Lord of terror

"What do you mean there should be?"

[Let me tell you about Meng Luofei's situation...]

The bosses turned around, brought in a large sand table with great interest, and began to explain to Kunz.

To the south of the Barony of Monroe is the Duke of Wenerta, and to the north is the Viscount of Kirk. The three of them are almost the northwest border of the entire Sherfer Empire.All three families are rich in forestry resources... In short, the three families are all backcountry, full of old forests.

There is still a part of the mountainous land in the Viscounty of Kerke. The Germer River comes from the mountain, flows through the Viscounty of Kerke, passes through the Duchy of Wenerta, and flows into the Yinta River, the second largest river in the land.

And to the east and west of the Barony of Monroe is the Dark Swamp—the name of the Dark Swamp is quite deceptive, but in fact there are thousands of such swamps in the entire Tuoxing, and basically all the nameless swamps can be called Darkness swamp.

Farther than the swamp is the forest of Santofila, further away is the Span Rita Mountains, and farther is the Bloody Skull Sand Sea.

[Judging from the surrounding hydrological conditions and the growth of vegetation in Monrofi, there should be a river with a water flow not weaker than the Jermer River in the Barony of Monrofi.We suspect that there is a huge underground river in the Barony of Monroe. Of course, this is without magical interference. ]

The bosses said a lot of examples and demonstrations, but apart from the beginning, Kunz understood the last two sentences.He rested his chin in one hand and put on a pensive attitude, actually communicating with Butler J.

[Butler J, do we have an underground river here? 】

[There are underground rivers, but they are not as big as they say.Even if all the underground river flows add up, they will not meet the requirements. 】

[Where did all that water go? 】

[According to the explanations of these bigwigs just now, what do you think are the merits of the Monroe Baronie compared with the Viscounty Kirke and the Barony of Werta? 】

[? ? ? ] Kunz had a question mark on his head, and felt that this topic was too biased, but as an honest person who believed in Steward J, Kunz still behaved according to his own ideas, and answered 【The area is about the same as that of Viscount Kirk, But other than that, there's not much to redeem.Didn't we already know this? 】

Barony of Monroe, there is really no merit other than being a little bigger.

【Then why did the royal family of the Sherfer Empire set up such a barony at the edge of the country?Wouldn't it be good to directly assign this piece of land to the original Viscount Kirke?What's more, there is a royal princess married in a small baron family? 】

[Need for the Great Seal? 】Then it can only be based on the blood of the nobles, the need for the great seal at the beginning of the Law Era 【The water here is also because of the seal, so it is gone? 】

[Although I really want to ask you to taste the fun of solving puzzles, but for the sake of our trust, I'll tell you the answer.This is an important node, even the fulcrum of many nodes, so it is necessary to join the blood of the royal family in the initial stage of sealing to support the node. 】

[Water is also the raw material of the seal? 】

[Where do you think the earth, water, fire, and even buildings in the space cracks come from? 】

The question jumped again, or it didn't jump, indeed they are connected with each other [... dug from Tuoxing? 】

[Yes, the demons in the space cracks come from the projections of the demons sealed in the abyss. The other substances are not projections, but real ones.The more important the node, the more it will be cut away.There is indeed a big river here in Monroe, which was cut directly into the space rift.Because it was cut too thoroughly at that time, there is not even a trace of the river that once existed in the Barony of Monroe. 】

[Is there still a chance for me to bring Dahe back? 】

[Yes, brush the space cracks in your territory until the energy is exhausted and completely collapsed, and that river can return one-third. 】

[One-third... Can the natural resources of one place be allocated to other places?Does this mean that there is more than one river for the resources that Meng Luofei has been allocated. 】

[Of course more than that, so let your players brush their books. 】

"Baron Monrofi owns a river, not a dark river, but a real river. It's just that this big river is sealed by a space crack in the territory. If the power of the space crack is not dissipated, the river will not appear."

[Space seal? ][It sounds really metaphysical. ][It was originally metaphysics. ]

[I said we have to level up, magic still needs to be mastered! ][This is not magic, this is knowledge, and we still have too little knowledge of this place. ]

[Your Excellency the Baron, is there a Magic Academy here? ][We are summoned, so we should not be qualified to go to school, right? ]

"There is the Royal Academy of the Sherfer Empire, but I am not qualified to go to school." Kunz spread his hands.

