Chapter 1,307 Laying Out a Hidden Line

Another thing that I don't know whether it can be regarded as a hidden worry is that the airship of the Hyder Empire entered the Estali's living area a few days ago, and the azure dragon was wreaking havoc.

Although the location of his residence is close to the outskirts of the Holy City, it is not a no-nonsense area. Especially after the airship was destroyed by the Azure Dragon, the wreckage fell nearby. Those places were not in the range where no one lived, and even caused damage, including human life.

But to this day, no one has come to our door because of these two things? It's so quiet that it makes one's head tingle.

The calm before the storm is such an atmosphere.

Lin only hoped that this was just his unfounded worries and overthinking.

At this time, the gray cat Hardy jumped on the table and sat in front of Lin. While wagging his tail slightly, he said: "Sir, it seems that this matter has caused you a lot of trouble."

"I can see it." Lin replied casually.

"The guests have left for a while, and you are still sitting here thinking about things. It is rare to see such a situation. The most likely possibility is that this matter has embarrassed you, so you need time to think about it." Ha. Dee said.

Lin did not refute Gray Cat's statement. Instead, he said: "That is indeed the case. Unfortunately, there is too little information, so it is difficult to judge what they are planning."

"Haider Empire? The Kingdom of Silk?...or the Holy City?" Hadi asked tentatively.

"Ha, you noticed it too."

The gray cat Hardy licked his paws and combed his fur comfortably, and said: "The wreckage of the airship fell a few days ago, smashing and injuring many things and people. Although there is a mansion in the Holy City It is the custom that the courtyard is treated as a private domain and outsiders are not allowed to interfere. Therefore, the airship and the dragon came over your house to show off their power, but no one paid attention to it. There is some truth in this. But it hurts people. They have destroyed other people's territory, but they still remain silent. No matter how you think about this matter, it is weird."

"That's true." Lin nodded and said, "It's a pity that I don't know what they are thinking. After all, the comments on the forum are somewhat misleading. On individual matters, they are not targeted enough."

"So, do you want me to go out and explore?" Hardy leaned forward and asked tentatively.

Lin had always only kept these magical cats from the cat forest in the southern border of the Gwana Empire and did some household chores. In someone's mind, kittens are playful and old cats find it troublesome, so they don't ask them to do anything. Now Hardy mainly offered suggestions for help, which really surprised Lin.

Perhaps the surprised expression was too obvious, and Hardy, who was experienced in the world, saw it. It said: "I just help Bu Feng, Lily and Nini find something to do, and exercise them by the way. Otherwise, if I continue to stay, I'm afraid they will really become house cats. Also, you can do those boys too." Try to let it out. They come from the streets and are just as good at picking up gossip as you are from the forums. After all, there are some things that people talk about, but they don’t necessarily stay on the forums.”

"Are those kids willing to go? I thought they came to me just to get off the streets." Thinking of the situation of those kids, Lin said uncertainly.

Hardy replied: "There will be people who want to get rid of the past and move towards a new life, but there will also be people who don't care. Even their experiences and connections on the street are regarded by them as important assets. So. Talk to those children, you don’t have to force them, there will be people who are willing to help you find out the information. As for the conditions, of course, you have to talk to them yourself. "

"First Evolution"

"It's just a small matter to have conditions. It seems that I have to change my positioning towards them."

Although Lin did not limit the conditions and number of children he could take in, the increase in equipment could not keep up with the number of children willing to defect. However, Lin did not shut out future children, but some people did not like the environment here, or left voluntarily because they gave the opportunity to others.

Fortunately, this situation has slowed down recently. Some people stayed and some left, so it has maintained its current size of nearly 300 children.

However, Lin never paid attention to this aspect and just ordered a few of his apprentices to manage them. The main thing is to let the older children inside take care of the younger ones. The adults only care about preventing them from bullying each other or finding excuses for corporal punishment.

In such an environment, there is no such thing as an innocent and beautiful childhood. It just provides them with three meals a day and teaches them basic knowledge. Of course, we will not help them find families willing to raise them, let alone engage in human trafficking.

Someone thinks that he is not running an orphanage, but an educational institution. Treat them as you would an adult. Even if these little guys from the streets can't be called cunning, they are definitely not innocent. If you really treat them as children, you are just torturing yourself.

However, Gray Cat Hardy's suggestion made Lin think that some people could take it out and use it first. Instead of requiring them to learn some knowledge and skills and become craftsmen in the future.

Although it is not the intention to cultivate some thugs in secret, I may not be able to use it. But people should make the best use of their talents, and some people are just not suitable to be craftsmen or scholars. If you force them to go that way, won't you miss your future?

