Lynn talked freely about his ideas.

He did not blindly promote any theories and strategies of equality for all in this alien world. After all, every world is different, and many situations do not correspond at all. Rashly applying a certain system may not necessarily achieve the desired effect.

Moreover, this world is home to powerful individuals called wizards, the best of whom can fight against an entire army alone, which in itself represents some kind of advanced productivity. In such a situation, the concept of equality is obviously not applicable.

So the solution Lin En chose was to optimize the existing wizard council system and give the poor at the bottom a relatively fair channel for upward mobility.

This new examination and promotion system aroused great interest among the speakers present.

They could all see that this was a plan that was completely different from the previous feudal and election system. It sounded very feasible and could completely get rid of their reliance on previous aristocratic management, prevent local areas from becoming too powerful, and bring most of the power into the hands of parliament.

It can be said that there are only advantages and no disadvantages...

While Harov and others were thinking about the pros and cons, Lin En asked about the construction of a nuclear fusion reactor.

This is the most important thing in the near future.

"According to the current progress, it will be completed in ten days at most!" Vittorio said excitedly. If anyone was the one who was most looking forward to the completion of this thing, he would undoubtedly be the one!

Although the parliament had previously mobilized some thunder wizards to make artificial starch to solve the food crisis created by the nobles, the overall progress was not greatly affected by the hard work of many alchemists day and night, and there were even signs of completion ahead of schedule.

"We must strengthen protection during this period, and no accidents can happen!" Harov said solemnly. Once the fusion reactor is damaged during activation, the consequences will be disastrous! Lin En also nodded. He had thought about whether to build this thing somewhere outside the city, so that if any unexpected accidents occur, the destructiveness can be minimized.

But in order to carry out this epoch-making nuclear fusion project, they have mobilized all the power of the parliament. The daily mobilization of personnel and resources is too frequent, especially the operation and consumption of massive water resources. No matter where they are placed, it is unlikely to be hidden from the spies of the church.

The other party may not know what they are doing, but they will definitely try their best to stop it, and it may even become the fuse of a new round of war.

Even in the City of Oil, the parliament had to keep releasing false information to explain, such as the large amount of raw materials transported was for the expansion of the city, and the large amount of water transported was due to radiation pollution, etc...

The construction going on all over the city was also to some extent a cover-up for the construction of the reactor.

At least until someone is promoted to a true legendary wizard, they try their best to avoid conflicts with the church, so secrecy is naturally the top priority.

"You don't have to worry too much. The nuclear fusion reactor I designed is relatively stable. Coupled with the emergency plans prepared in advance, even if it suffers the most serious damage, the damage will be limited to a controllable range." Lin En said comfortingly.

One of the advantages of magical civilization over technological civilization is that it can relatively easily control this terrifying energy through gravity and magnetic fields.

Moreover, the fusion reactor is built underground in a large aristocratic manor, covering a large area and located in the corner of the city. The underground facilities are built completely according to the strength of a nuclear bunker, which can also minimize the damage caused by accidents.

In fact, the most important reason why nuclear accidents are so frightening is the nuclear radiation problem caused by the older nuclear fission reactors.

Not to mention an explosion, even if the radiation were simply leaked it would spread to land within a radius of dozens of kilometers, causing extremely adverse effects.

However, fusion reactors use clean hydrogen fuel, so there is no such concern.

"Even so, we still need to be more careful. We have spent so much manpower and resources, and we must not make any mistakes." After Lin En's explanation, Harov did not relax at all and took out a secret piece of information.

According to the reports from their spies in the empire, the church seems to be carrying out a new round of troop movements in recent times, and the possibility of a tentative attack cannot be ruled out! "Perhaps they want to take advantage of the civil unrest that broke out among us to launch an attack." Aurora couldn't help but speculate.

The church was behind the food war instigated by the nobles, so it was not impossible for the other side to take advantage of the opportunity to launch a large-scale attack.

Although this dispute has been perfectly resolved by the parliament, cleaning up these parasites inevitably involved a lot of the parliament's troops. Now there are less than 20,000 people stationed in the entire Kerosene City.

This was all thanks to the poor uprising that Lin En had Redel organize. Otherwise, if we wanted to recapture all the territories in the West and North in a short period of time, we would have to pull most of the main forces of the parliament over! In addition, the maintenance of the railway also required manpower to prevent the road sections from being damaged by someone with ulterior motives, causing a tragedy in which cars were destroyed and people were killed...

Unknowingly, the power they could mobilize had become less and less!

"The church is testing us so frequently that I'm afraid it has become suspicious," Vittorio said with a frown.

More than two months had passed since they defeated the Imperial expeditionary force, and the lack of an offensive would indeed arouse suspicion from the other side.

"Why not teach them a lesson?" Lin En suggested.

Harov and the others were all shocked. They all understood that this "learn a lesson" naturally meant using the nuclear explosion again!

"Are you planning to attack the Holy City directly?" Aurora asked with great interest.

That will definitely leave a 'deep impression' on those bishops!

Lin En rolled his eyes. If they blew up the place of faith, the church would have to fight them to the death! A single incarnation of Ella could hang them up and beat them. It was better to take it easy.

"Then where do you want to use it?" Aurora asked in surprise. Throwing it on other cities in the empire would not have any good effect and would also affect a large number of poor people.

It's not a good idea to just find an empty place and blow it up, right?

Lin En shook his head and said with a smile, "Haven't those elemental wizards always been worried about how to eliminate the radiation problem? This time we can solve it all at once!"

How to solve the problem of nuclear radiation proliferation most efficiently?

