Broad World

Talking to Ilminster is definitely not a pleasant experience, especially since he often indulges in previous memories while talking, and then at some point suddenly begins to slander Henry's work as an elder. Yes, and point out the stupid part of it. His words are sharp, and sometimes they can even make people feel very embarrassed.

Fortunately, Henry's tolerance for the elderly and children has always been good, but he never refuted it with a smile on his face. He knows very well that this old man who likes to behave at will was born in dr212 and has lived more than one thousand and one hundred years old. According to folklore, the older he looks like a child, he has a weird personality that even many acquaintances cannot bear.

Of course, some of his words still make sense. For example, what matters should be paid attention to when fighting against evil gods, and what attitude should be used to face those uncontrollable forces.

Obviously, the old mage believed that Henry's power did not come from himself, but was obtained by chance during an adventure. He repeatedly emphasized how during the period of the fall of the magic goddess Mystra, how he sealed those out-of-control powerful forces in his body, and how to ensure restraint from using it.

For more than an hour, Ilminster kept on expounding a theme, that is, the stronger the force, the more restraint, otherwise it will bring irreparable disaster to the world. He is like a chattering old man, instilling those ancient and conservative values, as if all forces that are too powerful but uncontrollable are scourges, and it is best to permanently and completely ban them.

Although Henry sneered at this view, he was not stupid enough to argue with a stubborn old man. In his view, the temporary uncontrollable is not necessarily uncontrollable in the future. The power of fear itself is a very ridiculous thing.

Could it be that the research on new magic was stopped because it was beyond control?

Could it be said that it is possible to cause disasters for society to stop progressing?

As long as the right minded people don’t think so. Maybe the great sage of Shadow Valley is really old. At first I hated the change. From the bottom of my heart, I believe that the world is best to remain unchanged, not to have any turbulence, and at the same time not to move forward, to permanently freeze in a time of peace. He used to be keen on helping others and solving crises, and gradually became afraid of troubles and tired of participating in it personally. You can see this from his love of hiring young adventurers.

When the sun went down completely, Ilminster finally ended the long talk. He stood up and shook the soot on his body: "Well, thank you for being patient and listening to the truth of an old guy like me for a long time. But I sincerely hope that a young mage like you will not get lost in power. See its essence clearly, and don't let the power in turn affect your thinking."

"Don't worry, Samast and I are two completely different people, and I will never act like him crazy." As he said, Henry also stood up. He knew very well that the first voter of the goddess of magic was nothing more than worried that he would follow the old path of the leader of the dragon lich, so he did not hesitate to make a guarantee.

But Ilminster did not believe in this guarantee, and sighed slightly and said: "This is exactly what I worry about. You are more talented than him, and you are also more radical in dealing with enemies, and even master the power to make the gods feel The power of fear. That’s right. You two are different. After he fell into evil, he caused us a lot of trouble. But he didn’t really threaten the balance of good and evil. And once you fell into evil, then the whole main plane It is very likely that there will be a drastic change in the form of the country, and a war sweeping over half of the Western Continent will be unavoidable."

"Fell into evil?" Henry showed a trace of contempt on his face.

"Don’t put me in the same position as those idiots who are full of destruction. In fact, I follow the same principle of neutrality as you. People don’t offend me and I don’t offend people. For the development of the territory, I support the goddess of agriculture. The doctrine of the People’s Republic of China, on the premise of not destroying the ecological environment, reclaim as much wasteland as possible, and through the principle of equal emphasis on handicraft, agriculture and commerce, try to enable every ordinary person to live a prosperous life. Do you think that my approach can Are you involved with evil? What I like is creation. Only creation can bring civilization."

"I'm very pleased that you can do this, and I have also read the report of the League of Harpers, especially Bluevent City can almost be called one of the richest cities in the Western Continent." Speaking of this, Irmin Sturt paused suddenly, then showed a look that seemed to be able to see through everything.

"But some of your other actions are not so reassuring. For example, not long ago, some of your officers seemed to have returned to Tunis with a fellow named Dick. As far as I know, he seems to be a member of the royalist party. Members, many old nobles in the past are trying to secretly train the army and overthrow the current republican system. Don’t you think this needs to be explained?"

After hearing these allegations, Henry not only showed any panic, but nodded with a big smile: "You are right. I am indeed supporting the royalist party of Tunis. To be precise, I am supporting Dick. You. I seem to have forgotten that I am still the king of West Hartland. Of course, there is no official enthronement ceremony yet. As a feudal monarch, of course I have to consider the stability of the surroundings. The republican Tunis is too turbulent and does not conform to the West Hartland. Trand’s interests. And I think it’s a purely political act that has nothing to do with good and evil."

