Daniel has always been not just the eyeliner set by Gao Wen among the Eternal Sleepers, but also the eyeliner set by the Tifeng Empire.

Although this old mage lives alone and lives in a remote place in Tifeng, far away from the center of the empire for many years, he is at least a Tifeng person. And as a mage, he must have retained some of his own power, and the information he can provide is still valuable to Gao Wen; on the other hand, Tifeng is a country with rapid development and rapid changes. Its remote place is different from the remote place of Ansu. Even with information delays, every inch of Tifeng's land will still be affected by the orders of Emperor Rosetta, and there will never be any situation like Ansu that the entire southern territory is almost out of touch with the hinterland of the kingdom.

From Daniel, Gowen can learn a lot about Tifeng, which is not necessarily timely, but at least it is more reliable than the stories made up by adventurers and bards.

Daniel was somewhat grateful that his female apprentice had just gone to the town and brought a lot of news. He dared not hide it at the moment and told all the new news he knew: "... Rosetta Augustus was expanding his army. He had previously established a system of standing troops to replace the recruitment of troops. Now more than half of the troops in the Tifeng Empire are composed of such standing troops, and these soldiers will undergo vocational training..."

Gao Wen nodded slightly while listening. When he encountered something unknown, the old mage would stop and ask carefully.

Although he had inquired about many things related to Tifeng with Daniel, he still didn't know enough. The main reason was not that Daniel had concealed anything in the past, but that the old mage himself did not understand anything other than Tifeng. For him, all the situations of Tifeng were natural common sense. When Gao Wen did not take the initiative to ask, he did not know the specific reporting direction, so the information provided was inevitably missing.

"…… Recently, Emperor Rosetta issued an order to add a school, increasing the number of rural teachers, and requiring farmers to read in their spare time..."

Gao Wen immediately frowned and tapped the table gently, causing the old mage to stop: "What is the current literacy rate of civilians in Tifeng?"

Daniel responded respectfully: "About 40% of farmers can spell words like common grains, farm tools, and understand the list of grain collections. 20% of farmers can read simple notices or write a clumsy letter. This proportion has been increasing."

“How long has the literacy education been promoted?”

"Six years ago, the emperor issued an order to cancel the ban on literacy for civilians, but not many people took the initiative to recognize words at that time. It was not until four years ago that the emperor ordered the establishment of schools and sent teachers. More and more people began to recognize words. However, after the promulgation of the "Field Deeds Law", farmers could rent the land of the empire and declare and receive grain on their own. In order to prevent being deceived and prevent being cheated by scribes, more and more civilians began to readily recognize words..."

Gao Wen's face was a little gloomy. The old mage looked at his expression change anxiously, but in the end, Gao Wen nodded: "Continue."

"Yes...there are now adding stone-burning acid chemical workshops. Since last year, similar acid chemical workshops have been increasing significantly. Emperor Rosetta may intend to set up such a place in all grain production areas..."

Gao Wen interrupted Daniel again: "What is the acid chemical workshop for stopping the burning stone? Does burning stone refer to the white sedimentary rock mined offshore?"

Gao Wen had heard of the term "burning stone". As far as he knew, this thing was a specialty in the coastal area, and it was particularly rich in reserves in the Tifeng Empire. This gray-white loose ore could be ignited, so it was called "burning stone". However, its combustion efficiency was extremely poor and it would emit a large amount of irritating gas, so it was not a qualified heating and lighting material at all. Have... the Tifeng people have found a way to use the burning stone?!

"Yes, burning stone is the kind of white stone you are talking about," Daniel didn't know what Gao Wen was thinking, but he still reported carefully. "Creating stone acidification is the chief alchemist of the Royal Mage Society of Tifeng discovered several years ago that the burning stone was crushed and mixed with acid calcite, and put it in a closed container for high temperature heating. It will produce a dark brown powder and a large number of translucent crystals. The crystals are called 'gray crystals', which are a slightly valuable magic material, and those dark brown powders are called 'abundant dust'... can be used to promote crop growth."

Gawain subconsciously tapped the table lightly while listening to Daniel's explanation. At this moment, his action of knocking on the table suddenly stopped.

“Promote crop growth?”

"Yes, it is much better to dissolve and dilute the farmland with a lot of water than wood ash or human and animal manure. Moreover, burning stones are very, very cheap and not complicated to process. However, the 'rich dust' will soon degenerate after contacting the moisture in the air, and transporting it is very troublesome. Therefore, Emperor Rosetta ordered the construction of stone acid chemical workshops in various places to transport the burning stones to various grain production areas on site..."

Speaking of this, Daniel added: "In addition, in order to transport the burning stone, Tifeng is widening the road in large quantities..."

