Arcane Linguist

Chapter 170 Two mage towers, the practice place of cultural victory

In the blossoming manor, Roland woke up on a wide and soft bed, and looked sideways.

I saw a figure full of familiar charm lying reclining, waist-length wavy long hair pouring down like a waterfall, and the morning light outside the window was projected in, reflecting it a charming golden luster.

Her snow-white skin shone like beautiful jade.Touching it casually, it felt as smooth as satin, with a hint of warm fragrance.

"Honey, are you awake?"

Luneves looked at him with a faint smile, her eyes full of tenderness.

"Ah."

Roland got up, stretched his muscles and bones, and rubbed his waist.

Ouch, I have thin arms and legs.

After staying up all night, I feel sore.

It shouldn't be, it shouldn't be.

Staying up late is indeed the biggest hazard to health. The "strength of a bull" and "the tenacity of a bear" are useless. It is better to fall asleep before 11 at night.

On the other hand, Luneves was energetic and radiant, without any signs of fatigue.

With a chuckle, she pressed the button at the head of the bed, and called in several maids who were waiting for her, to change and wash Roland.

Immediately afterwards, several dining carts were also pushed in and arranged in the bedroom.

"Honey, eat something."

Like a real wife, she coaxed Roland tenderly, and the room was instantly filled with warmth.

After breakfast, Roland and Lunifuss went outside and walked hand in hand in the blossoming garden of the mansion.

The size of this mansion is not small, and there is an artificially developed lake on the east side of the garden. Under the morning light, it is sparkling, and you can see some fish and shrimp raised here floating on the water to breathe and feed.

Here they chatted about the Kingdom of Lena.

The topic that the committee will discuss is the change of policy towards the different world.

And this change may bring great challenges or opportunities.

"I also have interests in the Reiner Kingdom, and the most direct one comes from the use of teaching aids.

It was a huge market with tens of millions of students, and in terms of population size alone, it was hundreds to thousands of times that of Iser.

Another example is the cultural product mentioned yesterday, the "Phantom Magic Card", which can also be used as a market, bringing in sales of millions to tens of millions of gold coins every year.

According to the normal dividend ratio, you should be able to receive hundreds of thousands of actual income.

But compared to these, what I care more about is the development of the Siris School.

Maybe I should avoid the direct confrontation with the Autodox School in my home country, and focus on the market outside the Star Sea, and then bring the majestic momentum and come back to crush the opponent with an unstoppable attitude! "

Roland narrated his thoughts to Lunifuss and asked for her opinion.

Lunifuss praised: "Sounds good, this is also the achievement of the Siris School has enough vitality, and I am confident that it can go out.

The Autodox School, after all, is an official school that occupies a dominant position. If there is a direct conflict, the chances of winning are not great for the time being. "

Having received the affirmation from Luneforth, Roland was excited, and humbly asked for more details on the specific operation, and at the same time learned about the common practice of the empire's foreign colonization.

When it was close to noon, Roland saw that it was not early, so he said goodbye and left, returning to No. [-] Chancellor.

"Master, earlier, members of the Cowrens family visited and brought Mr. Leon's butler."

Al greeted him and said while helping Roland change his shoes and take off his coat.

"Oh?" Roland's expression moved slightly, "Is there anything important?"

Al said: "They claimed to be here to give some special products from the Kingdom of Leiner, but seeing that you were not here, they didn't say much, left the gift and left.

Also, they said that it is not convenient for Mr. Leon to meet guests these few days, so they will not visit at home. If there is a chance, they will come to meet again on the 6th. "

Roland nodded. He had already learned from his teacher that Mr. Leon was going to prepare for the hearing.

The Collens family has ruled the Kingdom of Leiner for many years, and now that the colonial situation has changed, it is also the right thing to be called by the committee to report and question.

……

A few days later, the day for the hearing arrived.

Roland arrived at the Art Rhine Mage Tower as scheduled and entered the conference room No. 16 on the 1601th floor.

Also coming together are Bu Nuo and Pimiller, two members of the school in Nieves City. They are both middle-level mages who have received sponsorship and support from the Collens family. Also understand.

When they found a place to sit down, other mages came one after another.

The world of Tinyara, where the Reiner Kingdom is located, is a colony with a large population and size. There are many mage families and groups in the Atreinland who have their own interests there.

They are also paying attention to this matter.

Not long after, a dome like a starry sky unfolded above everyone's heads. Hundreds of magic runes were running the light technique at the same time, and the stars shone brightly, illuminating the entire meeting room.

The magic elves floated above the head, and the quills and magic papers flew up, as if being swept by a strong wind, and were controlled by the invisible mage servants.

