"You've got your brain broken, it's just a small test!" Miss Mage's ferocious counterattack showed that she was normal, "Mira is not by your side, and I have an obligation to take care of you, and of course I can't watch you make mistakes—Isabel is a very dangerous temptation!" ”

Roland laughed at her duplicity, and turned back to Mr. Mayor in an awkward situation: "Miss Isabel said that she was going to listen to Matvey's lecture when she left, did she mean Matvey Wittgenstein?" ”

Ferdinando was stunned for a moment, and nodded reluctantly: "It's that strange old man, he opened a school in the town that specializes in training mechanics and teaching mechanical skills, Isabelle, this child is different from other girls, since he was a child, he has regarded clocks and watches as toys, disassembled and reinstalled them over and over again, and when he grows up, he is obsessed with all kinds of complex mechanical devices, and often goes to Matvey's school to listen to lectures, which is really unorthodox!" At the end, the father patted his head and sighed, deeply disgraced by his daughter's eccentricity.

"Isabel is one of the few female trap warlocks in town, and she's very talented at it, and while I can't agree with the idea of trap warlocks, it's better for a girl to be a mage and play tricks than a vulgar woman who can only fiddle with fat powder and jewelry." Nikita said indifferently.

Excluding the habitual "superiority of a mage" in Nikita's words, Roland basically agrees with her.

"The use of mechanical skills is very wide, Isabel does not need to be an engineer or a mechanic like a man after learning mechanical skills, and she can also use this craft to make some small toys at home, after all, it is a skill, so what's wrong with learning a little more?"

"Your Royal Highness, I don't object to Isabel learning the arts, I just don't want her to ......learn from Matvey," Ferdinando's face was mixed with pain and anger.

Roland noticed the change in his face and asked curiously, "You seem to have some bad opinion of that Mr. Matway?" ”

"Not really!" Ferdinando hurriedly shook his head and said solemnly: "Although Mr. Matvey has a bit of a strange temper, it is undeniable that he is the most famous master of mechanics in the town, don't look at him on the surface cold, he doesn't like to interact with people, in fact he is a warm-hearted and good person, for many years he insisted on opening a school on his own, teaching the young people of the town the knowledge of mechanics, engineering, and the use and manufacture of various mechanical devices, many people have become talented because of this, but he has never charged a copper plate for tuition, I respect Mr. Matvey, But ......"

Ferdinando's face twitched, and a look of resentment flashed in his eyes: "But I can't forgive his son Leonid, that self-proclaimed clever bastard, a madman who has gone insane, killed my eldest daughter Natalia......"

Roland and Nikita glanced at each other, but Miss Mage had nothing in her eyes, apparently unheard of it before.

"Mr. Ferdinando, don't get excited, can you tell me more about what the hell is going on?"

"Forget it, it's all old, there's nothing to say." Mr. Mayor obviously didn't want to recall those sad pasts, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, "Your Highness Roland, you came to Sail Town this time to visit Mr. Matvey?" ”

"Yes, I came to visit Mr. Matway, but there are two other things, a visit to the watch industry in Sayre, and most importantly, a walk with Nikita." Roland replied.

Nikita gave him a delicate look, knowing that dating with him was not really Roland's main purpose in coming to Cell, but hearing him say this, his heart was still very comfortable.

"Does His Highness Roland plan to visit the watch shop first, or will he visit Matvey first?" Ferdinando asked.

"Visit Mr. Matvey first, I hope he is home."

"He doesn't usually go out, either at home tinkering with the weird machines, or at school giving lessons to the young people of town, and I'll take you and Miss Nikita to his house first, and if not, go to the school to find him."

Mr. Mayor was so courteous that Roland couldn't refuse his offer, so he pretended not to notice Nikita's resentful eyes, took her by the hand and followed Ferdinando, the large light bulb, into the carriage to visit Matway Wittgenstein.

The two-horse carriage drove briskly through the streets of the town, and the rattling of the wooden wheels crushing the gravel road was not harsh, but made Roland, a visitor from the metropolis, feel the town more deeply.

The town is small, and it takes about a 10-minute drive from the town entrance to Matvey's house along the winding streets.

Roland chatted with Ferdinando in the car about the town's customs and found that although the mayor was keen on camping, he was quite capable in the management of the town, and was very familiar with the situation of the inhabitants of the town, the current state of commerce and handicrafts, and the rise of crops in the farms and vegetable gardens on the outskirts of the town.

Roland did not rule out that Mr. Mayor of the town may have made preparations in advance to receive his inspection, but he is not so easy to fool, whether the other party is really familiar with the business, or sharpening his guns on the spot, it can be seen after a few words, it turns out that this Mr. Ferdinando does have two brushes, not the kind of goods that just rely on the arrival of the horse.

Town-level chiefs like Ferdinando, who have outstanding advantages and disadvantages, are quite common in the officialdom of the Far East, and can be regarded as a major feature of the local officialdom ecology. This kind of person is particularly adaptable, and it can be mixed in the era of imperial rule or the era of Kolas's New Deal, in case the empire is restored in the Far East in the future, they can still eat as usual, and they can become "tumblers" in the officialdom.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Roland has often dealt with "old fritters" like Ferdinando, and knows that such people are worth appointing, and only by subduing this "local snake" can the policies of the central government be conveyed to the grassroots level. Of course, there are some costs to be paid for this, such as not being too concerned about the issue of integrity, occasionally having to be with the light, and the unspoken rules and gray income in the officialdom can be regarded as a kind of management cost or a more figurative term - "pipe loss". But if he goes too far and arouses public anger, he will not spare it.

Roland listened to Ferdinando's report in the carriage, gave him a few words of encouragement, and then casually mentioned the central government's newly issued "financial audit rules for government departments", which should conduct financial audits of the city, town, and village governments every fiscal year.