What Melita? "
"Being able to see this turning point in history is one of the biggest rewards I have gained since I came to this continent," the agent lady smiled. Imagination is even more impressive—this ceremony of yours will definitely be firmly remembered by many people."
Gao Wen put the saber away, came to the desk and sat down, and said casually: "Coronation is something that is meant for others to see, so naturally it needs to be impressive."
Melita was noncommittal, but took two steps forward to Gawain's desk, and put a stack of manuscripts on the table.
"Have you read it?" Gawain glanced at the manuscript, "It seems...do you have something to say?"
"Frankly speaking, I underestimated what you called 'knowledge' before," Melita said lightly, "It's hard for me to give it a price, and... I'm not sure if I should really accept your offer" entrust'."
Gao Wen looked at the other party quietly for two seconds, and said, "You don't understand why I keep this thing?"
"You tried to teach people how to tell whether your empire is operating normally, and suggested that they overthrow it after it decayed, and even left behind detailed procedures and methods of operation," Melita met Gawain's gaze, that The pair of lavender eyes were deep as if they couldn't see the bottom, "A sane person wouldn't do this, but a sane person can't write these things, so I'm curious... What is your reason for doing this?"
"First of all I have to correct that I'm just writing here what I know, there's nothing prescriptive or indicative in it - even if one says something to Sisi after the chapter 'The Nature of State and Class' The structure of the Er Empire has been questioned, and that is also due to their spontaneous awareness, not because of the emperor's order," Gao Wen said slowly, "Secondly, the reason I did this is very simple-to give myself an explanation."
Melita blinked: "Give yourself an explanation?"
Gao Wen didn't answer right away, but put his hand on the stack of manuscripts, flipping through them casually.
Several chapter titles appear between the pages—The Creation of the Aristocrats and Their Inevitable Changes, How the Means of Production Are Appropriated, The Nature of State and Class, Why Ye Are Hungry, Empire, Bread, Guns"…
His fingers stopped, and in the last stanza, the huge handwritten letters spelled out a sentence whose grammar may seem strange to people in this world: Do princes and generals have kindness
"As you said, the Age of Empires has begun," he finally raised his head and stared at Melita, "I started it myself.
"It is true that the civil war and the cluster monsters buried the old kingdom, but as a long-term observer, you should have already seen clearly that the civil war and the monsters only buried the skin of the old kingdom, and will really bury the royal society. It is Cecil's industrial society and imperial order-war can break up an army, but the army can be rebuilt. Only a brand-new social order and more advanced productive forces can be transformed from basic levels such as social structure and production relations. Completely replace the old order, the result is - the Age of Empires.
"The Age of Empires is better than the Age of Kingdoms, there is no doubt about it, but I am very clear, and you must be very clear, that it will eventually get worse...
"The Cecil Empire is the result of compromise—although many people think that I am a person who will not compromise, and that I will use my guns and bombs to destroy everything in the way, but in fact, from the beginning of the empire era, I have already compromised with reality - I retained the concept of 'nobility', retained the monarch, retained many hidden dangers of the royal age, and created a strict and efficient personal centralization system, in exchange for the next few generations Peace and unity, but also because I keep those things, sooner or later we will face the same problem as Ansu...
"The nobles under the New Deal system are still nobles, and the officials in the government affairs hall will sooner or later become bureaucrats, and when this happens, the empire will inevitably rot from the root again, just like Ansu before , and even worse than that—because the empire I've built is far more difficult to overthrow than loose kingdoms.
"Wales? Moen asked me before he abdicated whether the new country would be as rotten as Anzu. In fact, we all know the answer-of course it will, and this kind of rottenness is far from one or two wise and mighty emperors or a few A grand consul who is determined to reform can stop it. In fact, due to the particularity of the Cecil Empire, if it really rots one day, it must be the emperor and the grand consul who are the most rotten.
"This is determined by the imperial order of the Cecil Empire, just as Anzu's rot is determined by Anzu's noble order.
"At that time, there may not be another rising from the southern border, and most likely there will be no second Welsh Moen in the imperial palace, and I may not be able to rise again from the coffin."
While talking, Gao Wen patted the manuscript on the table.
"So I want to keep this - if the emperor in the palace is unwilling to roll down by himself, the power of the ancestors will fly."
"Just relying on these manuscripts?" Melita finally said, "Just relying on the inspiration it brings to people, do you think it will really be effective?"
"So I said, I'm giving myself an explanation," Gao Wen breathed out softly, "And to be honest... how do you know it's invalid?"
"It's... a very interesting idea. Choosing to be your friend at the beginning seems to be the right decision," Melita seemed to reveal a hazy smile under the veil, "But I still have a question—are you really Do you mind if future generations overthrow the empire you built with great difficulty?"
Gao Wen was silent for two seconds, then suddenly smiled frankly: "To say something irresponsible - I will be dead at that time, why don't you mind?"
Melita continued: "So let's assume again—what if you come back to life one day? After all, you've already done this."
Gao Wen was quite embarrassed by the other party's question: "... I got up from the coffin, not sit-ups inside the coffin..."
Melita leaned down slightly, and she got very close, a vertical pupil faintly appeared in those human eyes: "Then let me ask another question, what if you won't die? Your body has been tempered by elements , it has now been proven that you will not age at all, in other words, as long as you don't 'die from exhaustion' this time, then you may live forever, but your grand consul and government officials will not, you alone A wise man may be able to stave off the corruption of the Empire, but as long as it works according to the system, it will always corrupt, of course, you may make a second change before then, but if, just if - you fail, You can't save your empire, but the Mithril Treasury will spread these 'forbidden knowledge' according to your entrustment, what will you do then? Will you be the second Welsh? Moen?"
