Urban Sims

Due to the continuous heavy snowfall, the road was difficult to travel. The Leilin family, who had been pardoned by the king, did not return to the royal capital immediately, but stayed in Heihe Town.

After winter has passed and spring has entered, return to the capital.

Moreover, after being made an earl, Zhou Ming got the entire Black Swamp as his own fiefdom, and he also needed someone to help take care of his territory.

Who would be better left to take care of it?

Of course, my own family - the Leylin family is better.

Moreover, from the letters exchanged, Zhou Ming discovered that the father of this body, Cohen, had a strong interest in things like "oil" and felt that it was very promising and could be developed vigorously.

In this case, Zhou Ming plans to hand over all the oil processing to Cohen Leilin and let him stay in Heihe Town, and then use Heihe Town as the center to build a major oil industry town. The Leilin family in the future will be Yadu. The oil tycoon of the German Kingdom.

What about Zhou Ming?

What is he doing?

Why doesn't he want to become an "oil tycoon" with such a promising future?

Instead, the territory is given to the family, and most of the profits earned go to the family?

Shaked his head.

No time.

Zhou Ming really didn't have that much time.

If he is involved in any industry, does he still want to practice?

Do you still want to clear the level quickly?

Besides, there is endless money to be made. After taking control of the Yadud Kingdom's financial system and issuing banknotes, Zhou Ming felt that it was almost done and he could stop.

In other walks of life, it is enough for him to help and guide, there is no need to block everyone's way of making money.

And what is the most fundamental reason why the Leilin family was pardoned this time? He was not particularly generous. He used 10% of his 30% shares in the pharmaceutical manufacturing factory to bribe Duke Rudolf, and 20% of his 30% shares in Dillo Bank, which he distributed to several more powerful counts. , and after adding a bunch of guarantees such as "not supporting the family's radical reforms", these big shots relaxed and voted in favor.

Some people may be confused again: As a time traveler, Zhou Ming, what does the life and death of the Leilin family have to do with him? Isn't he confused by offering such huge benefits to please those nobles?

Is he stupid?

In order to save a group of people who have no emotional basis at all.

In fact, for the Leilin family, Zhou Ming did choose to save it, or he could choose not to save it. No matter which one he chose, he would have no loss and no benefit. On the contrary, many new problems might arise...such as Talking about dealing with relationships with family members and so on.

He was saved in the end.

No other reason.

Because his surname is Leilin.

This surname is synonymous with "loyalty", "courage" and "change" in the Yadud Kingdom.

Although the family represented by this surname is notorious and hated among the nobles, it still has a very positive image among the people at the bottom.

Even among the nobles, there are a few admirers of this family.

The word "Leilin" is just a gold-lettered signboard.

This sign may not be easy to use in other countries, but in the Kingdom of Yadud, it can sometimes achieve many magical effects.

For example, after Zhou Ming became the financial controller of the kingdom, he implemented a series of reform measures. Some of these measures were beneficial to the nobles, some were beneficial to the common people, and some were beneficial to everyone. But no matter what the reform was, Zhou Ming found that A rule:

Most of the nobles welcomed it, and the common people especially welcomed it.

For example, for the banknotes that were trial-promoted on a small scale some time ago, the usage and acceptance rate of the lower class people was much higher than that of the nobles... This was completely beyond Zhou Ming's expectations.

He could not explain scientifically why the people accepted the reforms he implemented so easily. In short, he was very popular among the people at the bottom.

From here Zhou Ming also realized that his surname "Leilin", which represented "reform", actually represented the desire of the lower class people in a society where classes were almost completely solidified... change desire.

Whether it is his cake shop, clothing industry, pharmaceutical export industry, financial industry, or various industries listed in the next ten years plan, they are all affecting and changing the fate and lives of countless people.

Naturally, in the Yadud Kingdom, Zhou Ming also hopes to fix his popular image and even make it more perfect.

And set an example for those servant sons... As long as they work hard, servant sons can also counterattack and write a legend.

Therefore, out of "reputation" considerations, Zhou Ming cannot be a "selfish person" who ignores his parents.

As for money and interests, he has thousands of ways to obtain them. The best way is to make himself a sign. No matter where he goes, countless people will come over and give money to him... This is better than him. It's much better to make money in person.

