Chapter 463 [0458] Tired Lux
Regarding the salvation of the demon-stained people, Lux does not intend to announce it to the people of Forsbyro for the time being.
Although Fosbello is located in the north and has a more open atmosphere than Xiongdu, her rejection of those infected with demons remains the same as ever - under such circumstances, she cannot openly say, "These people come to the north to redeem themselves." Those who are possessed by demons" and so on.
That's not being honest, that's seeking death.
Lux knew that it was harmless if the mage controlled his magic power, but the Forsbarrow people didn't know that, and they weren't willing to know.
In fact, after Lux told the story about Kalya rescuing Oren, even though she was already very prestigious among the soldiers, when the soldiers talked about it, they would only say, "Occasionally there is a person among mages. Two good guys" will not make any substantial difference to the caster at all.
And Lux, who had just arrived and had just become the lord of Forsbarrow, could not make the people of Forsbarrow completely believe in her just because of a tax-free promise.
The prejudice in people's hearts is a huge mountain. Even as a spell caster, Lux was still very wary of magic at first after being taught by Kalya.
Therefore, instead of persuading people to debate the scriptures, it is better to take advantage of the fact that the people of Fosbarrow do not know the identities of these "new immigrants" and let these demon-infected people do something that will be accepted by Fosbarrow.
"A potentially dangerous group of demon-possessed people" is hard to swallow.
But "a group of spellcasters who may be dangerous, but spent a winter building an artificial lake for us and then plan to build a road for us" is completely different.
As a member of the Forsbarrow people, Sambor was naturally outside the scope of insiders. Faced with his persuasion, Lux could only say, "I have considered these, frozen soil construction and... There is absolutely no problem in building a new city.”
Sambol was dubious.
From his point of view, His Excellency Count Laxana did not show any dissatisfaction, and he did not seem to be holding on to it. He seemed to be really confident in the project.
But where does faith come from?
Sambol couldn't figure this out no matter how hard he thought about it, and in the end he could only attribute this confidence to that seemingly majestic army.
If these soldiers were willing to fight all winter, maybe they could dig out a lake?
Then, just when Sambor took the initiative to say goodbye, Lux stopped him.
"It just so happens that you're here." Lux took out a pile of documents on the desktop and placed it in front of Sambor, "You are the president of the Forsbarrow Chamber of Commerce. It just so happens that I am here. We are planning to normalize the Chamber of Commerce, Hunters Guild, Mining Guild and Herb Collection Guild in Fosbarrow. Here is a first draft for soliciting opinions, please take a look first.”
normalization?
First draft for comments?
Sambor blinked, obviously a little confused - he had traveled all over the country for many years, but he had never heard any of these words.
"It is to bring the Chamber of Commerce under the supervision of the Forsbarrow government." Lux had obviously anticipated the other party's doubts. "In the past, Forsbarrow had no lords, so everyone could only join a group to keep warm. We discussed everything. Now I will come Now, when we have meetings behind closed doors, you can’t take me with you, right?”
Although Lux had a smile on her face and seemed to be talking easily, Sambor still felt a thump in his heart when he heard this.
If you don’t collect taxes, are you targeting various guilds?
"Your Majesty the Earl." Thinking of this, Sam Bol's face showed a bit of a wry smile, "Forsbarrow is different from other places. The guild has a great reputation, but in fact, as you said, everyone is just It’s just a sign-up group to keep warm. Apart from the names of the president and elders, everyone discusses the unified price, etc. There are no membership fees in the guild..."
"Don't be nervous, Mr. Sambor, I'm not looking for money from anyone." Lux shook her head after hearing this, "Just like what I said this morning, since I am Lord Fosbarrow, then I am Lord Fosbarrow." I am one of my own people in Sparrow. I will report to the guild to keep warm. I will do it myself. Ran is also one of them - you should take a look at this first draft for soliciting opinions. I will send it to the presidents of several other guilds later. You all should think about it carefully. We will sit down the day after tomorrow. Let’s study together what to do.”
