Hetty didn’t know what her ancestor from seven hundred years ago was thinking at this time, and she was destined to be unable to understand plans that were too far-fetched and grand for her now, but she followed Gawain’s line of sight. , looking at the camp in the distance that was full of vitality and vitality, she seemed to be infected and became excited.
A land starting from scratch, a new order, a promised bright future - Hetty thought that she had passed the age of girl who was easily touched by foreign objects, but at this moment, she Still can't help but look forward to some better changes in this land.
This is the biggest difference between her and those traditional nobles - traditional nobles do not expect changes.
“Just keep what I told you today in your mind for the time being,” Gawain suddenly turned around and reminded Hetty, “These things are too advanced, tell the people, they If you don't understand, tell it to the nobles... If they don't understand, then they will treat you as a madman, if they understand, then they will treat you as a mortal enemy."
Hetty paused. Zheng, with her intelligence, quickly understood what Gawain meant.
Those brand-new orders - although there are only a few clues now, it is enough to touch the sensitive nerves of the nobles. It may really bring prosperity to this land, but that This kind of prosperity is not necessarily what traditional nobles like to see.
After all, they are different from the Cecil family. Their lives are extremely comfortable now.
"I understand, but can you tell Rebecca?" Hetty nodded, but as soon as she finished speaking, she pursed her lips and shook her head slightly, "I'm afraid the child can't understand these complicated... ..."
"No, you underestimated her," Gawain laughed, "In fact, Rebecca is probably smarter than you think, but her intelligence has never found a suitable stage. . I think she has been..."
Before Gawain could finish his words, a small figure suddenly appeared in his sight: Betty ran quickly along the field ridge. The little maid with a few cute freckles on her face came to him, took a few breaths, and then bowed awkwardly: "Master! Miss Rebecca is looking for you!"
"She is looking for you! What..." Gawain stopped mid-sentence, "Oh, you must have forgotten."
"I didn't forget it this time!" Betty straightened up and said crisply, "She said she was going to start work. Let you go over and take a look at her results!"
Hetty came up from behind: "What started?"
Betty thought for a while and shook her head: "Forgot! "
Gawain & Hetty: "..."
"Yes, I know what it is," Gawain rubbed the head of the little girl in front of him, dumbfounded. " It seems that she has been studying the magic circle for several days and finally got the 'Magic Network', but I thought she would have to struggle for a longer time - what do you think, Hetty, are you going to take a look anyway? I don’t want anything for the time being.As a matter of urgency, why not go see how Rebecca's first 'engineering project' was completed? "
"To be honest, I am really worried about what she will do. After all, a crappy mage who can only use fireball has to make such a large-scale magic circle... even though they are all elementary. Rune," Hetty smiled and shook her head, then looked in the direction of the wooden shed, "Then Knight Philip, my ancestors and I will go check out the situation in the blacksmith shop, and I will leave this place to you first. "
The young knight immediately stood up straight and tapped his breastplate with his hand: "I will certainly fulfill my mission! "
A small supervision of land reclamation work made him shout an epic slogan... Gawain couldn't help but sigh, how could there be such an old-fashioned person among the young knights, even as strict as the classical knights? People who abide by the rules and regulations come... Is this really the power of faith?
Gawain and Hetty left. Betty looked around and walked into the wooden shed. It was still early to cook, and the laundry work had been completed. The little maid, who had nothing to do for the time being, became interested in the papers with many words and pictures left on the wooden table.
Knight Philip saw the little girl's actions and watched her movements carefully to prevent this silly little girl from messing up those important things - and he was ready to stop it at any time.
And. Betty looked at the drawing with the waterwheel curiously, but her interest soon shifted to the recording form with numbers and names written on it. She approached the table and pointed at the pen and paper: "Can I write? "
Philip Knight took the paper and pen away and looked at the little girl seriously: "Can you write? "
"Can't write," Betty shook her head, and then added, "Can't read either! "
"Then don't touch it," Philip said a little sternly. "The paper, pen and ink were bought by the lord with money, not for you to play with. "
Betty was stunned for a moment, and nodded with some frustration: "Oh..."
Philip Knight looked at the frustrated look of the little maid and frowned. He felt that he might be too harsh. It was a little bit more, but it was his duty to protect the lord's property - especially when there was a shortage of all supplies in the territory, and even a piece of paper and a pen had to be transported from Tanzania Town, it was even more unreasonable. A little girl wasted those precious writing tools.
Finally, he comforted Betty a little, but the little girl still looked at it with frustration and regret. As Betty walked on the field, Philip couldn't help but think of the conversation he had just heard between Duke Gawain and Lady Hetty.
