Noble Emblem

An oil lamp, two men, one old and one strong.

On such a quiet and beautiful night, if it were a man and a woman alone, they would be able to talk about romantic matters ambiguously, but now there are two men, so they can only talk about boring things. Everyone knows that the only things men can talk about together are politics, women, and money.

The old village chief is very old, so old that half of his body has been buried in the soil, so it is impossible to talk about women. The Reed family is a declining rural aristocracy, so it is impossible to talk about money, so the two of them can only talk about it now. Politics, real country politics.

"Your Excellency Beta, I don't understand why you want to build the road first." The old village chief said calmly: "I don't think this is a very good idea. Even if the road is built, a small village like our Reed Village will not Someone will come."

Liang Lidong was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "Old village chief, what do you think we should do?"

The old village chief said proudly: "Based on my experience of living for decades, the first thing we need in Reed Village is people. If we want to develop Reed Village, we must have enough manpower. If it were me, I will take the gold coins and go to Sikri City in the south, buy hundreds of slaves, and let them cultivate fields around Reed Village. As long as there is food and land, we can attract more people to our country. If people live in Decun, over time, we will have enough population to turn it into a small town.”

In the game, this method is indeed a safe method that most nobles will use. Although it is slow to take effect, it has a great advantage: saving money.

It didn't cost much to buy a hundred slaves. Let these slaves cultivate fertile fields and only need to give them the minimum food and no wages.

Liang Lidong looked at the proud old village chief and asked: "Since you already have a plan, why haven't you implemented it? It doesn't cost more than twenty gold coins to buy a hundred slaves. It doesn't cost much to cultivate fertile land. The living expenses of the slaves do not require much. It stands to reason that there is no problem for the Reed family to bear these funds, but old man, why don't you implement your plan? If you start this plan the day you become the village head. Or you have already He’s the mayor.”

The pride on the old village chief's face disappeared, and he had a long face.

Liang Lidong sighed: "I won't talk about which of the two development methods is better, but at least I am a little more practical than you. If I have a plan, I will implement it, but you are just a fantasy. Even if my plan is not as good as yours , but I did things and you didn’t, so I’m better than you.”

The old village chief's face turned red and ugly. It's like being constipated for more than ten days, but squatting on a latrine and unable to poop out.

It's not that Liang Lidong doesn't respect the old man, but that he doesn't want his plan to be affected. When the old village chief spoke like this, he actually wanted to take this opportunity to have a hand in the development of the village. Liang Lidong was not interested in power, but for the Wojin Goddess Cult to develop, it must have a large enough believer population, even if the people in all the villages around Reed Village were added up. It's less than a thousand.

Therefore, building Reed Village within a few years is a top priority. Liang Lidong did not allow his plan to go wrong. The old village chief tried hard to get some power from him, but in order to prevent the plan from going awry, he refused the old man forcefully.

The oil lamp was placed in the middle of the table, and the dark yellow lamp swayed occasionally. From time to time, flying insects hit the flames and made a chirping sound. Falling into lamp oil.

The awkward atmosphere made the old man somewhat silent. After a while, Liang Lidong suddenly said: "Don't worry about the development of Reed Village. Once it is on the right track, I will return the position to Kyle as promised. Development I have experience in matters like territory, at least more experience than you, so you don’t have to be afraid that I will bring Reed Village to the brink of destruction. Even if it doesn’t succeed, it won’t be worse than it is now.”

The old village chief still didn't speak. He knew that he didn't have much time, but as a noble, his instinct to mix power would not change. It was just a pity that the young man in front of him was very experienced. He is also very experienced in these twists and turns. He just said a word, and the other party knew what he was planning and blocked it immediately. This made him feel very uncomfortable and unwilling. If he had the same keen intuition and ability as the other party, the Reed family would have risen again long ago.

