This is an ordinary two-story house. [No pop-up novel website]
The second floor is the master's bedroom, guest bedroom and study room, and the first floor is a spacious hall and a small kitchen and toilet.
The storage room is in the basement.
Today's lobby on the first floor is surrounded by several large workbenches, which are filled with steel components, wooden strips, papyrus with messy patterns, steel wire rings and other messy things. The windows are bright The light beam moved on the table, and floating dust shuttled through it.
Lu Yuan put down the coil in his hand dejectedly and leaned his whole body on the recliner.
As a child, he had many, many dreams.
When reading martial arts novels, one would imagine Guo Jing to be as righteous, as heroic as Qiao Feng, and as lucky as Shi Potian.
When reading fantasy novels, of course, you will also dream about becoming a magician and performing powerful magic, but the focus is on magic with bright colors and loud names.
Now that he has really come to the magical world, he seems to have rushed into the world of fairy tales. He disdains those adventure stories. Occasionally, he can be happy for several days by making a paper airplane that can fly by itself, and can show it to many people. .
As simple things no longer seemed difficult, his eyes inevitably set their sights on something more advanced.
For example, rice cookers, radio stations, and even satellites and mobile phones in the future.
Once it comes to these, he feels crazy. The magic he has now is completely insufficient!
Precision instruments, processing machine tools, stable electricity, working places, spell-casting abilities, etc., etc., are all obstacles that are difficult to overcome. To solve these problems, a simple way is to build a mage tower!
This can give him a safe environment to work and experiment. The Mage Tower can gather arcane energy that far exceeds his own, helping him to cast spells beyond levels. The Mage Tower can greatly reduce the physical wear and tear on his body when making magic items, and the Mage Tower can also stabilize his body. Provide huge energy. And he needed to study magic. He now knows why most high-level mages like to stay in the wizard tower and study magic. In this era when information dissemination relies on bards and taverns, it is simply too difficult to learn magic invented elsewhere.
If he hadn't accidentally obtained the Bigby's Slap series of spells through the magic network, and if he wanted to find it by himself, he would first have to cross planes to the world of Gray Eagle, and also establish a relationship with Bigby, which would be extremely difficult no matter how he thought about it. ah!
How many kinds of spells are there? In addition to the twenty or thirty standard spells in each ring, there are thousands of original or mutated spells created by magicians. These spells may have only been spread in a certain place, or simply recorded in someone's magic book. Private collection. Lu Yuan believed that somewhere in the world, there must be magic that could solve his problems, but he couldn't find it. He faced the same situation that all mages face - magic cannot meet his needs. At this time, a magic tower is needed.
These are all benefits.
The difficulty lies in an astronomical amount of money and a piece of land.
In fact, the biggest problem is not the money to buy expensive magic materials, the biggest problem is the land.
This is the magical Middle Ages, and all lands are basically owned by their owners.
Baldur's Gate, and even the Sword Coast, are not feudal enfeoffments. Everyone adopts a joint-stock system, with large landowners who control the land, large businessmen who control the economic lifeline, powerful people from various guilds, etc., forming the city's parliament. Together with the Grand Dukes, they manage, or divide up, all the interests of Baldur's Gate and the areas they control.
This interest group has been passed down from generation to generation and is indestructible.
Without earth-shaking changes, new people will not be able to rise.
The ongoing conspiracy between the Iron Throne and Savrok is to create such an opportunity. Likewise, he himself will become an opportunity for others.
Lu Yuan wondered whether he should get a piece of land to build a tower amid this great change.
I got up and sorted out the remaining scraps.
Lu Yuan opened the ring and found several empty large glass cups in the center, filled with various fresh fruits.
Lu Yuan was really tired of making fruit milk ice cream before, so he just wrote down the recipe and gave it to Comrade Goddess. You must know that making milk ice cream is a very simple matter. It is nothing more than boiling the milk, pouring it into the sugar and egg yolks, mixing and stirring, then cooling, filtering and freezing. Then add fresh fruit to get fruit ice cream, and add chocolate to get chocolate ice cream.
It's not difficult at all.
Then Comrade Goddess can make something extremely unpalatable.
Lu Yuan later tried to let several people cook it, but no matter the hotel owner, the kitchen aunt or the girl Ji'er, the food they made was more unpalatable than the last. Are all people/gods from other worlds stupid?
In the end, Lu Yuan had to do it himself.
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"Dong dong", Lu Yuan put down the funnel with the filter in his hand and looked at the door in confusion. Then there was another knock on the door, which made him confirm that there was really a guest at the door. After tidying up the kitchen a little, Lu Yuan walked through the hall and opened the door to the room.
"William?" Lu Yuan was surprised to see that it was his cousin William, standing outside the door with a bottle of red wine.
William looked at him first, and then looked away awkwardly.
"Ah", Lu Yuan then remembered and took off his apron, "Come in quickly, when did you come back?"
"A few days ago, I heard people in the town talking about you, so I came here to visit. Wow, your place is really chaotic." William sighed after walking in, and put the red wine on a table at the door casually. to visit his test bed.
The two chatted like friends they hadn't seen for a long time, their tone of voice was affectionate and casual, but they knew clearly in their hearts that they were not friends, just allies.
After Lu Yuan found two cups and the two of them sat down, Lu Yuan asked in a casual tone, "Iron ore crisis?"
"Yes, the iron ore crisis." William nodded, not showing any surprise at Lu Yuan's keenness. The two had confirmed each other's abilities before choosing to become allies. "I just arrived, did you find anything?"
