Arcane Linguist

Chapter 326 The conspiracy of the Scroll Association

"Talk? We've already finished the fight before you jump out and say this..." Roland chuckled, "Forget it, let's talk.

By the way, I also invite Mr. Tirowei from the Card Association, and we can have a good talk together. "

That afternoon, in the master's tower, in the reception room.

Roland, Tirowei and a high-level mage wearing traditional robes greeted each other and then sat down in front of the large circular table.

Their respective entourages also took their seats one after another.

"Sir Roland, on the order of the association's senior management, I would like to express my sincere apology to you.

Quinistine made unconventional opinions, distorted the association's intentions, and caused irreparable wounds to our relationship. It would be a pity to die.

Now this association solemnly clarifies that we have no ambitions for the land of Lena World, and we will no longer send any armed forces here or participate in the political and military disputes of Lena World..."

As expected, the Scroll Association simply pushed everything aside, leaving Quinistine to take the blame.

However, their declaration of complete neutrality was considered a concession.

Because the development of various regions in the world is uneven, business in the magical universe often cannot be separated from armed protection.

Many large chambers of commerce deal with swords and goods.

Even at the right time, it is possible to transform into a marauding bandit.

Giving up arms means giving up a lot of initiative.

If I didn't really decide to discuss business in the future, I wouldn't do it.

"I'm glad you made a wise choice, but that alone is not enough..."

Roland replied unhurriedly and put forward his request.

"We suffered extremely heavy losses during the war, and you should take responsibility."

The messenger said: "Your Excellency, I have to remind you that even if you win a game in this world, it does not mean that the magic card has defeated the scroll.

We will never bear any compensation! "

Do you want to hear what nonsense you are talking about?
Roland rolled his eyes at the envoy.

Shouldn't the statement of high emotional intelligence be "This association is based in multiple worlds and has huge expenses". It not only expresses the same meaning euphemistically, but also does not hurt the harmony.

However, the other party's reply made him realize that Siris's euphemism and subtlety were of little use in this magical world where the jungle prevails.

These people are afraid of power and have no morals. Even those who can be sent as envoys have such virtues, and they can only follow the local customs.

So he decisively threatened with harsh words: "If you don't compensate, Donglina will confiscate all your properties in the country until we have fully compensated our losses."

The messenger protested: “This is simply robbery!

Mr. Roland, you can't do this. We are all civilized people, and our industry here is protected by Atrein law! "

Roland said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, everything we do will be done in accordance with the law.

As you said, we are all civilized people in the magical world. How can we not abide by the law and respect the contract?
"When I let you enter Reiner's world, I promised not to interfere here. You broke the contract first."

Lei sang in blackface next to him.

The messenger immediately started to protest with gesticulations.

What refers to certain clauses of certain laws, what clauses are based on the general rules of the plane, and what are common business practices in various worlds.

The drawing room was filled with a legal atmosphere.

It's just that he didn't summon the "Plane Court" on the spot.

But the protest was futile.

Roland and Lei just watched his performance leisurely, looking unmoved at all.

Tiroway also showed his support for the Seris School at the right time.

Their influence in the commercial field is far less than that of the Spell Scroll Association, but there are many giants of high-level mages and even legendary mages.

This involves the field of the road to godhood, and the cards can be treated as mysterious props such as Tarot cards or divination cards.

Seeing this, the envoy could only turn around and discuss with the staff next to him, and finally came up with a compensation plan of 100 million gold coins.

"One million! The dignified Spell Scroll Association can actually say such a sum!"

"Then how much do you want?"

"At least 1000 million!"

Roland added a zero after it.

The messenger said helplessly: "This is impossible!"

He knew that Roland would open his mouth like a lion, but he didn't expect that he would open his mouth so widely.

The loss of various supplies, personnel, and materials in the mortal world cannot be compared with the various treasures and experimental funds in the magical world.

"Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet. If you can't afford that much cash, you can use other things to deduct it, such as... technology."

