Chapter 46 The Status of Magicians

Those who worked in the camp soon felt that the "ancestor" from seven hundred years ago was really a strange person.

The commoners and serfs have no idea about Cecil's lord suddenly changing from Miss Rebecca to Lord Gawain. The lower class people of this era will be grateful for the lord's generosity and generosity as long as they can eat 70 to 80 percent of their food every day. Wise, and as for who the lord is, he doesn't care at all. For them, the only thing worth discussing after the lord was changed to Lord Gawain was the strange rules that this "ancient man" made as soon as he came up.

Regarding the fact that serfs can be promoted to freemen, and that freemen can get paid for their work, most people choose limited belief, and regard it as a means for the new lord to show his generosity. As a general rule, they think that these promises will eventually be fulfilled in very harsh or cunning ways: there may be serfs who become freemen, but probably only one or two, and there may be work and money, but probably in various ways. The reason was deducted, and in the end, three or two lucky people could get a little symbolic copper coin to show that the lord really did what he said.

But neither the commoners nor the serfs complained about it. After all, a lord willing to show his generosity is better than a lord who will whip the slaves to show his authority.

And there's always something good going on, isn't it?

Compared with those generous rules, the various so-called "rules and rules" formulated by Mr. Gawain are the really confusing things.

Divide people into working groups, compete in groups, register workloads and "assessments"... these are really unheard of methods.

Some people are surreptitiously discussing which part of these new rules will become part of the tax collection in the future - although none of the poor Cecil collars can afford to pay the tax now, others are Discuss whether it is because of the ancient quirks of the ancient nobles that Master Gao Wen made so many tricks in the simple labor service...

But in any case, they can still understand some parts that involve their vital interests-the first-place team in the daily work evaluation has meat to eat, and the second and third places can be eaten with bread dipped in broth until full.

And those with average job completion are only bland vegetable soup and brown bread. Although these two things can be eaten all-you-can-eat, for those who failed to eat meat in the "Tent Pitching Competition" on the first day As far as people are concerned, the feeling of drinking vegetable soup and watching others eat stewed meat really doesn't want to happen again.

Regardless of whether those promotion and salary systems that sound like fantasy are true, at least the fact that the lord feeds meat has been proven to be true.

So in the camp the next day, Hetty saw a scene of labor she had never seen before—both commoners and serfs, working like crazy, even without the overseer standing by them. Do it quickly, and because the work is divided into groups instead of fighting individually, they all start to cooperate unconsciously when they are working, and the work efficiency is further improved.

Most of those who are selected as group leaders will soon realize that if he wants to eat meat, the only way is to make the whole group work more efficiently, so that everyone in the group can eat meat, And the few who can't turn their heads, relying on fists or cunning to become team leaders, I am afraid they will be replaced soon.

Not with whips to urge them to work, but with competition and rewards, which is incredible.

The tents were already set up, and Rebecca also led some people to survey the nearby wasteland. The logging team set off early in the morning to the cutting point in the upper reaches of the Baishui River in the west. Before noon, a batch of logs would follow The flow of the White Water River came to the open and gentle section downstream - in order to prevent the wood from being washed away by the river, Hetty handed over the inspection work to Knight Byron before the agreed time.

And she herself came to the beach to meet her.

At the appointed time, the first batch of wood appeared. They were tied into rafts by thick ropes. The big ones were below, and the small ones were piled up and reinforced on the top. From a distance, they looked like a big ugly piece of dry wood. The branches are floating on the river, and two nervous-faced serfs are standing on the raft, using long poles to control the trajectory of the "raft": the speed of Baishui River is very slow in this section, and there is no wind or waves today. , but the temporarily tied raft itself is difficult to control, and even the entire raft will be scattered if you are not careful, so they can't be nervous.

But soon, the two serfs found that the raft was steadily approaching the shoal next to it: they saw a huge translucent palm emerging from the side of the raft, and the hand formed by the air was pushing the raft towards the raft with gentle but strong force. On the shore, one of the serfs subconsciously exclaimed, but the other hurriedly hit the idiot on the head with a pole and pointed at Mrs. Hetty who was standing on the beach.

They quickly cooperated with their hostess to prop the raft to the shore, and let it hit the gravel and stop smoothly.

Then people who had been waiting on the shore for a long time swarmed up, untied the ropes, dragged the wood, and prepared to turn them into the prefab houses to be built next in the camp.

Originally, the wood still needs a series of processing such as drying in the shade and removing insects before it can be turned into a qualified and durable board. However, since many facilities built in the camp are temporary, and they are eager to use it, they can’t pay much attention to it. .