Gao Wen was shocked, but he didn't show it. He just continued to ask in a deep voice: "What is the specific operation of the workshop?"

After Daniel answered, he then asked a series of questions: "How many literate farmers choose to work in workshops? How many merchants have participated in the construction of those workshops in the past two years? How many nobles have participated in the construction of workshops? After Rosetta Augustus reorganized the nobles, was he encouraging them to do business? How were the roads in Tifeng built? What are the specifications? How many people can one liter fertile land support? How many ordinary fields can one liter fertile land support? How many people can one liter fertile land support? How many people does Tifeng have about the population?"

Gao Wen's questions came one after another. Daniel tried hard to answer them, and fine beads of sweat oozed out on 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 could not answer all the questions.

Although he did retain some connections when he was in the capital, he was just a mage who was addicted to research. If Gao Wen asked him about Tifeng's current magical achievements, he could certainly answer them quickly, but he would have to ask him to answer questions about the output of the fields, the size of the workshop, and even the population...

He can answer one-third of the things he has become knowledgeable.

Gao Wen's face had become particularly gloomy without realizing it. Although Daniel didn't know the real thought of the "outsider", he could also feel a powerful pressure coming into his mind along his nerves. After answering all the questions that could be answered, the old mage closed his mouth tremblingly, waiting for the new order to be issued.

Gao Wen ignored Daniel's reaction. He was now thinking about the development process of Tifeng.

From the beginning, he knew that Tifeng was a more developed country than Ansu, and he also knew that Rosetta Augustus was implementing a series of effective new policies. With the growth of productivity, Tifeng's society will surely usher in a series of earth-shaking changes.

However, Tifeng's development still exceeded his expectations.

The Tifeng people did not find a way to produce alchemy drugs in industrial use, but they found some cheap alternatives. The stone-burning acid chemical workshop will greatly increase the grain output of Tifeng and release a large number of agricultural population. The professional army of Emperor Rosetta has gradually taken shape, and sufficient food supply can maintain a larger military scale, and these professional soldiers will be more fully trained; due to the liberation of labor, the new stone-burning acid chemical workshop will have sufficient workers, and the process of building roads in Tifeng will also have enough labor...

And more importantly, Rosetta Augustus realized that literate civilians could generate greater value from time calculations. Emperor Tifeng almost immediately began to advance education after the acidification reaction of burning stone was discovered. This shows that the talented and wise emperor had figured out at least two things in a very short time:

First, although the acidification reaction of stone burning is a product of alchemy, it does not require magical power, which means that a large number of civilians who do not have magical talents can also engage in production, and the abundant dust they produce will be enough to significantly increase the national food production in a short period of time.

Second, literate civilians can manipulate reactors better than illiterate civilians.

Gao Wen took a deep breath.

These things did not happen recently, but began several years ago. However, due to the lag in information dissemination and productivity limitations, the construction of stone-burning acid chemical workshops has only begun to be built in the border area of ​​Tifeng. Ansu...

Ansu knew nothing about all this.

Daniel saw that Gao Wen had not spoken for a long time, and finally couldn't help but break his silence: "My Lord, do you need me to collect the population changes in Tifeng in recent years? I can contact my old friends I know in the imperial capital..."

Gao Wen woke up from his thoughts. He glanced at Daniel, and the many chaotic thoughts in his heart were quickly sorted out and gradually became clear.

The development of Tifeng is an established fact, and for such a huge empire, the pace of development that has begun is difficult to be disturbed and stagnant by external forces. What's more, with the current situation, the Principality of Cecil has no chance to hinder Tifeng's development.

Amber once said: When the opponent is too strong, a poison-tempered dagger is better than any sword.

Although there is another sentence behind Amber, "However, oiling the soles of the feet is better than a dagger", Gao Wen believes that just having the first half is enough.

"Don't hurry, take the magic network information I gave you to respond to the recruitment of Rosetta Augustus," Gao Wen looked at the old mage in front of him and said very seriously. "Remember, don't take out the things at the first time to see where their research has reached, see what they have at hand, and then throw out your research results little by little. If necessary, you can divide the research credits to your apprentice. You must gain a foothold in the Mage Association of Tifeng as you are promoted in the Eternal Midlander Clan, be careful not to be exposed."

Daniel lowered his head deeply: "Yes, my lord, I will definitely not let you down!"

"Well. After entering the mage team of Rosetta's Great, you should have more opportunities to access their technical information. You must report to me in time, and I will have new orders for you at any time," Gao Wen nodded, and then changed his subject, "But this will increase the risk of exposure. Your Eternal Sleeper Character is too obvious. Although few people know the existence of the spiritual network, it is abnormal for you to frequently access the network."

"My Lord, what you mean..."
Chapter completed!