Throne of Magical Arcana

I haven't seen him for more than a year. Arthur's figure has become more and more rounded, and his large brown long dress feels like it is cracking. He wears a soft hat of the same color on his head, showing a familiar and unrestrained posture with Lucien. .

In the Kingdom of Holm, regardless of whether the weather is hot or cold, gentlemen must wear formal clothes when going out, or suits, or double-breasted dresses, or hunting suits. season.

In this regard, Lucien secretly slandered that the coats of magicians such as himself are magic robes, which can automatically adjust the temperature and humidity, and it doesn't matter what they wear. In the Star Empire, the Briana Kingdom and other places, wouldn't they faint from the heat in summer?

"Welcome back, Evans." A friendly and enthusiastic smile appeared on Arthur's fat face.

After the cooperation of "Mineral and Harvest Company", the relationship between the two became much closer.

Lucien took off the black top hat on his head and was about to hand it to Leo, while smiling: "Arthur, I didn't expect you to be the first to visit me, you knew it before I notified other friends .”

"Evans, you don't need to pick up your hat. His Royal Highness invited you to a private party, and we talked as we walked. Hehe, for more than a year, the promotion of several different models of Jinkela has been going smoothly, and the income and profit are very high!" Seeing this, Arthur couldn't help but rubbed his palms, showing his inner excitement.

Lucien stopped his movements and asked doubtfully, "What is the private party of His Highness the Prince?"

"It is a gathering of nobles organized by His Royal Highness. The nobles in it have the most open-minded attitude towards magicians, especially after seeing Jinkela's success and the predictable follow-up rich profits, they all want to carry out similar cooperation with magicians. So His Royal Highness would like to invite Evans to attend and get to know them, they are also very curious about you." Arthur roughly explained a few words.

Then, he seemed to feel that the relationship between the two was close due to the bondage of interests, so he regarded Lucien as a magician who devoted himself to research and did not understand human relations, and analyzed the benefits in detail for him, "Evans, this is an excellent opportunity for you to expand your network. .Many of them are big nobles. In Rentat, they have long-run forces in various counties and occupy a lot of resources. Although you are a magician and have a bright future, there is no need to waste your own time to solve many things Time, once a wide network of contacts is established, a letter can solve many problems."

"Furthermore, these enlightened nobles not only have strong knight strength, but also have more or less connections with some high-level magicians, which will bring you great help."

"I really appreciate the kindness of His Royal Highness, let's go now." Lucien promised with a smile.

In fact, after I came back, I immediately became a disciple of the Storm Master. There is no need to go through nobles to communicate with high-level magicians. However, Prince Patrick is Natasha’s uncle. It helped me a lot, and even took out his share income in the Holm Mining Federation as a reward for promoting environmental protection. This kind of favor has to be considered.

Moreover, getting acquainted with the great nobles is indeed beneficial to my activities in the Kingdom of Holm. In the future, I will have to rely on them to promote the civilian use of some alchemy products. I don't have so much time and energy to devote to similar things.

Besides, kidnapping the great nobles for a "win-win situation" and letting the people get used to the convenient era of "magicization" is a matter of effectively stabilizing the foundation of the Magic Council and slowly weakening the church. Lucien, who has the spirit of being the "owner" of the Magic Council, is very pleased with this willing.

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Woo~ The siren blared, the sound of iron wheels colliding with the track became faster and faster, and the magic steam train rolled forward with an unstoppable momentum and ferociousness.

"Even though I have been on it many times, whenever I see the magic steam train moving, I still can't help being shocked from the bottom of my heart. It shortens the distance between the two cities a lot, and brings unbelievable It is convenient, especially the cargo-type magical steam train near the mine has reduced our previous transportation costs to an unimaginable level. Evans, why didn't the Magic Council cooperate with us to build the magic steam train line? Several years have passed, There are less than ten lines now!" Arthur Doyle looked at Lucien, quite heartbroken.

Lucien chuckled and said, "Of course the Magic Council has to be in his own hands for such an important 'resource', and the royal family should think so too." To lay lines in the Kingdom of Holm, the king cannot be bypassed, so the royal family A large amount of income was shared in it, which significantly improved one's own financial resources.

"Resources? Yes! From another point of view, lines and trains are indeed resources." Arthur clicked his lips, "It's a pity that His Majesty the King personally presided over this matter, otherwise the Mining Federation still has hope..." It seems that he has a little complaint against the king.