The agent lady paused for a moment, then continued: "Don't say nice words, if you are impulsive because of a false sense of 'historical mission' brought about by some kind of coronation ceremony, then you still have time to revoke—this kind of entrustment Once it takes effect, Mithril Treasury does not accept the 'unsubscribe service'."
Some kind of inexplicable pressure exuded from the human-shaped dragon. After one question after another, her attitude was no longer as simple as "asking". Gawain stood up to this pressure and looked up at the other party. It was a moment before he broke the silence: "Wales' choice is admirable... but to be honest, I'm afraid I won't be as free and easy as he is then.
"I'm a stubborn and somewhat selfish person, at least compared to Wales, and if the day you speak of comes, I'm afraid I'll be rotten to the bone.
"So, I probably won't 'roll' off the throne. I will firmly hold on to my imperial power, refuse to admit my failure, and actively organize a team to counter the rebellion—because by then, I will probably have forgotten During the pioneering period and the days of the rise of the southern border, I forgot what I told you today.
"At that moment, the rebels in my eyes were all rebels and traitors.
"If that time really comes... May the uprising warships be strong and powerful."
At an extremely close distance, Melita stared into Gawain's eyes for a long time.
Then she straightened up suddenly and returned to a normal distance. The always elegant lady agent laughed out loud at this moment.
There was no sarcasm in the laughter, but pure joy.
"Human beings are really an interesting species. Your selfishness and selflessness are surprisingly extreme." Melita finally stopped laughing, but her eyes were still bent, "Since you have mentioned such It seems that there is nothing to confirm. But I am curious about one thing... This kind of thing is almost related to the "national fortune". Is it okay? Don’t you really think it’s sloppy?”
While speaking, she picked up the manuscript on the table and waved it in the air: "What if we made it public in advance? What if we tampered with it? We are dragons, alien races in your human eyes... Your respect for us Trust, isn't it a little too much?"
"If the Dragon Clan really wants to destroy the current Cecil Empire, do they need to make plans on the manuscript?" Gawain glanced at the other party, "And if you want to use it for something in the future... To be honest, the power of these manuscripts is really It’s not that powerful. What I can conclude is just superficial content. One day in the future, there will always be people in the world who can see more clearly and think farther than I do. They don’t need any ‘ancient’ Guidelines for the manuscript'. In the end, these things are just my explanations to myself."
"It seems that you have already thought about this aspect," Melita breathed out, "Well then, I will continue this commission. But I want to remind you of one thing: the content of your manuscript, now But no one can understand."
Gao Wen nodded lightly: "I know, that's why I want to leave it to you for safekeeping, because it appeared too early, maybe even a generation earlier—and what I have to do is to continue to promote education, continue to To transform this society, if I will die of old age like ordinary people, then I hope that at least in my lifetime, people can understand it... "
The room fell silent for a while, and after a few seconds of silence, Melita said suddenly: "Now, I know how to price this special commission."
"Oh?" Gawain looked up at her, and then joked, "I hope it's not such an outrageous price—the current empire's finances are not that rich."
"Just use your promise just now," Melita said, "to promote your civilian education and complete your transformation plan. If your promise is realized, Mithril Treasure House will keep its promise. If you fail Do...these manuscripts will never see the light of day."
Gao Wen rubbed his chin: "This sounds like a loss-making business."
"No, Mithril Treasury never trades at a loss." Melita said with a smile.
After a short pause, she said, "If you have nothing else to do, I'm leaving. This is a big commission. I need to go back to Tarrond for this."
"There is something I want to ask," Gao Wen said before the other party left, "Do you know the origin of the huge skull in today's ceremony?"
"Of course, I've seen it with my own eyes—and I've seen your recent propaganda."
"There will be more publicity in the future, and everyone will know the origin of the skull and the plan behind the death of all things," Gao Wen said, "Of course, we will pay attention to control to prevent too strong shocks from causing social Chaos. My question is, will doing this... help get rid of the black trap?"
Melita was silent for a moment. In the silence, faint scales suddenly appeared on her cheeks and arms, and her eyes instantly turned into golden vertical pupils. The breath of the dragon escaped uncontrollably, making her The lights in the room were flickering, and in her shadow, there seemed to be something indescribable struggling to overflow—the body of this humanoid dragon trembled slightly, as if struggling against a sudden will in pain, and Just when Gao Wen was about to say stop, she finally managed to hold on at a certain critical point, and nodded slightly: "Yes."
"That… "
Melita gritted her teeth: "Ask again... more money..."
"No, it's enough," Gao Wen waved his hand, "I've got what I want."
The heterogeneous power descending from Melita quickly receded, the humanoid dragon staggered, then nodded to Gawain, took a deep breath, and left the room.
A moment later, in the video from the monitoring satellite, Gao Wen saw a blue dragon rising from the top of the Silver Fort and flying to the north.
"Looking" at the trajectory of the dragon's departure, Gao Wen couldn't help feeling a little curious—he wasn't curious why the people in the castle didn't notice a dragon flying over their heads. After all, spells like "curved light stance" can be controlled by humans , it must not be difficult for the giant dragon, what he is curious about is...
Such a big creature, its shape is not very aerodynamic, and its wings seem to have limited lift. How can it fly so fast
I'm afraid it doesn't depend on the magic of friendship...
Shaking his head and putting aside those irrelevant associations, Gawain slightly moved his shoulders and leaned back on the chair.
"Black trap...
"The problem really lies with God."
(Ask for a monthly ticket!! By the way, the number of words in each chapter is about 1,000 more than before, has anyone noticed =.=)