Chapter 240 The sponsorship fee of 180,000 gold dragons
booms!
On Lingya Mountain, there are engineering puppets everywhere, digging foundations, moving stones, pumping water and sand, and surveying and mapping. Very busy.
The roar of mechanical rotation continued.
Most small puppets use the puppet core to output driving force, consuming spiritual energy without causing any pollution. However, there are also some large puppets that cannot be driven by the spiritual energy of the puppet core alone, and must burn spiritual slag for energy.
Most of the spiritual slag is used in factories, and the black smoke generated by burning can cover the sky and the sun.
At this time, the black smoke emitted by the large puppets on Lingya Mountain was also constantly spraying out, spreading into the sky, and soon merged with the black smoke from the direction of Cuihai City, forming a layer of dark clouds in the sky.
"Gah!"
"Gah!"
Unknown birds came in and out of the dark clouds, pecking at the spiritual particles carried in the black smoke.
Duke was surrounded by a large group of people and patrolled the construction site of Lingya Mountain. When he got down the mountain, he met Karius Flamingo's nephew, Carter Flamingo.
A 2nd level arcane mage.
"Master Duke." Carter bowed.
"Sir Carter, are you here to supervise the construction
in person?" "I'm here to see you, sir." Carter said.
"Looking for me?"
"My uncle just learned the news that the United Tower has passed an internal resolution to cut down the three-ring tree king - Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower. I think if Duke Sage Mage Tower has this three-ring tree king, Come and serve as the backbone of the Mage Tower, then this Mage Tower will be more perfect."
"Have you decided to cut down the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower? I understand." Duke nodded to express his understanding.
Carter conveyed the news and said goodbye: "Then I wish Lord Duke to bid for this tree king and build the best mage tower." The
mage tower is not an ordinary building.
To be more precise, it should be a quasi-arcane weapon. The main body must be built with a large amount of spiritual gold and spiritual materials in order to withstand various crises.
Otherwise, the higher the mage tower is built, the more dangerous the tower will be.
Moreover, Duke also needs to transform Chicken's grandmother, the trilobite ancient spirit Pheasant Feather, into the tower spirit of the mage tower. The quality of the materials used requires higher pursuit.
If a three-ring tree king can be used to build the backbone of the mage tower, it will obviously greatly improve the safety and spirituality of the mage tower.
"It's just a pity that the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower has escaped the invasion of ancient evil creatures, but it has to end its growth in the hands of humans."
Duke sighed in his heart as he got on the airship and rushed back to Shenjiao City.
The Union Tower has decided to cut down the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower, and he has no way to stop it. After all, he is only a member of the Five Towers Conference, not the leader of the Union Tower.
Back at Suktara Master Tower, the teacher has just returned.
Duke immediately asked: "Teacher, has the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower been cut down?"
"I knew you would ask about this." Suktala had expected it and said gently, "Once Cuihai City is built, what will happen to it?" The Spiritual Fountain will be drained very seriously, and it will be difficult to support the needs of two three-ring tree kings at the same time, so cutting down one tree is the best choice." "Is that so?"
Duke said thoughtfully, "So Shen Jiao The city's original two tree kings, why did you cut down one tree because of such concerns?"
Suktara said: "Yes."
Although the arcane mages of the Seven Towers Federation do not pursue the harmonious coexistence between man and nature. . Every time a spiritual spring is occupied, the surrounding flowers, plants and trees are cut down and shoveled, and industrial black smoke and waste water are discharged to the surrounding areas.
But only by planting spiritual plants can one sort out the spiritual energy. This is known to everyone.
Therefore, it is possible to avoid destroying spiritual plants, and arcane mages will naturally not destroy them at will, especially rare third-ring spiritual plants like the Tree King.
Unfortunately, the growth of the Tree King is too dependent on the spiritual spring.
This conflicts with human needs. There is no doubt that the tree king will be sacrificed in the end, and it cannot be human beings.
"Teacher, if I want to bid for this thousand-year-old pine tower, what are the conditions?"
"The third-ring tree king is the trophy of my Black Dragon River land. The only people who can bid for it are the local arcane mages, but those who are staring at it There are a lot of people." Suktara changed the topic and said with a smile, "But you are a learned sage, and you want to build a sage and mage tower. If you lobby for it, everyone should give you face." "I'm afraid of the Black Jade Baron
. Don't give face."
