The communication with Pitman did not achieve Gawain's original purpose, but it had unexpected gains.
He did not comprehend anything related to the nature of magic from the Druid's ritual spells - originally he thought that with his imagination as a time traveler and the knowledge of Gawain Cecil, After witnessing the "magic wonder" of Druid spells, you will have an epiphany, but it turns out that this is really too much to think about. But on the other hand, he heard "a little insight" about divine arts and magic from Pittman.
It is not that humans have stolen the authority of the gods, but that the gods have cut off the power that originally belonged to humans.
To be honest, although Gawain Cecil is known as half a polymath, it is only because of boasting. He does know a lot of things, but it is just because he has been well-informed during his pioneering journey. , he just has a wide range of friends, and a lot of knowledge in his memory belongs to the category of broad but not refined. For example, the history of the Druids - Gawain knew from his memory that the Druids were a complete and unified religion three thousand years ago. Due to the "Fall of the White Star" event three thousand years ago, the religious organization disintegrated and transformed into several academic factions. At the same time, in During this process, natural magic also transformed into the current druid magic, but in the details of this history, the memory he inherited is obviously not as good as Pittman, a druid who has received orthodox inheritance (although it seems Always very unseemly).
Since each Druid sect attaches great importance to the inheritance of knowledge, "school history" is a basic lesson that a Druid must master. In addition, Druid inheritance relies heavily on The elves, their inheritance has not been affected by the demonic tide seven hundred years ago, and the time difference of three thousand years means that Gawain, the "ancient", has no special advantage over Pitman on historical issues, so Pitman knows , Gawain may not know.
It is precisely because he clearly knows how the Druid priests used divine magic three thousand years ago, and also knows the process of the evolution of divine magic into magic, that Pitman can make the conclusion that "it is not that humans have stolen the authority of the gods. It's the gods that cut off the power that originally belonged to humans." This is an astonishing conclusion.
Of course, Gawain knew that this conclusion was just Pitman's one-sided statement, and naturally it could not be taken directly seriously, but as a way of thinking about gods... it seemed that it was not a bad idea.
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A few days after sending the Byron Knights out, the territory's plan to increase the population finally started to gain momentum.
Just as Gawain expected from the beginning, compared to recruiting refugees, recruiting craftsmen, promoting the introduction of immigrants, etc., the only thing that is truly reliable and can stably bring in population is the purchase of serfs and slave labor.
We are not stupid, but who would come to the foot of the Dark Mountains to open up wasteland and farm if there is a way to survive?
Far away from the border of civilization and close to the Gondor Wasteland, the entire New Cecil Territory was built just beside the gate of hell. The decline of the Southern Territory for hundreds of years and the dark stories that continue to be circulated among the people have already created this problem. The land is dyed with a strong color of terror,Everyone firmly believes that this place is a deadly wasteland, and the ancestor of the Cecil family led people to open up wasteland here probably because he had some changes in his brain after lying in the coffin for too long - a person with no problem with his brain Will you come here?
Oh, someone put up two notices and a publicist yelled a few words, announcing that this place is safe and livable and that it also provides food, accommodation and distribution. Are you kidding me?
In this era, the people’s numbness is beyond imagination, and their ability to endure poverty is beyond imagination. They would rather stay at home where they can hardly maintain food and clothing than go to a legendary and dangerous place. They risk their lives to make a living because they can neither see nor imagine what life in the distance will be like. For most people, the cost of leaving their hometown and taking a risk is too high to bear—if they make the wrong choice, they will be doomed.
So the first batch of people who came to the territory were slaves purchased by Knight Byron and his men from nearby territories - serfs, slave laborers, indentured servants, all kinds of slaves, Thanks to the abundant funds, the first batch of people sent reached as many as three hundred.
And more slaves are still on the road, or still in slave traders' cages.
Of course Gawain did not directly allow these slaves to enter the camp and mix with the people in the territory. He had already ordered people to level out a large open space on the west side of the territory near the forest and built a large number of buildings in advance. With tents and simple fences, the slaves transported from the dock first had to undergo basic identity registration and physical examination at a temporary quarantine camp on the river bank. Their names were recorded and their health was generally determined before they were taken to the new place by the soldiers. In the camp.
After that, these new people will stay in the independent camp for at least two months. During the day, they will be led by supervisors to various work sites, work with the people on the territory, and work in the independent camp. In this process, they used personal experience to learn the basic order and laws of this land. At night, they were sent back to their independent camp. Before falling asleep, they had to listen to the "Cecil Basic Law" read to them by the soldiers and "General Chapter of Labor System" to understand the new personnel management system in this land, and the most important thing -
The way to obtain freedom.
Gawain calls this process "buffering."
After two months of adaptation and learning, the slaves who have expired will undergo a simple examination. In fact, they will recite the things they have been taught in daily life, and learn from the experience of working with them in daily life. They will learn about their work and adaptability from the people in the territory. If they meet the standards in both aspects, a foreign slave will be officially accepted into the Cecil Territory. If one of them fails to meet the standards... he will have to return to the "buffer camp" , continue your education.
The buffer system that Gawain came up with is just a prototype. It is used to prevent a large number of foreign people from rashly integrating into the territory and destroying the order he has finally established. But he knows that this system must still exist. There are many imperfections, whether it is the time required for buffering, the content of education and training, or the standards for subsequent evaluations.and accuracy need to be slowly adjusted and improved, but as long as we have this buffer system, we can at least avoid the risk of the situation getting out of control.
