In fact, Tang En had been planning to use Elemental lifeforms and puppets for a long time.
The reason he didn't use them now was because he wanted to give the refugees a chance to work in exchange for money and food.
Tang En naturally had the ability to support those refugees, but if these people only had enough to eat and warm clothes without a goal in life, it wouldn't take long for them to start causing trouble. Thus, he had to make those people busy and live fulfilling lives so that they wouldn't cause any trouble.
Subsistence?
Sorry, Ellington wasn't that benevolent, and Tang En wasn't a selfless and benevolent overlord.
If they wanted to eat and wear warm clothes, if they wanted to live a better life, they had to crawl out of the ground and work, not wait for others to give them charity like parasites.
Besides the above reasons, another reason was that Ellington couldn't afford to use Magic Crystals before.
Now that they had the mine, Magic Crystals were no longer a problem for them, so they could naturally start their previous plan.
Fiona was a bit nervous, "Are you sure?"
Tang En shrugged, "It shouldn't be a problem."
After all, he had the title of "Elemental Ruler" …
"Elemental lifeforms and puppets should be fine. If we can replace a large amount of labor, how much can we save?"
Fiona began to have sweet dreams.
"Save costs? You're thinking too much, using Elemental lifeforms and puppets would cost a bit more. "
"Why would the cost be high?"
Fiona was surprised, "Elemental lifeforms and puppets don't get tired, they don't need to be paid, and they don't need to eat …"
"They need mana to maintain them, so Magic Crystals are their salary. Why do you think the cost would increase?"
Tang En chuckled, "But the most important thing is that these increased costs can be converted into higher efficiency, and the most important thing for us now is to increase efficiency."
"Then do you think Elemental lifeforms or puppets are better?"
Tang En smiled, "I personally feel that Elemental lifeforms are better."
On one hand, it was because of his identity as an Elemental Ruler, and on the other hand … Puppets weren't easy to deal with for the time being.
The alchemy puppets they needed had to have elementary intelligence, which was related to the domain of souls. And Prandal's domain of souls was a true domain of gods. Twain couldn't create artificial souls, but he couldn't kill other people's souls to serve as the souls of alchemy puppets. Even if he did that, the alchemy puppets might not be obedient.
Tang En pondered for a moment and said, "Summoning Elemental Creatures from the Elemental Realm and maintaining them in Prandal requires a lot of magic power, but Elemental Creatures have their own intelligence, so they can get the job done after some simple learning. And what's even better is that some jobs will be very convenient with the help of Elemental Creatures. For example, Water Elementals can help irrigate farmland, Fire Elementals just need to lie down in the furnace, and the furnace's temperature will definitely be high. Earth Elementals can not only help to level the land, but also help to dig in the mines and even help to build houses. Wind Elementals can help to transport and also assist in production and processing."
Fiona's eyes shone as she exclaimed, "That's great!"
"The value they can display is completely worth the price of admission … The only thing you need to pay attention to is pacifying the people. Don't let them panic because of the appearance of Elemental Creatures, and don't rashly come in contact with Elemental Creatures, especially Fire Elementals."
"I'll take care of this problem."
Fiona was full of confidence. With the increase of income, Tang Dynasty Daily had already become the standard of Ellington's residents. Anything important could be published in the newspaper and the residents would see it.
"Using Tang Dynasty Daily?"
Tang En smiled and seemed to be deep in thought.
Newspapers were indeed very useful in a situation where communication speed was lagging, but with the increase in the speed of information transmission, newspapers would soon be unable to meet his needs.
The transportation of people and goods between the mine and Ellington could be achieved through the teleportation array, but using the teleportation array for simple information exchange was making a fuss over a minor issue.
It would be great if there was a phone …
Tang En sighed and waved his hand. "If we summon Elemental Creatures now, Tang Dynasty Daily will only be able to send out the news tomorrow. There's obviously a delay, so we need to use other means."
"Other means?"
"Yes." Tang En smiled inexplicably. "Have you heard of the square loudspeaker?"
"… What's that?"
"You'll know soon enough."
Loudspeaker … Well, sorry, let's call it speaker elegantly.
The Gnomes had already come up with something like a loudspeaker. Gnome amplifiers … Gnome loudspeakers had already been used by Klot and the others in many places. They were used for short-distance communication and information transmission. In fact, with a little more development, they could be expanded into wired telephones.
However, Tang En was more willing to use magically modified loudspeakers because the difficulty of making telephones with technological means was a bit too high for a layman like him.
