In the study, Don and Fiona sat opposite each other, while Tina and Marlene, whose eyes were rolling, stood on the side with a tray, listening to the two adults talk about some "unclear" topics.

"It's been a few days since the combine convoy set off, and news has been coming back from the front, and now it seems that they have achieved a lot of success."

Fiona shook the letter in her hand with a rare smile on her face: "In just a few days, they have earned thousands of gold coins - although it is not much, it has proven the existence of this market, and the income will be more and more in the future." ”

"Of course, I was confident from the start."

Don was very relaxed, he never doubted the success of the plan, shook the cup slightly, and before he could speak, Tina preemptively added hot tea to him.

"Thank you."

Tina blushed and backed back with her head down.

Fiona glanced at Tina, and then said to Donne: "The paving of the road has begun to bear fruit in the past few days, and the cooled asphalt road has been unanimously praised by everyone, and your reputation is even higher, don't you want to take the opportunity to say something to them to stabilize the people's hearts and the situation?" ”

"There is no need, the people are not blind, they see what the rulers do, and they know what they are good for."

"That's because now the scope you need to rule is too small, and you can control it all."

Fiona said angrily: "If you were to rule in another country, would you be able to guarantee that all the leaders would be of the same mind as you?" The people are not so sensible, and their complaints will come straight to you. ”

"Of course not. The human heart is complex and changeable, once the crisis of starvation is resolved. After life begins to be rich, people will begin to pursue more wealth, more enjoyment, and selfish desires will become more and more inflated, which is inevitable. ”

"So what are you going to do then? Kill those who don't obey? ”

"I'd love to do that, but I can't."

Tang En shrugged: "Kill Butcher Zhang, and Butcher Li." Wang Butcher ...... To put an end to this phenomenon once and for all, on the one hand, it is necessary for everyone to reach an extremely high level of morality, and this requires universal basic education as soon as possible. On the other hand, the productive forces of the society need to be enough to meet the desires and needs of all people, so there is no way to force it, and we can only pray that the productive forces of this society develop fast enough. ”

"But the way you talk, you don't seem worried?"

"Because ordinary people are actually very patient. Unless it's unbearable. Otherwise they would not have stood up and resisted. ”

Don spread his hands, in fact, there was another reason he didn't say.

If there is no internal pressure, it is entirely possible to use external pressure to continue to force them to maintain a high degree of integrity - the invasion of chaos is an inescapable threat.

However, Plandal has only just recovered from the Second Chaos Invasion War, and if he announces this news now, he will either be regarded as a madman, or it will cause chaos and complete collapse of the whole world.

"Okay. This topic is too heavy, so let's talk about some lighter topics. ”

Fiona noticed that the topic was not a good fit for discussion right now. So he changed the subject: "In the news that the three teams have fed back, in addition to the victory in the first battle, there are also a lot of purchase intentions, it is said that the new lord of Casparmyburg, Lawrence Kadir, has decided to buy a combine harvester, or buy it in large quantities, what do you think?" ”

"If he wants to buy it, we'll sell it."

Don pouted: "Although there is a grudge against the Kadir family, why not make money if you have money?" ”

Fiona was stunned for a moment: "Aren't you afraid that the Arino mage they hired will learn the core techniques inside?" ”

"Of course I'm not afraid, just let them learn, I still wish they could learn."

Don squinted his eyes and knocked on the table rhythmically: "I'm only worried about one thing right now......"

Fiona immediately became serious: "What's the matter?" ”

"Mana Crystal Mine."

Fiona was stunned for a moment and frowned: "It's indeed a big trouble. ”

With the development and sales of various magic energy equipment, after the magic machinery and equipment began to sell well in the people, the consumption of magic crystals will also increase greatly, and the rise in price is almost a sure thing, and at this time, Ellington, who does not have magic crystal mines, will be at a great disadvantage.

The rise in the price of magic crystals, the most affected is undoubtedly Ellington, who developed the magic energy machine, and as long as the average price rises a little, the cost of Ellington's construction will increase significantly.

Fiona wrinkled her eyebrows and said, "Aren't you very valued by His Majesty Victor? While the influence of the magic energy machinery has not spread out now, how about buying some magic crystal ore at a low price in advance? ”

"I'm afraid it's not a joke."

Tang En shook his head: "After the Second Chaos Invasion War, after a hundred years of operation, the magic crystal mines in the Illuth Empire are basically in the hands of the Kadir family, and the rest are also held by other families as a lifeblood, and we can't interfere at all." ”

"What then?"

