Please abide by the Basic Law

Chapter 193 Growth

The black technology of the metal boat, Cecil, mentioned it not long after he met Gray, and he raised it again after he became a king. After the fall of Cloud City, he formally talked to Gray for a long time, including that there should be enough space under the hull. The hollow part of the metal boat can float on the water. The volume must be equal to the density of the boat. The more slender the high-speed boat, the smaller the resistance of the water body. Once the steam engine appears, the post-turbo paddle boat will become the mainstream, and coal will It has become an important strategic resource, and tung oil can be used as ship paint. Your most advanced dhows are called galleons in our hometown, but our galleons have cannons on both sides.

"Indeed, it is more appropriate for mages to be placed on both sides of the sailboat." Gray said at the time.

Afterwards, Cecil put this matter behind him, until after the demise of St. Panier, Gray ran excitedly and shouted: "The age of great exploration is about to begin!"

A new era has indeed come.

Gray has been experimenting in a low-key way in the past few years. With the help of the god of civilization and countless skilled craftsmen, the centuries-old national history has enabled the Serin people to master almost the top shipbuilding skills in the world. Sacred Thunder focuses on using the ocean, and the Serin people Wanting to conquer the ocean, after countless failures and setbacks, the Serin people finally built a metal boat that floats on the sea...the shell.

Seeing the hull floating in the sea, Cecil was at a loss: "How can you build the inside after you've even entered the water?"

Modern industry can build ships without a dock, and there are various heavy machinery assistance, but this is not possible here. There is a dock in Serling Newport. The problem is that in this era, once a ship is launched, it is difficult to drag it back to the shore. It is impossible to continue building on the water, right?

Gray said excitedly: "The God of the Ship Girl will help us drag it back."

Oh, forgot all about this.

Cecil asked: "You didn't go into the water just for the experiment, did you?"

"Of course!" Gray said, "If you don't experiment, how will you know it will work? Look, this is Serling's unsinkable giant ship!"

From the outside, this is a Galen sailing ship. The buildings on the ship have sunk into the hull. The bow is square, with a four-post sail, and there is a huge volume of water underneath. The metal hull is shining. I don’t know what it is used for. paint.This is also due to the discovery of corrosion-resistant steel. After all, the biggest enemy of metal products in the past was the ocean. Any metal product will rust and become brittle after staying by the sea for a while.

Cecil twitched his eyebrows and said, "Then what, you'd better not call it an unsinkable giant ship."

"Why?" Gray asked puzzled, "What's wrong with this name?"

Cecil can understand why this name appeared, after all, it sounds auspicious. The problem is that after experiencing the greatest ironic shipwreck, this name has become a clear "flag".

"In my hometown, there was a ship with this name. It was the most advanced ship in the world at that time. It hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage." Cecil reluctantly told Gray the story of the Titanic, and it was still the movie version. , Halfway through the speech, he found that Gray's entourage and ministers had gathered around, listening intently.

"And then? Did she abandon her fiancé?" Someone asked.

"You can't say that. Since you are your fiancé, how can you give up or not? Anyway, you are not married." Another person said.

"Why did the ship hit the iceberg?" Gray grasped the point, "Where's the lookout?"

"Hey, nobles are always unreliable." Someone said so.

"What are you talking about?" a nobleman said.

Cecil said helplessly: "Your focus is wrong. My point is that this name is unlucky. Change it. I sincerely suggest you not to name it."

Gray is not a person who does not listen to advice. In recent years, with the rise of the Middle Kingdom, Serling has also become rich. As a ruler, he certainly knows what his family relies on to take off. Facing Cecil His attitude became more and more humble.

"Then...the Challenger!" Gray said, "How about it? Challenge the new world!"

Cecil was silent for a while, and asked, "Have you communicated with Alexander recently?"

Gray said inexplicably: "Why do you always bring up Alexander? Although Alexander is not bad, I think Langdon is better. You won't fall in love with him, will you? He is King Loser, so it's not easy!"

Cecil: "..."

In the end, the first local metal warship will be named after it is completed. Cecil strongly suggested that Gray should not name it himself. It is better to use a referendum. The Serlings are born sailors, born for the sea, with an adventurous spirit and Courage, perhaps with an impressive name, the ship will go down in history anyway.

The ship's original and only mission was to explore the last undiscovered continent of the planet.

"There are still undiscovered continents?" Cecil asked in surprise, "I thought the map you gave me was all there is." He roughly realized from the distance he traveled, that the land area of ​​this planet is much smaller than that of the earth, and The continental plates are closer together, a bit like a young Earth.