Let them learn how to read. Is it really possible to make everyone literate?
But if it is done? The little maid must be able to write.
When he came to the "blacksmith shop", Gawain found that it had become a place.At a construction site, there are many busy "workers" in the large open yard, and several soldiers are guarding various materials piled in the corner of the yard. Rebecca is standing in the middle of the yard, holding a large pile of paper in her hand and gesturing. Hui Di and the old blacksmith Hammer were introducing something, while several of Hammer's apprentices stood nearby and listened attentively.
It looked quite like that, and it was obvious that Rebecca only called Gawain after the project had been successfully started.
"Ah! Lord Ancestor!" Rebecca saw Gawain, who was nearly two meters tall, from a distance, and then saw Hetty who was following Gawain. "And Hetty. Aunt..."
This little girl was quite in awe of Hetty.
"I came to see your progress," Hetty said with a faint smile. Although she didn't know how well Rebecca could do it yet, looking at this orderly and decent scene, She also felt that she needed to encourage her with a smile, "It seems that you are very confident."
"Yes! I have been studying it for several days!" Rebecca said with her hands on her hips, although due to staying up late, A little fairy-like, but still full of vitality, "This magic circle is really great! Those calculation formulas are also... Ancestor, let me tell you, those formulas are much easier to use than those rigid arrangements of runes and The spell model is a thousand times easier to use, and you can apply it in any way, and this magic circle..."
"Stop, stop, stop, we are not here to listen to you show off," Hetty quickly interrupted Rebecca said, she knew that her niece was indeed very good in calculation ability and theoretical knowledge, but she was afraid that this girl would annoy her ancestors to death if she kept chattering, "Just tell me how you plan to complete the magic circle. "
When she said this, Rebecca nodded vigorously: "Oh, I'm going to bury it underground..." "Bury it underground?" He was stunned for a moment, "I saw you dug a lot of trenches, but you actually planned to bury them underground?!" When Gawain entered the yard, he also saw Rebecca commanding people. The trenches dug in the ground - those curved or straight, intersecting or parallel lines formed many geometric structures in this huge yard, and overall formed the rough shape of a magic circle. Some places that seem to be nodes have markers such as wooden stakes erected, and there are some auxiliary white lines drawn around them - considering that almost all the people who work here are illiterate or numeral, these auxiliary Things like line and coordinate positioning should have been done by Rebecca herself.
She first drew lines on the ground, and then told the workers where to dig and how much to dig. This should be her work process.
After hearing what Hetty said, Gawain diverted his attention away from the ravines. He glanced at Hetty curiously: "Is there anything wrong with burying the magic circle underground?"< /p>
“No…there is no taboo,” Hetty shook her head, “It’s just that most of the magic circles are exposed. On the one hand, they are buried.It will take a lot of effort underground. On the other hand, the magicians have to control the operation of the magic circle or monitor its situation. Burying the magic circle will obviously cause trouble. ”
What she said is common sense. As a third-level mage (although she only knows fireball), Rebecca couldn’t possibly not know this, but this girl still did it. It means that her jumping head has lost control again... Hetty is a little uneasy, fearing that Gawain will blame Rebecca for this, and the confidence that the latter has finally built up will be greatly affected.
However, this child has suffered a lot of shocks since he was a child. He should get over it after a while, right?
While Hetty was thinking wildly, Gawain said: "Not yet. Why did you bury the magic circle underground - I want to know first, how did you draw it accurately on the ground? ”
Rebecca was stunned for a moment, not knowing what her ancestor’s question meant.
Gawain actually asked this question with great consternation.
Rebecca drew a magic array that required extremely high accuracy and was filled with various geometric figures on a plane that was hundreds of meters long and wide and would have produced serious errors when observed with the naked eye on the surface. !
For Gawain’s home world, this kind of thing is not difficult. There are countless surveying and mapping instruments and mathematical tools that can accomplish this kind of drawing. In this world where magic exists, this kind of thing is actually impossible. It can be done - magicians usually use Mage's Eye or Eagle Eye to look down from a high altitude and complete the drawing of large magic circles in this simple and crude way, but can Rebecca?
Except for a few wooden stakes and some auxiliary wires, she does not have any advanced tools. There is no complete mathematical and geometric system in this world to help her, and she does not know any other magic except fireball. < /p>
She doesn’t know how to master the Mage’s Eye even if it is a second-level mage.
So how did she do it?
Gawain repeated it again. Question to myself: “How did you draw it exactly on the ground? ”