Chapter 110 Demacia and Hextech
Time flies, and now it is the year 986 of the Noxian calendar. The arrival of the New Year has brought Demacia into a brief period of excitement, but after this brief period of excitement, more arduous things will follow.
Because the war between Ionia and Noxus has entered a white-hot stage. The Noxians have completely flattened the Eastern Islands and even killed on Navoli, the largest island in Ionia. There are signs that the central capital of Ionia, Presidium, is about to be breached. In this regard, Jarvan III felt helpless after receiving the news.
No, what is going on in Ionia?
If it is really breached, then after Noxus swallows Ionia, won’t it rest for a while, and then attack Demacia in the opposite hand?
Jarvan III thought it was outrageous. Such a big island, with countless residents. Speaking of population, Ionia's population is even larger than Demacia's, but now it is being driven around like pigs by Noxians. Can you Ionians give some strength?
Are they really not going to resist?
Externally, Noxus has been like crazy in the past two years, fighting all kinds of wars, and internally, Lux of the Crown Guard betrayed the country, and Rowan, a rookie star known as the Black Lion of Demacia, also betrayed the country, which also hurt Demacia more or less.
Fortunately, this year's New Year's event was very lively, and the happiness and limited channels for people to obtain external news made the people of Demacia gradually forget about this matter. Of course, this was naturally participated in by Jarvan III. He used his influence to invisibly influence the thoughts of countless Demacians.
Sitting in that position, Jarvan III's every move can represent the country of Demacia.
Today, Jarvan III was in the study, with a curious Zhao Xin and Mette wearing special glasses beside him.
"Your Majesty, is that little guy Rowan still living in Piltover? It's been a year, is he going to stay in Piltover forever?"
"Well, it can be seen that he really likes that city-state." Jarvan III sat in front of the desk, on which were some strange artifacts, and he also opened a letter.
[Your Majesty, this time I sent you some good things. I mailed you my favorite discs. Also, don't underestimate that small marble-like thing. We used the latest magic technology to store human voices in marbles, so you only need to put the marbles with the corresponding numbers into the Hex player, click the button, and then you can hear the music of the marbles.
In the future, we will develop a more convenient player, even one with a screen, but it is not possible at the moment. In the field of music, we have not involved much. Now we are still studying the most about transportation and weapons. I think it will not be long before Lux and I can take the Hextech airship to Demacia.
By the way, Your Majesty, the Hextech player is still in the experimental stage, so the magic power is limited. If there is no sound later, it means that the magic power of the Hextech crystal inside has been consumed. When the time comes, you can write a letter and I will mail you a new Hextech player. 】
Jarvan III lowered his head and looked at a small square box filled with marbles. He opened the box, took one out, played with it, and put the marble into the blue square box on the side with interest.
The square box was not big, only the size of an adult male's fist, but there were all kinds of exquisite small buttons on it, two direction-like buttons, a circular button, and a red button. Jarvan III opened the box, then put a blue marble with the number 4 written on it, which was only the size of a finger, into the box, then closed the box and pressed the circular button.
"!!!"
"Wow!"
On the side, Mette and Zhao Xin both widened their eyes.
The always steady butler could not calm down either. He leaned in front of Jarvan III and looked at the small box on the table seriously.
After His Majesty Jarvan III pressed the player, a moving and beautiful sound came out of the square box. It was like a musical? The beautiful human voice and the unnamed instruments caught the ears of Zhao Xin and Mette at once.
How could they have seen such a thing?
Mette has lived for fifty or sixty years, and he has never seen a square box that can play music!
"Your Majesty, the things this kid sent this time are more useful." Mette said excitedly.
Jarvan III was playing with the square box with amusement. The two direction keys corresponded to the volume of the box, and the red key was to turn off the music.
"I roughly understand what Rowan meant. Give some of the things Rowan brought to the nobles." Jarvan III looked at the box under the table, which was full of strange things shipped from Piltover.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Mette said beside him, and then he said, "That. Your Majesty, I want one too."
