Chapter 214 67. Skip
“Do you know how difficult that is?”
Olmedo seemed to see a boy holding a stick charging towards the windmill.
“People will not waste their precious time on literacy.”
“But it will make them more money in the future.”
"You give a commoner a silver coin, or promise to give him a gold coin this time next year, which one do you think he will choose?"
"One silver coin..."
The reality of the people in the North As cold as winter.
Unless Annan recruits them to study at a price of 10 copper coins per day, but this loses the original intention of making money from newspapers. Annan can do this in Xingyue Bay because they are his people. Breeze City can barely do it. What about Bethal City, Fenghuo City, and city-states further away?
When the public cannot read, the value of newspapers as a tool for propaganda and manipulation of discourse will be greatly reduced.
Annan also thought of letting everyone receive a common language proficiency——
As a first-level spell proficiency in the common language, elite mages can cast spells five to fifteen times a day, master mages thirty times, and epic mages spend some. Kung Fu can barely satisfy a small town. But the epic mage is either preparing for the impact of the legend or traveling around the world to explore the ruins.
As for where to get so many elite mages... we can do it by emptying the mage tower.
Proficient in Common Language is two gold coins once. With the relationship between Annan and Mage Tower and small profits but quick turnover, we should be able to negotiate for one gold coin per person. The entire Xingyue Bay "only" costs 2000 About 80,000 gold coins,
It is known that the population of Breeze City is about 300,000, and the tax revenue is about 80,000 gold coins... With less than four years of tax revenue, everyone in Breeze City can be literate.
But there will always be people who are willing to learn literacy, thus revealing the real reason why Olmedo attacked Annan: "You will cause a crisis for the nobility..."
"The status of the nobility comes from wealth and knowledge...and you But want to give 'their' knowledge to the 'untouchables' in their eyes?"
"Not even the King of the North?"
"How many professionals does the King of the North have? "
Annan was speechless when asked. If he had trustworthy and powerful subordinates, he wouldn't have to run around. He thought of Lady Winter, she was the Flower of the Snowfield, a cousin of the royal family, her status was like a prince, and she answered all requests in Bethal City.
But without those forces of her own, Mrs. Winter would only have the title of Snow Flower and Royal Cousin.
“You can’t do this in Breeze City. You can only let Xingyue Bay do this. Before Xingyue Bay becomes a city-state like Breeze City.”
It’s okay if the newspaper can move and speak. , so you don’t have to face the pressure from the nobles... It’s just that new spells need to be researched. Annan has to find a mage above the master, such as an elf mentor... Mr. Swaro?
“Isn’t your magic image very interesting to make? Why do you still want them to learn?”
Olmedo’s inquiry suddenly reminded Annan why he couldn’t skip the newspaper and read from the newspaper. News begins?
Isn’t the image recording the Philosopher’s Stone more vivid and interesting than the dry text? Although the price is also prohibitively high, Annan has a readily available record of cheap magic stones.
Knock knock knock——
“Come in.”
The guard chief came back with only a few books left. Annan came back to his senses, his black eyes glowing.
“Have you thought about it?” Olmedo showed her warm smile.
"Well, I'll show you the results in a few days." Annan took the books, "Can I take them away?"
"These are just copies."
Before going out, Ao Ermeido called to Annan: "The Snow Mountain Fortress is open to navigation. It's time for you to prepare a belated New Year's gift for your fortress friends."
"Have the Frost Giants retreated?" "The city guards have been in the past few months. The army and mercenaries have been destroying them, and they no longer dare to attack us."
"Then prepare a box of story books for me, like "The Adventures of Oakham."
Annan left the room, and Olmedo stood up, walked around the desk, and stood in front of the window. The carriage with the snowflake emblem drove out of the square. The focus of the pair of light blue eyes returned to the reflection on the window from the distant carriage -
The hat of the child rushing towards the windmill was lifted by the wind, revealing the mystery. Almedo's childish face.
"Father, I want to be the city lord, and I want there to be no poor people in Breeze City!"
The young Olmedo broke into the study and shouted to his father who was standing by the window.
The warbler nested in her pale golden hair came out and flew along the open window to the distant garden.
"As long as you are willing to bear the price of failure, my child." Augusta turned back and said to her gently, "Just like this warbler. If you want to raise it, you must accept it. The pain of its death is what fate gives us, and we call it the price."
"I don't understand..."
"What do we get. , what will you lose. I have you, so you lose your mother. What will you lose if you want to get Breeze City?"
......
On the way back to Xingyue Bay, Annan opened the books he brought back. The situation in Grogda, the hometown of Howler, was more complicated than imagined...
Going through it in order, it was not long after Howler left. The tribe was invaded by the nearby human kingdom. The lords and farmers wanted to turn the fertile dry swamp area into farmland. The rat people also came to share the pie and rob the villages built by humans. As a result, a strange plague broke out and vampires spread there. Schistosomiasis...
The latest news is that two years ago, Grogda has turned into a battlefield for several races. It doesn't matter who wins or loses, because Grogda's orc tribe has long been finished.
I hope the Howler can accept this bad news...
On the seventh day of departure, Annan returned to Xingyue Bay.
Annan first called the Howler and handed the books to it: "The current situation of Grogda is in these books..."
The Howler was silent, as if he already knew the answer.
"What's wrong?"
The howler's saliva splashed on Annan's face: "Why do you think an orc can read?"
Annan thought the howler was right. , opened the portal and kicked it to Breeze City, and then suddenly thought, why should the subjects spend several months to learn literacy and knowledge, instead of directly mastering the common language?
Why go step by step when you can spend money to solve it?
Annan asked the ogre to find the bard and climbed up the low hill again.
The foundation of the future school has just been built, and the blue dragon's nest has begun to take shape. Annan touches the dragon scales to release a low-level summoning spell, showing the blue dragon its future home, such as a larger space, such as meeting There is a rocky hill to facilitate its gilding.
Maybe it was the dragon hunting team that made the blue dragon irritated, and it destroyed the portal. After his good intentions failed, Annan opened the portal again and left it to the bard to go to the mage tower to find a group of mages.
“You actually let a bard who is as free as the wind work like a worker!”
"So 'Bard as Free as the Wind', how close are you to becoming an elite?"
"I'll go to the Mage Tower to find Michael right away."
(End of this chapter)