"My Lord, what are these people you've just hired for? For their work, we'll have to pay an extra 300 gold coins every month! "
"Don't worry, they'll earn back the 300 gold coins."
"But we haven't earned a single gold coin yet!"
Fiona was a little helpless. "Even if there are still a lot of gold coins in the treasury, we can't afford to spend like this."
"Fiona," Tang En said earnestly. "If we want to make Ellington's economy active, we must first let the residents have gold coins. I'm hiring these people now to deliver gold coins to the residents."
"But how are we going to earn it back?"
"Wait, it'll be soon. When I finish the planning … How's the situation at the blacksmith's shop?"
"The mine has already started to deliver iron ore to Ellington. There's only a small amount in stock now. In two days, there should be a large amount of iron ore delivered. Brian and Edgar are working overtime to build the waterwheel. Edgar has recruited a few apprentices. When the apprentices are proficient, the efficiency will be higher. It's estimated that it will take a week for the waterwheel to be completed."
"What about the guards?"
"The guards have already started to receive new training …"
Speaking of the guards, Fiona's expression was very strange. "My Lord, what kind of training method did you use? I heard from Elsa that these two days, the guards are like crazy. After training, they go home, eat a big meal, lie down on the bed, and go to sleep. No one goes to the tavern to drink. Isn't this too strict? "
"Haha …"
Tang En laughed. "If they still have the energy to go to the tavern to drink under this kind of training, it only means that the training load I gave them is not heavy enough … Don't worry, although it's strict, at least they won't be sent to their deaths on the battlefield."
"That's true, and I didn't hear any complaints. After knowing that this is the training method you came up with, they're very enthusiastic about the training."
"That's good … But I feel that the key is the training reward."
"Reward?"
"I promised that the first three trainees will have extra rewards every month, and the last three trainees will be punished."
"No wonder …"
"By the way, did you get a reply to the letter you sent out?"
If Fiona's people could not come, Tang En would have to find a way to solve the problem of the caravan by himself.
"I've already received a reply."
At the mention of this matter, Fiona's face lit up. "After they found out about my current situation, they were very happy to come to you. They should be on their way now and will arrive in a few days."
"Very good. Then you should shift the focus of your work for the next two days and start preparing for the Chamber of Commerce. You can report to me after you've sorted out the details."
"I see — where are you going?"
"I'll go look for Elijah."
After saying that, Tang En patted his butt and left.
"Elijah! Elijah again! "
Fiona frowned. Why did Tang En keep looking for that little girl these two days? Although that little girl was indeed very adorable and likable, as a lord, if others were to find out that he was looking for an orphan girl all day long, Tang En's reputation would probably be tarnished!
Tang En did not care about this. In his heart, the importance of Elijah was much more important than the so-called reputation.
"Elijah."
"Big Brother Feudal Lord!"
Elijah was very happy to see Tang En and ran over to hang on to him.
Tang En hugged Elijah and said with a smile, "How do you feel today?"
"Very good. The method big brother taught me is really useful. I can feel that those cute little light balls are like obedient babies. They will all gather in the palm of my hand when I think about it."
Elijah said with a smile and stretched out her dirty little hand. In an instant, a colorful little light ball condensed in her hand.
Tang En's eyes flashed. He was secretly shocked by Elijah's magic affinity.
In the past two days, he had only taught Elijah a simple way to control magic. He did not expect her to be able to do it to such an extent. How terrifying her talent was …
"I know. Let them disperse. For the time being, don't let others know that you are learning magic from me."
"Okay."
Elijah dispersed her magic with a look of regret. "I wanted to let the little light balls dance for my mother to see."
"Don't do that."
Tang En shook his head. Previously, when the residents of Ellington saw Elijah's talent, they treated her as a monster. Now that she had not mastered her talent well, what if she scared people again?
It could be seen that Elijah liked Clairat and Elsa very much now. If Clairat could not take the shock and abandoned Elijah, the little girl would probably be very sad. No matter how strong and optimistic her mind was, it would still be dark.
"Today, let's try it. Only gather the little blue light balls and let them condense into a ball in your hand."
Although the fire element was more lively and was the easiest element to learn, because the fire element was too lively, a child like Elijah would accidentally lose control and hurt herself. Therefore, Tang En decided to start with the more gentle water element to train Elijah.
"Is it like this?"
Elijah curiously opened her hand. In the palm of her hand, there was a ball of blue light emitting a faint light.
