For a long time, Daniel was not only the eyeliner set by Gawain in the Eternal Sleeper, but also the eyeliner set in the Typhon Empire.
Although this old mage lived in seclusion in a remote place in Typhon, far away from the center of the empire for many years, he was at least a Typhonian, and as a mage, he must have retained some of his power. Neighboring country intelligence is still very valuable to Gao Wen; on the other hand, Typhon is a country with rapid development and rapid changes, and its remote places are different from the remote places of Anzu. Even if there is information delay, Typhon Every inch of the country will still be affected by Emperor Rosetta's decree, and there will never be a situation where the entire southern border is almost out of touch with the hinterland of the kingdom like Ansu.
From Daniel, Gawain can learn many things about Typhon, not necessarily timely, but at least more reliable than the stories fabricated by adventurers and bards.
At this moment, Daniel was somewhat thankful that his female apprentice just went to the town and brought a lot of news. He didn't dare to hide it right now, and told all the new news he knew: "... Rosetta Augustus is expanding his army. He established a standing army system to replace conscripts. Now more than half of the Typhon Empire’s army is made up of this standing army. These soldiers will undergo professional training... "
Gawain nodded slightly while listening, and asked the old mage to stop and ask if he encountered something unclear.
Although he asked Daniel about a lot of things related to Typhon, he still didn't know enough. The main reason was not that Daniel had concealed something before, but that the old mage himself didn't know anything about Typhon. As far as he was concerned, everything about Typhon was natural common sense. Without Gao Wen's initiative to ask, he didn't know the specific direction of the report, so the information provided inevitably had gaps.
"...Emperor Rosetta recently issued an order to build additional schools, increase the number of teachers in the countryside, and require farmers to read and write in their spare time..."
Gao Wen immediately frowned and knocked on the table lightly, making the old mage stop: "What is the current literacy rate of Tifeng civilians?"
Daniel replied respectfully: "About 40% of the farmers can spell common words such as grains and farm tools, and can understand the grain harvest list, and 20% of the farmers can simply post a notice or write a clumsy letter. This ratio has always been increasing."
"How long has literacy education been promoted?"
"Six years ago, the emperor issued an order to cancel the ban on literacy for civilians, but at that time, not many people took the initiative to learn to read. It was not until four years ago that the emperor ordered the establishment of schools and dispatched teachers, and the number of people who could read began to increase, but the common people really wanted to read. To learn how to read, after the promulgation of the 'Field Contract Law', farmers can lease the land of the empire, and can declare and receive grain seeds by themselves. In order to prevent being cheated and cheated of money by scribes, more and more civilians have begun to take the initiative to learn to read... "
Gawain's face was a little gloomy, and the old mage watched his expression change anxiously, but in the end Gawain nodded: "Continue."
"Yes... Now various places are adding burning rock acid chemical workshops. Since last year, similar acid chemical workshops have increased in large numbers. Emperor Rosetta may plan to set up such acid chemical workshops in all grain producing areas..."
Gawain interrupted Daniel again: "What is the Acidic Chemical Workshop of the Burning Stone? Does the Burning Stone refer to the white sedimentary rock that is mined offshore?"
Gao Wen had heard of the term "burning stone". As far as he knew, this kind of thing was a specialty of the coastal areas, and it was especially abundant in the Typhon Empire. This kind of off-white loose ore could be ignited, so it was called "burning stone". ", but its combustion efficiency is extremely poor, and it will emit a lot of irritating gas, so it is not a qualified heating and lighting material at all. Could it be... Typhon people have found a way to use burning stone? !
"Yes, the Burning Stone is the white stone you mentioned." Daniel didn't know what Gao Wen was thinking, but he still reported seriously, "The Burning Stone Acidification is the chief alchemist of the Typhon Royal Mages Association a few years ago. It is found that after the burning stone is pulverized and mixed with acid calcite, and heated in a closed container at high temperature, a dark brown powder and a large number of translucent crystals will be produced. The crystals are called "gray crystals" and are a kind of slightly valuable magic materials, and those dark brown powders are called 'rich dust'... which can be used to promote the growth of crops."
Gawain subconsciously tapped on the table while listening to Daniel's explanation. At this moment, his tap on the table stopped suddenly.
"Promote the growth of crops?"
"Yes, dissolving and diluting the farmland with a large amount of water is much more effective than plant ash or human and animal manure, and the burning rock is very, very cheap, and the processing is not complicated. It's just that the 'abundance dust' comes into contact with the moisture in the air After that, it will be denatured soon, and it is very troublesome to transport, so Emperor Rosetta ordered the construction of burning stone acid chemical workshops in various places, and transported burning stones to various grain producing areas for local processing... "
Speaking of this, Daniel added: "In addition, in order to transport burning rocks, Typhon is widening the road a lot..."
Gao Wen was startled, but he didn't show it. He just continued to ask in a deep voice: "What is the specific operation method of the workshop?"