Roland took the opportunity to ask for some low-end scroll ink and copying technology.

Especially the former involves fields that the Scroll Association has been cultivating for thousands of years. Many of the traditional secrets and rare formulas may not be unique to them, but they are not so easy to find elsewhere.

If he hadn't taken advantage of this great opportunity, he really wouldn't know where to collect it.

Roland was already ready to continue bargaining, but he didn't expect that after the other party thought for a while, he agreed happily.

"Row!"

……

"They are actually willing to use these things to offset part of the cash?"

Back in the office, Roland couldn't help but discuss it with Lei.

Lei guessed: "Maybe it's because the Siris magic card really threatens the field of low-level spell scrolls.

This is how they want to adjust their strategy. "

"You mean that they don't care about our involvement in the field of low-end scrolls, and they even want to open the door wide in this area to lure us in?"

"There is no such thing as temptation. The choice of technical route is ultimately based on the circumstances."

"That's true."

Roland couldn't help but think of the lessons learned from Blue Star's childhood in his previous life.

In the field of hydrogen energy, this country has a considerable first-mover advantage and occupies many key patents.

But other major powers have not followed its lead, nor have they followed its lead.

We are not stupid. You have taken advantage of all the advantages and wiped out all the benefits. You are left with those hard-to-gnaw bones that you expect others to work hard to overcome.

Then everyone works hard to build the market so that you can make money while you are still there?

What a dream!

Different from the small days, the size and foundation of the Scroll Association are extraordinary.

It's disarmed in Reiner's world, but not outside.

It can really eat meat and drink soup by itself, and force others to chew bones without even giving them bones.

However, this kind of thing has both advantages and disadvantages. Back then, China relied on being the world's factory and worked hard for many years before achieving comprehensive industrialization.

Without access to the technology and market in the scroll field, it would be difficult for the scroll industry of the Seris School to develop.

Continuous confrontation will also cause great losses.

Thinking of this, Roland's heart moved slightly, and he asked Lei and Blaise to use their respective information channels to find out more.Sure enough, they soon got the message clear.

“The Scroll Association is drastically eliminating its branches on the Reiner World side, and it seems that it really plans to abandon the low-end market.

At least, the low-end market here has no plans to buy it anymore. "

"This... it really is so!"

When Roland learned about it, he immediately understood.

"This is a conspiracy. Scrolls of mid-to-high level and above are indeed beyond the reach of Siris' magic for the time being."

"We have mastered some rune languages ​​to hand-make legendary cards, but we still can't compare with those old secret methods!"

Lei and Blaise also sighed secretly.

This association has dominated the entire spell scroll industry for a long time. Pricing power and various standards are completely in their hands. It can easily make people think that magic cards are low-end and cheap, while scrolls are high-end and reliable.

Reversing this impression is not easy.

Mid- to high-level mages have far greater spending power than low-level mages, and they are not so sensitive to price.

At that time, what will become bigger is the entire market of magic props, but it will still be them who reap the main profits!
"Forget it, this kind of thing depends on human beings.

It’s still unclear who will win by then!

We will study carefully next, whether we should follow up, and if so, how much money and effort we need to invest...

This matter is related to the development plan of the school, and it must be carefully considered! "

……

This consideration lasts only a few days.

During this period, Roland received reports from the Northen Territory one after another.

This war brought heavy disaster to the entire western part of the kingdom. Even after the war, order was not restored immediately, and many troubles were still unresolved.

For example, Felie originally guarded the Western Warcraft Forest and regularly exterminated various Warcraft and alien monsters.

Without him, there will be evil disasters in the autumn.

The Queen's Army must shoulder this responsibility and complete the mission of exterminating demons on his behalf.

For another example, among the Deni orcs, those of the Black Fire Legion have been effectively abandoned.

