As always, Amber's mouth was in a random state of under-drawing and extreme under-drawing. If it were normal, Gawain would have been holding the Sword of the Pioneer and was ready to slap this thing against the wall. However, this time, he No quarrel with Amber.
Because he is in a really good mood.
He was even in the mood to discuss some more serious issues with Amber: "Do you know how valuable that magic circle is?"
"How valuable?" Amber blinked and said it honestly. The half-elf lady is quite confident in her magical attainments - she believes that she knows nothing about the relevant fields, so she is not embarrassed to admit it, "I even used several magic runes on it. I can’t even understand it, how could I know how valuable it is...”
Gao Wen really didn’t expect that the other party would be so honest, and he almost choked to death, but at least he had experienced the Internet age in his previous life, and even the poorest people had seen it. , so he quickly adjusted his mentality: "Then let me ask you in another way - if magic becomes something that everyone can use, or everyone can 'borrow', how valuable do you think this technology can be? ?"
Amber was stunned for a full minute before she said in disbelief: "You mean... that magic circle can turn everyone into a magician? Maybe he got dizzy after watching too much sun in the past two days?"
Gawain didn't pay attention to the awkward part of the other party's words, but shook his head in a good mood: "Of course it can't be helped. Everyone becomes a magician, but it has the potential to give everyone access to the supernatural realm. I guess Hetty doesn't really realize the significance of that magic circle. It's not just a crappy spellcaster using basic runes. Assembling a large magic circle is so simple, its greatest significance is a breakthrough, a breakthrough in 'general use, universality, and ease of use' in order to allow my daughter who has no magic talent to receive magic power. The wild mage allows the self-charging magic circle to provide constant and adjustable magic output to any mana-consuming unit. Before this... no great magician in the world had the concept of this, because those great magicians I always use my own hands to complete this process."
Amber felt a little confused about Gawain's thinking: "You can control the magic power freely with your own strength. This is not better than that wild mage. How much more powerful is it to achieve a similar goal with the help of a huge magic circle?"
Gawain looked into Amber's eyes: "The mountain giant ape can easily smash the head of a brown bear with a slap, but humans can't. But you need a warhammer to do the same thing. Which one do you think is more powerful?"
Amber: "...Eh?"
Gawain didn't respond and fell into shock and thought. Instead of Amber, he stood up and came to the tent door.
The treasures left by the unknown wild mage not only include a magic circle, but also a large number of research records he left in his notebook. As a "weak" with extremely limited spellcasting ability, He had to use calculations and advanced ideas to overcomeGawain was deeply surprised when he saw those things for the first time. He didn't even believe that those things were a living thing. What people in the ignorant and repressed Middle Ages could leave behind.
Automatic operation, compatible with transmission interface, "fool-style" external control, rune arrangement rules based on geometry, rune simplified formulas...
If there is no one from another world Broadening your horizons, from the perspective of most people in this world, these "struggles of the clumsy" will probably be swept into the trash heap, because any intermediate-level spellcaster can directly skip them with various metamagic skills. The steps recorded in the wild mage's notes - they never thought about such a whimsical thing as "letting inferior people who don't know magic or have low magic talent control magic power".
Those great magicians who wield fire and thunder on their own may be worth fearing, but in Gawain's view, until a poor wild mage uses magic as a tool from the perspective of "personal talent" The day I peeled it off and liberated my hands, this mysterious and powerful skill was truly sublimated - it changed from a fist to a club.
Just like the first time humans tied stones to wooden sticks and used this rough war hammer to kill beasts several times more powerful than themselves, this was a leap forward.
However, it is a pity that after thousands of years in this world, humans are still making war hammers.
Gawain felt that it was time to equip this warhammer with a rocket booster...
Leave aside Rui, who was holding a treasure and holding the original drawing of the magic circle to study how to construct it. Beka aside, on the third day when a large number of manpower was finally in place, the work of opening up Cecil's land was officially launched.
Food, clothing, housing, and transportation are the basis of survival. No matter how many grand plans Gawain has in his mind based on steamed steel and rocket-propelled hammers, he must first ensure that the people in his territory are protected. Only when your stomach is full.
A sufficient amount of food had been purchased while in Tanzanian Town, and the king also promised to supply food and cloth for the early years of the territory, but these were only for transitional purposes. Self-sufficiency was the key to long-term survival. It is necessary - although it is not impossible to use the resources produced by the mines to purchase grain from nearby lords, as a pioneer who traveled from the Celestial Dynasty, Gawain has the obsessive-compulsive disorder that most people in the Celestial Dynasty have -
Pulse and obsessive-compulsive disorder due to lack of food.