"If you want it, take it yourself. You don't need to ask me about this. Am I a stingy person?" Jarvan III looked at Mette and said.
Mette coughed, then pointed to the square box on the table and said embarrassedly, "Your Majesty is certainly not a stingy person, so Your Majesty, I want this."
Jarvin III glanced at Mette, then at the square box, then he looked up and said casually: "Get lost."
"Yes." Mette bent down and grabbed the square box, then ran out of the study.
Jarvin III was left confused: "???"
"I told him to get lost, but I didn't tell him to take my Hextech music player with him!" Jarvin III laughed angrily, stood up and looked at Zhao Xin with his hands on his hips, and asked: "What about you, Zhao Xin, what do you want?"
"Actually, I also want a player, but Mette got there first. It's a pity. My family now only has a record player sent by Rowan, but that thing is too big, not like a player, you can listen to music anytime and anywhere." Zhao Xin sighed.
In terms of shamelessness, he is still not as good as old Mette, otherwise this square box would be his.
But can I write a letter and ask Rowan to mail a few back to me?
Zhao Xin thought secretly.
After all, Rowan and I are the father and son in the rumors.
Jarvan III looked at Zhao Xin's appearance, shook his head with a smile, and said:
"Rowan, on the surface, is sending things to express his gratitude to me, but in fact, he is telling me that these things are very helpful for Demacia's ban on magic. Demacians have always believed that magic is evil and dangerous. But now, someone uses magic to make things that can facilitate people's lives and make people's lives more interesting.
You know, Zhao Xin, some time ago, Tiana asked me if I had any extra sausage grills. She said that the army needed Hex sausage grills very much. Not only can they make sausages in the wild, but they can also make barbecues. Every shield formation of the Fearless Vanguard wants one, but that kid didn't send me so many."
"Barrett also found me rarely and wanted to ask for a record player for his daughter, but I refused. If you want it, come back to see me in person. What's the matter with writing to me? Doesn't he want to see me?"
He went on to say: "When nobles and civilians enjoy Hex sausage grills, The convenience brought by Hextech, when there are shadows of Hextech in every bit of our lives, at that time, I will spread rumors that Hextech is a magical creation. In fact, everyone uses magic, but Zhao Xin, guess whether the people at that time will reject Hextech or accept Hextech? "
" "Zhao Xin lowered his head in silence. After a while, he looked up and said seriously: "Accept. I have been used to listening to music every day during this period, and the Hextech kettle you gave me is also very easy to use. You only need to put tea leaves in, pour water, and then press a button. It will heat itself and become hot tea. It is very convenient, not to mention the Hextech heater. The soldiers stationed in Freljord need this very much. In the cold environment, a Hextech heater is very useful, and it is smokeless and dust-free, and will not threaten the lives of soldiers. "
"Your Majesty, even I and the elite soldiers cannot refuse the convenience brought by Hextech to life, let alone the people and nobles of Demacia?" Zhao Xin added.
"Yes, that's what I mean." Jarvan III nodded with a smile.
"However, before that, we must establish a new contract with Zaun, and we must extract Piltover from the control of Noxus. In the future, Piltover and Zaun will only be and must be allies of Demacia."
Jarvan III put away his smile and said calmly: "Hextech is very useful and very convenient, but if Zaun and Piltover are not under the control of Demacia, then this convenience will become a limitation. So, I will write a letter later, and you can ask the dragon bird troops to take it to that kid Rowan."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhao Xin leaned over and said.
"By the way, has the yield of the rice fields used in the experiment increased?"
"After using Piltover's agricultural tools, it is estimated that it can be more than doubled." Zhao Xin said excitedly.
Demacia is a country that does not lack food, but who would complain about having too much food in the granary? Therefore, the use of windmills, fertilizers, and Hextech crystals to improve farmland has doubled the crops, which will be good news to cheer up everyone in Demacia.
