"People-oriented? I don't understand the word, what does the king mean?"
A chirping voice came from the crowd, interrupting the high-pitched voice of the minstrel who thought it was full of magnetism and charm, which made him a little unhappy. "Listen nicely, this is the notice of His Majesty the Emperor of the Magic Empire. Don't interrupt it! If you have any questions, please ask the workstation!"
After shouting twice in a row, the noise around him completely disappeared. The minstrel bowed to everyone to express his gratitude and continued to recite the announcement in his hand. Now, reading the announcement is very important to them. Only by taking on this work can they be qualified to perform in the local area. They not only need to read aloud, but also need to memorize some of the particularly important ones, because they are often randomly checked by local workstation personnel. If they recite correctly, they will be deducted 1 point. If they recite it wrong, they will be deducted 1 point. If they are deducted 12 points, they will not be able to perform within half a year. There is an opportunity for an exam every year, and those who pass the exam can increase their points back to 12 points.
Neither the resident minstrel who makes a living in a tavern performance or the tour performance team cannot disobey the order of His Majesty the Emperor, which increases their workload. However, those who can obey and complete and have remaining points on hand can receive tax-free preferential treatment. Judging from the "thin side" of the gold coins, it is nothing to have a large workload. Anyway, no matter whether it is the music score or the lines, did not need to be recited in the past?
Moreover, taxation is greatly restricted by management ability, and it is basically impossible to calculate accurate values. If you want to calculate correctly, you need detailed regulations, complete records, and excellent statistical and calculation ability. If there were such talents, Feiqi would have summoned him to the palace long ago instead of staying among the people. The current "tax" method of the empire is the same as before, a very subjective "recognition tax system" that is flexibly mastered by tax officials within a certain range. Professions like the minstrel have never been satisfied with the amount of tax they pay, so tax officials are all negative in their artistic performances.
Now it’s different. After completing the publicity work on time, quality and quantity, they will receive a tax payment certificate, which is common throughout the magic empire, which directly increases their income. They often have to travel around the world and have a little more knowledge, so it is not difficult to see that the magic empire is in the expansion stage, and powerful emperors can beat any lord’s army at any time. Hurry up and hold this thigh tightly, making more and more tax-free areas become their basic consensus.
"That guy's voice is really good. After reading for so long, his voice was not hoarse. If it were me, I would have been speechless." Roger was a member of the working group. He was only sixteen years old. He used his servants as a cover to spy on information for Mathers. In order to know what kind of information is more valuable, he learned to write and calculate, so after entering the working group, he quickly adapted to a new position.
"Roger, I found scissors and crowbars. Let's cut the rope and see what's inside this wooden box!"
Roger nodded, and he took scissors from Jessica's hand, cut them down along the lines of the hemp rope, removed the rope, and then began to force the nails. Jessica was two years younger than him, a member of the work group, and was not a spy, and was very beautiful - especially in Roger's eyes. Others may not like hazel freckles and dark skin, and the emerald green eyes and golden pupils in it were relatively strange, but this did not affect Roger. He liked her lively personality and enthusiastic attitude, especially when she talked about crops, fruit trees, flowers and the happiness of breeding, and of course he would be infected by her.
The members of the working group generally come from four places, including spies provided by the Minister of Intelligence Mathers, tax officer of the Chancellor of the Chancellor of the Finance Minister Good, the "potato" expert of the Minister of Agriculture and Workers Eddie, and graduates of the Magic School of His Majesty. The spies are the most, accounting for half, and the magic school graduates are the least, often with only one, and the most group is only two. The remaining quotas are divided by tax officials and farmland experts. Roger targeted Jessica early, and he is trying to pursue her, but there are still two difficulties. One is Jessica's father, Kelson Collingwood, who is also a member of the working group, who does not have much affection for spies; the other is the graduate of the Magic School, the "more handsome" Lamb Treasure.
"Roger, this is the first time that the hell is sending a box? Or let the Hell Knights escort specifically. By the way, have you noticed the Hell Knights team? Their equipment is so majestic and looks amazing!"
