Chapter 274： Science and Technology vs Heroes and Wise Kings

"My lord, let him go, and you will gain the friendship of the scholar's tower."

Mond Langdon said this sincerely.

Brother, are you kidding me? An illusory friendship just trying to get someone out of my prison? It's better to give real money.

But if you think about it carefully, the scholar's tower has a great influence in the courts of various countries. The mentor of Mond can decide to accept a commoner's child for a living with a word, so he must have a certain status in the scholar's tower.

The Mond Langdon in front of him looks like an honest and honest person, but the mentor behind him may not be the case. I heard that all the elderly bachelors are very eccentric. What should I do if I use my network resources to wear small shoes for myself?

Alas, one more thing is worse than one less thing, just let it go for a mere brat.

What is lax law enforcement and the prestige of the lord? The common people of this era don't understand this. What they said just now was just a scene.

What's more, if you really want to investigate it carefully, it seems that what Kevin did wrong is that he didn't report to the Lord's Mansion after seeing through Baden's lies, but tried to blackmail Baden with conditions one by one. According to the investigation, he didn't kill anyone after the riot. Two did not rob.

However, his idea to the salt people was the direct trigger of the riot, so he was included in the list of the 50 most serious crimes.

Paul made up his mind and said solemnly: "Okay, Mr. Scholar. You can take him away, but you need to pay a certain amount of bail."

Mont Langdon immediately stood up and bowed deeply to Paul, and said gratefully: "I thank the Earl on behalf of his parents. This poor couple has been very worried in recent days."

Paul hummed, "You have to discipline your elementary school boy well, study hard and make progress every day, and don't think about things all day long. Besides, I hope that the [friendship] in your mouth is not just talking about it. That's all."

"Yes, we must teach him well."

Mond hesitated for a moment, and continued to ask: "Lord Earl, I heard that the Lord's Mansion will severely sentence 50 important criminals. I don't know how other people other than Kevin will be punished?"

"It's okay to tell you, among the 20 people who committed the most serious crimes, 5 were beheaded, 10 were hanged, and 5 people had their death sentence suspended. Together with 30 other people, they were sent to open up wasteland in the northern forest to see the effect. Wen is also going to be sent to open up wasteland."

Mond bowed to Paul again: "You are a kind lord." He had expected Paul to behead all fifty men.

"Hmph, after all, they didn't really rebel. Oh, by the way, what do you study in the academic tower all day? Are there any technical talents?"

"History and politics, literature and music, logic and philosophy, etc..., as long as you can think of it, the scholar's tower is covered."

A look of pride flashed across Mond's face.

"As for the technical talents you mentioned, if they are artificers and alchemists, there will naturally be some."

Paul smiled slightly, "If you can go back and help me recruit some talents, it will be worthy of the friendship you just mentioned. It doesn't need to be too good, even if it's just literacy. Of course, I speak Aldo."

"This..." Mond Khan thought to himself, "We are the scholar's tower in the imperial capital. I guess there are not many people who can't think about it who are willing to come to this bitter cold place in the northwest."

But he still said, "I'll do my best."

After the business was finished, the two continued to chat for a while. Mond Langdon's Aldo language was more accurate than Paul, a Gulf native, and there was no obstacle in the communication between the two.

This scholar really lived up to the name of the scholar's tower, with profound knowledge and a thorough understanding of ancient and modern times, which made Paul admire secretly.

"I am trying to make people's lives better by developing and promoting new technologies, Mr. Scholar, you can walk around Arda, go to the port to see our new sailboats, go to the fields to see our harvesters, to Check out the store…”

The young Earl's ambitions surprised Mond Langdon. Aren't children at this age like to dream about knight adventures or leading soldiers in battle?

Paul danced and said: "The coming of five hundred angels taught humans to cultivate and weave cloth, metallurgy and iron, and let us occupy the most fertile land in the world, but I believe that the progress of science... and technology is endless. We can completely use the If we improve our living standards to another level, we can definitely feed more people and let everyone have enough to eat.”

"Science & Technology?"

"Yes, figuring out how things work I call [science], and applying science to our lives I call [technology], and it's both that make us human. Not boasting, but Relying on these two, the lives of the people in Arda and Bairdin have greatly improved compared with before."

Mond was noncommittal, "My lord, with all due respect, your territory has just..."

Paul interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "I know what you want to say - a group of salt people have lost their livelihood because of the emergence of salt farms, and have to take risks. But I want to tell you a fact, the appearance of salt farms has saved most families A big expense."

Mond showed an incredulous expressionMr. Langdon, you live in a prosperous place like the Gabela Empire, and you are also a distinguished tower scholar, so naturally you don’t know the hardships in a remote place like ours. . The salt people use the traditional method to cook salt, and the output is really limited, so the price in the market is high—of course, compared with the present, no one would think that the price of salt was expensive before, because it has always been that price. You know, if you don’t eat salt, you will have no strength to work, so this thing is a necessity of life. Although the money spent on buying salt is not too much, it will be a big expense over the years. "

Paul said proudly: "Since the salt farms have produced a large amount of salt, the price of salt has been lowered unprecedentedly. This has saved a lot of money. If you don't believe me, you can ask any woman on the street and hear what he thinks of the lower salt price." What does it feel like?"

"This..." Mond pondered, "I believe there must be a better solution that will benefit all the public and achieve the best of both worlds."

Paul spread his hands: "I also believe that there are. We are not gods. Sometimes you have to sacrifice a small number of people in order to take care of the interests of the majority. This can only be said to be... the trauma of the times. Fortunately, I am not The small number of people who were sacrificed, unfortunately, as the leader of the leader, I was the one who made such a decision."

Mond admitted: "You are right, Lord Earl. So in this case, a wise monarch is so important, he can take care of the vast majority of people, and make the sacrifice as small as possible."

"A wise monarch?"

"Yes, Lord Graham."

Mond Langdon's eyes became firm:

"Compared to the [science] and [technology] you mentioned, I am more inclined to make people's lives better in [heroes] and [virtuous kings]."