The family of the former baron in that place once mentioned that it seems that people of the duke level can be recommended, so the ex-baron is a legend level existence, and there is no registration for the whole society, not even the registration for the entire aristocratic class.Asked by the boss, Kunz's mind flashed.

The bosses sighed regretfully, but their work attitude did not entangle with this matter for too long, and soon turned their attention back to the territory construction [If there is no way to find the underground river, then we can only A canal can be dug manually. ]

"emmm... Monroe has fourteen gray-scale cracks and four white-scale cracks. If you want to brush them all to collapse, each spatial crack needs at least hundreds of thousands of "all-passes". With the current development of players With the speed, and the strong official support for Monroe, there will be a space crack that collapses by the middle of next year at the latest. Do you need to dig a canal?"

Even Kunz estimates that there will be a space crack collapse early next year. After all, there is nothing to do in winter, and players still don't brush the space crack to death?In particular, the "dungeon" of space cracks is different from other games. Even if you enter the same space crack every time, it is impossible to face the same monsters, and even the terrain and landforms are different every time you enter, which will make players use the dungeon The fun is greatly increased.

Kunz is also preparing to launch a reward bonus activity for old players and new ones, so as to speed up the development of new players.

It is conceivable that there will be a large number of players addicted to the dungeon at that time, unable to extricate themselves.

Swiping hundreds of thousands of times to collapse a crack in the lowest-level gray-scale space is completely impossible for the natives of Tuoxing.Even the officials of the Sherfer Empire simply gave up these low-level space cracks, unwilling to take the time to clean them up.Even if a small place like Meng Luofei knew that the cracks in the space were related to his own life and death, he was unable to clean them up, and this is how the disaster occurred.

[A canal is still needed. ][We cannot grasp the direction of the new river, but the canal is different. ]

[We draw water from the Dark Swamp! ][Just dig through here, here and here! ]

[The canals will bring fertile silt. Even if we have compost fields now, the degradation of the land is still very serious. ]

[The canal will bring abundant fish, and we can also engage in aquaculture. Before the animal husbandry can't find suitable livestock, we will provide the people with the nutrition they need. ]

[The basic function of the canal is transportation. With the canal, we can go down the big river and enter the Yinta River, revitalizing business! ]

[canal……]

The bosses rushed forward, and all the benefits of the canal were stuffed into Kunz's head. In short...

"I know the benefits of the canal, but..." Kunz had a headache. He didn't have enough human, material and financial resources for such a large project.

[do not worry!We have hands! ][We are in charge of building! ][We only want to manage the canal for the next ten years. ]

[Yes, as long as you have management rights, and we must pay taxes honestly, you will not lose a penny. ]

"Okay!" Kunz agreed simply now, lying down is the best!It's great to have a mother!

Just in case he came out of nowhere, holding a thick stack of documents [Although we know that you are willing to cooperate, this is the first cooperation between us after all, and we lack understanding of both parties.Please don't get me wrong, this understanding does not refer to the character of a person, but our own customs and habits.Therefore, please take these contracts back, and please raise any questions immediately. ]

All the documents of a contract are more than an inch thick. If so many were taken by accident, it is because there are multiple copies. This obviously means that Kunz should find a few more people to help read it.

"You're right." Signing the contract without batting an eye can reflect trust, but this kind of trust is actually a kind of irresponsibility.Kunz suppressed his excitement, and the brothers still had to settle accounts. The contract presented by the florist would be further improved by him, which would only enhance the friendship between the two parties.

Kunz picked up the stack of contracts, and when he came out, he happened to see Blue Olive and resting on the spot, and the two reached out to take the documents.Kunz thought about it for a while: He can carry these documents by himself, and he doesn't feel heavy, but if he doesn't give them, will the two of them think he is too polite?

_(:з」∠)_No way, he is just not good at interpersonal communication.

Rest in place [The captain is in the auditorium on the second floor of the town hall.Need us together?If there are parts of the document that you don't understand, we can explain it. ]

"Thank you very much. It seems that I will trouble you for a while." Hearing what the two said, Kunz simply divided the document into three parts, each with exactly four books, and each person held a stack.

The three of them walked towards the town hall. In half a month, the town hall has been expanded. Currently, the auditorium on the second floor is a "school" where ordinary players stop.There are four priests, official researchers and indigenous artisans teaching each other.The captain also likes to go there to listen in the past few days. He writes down thick notes every day, and often brings homework home...

Yesterday the captain even prepared a lesson in the North Tower, saying that he was going to give a lesson on alchemy runes today.