Fiona was a little anxious: "If Lawrence buys a combine harvester and comes back and discovers the important role of magic crystals, then it will be even more difficult for us to buy magic crystal mines." ”

"It is more risky to import magic crystals from the Ronitant Kingdom, the Silver City has always accounted for a large amount of exports, and our sudden import of a large number of magic crystals will definitely arouse the keen sense of smell of those merchants, after all, the merchants of the Ronitant Kingdom are so famous that even the goblins have to praise them."

"Although the magic crystals of the Wren Empire are of good quality and cheap, they are too far away, and there is still a kingdom of Grace in the middle, which is not cost-effective, and it is very troublesome to do business with orcs, it is quite troublesome, and we still lack the food they need most......"

Tang En knocked on the table and slammed it, "All in all, the Magic Crystal Mine is very significant, no matter what, we have to find a way to snatch a piece of fat from the Kadir family's mouth." ”

Fiona had a headache: "You just extorted two million gold coins from the Kadir family before, do you think they will be willing to sell you the magic crystal mine?" ”

"It's up to them to give me an excuse."

If there is an excuse, with the thickness of Don's face, even the bamboo pole of the dragon will dare to knock on you!

At this time, Tang En was slightly stunned, and Huo Ran got up.

"What's wrong?"

"Illya is here."

Fiona frowned, and said a little dissatisfied: "I know you like Ilia very much, but we are discussing business, can you restrain your doting on her a little?" ”

Even Fiona didn't know if her resentment was due to jealousy towards Illya or her attitude towards Don.

"No, she looked scared and cried a lot."

Don frowned slightly, and as soon as the words fell, Elijah rushed into the study, and after pausing to find Don, she cried and threw herself into his arms: "Woo-big brother-woo-"

"What's wrong?"

Don patted Elijah on the back and comforted her: "Don't cry, don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

"I, I shouldn't have disobeyed you, I, I, Ilia is a bad boy, I, I really didn't mean to, big brother, don't scold me......"

Illya, who was crying and crying, seemed to be frightened and could not finish her words.

"Yes, I know, so don't cry."

But Elijah still cried.

"Nora, can you sense what's going on?"

Nora came out and wiped the sugar residue from the corner of her mouth: "I can't feel it, Illya's mind is very confused." ”

Even Nora couldn't sense Illya's thoughts, it seemed that something was really going on.

After comforting her for a while, Illya finally quieted down, and with a tired face, she snuggled into Don's arms, feeling a sleepy urge to sleep.

Fiona glanced at Don, who nodded and asked in a low voice, "Ilia, can you tell me what happened?" ”

"Big Brother ......"

Illya looked at Don pitifully: "I'm telling you, don't be angry, okay...... I—I really didn't mean to...... I—I don't know how this happened......"

"Well, I see, you can say it."

"I, I, I ......"

Illya wanted to speak and stopped, and after hesitating for a long time, she said uneasily: "I killed someone......"

Homicide!?

Donne, Fiona, Tina, and Marlene were shocked when they heard this.

Although it is normal for people to die in this world, Illya has never killed anyone, and she was scared like that when she saw dead people before, how could she kill someone?

Don guessed what was going on almost immediately, and pressed Illya's shoulder: "You secretly practiced magic!?" ”

"Big brother—it hurts—"

Illya was frightened, her eyes widened, tears dangling in her eyes.

"I'm sorry—"

Don took a deep breath, since the matter had already happened, it was not to blame her that it could be solved, it was necessary to figure out what was going on in this matter.

"Didn't I say before that you shouldn't practice magic when I'm not around?"

Don first blamed her, and then asked, "Where is the body?" ”

"In, in the woods behind the town...... It's where we practiced magic before......"

Don picked up Illya and said to Fiona, "I'll go over and have a look." ”

"I'll go too!"

Fiona's brow furrowed, if Elia killed the townspeople by mistake, it would be troublesome.

Although the use of Don's privileges can be covered up, once you start using the privileges, the hearts of those in power will change over time, and will the Don at that time still be the Don now?

Will he become another dictator like Hogg?

Fiona felt the need to keep up, at least to think of a solution as soon as possible.

"Don't get this out of the way!"

Although Tina and Marlene also wanted to follow, they were only maids in the Lord's Mansion after all, so they couldn't run around at this time, so they could only watch Tang En and them disappear in an instant. (To be continued.) )

PS: Thank you for the hydraulic flower forest, the second sick otaku, Identical, the name is too lazy to think, and Dede's enthusiastic reward and like~