"… Yes, that's right …"
The muscles on Tang En's face twitched. He did not know if he was lucky or unlucky to have such a genius student.
"Next, we will start to learn how to release them. You have to use your own consciousness to control the magic to wrap the water elements and provide them with a channel and energy. Then, do you see the little flower in front? Aim at it and release it … "
As soon as Tang En's voice fell, an unusually sharp and ferocious water arrow shot out from Eliya's hand with a whoosh. After piercing through the flower, it opened up a deep hole in the ground.
"What the f * ck!?"
Tang En was dumbfounded. His original intention was to let Elijah condense the water elements and absorb the moisture in the air to form a stream of water to water the flower. This would also let the little girl feel the convenience and joy of magic. But … What the hell was this!?
Perhaps it was called the Water Arrow Spell?
There was no such spell at all!
Even if he used it, the water arrow would not have much lethality. At most, it would have some repelling ability and wet the enemy.
But at that moment, Tang En even felt the air being torn apart. It could be seen how powerful the speed and pressure of the water arrow was. It was comparable to the high-pressure water knife on Earth!
What the f * ck …
"Big Brother …"
Elijah was shocked and looked at Tang En weakly. "Did I do something wrong?"
"No, Elijah, you did very well."
Tang En laughed dryly and patted Elijah's head. "It's just that you must not use this spell in front of others. It will hurt them."
"Ah … Big Brother, is there any spell that won't hurt people?"
Elijah's face was full of expectation. "I want to use spells to help people. I don't want to hurt others."
"This … Okay, then let's learn the water-making spell. Let me tell you, water is very important to people. People can live for seven days without food, but they will die if they don't drink water for three days. Therefore, the water-making spell is very important. It's also the reason why mages are called Master Mages … Uh, you can forget what I said just now."
Under Tang En's teaching, Elijah easily mastered the level-0 spell, the water-making spell.
Tang En's face was full of tears.
Elijah didn't seem to have awakened her talent yet, right?
But … she actually mastered the water-making spell and became a magic apprentice?
Was this a slap to his face?
He was the transmigrator! Where was the protagonist's aura!? Why were Elsa and Elijah so abnormal!? How could he endure this!?
Looking at Elijah playing with a ball of clear water out of thin air, Tang En felt a deep sense of frustration. With such a genius disciple, how could he show the strength of a max-level mage …
"Elijah, stop playing. I didn't expect you to learn the water-making spell so quickly …"
Elijah looked confused. "Ah? Is this very difficult? "
"… It's not very difficult!"
Tang En smashed a cracked pot. "It's just a surprise. Elijah, your talent is very good, so Big Brother is very happy."
So Elijah was very happy.
"But I feel that it's better to start learning from the basics, so today I'll teach you a few level-0 spells. Look carefully, this is Glimmer, it can illuminate the surrounding darkness."
"This is Cleanse, it can clean up dirt, dust, blood, and so on …"
"This is Detect, it's a very important basic spell. It can detect the surrounding environment and enemies, and discover traps …"
"And this is Arcane Arrow, it's the only spell among level-0 spells that has lethality …"
Tang En explained while demonstrating level-0 spells to Elijah. Level-0 spells generally had no lethality, and most of them were auxiliary spells. But these auxiliary spells alone were enough to make Magic Apprentices very popular in adventures.
The importance of Detect and Glimmer was needless to say. Cleanse was also very convenient, it was a must-have spell for killing and robbing. The lethality of Arcane Arrow was not as good as that of bows, so there was not much hope.
But the key was the water-making spell. As Tang En said, the water-making spell was the root of why mages were masters.
Water was the source of life …
The only pity was that Prandal was different from the game World of Warcraft. Mages couldn't make bread. Here, bread making was a divine spell that could only be mastered by the priests and knights of each temple.
Tang En's face was full of emotion, but Elijah next to him was already using Arcane Arrow to shoot the summoned water ball …
At this moment, Tang En's face slightly changed. He suddenly felt a fluctuation of magic in the Lord's Mansion – the teleportation scroll was activated!
Could it be that Baron Duwei really dared to kill Ellington's messenger!?
"Elijah, I'll go back first. You should also go home quickly. Remember, don't let anyone know that you're learning spells from me!"
"I know … Huh? Big brother? "
Elijah said and turned her head, but found that Tang En had disappeared. She couldn't help but pucker her mouth and disperse the spell to go home.
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