Chapter 277 Science and Technology Vs. Heroic King
"Lord Earl, let him go, and you will gain the friendship of the Bachelor's Tower."
Mond Langdon said this sincerely.
Brother, are you kidding me? An illusory friendship just trying to get someone out of my prison? It's better to give real money and silver.
But if you think about it carefully, the bachelor's tower has a great influence in the courts of various countries. Mondstadt's mentor can decide on his own to accept a commoner for a living with just one sentence, so he must have a certain status in the bachelor's tower.
The Mond Langdon in front of him seems to be an honest and honest man, but the mentor behind him may not be so sure. I heard that all the elderly bachelors have very weird tempers. What should I do if Qingshen uses his network resources to put small shoes on himself?
Alas, one more thing is worse than one less thing. Just let a little brat let it go.
What is the matter of lax law enforcement and the prestige of the lords? How can the common people of this era understand this? What I just said was just for the occasion.
What's more, if we really look into it, it seems that what Kevin did wrong was just that he didn't report Baden to the Lord's Mansion after seeing through Baden's lies, but instead tried to blackmail Baden in exchange for conditions. According to the investigation, he did not kill anyone after the riot. No robbery.
However, the advice he gave to the salt people was the direct trigger of the riot, so he was included in the list of the 50 people with the most serious crimes.
Paul made up his mind and said seriously: "Okay, Mr. Scholar. You can take the person away, but you need to pay a certain bail."
Mond Langdon immediately stood up, bowed deeply to Paul, and said gratefully: "I would like to thank the Earl on behalf of his parents. This poor couple has been extremely frightened in recent days."
Paul hummed, "You have to properly discipline your little brother, study hard and make progress every day, and don't think about things all day long. In addition, I hope that the [friendship] you are talking about is not just talk. That’s all.”
"Yes, we must teach him well."
Mond hesitated for a moment and continued to ask: "My Lord, I heard that the Lord's Mansion will severely sentence 50 important criminals. I wonder how others besides Kevin will be punished?"
"It's okay to tell you that among the 20 people with the most serious crimes, 5 were beheaded, 10 were hanged, and 5 had their death sentences suspended. Together with 30 others, they were sent to open up wasteland in the northern forest to see the consequences. Originally, Kai Wen will also be sent to open up wasteland."
Mond bowed to Paul again: "You are really a kind lord." He originally thought that Paul would behead all 50 people.
"Huh, after all, they didn't really rebel. Oh, by the way, what do you study in the Bachelor's Tower all day long? Do you have any technical talents?"
"History and politics, literature and music, logic and philosophy, etc..., as long as you can think of it, the Bachelor's Tower is involved in it."
A look of pride flashed across Mond's face.
"As for the technical talents you mentioned, if they are artificers and alchemists, there will naturally be some."
Paul smiled slightly, "If you can go back and help me recruit some talents, it will be worthy of the friendship you just mentioned. It doesn't have to be too good, even if it's just literacy. Of course I speak Aldo."
"This..." Mond Khan was thinking to himself: "We are the Bachelor's Tower of the Imperial Capital. I guess there are not many people in there who are not willing to come to this bitter cold place in the northwest."
But he still said: "I will try my best."
After the business was done, the two continued chatting for a while. Mond Langdon spoke more fluent Aldo than Paul, a Gulf native, and there was no barrier to communication between the two.
This scholar indeed lived up to the name of the Bachelor's Tower. He was knowledgeable and connected with ancient and modern times, which made Paul secretly admire him.
"I am trying to make people live a better life by developing and promoting new technologies. Mr. Scholar, you can walk around Alda, go to the port to see our new sailing boats, go to the fields to see our harvesters, to Check it out in the store..."
The young earl's ambition surprised Mond Langdon. Don't children of this age like to dream about knights taking adventures or leading troops to fight in battles?
Paul danced and said: "The arrival of five hundred angels has taught mankind farming and weaving, metallurgy and blacksmithing, allowing us to occupy the most fertile land in the world, but I believe there is no end to the progress of science... and technology. We can absolutely By raising our lives to a higher level, we can definitely feed a larger population and keep everyone fed.”
"Science? Technology?"
"Yes, understanding the principles of things is what I call [science], and applying science to our lives is what I call [technology]. It is these two that allow us humans to develop. I am not boasting, but it is also true. Relying on these two, the lives of the people in Arda and Bailding have greatly improved compared with before.”
Mond was noncommittal, "Your Majesty, with all due respect, your territory has just..."
Paul interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "I know what you want to say - a group of salt farmers have had their livelihood cut off due to the emergence of the salt field, and they have to take risks. But I want to tell you a fact. The emergence of the salt field has saved most families money." It cost a lot of money.”
Mond showed an incredulous look.
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"Mr. Langdon, you live in such a bustling place in Gaberat, and you are also a distinguished tower scholar. Naturally, you do n’t know the hardships of our remote land. Salt people use traditional methods to cook salt, yield for yield, yield, It is really limited, so the price on the market is high -of course, it is compared to the present, and no one would think that salt price was expensive before, because it has always been the price. This stuff is a necessity of life. Although it is not much to buy salt every time, it is a lot of expenses after years. "
Paul proudly said: "Since the salt producing salt production in the salt field, the salt price has never been reduced, which saves a lot of money at once. I don’t believe you can find a woman on the street and listen to him. What feelings. "
"This ..." Monde groaned, "I believe there must be a better solution to benefit all the public, the two are beautiful."
Paul stallion stalls: "I also believe that we are not a god, and sometimes you have to sacrifice a small number of people in order to take care of the interests of most people. This can only be said to be ... The small part of the sacrifice is unfortunately the person who is the leader.
Monde acknowledged: "What you say is reasonable, the count. So in this case, a wise monarch is so important. He can take care of the vast majority of people and make the sacrifice as smaller as possible."
"The wise monarch?"
"Yes, Lord Graman."
Monde Langdon's eyes became firm:
"I am more inclined to make people's lives better than [Science] and [Technology] you are talking about.