"The goddess of magic is here! I really didn't see that you are still an ambitious monarch." Ilminster shivered in surprise, almost throwing his beloved pipe on the ground.

Henry smiled and shook his head and explained: "No, this is not for rights, but for more resources. My goal is to reproduce the glorious magical civilization of the Netheril era. I believe you should know the need. Cultivating a large number of mages requires a huge amount of resources. Only after mastering more land, population and wealth can you have enough funds to invest in education, maybe ten, twenty, thirty, or even In a hundred years, one day I can make the city float in the air again."

Ilminster smiled bitterly and shook his head and exclaimed: "It's crazy! I now finally know where that palpitating feeling comes from."

Speaking of this, his eyes inadvertently showed a trace of nostalgia for the past: "I have to say, this is a great dream, whether it is a floating city or the core of Mysera, which can extract energy from the magic net infinitely. It is the yearning of all mages. But I advise you to give up. I have seen a real Mysera core in Misdrono. It is a perfect combination of magic and alchemy. It is not what it is now. The level of craftsmanship can do it."

"Failing to do it now does not mean that it cannot be done in the future. Since the great arcanist Iolum was able to create it thousands of years ago, why can't we modern people do it? If the craftsmanship can't be improved, the principle is not. You can study it clearly, but if you don’t even dare to think about it, then the magic of the future will only decline. As an Austrian law user, I think this is a kind of sadness.” Henry did not care about the other side’s face and directly refuted it. Tao.

In this regard, he has always insisted on his views. What kind of lost technology, to put it bluntly, is the lack of exploration spirit of modern masters. All of them clung to the magic net and only studied the spells that could be released through the magic net. Perhaps only those legendary mages would dabble in primitive magic, but the research progress is far behind the arcanists of the Netheril era.

Although the magic net has given the wizards a more convenient and safer way to cast spells, it has confined their thinking. What Henry has to do now is to increase investment in education first, so that more people can join the ranks of wizards, and then select the best part from them, so that they can rejoin the study of primitive magic.

This is a huge project. Even if there is an Arcanist from the Netheril era, Borken, to guide it, it will take more than a few years to see initial results. But the funds invested in this will definitely not be less than a few million gold coins, most of which will be used to improve people's livelihood and education. Only smart people can recruit enough apprentices.

As a legendary mage with an old man, Ilminster obviously knew the investment. At the same time, I can feel the strong enterprising spirit of the young man in front of me, so I finally shook his head helplessly: "Well, I hope your country will not become like Searle. But I heard that you built a new building in the north. The new city in China has begun to openly sell slaves."

"Don’t worry, I only allow those orcs to catch those evil monsters. There will never be good races such as humans, elves, gnomes, dwarves, and halflings. Of course, you can understand this as a kind of self-defense, anyway, those monsters. I often killed the merchants in the past and robbed them of their property. Wouldn't it be more merciful to let the monsters work than to kill them directly?" Henry said he didn't care.

He didn't think there was anything to fuss about. Instead of killing these guys who only know about destruction, it is better to capture them as slaves. Not only can they supplement the problem of insufficient labor, but also earn a lot of profits and taxes. At the same time, the brave orcs can also have a place to vent. Excessive energy.

The most important thing is that under such constant encirclement and suppression, the monsters of the High Wasteland will soon retreat to the depths, and the large swamps that are vacated at that time can be developed and can become large fertile farmlands.

In Henry's impression, if a country wants to become strong, it must have one or several pillar industries. In this continent full of conspiracy, turbulence and war, there is nothing more important than food, so he wants to make his country the most important food producing area.

Just like the United States on the earth, the US dollar is first linked to gold, and then the US dollar is linked to oil. Through two financial reforms, it has made itself the only settlement currency in the world~www.ltnovel.com~ so it can arbitrarily plunder the wealth of other countries.

But what Henry needs to do does not need to be so complicated. He just needs to pry open the doors of all surrounding countries with food, and then promote cash crops to these countries. As a result, their grain production will gradually decrease, and when it exceeds a certain level, it will be too late to change it back.

As long as grain exports are banned, food prices in these countries will inevitably soar, followed by violent turbulence. In such a bad situation, I am afraid that no matter what excessive conditions he puts forward, the other party can only grit his teeth and agree. If we firmly grasp this, we can control the economy, politics, and military of other countries and turn them into complete vassal states.

It can be said that this is a relatively mild method that does not require war or bloodshed. Although it is a bit despicable, it does not violate the bottom line of the Harpers League.

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