"..."
When Sambor heard this, although he was still uneasy, he could only nod his head, then carefully put away the first draft of the solicitation for opinions, turned around and left Lux's temporary office.
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As Sambol turned around and left and closed the office door, Lux finally collapsed on the table and rubbed her temples with her hands.
These days, Lux's life can only be described as exhausting.
Although Ogesha felt sorry for her daughter, she selected many "smart and capable" housekeepers and servants from the Crownguard family to accompany the team north, hoping to use these people to help Lux gain a foothold in Forsbarrow.
Objectively speaking, the people selected by Ogesha are indeed talents, but unfortunately, they are not the talents Lux needs.
Some of these people are good at calculations, some are good at coordination, and some are proficient in etiquette. If they are used well, they should be more than enough to support the rule of a city.
But the problem is that the rule that Lux wants and the rule that these people are good at are not exactly the same thing.
In order to make the best use of these professionals, during the march, Lux took the lead and marched with the soldiers, pulling the colossus together. She also had one-on-one conversations with these professionals every day to understand their personalities and strengths.
Without Kalya by her side, she could only write it down in a small notebook.
In addition to the constant pace and "lecturing" to the soldiers at night, the journey from Xiongdu to Fosbyro was like returning to the Great Desert of Sai - and the difference from that time was that in the Great Desert of Sai, Lux mainly learned and listened, but here, she had to speak and talk.
After arriving in Fosbyro, although Lux did not need to march all day, the work she had to face also increased sharply.
Why did Sambor's request for an audience last from noon to evening?
Because after finishing the speech at noon, Lux worked non-stop until now - and not only today, but every day in the past few days.
When she was a leader in Zaun, Lux's work was also very busy, but at least Zaun was mostly workers and had no army. Lux only needed to be of one mind with the prestigious foreman, and the work was not too difficult to carry out.
But Fosbyro was different.
After hurriedly reading the first draft of the socio-economic survey, Lux first visited the Third Army of the North without stopping, and reached an agreement with General Roberts on the division of labor for the defense of the North.
Then, she ran to the new base surveyed for the Demon Infected, presided over the groundbreaking ceremony, and nailed the first wooden stake on the frozen soil that had gradually hardened.
She hurriedly returned to Fosbyro. Just when she was planning to gather the locals of Fosbyro during dinner time to learn more about the situation in Fosbyro, Lux discovered that those people were tax farmers. After some thinking, she decisively took them down, and directly cut the Gordian knot, sending some of her personal soldiers to connect with the Chamber of Commerce and notify the people of Fosbyro to listen to the speech.
Because the chicken that was killed to scare the monkeys bumped into her, Lux also revised her speech manuscript.
On the second day, when the personal soldiers and the Chamber of Commerce staff notified them to listen to the speech and the butler organized the staff of the merchants to build the podium, Lux got up and rushed to the settlement of the infected magicians. As expected, the infected magicians escaped last night.
In order to appease the emotions of the infected magicians, Lux spent a day showing his magic in the camp and proved to these infected magicians with actions that he was also one of them. He brought them to Fosbyro to let them welcome a better tomorrow...
Everyone knows that Lux is a mountaineer.
But in the common perception, mountaineers are not magicians.
Now that the march is over, the soldiers guarding here are all outside the stronghold. Lux finally found an opportunity to communicate with these talented spellcasters.
Objectively speaking, Lux can be in the current situation. In addition to Kalya’s teachings, the origin of the Crown Guard family also played a very important role. Therefore, it is not a simple matter for the infected magicians to accept Lux as one of their own.
If Lux had been a little arrogant, someone might have fallen into the same extreme as Silas.
Therefore, she had to repeat her process of reaching the peak of redemption over and over again, and with the guidance of Kalya, she helped many spellcasters whose magic power was on the verge of losing control to initially control their magic power.
"Everyone has listened to me talk about history along the way, so you should understand why the infected are excluded - for Demacia, magic is the source of pain, and the infected are regarded as unstable factors."