There are also special mages who control the camera equipment and set up, preparing to record and live broadcast the entire hearing.

Roland saw that Leon, who was wearing a robe, came in accompanied by several entourages, and took a seat.

The staff brought stacks of documents to him and put them away, and a secretary approached him, exchanging something in a low voice.

Not long after, the three on-duty archmages also arrived, and the clerk, the supervisor, and the expert on the Reiner issue specially hired by the committee sat down.

Roland has not joined the committee yet, and he is not very familiar with the specific people and positions, but what he cares about now is not these, but guessing the many issues that will be raised when the hearing starts later.

"Masters, members of Parliament, good morning. Now the hearing on the Colonial Governor's Mansion of the Kingdom of Lena will begin. The following members of the jury are as follows..."

After some introductions, the moderator announced the opening of the questioning.

Unsurprisingly, the first person asked was the head of the Collens family, the "Crown of Thorns" Archmage Bolas's willingness to choose.

"Will Your Excellency Bolas be willing to accept the committee's suggestion to abolish the Colonial Governor's Mansion and return the sovereignty of the Reina Kingdom?"

"Yes, sir, my father, His Excellency Bolas, is willing to do this. We have always firmly supported the decisions made by the committee, and we are very happy to cooperate in completing the task of abolishing the Governor's Palace.

We have formulated a three-step general plan for this. The first is to return the sovereignty of the kingdom, the second is to start withdrawing troops from the Kingdom of Lena, and handle the follow-up matters of the dismantling of the Governor's Mansion. The third is to cooperate with the domestic consortium and the company to complete the handover , urging the Reiner Kingdom to fulfill the treaty..."

"Okay. Next question, what is the current ruler of the Reiner Kingdom, what does His Majesty the King think about this matter?"

"King Reiner welcomes and appreciates this, and at the same time promises that he will actively fulfill the terms of exchange in order to thank us Art Rhine for his generosity and justice..."

"The next question is, how is the current domestic political situation in the Reina Kingdom? Are the rebels who have been resisting the Governor's Palace willing to lay down their arms and accept peace talks?"

The moderator continued to ask questions.

During this hearing, all aspects of the Leinar Kingdom were touched. Leon made full preparations for this and answered them fluently.

At this moment, the massacre Serrad had committed in Namor was mentioned.

"Has Serrad mastered the power of the high demon, and has he received arcane assistance from our country?"

What do you mean?
Roland, who was listening on the stage, frowned slightly. Why did he vaguely point the finger at himself for this question?
"That world once had the background of Tinyara, and it is not surprising that the highest power level has reached High Magic.

There is indeed evidence that Serrad has mastered a power comparable to the seventh level, but this power comes from summoning and divine grace, and does not belong to the category of arcane arts. "

Leon obviously also knew the sharpness of this question, so he answered it cautiously.

The next question still has to do with the Seles school.

"How effective is the Seris education implemented in the Kingdom of Leiner? Judging from the current situation, is there any way to dispel the national consciousness of the Kingdom of Leiner and assimilate them, at least the elites in the cultural world, with us?"

"It is currently being implemented steadily, and has achieved certain results. We have formulated corresponding learning plans for children aged 6 to 12 at the general education stage, and fully accept the influence of Chinese culture. The results achieved, there is great confidence in ensuring the continuation of this impact...”

Leon still answered methodically.

Hearing this, Roland finally felt relieved.

He is not a person who handles it himself, so he doesn't have a deep understanding of how Seris language education is implemented overseas.

But according to Leon, it has become a part of Arterine's cultural strategy and has successfully taken root in that different world.

This kind of cultural output will be the guarantee of future influence. After all, in this world, there is no more commonly used and more influential cultural product than language and writing.

People who want to communicate with each other and pass on knowledge inevitably use these things.

Use it every day, all the time.

Coupled with the fact that this kind of thing is rooted in the soil of history and culture, it subtly changes the whole thinking and three views.

Roland knew that the language of advanced civilizations often had advantages.

The former island country even took the initiative to send Tang envoys to my country to learn Chinese and the corresponding cultural knowledge. The high-level nobles were proud of being able to speak Chinese fluently, recite poems, and read Chinese classics.

There is even a saying that some Westerners once believed that Chinese characters were a language before the Tower of Babel was built.

The Tower of Babel, also known as the Tower of Babylon, is a legendary tower built by human beings united in hopes of leading to heaven.

In order to prevent this plan, the gods caused the human alliance to disintegrate.

Language is an important symbol of a nation or ethnic group, and it is also the most important national characteristic.

