In the study, Tang En and Fiona sat opposite each other. Tina and Marlene, whose eyes were rolling around, stood by the side while holding a tray. They were listening to the two adults talking about some topics that they did not understand.
"It's been a few days since the joint harvest convoy set off. There's news coming back from the front one after another. Now it seems that they've achieved a lot."
Fiona waved the letter in her hand with a rare smile on her face, "They've already earned thousands of gold coins in just a few days. Although it's not much, it's already proven the existence of this market. Their income will only get higher and higher in the future."
"Of course, I've been very confident since the beginning."
Tang En was very relaxed. He had never doubted the success of this plan. He gently swirled the cup, and before he could open his mouth, Tina was one step ahead of him and added hot tea for him.
"Thank you."
Tina blushed and stepped back with her head lowered.
Fiona glanced at Tina and then said to Tang En, "The paving of the roads these few days has begun to show results. The asphalt roads that have cooled down have received unanimous praise from everyone. Your reputation is even higher now. Don't you plan to take the opportunity to say something to them to stabilize the people and the situation?"
"There's no need. The people aren't blind. They've seen what the ruler has done. They know very well that the ruler is good to them."
"That's because the area that you need to rule now is too small. You can control everything in your hands."
Fiona said snappily, "If you're ruling another country, can you guarantee that all the leaders will be on the same side as you? The people aren't that rational. By then, their complaints will come straight to you. "
"Of course not. The human heart is very complicated and changeable. Once the crisis of starvation is removed and people begin to live a prosperous life, they'll begin to pursue more wealth and more enjoyment. Their selfish desires will also expand. This is inevitable."
"Then what will you do by then? Kill those who don't listen to you? "
"I would love to do that, but unfortunately, I can't."
Tang En shrugged. "Killing Butcher Zhang, Butcher Li, and Butcher Wang … To completely put an end to this phenomenon, on one hand, everyone's moral standards must reach an extremely high level. This requires basic education to be popularized as soon as possible. On the other hand, society's productive forces must be sufficient to satisfy everyone's desires and needs. This cannot be forced. We can only pray that society's productive forces develop quickly enough."
"But from the way you speak, you don't seem to be worried?"
"Because ordinary people are actually very tolerant. Unless they can't take it anymore, they won't stand up to resist."
Tang En shrugged. In fact, there was another reason that he did not mention.
If there was no internal pressure, external pressure could be used to force them to maintain a high level of integrity. The invasion of Chaos was an unavoidable threat.
However, Prandal had just recovered from the second invasion of Chaos and had yet to recover. If he were to announce this news now, he would either be treated as a lunatic or cause the entire world to fall into chaos and collapse.
"Alright, this topic is too heavy. Let's talk about something more relaxed."
Fiona noticed that this topic was not suitable for discussion now, so she changed the topic. "In the feedback from the three teams, in addition to the victory of the first battle, there are also a large number of intentions to buy. It is said that the new lord of Casamie Castle, Lawrence Kadir, has decided to buy the combine harvester and in large quantities. What do you think?"
"If he wants to buy it, we'll sell it."
Tang En curled his lips. "Although we have a grudge against the Kadir family, why not make money when there is money to be made?"
Fiona was stunned. "Aren't you afraid that they will hire some rogue mages and learn the core technology?"
"Of course not. Let them learn it. I'm more than happy for them to learn it."
Tang En narrowed his eyes and tapped the table rhythmically. "I'm only worried about one thing now …"
Fiona immediately became serious. "What is it?"
"The magic crystal mine."
Fiona was surprised before knitting her brows, "It is indeed a large problem."
With the development and sales of various magic machines, after the magic machines became popular among the people, the consumption of Magic Crystals would increase and the price would definitely increase. At this time, Ellington who didn't have any Magic Crystal mines would be at a large disadvantage.
The increase in the price of Magic Crystals would without a doubt affect Ellington who developed the magic machines the most. As long as the price increased by a bit, it would greatly increase the cost of Ellington's construction.
Fiona said with knit brows, "Aren't you important to his majesty Victor? Before the influence of the magic machines spread, how about you buy some Magic Crystal mines at a low price ahead of time? "
"I'm afraid there's no chance."
Tang En shook his head, "After the second Chaos War, after a hundred years, all the Magic Crystal mines in the Irus Empire are in the hands of the Kadir family. The remaining ones are in the hands of the other families and are their lifelines. We can't meddle at all."
"Then what do we do?"