After a ten-day cleansing operation, food prices, which had been soaring like a roller coaster, gradually stabilized.

The parliament finally began to buy back the excess wheat on the market at a price of one copper per kilogram, which was only half of the price before the food war, but at least it left some grain merchants a way out and prevented them from losing everything.

Most importantly, it was more cost-effective to sell the grain to the parliament on the spot than for the grain merchants to risk being caught and secretly transport the grain to the empire.

As for the extra wheat, it was put into the newly opened workshop and made into liquor and maltose to enrich the civilians' diet. Everyone was happy!

But sadness and joy are relative, and usually only transfer from one person's face to another!

The one who had to bear the pain for the people of the kingdom was naturally Monroe!

Looking at the skyrocketing food prices a few days ago, Monroe was still looking forward to the plan he had formulated to wipe out the entire kingdom, causing famine and chaos, and becoming the greatest contributor to the church's efforts to eliminate wizards and regain the kingdom!

However, heaven and hell were separated by a single second, and the wizards seemed to have endless food in their hands. They threw out hundreds of thousands of tons of food within a month, but there was still no sign of collapse. They even changed the workshop's three meals a day to four meals a day!

It seemed as if he was deliberately mocking the food war he had started...

Monroe was confused and puzzled until Ivana brought back a copy of the Magic Daily. He then realized that wizards had been using magic to make bread! When Monroe got the news, he was stunned and almost thought it was fake news from the wizards.

After all, using magic to create food out of thin air sounds unreliable, but the goods that filled several trains could not be faked, and the huge amount of wheat released by the wizards earlier was also real. No matter how unwilling he was to believe it, he had to admit that the wizards might really have a way to use magic to create edible food.

It is said that the parliament is considering promoting this [bread making technique], and in the future any formal wizard will be able to learn it...

Monroe endured several days of endless anxiety and panic before finally waiting for the day when the communication crystal ball was fully charged.

Although he knew very well that he would be subjected to the most severe punishment, based on his most devout faith in the Lord, Monroe still started the communication without hesitation and recounted the whole story in detail.

The more Monroe spoke, the more excited he became, and in the end he tearfully denounced the wizard's insidiousness and cunningness, as well as the inexplicable bread-making technique.

To sum it up in one sentence - the enemy is very cunning and has cheats, it is really not our fault!

Staring at Monroe kneeling on the ground and crying, Pope Alvis felt so angry that he had no place to vent for a moment.

In order to realize Monroe's kingdom collapse plan, they mobilized countless manpower and exposed the kingdom's nobles who had just rebelled in advance.

Originally, this force could be used when the empire launched a large-scale war of conquest to incite rebellion in the western and northern borders of the kingdom, thus forming a pincer attack and making it impossible for those wizards to take care of both ends.

Now everything is ruined! However, Alvis knew very well that the failure of this plan could not be completely blamed on Monroe. After all, using magic to make bread was completely beyond common sense! Not to mention Monroe, Alvis still couldn't believe it was true!

But spies from both the City of Fire Oil and other parts of the kingdom brought back credible news.

Many people saw with their own eyes the trains loaded with boxes of wheat flour and bread entering various cities in the kingdom, and even spent money to buy a few pieces of the so-called magic bread. It was indeed very special, softer and tastier than normal bread. If it could be paired with a plate of bean curd, it would be a rare delicacy! Considering this, Alvis did not easily burst out his anger. It was not a wise move to over-punish an insider who was carrying out a hidden mission.

Alvis directly changed the subject and asked about other information, such as where the chief judge Joshua was being held.

"I haven't found the specific place yet, but I'm sure that Lord Joshua is tied up in the City of Fire Oil. This is because the parliament has placed most of its power here, and they would never dare to transfer the chief judge to other places..." Monroe hurriedly told all the information he had collected in the past few days.

There were several suspicious places in the Fire Oil City, and the defenses were very tight. He suspected that Joshua was imprisoned in one of them...

However, this little information was obviously not enough to satisfy Pope Alvis, and it could not make up for the blow of losing the kingdom's nobles, an important chess piece. Monroe gritted his teeth and decided to take another big gamble to prove his worth! "Your Holiness, I have discovered an important piece of information that I have not been able to confirm until now."

"Tell me about it." Alvis tried to show a little interest.

Monroe spoke eloquently. "In the past month, I have come into contact with more than a dozen wizards from the Council, and learned a lot about the deeds of the Magic Star from them!"

"A few years ago, he and another witch named Johnny took a boat from the harbor town to Yieta. After being evaluated by the council, he was only a three-ring wizard!"

"A three-ring wizard can kill thousands of elite guards and destroy half of a port city?" Alvis couldn't help but interrupt Monroe.

"According to rumors, he used a special powder that could cause explosions, and now those wizards are using this technology on airships." Monroe hurriedly explained.

Alvis nodded. He had indeed received information that the wizards' airships could project a large amount of "hellfire" from the bottom, which made sense.

"In addition, I also found out that the Magic Star only broke through to become a great wizard a year ago. Every wizard in the parliament is well aware of this. There is no mistake in their descriptions. It is definitely not made up!" Monroe vowed.

In other words, the Magic Star is now just a four-ring great wizard. How could he possibly master magic that is so terrifying that it can wipe out a mountain in an instant and turn the area within a radius of dozens of kilometers into a doomsday scorched earth.

That must be a natural disaster!

It is possible that the wizards just guided and utilized this power. Otherwise, if a four-ring wizard could master such magic, the entire empire would have been flattened by the parliament long ago!

(End of this chapter)