Chapter 122 Ellie's Small Invention Becomes a Big Invention
It took a long time for the Marquis of Black and Brown and the Earl of the Stag to travel to Thorn City. Half a spring had passed in the process.
The interrogation results of the highest-ranking cultist of the God of Struggle were also sent to Rand's hideout.
It was the most common kind of shitty mess. The relationship between the eldest and second sons of the Marquis of Black and Brown was not good. However, since the Marquis of Black and Brown's territory was strictly based on the eldest son inheritance system, the second son felt that if he didn't do something, the outcome would definitely be bad, so he thought of other ways.
To be honest, he has quite good talent, and he looks to be only about 25 or 26 years old. Even if the promotion method of the God of Struggle Sect has an element of forcing things to happen, to be able to be promoted to the highest level professional at this age, his talent must not be too bad.
But she is far inferior to Elsa. Even without Rand's final control, it would be easy for Elsa to defeat him.
I can only say that he is worthy of being the future protagonist.
The same goes for Olenna. I always feel that Olenna must have been an important character in the original plot of "Deep Moon", but because Rand was a cloud player in his previous life, he didn't know much about her.
Fortunately, the second son planned to kill his biased father, the Marquis of Black and Brown, first, instead of killing all his brothers first, otherwise the Marquis of Black and Brown would have no successor.
Rand could fully imagine the helplessness and bitterness in the heart of the Black and Brown Marquis.
As for how to deal with it, Rand didn't care at all. Anyway, for him, he didn't feel any threat at the beginning. To be honest, the thing that impressed him the most was the huge, crystal, rosy red gem.
In fact, this thing has been asked for by Rand and placed in the sacrificial chamber. Rand intends to study it to see if he can find a more convenient way to deal with the Cult of the God of Struggle.
That is to say, the successors of the Black and Brown Marquis seem to be not very good, according to Ellie's intelligence.
Although Rand still doesn't know where Ellie got the intelligence.
In short, the eldest son of the Marquis of Black and Brown is an average person. Since the incident with the theater troupe's performance, it has been discovered that the eldest son is jealous and very mean to his younger brothers and sisters. He even raped one of his sisters.
But among the other sons of the Black and Brown Marquis, the most capable one is the second son, but unfortunately he has turned into a cultist that is difficult to deal with.
The rest are useless. Daughters are a little better, but unfortunately, in the Frost Moon Kingdom, it is difficult for female successors to succeed unless all the successors are dead and only females are left.
I feel worried for the Marquis of Black and Brown just thinking about it. The Marquis of Black and Brown is so powerful. He is good at military strategy and domestic affairs. His martial arts level is not bad either. His personal charm can win the love of his vassals and nobles.
Unfortunately, the descendants cannot do that.
In comparison, the descendants of the Earl of Stag are all of good level. Although they are very unique, they are all capable people. And according to intelligence, the relationship between brothers and sisters is good.
Since the last time I mentioned it to Ellie, she has sent a letter to the White King.
Although Rand felt that someone like the White King might not need his help at all, the Crescent Territory had a geographical advantage after all, and if the White King needed it, he would still be happy to help.
The alchemy workshop has been built, and Rand has sent high-paying job recruitment notices to alchemy academies around the world, hoping that someone will be interested in this remote and poor place in Crescent Moon Territory.
The alchemy workshop was what Rand had promised to Ellie, an alchemy workshop centered around her and belonging to her.
Now the facilities are complete and are no less than those of formal large-scale alchemy workshops.
However, since not enough alchemists have been recruited at this time, Ellie is the only one in the alchemy workshop.
Brass and glass vessels were all around, as well as test tubes and pharmaceutical materials.
The water supply pipes and sewage treatment pools have also been connected, and the alchemical accident handling plan facilities are also ready.
So there is glass in this world. Rand was planning to invent glass and make a fortune, but now it seems there is no such opportunity.
As soon as I walked into the alchemy workshop, I heard a strange buzzing sound. When I walked a little closer, I was discovered by Ellie, who turned off the device.
But she didn't hide. When Rand got closer, he saw the thing that made the buzzing sound.
The communications device that Rand hoped to develop.
But it's not the case with Ryza. Ever since she discovered that upgrading that thing could only make Ryza happy, Ellie changed her strategy.
At this stage, there is no need for communication devices to be both secretive and portable! So the device that is buzzing now is the size of Rand's head.
Ellie was still fiddling with the instrument. Without turning around, she just said, "Now the signal can probably be transmitted within 2,000 steps. I haven't tested it specifically, but it won't be too far from this data."
In this world, two steps are roughly equal to one meter, and two thousand steps are roughly equal to one kilometer, which is already a very long distance.
And it has been put into practical use to a certain extent.
Indeed, a distance of one kilometer is of little significance in war, but if it is used for fixed communications, it can be barely practical as long as it is further developed.
Without considering other situations, it is sufficient to set up a communication point every one kilometer. As long as ten are set up, the communication distance will be ten kilometers.