However, he quickly restrained his expression, took out a kraft paper envelope and handed it to Lucien: "Evans, due to the initial construction cost for more than a year, it has not yet been promoted, and there is no annuity. Until the last eight months, in the After the promotion of the Kingdom, Jinkela’s income has grown explosively. This is your dividend, hehe, you are a magician, so your annuity from shares is paid on a monthly basis.”

Lucien took the envelope, and after opening it, he saw a small bright red book that was not too thick and not too thin, with double imprints of divine arts and magic on it.

"Thirteen thousand gold thalers."

Considering that it has only been promoted for a short time, the average monthly dividend of more than 1,000 gold thalers is considered a very rich profit. If such strong support is obtained in all four countries, Lucien's estimated monthly income is 10,000 gold thalers It will no longer be a dream. At that time, I will be in the stage of a high-level magician, and there will be no problem with daily experiments and potion expenses. Save for a while.

It can be seen from this that high-level magicians are definitely piled up with money, not a rich earl, who simply cannot afford to support a high-level magician.

"Knowledge is wealth." Lucien sighed sincerely.

Arthur said confidently: "When it is fully promoted and stabilized, I am confident that I will let you, Evans, get a dividend of five or six thousand gold talers a month."

As he spoke, he suddenly sighed: "It's a pity that such huge profits have made many high-level magicians envious. In the other three countries, high-level magicians have developed new alchemy substances and cooperated with nobles to set up companies, otherwise the profits will double. Double."

Lucien expected this situation to happen. Money, a lot of money, a lot of money is enough to drive people to explode with powerful power. Sooner or later, high-level magicians will bypass their own alchemy plan to synthesize a new type of "fertilizer". This is one of the driving forces of human progress.

Seeing Arthur looking at him with some hope, Lucien smiled and comforted him: "We started earlier than them, and this is the biggest advantage." Now that they can pass the review of the Magic Council, the alchemy plans of these high-level magicians will be There is definitely no place for me to find fault.

Development cannot be stopped, and it can be regarded as a good deed to promote the expansion of the industry and allow more farmers to get a bumper harvest.

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Rentat, platform for the six-pointed star.

Pokbiff, the coachman of the Royal House of Holm, paced back and forth on the platform very excitedly, and looked at the surrounding buildings with smooth and sharp lines from time to time. They were very different from the architectural style of the entire Rentat, with A mysterious and cold taste.

With the increase of magic steam train lines, more and more platforms are built, coupled with the existence of alchemy workshops in the suburbs and other places, the magic council began to slowly weaken the fog covering the platforms, trying to let more people have access to alchemy Products, exposed to magic, eliminate the fear in their hearts.

Due to the entanglement of interests, the nobles adopted an attitude of neither encouraging nor opposing this matter, and the isolated and helpless church had to watch it happen.

Polk is different from most ordinary people who are a little afraid of magicians. When he heard the legends of magicians since he was a child, he didn't envy those heroes and priests, but wanted to become a magical, powerful, and terrifying magician. It's a pity that he didn't show any talent for magic until middle age, so he could only continue his career as a coachman.

In the more than ten years in the royal family, he had more or less contact with some magicians, but none of them made him so excited.

"...The harvest of oats in the field stunned me, it was golden everywhere... This is the first time that there is so much leftover after paying the lord's tax... That kind of gold is a bit expensive, but It’s worth it, the children in the family don’t have to go hungry all the time! You don’t need to subsidize your own salary!”

This is what the mother said to Pok when she was a guest in the village outside the city. The excitement and joy impressed the farmer's son deeply, and he burst out with heartfelt joy, all thanks to the man who invented Jinkela's honorable mage lord.

For the farmers at the bottom, being able to eat enough and not go hungry is the greatest luxury! If I can save another sum of money to give the children a better future, it will be the blessing of the Lord!

"This is the real hero..." Polk said to himself in his heart while arranging his clothes after seeing the monster-like long train stop in front of him.

The car door opened, and Polk saw Mr. Arthur Doyle walking down slowly accompanied by a handsome young man in a black double-breasted frock coat. The monocle on his left eye made him look a little more refined. temperament.

"He is Mr. Evans? So young? That's right, magicians have potions to maintain youth!"

Polk took a few steps and greeted him: "Hello, I am Pork, the coachman sent by His Royal Highness, is this Mr. Evans?" Even if Mr. Doyle is by his side, it must be confirmed that this is the royal family's rule.

"Yes." Lucien nodded lightly, and then he was shocked to see Polk knelt down on his knees, kissing the corner of his clothes lightly in the posture of worshiping in a church.

"Thank you for giving hope to farmers."

Polk said with tears in his eyes.