"Then let's work it out and put the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower on the table of the Five Towers Meeting. Everyone will definitely support you instead of the Black Jade Baron." "
This... I will contact you right away." Du Ke quickly understood.
He is a self-trained arcane mage from Black Dragon River. How can he be compared to an outsider like Bernoulli when he fights at home?
First, visit the Keyston Wizard Tower.
Christian squinted his eyes and said, "Why do you want to put all the good things into your own bowl? The twin springs are yours, and you want to grab the third-ring tree king too?" "Don't I just have a need, sir
? You are the leader of the Black Dragon River, so you have to support us juniors." "
I can support you, but as the leader of the United Tower, I have to keep my bowl of water in check."
"Uh..."
Duke was thinking about his words.
Christian suddenly had a change of heart: "However, if you promise me one thing, I will give up this old face and help you, so what." "Please tell me." "I want you to be a member
of
the Nutao family, Give birth to a child." When Christian squinted his eyes and spoke, he didn't look like a lion king, but more like an old fox.
Duke was stunned and responded: "But I don't know how to have children."
"Ahem!" Christian rolled his eyes, "Who asked you to have a child? There are so many daughters in my Nutao family. It's not easy to have a child." !"
"But why do you have to have my child?"
"Because you are good enough." Christian didn't need to mince words when speaking, "And don't say you don't want to have a child with me, the daughter of the Nutao family, Yi Zhiliya, Shenjiao City , if this is the case, I will have to consider marrying a noble from another city."
"How could it be possible? Kiriya and I truly love each other." Duke suddenly thought of the bloody romance dramas on earth.
Immediately, Dayi said solemnly: "Don't worry, sir, as long as Kiriya is willing, I don't care how many children you have."
There is nothing wrong with having a child raised by the Nutao family and inheriting the Nutao family's legacy.
Christian nodded with satisfaction: "That's right."
Duke then asked: "However, the Nutao family is very prosperous and is the largest family in the Black Dragon River. Why do you need a child from me?" "
You I don't understand." Christian shook his head and sighed, "Although the population is large, talent is lost from generation to generation. It was not easy to cultivate Kylia, but she is still a girl. Now the spirituality of Black Dragon River is yours alone. Eighty percent, I have no choice but to be shameless and ask you to have a child."
Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite.
The Nutao family seems to be firmly established as the overlord of Shenjiao City, but in fact, they have not trained many arcane mages among their descendants.
No wonder Christian had such thoughts.
However, Duke thought in his mind that Christianson's plan would come to nothing sooner or later. When it came to physical talent, Duke was not that high.
Ninety-nine percent of his talent falls on Golden Finger.
In any case, with the help of Christian, the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower is basically stable. However, Duke still visited the remaining members of the Five Towers Conference one by one and made a favor, asking them to give up their fight and give their love to him.
Perhaps he had heard the news, and when the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower was put on the round table of the Five Towers Meeting to discuss how to deal with it, the Black Jade Baron Bernoulli did not attend the meeting at all.
finally.
This three-ring king tree, which took thousands of years to grow, was successfully acquired by Duke. Of course, the price was not small.
This is equivalent to the price of 1.5 million gold dragons.
Duke is required to repay Shenjiao City's public finances in installments within ten years until the material fee is fully paid off.
"The debt has increased sharply. It's a huge pressure!" Duke personally came to the lakeside of the Spiritual Spring in Cuihai City and watched the three-ring tree king - the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower being uprooted. "One and a half million Golden Dragon, a figure that I didn't even dare to think of before, but now I owe it casually."
This towering tree, which was a full three hundred and fifty meters high, when it fell to the ground, the whole earth was shaken.
Silently reciting two sentences of sin.
He personally directed the workers to remove all the branches from the Wannian Pine Tower, and then divided it into thirty-five sections based on the spiritual distribution of the entire trunk.
Then they were transported piece by piece to Lingya Mountain in a black beetle truck.
Teacher Suktara, who is already waiting here with Terrence and other first-level arcane mages studying alchemy.
"Teacher."
"Let's get to work and try to refine the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower into qualified backbone material as soon as possible so that the construction team can start construction as soon as possible." Suktala rolled up her sleeves with a smile and went on stage to refine the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower in person. She has been doing this kind of work for more than a hundred years.
