Chapter 298 Attraction

Santis reacted for a while before trying to understand what the other party meant by "friends like you".

He looked at Carmel's eyes (probably where the eyes were): "Do you mean a mage from a commoner origin, who is not controlled by a traditional mage circle or aristocratic family, can freely join Cecil's territory, and has a certain knowledge base? ?"

Carmel nodded slightly: "There is still a lack of scholars in the territory - although we have recruited a group of desolate scholars and mages from the nearby territories, it is far from enough, not enough in quality and quantity. I once talked to Jenny. However, I know that her background is a little... special, so she has no connections in the capital, but you are different, Mr. Santis, although you are from a commoner, at least... you are an orthodox, accepted A fully educated spellcaster."

An orthodox Wangdu Mage, even the most miserable one, is fundamentally different from Jenny, who was a slave. Santis' "class" is destined to have his own social circle of mage. There are other spellcasters who can talk equally.

If Jenny could only have limited communication with other slaves in the mage tower, then Santis was at least free in person.

"I... do know some mages of the Royal Capital," Santis said hesitantly, "but the people I can associate with are basically unsatisfactory and destitute people who have been rejected by the Royal Capital for various reasons. Excluded from the mainstream mage circle..."

"That may be what I want, and what the lord wants," Carmel said. "You are teaching Rune Logic and the Basics of Magic, and you should understand that what is unfolding in this land is a new Magic technology route, in the face of this special field, the traditional mage level is not very meaningful, what we really value is the researcher's attitude to explore the unknown, the ability to accept new things, and the most basic mathematical and logical talent. I miss you There should be many such people among my friends.”

Santis thought for a moment, then nodded slowly: "I can try it."

"Very good. But I would like to add one more thing - a lot of times 'being excluded from the mainstream' is not the same as 'having a unique talent', in most cases a person is excluded from social circles just because he is really stupid, It's just that this kind of person always numbs himself with "no one can understand my talent." I don't want my outspokenness to hurt your feelings - but I don't want to cause trouble for the lord either.

I've seen too many self-improving people, and they're always tough. "

Santis couldn't help laughing, and he didn't look angry at all: "Of course, you're right. I've seen many people like this -- in the capital, desolate mages always get married. Forming large and small circles, just like the mages and nobles of the upper class hold a party, in this kind of 'low-level secret law meeting', there are often many people who complain that they are underappreciated, but only a small part of them are really underappreciated. Most of them really don't know anything. I have been in this circle for many years, so I will naturally screen them out."

"That's good," Carmel was relieved, "then let's go to the lord - this kind of thing should be known to the lord."

Gawain stood in front of the map of Cecil Territory and its surrounding areas, looking at the winding mountains, plains, and forest lines and fell into contemplation.

This map was drawn by him himself. All the details of the satellite view were restored as much as possible on the premise of being intuitive and easy to understand, and the various mineral resource points found along the way of the pioneering army seven hundred years ago were also marked on it. He still remembered what happened when he was immersed in drawing this map in his study - Heidi was so shocked that Amber said that the old Zongzi must have prepared the map in advance before pretending to draw the map to be scary, while Rebecca was terrified because He was knocked on the head by Hetty for agreeing with Amber's point of view - but as Gawain tossed more and more new things, he himself is the most unreasonable "resurrection", and this incredible map is all about. The impact it brought gradually faded away.

Gao Wen believes that as the drawing techniques he wrote are taught, everyone will be less surprised by this high-precision satellite map (hand-painted version).

Amber stood beside him, and followed him with her eyes on the map, but she had no idea what Gawain was looking at, and after watching it for a long time, she finally couldn't help it: "Hey, Gawain, what are you looking at? ?"

Gawain raised his hand and clicked somewhere above the map: "This is Kant's collar."

Then he moved his hand down and circled a large area: "This is the northern wasteland, then the North Shore Development Area, the White Water River, Cecil's Land... Mine Town is here, and this side is the Western Logging Field and The newly established 'Shuanglin Village'... Finally, there are two fields in the southeast and southwest that will be reclaimed next spring, and this is where Cecil's forces are currently."

Amber stared at Gawain: "Have you already entered the Kant collar!"

Gawain did not pay attention to Amber, but continued to say as if to himself: "Currently, the population of Cecil Lord's city is 15,000, including a large number of craftsmen and residents who migrated from Kant Territory after winter. As well as the serfs and the last batch of refugees purchased from Leslie Territory and other places. However, due to the imperfect administrative construction in Kant Territory, the population statistics before winter has not been completed, and it is unclear how many people there can be there... "

Gawain didn't know how many people a viscounty or earldom in medieval Europe had on earth, but he knew that in this world, due to the strong human physique itself, there were things like fertility magic and druid magic to ensure The basic output of food, so although the people at the bottom live a very poor and difficult life, their population is quite large. Even in this long-destroyed southern border, a large number of people are scattered on this land.