"Do you like the Knights of Hell? I heard that after completing the two-year task of the working group, there is a chance to enter the Knights of Hells. Would you like to ask me to try it?"
"The Knights of Hell need to learn magic, and it will be difficult if you don't have a foundation. But if you are willing to go, I will cheer you up." Jessica blinked and urged: "Come on, remove this nail and open the lid! Let's take a look first before they come! Maybe it's a snack from the Imperial City!"
"Your Majesty the Emperor will not send snacks." Roger suddenly pulled out the nails, then removed the lid, and the two heads met and looked inside. The box was one-quarter the size of the standard box of the teleportation array, with a lot of straw in it, and a few things were buried in the grass. Roger leaned down, pushed the straw apart, and pulled out a rectangular box, a scroll cylinder and a rustling purse.
"There is a seal on the purse, don't open it. Oh, there is also a box..." Jessica sighed in disappointment. Although she was curious, the work group's regulations were very strict and the violation was very expensive. She didn't want to lose the job so soon. "Open the scroll cylinder, there is no seal on it, and you have to read it to me."
"Not at all." Roger smiled and pulled the lid open, poured the scroll out of the barrel, and then sat side by side on the box with Jessica and read it. "Instructions for using the wand? Inside the long box are two wands: stone drawing and training. Uh, what is this?"
Although Feiqi is not good at naming, his name is at least targeted. The two words in the first place come from the former Central Empire of Leiwei, representing the truth, Thunder Goddess of Truth, are considered to be the highlight of Feiqi, and provides him with sufficient reasons for his continuous expansion of his territory. What he values ​​most are actually the two words magic, which directly reveals how he wants to manage this country and what is the most powerful fundamental power of the empire.
Magic has a very strong effect on Yongli Continent, which can withstand comparison. Old man A once said to Feiqi, "The spells in your world are primitive and shallow." Primitive can be solved by development, and shallowness is also an advantage in some cases. It refers to "the spell power that can very simply contact and manipulate the rules of the world."
Some worlds have difficulty in starting magic, and it takes a long time to learn to achieve rich effects. The conditions are extremely harsh, but the Yongli Continent is just the opposite. This place was created by the Creator, and then he gave the management power to the Goddess of Truth. This handover actually exposed many world rules and spread them in the form of Goddess's magic runes. If the rules of the period of the Creator were regarded as precious ores, then it became an open-pit mine during the period of the Goddess of Truth. As the goddess became fragments, the treasure mine was not even guarded.
By learning divine runes, the Creator's Runes, and then the Hell Runes, and learning from spells from other worlds. Feiqi's magic is very close to the core rules of Yongli Continent and has the ability to mine. He has successfully dug some ores, such as space rules and illusion rules, plus some soul rules. As he digs, he found an interesting design: magic wand.
"Immortal" Oriana has a bone staff, densely covered with the runes of the Creator. She used this bone staff to cast and strengthen the spells in the soul realm. After Fitch defeated Oriana, this bone staff became his spoil.
There is nothing strange about spell items with runes written, but a rune on the bone staff caught Feiqi's attention. After he interpreted it, he found that its function was to extract the power of the soul and strengthen the spell. Feiqi did not learn this ability until he became a Deep Demon. He did not expect that this effect could be achieved within the scope of the Creator's Master Spell. Feiqi keenly captured this rare opportunity.
Extract some soul power and drive specific spells so that ordinary people who have been simply trained can also use spells.
For Olliana, she can use her soul to strengthen spells without restraint by relying on "Immortality", but ordinary people cannot. Therefore, the damage caused by the wand to the soul must be within the range that ordinary people can bear - and this is exactly the mastery of the mind-turning demon. Feiqi tried and improved. Since the materials were ready-made, he did not need to "invent" spells. He just tested the scope of application and continuously enhanced control, and the wand was made. The difficulty of using a wand was similar to a magic spell, but the requirements for magic abilities were lower. Even ordinary people, as long as they were the simplest, rough and primitive recovery method - in fact, they could sleep well after eating and sleeping well - and they could withstand the intensity of casting twice a day without causing bad effects. With better meditation recovery methods, even if a spell spell cannot be cast, they could use a wand ten times a day.