He also tried to speak to Kunz once, and Kunz... fell asleep sitting up.When he woke up this morning, he was still sitting. If he was an ordinary person, his muscles would have been sore, and his stiff neck would have worsened, making it difficult for him to walk.

Moreover, the captain hadn't been in the room all morning, and Kunz hadn't seen his people for most of the day so far—Kunz was a little nervous about the first conflict, but he was also a little secretly happy for no reason.

The four classrooms all have double doors, each classroom will leave half of the door open, and everyone is welcome to enter, but because of the magic radio array, the sound in the classroom will not be transmitted to the outside, and the four classrooms are separated from each other. There will be no interruptions.

The three of them quickly found the classroom where the captain was lecturing. They carefully entered through the door and sat down at the end without disturbing the class.

Instead of his languid, flamboyant portamento now, the captain's pronunciation has flattened out, and it has become crisp and decisive, very persuasive and suitable for teaching.

Although Kunz fell asleep yesterday, it's not like he didn't listen to it at all.The alchemical equation is actually very similar to the chemical equation, both are A+B=XX.But the chemical equation is A+B=AB, left and right are conserved.The alchemical equation is A+B=C, and new substances must be represented by a new symbol.

According to the captain, the sign of an alchemist becoming a master alchemist is to create a new substance. There have been no such true masters for hundreds of years. All have been manufactured, and no new matter will be born in this world.

In order to conceal their secret formula, some alchemy masters will create another alchemy symbol besides the official alchemy symbol, which also includes useless symbols to confuse the decryptor, which makes the alchemy symbol become Huge.

Being able to know some unpopular alchemical symbols and familiarity with unpopular alchemical equations is the embodiment of profound knowledge.

The captain's class was completely piled up with unpopular equations.In the classroom, both craftsmen and researchers were writing furiously, recording every word of the captain.

When the class was over, everyone gave the captain a standing ovation.

"If you want to ask questions, please ask tomorrow, today I need some private time." The craftsmen didn't dare to say anything to the boss's boss. The researcher pandas glanced at Kunz who was sitting at the end, and they all showed goodwill smile.

Kunz also apologized to Blue Olive and rested in place, and the two also understood that when a young couple is together, who wants to be followed by two light bulbs?Immediately very witty said that they went back to the castle hall and waited.

The captain walked up to Kunz, who was already alone, and said, "It seems that you slept well yesterday, and you are in good spirits today."

"Cough!" Kunz coughed in embarrassment, "Captain, you also look like..." I want to say that I am in good spirits, obviously it was like this just now, but after walking out of the town hall, the captain's brows have now frowned. Obvious pimples, "Aren't you happy with the lecture?"

The captain patted Kunz on the shoulder, stretched his brows, and showed him a comforting smile: "It's not that I'm unhappy, I'm just thinking, did I do something stupid?"

"???"

"I'm listening to lectures and watching people. Those Geji Geji are learning at an astonishing speed. Ordinary craftsmen have no knowledge to teach Geji Geji. In contrast, craftsmen are far behind , although they are not the top craftsmen and scholars of Scherfer, but..." the captain sighed, "Actually, even if the knowledge is put in front of those top craftsmen and scholars, only a very small number of people are aware of it. the value of."

"You stood up to give a lecture for the sake of fairness?" Kunz was surprised. He thought the captain was a supporter of the Geji Geji threat theory.

"Of course." The captain nodded as it should, "Since it is said to be equal communication, it should be equal communication. Equality is said in words, but it has been unequal since the beginning of action, so if something bad happens , as it should be.”

The captain was surprisingly... honest.

Captain =. = looked at Kunz: "So who am I in your imagination?"

"No, no, no! Yes, I was just thinking wildly." Kunz's face was hot this time because of shame: Isn't the captain's integrity taken for granted?After all, when I first met a tattered, dirty child, and the lives of so many children in the Baron Monroe, they were all saved by the captain, "Tomorrow I will take Gejigeji to fight the space crack, captain Want to go together?"

"No, you can handle the space crack here by yourself." After a pause, he added, "If you can't handle it, at least you can escape."

This is true...at least he can fly, no matter how far away the Goblin King is, he can kill that guy by flying a kite, and he doesn't need to rely on luck to gamble his life.

"What are you holding?" the captain asked suddenly.

"Huh? Oh. Canal digging papers."

"Canal? Well... Monroe needs a canal, but do we have the ability to dig it now?"