Fiona was a bit anxious, "If Lawrence finds the important use of the Magic Crystals after buying the combine harvesters, it will be even harder for us to buy the Magic Crystal mines."
"The risk of importing Magic Crystals from the Ronitte Kingdom is even higher. The City of Silver has always accounted for most of the exports. If we suddenly import large amounts of Magic Crystals, it will definitely attract the sharp attention of those merchants. After all, the merchants of the Ronitte Kingdom are famous, even the goblins praise them."
"Although the Ryan Empire's Magic Crystals are cheap, they are too far away and there is the Gris Kingdom in between, so it isn't worth it. Moreover, doing business with the beastmen is very troublesome, very troublesome. We also lack the food they need the most … …"
Tang En tapped the table and suddenly paused, "In short, the Magic Crystal mines have a very important meaning. No matter what, we have to think of a way to steal a piece of meat from the Kadir Family's mouth."
Fiona's head hurt, "You just extorted two million gold coins from the Kadir Family, do you think they'll be willing to sell the Magic Crystal mines to you?"
"That will depend on if they have an excuse to make things hard for me."
If there was an excuse, with how thick Tang En's face was, he would even dare to extort the Megalosaurus!
At this time, Tang En was a bit surprised before he suddenly stood up.
"What is it?"
"Elijah is here."
Fiona knit her brows and said in a dissatisfied voice, "I know that you like Elijah very much, but we are discussing business, can you restrain your pampering of her a bit?"
Even Fiona didn't know if her dissatisfaction came from her jealousy towards Elijah or her attitude towards Tang En.
"No, she was very scared and was crying quite hard."
Tang En slightly knit his brows. As soon as his voice fell, Elijah charged into the study. After pausing for a bit, she found Tang En and threw herself into his embrace while crying, "Wu, big brother, wu, wu."
"What's wrong?"
Tang En patted Elijah's back and comforted her, "Don't cry, don't be afraid, I'm here."
"I, I shouldn't have disobeyed you, I, I, Elijah is a bad child, I, I really didn't do it on purpose, big brother, don't scold me …"
Elijah, who was crying loudly, seemed to be frightened and couldn't even speak properly.
"Yes, yes, I know, so don't cry."
But Elijah still couldn't stop crying.
"Nola, can you feel what happened?"
Nola came out and wiped the sugar residue from the corner of her mouth, "I can't feel it, Elijah's thoughts are very chaotic."
Even Nola couldn't feel Elijah's thoughts, it seemed that something really happened.
After comforting her for a while, Elijah finally calmed down. She nestled in Tang En's embrace with a tired face and had the urge to sleep.
Fiona gave Tang En a look. Tang En nodded and asked softly, "Elijah, can you tell me what happened?"
"Big brother …"
Elijah looked at Tang En pitifully, "I'll tell you, please don't be angry … I, I really didn't do it on purpose … I, I don't know how it happened …"
"Okay, I know, tell me."
"I, I, I …"
Elijah wanted to say something but stopped. After hesitating for a long time, she said uneasily, "I killed someone …"
Killed someone!?
Tang En, Fiona, Tina, and Marlene were shocked when they heard that.
Although it was normal for people to die in this world, Elijah had never killed anyone before. She was so scared when she saw a dead person before, how could she kill someone?
Twain almost immediately guessed what had happened. He pressed Illia's shoulder and asked, "You've been secretly practicing magic!?"
"Big brother, it hurts …"
Elijah was frightened. Her eyes widened and tears swayed in her eyes.
"I'm sorry …"
Tang En took a deep breath. Since it had already happened, it couldn't be solved by blaming her. He had to figure out what was going on.
"Didn't I say before that you shouldn't practice magic when I'm not around?"
Tang En first scolded her, then asked, "Where's the body?"
"In, in the woods behind the town … It's where we practiced magic before …"
Tang En carried Elijah and said to Fiona, "I'll go and take a look."
"I'll go too!"
Fiona frowned. If Elijah killed the townsfolk by mistake, things would be troublesome.
Although using Tang En's privilege could be covered up, once he started to use his privilege, there would be a change in the heart of the person in power. At that time, would Tang En still be the current Tang En?
Would he become another dictator like Hogg?
Fiona felt that it was necessary for her to follow. At least she could think of a solution first.
"Don't spread this out!"
Although Tina and Marlene wanted to follow, they were only maids in the mansion after all. At this time, they couldn't run around, so they could only watch Tang En and the others disappear in an instant.
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