Chapter 912: Cold Autumn Season

The night was already deep, but there were no stars in the sky, only mist shrouded the entire city, making this huge imperial capital appear illusory.

The weather has cooled down, and although the frosty moon is still some days away, the fog has already fallen on the plains one step earlier in Aldernan, where it is most prone to fog. In the past week, five out of ten days were It is foggy - and according to the climate of previous years, the number of fog falling on the plains will be more and more in the next half to one month.

Daniel put on a coat and left his room. He walked through the dark corridor in the mansion and walked to the balcony, looking at the misty Aldenan street in the distance.

The bright brilliance of the magic spar street lamp penetrated the fog, and various silhouettes were drawn in the night, silhouettes of buildings emerged in the darkness, and many windows were lit, and patrolling soldiers led dogs from nearby. Passing by the alley, a gradually elongated shadow was left beside the street lamp.

This is a wealthy area. Both infrastructure and public security management are second to none in the entire city. In the civilian area a few blocks away, the number of security soldiers will be less than half, and the street lights are not as bright as here. As for the poor area... ...that's the same as a few years ago, at most there are a few more new street lights, and some of them have been destroyed by the local gangsters.

However, even so, ordinary people living in this city can clearly feel that this place is gradually becoming prosperous, and this era is becoming prosperous-those who have the opportunity to go to the Magic Theater to watch plays and buy This is especially true for "citizens" who import food and shoes and subscribe to trendy magazines.

Daniel watched it build up bit by bit.

The old master rubbed his fingers lightly, and a layer of almost transparent shield shrouded him, creating a small warm and comfortable space in this cold autumn season. He looked up to the southwest and saw In the depths of the night and fog, bright lights came on, and a faint bustling noise came from that direction.

That's the neighborhood of the "Salon of Vaniron", the "high world" built by the visionary Count of Vaniron at great expense, with casinos, theaters, shops, stock exchanges, and the salon at its core The club - the wealthy people of Aldernan, including the so-called "new bourgeoisie", have now regarded it as their earthly paradise in this prosperous era, and they regard some novelty, competition for money and exquisite life as the Themed social events are used as a means to show their decency and indulge in them. It is incredible that from the entrance to the exit of the Salon neighborhood of Van Nao, wealthy citizens and petty aristocrats can find a place to spend their money.

And just a block away from the bustling lights is the slum in Aldernan, where the darkness seems to have disappeared from the night, and the architectural silhouettes that occasionally emerge from the darkness are also eerie like ghosts.

"Vanner Ang Salon" may be regarded as a kind of microcosm of Aldenin's rapidly expanding "new wealth group".

However, Daniel is not interested in it, and has always forbidden his apprentices to approach similar places.

"Just a parody."

In the darkness of the night, the old mage muttered to himself, then took a step back and left the balcony that was being blown by the cold autumn wind over and over again.

...

On the morning of the next day, Gawain did not show up at the Government Affairs Office or handle government affairs in his study as usual, but went directly to the Institute of Magic Technology, where Daniel and Rebecca were already waiting in advance.

In a huge laboratory, various devices used to control the rune system are placed on the four walls of the room, and there is only one wide metal platform in the center of the room. There are no complicated experimental instruments on the platform. There was only one set of adjusted crystal projection devices, and above the projection device, there was a light blue translucent schematic diagram, which briefly marked the outline of the territory of the Cecil Empire.

"Lord Ancestor!" After Gawain appeared, the first person to greet him was the elated Rebecca, "You're here!"

"How old are you—do things more prudently." Gawain reluctantly glanced at this Zeng Zeng...great-granddaughter who was always excited at all times. Although he knew that preaching was useless, he couldn't help but remind him. .

Compared with the first time we met five years ago, the once-a-slightly young "Miss Lazy Viscount" has grown up and has become a mature-looking girl, but her personality has hardly changed, Hetty. He seemed to be worried about this, but Gawain felt that it was a good thing - anyway, he was very likely to pursue this silly roe deer as king...

Rebecca shrank her neck and responded, not knowing how much she heard Gawain's words, the latter didn't care much about it, and Carmel broke the silence: "Your Majesty, we have already debugged the demo diagram. ."

Gawain nodded and came to the metal platform in the center of the room. His eyes swept across the magic projection floating in the air. In his line of sight, he could clearly see Cecil City, Shilin City, The labels of the cities of Tamdul, Solimburg, Saint Sunil, Winter Fort, etc., and there are bright lines connecting between the cities, and around the lines, you can see light spots in a dim state .

"These light spots are the magic net nodes that have completed infrastructure construction, and the lines are the communication lines currently in use - except for the southern border, other cities are basically single lines, and the triangles next to these hub cities represent construction. Progress, those that have been completed are blue, those that are about to be completed are red..."

Carmel floated beside the holographic projection, explaining the markings on the image to Gawain, and at the same time constantly adjusting the projection device to change the angle of the picture to show various details.

This made Gawain have to sigh about the convenience of magic, and quickly focused his attention on the last red triangle of this diagram.

"At present, only the node of Winter Castle has not been completed..." he said softly.

Carmel nodded: "Yes, the climate in the northern region is cold, the start time itself is a month later than other places, and there are many mountains, which are inconvenient for construction, so the construction progress is the slowest one. However, in Victoria University, the construction progress is the slowest one. Under the call of the consul, many of the local superhumans have directly invested in the construction of the front line. In the mountainous areas where large-scale construction machinery cannot enter, the construction is carried out by mages who are not as efficient as the machines. Therefore, all nodes have caught up with the construction period. , the main hub of Winterhold will also be completed within a week.”