She even taught several Level 1 arcane mages while working - in fact, these people were all her former students.
He left the Mage Tower with Sorel.
When Duke was promoted to Erudite Sage, except for Sorel who was too embarrassed to come back because of his shame, several other students came back.
Suktala didn't care about them, and after discussing with Duke, he happily accepted these students.
Duke did not immediately participate in refining the spiritual materials, but approached Carter Flamingo and proposed his new idea: "Now that we have the Ten Thousand Years Pine Tower, the material of this tree king is enough to refine the backbone of two mage towers. Use it."
"Yes, it will definitely be enough." Carter responded.
"So, I want to change the design."
"Please give me your instructions."
"I want to integrate the mage tower with the future castle, connecting the backbone to each other, that is, an integrated design from the mage tower on the top of the mountain to the castle at the foot of the mountain. ." Duke put forward his idea, and he did this for Grandma Zhiyu.
If the mage tower uses a separate set of backbones, then after the tower spirit is transformed, Grandma Zhiyu can only move within the mage tower.
However, after the integrated design with the backbone of the castle, Grandma Zhiyu can move throughout Lingya Mountain.
In this way, the entire castle and mage tower can be brought under the supervision of Grandma Zhiyu, which is enough to nip most crises in the bud.
"In this case, we will need to build a second spring in violation of regulations." Carter hesitated.
"Don't worry, I will buy this spring sooner or later. I will just put it here temporarily." Duke smiled.
Carter nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange for someone to design it and come up with a new plan as soon as possible."
...
Time flies.
The hottest summer has passed in a flash.
The construction of Cuihai City is still in full swing. Even with the influx of a large number of people from other places, many construction sites are still lacking people.
Recruitment notices were plastered all over Shenjiao City and surrounding market towns, and spread all the way to other cities. Recruitment notices from Cuihai City even appeared on the streets of Runwu City. The generous salary and the ability to settle in a big city make many people excited.
After packing up their luggage, they took the Black Beetle or Black Centipede to a new city hundreds or even thousands of miles away.
Sheshou Town, close to Cuihai City, has become a transfer center for people and goods.
The Black Snake family made a lot of money by relying on tax collection and transportation, and the entire Black Snake Manor was filled with joy.
"Be prepared for danger in times of peace."
Muland Black Snake squinted his eyes and grabbed a handful of golden dragons from the vault. Watching the golden dragons dripping from his fingers, his smiling expression showed a bit of worry: "Black Snake The family must have poached many great knights recently."
"Yes, second uncle." Muhans Black Snake replied seriously.
"Before my father passed away, he once said that if wealth and strength do not match, disaster will inevitably occur. Muhans..." "
Second uncle, please tell me."
"The Black Jade family has been showing goodwill frequently recently, even in words. In your opinion, the intention of forming an alliance with each other should be used as backup?" Muland asked in a deep voice.
Muhans pondered: "Speaking of the Black Jade Family, it will definitely become one of the big families in Cuihai City in the future, and the branch of the Armored Shu Family will also become one of the big families. Plus several other branches from other cities. The family, this is a big force."
"Continue."
"If we turn to the Black Jade family, it might not be one of the ways to solve the difficult situation, but... the Black Snake family may not be taken seriously by them." "
Then what? ?" Muland grabbed another handful of golden dragons. He liked to hear the crisp sound of the golden dragons colliding with each other when they landed on the ground.
"So I think the future of Cuihai City must be a process of collision between foreign forces and local forces. If the Black Snake family cannot remain neutral, it is necessary to join one of them. For now, our only advantage is Duke."
"Yes, external forces look down on our Black Snake family, and local forces also have quarrels with us. Duke is the only one we can truly rely on." Muland sighed, "Unknowingly, Duke It has grown into a big mountain."
"It's only been a few years, it seems like yesterday." Muhans agreed.
"Since Duke is enough to be our backer, then be firm and deeply bind the Black Snake family with Duke!" Muland made the final decision, "Muhans, count half of this year's income. Send it to Duke."
Muhans exclaimed: "Half of the proceeds?"
