Start with Island Lord

For a moment, Earl Robert was greatly shocked.

But he is not an ordinary person after all.

He was a high-level warrior, and a great lord with over a million people in a county. His state of mindlessness only lasted less than a minute.

He admitted that Rosen, a young man, was a man of extraordinary knowledge, but this did not mean that he was omniscient and omnipotent.

Even gods dare not draw conclusions easily from this grand narrative concerning the future direction of the world.

Therefore, as soon as the earl came to his senses, he immediately asked.

"Why do you say that?"

Rosen was naturally prepared.

"With two pieces of information!"

He held up two fingers and pressed down one first.

"First, the number of official mages in each country in the alliance."

"As far as I know, among the three kingdoms, Aaron has the most, with 3.3 million, followed by Kaa with 3 million, and Levend with about 2.8 million."

"Among the six principalities, Weilan has the smallest number, with only 500,000, while each of the five principalities on the mainland has more than 800,000."

What is the most convincing thing in the world?

If the first is truth, then the second must be detailed numbers.

Therefore, when Rosen listed the facts with detailed data, Earl Robert subconsciously believed him.

"But so what?"

Rosen pressed down a second finger.

"Second, the passing rate of the official mage."

"In Weilan's Dawn City, it's twenty to one."

"In other words, out of twenty children learning spells, only one will eventually become an official mage."

"Among the other nineteen people, fifteen will give up on the path of magic due to lack of talent, but the remaining four will not be able to graduate for a long time due to their background, money, luck, etc."

"They became so-called 'informal mages', or 'white-headed apprentices', 'black mages', 'wandering mages', etc."

"The ratio in Dawn City is actually quite high, and it is much lower in the twenty-five counties of Weilan. Uncle, the passing rate of your Shire County should be 25 to 1, right?"

Earl Robert knew that. He nodded thoughtfully: "It's almost the same number."

Rosen continued: "In Witte Continent, the passing rate is about the same as that in Dawn City."

"Whether it is the Alliance or the Glorious Empire, the number is almost the same."

"So, in the Kingdom of Kaa, there are 3 million formal mages, 12 million informal mages, and 45 million ordinary people with basic knowledge of magic, which already accounts for one-third of the total number of people in the kingdom."

"Fifty years ago, the ratio was only one in 10."

Having said this, Rosen also sighed secretly.

He personally went to Witte Continent to investigate, and deeply felt the sharp contradictions within the continent's countries, as well as the surging energy hidden behind the contradictions.

The torrent of changing times is about to break out, the world is entering chaos, and the fate of every mortal has fallen into unknown chaos.

Rosen also doesn’t know where his future will go.

Retracting his somewhat divergent thoughts, he stared at Earl Robert and continued the previous topic in a low tone.

"Uncle, this means that a brand new group has appeared in various countries."

"This group has knowledge, power, and is so large in number, but it is far from receiving the status and wealth commensurate with its knowledge and power."

"This is obviously very unreasonable, right?"

Earl Robert wanted to deny Rosen's statement, but he opened his mouth several times, but no words came out.

Because he knew in his heart that this was indeed unreasonable.

As a lord, he is quite qualified.

He knows very well that mages do have the wisdom and power to change the world. If the situation is really as Rosen said, then they are indeed enough to become the source of turmoil in the world.

"Rosen, where and how did you know these numbers?"

The count had just been deceived once, and now he was very wary. He subconsciously felt that Rosen might also deceive him.

Even if not, it must be exaggerated in some details.

Rosen smiled, raised his hand and tapped a few times on the window sill. Two light balls of different colors and sizes immediately appeared on the windowsill.

"Uncle, look, there are big red balls and small blue balls here. There are a lot of them. At a glance, there must be thousands of them, right?"

"Um."

"Then we now have two ways to know its exact quantity."

"One way is to count them one by one, right?"

"That's right."

"The other way is to break them up casually, beat them evenly, and then divide them into ten or twenty parts. As long as you count one part clearly and then increase them ten times, that will probably be the total number of big and small balls. Right Bar?"