Of course, this is an ideal situation. To actually implement it, we will probably have to wait until alchemists are recruited and improvements are made.
"What does the White King say? Is there anything we can do for you?" Rand asked.
"Yes," Ellie nodded, "There are some nobles from the Kingdom of Lensa, which borders us. When the Kingdom of Lensa invaded, some of them went to the White Country to rob. The White King led his men to the north to resist the orcs at that time, so some villages in the countryside of the White Country were also robbed."
"The White King hopes that you can take it back and teach those people a lesson if possible."
Unexpectedly, there really is one, and it is consistent with Rand's idea. He plans to visit these noble territories bordering him.
After the conversation, Ellie looked at Rand with a strange look and said, "Do you need help? Those troubles down the mountain."
Rand shook his head: "I'll try to handle it myself first."
Ellie's smart eyes rolled around, she put her hands on her hips and said, "Then you solve it yourself. If it doesn't work, I'll come out and make them retreat."
After saying goodbye to Ellie, I had to deal with some troublesome things.
Now four noble ladies have refreshed in the holiday villa below the hideout.
They are the daughter of the Marquis of Black and Brown, the daughter of the Earl of Stag, the daughter of the Earl of Green Leaf, and the daughter of the Duke of Thorn.
Rand didn't know why they all had daughters, but it didn't matter. What mattered was that these things were really troublesome.
When they arrived one after another, Rand did not let them come up to the hideout, but just let them stay in the holiday villa, under the pretext that the holiday villa was the essence of the Crescent Moon Territory.
It is estimated that those girls are now visiting the Adventurer's Association's newcomer training center.
They actually all look okay, but they are just the youthful beauty of young girls. Compared with Ellie, they are really far behind.
The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!
But as Ellie said at the beginning, for the development of the hideout, Rand couldn't just refuse outright.
Now the problem arises. It is a waste of time to deal with these girls. He has to prepare for the development of the new hideout, oh, now called Crescent Territory, and prepare for the robbery in the Southern Kingdom.
We also need to start reforming the toilets in the dens and promote new forms of agriculture.
He is really busy as hell, and it is a bit troublesome to deal with those girls who are also forced to do the business and try to seduce him but have completely inadequate skills and hardware.
But if I don't take care of them and don't meet them at all, wouldn't that be a disrespect to these nobles? Rand sat on the stone chair in the lord's hall and thought for a long time.
Finally I figured out a solution.
If not, let them learn something. They are going to get married at just a few years old, so they should study hard at this age. Look at Ellie, she has piles of various academic certificates. And Olenna, even if we don’t look at her martial arts skills but only her knowledge, she is fully qualified to teach at any university.
It would be a pity if these girls didn't learn something. And if they did learn something, Rand would have given an explanation to these nobles.
Moreover, although their academic level may be average, they are much better than the students picked out from the dens who have no foundation and can't even recognize words.
If they are not picked up by their parents, they can be trained after a period of time and then help with the work in the den.
Moreover, there are many lower-level matters in the affairs of the hideout, so just leave these matters to them, and Rand is not afraid of leaking the secrets of the hideout at all.
Let's entrust these things to Lysa, so that she can use her hobby of arranging and destroy Rand's image.
Rand himself really didn't have time to interact with these girls.
Also, Rand was very curious about the expressions of the White King's personal guards who came to support him when they saw Ellie.
…
At the same time, on the other side, Fenris seized a lot of horses, and none of the knights escaped.
Either surrender or die.
The results of the interrogation came out quickly, and it was about several minor nobles around them.
The captain of the White King's personal guard dismounted and walked up to Fenris. "Is the Frost Moon Kingdom so chaotic? Do you need us to stay and help for a while?"
The White King's order was to come and obey Rand's command, but before that they still had some freedom of action, and all they had to do was let Fenris send a letter to Rand and obtain Rand's consent.
All I can say is that a high-quality army is different. On the battlefield, there are very few armies with subjective initiative.
Now the captain of the White King's personal guards has discovered that the situation inside the Frost Moon Kingdom is completely different from that in the White Kingdom.
He understood the previous civil war, and now that it was obviously over, there were still nobles who dared to send troops to invade other nobles' territories so unabashedly.
And Viscount Rand was able to transform from a person without noble status to the viscount today under such chaotic circumstances. No wonder the White King is so optimistic about him.
Fenris wanted to say that it was not like this before, but when he thought about it, it seemed that it was not much better before. It can only be said that the Frost Moon Kingdom has its own national conditions.
"Maybe this period of time is a bit chaotic." Fenris nodded guiltily.
"But don't worry." Fenris explained, "After the supplies are completed, you should go to see Lord Rand as soon as possible. The combat power of our pioneer army is sufficient to deal with the current situation."
Fenris still understood the surrounding situation. The petty nobles around such cavalry would definitely not be able to gather another group in a short time, so there was no need to worry at all.
(End of this chapter)