After Daniel answered, he then asked a series of questions: "How many literate farmers would choose to work in workshops? How many merchants in Typhon participated in the construction of those workshops in the past two years? How many nobles participated in the workshops?" Construction? Did Rosetta Augustus encourage the nobles to do business after restructuring the system? How was Typhon’s road built? What’s the specification? How many people does it support? How many people does Typhon have?"
Gawain asked one question after another, and while Daniel was trying to answer, fine beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. He didn't know the specific meaning behind these questions, but he could vaguely realize the secret connection between these questions, but He can't answer all the questions.
Although he does retain some contacts from the royal capital, he is just a mage who is obsessed with research after all. If Gawain asks him about Typhon's current magical achievements, he can certainly answer fluently, but let him answer the questions about the output of the fields, labor The size of the workshop and even the population problem...
If he can answer one-third of the questions, he is already well-informed and knowledgeable.
Gawain's face had unknowingly become extremely gloomy. Although Daniel didn't know what this "outsider wanderer" was really thinking, he could feel a strong pressure coming into his mind along his nerve cords. After answering all the questions that could be answered, the old mage shut his mouth tremblingly, waiting for a new order.
Gao Wen didn't pay attention to Daniel's reaction, and now his mind is full of calculations about Typhon's development process.
From the very beginning, he knew that Typhon was a more developed country than Anzu, and he also knew that Emperor Rosetta Augustus was implementing a series of effective new policies, and with the increase in productivity, Typhon's society would surely Ushered in a series of earth-shaking changes.
But Typhon's development still exceeded his expectations.
The Typhon people did not find a way to industrialize the production of alchemy potions, but they found some cheap substitutes. The Burning Stone Acid Chemical Workshop will greatly increase the grain production of Typhon and release a large number of agricultural population; the professionalization of Emperor Rosetta The army has gradually taken shape, sufficient food supply can allow it to maintain a larger army size, and these professional soldiers will receive more adequate training; due to the liberation of labor, the newly born Burning Rock Acid Chemical Workshop will receive sufficient workers, and the territory of Tifeng The process of building roads will also have enough labor...
And more importantly, Rosetta Augustus realized that literate civilians can produce greater value. Calculating from time, the Emperor Typhon began to invest in education almost immediately after the acidification reaction of burning rock was discovered. Advance, which shows that the talented emperor thought of at least two things in a very short period of time:
First, although the burning rock acidification reaction is a product of alchemy, it does not require magic power, which means that a large number of civilians who do not have magic talents can also be engaged in production work, and the abundance dust they produce will be enough to produce in a short time Significantly increase the country's food production.
Second, literate civilians are better at manipulating reactors than illiterate civilians.
Gawain took a deep breath.
None of these things happened recently, but started a few years ago. However, due to the lag of information dissemination and the limitation of productivity, the Burning Stone Acid Chemical Workshop has only now started to be built in the frontier of Typhon, and Anzu...
Ansu knew nothing about all this.
Daniel saw that Gao Wen hadn't spoken for a long time, and finally couldn't help breaking the silence: "My lord, do you need me to collect the population changes of Typhon in recent years? I can contact my old friends in the imperial capital..."
Only then did Gao Wen wake up from his thoughts. He glanced at Daniel, and the many chaotic thoughts in his mind were quickly sorted out and gradually became clear.
The development of Typhon is an established fact, and for such a huge empire, the pace of development that has already begun is difficult to be disturbed and stagnated by external forces, not to mention that under the current situation, the Principality of Cecil has no chance to go hinder Typhon's development.
Amber once said a word: When the opponent is too strong, a poisoned dagger is better than any sword.
Although there is a sentence after Amber, "but oil on the soles of the feet is better than a dagger", but Gawain thinks that only the first half of the sentence is enough.
"Don't worry about anything else, you take the magic net information I gave you to respond to Rosetta Augustus's recruitment," Gawain looked at the old mage in front of him, and said very seriously, "Remember, Don't take things out at the first time, first check where their research is, see what they have on hand, and then throw out your research results little by little. When necessary, you can share some of the research credits with your apprentices You have to gain a firm foothold in Typhon's Mage Association just like you were promoted in the Order of the Eternal Sleeper, and be careful not to be exposed."
Daniel bowed his head deeply: "Yes, my lord, I will definitely not let you down!"
"Well. After entering the mage team of Emperor Rosetta, you should have more opportunities to get in touch with their technical information. You should report to me in time, and I will give you new orders at any time," Gawain clicked. Nodding, then the topic changed, "But this will increase your risk of exposure. Your characteristics of the eternal sleeper are too obvious. Although few people know the existence of the mind network, your frequent access to the network itself is an abnormal phenomenon. "
"My lord, do you mean..."
"It's time for you to increase your manpower," Gao Wen said unhurriedly, "I asked you to research non-implanted nerve cords and more efficient brain wave amplification devices, do you have any ideas?"