It's just that these people can't be regarded as the subjects of Cecil Land at present. Even if it is Kant Land, which has actually become a satellite town of Cecil Land, it is still legally independent.

Amber stared at Gawain, who was analyzing the situation of the territory with a serious face, and after listening for a long time, he didn't understand what the man in front of him was saying: "So what? Do you think the population is not enough? Let me tell you. Hey, a city of 10,000 people is already quite scary! You…”

Gawain suddenly interrupted Amber's words: "Do you think this place is still too small?"

Amber reacted for two seconds, and his ears slowly twitched: "...You finally decided to hit someone, didn't you! Think about it, if you really go to recover the fief, the entire southern border will be..."

"I don't have this plan for the time being," Gawain glanced at the half-elf, "I think the current strategic depth is too small, and the potential population is far from enough..."

Amber was confused: "Strategic depth? What?"

Gawain thought for a while, then shook his head: "Forget it, I don't understand."

Amber's eyes widened, and she immediately wanted to refute something, but before she could speak, Betty's clear voice sounded from the door of the study: "Master! Master Carmel and Mr. Santis are coming to you!"

"Oh?" Gawain was a little surprised that these two unrelated people would come to him together, he walked to his desk, "Let them in."

Amber pouted and stood beside Gawain. A few seconds later, the door of the study opened, and Camille and Santis walked in.

A few minutes later, after Gawain heard the intention of the two, he couldn't help showing an expression of interest on his face: "You plan to start from the circle of mages in Wangdu to attract a group of talents? Through Santis's network? "

"My lord, my... is not a network of contacts," Santiston said nervously, "Those gatherings of great magicians can be regarded as a network of contacts. I know... at most, some unsatisfactory little wizards. It's just a private gathering, and I don't know many people..."

Gawain waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, as I said just now, our original goal is not those great magicians, as long as they are intellectuals. But I'll be honest, I didn't think about recruiting talents from the prosperous areas of the kingdom before... ...Including the circle of mages in the capital, I also thought about it."

Carmel: "You recruited? No success?"

Gawain nodded: "That's right. Although I didn't use Santis's contacts at the beginning, I offered a very high price, but it's been nearly a year, and no one has become interested in Cecil's recruitment— -You should know why."

"The frontier land, desolate and cold, and next to the wasteland of Gondor, no one will think there is any future in being a 'magic advisor' here," Santis immediately figured out the reason, and his voice became bitter. "The people in the capital don't know the real situation here, they can only judge based on their imagination. For them, the Cecil territory is not attractive, and even if the pay is high, the mages in the capital will not leave the kingdom easily. The center... After all, for the vast majority of mages, Wangdu means a knowledge center and a promotion channel, and they are unwilling to leave even if they are in trouble."

Although the prestige of the Founding Hero is high, the mages are a group of pragmatic people, and they can't see any hope of going to the South, so the prestige of the Founding Hero is not enough to shake them-although Gao Wen also offered a very high rate at the same time. The price tag, but he was not generous enough to disregard the cost.

"Mr. Santis, do you think that with your influence, you can convince your friends to leave the "magic center" like the capital and come to Cecil to lead a pioneer?"

Santison hesitated, then began to subconsciously tug at the button on his chest: "I..."

He wanted to say confidently that he could, but after just assuming a little, he realized he didn't have that confidence.

Leaving Wangdu is not so easy, even if he went to lobby his friends in person, with his "reputation" in the circle of mages in Wangdu, he probably wouldn't be able to convince anyone.

He didn't have the kind of friends who were so friendly that he could accompany him to open up wasteland with just a few words - if there were, he would not have been squeezed into the southern border construction aid team by the circle of mages in Wangdu.

The young arcanist's face darkened, and the courage and enthusiasm that he finally mustered were also dealt a huge blow, but at this moment, Kamel suddenly spoke up: "Lord, Cecil will take care of those mages in the capital. It's not attractive, so they don't want to come, do they?"

"That's right," Gawain nodded, "I want to attract talents, unless Cecil has enough attraction."

"We're attractive enough," Carmel said firmly.

Gao Wen raised his eyebrows: "Huh? Let's talk about it."

"I," Carmel spread his hands, his voice buzzing with bright arcs of arcane arcs bouncing around him, "is an ancient magister of Gondor enough to attract them? Is the guidance enough to attract them? Is the lost ancient magic skills enough to attract them? I don't believe that the magician after a thousand years has fallen to the point where the thirst for magic is gone!"

Santis, Gawain, and Amber felt their eyes light up at the same time, and Gawain showed an imperceptible smile and leaned forward: "Then if the mages who came here for the ancient secret skills, the situation will be different. What if you think differently? Many of your ancient spells can't be used in this era."

"If you have the ability, they will go back!"

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