"Well it seems so."

The Earl knew that this was a technique of mathematical logic. He had learned it when he was young, but had not used it for a long time. He had a vague feeling that this was what it was.

Rosen said: "That's how I estimated it. It's definitely not accurate, but it won't be too far off, which will affect the correctness of the conclusion."

Raising his hand to extinguish the ball of light on the window sill, he continued: "Uncle, the facts actually reflect my point of view."

"As a master of magic, Aluvado has to give up his dignity and engage in such shameless activities as cheating. There must be countless middle- and low-level mages and wandering mages living a very hard life."

"If you are a ignorant farmer, you will naturally tolerate it all the time, but if you are a knowledgeable mage, you will definitely find ways to improve your life."

"If normal methods cannot improve it, then cheat, rob, and kill until a great mage leader appears to lead them to rebuild world order!"

Earl Robert's palms felt cold and his feet felt weak. He subconsciously held his hands on the desk to maintain his balance.

"Rosen, you are also a baron and a lord. What will you do?"

Rosen smiled: "Uncle, our Weilan is not too crowded yet, so don't worry about it for the time being."

"It is the kings and dukes on the mainland who should be worried, because they are under the greatest pressure and must be the first to change."

"It's like a pot of boiling water, where the fire is the hottest and the bubbles start to appear first."

‘Xu~~~’

Earl Robert took a long breath, raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead, and felt much more relaxed.

"Well~this is really good news."

But Rosen's story suddenly changed.

"But the world is one, and boiling will always spread throughout the cauldron. Therefore, preparations must be made in advance to calmly deal with changes in the world."

Earl Robert nodded repeatedly: "You are right, what do you think I should do now?"

At this time, he subconsciously regarded Rosen as his adviser.

The reason why he did this was that Rosen helped him see through the scam and showed extraordinary insight. Second, it is also because he himself came to a conclusion similar to Rosen's based on daily common sense.

Of course, the conclusion he drew was vague and inaccurate. It only made him feel a sense of crisis, but he didn't know how to solve it.

But Rosen explained the problem very thoroughly, which made him feel very convinced.

This is exactly what Rosen hopes to achieve, and he does intend to give the earl some guidance to prevent him from being completely ignored by the mage guild.

He said seriously: "Uncle, out of every six accomplished mages in Shire County, five are informal mages."

"If you can find a decent way out for these five people, then they will definitely respect you, support you, and even protect you."

Rosen has no fear that his guidance will make Shire County his future competitor.

Because the count is destined to be a reformist, and in a great era, reformists cannot go far.

Of course the count didn't know this. He felt that Rosen was sincerely thinking about himself, and the method he proposed was indeed a good cure.

It's just a bit difficult to handle.

After pondering for a long time, he said: "This can be done, but it requires a lot of money, and I am short of money now."

Rosen was waiting for this.

He smiled and said: "Uncle, I have a business that is sure to make a profit without losing any money. Do you want to hear about it?"

Upon hearing this, the earl raised his eyebrows and chuckled: "I knew you were trying to trick me."

"Tell me and listen."

Rosen became serious: "Uncle, this is the situation."

"The main reason why my father was assassinated by the forest spirit this time was because a black iron mine was discovered deep in the mountain forest."

"My father said in the letter that this black iron ore is directly distributed on the surface of the land with a radius of more than one mile, and the iron content is also high. One ton of ore can produce 500 kilograms of iron."

The earl's eyes lit up when he heard this: "With a 50% iron yield rate, the quality of this iron ore is quite good!"

Rosen nodded: "It's indeed very good, but there are two problems at the moment."

"First, the location is very vague. Because time was too tight, my father was assassinated by the forest elf before he could accurately survey and map it, so I only know a rough location."

"Second, the threat of forest elves. These forest elves hide in the mountains and forests and never fight you head-on. They are very difficult to deal with."