"More than that, half of the proceeds every year from now on will be sponsored to Duke for the development of Duke." Mulande handed over the remaining money in his hand. He took out a golden dragon and clenched it tightly, "The family can't even train a second-level arcane mage, so what's the use of leaving so much money!" Muhans hesitated and said: "If we do this, will
Mudis and the others ... Do you have any objections?"
"If you have any objections, ask them to come to me and just do it."
"Yes!"
Muhans took the order and left.
Muland let go of the golden dragon in his hand, threw it into the vault, walked out with his hands behind his back, raised his head and looked at the sky at a 45-degree angle: "Duke has the prospect of being an arcane tutor, although no one can guarantee whether he will really be able to do so in the future. It’s worth growing up to that point, but it’s worth the effort!”
The most important thing is that Snake Head Town is Duke’s hometown, and this affection will always be there at all times. As long as Duke does not fall, the Black Snake family will not fall.
The next day.
When people sit at home, golden dragons come up from the sky.
Duke, who was doing experiments in Master Suktara's tower, was soon notified happily by his assistant Mulali: "Sir, my father is here." "Okay,
I'll go see Uncle Muhans. ."
After the meeting, Muhans directly handed over a list: "Mr. Duke, this is half of the total income of Sheshou Town in the first half of this year. After our Black Snake family unanimously decided to deliver this income to You, sponsor you to explore the spiritual arcana."
"Sponsor me?"
"Yes, every year from now on, the Black Snake family will use half of the proceeds to sponsor you to explore the spiritual arcana."
"Hmm..."
Duke glanced at List, the amount on this list is 180,000 gold dragons.
This is half of the Black Snake family's half-year income. In other words, the Black Snake family can earn approximately 720,000 gold dragons a year.
It has to be said that the Cuihai Valley development war and the Cuihai City urban construction plan gave the Black Snake family the dividends of Bo Tianfei.
Duke easily thought that the money was more of a protection fee than a sponsorship fee.
A low-level nobleman earning 720,000 gold dragons a year would obviously make many people go crazy with envy.
after all.
Some level 1 arcane mages can't even earn 10,000 gold dragons in a year.
The Black Snake family only has one 2nd level arcane mage and four 1st level arcane mage, but it can earn an annual income of 720,000 gold dragons. It is hard not to be hated by others.
After thinking about this clearly, Duke declined symbolically, and then asked someone to collect the sponsorship fee: "I will accept the sponsorship fee. Later I will take some time to go to Sheshou Town and follow High Priest Muland talks about investment. "
Investment is not the purpose, but promoting the relationship between the Black Snake family and himself is the purpose.
The Black Snake Family was so willing and paid such a high protection fee, so Duke naturally did his best to protect the Black Snake Family.
Now he is a member of the high-level local circle in Heijiao River, and he has enough influence to protect the Black Snake family.
"Then I won't bother you with your experiments, Mr. Duke. You can go about your business. Mulali will just stay with me." Muhans stood up and left.
He became increasingly reluctant to stay in Duke's presence for any length of time.
Firstly, his daughter Mulali is just the mistress of the other party, and his name as father-in-law is not justified; secondly, although the other party is a junior, his achievements and status are frightening, which really puts too much pressure on him.
Duke also understood this and did not hold him back. He just asked Mulali to stay with Mu Hans and wait for dinner together at noon.
Then he returned to the laboratory.
His current experiment is indeed tense.
Because the fusion technology of slide cards and fantasy cards has reached the final stage, more efforts can announce the birth of a new technology.
"Film and television technology has been announced for a long time, but in the end, everything has to be relied on by oneself." Duke sighed and leaned over the experimental table.
Film and television technology has been learned to the highest tower and promoted to the entire Seven Towers Federation.
Although it is favored by countless arcane mages and considered to be an invention that can revolutionize society, the feedback is far less than that of strong light technology.
the reason is simple.
There is no difficulty in bright light technology. Once promoted, old lamps can be completely replaced immediately, thereby gathering the spiritual feedback from millions of people.
However, film and television technology, limited by the capacity of slide cards, has been unable to penetrate society, and the public cannot afford this new technology. As for the high-level arcane mages, they were researching and waiting for the technology to mature, but there was no movement for the time being.
Silent, naturally there is no spiritual feedback.
At present, some related technologies have indeed been invented, but the development of film and television technology is minimal.