The flames jumping on the table burned another flying insect to death. Both parties were silent. Liang Lidong thought that he had given out the bottom line, and it didn't matter whether the other party accepted it or not. It doesn't matter if old Reed disagrees. Reed is still under the jurisdiction of Winterwind City. When the time comes, let Uther put Reed Village under his name, and things can continue. At most, Kyle may I'm a little unhappy, but as long as I explain it properly, Kyle should be able to understand.

After all, Kyle is a good boy and a good student.

"Everything in the world requires strength to fight for and protect." The old village chief finally spoke leisurely after a while, his voice becoming more and more vicissitudes of life and weakness: "This is the family motto left by the brave ancestors. It's just a pity that among us There has never been anyone in the De family who can inherit the blood of the brave, until now, but Kyle seems to have some hope."

There was a hint of sarcasm in the old village chief's words. Liang Lidong didn't pay attention. He nodded: "Kyle's talent is indeed amazing. He doesn't look very smart, but he learns things very quickly. . And he also has dark vision. Old village chief, do you know what race’s bloodline your family inherits?”

"If I had known, I would have become a mercenary long ago. When I was young, like Kyle, I had the dream of becoming a mercenary, but it's a pity..."

The old man didn't finish what he said, but everyone understood what he meant. He stood up, picked up the oil lamp, and walked out while saying: "When you get old, you can't stay up late. Exit Beta, I'm going back first. If you have anything to do, let's wait until dawn tomorrow to talk about it."

Liang Lidong sat without moving. He looked at the wall covered by yellow mud and said loudly: "The Reed family's blood magic is sealed here. I got that piece of yellow mud up there. Don't you want to You talk to me about the bloodline because you are afraid that I will have any evil intentions towards your Reed family. This is normal. But I want to tell you something. Kyle's bloodline is not fully activated, and he cannot learn the bloodline magic here unless he is Use some special items to activate it. If your Reed family has such a thing, use it as soon as possible. The earlier the bloodline is activated, the greater the future growth will be."

The old village chief paused: "We don't have anything like that at home."

After saying that, he left.

Because the oil lamp was taken away, the cave suddenly became invisible, but Liang Lidong didn't care. Under Yunlong's vision, there was no difference between day and night. He continued to sit, seemingly thinking about something.

As the night went on, the surroundings became quieter and quieter, with only the faint chirping of insects coming from outside.

About an hour later. He stood up and left the cave.

In the early morning of the next day, around five o'clock, Artulun knocked on the door of the temple. He took away fifteen silver coins from Liang Lidong and led a dozen children to other villages to buy food. , Suha came over and took away six silver coins. This is the wages of laborers today, Kyle with seven teenagers. Carrying wooden sticks and wooden swords, they left the village entrance and patrolled outside. Joan of Arc hovered above their heads.

Beilin and a group of women have set up several large pots and boiled water in the empty mine area of ​​the village. As long as they wait for the flour to arrive, they can make several pots of batter in a short time as breakfast for the workers today.

The whole village was in action, and almost everyone had something to do, except for the elderly who really couldn't walk or the disabled who had limited mobility.

Liang Lidong safely handed over the matter to his four students. And he went to the back of the temple to practice the 'mist riding' magic, and at the same time analyzed the magic operating nodes of this magic. Unlike most magic. The running route of bloodline magic lacks many nodes. These nodes will only be replenished when a specific bloodline holder casts them. Under normal circumstances, if you want to use mental power to detect how these fine points are filled during the operation of magic, , is almost impossible.

Liang Lidong also had no way to detect the filling principle of key nodes, but this did not prevent him from testing. If direct observation with mental power failed, there were methods of elimination, reverse reasoning, etc. If it doesn't work once, do it a few more times. If it doesn't work a few times, do it hundreds of times.

In the eyes of players, there is no unsolvable puzzle in this world. It just depends on whether you have the ability or whether you use the right method.

Liang Lidong had a feeling that as long as he cracked the 'Yunlong blood magic', he would definitely be able to open a new door to magic. This was something that no one could do in the game.

