On the way back to the lord's mansion, Gawain was still in the same car with Amber. Looking at the merchant's guild hall fading away from the car window, the half-elf lady couldn't help muttering: "Five years of mining rights... Is it difficult for you? Are you going to dig out the mines in that place in five years?"
"Dig it out? Of course it can't be done. Even with advanced mining machinery and Rebecca crystals to blow up the mountain, it's impossible to hollow out the White Sand Hills in five years," Gawain shook his head, "but I can guarantee at least five years." In this year, the 50-year planned mining volume of the Eastlanders will be excavated, and if any subsequent impacts are not considered, if the destructive mining is performed directly, this number will even double."
Amber blinked her eyes, she didn't seem to know what to say for a while, until after thinking about it for a long time, she suddenly asked: "To be honest, is it really good to do this?"
Gao Wen glanced at her: "How?"
"... selling weapons to the Royal Army and selling alchemy potions to the Eastern Territory made this civil war even more unmanageable..."
Gao Wen shook his head: "Even if I don't sell it, do you think this civil war can be settled?"
"That's not what I mean," Amber scratched her hair, "I think all the Ansu people are dead now... don't you care?"
Facing Amber's puzzled gaze, Gao Wen spoke slowly: "Frankly speaking, I care because those are the population, a precious population, but I don't care because they are not Cecilians, at least not yet. "
In this matter, Gao Wen didn't intend to talk about conscience and morality, because he was indeed acting for the benefit, even if he was planning the benefit of the entire southern border. His goal is the entire Ansu, but now he doesn't have the ability, so his only choice is to feed the industrial machines in the southern border as soon as possible, even if this industrial machine has to drink blood and eat meat. After all, he is the lord of the southern border people now, Not Anzu's king.
Judging from the inevitable situation in the future, sooner or later the Kingdom Army and the Eastern Front Legion will be enemies.
And on the other hand, he also has a second consideration for exporting magical weapons and alchemy potions to the Kingdom Army and the East Territory: he wants to try to force Ansu to develop.
The promotion of magic technology in the southern border has brought a lot of experience and lessons. This land is like a blank sheet of paper. After sweeping away the old nobles, you can let Gao Wen splash ink. Even so, the development of magic technology here is not smooth. So what if he wants to cover the entire Anzu with magic technology? How big of a plan is that
Typhon is already watching, they just wait for the Ansu people to shed the last drop of blood. If one day the Ansu civil war ends and Gao Wen successfully controls this land, then the Typhon people will definitely not give him time to let him slowly. The development catches up with the gap, and in order to avoid the worst result, he will send Ansu to the train of Magic Industry from now on, even if it is tied.
As industrial products, neither alchemy potions nor magical weapons can exist alone. They need a complete set of industrial chains to support them. Just like Prince Edmund in the East Realm realized the importance of factories and production technology before Belk set off. The nobles of the royal capital will soon realize the necessity of the magic industry to maintain an "industrialized army". Traditional aristocrats may be narrow-minded, but they are not incapable of thinking. They will not allow their lifeblood to be completely controlled by Gao Wen.
Magic armor and magic weapons need to be maintained, crystallization grenades need to be recharged by magic nets, alchemy potions need to be produced by factories, and factories also need magic nets. After building magic nets, there will be a basis for introducing mining machines. With mining machines, there will be With abundant metal minerals, more machines can be made...
Even if the royal capital and the nobles of the Eastern Realm don't know how to build a complete magic industry chain, they can at least lay a foundation. The weapon and potion that Gawain sold them was a lasso entwined with flower vines, which was glamorous and beautiful, but Once in contact, it is difficult to break free. Under the pressure of war, in order to keep the weapons and medicines flowing, and to keep the machines used to maintain and produce them running, they must also start the magic industry.
Amber was silent for a while, not knowing what she was thinking about, until she was about to reach the city center, she suddenly muttered: "It's really unlucky for the people who are tricked by you, I really lost my life to you, and I want to thank you Great kindness and great virtue... "
"Do you think they can't react?" Gao Wen shook his head with a smile, "Everyone is not stupid."
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In the church, Wright, who had put on a pastor's robe, stood on a wooden podium, facing the audience, and he used a deep and powerful voice to tell all kinds of knowledge about the Holy Light.
"... Holy Light will be attracted by people's hearts. The closer the words and deeds are to the virtues of Holy Light, the more intense the phenomenon of Holy Light will be...
"It is the most effective way to understand the teachings of the Holy Light in practical actions. For us followers of the Holy Light who practice new teachings, practical words and deeds are more effective than reciting scriptures and repeating rituals..."
Wright stopped, and under the pulpit, a tall, powerful warrior-like man raised his hand: "Patriarch, you said that the Holy Light will resonate with noble words and deeds, but does virtue have an unchanging standard? ?I was studying history recently and saw that the concepts of 'morality' and 'justice' are always changing...”
It is impossible to see it in the old-style Holy Light Church when the pastor is preaching. However, it is a preaching method advocated by the "Pure Holy Light School" (Protestantism). As long as the rules of asking questions are followed, everyone can The Holy Light can be discussed and studied as a kind of knowledge that can be studied, which makes the Protestant church more like a learning institution rather than a place for performing religious ceremonies. This is what Wright is happy to see.