"With the power of our Paddlefish Island, we can barely protect ourselves, and it is difficult to obtain this iron ore."

At this point, the earl had already understood: "Then what do you mean now? Do you want me to send troops to help you eliminate the forest spirits?"

Rosen nodded: "That's right."

The Earl also became serious: "Then how to divide this iron ore?"

Seeing the fish starting to bite the hook, Rosen immediately spread out more bait.

"If my uncle is willing to send an army to help me secure my position as Baron of the Island, I am willing to completely give up the mining rights of the iron ore."

"In other words, this iron mine belongs entirely to you, uncle."

Earl Robert's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Rosen, my dear nephew, you didn't lie to me, did you?"

He was a little worried that the news about the black iron mine was false and that his work would be in vain.

Rosen looked serious.

"Uncle, how dare I lie to you about such a big thing?"

"Of course, it would be too rash to send an army based on just one piece of news. After all, my source of information is also very vague."

"My suggestion is that my uncle can send a small advance investigation team back to Paddlefish Island with me to conduct on-the-spot investigation."

"Uncle can use the name of 'appropriating' iron ore to circumvent the Duke's prohibition on supporting Paddlefish Island."

"And I also used the money on hand to purchase a batch of supplies at the Shire County Market and transported them to Paddlefish Island in the name of the survey team's 'military supplies'."

"Of course, I will write a letter to the Duke later to protest, but the Duke will definitely not help me, and there are only 30,000 citizens on my island. Even if I really regret it in the future, I will not be able to take back the iron ore, so my uncle will mine with peace of mind. ”

Earl Robert was greatly moved, because this was really a sure-fire business.

Iron ore, a rich iron ore with a 50% iron production rate, making hundreds of thousands of Oggs a year, is no problem at all.

Rosen’s proposal is also very sound.

Sending a vanguard group over to conduct an on-the-spot investigation will not cost you much money, and it will completely eliminate the possibility of being deceived.

However, he is really short of money now.

Sending an army there, even if it was just to condemn the investigation team, would require a lot of military expenditures, and this military expenditure would definitely not be affordable for Rosen, after all, he had already donated his iron ore.

And he also knew that Rosen had no money.

I felt a little worried for a while.

Rosen immediately presented the pillow: "Uncle, the corresponding expenses can be borne by the Mage Guild."

"In this matter, Master Nord is evil-minded, and the Mage Guild is incompetent. They will all be punished severely, right?"

Count Robert understood immediately and slapped the table hard.

"Yes, you must be severely punished!"

Rosen knew that most of the borrowing of troops was done.

He added at the right time: "Uncle, the islanders are tough, and there are forest spirits and fishmen causing trouble. It is best for this investigation team to have some combat effectiveness."

The Earl knew the situation on Paddlefish Island very well. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "If you really help me get a large amount of money from the guild, I will send a Flame Legion to help you."

Rosen was overjoyed. The Flame Legion was the most capable elite combat group in Shire County and was the earl's trump card.

Although a battle group only has a hundred people, it is enough to fight against an ordinary regular army of a thousand people.

Having a Flame Legion to follow him back to the island is enough for him to gain a foothold on Paddlefish Island.

He immediately said: "Uncle, I will interrogate Kao's liar right away and produce irrefutable evidence."

The earl nodded repeatedly, but also worried: "The magician's guild is the most cunning, are you okay?"

He was worried that Rosen was inexperienced and would mess up the matter.

In addition, out of the lord's instinct, he did not fully trust Rosen after being deceived.

Rosen subconsciously wanted to say, 'Leave everything to me,' but when the words came to his lips, he changed his mind.

"Uncle, I think I have some achievements in magic, but this is my first time interrogating a prisoner. How about you find me a reliable helper?"

The count was very satisfied with his attitude: "Then let Asang help you."

Two bloody holes were made from the bite, level three exposure, and both protein and vaccine were administered.

Beating egg whites is so painful!

Fortunately, it was the forearm and no muscles were injured. The problem was not serious and it did not affect the coding.