"If this is a ball." Langdon raised his hand, and a small blue ball appeared in the palm of his hand. He pointed to a place and said, "We are here." Then he turned the ball around, "There is another piece on the back mainland, but no one has ever landed on it."

"If no one has ever boarded it, how do you know?" Cecil asked puzzled.

"The stories that have been handed down, according to history and the facts we know, I am afraid that there was indeed a continent here before." Langdon said, "Might and Magic must first set up a magic coordinate, that is to say, the Might and Magic Gate cannot lead to the place where it is not. There are no islands on the way to the ocean over there, and supplies cannot be established, and the current ships cannot sail for that long, so although everyone knows that the continent exists, no one has actually been there.”

"How about flying by magic?" Cecil asked.

Langdon's expression is very subtle, clearly conveying "how can I fall in love with such a fool".

Needless to say, magic flying over is definitely not feasible.

"Sixth should have records, right?" Cecil said, "Sweepers have been flying here for more than 8000 years, so I can't figure it out."

"Yes." Langdon said, "Six said that there is indeed a continent there, but since there is no civilization, sweepers generally don't go there."

"No civilization?" Cecil guessed, "That is to say, no one?"

"Who knows." Langdon sighed, "A lot of information on No. [-] has not been left, and it is not the most urgent thing right now."

Indeed, Cecil is trying to find a way to use the gunpowder earlier and faster. The one hundred experimental mages of Holy Thunder and the experimental mages recruited by Langdon are not open enough, and they are still too rigid in magic. I always want to solve problems from the perspective of magic. Once I leave magic, I will be at a loss. Simply put, there is no chemical thinking.

"Also, there have been more immigrants recently, and the law and order has also deteriorated. It is not necessarily a crime, but a misunderstanding." Langdon said, "Now there is a tendency to slave labor. I have received several related reports. They are new immigrants, born as slaves, they don’t know how to fight for power, or they feel that their life is already good and there is no need to fight for it.”

"This is not good." Cecil now understands the power of upward and downward effects. If the broken window effect is not stopped in time, it is very likely that the windows will be broken in the end. "What industries did you receive?"

"Weaving."

Cecil exhaled, with a thought of "as expected".

On the earth, the textile machine started the industrial revolution, and at the same time caused countless murders. A ten-year-old child took care of ten machines in a noisy and dirty factory, and worked for more than ten hours from opening to closing eyes. Yue can only get a meager salary, which is the scene of the early days of the industrial revolution.

"People, I need people." Cecil said weakly, "Come and help me with these things. By the way, bring some more judges."

So far, small cases in the Middle Kingdom have been handled by the patrol police, who need training before they can take up their duties. In actual work, there may not be many water releases, but confusion often occurs.As for the judge, I’m sorry, those that don’t exist can only be handed over to the “adults”. For example, Cecil and the king’s knights will have a vicious case after a while, and murder and rape account for the majority. The difference in identity was not reported at all, or the victim was a single immigrant, and no one reported it. This kind of matter took up a lot of energy from the top management, but no suitable person could be found to deal with it.This is because folk customs don't care about ordinary fights. Some people think that "skills are not as good as people" and so on. If the concept of the legal system continues to spread, the city will not be able to function without an effective judicial system. of.

Fred walked out of the lockup in a bad mood, although the patrolman didn't make it difficult for him, and he was in a good mood - didn't beat him, didn't tie him up, and didn't scold him, because there was too much work to get angry He just dealt with it quickly with no expression on his face - but he was still not very happy.

The so-called bail requires money. Although Fred, who earns magic coins, does not think it is expensive, the money will not be returned within a month. If he does not commit any illegal acts during this period—he does not expect Will pay it back, it must be a bribe - he hasn't found a job yet, he's at a loss for the future, and the current situation is really not very good.

Aipan's expression was not much better. She thought she had found a target, but it turned out that she was also a foreigner who had just arrived. When she shuffled out of the police station, she was also full of confusion.

"Why don't you get a job?" A voice said.

Aipan turned her head and saw that the man who kicked her was standing aside, she wrapped her clothes tightly and said weakly: "Those are all lies, once I go there, I will definitely be arrested, and then I will become a slave again. Only by becoming a mage can I get rid of the control of others, and become a free citizen... What are you laughing at?"

Fred's laughter was bleak and angry at the same time, and he told his own story.

The middle-aged man and the young woman looked at each other silently for a long time in the ice and snow, like two statues shaped by the cold.

"Come on, I can rent a house at least." Fred said.