Including national identity, civilization identity, all of them.

Therefore, thousands of years ago, hundreds of years ago, when the Chinese civilization was strong, the countries in the surrounding areas were proud of learning and understanding Chinese, and even far away from the Silk Road, the West also regarded this place as a magical place like heaven. Silk and gold are everywhere.

In the [-]th century BC, the ancient Greeks even praised that Eastern culture is the cradle of all cultures and all wisdom, calling it "beyond the north wind", a nation favored by God.

This impression has continued until modernization, when Western science and technology overtook the East, and Siris was no longer a symbol of advanced civilization, but instead became a backward civilization.

As a result, in the eyes of Westerners, the status of Chinese characters has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Atlantein's current status is undoubtedly an existence similar to that of Tang, Song and Ming Dynasties. It is difficult for the different world covered by its power to resist the charm of high-magic civilization.

Even if it does not take the initiative to export to the outside world, those low-magic worlds want to change their lives against the sky, the medium-magic worlds want to develop and progress, and even other worlds that are at the same high-magic level want to communicate and learn from each other, they have to take the initiative to learn.

One of the important ways is through the languages ​​of Elvish and Atlas, which carry culture and knowledge.

But now, in the Kingdom of Leiner, because of some strategies deliberately implemented by Arterine, the Seris language has gradually gained momentum and has a corresponding status.

Thanks to the superiority of this language itself, the amount of information it carries is extremely rich, and the output efficiency is extremely high, so it complements each other more and more.

If all goes well, at some point in the future, the people of the Leinar Kingdom will be proud of being able to speak fluent Seris and write arcane treatises in the Seris script. If you have achieved certain achievements in the world, you will be even more honorable if you are admitted to the Mage Tower in Arterine.

The elite among them may even be granted immigration quotas.

However, the high-level executives of Alterain seem to have some foresight. They are on guard against the Kingdom of Leinar's acquisition of profound arcane knowledge, so that they can be successfully promoted to medium magic, and even high magic.

Thousands of years of east wind, century of west wind, blowing to and fro, Feng Shui takes turns.

It is hard to guarantee that one day, the Reiner Kingdom will be self-reliant, develop, and become the challenger of Alter Rhine.

And if it is controlled by other high-magic civilizations, it may also become its minions, and in turn grin at Alteraine.

Therefore, even if the colonial rule was disintegrated, the hot war did not start, and this kind of war hidden in many fields of politics, economy and culture continued all the time.

Language and writing are not cannonballs and bullets, but in a sense, they are much more powerful than these things.

The influence and discipline of strong civilizations on weak civilizations has been ongoing.

The hearing lasted until noon and finally came to an end.

Leon got up, thanked everyone, and left.

Roland did not go to him for the time being, but went to the cafeteria in the mage tower with Buno and Pimiler.

However, to Roland's surprise, Leon took the initiative to find him.

"Mr. Roland, long time no see."

With a smile on his face, he came up and shook hands with Roland, and then greeted Bu Nuo and Pimiller.

The few entourages who followed left knowingly and went to eat at a nearby table, leaving only Leon, Roland and others at the same table.

"Mr. Leon, what happened to the situation in the Reina Kingdom? Why did you suddenly mention the abolition of the Governor's Mansion?"

Pimiller is a typical deaf to what's going on outside the window, and he hasn't seen the reason for the change, so he can't help but ask curiously.

"There is no way, if we don't abolish it, the military expenditure will increase year after year, and the possibility of maintaining stable production is getting smaller and smaller!"

Leon shook his head with a bit of bitterness, and said.

In fact, this matter is related to the fact that his father, His Excellency Bolas, is getting older, but there is no new archmage to succeed him in the family.

He and a few geniuses in the clan have worked very hard to study and improve, but they are so short of talent. With the accumulation of a large amount of magic materials and rare resources, they can only barely reach the seventh or eighth level.

This is still a combat mage, far inferior to the status of a domestic high-level arcanist.

He has no way to tell everyone about this kind of thing, so after a little consideration, he found a clear reason.

"In addition to the barbarian alliance led by Serrad, there are actually quite a few forces that are eyeing us in the Kingdom of Reina, for example, the refugee rebels within the kingdom, the remnants of the Black Dragon Dynasty, the drow schemers, etc. wait.

They are keen to destroy the old ruling order, even at the expense of attracting the intervention of high-magic civilizations from the outside world.

It's not that we have no way to deal with them, but the price we will have to pay is really high. After careful calculation, it is not worth it at all. "

"That's true. The war over there seems to have lasted for hundreds of years."