He nodded to the powerful man. He knew him. This was a white knight in the apprenticeship period. Apart from practicing martial arts and fighting wild beasts, this brave soldier's greatest hobby was reading and studying. Only a new-style pastor with both civil and military skills can be so keen to find out what needs to be explained in the teachings: "Moral standards will change. In ancient times, the greatest virtues were related to food, but today's moral standards have added such things as loyalty, Honesty, credit, bravery, etc., and the words and deeds used to embody these qualities have also been changing with the times. Therefore, we should have a concept of "public morality", which must conform to the most recognized morality and fight for the group. The true meaning of the Holy Light."
"... Then why is this happening?" The voice of the trainee White Knight, who is both civil and military, was puzzled, "Can the Holy Light think? It will select people who meet its standards? And it will follow the changes of human moral standards. Variety?"
This bold point of view caused the believers in the church to discuss in low voices, and Wright was silent for a moment. After some thought, he replied frankly: "I don't know the answer for now."
"You don't know?"
"Yes, people should face their ignorance sincerely," Wright replied, "the road to absolute truth is endless, we can only understand the 'relative truth' within the range of our minds, maybe there really is an answer It can explain all the secrets of the Holy Light, but I don't know it yet, I only know that this is what we are looking for. I also want to remind everyone here not to blindly follow anything that claims to be 'absolutely correct', because including me The patriarch cannot be absolutely correct, we should boldly pursue the truth, verify it carefully, and remain humble, so that we can continue on this path of exploration.”
Wright's words sparked another burst of discussion, and after the discussion, the sermon continued.
Finally, this "sermon" was over, and the people in the church got up one after another and dispersed in twos and threes. The benches that were originally full quickly became empty. Wright watched the believers leave, and then got up to tidy up the wooden platform. The Holy Light and other materials on the website, and a small figure flickering from not far away came to Wright with a glass of water in his hand.
"Drinking water is hard work!"
"Thank you," Wright took the water glass, and lightly pressed on Emily's hair, "I'm very good today, I didn't make trouble for everyone, it's worthy of praise."
Emily laughed happily, while Wright glanced casually at the church, and suddenly found a hooded, slender female figure sitting on the pew below.
Has she been sitting there? Why didn't you see it just now
Wright was puzzled for a moment, then walked towards the woman wearing a hood who seemed to have no intention of getting up: "Ma'am, do you need help after the sermon is over?"
"I do have some doubts," the woman wearing the hood looked up. She took off the hood, and her long pale golden hair spread out, and a beautiful face with a calm smile appeared in front of Wright. "The Chief Shepherd of the Southern Church was born."
Wright looked at the blond woman in front of him calmly, while Emily next to him looked at this strange sister who had never met in the church in surprise: "Sister, who are you?"
Immediately afterwards, the little girl exclaimed again: "Wow! Sister, your whole body is glowing!"
"Emily," Wright gently pressed the little girl's hair, "you go to the room to rest first, I will chat with the guests."
Emily blinked and looked at Wright, then at "Strange Sister", nodded after a moment of hesitation: "Oh."
The figure of the little girl gradually disappeared in the air.
Veronica looked at all this, she did not speak, but the peaceful and peaceful holy light permeated the church, it was like a gentle undulating sea, rippling between the rows of benches, in this holy light In the ocean, Wright just stood there quietly, and the rippling holy light flowed past him, as if ignoring his existence, and as if he ignored the existence of the holy light.
There was a shimmer of light on him.
Veronica finally broke the silence: "There are no guests who come to the church, only lost lambs, aren't they?"
"This is your saying, we have recently abandoned it," Wright said calmly, and then sat next to Veronica, "No one is a lamb who needs to be guided, and all the seekers who come to the church are the same. "
"It is indeed a new and radical teaching," Veronica nodded slightly, "just like your sermons, but they are all very interesting."
Wright looked at the living saint from the northern church in surprise, and at the saint princess who could represent the power of the traditional church: "Do you think this is interesting?"
"At least I've never heard of similar teachings, which is interesting enough," Veronica said, looking into Wright's eyes at the same time, "Can you tell me about your teachings?"
Wright suddenly felt that the situation at the moment was a little funny.
He knew that the living saint of the northern church had come to the southern border, but he never thought that he would have such a calm conversation with the other party under such circumstances.
But in any case, it is his duty to answer the teachings, so he nodded: "If you really want to listen."
"Today I'm just a listener, according to you, a seeker."
Wright suppressed all doubts and absurd feelings, sat up straight, and explained the teachings.
This special "sermon" did not last long. Protestant teachings are not complicated, and the content is much less rigid than that of the old church. Wright used his unique simple sentences to narrate his understanding and perception of the Holy Light, while Wei Ronika just listened quietly the whole time.
When the "sermon" ended, the holy light rippling in the church gradually dissipated.
Wright looked at the "Saint Princess" in front of him, guessing what the other party would say, but Veronica just stood up and bent slightly to him: "It's a wonderful explanation, Mr. Wright."
After saying this, her figure instantly disintegrated into countless floating shimmering particles, which gradually dissipated into the air.
"Is it really just an avatar..."
Lyte watched the last gleam of light dissipate, muttering softly.
"What the hell is she here for?"