"But in my opinion, this is wrong. The infected are a group of people in Demacia who have been wronged. The infected are not a disaster, but a talent. The main reason why the infected are not recognized is that the magic power is uncontrolled."
"Fortunately, I have returned from the summit and now I have a way to master this power. Now we are in Fosbyro, we can slowly learn to control this dangerous and powerful power and use facts to prove to everyone that the infected are not original sins."
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Lux knew that it would be impossible for her to be recognized by all the infected in a short period of time, but through self-presentation and caring for some infected whose magic power was on the verge of losing control, she at least temporarily appeased the emotions of these infected.
Then, Lux announced the crimes of some of the infected according to the list provided by the demon hunters, and in a manner close to a public trial, these guys who relied on their magic power and deliberately committed crimes were taken out of the crowd and taken to Fosbyro to continue serving their sentences.
After some operations, the people in this temporary camp finally settled down.
After doing all this, Lux left his junior sister in this camp - along with Kalya.
On the one hand, this allowed Shivana, an elemental dragon, to supervise these infected to prevent them from escaping or causing public security incidents, and on the other hand, it allowed Kalya to take the opportunity to examine their talents and prepare for the next elementary magic school.
When night fell, Lux hurried back to Fosbyro.
Today is the third day. Lux got up early to prepare for the speech, and then met with the head of the caravan and the butler arranged by his mother. Then, he and Ino discussed and drafted this draft for comments.
Finally, seeing Sambol leave the office with the draft for soliciting opinions, Lux seemed to have lost all her strength and fell limply on the table.
There will be a trip to the temporary camp in a while. Forsbarrow's speech here is over. Next, there will be a speech to the devil-infected people at the temporary camp. At that time, the plan for the frozen soil construction will be officially announced.
Calculating the time, I am afraid I will have to rest at the camp tonight.
Just when Lux was trying to empty her mind and let herself rest for a while, the office door was knocked again.
"Please come in."
Lux sat up straight in a fit of excitement, assuming the countenance expected by society.
Then, she saw the smiling Ino.
The next moment, as Ino closed the door, Lux lay limply on her chair again, almost sliding to the ground.
"Eat something." Ino placed a tray in front of Lux, "I'm going to give a speech at the temporary camp later -"
Before she finished speaking, Lux had already put the roasted beef into her mouth and tore off large pieces of bread and soaked them in the thick soup.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Eat slowly, eat slowly, don't be in a hurry." Ino smiled and shook his head, "Teacher Kalya said you were busy with business, so he specially equipped a mount for you."
Lux blinked in confusion - the movements of her mouth and hands did not stop at all.
"That frost dragon, Ivar." Ino looked at Lux who was doing her homework with great pleasure, "It is now your exclusive mount - but in order to hide it from others, it can only take off and land at night."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"Okay, okay, let's eat your food. We'll talk after you finish eating. There's still enough time." Seeing Lux chewing like a hamster, Ino stood up and poured her a glass of water, "Teacher Kalya's over there No problem, maybe when you come over, we will have another junior sister!"
Lux blinked.
"Also, Frey found me today." Ino continued, "She has been taking care of Sefiqa and is waiting for news about us and Vayne. She will go with us to the temporary camp tonight. ”
"But isn't Vayne in the Shadow Realm?" Lux finally swallowed a large piece of bread and said reluctantly, "She doesn't want to see Vayne?"
"The entrance to the Shadow Realm has been closed." Ino shook his head, "So we have to ask Teacher Kalya if there is any way - and Sefiqa's condition doesn't seem to be right either."
"What's wrong with Sefiqa?" Lux's eyes widened, "Is there a crack?"
"No, my sanity has recovered somewhat."
Kalya’s small classroom·Short-staffed:
Lux, who is very hands-on, has realized the serious problems caused by the shortage of manpower, and is currently dealing with it by training soldiers and splitting tasks to the people assigned by her mother, but in the short term, I am afraid she will still be busy.