Besides, if you don’t need thugs, your own industry can use them too. Now it is not like before when one person is full and the whole family is not hungry. It's easy to support a few apprentices, that's fine. The main thing is that there are more scattered worries. There's nothing wrong with having someone help look after the head and tail so that you don't have to do everything yourself.

Thinking of this, Lin Yan smiled shyly and said, "Hardy, let's discuss it."

The gray cat took a few steps back warily, looked at the person with ill intentions, and said, "What's going on?"

"I'm going to go talk to those kids. If you're willing to help, you can help take care of it. I'm familiar with writing things down. But for the parts I don't know, I don't have any rules for how to manage them. Since you want To train those three kittens, just use a group of children as cats and take care of them together. How about that?"

Hardy couldn't help but give him a look of disgust. Look at someone with squinting cat eyes.

Holding out a finger, Lin smiled and said: "One pound of Polygonum spp."

This is a plant that is not found in Maosen and was entrusted to the Ruan brothers of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce to find it.

Because the names of plants in Midland are not exactly the same as those on Earth. On the one hand, it is to find tea, and on the other hand, it is also so that I can use the plants based on the knowledge of Earth. Before doing this, of course, I must first find out whether there are certain plants in Midland. Plants do. So Lin had previously planned to compile a compendium for himself, and asked Fen to take a DNA sample.

It's a pity that there is no tea either. But I found a plant that is enough to drive even cats crazy, Polygonum arborescens. Originally, it was not sure whether Mu Tian Polygonum would work on demon cats. After all, ordinary domestic cats and demon cats are two creatures of different species at the DNA level.

But one day when he saw three kittens causing trouble in the plant variety library, Lin knew that the attraction of Polygonum spp. to cats was still there. In order to prevent the three kittens from going crazy, Hardy took the initiative and confiscated Mu Tianli! Paternalistic confiscation, everyone understands it.

However, the demon cats did not deliberately raise Mu Tianli's request, and Lin did not continue to purchase goods from the Jialong Chamber of Commerce. This is because Hardy is a bit old-fashioned in his way of life, and he doesn't get paid if he doesn't do anything. In order to stay in this home and have three meals a day, the devil cat found some unimportant things to help himself.

Now that he was entrusting the demon cats with work, Lin Shun made such a condition. From the way Hardy's ears twitched back and forth after hearing it, he was obviously moved. Lin was even happier and continued: "One pound per month, until you don't want to do it. Or if you want to just take Jin Ke Yin and buy what you need?"

After jumping a few steps forward, Hadi leaned forward and stretched out his paws, saying, "No, Mu Tian Liao will do. Anyway, I have to teach the three little ones, so it won't be a problem to take care of those children."

Lin smiled and put his hand on the cat's paw, shook it, and said, "Then have a good time cooperating."

Hardy's cat face also showed a professional smile and said: "Happy cooperation!"

By the way, cat grass is also found in Cat Forest. There are cats specially planted and managed, which are common to all magic cats and can only be used during a certain period of the year. Before leaving the cat forest, the three kittens did not use cat grass because they were too young to use it. Hardy is older and accustomed to the irritation of cat grass, so he has no need for that. Mu Tian Polygonum is a new thing, so it can attract Hardy.

The quiet days continued after that. Whether it was people from the Haider Empire or the Kingdom of Silk, there had been no news from them since the last meeting between Princess Xindu and the dynasty.

Lin guessed that if they came by airship. After the airship is destroyed, walking back on two legs is unlikely. The road between the Gwana Empire and the Haider Empire was not something that this group of people could easily pass.

Not to mention robbers and bandits, there are natural chasms and monsters running rampant along the road. If a group of people wants to go back, they must hire strong adventurers or mercenaries as escorts. Then there are people who have to carry supplies, and there are even nobles and women in the team, so you have to consider things like carriages and horses.

However, this kind of long-distance employment is risky. After all, it is in an unfamiliar environment and it is impossible to obtain accurate employee reputations. So for them, the best way is probably to wait for the empire to send a second airship to pick up the process.

But these are just what someone takes for granted. As an earl, one of the five great empires, although he is not yet in the rank of a great noble, he is capable of being an airship captain. Lin can't guarantee what tricks such a person can pull off in the holy city of Estali.

Although the Holy City is a city dominated by magicians, it does not have a strong core. This means that as long as you have money, a flexible mind, and know how to work hard, you can actually do a lot of things.

In the territory of other nobles, if any civilian develops some achievements, there is no guarantee that the noble will reach out to pick peaches. Therefore, why someone can achieve his current status is also due to the tolerant atmosphere of the Holy City of Estali.

It's just that such an advantage is also an advantage for others. What others can do by taking advantage of this is beyond Lin's control.