50 million. At its peak, it had a standing army of 2.8 million, but when Arsène was ambassador in Nipeng decades ago, Cathay had less than 400,000 standing troops left. people.

According to Arsène, there are probably two reasons. The first is the "preferential treatment of the gentry" implemented in China. The gentry and bureaucrats do not pay taxes, do corvees, or provide soldiers. The Wu dynasty has annexed land for hundreds of years and is unable to fight. The number of soldiers is no longer what it used to be.

The second is that the belief in Qingbao Tianzun is deeply rooted among the Chinese people. All the scholar-officials in China believe in Qingbao Tianzun, from the ministers of the Wei Jing cabinet to the teachers and students in every private school in the countryside. And all became believers of Qingbao Tianzun. The power of the scholar-officials group was so powerful that the Dragon Emperor had to compromise. The Dragon Emperor of Cathay allowed the scholar-officials to believe in Qingbao Tianzun, but required the scholar-officials to worship Qingbao in a relatively conservative and moderate way. Tianzun, the scholar-bureaucrats agreed to this condition.

"Since the belief in Qingbao Tianzun was officially recognized, Rumi guns and other things were considered to be strange and obscene techniques, and the scholar-bureaucrats abolished all similar research." Arsena laughed: "Nowadays, the firearms in Cathay are either fireworks or this It’s an old antique, so it’s okay to buy it and collect it.”

Therefore, there is no way to achieve universal education in this world. Ryan sighed helplessly. To educate the people is to please Nurgle. But to educate without distinction and universal education is to please Tzeentch. After a long time, when Tzeentch is chosen by God, all the scholar-bureaucrats will be pleased. All the people from all walks of life believe in Qingbao Tianzun.

Is Qingbao Tianzun a Tzeentch? It’s not what Ryan says, it’s what the scholar-bureaucrats say. If they say it’s not, then it’s not.

Arsène really knows the Far East, there is nothing he doesn't understand.

"Fenris mead! Fenris mead is for sale. One bottle is worth five bottles. After drinking Fenris mead, you can climb nine floors in one breath and kill five Goblin Khans effortlessly!" At this moment, A hawking voice caught everyone's attention.

"Fenris mead?!!!"

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