…

The snow is getting heavier and heavier.

In September, the depth of winter, the temperature is so low that people can only stop all outdoor activities and stay at home every day.

There is a lot of food stored in the cellar, including bread, bacon, dried fruits, firewood, cold-warming wine... Every household has prepared more than half a year's supply.

However, due to the war a few months ago, many people's homes were looted by the rebels, and there was not much food left.

Princess Xivenis has been busy for two or three months on this matter, trying every possible means to help the victims solve the food problem. Zhou Ming also made a lot of efforts, calling on everyone to donate, and one of them donated hundreds of dollars. Thousands of gold coins.

After the problem of the victims was basically solved, Princess Xivenis gained a high reputation among the people, and Zhou Ming finally had a lot of time to carry out his cultivation.

…

Medicine Bottle Castle, fifth floor.

In Zhou Ming's bedroom.

After a night of meditation, he slowly opened his eyes.

He spread his palms and released his magic power. The magic particles around him were gathering towards his palms.

A small glowing white ball forms.

Gradually, they gathered into a fist-sized, transparent ball.

Throw the transparent ball against the wall and it immediately turns into countless splashing water droplets.

The first-level water magic [Water Polo Technique] was released successfully.

This also marked that Zhou Ming once again stepped onto a higher level and became a senior magician.

Click on the character data panel provided by the system to view personal training data——

Level: Senior Magician

Magic value: 873.014 (5000 for next level)

Perception range: 15.31m (next level 50m)

Soul Frequency: 1.30 (1.50 for next level)

Can release magic: wind, fire, earth, water

Energy value: 0 (unable to continue meditating)

Looking at the data on the panel, Zhou Ming shook his head.

He felt slow.

It's just too slow.

Although this was a monster-like cultivation speed in the eyes of others, he was still not very satisfied.

Why?

The rate of increase in soul frequency cannot keep up with the rate of increase in magic value.

The magic value will rise to a certain extent as long as you meditate, but the soul frequency cannot be increased quickly through continuous meditation.

This value increases very slowly, and becomes even slower in the later stages.

In order to break through to become a high-level magician, Zhou Ming drank all the [super magic potion] in the space ring, but he was still 0.01 short of the value. He couldn't make it up, so he could only wait patiently.

The system also told him: "Drinking [super magic potion] in the future will probably not be of any use. The host should spend more time on cultivation."

"I know."

Zhou Ming nodded. If taking shortcuts didn't work, he could only rely on time... Almost every one of those great magicians and legendary magicians would spend a lot of time studying and improving the soul frequency.

Some people have found brilliant solutions.

For example, Duchess Teresa of the Dolan Empire, her secret to breaking through to the legendary mage is to get herself excited. When a person is excited, the frequency of the soul will naturally increase... This is why she likes little girls so much, because every time she sees her She was extremely excited when she saw those cute little babies, and her soul frequency increased rapidly.

Of course, there are also some legendary mages who go crazy or become obsessed due to excessive excitement.

Secondly, there are also people who achieve the "stimulating" effect by taking some special drugs.

For example, Manlo pollen, a white powdery particle, has a strong hallucinogenic effect after being smoked. The user is extremely excited and the soul frequency soars.

The specific performance is very similar to the drug addicts in Zhou Ming's world.

Manluo pollen is equivalent to a drug in this world, and many magicians rely on this stuff to achieve breakthroughs.

Of course, due to its strong addictive nature, once you take it, it is difficult to quit. You will also be pale, afraid of the sun, and skinny... Many powerful magicians in this world have this image.

They changed from noble magicians to half-human, half-ghost drug addicts, and their purpose was, of course, to gain more power.

Zhou Ming didn't want to follow the path of these people. He wanted to break through, but not in this way... He wanted to find a better way to break the limitations of soul frequency on his own strength.

During this period of time, in the process of discussing with the system, I was thinking about what methods to take to break through to a higher level quickly.

An accidental flash of inspiration gave Zhou Ming a bold idea.

After the system simulated the calculation, it was believed that his idea had a success rate of about 70%... and could be tried.

Zhou Ming began this risky attempt called "soul overclocking".