Magus Tech (Technological Wizard)

the other side.

Richard returned to the Blue Lake Manor.

Because the return journey was not as urgent as the outbound journey, Li Cha did not choose to use his spells to rush back, but instead drove back in a more comfortable carriage.

During the ride in the carriage, he had time to review the entire inquiry session.

To be honest, this inquiry meeting was simpler than he imagined, and many of his previous preparations were useless.

This is a good thing, after all, it saves a lot of effort.

But on the other hand, there are also some regrets, because the things he prepared did not have a chance to be used, which reduced the time for performance and caused many loopholes to not be filled.

In the eyes of some people, there must still be doubts. When the guarantee is not complete, he has to dig it out and ask him again, which will cost him two things.

But having said that, objectively speaking, this inquiry meeting was relatively satisfactory.

Because the target of the attack was Chekav, an inspector from the headquarters, who had a natural identity opposition with the local branch.

This led to the fact that the people organized by the branch of the Truth Society tended to him to a certain extent, reducing the difficulty.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Chekav died on the spot.

He wasn't quite sure whether it was Chekav's own body, or someone else's.

This inquiry meeting was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

Li Cha sighed in his heart.

After sighing, the train of thought is very clear.

Maybe the inquiry meeting has inside information that he doesn't know, but it has nothing to do with him for the time being. After he has passed the inquiry meeting, he will be in a safe state for a period of time, and he can fully devote himself to the research and manufacturing plan of nuclear weapons and promote the progress.

As for what will happen after this period of time, it is not his consideration.

By that time, his nuclear weapons research and manufacturing plan has been completed, even if the truth finds out everything, it doesn't matter if he turns against him and targets him with all his strength.

After all, from the very beginning of joining the Truth Society, he was ready to turn against the Truth Society.

Really turned his face, the big deal is to convince people with reasoning.

Well, convince the Truth Society with the truth.

Li Cha was sitting in the carriage, thinking about this, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

"Squeak, squeak..."

The carriage pulled by four strong black horses left Delan and headed towards Jialan City.

...

"Squeak, squeak..."

In the afternoon of the new day, the carriage drove into the Blue Lake Manor, and Richard finally rushed back from De Lan.

After paying the carriage fee and sending the carriage away, Li Cha sat down in the study in the stone building of the manor.

The butler Jia Lie was very sensible and brought a cup of hot tea.

Li Cha took a sip of tea and felt a warm liquid flowing down his throat, making him feel much better.

Taking a long breath, he had already made a decision on what to do next. Turning his eyes, he looked at the butler Jia Lie, and asked aloud, "How is the situation in the manor recently?"

At this time, Jialie, wearing a half-new off-white cotton coat, was waiting by the side. Compared to when I first met Li Cha, I have gained a lot of weight and become more energetic. His eyes were full of energy. After hearing Li Cha's words, he immediately said: "Master, everything in the manor is normal recently, and everything is operating within the framework you stipulated. The only problem that may be a problem may be related to expenses."

"In terms of expenses?" Li Cha raised his eyebrows, "What happened to the expenses?"

"Well, our manor may have spent a little too much." Jia Lie said carefully, and handed a list to Richard's desk.

"Look, master, the large-scale maintenance of the manor, the trimming of that wind tunnel, and some purchases, personnel employment, etc., all accounted for a large proportion." Gallie said quickly, "I understand, we The cost is almost three times that of similar manors in Jialan City, which is very abnormal.

In addition, we have always only had expenses and no income. Although I know that Master, you are not very short of money, but if this continues, there is no way out. Maybe, master, you can adjust it? For example, dismissing some extra servants, reducing the purchase of redundant items..."

"No need." Li Cha interrupted Jia Lie's words with a wave of his hand, and said with a chuckle, "You don't have to worry too much about expenditures—there is no room for worry at all with the current level of expenditures. Wealth can be fully supported. If one day it is really unable to support it, it cannot be solved by reducing expenditures of a manor, and it may be necessary to find a way to loot an entire city or an entire country."

"Gudong." Jia Lie swallowed his saliva, froze for a moment, then nodded to express his understanding.

Li Cha asked again: "Other than that, is there anything else?"

"Ah, by the way, there is an invitation, master, maybe you should take a look." Jia Lie said, handing over an invitation card.

Li Cha frowned slightly: "Didn't I tell you before that you don't need to show me similar invitations."

"But this one is different from the rest." Gallet quickly explained, "You were invited by Marquis Vian, the Marquis's two children—Harry and Cathy are both your students, I think there is this relationship, you Maybe you don’t necessarily want to see it.”

"Marquis of Wei'an?" Li Cha listened, opened the invitation and took a quick glance, and found that it was indeed.

Marquis Wei'an is actually a rare acquaintance in Jialan City. He built the experimental wind tunnel before, and it was the other party who solved the problem of the source of glass. The other party's banquet invitation is indeed different from others'.

After reading the invitation, Li Cha slightly asked curiously: "When the Marquis of Wei An sent the invitation, did he mention the reason? In what name did you invite me to the banquet?"

"Of course I did, Master." Gallie said, "Actually, to be honest, there is no other reason to invite you at this time, the only possibility is to celebrate the Saturnalia."

"Celebrating the Saturnalia?" Li Cha was slightly taken aback.

"Yeah, why, master, don't you know?" Seeing Li Cha's expression, Jia Lie was slightly startled, and reminded in a low voice, "Today is December 24th."

After hearing Jia Lie's words, Li Cha came to his senses.

December 24th, the fourth day of the late snow moon, and the eighth day before the end of each year, is the popular Saturnalia in the Southern Freedom.

Although there are no powerful religions in the current world, some primitive worship still exists.

For example, the legendary goddess of fortune, such as the goddess of the night, such as the god of death, and then such as the god of agriculture.

The god of agriculture is said to be the god in charge of the soil and can affect the growth of crops in the new year, so he is believed by many people.

On December 24th, people will celebrate it, which is also a rare and grand festival in a year.

The difference is that due to economic reasons, most commoners celebrate by adding a roast chicken to their dinner, while nobles hold extravagant dinners.

"'Saturnalia'." Li Cha said aloud, he had heard about it before, but as an outsider, he really didn't feel much about it.

It was the same in the Blue Lion Kingdom before. He never felt any excitement about the Holy Water Festival on June 20 every year-the more lively the festival, the colder he felt.

In the deepest part of his soul, these festivals never seemed to him to be real festivals.

A real festival should be the first and last day of the year, and so on.

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