Open up wasteland! Farm! How dare you sleep without clearing out ten acres of farmland after arriving? How dare you say you have a firm foothold without opening two vegetable gardens behind the base? Since ancient times, there has been only one standard for expanding territory and living in peace for a long time - to cultivate a piece of land!
Of course, it is normal to have this idea, but in this world where extraordinary power exists, Gawain knows that he still has a lot to learn.
A very simple truth - after knowing that humans in this world can make iron with the help of the power of runes and using straw as fuel, who would dare to pile up a pile of manure?Is it comparable to the original local technology?
What's more, without being sure of the basic rules of this world, Gawain is not sure how much of the earth's knowledge he has memorized in his mind can be used here, in case the microbial activities in this world are disrupted. What to do if you don’t follow the Basic Law...
But regardless of these details, the basic idea of planting land first if you want to settle down is always good.
Gawain came to the place where the wasteland was being reclaimed. Everything here was still at a very basic stage - Rebecca took the time to come here yesterday and spent a full half day on the wasteland overgrown with weeds and bushes. The fireball completed a perfect burning of the wasteland, and today the serfs began to plow the land deeply to dig the fertile plant ash into the soil and remove the stones mixed in the soil.
Gawain was delighted to see that the system he had ordered in advance was also implemented here - a wooden sign was inserted every hundred steps on the vast wasteland, dividing the entire reclamation area into many evenly divided areas. The laborers worked within the plots, and several groups of people moved between the plots to prepare for digging ditches. On the edge of the reclamation area, a temporary wooden shed was set up. Hetty and a few people stayed there, responsible for recording the progress of the work and registering the withdrawal and return of tools by each group of people.
At the same time, there was a large stove in the wooden shed, and the settlers' lunch was also served near the shed.
The workers are already accustomed to Gawain's appearance - this "somewhat strange noble man" always likes to wander around the noisy and messy construction sites, and will specially look for the mud-legged people. Chatting, at first this made many people nervous and uneasy, but now...
The nervousness is still there, but the uneasiness has subsided a lot, especially after Gao Wen fulfilled "All serious workers can After these two immediate promises: "Eat a full meal" and "Those who work extra hard will have meat to eat", the civilians and serfs in the territory have gained a lot more trust and intimacy with this new lord who keeps his promises and is famous.
Gawain just walked through the busy labor scene and came to the wooden shed on the edge of the field. A dark-skinned farmer-like person was standing next to Hetty, and the two of them were looking at each other seriously. They were exchanging something while Knight Philip was guarding them.
Gawain's nearly two-meter-long figure had a strong presence. As soon as he approached, Hetty raised her head and stood up. The farmer with his back turned around and saw that it was Lord lord, he hurriedly bent down and bowed: "Lord lord..."
"Don't be nervous," Gawain waved his hand, "I just came to see the situation."
Then he was a little curious. He looked at the man who looked like a farmer but was discussing the problem with Hetty: "Are you an expert in farming?"
In the common language of humans in the Loren continent, "expert" It's the same word as "scholar". When the farmer heard Gawain calling him that, he immediately waved his hands nervously and fearfully: "How can I compare with those knowledgeable big men... I'm just a farmer..."
“His name is Norris,” Hetty introduced upon seeing this. “He is a farmer on the territory. He is very good at farming. I wanted to find someone to ask about land reclamation and farming, so I found him. "
Gawain looked at Norris up and down. He was a typical medieval peasant with dark skin, thin skin, thick hands and feet, and a humble expression on his face. He looked about forty or fifty. Years old, or older, but Gawain was not sure of his true age - heavy labor and malnutrition caused every civilian on the continent of Loren to age prematurely, although humans in this world have good health conditions. Exceeding the life span of people on earth, the average age of nobles has reached 100 to 150 years old (without using magic or other external forces to extend life span), but in fact 90% of the world's population is unhealthy , many workers sometimes already look senile when they are just over 20 years old.
Civilians in the Cecil Territory can at least maintain food and clothing and live longer than civilians in other territories, but premature aging caused by labor cannot be avoided.
The farmer named Norris turned his neck nervously under Gawain’s gaze and showed a humble smile.
But such a humble smile made Gawain slightly startled.
How long has it been since he saw a smile on the faces of the poor in this world?