The wharf on the Whitewater River is busier than ever before. The cargo ship hired from Tanzania Town is unloading a new batch of serfs and mine slaves. Sisi, wearing a full set of extraordinary weapons, The soldiers of the war were staring at the scene with all their attention, maintaining order - although they lacked a bit of "humanism", the fact is that only when these soldiers unsheathed their swords, the noisy serfs and slave workers would know how to line up and They will pass through the gaps reserved in the dock fence in an orderly manner.
Hetty led a group of people who were selected from the hundreds of people who were literate and numeral to register the basic information of the slaves here. When another slave left in front of her, she reluctantly He couldn't help but rub his forehead.
This is the third "Sam" she has seen today.
Few slaves have decent names, and no one will name them seriously (including their parents). Slave traders usually only name them casually when they find a buyer. Give them a name, and what good names can those slave traders who also have little knowledge come up with?
The better ones would call him "Sam" or "Holm", while the worse ones would just call him "Idiot" or "Big Man".
Furthermore, the slaves could not tell their age and place of origin. When asked what they were good at, what they could think of was not technology, but "strong", "resistant to fighting", " There are various answers such as "eat quickly".
But she must continue the population registration work, because having a lot of information registered is better than not registering it.
Fortunately, our ancestors had the foresight to think of numbering these people - even if their names have a variety of names and a high repetition rate, they will not be afraid of repetitions by numbering them, and they only need to remember them now. It's just your own number, so you won't forget it, right?
Hetty lowered her head and sorted out the forms she had just filled out, when a particularly tall figure blocked the sunlight in front of her.
She raised her head and saw Gawain’s face.
She hurriedly wanted to stand up: "Ancestor, you are here!"
"You can sit down," Gawain waved his hand and looked back at the pier to find the people gathered there. There have been a lot less. It seems that today's registration work is coming to an end. "How do you feel?"
"To be honest, I feel more and more that the 'organization management' you told me about before is really necessary." "Hetty almost wanted to cry, "I never thought that writing a few forms would be so tiring... How great would it be if this kind of thing could be left to others?"
" General education and night classes have been launched, and more and more people in the territory will be literate and numerate. Moreover, I have sent a letter to Knight Byron to find clerks and teachers. Even if they are paid well, they will have to recruit a few. The situation will be Improved."
"I hope so," Hetty beat herself."You have planned a large set of management organizations for me, but 70% to 80% of the positions are empty. God knows how long it will take to fill up the staff."
Gao Wen smiled. , the topic changed: "Today there are still only serfs and slave workers?"
"Yes, there are only serfs and slave workers," Hetty glanced at the form in her hand, "Ah no, there are also refugees... They were a family of three. They probably had no chance of survival. They boarded the ship arranged by the Byron Knights with the mentality that there would be no difference between dying in the Dark Mountains and starving outside the town. I have arranged accommodation for them according to the standards of free people.
Gawain frowned: "There are only three people..."
"There is nothing we can do," Hetty sighed softly, "Even the homeless people can't help it." Few people want to come to the Dark Mountains. They don’t know the real situation here and dare not come.”
“I have asked Knight Byron to use his ‘channel’ to spread the news,” Gawain said. His brows widened quickly, "For many people at the bottom of society, the news circulated in pubs and tramps is always more reliable than the news posted by nobles on bulletin boards. I believe that after those gossips spread, There will be refugees who are willing to come here to try their luck."
Heti blinked, and his expression suddenly became strange: "It's the same... method you used to spread rumors when you went to the royal capital? ”
She actually wanted to say it as a “trick”, but considering that it might be embarrassing for her to be chased and beaten by her ancestors now that she is so old, she used a more neutral term.
"Please call this influencing public opinion." Gawain reminded seriously.
At this moment, a lazy voice suddenly floated from the air next to you: "You are really capable of these weird words coming out of your mouth~~"
Gawain knew who was speaking without turning around: "Amber, can you use a more normal way to rush? You have to run around in shadow every time?"
As he finished speaking, an amber gradually appeared in the air, and the half-elf lady jumped out of the shadow state, not taking Gawain's lesson to heart at all: "I tell you, over there in the camp But it’s almost time for dinner, so I kindly came here to invite you to dinner..."
As expected, this guy can only show up at the meal time.
Gawain glanced at Amber with a dumbfounded look, and was about to say something, but at this moment, a burst of noise suddenly came from not far away.
Gawain looked around and saw that the last registered slave was standing in front of another registration gate not far away, and the noise came from the mouth of the recorder in charge of registration. The recorder said in a loud voice: "Name, I'm asking you your name - don't just hang around!"
However, the slave standing in front of the recorder just stood blankly. , as if suffering from some illness and unable to maintain balance, he kept shaking his body slightly in place, turning a deaf ear to the sounds outside.
NoteThe recorder's voice became louder: "Hey, is there something wrong with your ears?! I asked you your name! Or do you mean you don't understand Common Language?!"
The slave finally seemed to have some understanding. However, he just glanced at the recorder with cloudy eyes, and his body shook more violently, and even started to tremble obviously.
The recorder was stared at by the other party's turbid and lifeless gaze, and couldn't help but feel a little bit hairy: "You...what do you mean?! Soldier, soldier!"
At this moment, Gawain suddenly sensed the extremely unstable magical energy that suddenly rose in the slave's body!