Before ascending to God, be a good lord

In some respects, King Partin V of the Southeast Kingdom is not even comparable to some inland earls. Although he is called the king of a country, his royal decree can only really control the capital city of Solandel, and The largest port is Dovren.

More than 20 kilometers west of the capital, there are mountains. Over the entire mountain range is the direct territory of the empire. To the south and east is the coastline. The small towns on the coastline and the islands east of the coast all belong to the island. The king's lords, these so-called nobles are a combination of merchants and pirates, and all their wealth and life depend on the gift of the ocean.

The so-called king is just their elected representative who has an explanation for the human empire.

Although the empire was dissatisfied with the state of the coast, it had nothing to do because behind the pirates was the Ocean God System.

Whether it is the ancient human empire or the current empire, they are indifferent to the affairs in the southeast and only maintain a jurisdictional status.

Neither the Imperial Capital Magic School nor the Tower of Purity care about the education in the Southeast Kingdom.

If Partin II hadn't been far-sighted and accepted the ancestors of the Fiat family, I'm afraid the Southeast Kingdom wouldn't be able to have nearly 40 magic workshops now.

The situation of being ignored by the imperial capital lasted until January 998, 1, when the Emperor finally changed, because on this day, as the new assistant financial officer of the Department of Finance, the most core department of the empire, the new generation leader of the Benma family was to Bringing a new magic furnace to the Southeast Kingdom was a good thing that Partin V had never dared to think of.

Therefore, even if the Temple Alliance, the Imperial Finance Department, and the Temple of Wealth use this name to install a series of informants around the royal capital Solandel City, it is still worthwhile for Paltine V.

In the main hall of the Goddess of Wealth, Partin V met the legendary dragon Zolaika from Abadi, the capital of wealth, Klein and Ben Call from the Tower of Purity, and the legendary law mage Frank Frank, the chief secretary of the Imperial Capital Finance Department. Douglas, and St. Peter, a demigod priest from the Holy See of the Temple Alliance.

Looking at the legends, Partin V wiped his sweat and said: "Your Excellencies, I remember that at yesterday's meeting, I only said that Ben Kaul was coming. The remote terrain of this Paro Valley town is really impossible. Welcome everyone."

So many legends and demigods suddenly appeared around their capital, especially the simultaneous appearance of legendary demigods from the Temple Alliance and the Church of Fortune. This alarmed Partin V, fearing that his collusion with Poseidon would be revealed and he would suffer. To the wrath of the gods.

Seeing the nervous look on Partin V's face, Lant quickly explained: "Your Majesty, this is my oversight! Originally, it was true that only His Excellency Ben Call was coming, but after we renovated the temple, there were several other Excellencies. Also said to come and have a look.”

The legendary dragon Zolaika said with disdain: "Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. Our gathering here has nothing to do with you."

"Haha..." Partin V could only show an awkward smile to ease the even more embarrassing atmosphere.

After worshiping the goddess of wealth, everyone went to the back of the main hall, where the magic furnace was installed.

Bypassing the main hall of the Goddess of Wealth, everyone can see a building with a cylindrical main body and a tall dome and porch.

On the triangular roof of the porch, the words "Magic Furnace Palace" in Common Language are carved in the center. Crossing the porch and entering the hall, sunlight shines through the 5-meter-diameter crystal dome in the center of the dome and evenly spreads into the entire inner hall. There are no columns in the inner hall, but there is a 20-meter-high black obelisk in the center, with the same top. The entire crystal stone not only diffuses the natural light from the crystal top, but also emits magical light itself, echoing the magic circle on the surrounding walls.

Turning around, you can see that there are not only magic circles but also several portraits on the wall. Between the portraits, there are also stone statues as decorations.

"These portraits..." Paltine V saw some familiar faces on the murals, "Is this His Excellency Ben Kaul?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, this place is to commemorate those who contributed to the manufacture of the magic furnace," Lant pointed upward, and everyone saw the entire portrait on the dome, "The ones above are March and the Dragon Gods, below The top ones are humans, elves, dwarves, etc.”

According to the agreement reached between Lant and the Temple of Wealth, similar magic furnace temples will also be arranged in several city-states of Hindukel as religious buildings dedicated to worshiping the magic furnace casters.

"It looks really good," Partin V said no more, but followed the legends down the stairs at the back of the temple and entered the underground space of the temple.

The underground floor of the temple has a similar spatial layout to the ground. The magic furnace extends from the center of the circular floor to the roof, connecting to the obelisk upstairs.

The walls on the underground floor no longer have large murals, but are completely filled with magic circles and magic patterns.

"Your Majesty, the decoration here has not been completed yet," Lant explained. "We are planning to arrange more rooms here. In the future, the flame goblins can be transferred directly between Yeqi City and this temple through the magic network. Magic fairies in the Southeast Kingdom can also learn magic pattern knowledge in this temple."

"This... is really great, thank you, Your Majesty Lant!" Hearing this, Partin V finally smiled. No matter how many people the empire plans to deploy to the southeast, it is always a good thing to be able to cultivate magic fairies in this temple. .

After an introduction, a group of people came to the front of the magic furnace. As Lant, Zolaika and Partin V jointly pressed a magic circle, the core of the magic furnace emitted a grand light, and the magic circle on the ground Also turning quickly, the first new magic furnace in the Southeast Kingdom, the first temple belonging to the magic furnace caster Lant, was finally activated.

The so-called opening ceremony is not complicated. In addition to opening the magic circle on the magic furnace, Partin V also signed a memorandum with Lant, Zolaika and Klein, stipulating that the town of Paro Valley will be used as a magic workshop park.

In the next 20 years, the new magic furnace will only serve the workshops in the park. The products of the workshops will be ordered by the Royal Fund and purchased by the Wealth Church using gold coins. This means that the newly issued local currency of the Wealth Temple will fully pay for the work. The goods produced by the factory ensure the balance of the money supply.

Of course, these gold coins will not all reach the pockets of the workshop owners. Rand, the Church of Fortune, the royal family, and Paltine V will invest in the workshop in different proportions. These shareholdings respectively represent the maintenance cost of the magic furnace and the cost of the park. , Empire Taxation and Kingdom Taxation.

However, no matter how high the shareholding ratio is, it is much more cost-effective than those contracts from the Department of Finance, not to mention that the owners of the workshops can also see real gold coins, not just a few more lines of numbers on the Department of Finance’s account books. .