"Haha", Lu Yuan chuckled softly, "Who sent you here? We all know that the problem is not here, the problem is Baldur's Gate. What can you find here?"
William's eyes lit up, "It seems you know something? The old guys argued with the Iron Throne for a long time before they reached an agreement and sent me to handle the iron ore crisis in Naxikai. I have no clue now."
"William, William, William, I do have what you want in my hand. I want to know what I can get? I want to know..." Lu Yuan shook his wine glass and smiled, "Who is standing behind you?"
The two arcane forces separated with a slight touch in the air. The dust between the two quickly rose to both sides. William raised his head in surprise. Lu Yuan's mage level is close to 6, and William's mage level is 7. The battle just now was almost the same. Although in a real competition, Lu Yuan would definitely lose if he didn't use his trump card, but as a test, this was enough. Lu Yuan has shown his super talent and progress. Now he has full chips and no one can force him.
"It's really...pleasant." William drank all the wine in the glass with some frustration. It seemed that the word he wanted to say should be "disappointment". He is a mage after all, and reason will always prevail. "What do you want to gain?"
"It depends on whether the people behind you can afford it."
"Behind me...is the person I have always admired." William replied hesitantly.
"William, William, William, let's be honest. In this matter, we can join forces to gain huge benefits. As an ally, I will need your strength, but at the same time, you also need to be honest. Don't be vague, I Need a name.”
"Anta Silver Shield."
"Wow~", Lu Yuan whistled, William, this young mage leader known for his youth and radicalness, was actually the most conservative among the conservatives, the Grand Duke of Baldur's Gate, Anta Silvershield! This is really unexpected.
"Please." William, who said his name, leaned back on the chair easily and made a please gesture.
"Savrok", Lu Yuan also said a name.
"Is it him?" William straightened up, "This is impossible... All his money comes from the arms trade. The iron ore crisis will directly harm his interests. What good will this do to him? No... unless..."
Seeing that William had guessed, Lu Yuan nodded and agreed, "Of course it's not just him, but also the Iron Throne Business Alliance behind him. They have found a new source of iron ore."
"Ha, sure enough! This way they can use this to eliminate small arms dealers and completely monopolize the arms trade. How clever! It seems that after the Kingdom of Cormyr banned the entry of the Iron Throne Merchant Alliance, they started to implement this plan." William applauded and praised.
"If a war breaks out at this time..." Lu Yuan reminded again.
"That's impossible," William's face became a little ugly. Once a war broke out, it would no longer be limited to business. "What good would provoking a war do to those businessmen? Businessmen would not put themselves on the scales. , they are not gamblers. Besides, even if they provoke it, the Grand Duke and the Council will definitely stop it! Even the Flame Fist and the Iron Throne are not that powerful."
Lu Yuan shook his head and stopped talking.
"What do you want?" Lu Yuan's meaning was very clear. If there is no benefit, stop here. This surprised William. He didn't expect that his cousin was really a difficult character, which refreshed his understanding time and time again.
"Magic material, a piece of land."
"Magic Tower? Yes, you have a bright future. You need to have a magic tower as soon as possible. In the city or outside the city?"
This question is critical. Being in the city means that Lu Yuan will also intervene in the distribution of political interests, which is unlikely to be accepted by William or the people behind him.
"Outside the city, south of Baldur's Gate, preferably in hilly areas." Lu Yuan was not interested in politics, and this choice made William feel a little relieved.
"I can guarantee that this condition is not worth mentioning to the Grand Duke."
"The Iron Throne may not want to provoke a war, but Savrok thought that the Iron Throne, who was tied to the chariot, would have to follow him. Behind Savrok is the temple of Baal, the god of murder. You know their usual style of doing things. As long as Antar Silver Shield is assassinated and the war is launched, Savrok can easily become the new Grand Duke. Looking at his past achievements, you can tell that he has been preparing for this."
William nodded and stood up to say goodbye. Now that Savrok's plan has been obtained, I believe Anta Silver Shield is capable of handling the next things. But when he arrived at the door, William couldn't help but said, "Lu Yuan, forget it this time. In the future, before you get the benefits, it's best not to reveal your trump card. Not everyone is your cousin."
"Haha", Lu Yuan chuckled softly.
"William, do you know what is the most powerful thing in the multiverse?"
Without waiting for William to answer, he continued, "The most powerful one is the 'team of adventurers'! Because of such a 'team of adventurers', the Demon Prince can be expelled from the main plane; because of such a 'team of adventurers' The goddess of Wo'jin was rescued from the abyss. At the end of the story, I will lead such a 'team of adventurers' into Baldur's Gate and chop off Savrok's head." Lu Yuan stretched out with a smile. He clicked lightly with his index finger, "If you still want to successfully harvest the assets of the Iron Throne, you can't rely on me!"
The iron ore crisis in Baldur's Gate, from the eyes of ordinary citizens and businessmen, is the cloud of war between Baldur's Gate and Amn; from the eyes of nobles and plutocrats, it is the distribution of power in Baldur's Gate from the eyes of the temple and the Harper Alliance, what we see is the turbulence of the balance of the main plane; from the eyes of the gods, this incident is related to the future camp of the Baal God - good or evil, lawful or lawful Chaos, as the powerful god of Baal, is an important weight.
But in Lu Yuan's eyes, this is essentially a game. He could choose to continue playing, or he could choose to flip the table, which even Anta Silver Shield couldn't do.