After hearing this, Jarvan III nodded with satisfaction, "Suddenly I feel that throwing that kid out is not a bad thing."
Zhao Xin also smiled.
Yes, after Rowan went out, he did not forget that he was a Demacian at all, and he also brought different changes to the Demacians.
The current Xiongdu is the best proof.
But as for whether it has become better or worse, in fact, you only need to look at the expressions on people's faces to know.
In the magnificent square of Demacia, under the operation of Jarvan III during this period, Demacia and Zaun have conducted many foreign trade exchanges. In the past, there were only merchant ships from Piltover in the Demacia port, where would there be merchant ships from Zaun?
But in the past three months, many merchant ships from Zaun have come to Demacia. The Zaun people come to Demacia to sell some exquisite little things, not weapons, but it is these exquisite little things that have completely captured the hearts of the Demacians.
Demacia is rich, and people don't have to worry about food at all, but at the same time, Demacia is also poor, because Demacians lack life entertainment, sunrise and late return, occasional circus performances, and musicals, these are all the entertainment methods of Demacians.
But during this period, Demacians have more entertainment methods.
First, there are many record players in the Grand Square, and many Demacians go there to listen to music every day. Secondly, a store called the game arcade was born in the Grand Square. The owner of this store is unknown, but the store can be opened in the Grand Square, and there are elite soldiers for security every day. It is not difficult to guess that the owner behind this store is not a big family in Xiongdu, but it is opened by the royal family.
And the fact is just as people think, this store was opened by Jarvan III, and all the game machines in it were shipped from Zaun, with the purpose of giving Demacians more life entertainment.
In the manor of the Bouvier family, Madam Lestara propped up her chin and looked at Sona, who was playing the piano in the garden facing a strange device, with an expression of admiration.
This thing was sent back by Rowan, and it can hold sounds. After Sona got it, she became more cheerful.
A year later, Sona became more beautiful. She had an indescribable temperament. It was not the grace of a noble, and it was different from the temperament of the Demacia people. It was an elegant and cold temperament.
Sitting there and stroking the guqin, when the guqin sounded, Sona would be like a person walking out of a painting.
But after the sound of the guqin ended, Sona opened her eyes and heard the voice of Madam Lestara.
"Sona, you play really well!"
Sona looked at Lestara, she smiled slightly, and stretched out her hand to sign: Mother, I like this phonograph given by Rowan very much.
"I like it too, but I wonder if it can record the sound of your playing like a record player, and then I can hear it anytime and anywhere."
Sona paused: It should be possible, right? Rowan wrote that there will be such technology in the future.
Lestara paused, then smiled wickedly: "Write a letter? He wrote to you specifically? Ha, why didn't he write to me?"
"What did you talk about? Don't look at me like that, Sona, I'm just a little curious, don't I even have the right to be curious? I'm your mother."
"I care about you for a while?"
Lestara said excitedly.
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Sona showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, lowered her head slightly, put her hands on her thighs, and looked at Lestara helplessly.
Since Rowan and Lux left Demacia, her mother always talked to Sona about Rowan, and her words all indicated that Sona should have left with Rowan.
But what name can she use to leave Demacia with Rowan?
Sona sighed, looking at her mother who was still teasing her, and her thoughts suddenly drifted.
She doesn't know what's wrong with her.
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This chapter talks about this.
Everyone, I've been writing 10,000 words a day for 8 days. I'm running out of energy because of my day and night rotation. Yesterday, I only wrote 7,000 words, and today's chapter is 4,000 words. I'll try to write another chapter later, and then I'll probably go to sleep.
I have to adjust my daily routine. Now my daily routine is a mess. I don't have much rest time. I feel tired when I get up during the day, and I don't sleep for more than 5 hours a day. If this continues, I feel like I'm going to die. So I probably won't write 10,000 words a day these two days, but I'll continue to write 10,000 words a day after a while!