"Very good..." Gawain sighed, and finally felt a rare relief in his heart, "In this way, the magic net of the entire empire can finally be connected to the net and become a real 'net'..."

There was a hint of emotion in Carmel's buzzing voice: "It's true, Your Majesty."

Gawain didn't speak for a while, but just stared at the flickering light spots and lines in the holographic projection, his mood was difficult to calm down.

The entire empire's magic net is connected to the grid... This is one of his most ambitious plans, and it is also the plan that takes the longest time, uses the most human and material resources, and has the most far-reaching impact.

The light spots on the projection are all large and small magic obelisks or hub towers. From the day the empire was established, even before the establishment of the empire, projects in related fields have been started.

Some of them were built by teams sent by the Principality of Cecil in various places, some were built by nobles from all over the country when the Principality’s technology was exported, and they have been standardized and upgraded today, and some were built in the past one or two years. Once completed, nodes of various sizes are distributed in the major cities and transportation hubs of the empire, and extend to the periphery based on them, covering the "first-level urban area" as much as possible, thus forming a prototype of a "network".

Separate "regional magic nets" and magic obelisks are not real magic "nets", they are just small-scale energy stations and regional communication stations, only by connecting them all, the "empire" envisioned by Gawain. The magic net is truly a "net". The orders from the Supreme Government Affairs Office and the information sent back from various places can be quickly spread throughout the whole country through this net. The energy supply of the entire Cecil will be guaranteed, and the cities around And the wilderness between cities and cities will be protected. Where there is a magic net, there will be energy, information, security, and productivity, all of which are prerequisites for the further development of this country.

And this ambitious plan had been launched as early as when Cecil was still a duchy. Gawain spent almost three years on this net. During these three years, there was still a convenient magical power in this world, and each The underlying technology already exists.

In order for this huge network to operate, one of the most critical facilities is the "main hub" installations located in important cities throughout the empire.

That is an extremely large array of magic crystals, which are installed on a special tower (or a certain tree). It is to coordinate and balance all the secondary hubs connected to it, and to control the lower-level basic nodes through the secondary hubs. Now, the last step of Gawain's "Empire Entire Magic Network Integration" plan is to wait for all these primary hubs to go online.

——At present, the major cities of the empire rely on a series of relay towers to maintain single-line connections. This level of "connection" is obviously not enough. From the carrying capacity to the anti-risk ability to the actual performance, it completely fails to meet Gawain's requirements.

"The first stage of this project will not be completed until the entire magic net is connected to the grid," he said slowly after a long silence, "The next step is to continue to increase the number of basic nodes and secondary hubs in various places... "

"Do you want to increase it?" Rebecca next to him couldn't help but said in surprise, "I feel that the coverage area is very wide now..."

"It's not enough, it's not enough," Gawain shook his head, his eyes never taking off from those light spots and lines, "Not even half of it."

His words startled Rebecca, but he was completely serious—the scale of the magic web nodes established in various parts of the empire may have been an unbelievable behemoth in the eyes of people of this era, but Gawain knew that , what he built in just three years is a "basic project". Those seemingly large-scale node coverage areas actually only include major cities and large-scale towns, lower-level villages or more remote ones. The settlements are actually powerless to cover.

However, in the eyes of many people in this era, this level of magic is actually far beyond imagination - allowing every town to use magical power anytime, anywhere, with strategic shields and instant communication, with modern lighting and based on The entertainment and working conditions of magic technology are enough. As for covering the magic net to lower-level villages, even remote mountains and wilderness... They don't understand why it is necessary.

This made Gao Wen couldn't help but think of a joke he often heard in his previous life: Village Communication Network.

Cuntong Network... This is a great thing.

Gao Wen took a breath and said slowly, "Continue to cover every village and every populated place. This is our next goal. It may take more than three years, but it will be very difficult. Needed."

Rebecca blinked, she is very talented in the field of technology, and she is not stupid in other places, but she still can't think much beyond the current era like Gawain, but this does not prevent her from showing a With a bright smile, he nodded vigorously: "What you said must be reasonable! Let's do it like this"

Gawain glanced at the silly roe deer, dumbfounded.

This child...it's hard to be a viscount. If he inherits the throne...forget it, let's use it to pursue the title.

On the other hand, Carmel seemed to understand Gawain's thoughts. His eyes full of arcane brilliance glanced at the entire holographic projection map, and then nodded slightly: "Be as popular as possible, cover as much as possible... It means a lot to the future of this country and to everyone on this land."

With that said, the magister from a thousand years ago suddenly laughed at himself and shook his head: "If the Gondor Empire hadn't relied too much on the Deep Blue Well, if we had a way to distribute the magic power at will. And cover the whole territory... It will never destroy all the foundations just because an energy well is blown up. Even in the face of the magic tide, the civilization that human beings will eventually survive will definitely not be the same as it was 700 years ago."

Gawain nodded lightly, and then the room fell silent for a while.

Half a minute later, he broke the silence: "After this matter is over, go and call Veronica and find me at the Government Affairs Office."

...

Before noon, Camille and Veronica came to Gawain's office in the Political Office.

As soon as they entered the door, they found that Heidi and Amber were also there.

"Sit down," Gawain nodded to the two ancient disobedients, gesturing for a seat near the desk, "I called you all here because I received some news about Typhon - now I suspect it might be A little connection with the gods."

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