On the contrary, the place that gives back the most is still the one-third of an acre in Heijiao River, relying on the Phantom Musical that DreamWorks Pictures is promoting - unfortunately, the cost of screening is too high, and it is far from making money. .
"It's better to rely on yourself than to rely on anyone else. If you can't promote film and television technology, I will do it myself!" As the progress of the experiment accelerated, Duke became more confident.
Busy until noon.
He just left the laboratory and was about to have lunch with Muhans Black Snake. At this time, another assistant, Murashan, reported: "Sir, Mr. James from Lingchi Farm is here and is accompanying Muhans. Uncle, talk."
"Is James here too? We'll chat at the dinner table."
When Duke entered the dining room of the castle, James immediately took the initiative to pull out a chair for Duke and helped Duke sit down.
"James, you don't have to be busy, sit down."
"Hey, okay, sir."
After drinking a glass of wine, Duke asked: "James, have you already chosen the new location of Lingchi Farm?" "That's right
. I want to report this to you." James is now Duke's vassal, and everything is dominated by Duke. "In accordance with your instructions, the new location was chosen between Lingya Mountain and No. 3 Mutated Forest. I have roughly More than 50,000 acres of land were bought."
The area where Lingya Mountain is located is the suburb of Cuihai City, so the land is not valuable, especially the undeveloped wasteland now.
"What is the quality of this land?"
"Among all the land around Cuihai City, it is not the most fertile, but the advantage is that the terrain is relatively flat. After a few years of cultivation, it should become mature farmland." "There are also some that are not fertile enough
. The benefits may actually be advantageous in the cultivation of Chuixuezhu." Duke smiled.
The reason why he wanted this land was that it was next to Mutated Forest No. 3.
The underground of Mutated Forest No. 3 is where the ancient evil creature shed its shell. Although the shell has been shattered and destroyed, the escaped evil energy may not be completely dissipated for hundreds of years.
The current Mutated Forest No. 3 has become a collection place for new specimens. Many arcane mages in the field of spiritual plants have sent mercenary groups to search for new varieties of plants. Duke was more specific and only identified an evil plant called Chuixuezhu.
After all, he doesn't have that much energy to study the field of spiritual plants.
Now it's a matter of two shots if there are dates but no dates.
"I haven't been to Lingchi Farm for several days. How is Ji Yulu doing?" Duke asked again.
James replied: "Ji Yulu has not changed much, but there are already several 1-ring spiritual plants in the surrounding yulu, which seem to be evolving. They may evolve into 2-ring spiritual plants in the near future. I guess By then, Ji Yulu should have changed a bit."
"Well, pay close attention."
Duke has completely handed over these specific recording tasks to his subordinates. He only needs to summarize the data.
At that time, it will be left to Xiaoyi to organize and calculate, and then draw conclusions.
Lunch didn't last long, Hans rushed back to Sheshou Town in a hurry, and James also had to go back to Lingchi Farm to handle chores.
Duke naturally continued to invest in the experiment. He didn't plan to go out in the past few days, so he stayed in the laboratory to complete the finishing touches.
Now his vassals are gradually increasing, especially after taking over Suktala Master Tower, he has more capable subordinates. The construction supervision of the Duke Sage Mage Tower, the financial review of the Giant of Light Spirit Weapon Company, and the inspection of the Phantom Base were all assigned.
This is what the title means.
In the Seven Towers Federation, arcane mages only need to focus on spiritual arcana, and everyone else will live around the arcane mages.
that's all.
A week passed by in a flash.
In Master Suktara's tower, in Duke's own laboratory, the spiritual apprentices were busy, and in the laboratory, a brand-new piece of equipment on the experimental bench was carried on Duke's shoulders.
This device is very similar to the camera on Earth.
"It's so beautiful, isn't it." Duke carried the equipment and looked in the mirror. "The brand new camera made by Austrian hands is more artistic than a real camera." "This is due to your high-end aesthetics, master." Xiao Yi agreed
. With Duke's boast.
Duke humbly said in his heart: "Not only that, but it also includes your design of craft casting, Xiaoyi. It is the cooperation of you and me that can create this new camera... Next, let us try it The effect!"
The camera was pointed out the window, and Duke began to take pictures of the natural scenery around Shenjiao City.
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