"Geji Geji said they can take responsibility."

"What's the price? Taxes on the canal for the next four and fifty years?"

"No taxes, just the right to manage the canal."

"Then what do they get?"

"I think, let's read the documents together." So this is why he should be allowed to read the documents in case?It cannot be said that all the canals will be put into use in the future, and Kunz will not know his own rights and obligations.

"Yeah. But we'll see after dinner."

After lunch, they gathered in the castle hall with Blue Olive and rested in place. The four of them went to the restaurant on the second floor. It hadn't been used for a long time, and there was a little dust, but the big table here was very suitable for reading documents.

According to Rest in Place and Blue Olive’s explanation, the first third of the “Mengzhong Canal Construction and Management Draft” is all about the construction of the canal, and the last two thirds are about the future management of the canal and the rights of both parties to the canal. division of obligations.

"I start in the back two-thirds," Kunz said.

The captain glared at him.

Kunz was a little embarrassed: "I don't understand..."

The captain was still staring at him: "If you don't understand it, you have to read it."

"I read the last two-thirds and then the first third."

The captain still stared at him, but finally nodded. Of course, the captain himself started from the beginning.

In the last two-thirds, Kunz began to feel sleepy after reading two pages, which was faster than when he read English books in college.He flew to the restaurant and brought two large pots of scented tea and a large plate of small biscuits.Although scented tea in this world doesn't have the refreshing effect, at least having something in your mouth can make you sleep less quickly.

Compulsive viewing of files is still effective, at least a little bit into it.

It is emphasized that, of course, the sovereignty and governance of the canal belong to the Barony of Monroe, and the official is just a simple manager.

The official canal management rights cover a wide range, including ports, port-affiliated storage areas, fishing, fish farming, water purification, sewage discharge, and other aspects.Things related to the canal and the water in the canal will basically be what the authorities say in the future.

——Officials can build whatever they want. What Kunz wants to build must be negotiated.

The setting of taxes and fees is also extremely detailed and complicated.

Cargo ships pay according to the berth they are berthed at, five to fifty silver for small ships, two gold for medium-sized ships, and thirty gold for large ships.No discount.The relevant fees for renting warehouses, renting out shops, etc., have also been set by the official.Official ships or official shops also abide by these standards without discount.

In addition, there are various fees, for different people who come and go, and there are no less than dozens of them.

Seventy percent of the proceeds from all canal-related businesses were handed over to Kunz, and the remaining [-] percent was reserved for canal maintenance and the salaries of related personnel.

This paragraph emphasizes that management personnel in all aspects must pass examinations and hire, including policemen and toll collectors, but Kunz can send account inspectors, or he can do the inspection himself. The Canal will never do tax evasion.

The canal will leave a military zone for Kunz, and if he wants to set up a military port, he can set it up there.Military, non-government and Monroe vessels have priority in all respects, and can enter and leave the port without inspection and without charge.

If there are special circumstances such as the arrest of criminals or the arrival of the enemy, Canal will unconditionally stand on Monroe's side and do its best to cooperate.

Kunz and the captain watched, and Blue Olive and Rest on the spot kept explaining to them, especially the captain, who didn't understand many proper terms or facilities that Blue Star only had, and even had to ask them to draw pictures to explain.

Seeing Kunz let out another breath, he closed his eyes and went to touch the biscuit. The captain pressed his hand: "Go back to sleep, tomorrow you have to go to the space crack. The file can't escape, you can continue to read it when you come back."

"Hmm..." Kunz rubbed his eyes and stood up.

"I want to read the documents, so I won't accompany you."

"Okay." Subconsciously agreed, but after the answer, Kunz realized that the captain said he would not accompany him back to the North Tower.

"Then why are you looking at me? It's like a kicked puppy. It's not like you haven't slept outside alone." The captain put his arm on the document and looked at him with a smile.

The captain was right to say so, but Kunz just felt that something was wrong, even the hairs on the back of his neck were blown up, and his sleepiness even flew out of the sky: "I'm not sleepy anymore."

Kunz sat back and said, "I dozed off just now, not because the documents were boring, but the captain, you are by my side, and your scent is all around, so I couldn't help it..."

"Oh? Is this place so reassuring for you?" The captain smiled, but his golden-green eyes seemed to imply something, scanning the blue olive and resting on the spot.

The author has something to say: Kunz: emmm... After the calculation, I should still take advantage of it, right?