Chapter 1578 Prepare for a Rainy Day

I calmly picked up the pen, took out a piece of manuscript paper, and slowly copied out the additional conditions of the contract one by one.

After writing the last word, I put down the pen and handed the manuscript paper to Master Hall, saying: "Please review it for me first to see if what I copied is consistent with what is in the contract."

Master Hall didn't say much, took the manuscript paper, and checked it carefully with his extraordinary memory.

Five minutes later, he put the manuscript paper on the table and said, "Same."

"That's good" I said.

Looking at his tense expression, I smiled and said: "Quit your anger first, relax your mood a little, and then listen to me slowly tell you. If it makes sense, you just listen. If it doesn't, you don't." Feel free to reprimand me.”

I said this to give face to Master Hall, and even more to Master Dewey. After all, Master Hall and Master Dewey are childhood sweethearts, and Master Dewey is my adoptive father, so I have to give him this face.

Master Hall's face softened a little, and he breathed out heavily, but remained angry and silent.

"One-tenth of the total amount of fine gold and mithril mined in Fort Vicky this year will be awarded to the Elf Queen as compensation for the disrespect."

Putting my finger gently next to the first additional item, I glanced at Master Hall and said, "Do you think this item makes sense?"

"The temporary change of ownership is rude. It's okay to make some compensation, but isn't the gift of compensation a bit too big?" Master Hall said solemnly: "Adamantine, mithril, these are Japanese style There are very few ores in the mainland. If they can be forged into weapons and armor, how many more sets of spare equipment can we have in Fort Vicky?"

"Yes, you are right. The compensation does seem astonishing, but have you noticed that in fact, there is my own calculation in this paragraph."

Master Hall was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"First of all, I did not explain the total amount of mining this year, or even the budgeted amount of mining. Secondly, I did not determine whether it would be delivered together or paid in batches. Finally, I did not determine the payment period. These , I didn’t make it clear on purpose.”

"Why do you do this?" Master Hall asked puzzled.

"Because I want to borrow this to make Moonlight City owe me another favor."

"Speak clearly," Master Hall approached me and said seriously.

"The reason why I didn't specify the total amount is because I wanted to see how much fine gold and mithril Moonlight City needs." I said, "Do you still remember that my adoptive father asked the Elf Queen to make a request first? In fact, my adoptive father, I don’t want to make myself passive, but I want to understand what Moonlight City needs now and what it lacks. After that, Her Lady Queen’s answer determined a direction, which is fine gold and mithril.”

"I don't know whether Moonlight City needs both ores, or only one of them. It doesn't matter. I just need to know that they are lacking."

"When the transaction is completed and they ask us for the fine gold and mithril, we can give it to them bit by bit to test their top line. At the same time, we can also guess what they want to do based on the amount requested. This is why I have not determined the specific amount, I have not determined whether to pay in installments, and I have not determined the reason for the payment period.”

Move your finger down and click on the second additional item: "Send scientific researchers to teach in Moonlight City. The dispatched personnel must be elite scientific researchers, and the number of personnel will be determined by Fort Vicky."

"Master Hall," I raised my head and smiled, "You should have become sullen after seeing this, right?"

"Yeah" Master Hall snorted heavily.

"Actually, on the surface, this seems to be for the technological development of Moonlight City, but in fact, it is a plan to penetrate Moonlight City."

"Infiltration plan?" Master Hall sneered: "I'm afraid that as soon as people arrive in Moonlight City, they will be under all-round surveillance and protection. Do you actually think that our scientific researchers have a chance to infiltrate the top management of Moonlight City?"

"Of course it's impossible in the short term." I shook my head and said, "But in the long term, it may not be possible."

Master Hall frowned. He didn't understand what I meant.

I explained: "Master Hall, you should know better than I do, do adults or children have an advantage in absorbing advanced scientific ideas?"

"It must be children," Master Hall said: "Although adults have strong understanding ability, most of their thinking has become a stereotype and is difficult to change. Of course, there are a small number of exceptions. They have an almost persistent desire for new things. I feel that such adults can even achieve higher achievements than those children when they grow up, but the proportion of such people is too small."

After listening, I nodded and said: "I have the same idea as you. Because of this, I can be sure that after dozens of consecutive attempts, the Fairy Queen and the Elf Queen will definitely think of this. After all, they want to The results of adults changing their mindset and learning new technologies are too small to be worth wasting time, but they are definitely reluctant to stop this plan. After all, this is the starting point that can strengthen the strength of Moonlight City and may even fulfill the Fairy Queen's ambitions. , so, even if they don’t want to, they can only send their children to scientific researchers for education.”

"It must have been like this in the beginning, with one person lecturing above and a group of guards watching eagerly below. It doesn't matter. My original purpose was just to let those scientific researchers selflessly contribute their knowledge and cultivate batches of talents. As time goes by, As time goes by, Moonlight City will have more and more high-end talents taught by the goblin dwarves of Fort Witch as mentors. If one day in the future, it may be ten years, it may be a hundred years, or it may be a thousand years, Witchburg is in decline, and Moonlight City wants to take it for itself. Of course, all this is just an illusion, but if it really happened, how many of those high-end talents do you think would care about their mentors? What about this side of Witchburgh?"

Master Hall pondered for a moment and said: "Elves are very nostalgic, there should be a lot of them."

"When such talents reach a certain scale, they will be enough to shake up political affairs." I smiled slightly and said, "When that time comes, I'm afraid even if Moonlight City is powerful, they won't be in the mood to target Fort Vicky anymore."

"So" I paused and said, "My second point is not about the present, but the future."

I moved my finger down and pressed on the third item, and I said: "Young people are selected every year to come to Fort Witch to learn advanced scientific knowledge. The purpose of this item is similar to the previous one, and the purpose is to prevent possible disasters in the future. "

"What about the next one?" Master Hall asked, "What does the next one have to do with the future?"