"Donald, what do you think I'm thinking right now?" Ruerno sighed helplessly, holding a document in his hand.

Donald shook his head, "I don't know, teacher......"

"I feel ......" Glancing at the document again, Rourno sighed again, "Our previous efforts have been in vain. ”

"No, teacher, how is this possible?" Donald Mueller suddenly panicked, "The plane we built is not the same type of transportation as the 'magic locomotive' invented by [Star Boat], how can it be in vain?"

But what this somewhat chubby middle-aged mage didn't expect was that his teacher suddenly turned pale and snorted coldly: "Look, you know what I'm talking about, but I'm pretending to be confused!"

Donald was stunned for a moment, his mouth spurted, but he shrunk his head, unable to say a word.

"I know that you come from a noble family, and you can't get rid of this habit. Ruerno shook his head, "But when it comes to me, I want you to be sincere, I'm your teacher, and I don't have a few years to live, so there's not much to teach you." ”

Pulling the corners of his mouth, Donald sneered twice and rubbed his hands together a little nervously.

"To get back to the point, although airplanes and magic locomotives are two types of transportation, people trust those who run on the ground more than what flies in the sky, and the nobles do not choose to put their lives in the hands of a group of people who don't know the roots. Ruerno put down the document in his hand and tapped his index finger, "If it weren't for this thing, maybe our plane might really be able to get into the sight of the nobles, but not now." If the aristocracy did not pay for it, not many planes could be built with the contribution of the association alone, and even if they did, they would not be put into use. ”

The premise of the aircraft design is to have charge points in several territories to ensure that the aircraft can fly to various parts of the empire.

Although according to the current information, the magic locomotive of the Principality of Sorrowful Wind also has the disadvantage of 'poor endurance', the problem is that it is not that difficult to drive.

If you let some coachmen who know how to operate a carriage learn it, maybe the learning speed can be much faster, after all, the carriage and the magic locomotive are both cars, and some places are common.

Although the flight speed of the aircraft is quite fast, it requires a certain area to land and take off, which limits its use.

They couldn't shrink the size of the plane again on the existing basis, the current size was already the limit, and if it was reduced a little more, there would be nowhere to place the magic circle and runes.

In terms of cost and flexibility, the magic locomotive is superior, and their aircraft can be said to be a 'complete failure'.

It's just that because the magic locomotive has not been officially sold to the outside world now, and the magic tide is coming, the ground will become much more dangerous, so they still have a chance.

- As long as they can 'clean up' those nobles before the demon tide affects the territory of the empire, at least they must be greatly reduced, otherwise, the plane will not be accepted by those nobles at all.

In fact, Ruerno had already noticed that someone was secretly spreading the news that the 'magic tide was coming'!

That's why he's so bold.

If nothing else, the source of the news should be the Duchy of the Screaming Winds and the Church of Wealth, for the bards, adventurers, and merchants are constantly emphasizing the dangers of the 'Devil' and telling the commoners that if the Devil's Tide comes, perhaps the nobles will not protect them.

In order to survive the onslaught of the demon tide, they have only two choices, either become stronger on their own or seek help from the church.

From this it can be seen that this may be some church secretly spreading the news in order to increase their influence, but it is more likely that the head maid of the Duchy of Sorrow sent a reminder to the common people.

The aristocracy is not credible, and since more than two hundred years ago, it has been rare for the nobles to send troops to protect their people, and they will never choose to send troops if their interests are not touched.

Because of this, he did not want to see that after his death, these rotten nobles still ruled the land he loved.

In the propaganda of those people, if the common people want to ask for help, the first choice should be the big churches, because only the big churches have enough power to protect them.

From these places, it can be seen that it may not be the small church spreading the news, otherwise the message of those who spread the news should be "go and seek the help of the small church, because the big church does not have so much energy and power to disperse".

So Ruerno thought that it was very likely that the head maid had done it.

A few days ago, he had already informed the Elven King that their next operation was about to take place, and this time the operation required the cooperation of the Elven Clan, and if the plan was successful, they would be able to purge a group of nobles with Elven blood on their hands again.

This was also the plan he had already set when he talked to the Elven King, if nothing else, there were not many nobles in the empire who owned elven slaves.

Even the nobles who once owned it should now have their elven slaves killed and buried in a place where no one knows about it, because they don't want to be the object of 'criticism'.

Although there are no elven slaves in the empire now, they can make a batch of elven slaves!

This plan was a dirty conspiracy from the beginning, and Ruerno didn't care about getting his hands dirty, anyway, he only loved the empire, not the people who ruled the country, not the nobles who were encroaching on the country!

He was dying, so he wasn't afraid of anything.

The news that gradually spread helped him invisibly, he could unite a group of nobles at such a time, let them behave a little better to the commoners, and also use the power of bards and merchants to spread these rumors to the nobles who were about to fall into the abyss, and then he could mobilize the power of the people to directly deal with those nobles.

As long as the benefits are promised, there is nothing that the nobles cannot do, even if it will require them to 'reduce taxes' for the commoners!

In his conversation with the head maid, Ruerno also realizes that the 'age of farming' is coming to an end, the 'age of magic industry' is coming, the land is no longer so important, and a larger population can create more wealth - as long as he tells this point to the nobles, they will understand what they should do.

The aristocracy is short-sighted, but in this day and age they are a pack of more cunning and sinister hyenas than anyone else, and they are intelligent enough to understand what Ruerno is saying and what they should do next.

If they had to lose a portion of their profits in order to gain more of them, the nobles would do so, and willingly......

Donald stood aside apprehensively, he didn't know why the teacher suddenly fell silent, maybe he was thinking about what to do later, so he didn't dare to bother.

"Donald ......"

Suddenly hearing the teacher's call, Donald subconsciously straightened his waist, "Yes, teacher!"

Ruerno's cloudy eyes seemed to be shining with a look of strange arts, "Go and sort out the information related to the 'Demon Tide', I'm going to contact other legendary mages to see if I can publish an article with the help of the Star Ocean Monthly." ”

Although there were some doubts, Donald did it anyway.

Watching his student walk out of the room, the corners of Rurno's mouth curled slightly, and his eyes narrowed.

As far as he knew, many nobles had the habit of reading the Star Sea Monthly—yes, they had developed a habit and were still complaining about why it was only published once a month.

As long as they know what impact the Demon Tide will have on this world with the help of "Xinghai Monthly", maybe they will be shaken.

It doesn't take much, it's enough if they shake!

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