He practiced mist-driving magic behind the temple all morning, and did not stop until his mental power was almost exhausted. He returned to the temple, took a shower, washed away his sweat, and then made some side dishes for himself. After filling his stomach, he opened the management interface of 'Internal Affairs' and carefully inspected the current situation in Reed Village. Except that public support rose by two points to 62 points, nothing else changed.

No change is a good thing! Liang Lidong turned off the system interface and was about to take a half-hour lunch break. At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from the temple. Soon the sound of horse hooves stopped. Liang Lidong went to the prayer hall and found a man covered in black clothes, including his face. A woman in black veil stood there.

After a while, Kyle and other friends rushed over, sweating profusely. They separated in a fan shape to surround the woman in black.

"what happened?"

Liang Lidong had killed many players and 'NPCs' in the game, and he had also killed many people in reality. With such a sullen question, the sense of majesty spread over him like substantial mental pressure, and the young men immediately trembled. Even the woman in black had a look of shock in her eyes.

Kyle and Mu Jian pointed at the woman in black, and then explained to Lidong Lidong: "Teacher, this woman rushed over without any scruples and injured several people in our village. Although it was not a serious injury, at least it was good. I won’t be able to do heavy work for a few days.”

Liang Lidong's expression remained unchanged, but his voice became louder: "Oh, there is such a thing. This guest in black, you'd better explain it. If you are willing to pay enough compensation and apologize to the injured, I can politely send you out of the village, otherwise I don’t mind punishing you, even if you are a member of the Zell family.”

The woman in black was carrying a long gun behind her back. When she heard Liang Lidong's words, she sneered: "Now that you know that I am from the Zell family, you actually dare to threaten me. Aren't you afraid that my father will come to trouble you?"

This woman's voice is very pleasant, as clear and crisp as the cry of an oriole, and she must be young.

Liang Lidong smiled: "So you are Glinton's daughter. That's great. You don't need to pay compensation."

The woman sneered, her tone full of disdain.

"But I want to educate you for your father." Liang Lidong said slowly: "Kyle, go deal with her and subdue her, but don't hurt her. After she is convinced, you can lead her back The palace is looking for me."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and went to the back hall, put on his clothes and went to bed to rest. He could see that Kyle's strength should be similar to that of the woman in black, Glinton's daughter, but slightly better. It would not be difficult to defeat this woman, but it would take some time to conquer her. Through this opportunity, Kyle can accumulate practical experience. After all, opponents of similar strength are hard to come by.

After going to bed, Liang Lidong fell asleep quickly. He woke up about half an hour later. As soon as he stretched out, Kyle led a beautiful girl in.

At this time, the woman in black had taken off her hood and the black gauze on her face, revealing a pretty face that looked extremely cold, yet extremely beautiful. She is a girl with a pair of long ears, clear green long hair in a high ponytail, and a pair of watery green eyes under her eyebrow-length bangs.

This girl is very beautiful, but she looks proud. Only when she looks at Kyle, her eyes soften a little, and she seems to have been convinced by Kyle.

Liang Lidong waved his hand and said to the sweaty teenager: "Kyle, take people to continue patrolling to ensure the safety of the construction workers. It also prevents conflicts and troubles at the site."

Kyle nodded happily, then turned around and left. With such a beautiful woman beside him, he didn't even look at her twice.

But when the half-elf girl saw Kyle leaving, she turned her head and pursed her cute little cherry mouth, with complicated emotions in her eyes.

"What's your name?" Liang Lidong asked her.

The half-elf girl's eyes widened and she said with a fierce expression: "Why should I tell you!"

Liang Lidong stood up with a charming smile on his face: "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. My students can beat you up and make you obedient. I can also beat you up, and I promise to beat you." He is heavier, if you don’t cooperate obediently, I won’t mind swollen your face.”

The half-elf girl was shocked, and then frightened: "Why are you so vicious!" (To be continued...)