The two ran into trouble again when they were trying to find a hotel. There were many hotels in Yuecheng but they were all full. Many foreign buyers simply rented a house for a long time to stay and wait for the delivery. There are few rented houses, and many people still A new floor has been added to the top floor. Cecil has not yet set the regulations on illegal construction. Everyone can build as many floors as they can, and there are even fewer hotels. However, Ebo has a lot of hotels as a transportation fortress. Moon City is also near.

Then take a horse-drawn carriage for more than an hour to go to Ebo in the ice and snow?

The men and women he encounters on the streets of foreign countries are unwilling, so in desperation, Fred decides to find Richard, a good fellow from his hometown.Fortunately, this matter finally went smoothly. When he searched for it according to the mailing address, Richard happened to be at home writing a new script, which was an idea sent by His Majesty.

The story about a man and a woman who met and fell in love on a large ship and then sank the ship... It seems that there is something wrong, anyway, I have to show His Majesty after writing it, so I will write it first.Strange to say, His Majesty's stories go from good to bad, well-thought-out and coherent scripts are usually very popular, but works that have been revised and changed several times are not so good, and there are always very few viewers.His Majesty was not allowed to announce who the author was. Every time Richard handed His Majesty's script to the owner of the Moon City Grand Theater, he always laughed in his heart when he heard those harsh comments.

Richard warmly embraced Fred, his long-lost fellow neighbor, who was his role model and someone he respected. Now, he was a little surprised to see his former idol: "Sir, why are you here?"

"I..." Fred was momentarily embarrassed, and soon noticed Richard's missing arm, "What happened to your hand?"

"Ah, it's nothing, the one who threw stones at Chester during the battle of gods." Richard said with a smile, "It's all over."

Ai Pan and Fred showed shocking expressions at the same time.

"You throw stones at gods?!"

"You actually called a god by its name?!"

Richard laughed, and he opened the door: "Come in, sir and madam, it's better to chat by the warm stove."

Two cups of hot tea, a small stack of scallion biscuits and beef jerky, the faces of men and women who have been tossing in the cold wind for a whole morning eased.

"Your table is very strange." Fred moved his icy feet comfortably under the table. Although his magic leather shoes can maintain softness and toughness in this kind of ice and snow, the temperature effect has to be discarded. He couldn't afford shoes with three magical effects, "Is there a stove underneath?"

"That can't be done, sir. An open flame can easily catch fire in the room, and this kind of cotton table quilt is easy to ignite." Richard said with a smile, "This is a new product launched this year, called a stove table, and the tablecloth is made of cotton. Under the quilt, there is an iron box filled with charcoal, although it is troublesome to change the charcoal in the iron box every day, but a little inconvenience is nothing compared to the comfort it brings.”

Fred looked at the bed and said, "Don't you use the Kang?"

After five years of development, the kang has spread throughout Luoye Bay, and Fred also installed a kang in his house in Tanbunita.

"No, people who are always squatting on the kang will be lazy and want to lie down." Richard paused after speaking, and said with some self-deprecation, "After buying this heating table, I still want to lie down, but it has changed from lying on the kang to lying down." Lie on the floor."

Ai Pan and Fred laughed at the same time, and the current predicament seemed no longer so terrible. In fact, in Richard's view, their predicament could not be called a predicament at all.

"I'm afraid it's impossible to buy a house now. It's not a matter of money. No one wants to sell a house. The second ring road is already overcrowded. His Majesty said that building more houses will be prohibited for a while to prevent dangerous housing accidents." As Cecil Richard is very familiar with Cecil's "script reader", and he can enter without a body search as soon as he is notified, and he can also learn a lot of "inside information" from the usual chat, "However, the construction of the third ring It’s on the agenda, but I actually suggest you go to Ebo to buy a house, this year the tunnel will open, and more and more business will be in the West Continent, all of which will pass through Ebo, and I believe the house price in Ebo will definitely rise.”

Such a long conversation made Aipan dizzy, but Fred nodded thoughtfully: "I understand what you mean, but I want to live in Moon City for a short period of time, and I need a place to stay. There is no hotel at all. I can’t find a house to rent.”

"Then what else do you want to buy, just live here with me." Richard said happily, "It's a wish for a mage like you to live with me!"

Aipan was surprised: "Are you still a mage?"

"I... only know mathematics magic." Fred said bitterly, "What's the use of such magic? What's the use of becoming a mage?" Facing Richard's puzzled expression, he had to repeat it again. What happened in Tambunita, but this time he had more time to think, "When the plague comes, even with healing magic, you can't do anything, you can't stop the collapse of the city, and you can't save your loved ones, every day, every moment What I worry about is whether I will be infected with the plague, or how to cure myself before being discovered by others. There are corpses everywhere. That is Tambunita, the country of magic. Look at the sky garden in the sky. It is very beautiful and luxurious. , but what's the use!!"