Gawain stood behind Hetty, thoughtfully: "Magic is really convenient..."

Heidi had just taken a breath when the sudden voice behind her startled her and almost fell off the stone - fortunately, she was grabbed by Gawain.

"Hold... I'm sorry..." The lady apologized in a panic, "I didn't expect you to stand behind..."

"I was the one who scared you," Gawain waved his hand indifferently, "By the way, did you have a good hand just now?"

Heidi blushed a little: "Evocative hand is a very basic spell, I have practiced its super magic skills, and the duration can be longer, so as long as it continues to push, even a very heavy raft can be guided and pushed to the Shore. But if the current is any faster, it won't help..."

Although Gawain was a knight, everyone in the pioneering era was forced to become a naturalist. He still knew a little about some theoretical knowledge in the field of magic. Although Hetty said it simply, he knew how to make a It's not easy to get the basic Evocative Hand to this point, and it's not easy to do metamagic exercises specifically for it - and it's rare at the same time.

"I...I'm not very talented in magic," Heidi's face became even more embarrassed when he heard Gawain's question, "Although I woke up to the ability of magic affinity when I was very young, my spiritual power is very slow to condense. , I can't build an overly complicated spell model, so until now I'm just a third-level mage, and I'll probably maintain this level in my life, so I can only strengthen those primary spells over and over again."

"Rebecca's magical talent doesn't seem to be high..." Gawain frowned, thinking of the head iron Zeng Zeng Zeng... great-granddaughter who could rub four fireball techniques.

"She has a huge amount of magic power, and her mental strength is also very strong, but when building spell models, she will encounter problems similar to mine, or even worse," Heidi bowed her head, "She can only master one fireball spell. , or the big fireball spell that is similar to the fireball spell model. In fact, she is a very hardworking child, and she herself knows that her talents are not good - neither a good lord nor a good mage, although she usually looks at She is very carefree, but she actually knows it herself, and has been secretly working hard. But there is no way, the limit of talent is the limit, this is a wall, and it is difficult to cross."

As she said that, she sighed softly: "So I was very impressed when I saw the wild mage's notes... He is not a special case. This situation is actually very common among the desolate mage, and the ability to build spell models can't keep up with the theory. If you have a high level, you can only be a low-level spellcaster all your life. For a pragmatic magician, there is no way to convert the calculation process full of brains into spells that can be used, then everything is zero..."

"No." Gawain's voice suddenly interrupted her.

Heidi didn't react at once: "What?"

"If it's 'practical' only if you roll a fireball and an ice arrow yourself, then there's not much difference between a magician wielding a staff and a monkey wielding a wooden stick," Gawain shook his head, "The formula is not zero, it is There are one in front of countless zeros, you just haven't found the position of the decimal point..."

Hetty frowned: "I... don't understand very well. If there is no way to use the spell model to implement the formula in your mind, what's the use of knowing more theoretical knowledge? Can you beat someone?"

"One day you will understand that the word 'being able to beat people' is not the entire evaluation criterion for mages, and should not even be the main criterion," Gao Wen laughed, "I have already sent someone on horseback to Tanzania Town. , go and inform Knight Philip to purchase some additional things, and when the big army comes, your magic laboratory can be set up."

"Magic Lab?" Heidi froze for a moment, then frowned, "Those things are very expensive, in the early days..."

"I took a few mithril ingots from the treasure house in the mountains. They are not coins, they don't need to be re-cast, and they can be used as hard currency when buying magic items, enough to buy a set of the most basic things for you. I know you originally The magic laboratory in the castle is completely destroyed, but we must have a new laboratory soon."

Hetty remembered the task that Gawain had arranged for him before.

"Understood, when the crystal resonator arrives, I will print out all the rune structure diagrams you requested!" Heidi couldn't help laughing. Although she regretted those mithril ingots, as a magician, she could How can you not be happy to have your own magic laboratory again? And there is a saying that it's good, I don't feel bad when I sell the cub...

Is it a problem for the ancestors to give Zeng Zeng Zeng ... great-granddaughter some pocket money to buy a set of experimental equipment? No problem at all!

Well, it's not appropriate to put this statement on the steady and mature Heidi, but it will definitely work on Rebecca.

When there is spare energy, do you want to get a magic laboratory for that stubborn little girl by the way? Although she will probably only study fireball in it...

With his thoughts already scattered, Gawain returned to his tent, ready to study those strange crystals.