Chapter 521 Tax Reform 6
The material life that the current world cannot provide
Is this the reason why my lord works so hard? Bernard thought about it in his mind, but he couldn't imagine it.
"My lord, please forgive my short-sightedness, but I really can't imagine what else you can't get with your current power and wealth-if you really use them. .”
He raised his new question again.
"Oh, Bernard." There was a hint of pity in Paul's voice. "I want to be able to communicate with friends thousands of miles away by using my hands. Can this world give it to me?"
"I want to browse news from all over the world while eating, and from different places in the world. All kinds of people exchange their opinions, what can this world give me?”
“I want to record the interesting fragments of life in images, and take them out and savor them again and again in my spare time. What can this world give me?” "?"
"Oh, Bernard, I know what you want to say." Paul waved his hand to stop the secretary who wanted to speak.
He continued: "Yes, you are right. Hire more people, buy more fast horses, even build more optical base stations, hire more painters, can't it be completed? The things I want? But..."
“I want to be able to hear my friend’s voice when I’m on the phone and he can hear mine. I want the news I see to have pictures and text, and I want it to be recorded.”
“If I It says that what I want to do can be put into a palm-sized box that can be operated with one hand. Can the world give me such a small box? "
"This is impossible! "Hearing Paul's "fantasy", Bernard shouted in disbelief, "It is impossible to make such a box in the world"
"This is the world [now], Bernard"
Paul embellished Bernard's description, and Bernard saw extremely strong confidence appearing on his face.
"But I think it will be made sooner or later, one hundred years? Two hundred years? Five hundred years? One thousand years? Sooner or later."
"And what I want to do is to promote this process. , let this box...and the things behind this box appear in this world as soon as possible."
Paul put his feet on the table again, and said with a sense of sadness in his tone:< br>
“Yes, from a pessimistic point of view, I may never see it appear in my life, but people have to have some hope, right? Are you right?”
The lord’s dream made Uncle Bernard felt that it was both ridiculous and true. Ridiculous because he didn't believe in that kind of thing, true because of the confidence in the lord's tone. Thinking of Earl Grayman's previous inventions, Bernard was really not sure to directly identify his words as What nonsense.
The office was quiet for a few seconds.
"Lord Grayman!" Bernard decided not to continue the previous topic. He took out a document and placed it on Paul's case.
"Lord Cecil asked me to pass this document to you before he left. He did not report to you personally because he was in an emergency. This document is the selection information for Arda's envoy in the Horn Bay."
Paul happily picked up the document, "Oh? So fast."
As the situation in Jiaowan changes, Paul increasingly feels that he needs a permanent official representative in Jiaowan .
At first, he considered Ladi Setia, but considering that her identity as a witch was too sensitive at this juncture, and his own little selfishness, Paul finally excluded Ladi.
Finally, after careful consideration, he decided to choose from those people from the northwest bay who often visited Cape Bay - especially businessmen.
He instructed Cecil, the head of the Intelligence Department, to choose a suitable candidate for him.
The reason why Cecil is asked to do this is because the Intelligence Department has contacted businessmen from the Northwest Bay to Cape Bay and asked them to collect various information about Cape Bay within the scope of conventional means. To the Ministry of Intelligence. Naturally, the identities and biographies of these businessmen were registered with the Ministry of Intelligence, so Paul handed over the task of selecting official representatives to Cecil. "So quickly, this guy Cecil couldn't just find someone to deal with me."
Paul muttered as he opened the file.
"Friedrich List?"
......
Collins General Fedotov watched with satisfaction as his own army defeated the enemy Etonian army step by step Forced to retreat.
There is a knight in the Eton army wearing a white helmet and white armor, who is very conspicuous. He is the ruler of this country, the Archduke Cabre. Before the battle begins, according to ancient etiquette, the generals of both sides inform each other. name, so Fedotov could recognize him.
At this time, Grand Justice Cabret was wielding a strange-shaped long sword and fighting hard. Almost no one among the Skitarii knights around him was his opponent. But one person's bravery cannot change the situation of the entire battlefield.
The Etonians fought very bravely, but their soldiers were a little immature and obviously lacked training, and their cooperation with each other was very poor.
Fedotov guessed that it was because the main force of Eaton had joined the Horn Bay Alliance. It seems that the Skitarii's strategy was very successful on an overall level.
The goddess of victory is already waving to herself.
“Hahaha!” Fedotov couldn’t help but throw his head back and laugh.
"General, your name will be heard throughout the Bay from now on."
His subordinate Harper flattered him very diligently.
"My dear Harper." Fedotov looked at him sarcastically, "It seems that the wizards who defeated you did not show up today."
"Uh..." Embarrassment flashed across Harper's face for a while, "They must be afraid of your power, General, and ran away early."
"Huh!" Fedotov did not doubt that Harper was telling lies. He thought Harper must have met a wizard.
According to the reports of the soldiers who came back from the vanguard, the group of wizards was led by a strong man holding a thick iron chain. He seemed not afraid of his own casualties. When he got close to the Skitarii soldiers, he took out his sharp blade and hacked them arbitrarily. The swords in the hands of the Skitarii soldiers struck their thin leather armor, but it seemed as if it had struck a metal plate, causing gaps.
Now his main force is coming up, crushing the hopes of the Etonians bit by bit under the walls of Hydra.
The group of wizards still did not come. The "devout" Fedotov believed that it was precisely because the power of the Heavenly Father blessed him that he was forcing the wizards not to show up.
"Harper, open your eyes and take a good look. Even if those wizards show up, it will be too late, and our army will definitely be crushed.
Fedotov is too confident. He slowly raised his head and said to his subordinates
"General Fedotov!" "General Fedotov!"
A messenger came towards him on horseback in a frenzy.
Fedotov had a bad feeling for no reason.
(End of this chapter)