Richard poured boiling water into Fred's tea with one hand, and for a moment a thin mist hung over the stove.

Fred quickly calmed down, recalling what he had seen and heard along the way, and sighed: "The Middle Kingdom is so lucky to be so far away from the plague."

Richard shook his head and said, "You are wrong to say that. The Middle Kingdom has never left the epidemic area, but we have done a good job of protection. Haven't you noticed that Toto Port is still open?"

"But there is a special passage. Those who come out of the Might and Magic Gate have to go through a special passage, leading directly to the outside of the city." Of course, Fred knew clearly that this is how he came here. "People on the ship will be quarantined if they disembark."

"So, we have never been away from the plague." Richard smiled, "We are just doing well, have you seen those cats? There is also a bird called an owl, which should be invisible now, winter is coming. Escape from the plague It is useless, only to solve it!"

Fred wanted to say something, but after a while he could only sigh: "You are different."

"I have experienced many things." Richard said calmly, "The Middle Kingdom has taught me to think about where I came from and where I am going. Maybe I can't find the answer for a while, but people always need to think, so that they can find the answer." Better move on."

"The old you couldn't say such a thing." Fred didn't mean any malice, but just sighed. Richard also understood that the two of them fell into memories and homesickness for a while, but he quickly pulled himself together. Get up, "Since you have lived here for a long time, I wonder if you can help this lady solve the problem?"

"What's the problem?" Richard asked.

"Well, it's not a big deal." This time, Fred seemed to be a bit contemplative. From Richard's point of view, it seemed that there was nothing that could not be solved in the Middle Kingdom, so he wanted to see what happened to Aipan's dream. Trick, "She wants to be a mage."

Richard blinked, and turned to the silent Aipan: "Do you want to be a mage?"

"Yes." Aipan regretted coming to the Middle Kingdom at the moment. Everything here is so crazy that even the gods don't seem to be respected, but she has nowhere to go, "I... want to be a mage .”

"What kind of mage?" Richard asked calmly without laughing.

Aipan, who was asked this for the first time, was stunned for a moment, and said in a softer voice: "I want to master thunder and lightning, which is the kind of... lightning in the sky."

"Then you can go to school." Richard said, "Moon City School accepts children under the age of 12 for free. Adults can go if they want, but they have to pay for themselves. I advise you to find a job first. Well, if you If you work full-time, you can save enough tuition for about one year. The school has its own dormitory, which is very cheap. If you work part-time, you can work part-time. Most jobs include board and lodging. If you are a bit stingy, you can still live. of."

"I, I don't want to work." Aipan frowned and said, "I'm afraid of being treated as a slave by the boss."

"Ha! It would be better if this is the case, as long as you report on the boss, you will have huge compensation!" Richard is familiar with the laws of the Middle Kingdom, "Don't worry, no one will cover up the boss. If there is, you can tell me. I will help sue His Majesty the King!"

Fred said calmly, "Are you familiar with His Majesty the King?"

"No...how familiar." Richard was still not old enough after all, and revealed the real situation between hesitation, "In short, don't worry about the boss bullying you, here, there are countless people waiting to replace those business owners. You can make money in any business! Now you are not allowed to open a business at will, you must have a license, and the license is getting more and more done!"

Aipan asked suspiciously, "Didn't you say there is always a shortage of people?"

"What is lacking is workers, not bosses. Besides, workers can be transformed into bosses at any time!" Richard smiled, and then sighed, "But what is most lacking is professional talents."

"What?" asked Fred.

"Those with special skills, for example, His Majesty has been very worried recently and wants talents in mathematics, chemistry and explosion."

Fred's eyes lit up: "Is it really missing?"

At the same time, Cecil was "writing violently" to the mutton roll in the conference room: [I am short of people, but why did you send me these people!Burton I'm not done with you! 】

The reply from the sheepskin scroll was very concise and clear: [Ha!ha!ha! 】

Cecil almost tore the parchment, thinking about the parchment and the questions and answers left by his predecessor Cecil, he still tried his best to let go of his breath, arranged the parchment on the table, and looked up. Looking at the two handsome guys in front of him.

Baker smiled indifferently: "Dear Your Majesty, Baker is reporting to you."

"Isaac reports." Isaac grew a beard and dressed as a ranger, "From today, we will be transferred to your royal cavalry."

Cecil's expression twisted, and he secretly glanced to the side: the big cat smiled for business purposes, and narrowed its eyes.

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