After Jonis and others broke into Blackstone Castle, they immediately pursued them, but more than half of them still ran into the forest, either in groups of three or five, or in gangs of dozens, occupying the territory of those warcraft and intelligent alien races, and became For wild monsters.

It is difficult for the army to enter there, so they can only rely on the Adventurer's Guild to issue missions to clear it out.

There are also common troubles such as banditry, plague, and food shortages that are common after war.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to deal with these personally, he just needs to pay attention from time to time.

The one who really takes the responsibility is Queen Rosa, the young master of East Lena.

Roland saw with his own eyes that she had been busy at both ends recently, dealing with the affairs of the kingdom and taking care of the development of the school, and her number of people had dropped a bit.

But when he tentatively asked if he wanted to relieve her of the burden on the college, Rosa acted like a frightened deer and said anxiously: "Sir, what did I do wrong?"

"No, you did a good job, I just didn't want you to have to work too hard."

"I'm not working hard."

Rosa flatly denied it.

Regardless of responsibility or power.

Her biggest reliance now still comes from the Atrehine people, from Roland, and from Siris Academy.

Seeing this, Roland had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​changing or adding more secretaries for the time being.

"By the way, Mr. Roland, this is the next reform plan I drafted...

I am ready to respond to Atrein's plan to cultivate a country with demonic powers, eliminate many of Reiner's long-standing shortcomings, and implement comprehensive reforms in many aspects such as government, people's livelihood, and magic technology! "

"Oh?"

Roland was a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, she has really sorted out all these clues recently.

As he happened to be free now, he asked Rosa to make him a cup of tea, then sat behind the big chair and started reading.

"You have summarized the ideas of governing the country that I mentioned in the past, and plan to follow Qin's laws and replace the previous nobles of Northenland by setting up counties?"

Soon, Roland grasped the key.

Although Ferrer's rebellion brought a huge crisis to the entire country, it actually gave her an excellent excuse to seize the fiefdoms of those rebels.

This was enough for her to have no opposition in the country and implement innovations such as unification of weights and measures, writing on the same text, and cars on the same track.

Eliminate dialects and implement the comprehensive popularization of Seris language after pilot education.

But as he continued to watch, the look on Roland's face became increasingly strange.

“Land Capitalization Policy…”

"Magic workshop and apprenticeship certification system..."

"Serys language level test..."

"Magic advisory system..."

This is more than just progress, it's like using the "Acceleration Spell" and charging forward towards the age of magic.

Various arrangements were made for foreign upstarts, alliances with the comprador class, the introduction of magic technology, based on feudal agricultural society, independent capitalization through colonies, and magical revolutions. Super suture monsters that have the flavor and characteristics of different eras, countries and civilizations. is about to be born.

Although it is like the wilderness after a fire, it is full of fertile nutrients.

As soon as spring comes, everything will be full of life.

But both Rosa and Roland had taken control of such a country for the first time.

Is it really okay to be so bold and direct?

"Sir, is there anything wrong with this plan?"

Seeing Roland's expression change, Rosa, who had been waiting for his comments, couldn't help but look a little nervous.

"Nothing, very good, I think it's pretty good."

Roland felt a little guilty, but there was no fear on his face.

Forget it, no one is born to govern.

Although I feel sorry for the people of Lena...

But, this is the reason why Art Lain arranged for himself and Gallo to come here for training!
Roland could only use his ingenuity as much as possible, as well as the vision and political experience accumulated in two generations to provide corresponding guidance for this plan.

After giving Jiangshan some guidance, he really found a lot of areas for improvement, which attracted Rosa's admiration and admiration.

In her opinion, this is what is called knowing from birth.

Roland is not much older than her, but he already has such status and achievements that people simply admire him.

Rosa didn't know that in Roland's mind, she was the truly outstanding one.

After her parents and younger brother were assassinated, she was pushed to the throne at a young age, and driven by the power of destiny to shoulder the country's future, she has begun to stand out and show her talent.

What else could Roland do?

Of course I support her as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)