However, if he could solve the problems of accurate calls, "signal" attenuation, and transit, he could smoothly make magically modified mobile phones.
Of course, there was already super-long-distance communication magic technology, but the cost of using it was too high, and it could not be popularized at the level of civilian use. Only by using some small spells to magically modify mobile phones could it be successfully popularized.
It was also very simple to use magically modified means to achieve the effect of loudspeakers. Sound was produced by the vibration of the medium, and the loudspeaker increased the intensity of the sound to increase the transmission distance. But what about using magically modified means? With the help of invisible magic and tangible elements, it was completely possible to maintain the intensity of the sound and transmit the sound to extremely far places. Moreover, the other party would feel as if it was ringing in their ears when they heard it.
Then, let's expand our thinking. Since we can use the ubiquitous magic and elements in this world to replicate the vibration of sound to achieve long-distance non-directional transmission, then what about directional transmission between matched objects? What about the enhancement and transit of attenuated signals?
If we can achieve the above two points, the birth of magically modified mobile phones is just around the corner!
The enhancement and transit of attenuated signals are actually easy to solve. We only need to set up the strengthening nodes to unconditionally strengthen the received magic signal. The difficult part is to specify directional transmission between matched objects. This is equivalent to mobile phone dialing. If every dialing is a non-directional wide-area call, when the number of users increases, the interference to the magic of the entire world will be extremely serious, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
Of course, what Tang En wanted to make now was just magically modified … magically modified loudspeakers.
After setting up a loudspeaker network in Ellington, then setting up the Tang Broadcasting Station to broadcast programs regularly to attract listeners. Then, if there was any urgent news, it could be smoothly transmitted to the residents of Ellington at the first moment.
After lunch, many residents who were taking a stroll suddenly found that there was a small spire at the top of the liege's residence.
Just when those people were full of doubts, they suddenly heard the liege's clear voice.
"… Yes, that's it. Open it, and speak to it, the sound will be transmitted — what? You've already opened it? Why didn't you say so earlier! "
Then there was a burst of noise. After a while, the voice turned into a very sweet female voice, and it was obviously full of excitement and excitement.
"Hello, everyone! Without leaving the house, you will know everything in the world. This is the Tang Broadcasting Station. I repeat, this is the Tang Broadcasting Station! This is the first trial broadcast, please don't be nervous and don't panic. I am Marlene, the specially hired broadcaster of the Tang Broadcasting Station. My Lord, can you hear my voice? Can you? Oh, oh, okay! "
"Huh? Isn't this Miss Marlene's voice? "
An aunty was surprised. "Isn't she a maid in the liege's residence? How did she become a specially hired broadcaster? "
"What is this Tang Broadcasting Station? Is it a new thing that my Lord came up with? "
"Ahem, today's afternoon news broadcast, the weather is clear today, the current temperature is 35 degrees, no clouds, no rain, the light is strong, and the air is slightly dry. Female friends, don't forget to buy a peppermint extract to replenish your water."
"Ah! If Miss Marlene didn't mention it, I would have forgotten. My skin is so dry! "
"Go back and quickly use the peppermint extract to replenish your water!"
"Today's afternoon news is as follows: Changes in Alinx, the price of Magic Crystals collapses; Cadier Family is anxious to get out of the pit, but unexpectedly the auction venue is cold; My Lord is generous and the crystal mine has successfully changed owners; Datang Chamber of Commerce turns the tide, the enemy of the past becomes the savior of today; If you want to know who's lover is, you have to look at the romantic Bolet of the Imperial Capital; The residents are working together to build the city, and they are panicking because of the lack of manpower. My Lord has a brilliant idea, and the elemental creatures come to help …"
"The following is the main content of the news. Recently, Alinx …"
Hearing that the broadcast was about what happened in Alinx, which was thousands of miles away, these people were excited. For most of them, perhaps they would never leave Ellington in their lifetime. To be able to know what happened in the Imperial Capital without leaving the house, it was impossible even in their dreams!
Many people who heard the broadcast couldn't help slowing down their steps. They relaxed their nerves and began to listen to the broadcast.
When they heard that the price of Magic Crystals had collapsed, they couldn't help being shocked. When they heard that Tang En had generously bought the mine, they couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat for Tang En. When they heard that Tang En had used the Tang Daily to save the market and bring the price back down, they couldn't help cheering for their Lord!
Then when they heard that their Lord was summoning elemental creatures to help build Ellington, they were so excited that they couldn't control their emotions.
Which Lord had this kind of method and courage?
No one!
Only Ellington!
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