"However, the Governor's Mansion cannot be completely abolished overnight. Before that, Art Rhine will spare no effort to vigorously strengthen the influence of cultural exports, aiming at cultivating a new batch of elites in the Kingdom of Lena that can maintain the relationship between the two countries. , and help them master most of the resources in the Kingdom of Leiner.

From then on, the relationship between the two countries will be based on plane trade in the economic field and mutual exchanges in the cultural field.

In order to ensure the stability of this relationship, a considerable part of the expenditure originally used for military expenditure will be transferred to the field of culture and education, and the resources captured by tariffs, labor, and even slave labor will also be transformed into relatively moderate The trade scissors are poor. "

Leon cut off a piece of steak on the dinner plate with the knife and fork in his hand, smiled suddenly, forked the larger piece, and displayed it in front of Roland.

"So, many people in the country are also eyeing this interest, but those who can enjoy it are no longer the military-industrial groups in the School of Magic and Alchemy, but other groups in the field of people's livelihood and economy."

"That's not necessarily true." Roland said with a smile, "unless it's really that easy to achieve peace."

How could such a lucrative business be stopped immediately?

However, the return of the ruling power to the Lena people can indeed dispel the heart of confrontation to a large extent, and it is really possible to switch to another business model.

Here, the liberal arts mages of the Rune School will also get a share.

……

"Now, let's vote on the special appropriation of the Rainer Kingdom's Education Support Fund.

The purpose of this fund is to help the Lena Kingdom in the backward area of ​​the alien plane to establish modern arcane education, improve the level of magic and the education level of the people, and will be allocated by the Ministry of Education to be awarded to the mages of the Rune School for implementation..."

At this moment, in the meeting where the high-level mages of the same mage tower gathered together, the committee members who watched the hearing through the live broadcast have not adjourned the meeting for dinner, but are making the final vote.

A large part of the appropriation mentioned in this is the military expenditure and other colonial rule expenditures that Leon said.

This will save a lot of money for Alteraine, but it must select a good enough school and corresponding candidates to control it.

The high-level officials of the empire have repeatedly demonstrated the possibility of this transformation. Through a series of means of payment and liquidation, they will tap the capital accumulated in the past hundred years and continue to maintain the ruling income for the next century.

"I agree."

"Yes."

"be opposed to."

"Yes."

……

Voices sounded one after another, and above the heads of the archmages, the secret imprints representing their respective identities slowly floated up into the light balls in the sky.

In the dome of the hall transformed by the tower spirit, in the night like a starry sky, the sign representing the passing of the resolution gradually began to emerge.

Antonia, the legendary mage who presided over the vote, looked up and knocked on the gavel in his hand.

"The resolution is passed!"

The internal consensus of abolishing the Governor's Mansion and abandoning colonial rule has been successfully reached!

But this kind of thing can't be known all at once, even if you want to give up some things, you have to bluff and pretend.

Today's Altera Rhine is in full swing, and it is even more impossible to give too many opportunities for the high-level executives of the Kingdom of Lena to bargain.

Therefore, Antonia also specifically warned that this resolution is classified as confidential and will not be announced to the public for the time being.

However, Orvisto recruited Roland that afternoon, and told Roland about it in the office.

"The Kingdom of Reiner may be broken down into the two countries of Reiner Nur and Eastern Reiner, and the tribal alliance khanate ruled by the Tinyala Restoration Army.

It is difficult for the forces of Alteraine to get involved in the latter, but the education and cultural fields of the former two may be completely controlled.

A large amount of expenditure originally used for military expenses, as well as sponsorship donations from those commercial companies, will be transferred.

To put it simply, the empire plans to invest in the construction of two public mage towers, with more than 5 million gold coins prepared in the early stage, and corresponding education funds will be invested every year in the future to accept and transform the elites from there.

I hope you can make preparations in advance and fight for at least one of them, which will become the foundation of the development of the Siris School.

At the same time, this will also be the practice place of cultural victory, which is enough to convince the high-level of the empire to invest in the construction of a local private mage tower for you, so as to truly step on the high position and achieve the foundation of the great mage's reputation. "

The two mage towers over there are very experimental in nature, and various disciplines and majors that may be restricted in the local area may also be opened. As a new rising star, the Siris School may of course settle in it and become a major course.

But all of this has to be fought for by Roland himself.

With his current status, it is of course impossible to become the tower master, but with Orvisto escorting him, it should not be a problem to fight for the professor-level treatment. When the practice is a great success, the promotion to the archmage will be a matter of course.

And in this process, there will be a large number of school members who will grow up and become his support to win the entire rune school!

(End of this chapter)