Feiqi made very strict restrictions. This "not-introduction" wand is only used to create simple spell effects. The stone-drawing wand uses a complex and weakened version of the Earth Element Bound spell, which can summon stones with a total weight of no more than 300 kilograms and a buried position of no more than half a meter to the surface. These stones are also limited to stones that can only be "in the natural power of the Earth Element for a long time" and are invalid for stone walls, slabs, and stone roads processed by people.
This wand is used to open up the land.
There are advantages and disadvantages in the field and soil, as well as paddy fields and dry fields, but one requirement remains unchanged: soil should be cut down and weeds can be burned, but stones can only be dug, picked up, and discarded by hand, which is quite laborious, and the stones under the soil are a threat to farm tools such as hoes.
"His Majesty the Emperor is really amazing!" Jessica exclaimed: "With this stone-drawing wand, the wastelands in our entire jurisdiction can bloom before the spring blossoms. Although there are not so many seeds, you can take turns to cultivate or plant crops that do not require too much management!"
"Is it so powerful?" Although Roger didn't understand farming, he knew he should be happy with Jessica. "Jessica looked, here I also said that when the operation was proficient, the user can control the scope of the stone wand to make it narrow and long, which can be used to reduce the workload of the excavation channel."
"Yeah, this is also a very good feature. Where is another magic wand? Where is the introduction to it?"
The function of animal training wand is relatively simple, and it is only used to assist in controlling domestic livestock that have been domesticated. "Well, I heard that cattle will be distributed before spring. I guess this is used to manage cattle? His Majesty the Emperor thinks it is difficult to control cattle?"
Jessica frowned, and Roger felt that it was time for him to perform. He quickly thought about it, and then based on his experience in living in the noble castle, he said: "I think it's not just about controlling the cows, but also about horses. Not everyone can ride horses. There are dogs. I've seen trained hunting dogs, and they gather together to be a very powerful force. Yes, we can raise more than a dozen dogs. Use this to command, will ordinary beasts and robbers dare to come?"
Seeing the girls who liked them brighter and brighter, Roger became more and more confident: "It can let the sheep go to designated places to eat grass, let the ducks not run around, and maybe even let the chicken lay more eggs..."
"Hahaha, I think it's not OK to let the chicken lay more eggs! But it can be used for breeding..." Jessica blushed, looked at Roger, and lowered her voice in uncertainty, "Maybe His Majesty the Emperor hasn't thought about this usage?"
"I don't know either. I just know not to guess the power and ideas of His Majesty the Emperor. The instructions did not say it, but we'll try it then."
"Why are we two trying it? You don't know magic, so you have to leave this thing to Lamb for use, right?"
Roger felt uncomfortable when he heard Lamb, but he would not show it in front of Jessica. He looked at the instruction manual in silence and suddenly showed a surprise expression, pointing to a line of words and said to Jessica: "Look, I've said this here. Even ordinary people who don't know magic can use magic wands. Everyone in the working group must learn and take turns using it according to the regulations. There is a way to use it here, and I will learn it immediately!"
"Don't be stubborn! Let's look for Lamb first! And the wand box also needs him to cast spells to open." Jessica jumped to the ground and said, "Wait for me for a while, I know where Lamb is. Call him over and let the three of you see what the wand looks like!"
After saying that, Jessica ran away happily, which made Roger feel a little depressed. "What can you do with magic? It's not the Emperor..." He snorted and picked up the long box. He just wanted to see the sealing rune on it. He didn't expect it to emit a flash and unseal it himself.
The box was stuffed with soft cloth, and two slender wands lay quietly in it. The wand was made of brass, about thirty centimeters long, one-third was a grip with anti-slip patterns, and there was a rectangular iron plate in the middle, which read "stone drawing" or "training animals". The front third was filled with dense runes.
Roger swallowed, and his inability to lose made him pick up the stone wand. As soon as he started, his heart pounded. Apart from the tension, the rest was excitement and there was no worry at all.
"How to use and precautions are here, it doesn't seem difficult..."
Chapter completed!