Magus Tech

While many officials in Heishui City made various speculations, Li Cha was busy traveling around Shalin.

Speaking of which, this is no small project.

The area of ​​the sand forest is relatively large. It is located in the northernmost part of the former Sika Kingdom, adjacent to the barren northern wasteland, and is a relatively narrow and long zone.

The reason why this place is called Sarin is related to a small country that has perished.

Regarding the story of this small country, Richard had listened to Sherlock when he was on the east coast. Recently, he got a more detailed understanding:

The name of the small country is Sarin, located in the gap between Sika and the North Wilderness. Because the land is barren, the rainfall is scarce, and there are no special products, it is very poor. The total population of the country is only more than 100,000 people.

The king of the country, said to be the monarch of a country, is actually not as many as the owners and rulers of a medium-sized city in the Soma Alliance or the Sika Kingdom.

Because of this, the Sika Kingdom did not have much interest in annexation, leaving the small country of Sarin for many years.

But unfortunately, the Kingdom of Sika did not annex, but Sarin himself encountered a natural disaster. Somehow, a plague broke out inexplicably a few years ago.

The plague spread very quickly, but within a few days, tens of thousands of people were infected.The infector produced blisters throughout the body, itching was unbearable, and he couldn't help scratching it with his hands until the blisters were broken and nausea pus flowed out.Although this is not fatal, it has unbearable pain.

Moreover, King Sharin's favorite daughter, Princess Shalin, was also infected with the plague.

The civilians are punished, the king can ignore it, but his daughter can’t.To this end, King Sharin almost emptied the treasury, never knowing where to hire a wizard who was proficient in pharmacy, and tried to configure the antidote to treat Princess Sharin.

The wizard had some skill, and it took a week to prepare the medicine.As long as the princess drinks the antidote, it can be cured, and the antidote can also be prepared in large quantities and spread to the lower layer, so as to solve the plague of the entire kingdom of Shalin.

But the problem is that this wizard is too skilled-it is very powerful to configure antidote, and even more powerful to configure poison.

Just before the wizard would drink the antidote for the princess, he accidentally smashed a bottle of failed potion.

The composition of the medicament floats out along the opened window and spreads to the vast area of ​​the sand forest under the influence of the wind.

This time, a monster that was more terrible than the plague itself was released, and the ingredients in the potion had undergone unknown changes in the outside world, causing people who touched them to have sudden eyes and purple death.

In just a few days, tens of thousands of lives of King Shalin were taken away, and the residents of Shalin in other places also died in the following days.

Shalin died in this country, and the area he occupied naturally became a part of the Sika Kingdom. However, few people have dared to move to this "poison land", so the population is very scarce.

The Kingdom of Sika did not look down on a hidden place like Sarin, and left it idle until the war broke out with the Soma Alliance.

The specifics of the war need not be repeated. In short, the result is Sika's arbitrariness.

The former Kingdom of Shalin and a large area nearby were occupied by the Soma Alliance and set as a special station.

The name of this special station was originally called "Warkworth", meaning the northernmost place.But Shalin’s reputation was too loud. Not long after the disaster of national annihilation passed, everyone remembered deeply, so the place was finally named “Shalin”.

Speaking of this, this "sharin" and the other "sharin" are not exactly the same, and the area has expanded by dozens of times.

But then again, even if the area has been expanded dozens of times, because most of the land is barren, lack of precipitation, and the mountains are all over, the transportation is inconvenient, and it is still not a good place-Oscar was right, this land Obviously it has been replaced. It stands to reason that Li Cha should not have received such a bad land due to the merits of the war.

However, Li Cha did not care too much. In his view, the land conditions were indeed worse, but the location was still good: because it was close to the North Wilderness, it was possible to expand outward; the mountainous territory in the territory could effectively prevent foreign attacks, It is a relatively closed and safe development base.

As for how to develop this base, he already has some ideas, and what he has to do now is to personally understand the various aspects of the situation.

These things, he does not like to do very much, after all, it is a bit tedious.But it is also clear that even if you don't like it, you should do it-at least in the early stage, so that you can rest assured to invest in the research.

As for how to deal with later work, he has another way.

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At noon.

Somewhere in Shalin, Richard wandered among them,

After a while, he stopped, looked around, and nodded gently.

As if to be sure, Richard waved his hands and dozens of glass tubes flew out of his sleeves, floating in front of him.

Then the ground in front broke open, and the soil of different depths flew out by itself under the control of extraordinary power, and landed in a glass tube suspended in front of him.

Richard put the glass tube into a wooden stopper, affixed a label, wrote the text, and retracted the space into the iron ring.After doing this, without saying much, I walked deeper into the field and continued to sample.

In this way, after a busy afternoon, Richard traveled through the range of small towns and small cities in Shalin and obtained samples including but not limited to soil, air, surface water, groundwater, crops and other crops.

Among them, they also delved into the old land of the former Shalin Kingdom, and carefully explored and understood whether there were any toxins or other hidden dangers after that disaster.

In this way, until the evening, Richard finally stopped temporarily, appeared in a small town called "Takri", and entered a tavern.

Richard asked for a simple food. While eating, he heard the conversation of various people in the tavern. The conversation was full of bragging and rumors. It was difficult to believe completely, but he could understand some public opinions on the side. .

For example, if the vast majority of people are talking about the story of bards and the styles of popular clothes, it can show that this small day must have been a good one, and the lower people are more satisfied with their current lives.

On the contrary, if the vast majority complain about a difficult life and can’t live on, and are discussing where to get some quick money, then it can be determined that the ruler must not be very bad, and this area will soon be in trouble.

Richard now hears that the three businessmen at the table are spitting and complaining of suffering from the robbery of the bandits.

"Hey, it's really unlucky. I prepared eight carriages last month, and I wanted to make a lot of money. It didn't take long before I was out of town, and I met a band of thieves. In order to save my life, I obediently delivered four carriages. That’s all right, let alone make a fortune, it’s hard not to lose money.”

"Fortunately, ten days ago, all of my five carriages were robbed by the thieves, and even the root hair was not left. Am I still sitting here and drinking with you?"

"Let me say, you should all be glad. A week ago, Old Stutter personally escorted the convoy to do business in the east, and encountered a band of thieves who wanted to be tough. In the end, the goods were not kept, and the head was cut off, that miserable... …"

Richard listened to these quietly until he finished his food.

He got up and took a deep look at the person next to him, then thoughtfully walked out of the door and into the darkness.

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