Chapter 437 Family
As the capital of the kingdom, Langtao City is not close to the coastline.
But Langtao City is actually a coastal city. It enters the sea through Songnfjord. At the exit of the fjord, it is a military city - Orfs Fortress.
In fact, the real name of Langtao City is called Oslo City. It is just because every year when the tide is flooding, the sea water flows back through the Songnfjord, and the waves that surge up are as high as several floors, so it is called Langtao City. Gradually, the original name is less, especially after a major event, even the official name begins to call Langtao City.
Orfsburg firmly guarded the estuary of the fjord. After the fortress was built, no enemy ship had ever broken through Orfsburg.
Jiayi and the others soon entered the city and were then arranged to enter the palace to settle down.
They didn't even leave the carriage along the way, and they didn't see the city gate. Until they entered the palace, Jiayi and the others could not see Machi. After asking the guards, they realized that they had already gone to see the king.
The royal palace in Langtao City is very luxurious. Jiayi and the others live in a palace where guests are hosted. The lamb fermented carpets are casually laid inside, the curtains are made of fine linens, and there are many oil paintings hanging on the corridor. Although Jiayi didn't know him very well, he knew a few of them, which were made by more famous painters, and at least they had to be dozens of gold coins.
All the furniture is made of beech and walnut, with exquisite patterns carved on it, very elf-style, and the tableware is made of silver. Jiayi even found a set of porcelain for decoration. It took such a long time in this world that this was the first time Jiayi saw porcelain.
Because of maritime trade, the kingdom's military strength is not as good as that of several major empires, but the royal family is so rich that other countries are envious and jealous.
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Maggie followed Mercedes and soon arrived at the door of the palace study. The time for receiving the ministers was passed, and King Ivan III Warier was in the study.
Mercedes stayed outside the door, and Macchi walked into the study alone. Ivan behind the desk was reading a book. The study had huge glass inlaid with windows. The light inside was very abundant and seemed a bit colorful.
Because of the process, the glass will inevitably have some colors at this time, and colorless and transparent glass is rare.
Maggie bent down to salute his uncle, and Ivan III stood up and said to her, "Get up, don't be too polite, how are you doing in the academy?"
As he said that, he reached out to the chair next to her and asked her to sit down.
After sitting down, Macchi whispered: "It's pretty good. The professors and classmates of the college are both good. I also co-authored a book with my friends to introduce the college's plants and how to eat them."
As he said that, Maggie couldn't help but smile. The book "Academic Plant Classification" was not a cooking teaching, but the most written in it was whether it could be eaten and how to eat it.
Ivan nodded slightly when he saw Machi and said warmly: "It's good if you think it's good. Have you brought this book back to show me?"
Maggie took out his small bag, took out a book from it, and handed it to Ivan: "It's this book, which we wrote casually at that time, and was used as textbooks for our college. However, our professor also wrote one, which was much better than ours. When the professor's book was published, we would replace our textbooks as textbooks. Our books were only for apprentices, because they were all plants in the college and could be referenced in real terms during teaching."
The book that Maggie took out is parchment paper, which is already very heavy compared to ordinary books, but it is still much thinner than Gwen's new book, even if the other party uses paper to print.
Ivan looked through a few pages, then turned to the cover with the author's signature on it. He looked carefully and found the name of his niece on it. The name was not far behind, in the second row.
Not all book author names are arranged according to contributions, but if divided, then each row almost represents the amount of contributions.
"This book looks good, so stay here. I'll have someone copy some of it later and release it within the Kingdom."
Ivan has no research on botany books, but it should be very good to be listed as a textbook by the academy. Moreover, this was compiled by His Royal Highness Princess, and it should be popularized.
This shows that the eldest princess of the kingdom has a very promising future in magic.
"You can tell me any questions you have in the college. I heard that you have run a workshop on the college. If you have any questions, I will give you support when you write a letter. I will allocate some funds first, and you can watch it yourself. Learning magic is inseparable from the support of money."
Markey looked at his uncle. He actually treated Markey well. He did not treat Markey badly, whether it was acting or being sincere. He seemed to be unprepared for Markey, and he did not ask to take away the package on Markey.
He did not induce Maqi to become a rude princess who was ignorant and ignorant. He actually paid close attention to Maqi's education, and his treatment was almost the highest standard.
It was only when Machi's father Ivan's elder brother Ian II died, Machi was still young, so Ivan inherited the throne.
Only at one point, when Machi said she wanted to learn magic, Ivan did not advise at all, but just asked, "Confirm code?" After receiving Machi's affirmative answer, he immediately found a court worship wizard to teach Machi's magic.
Moreover, Ivan's support can be said to be spared no effort in magic learning, so Machi became a formal mage at a age of a little older than Kaji.
Jiayi is also cheating anyway.
It is also because of this that Mercedes had a great opinion about Ivan, believing that Ivan did it on purpose and made Machi lose his inheritance. Otherwise, because Ivan inherited the throne from Ian, the first pick in the next king must be Machi.
Now, Maggie has no chance.
However, just letting Machi learn magic is a very gentle method, and Ivan never concealed this. He just wanted Machi to concentrate on magic.
While Mercedes was resentful, he also thanked the other party for allowing Mackey to have a relatively peaceful life.
Maggie herself actually understood this, but she did not resist becoming a mage. Ian II's death had nothing to do with Ivan. In addition, Ivan treated her well, and there was no deep hatred between the two, so Maggie also deliberately took a step back.
She herself has no ambitions and has found fun in magic learning. As long as she has enough financial resources to support her in learning magic, she has no objection.
If she really has the opportunity to become a purple robed mage, she can be regarded as the supreme emperor of the Suthern Kingdom, and is much more glorious than the throne. Although this is actually more difficult, it is like a loser dreaming of becoming the richest man.
Both of them intentionally maintain their relationships to avoid breaking the balance.
"There is no problem with the college. I have a good cooperative relationship with the professors of the college. They will not deceive their students." To be precise, it is because Maggie is not worth cheating on the college. "I run a paper mill on the college. Have you ever heard of newspapers?"
Seeing Ivan nodding, Maggie talked about the relationship between the newspaper and himself, and introduced his paper mill at the academy.
The person in charge of North Water City was sent by Mercedes, and the confidentiality was very strict, so although Ivan knew that Macchi had bought an industry at the academy, he was not very clear about what it was.
It was not until now that he realized that it was a paper mill and the relationship between the paper mill and the newspaper.
Machi said to Ivan: "Uncle, if you want to print books, you can go to the college. Jiayi, who came with me, invented a printing press, which relies on magic lighter. The output of paper will come back slowly. Using paper to print is much cheaper than parchment."
Markey introduced paper and printing press to his uncle, and said that these things were a bit like selling them to him.
"Since you said it's OK, then you must be wrong. I will ask the attendant to take a look. If the printing cost is really low, then I will ask them to prepare to build a national printing library, which is specially used to print books."
Ivan wanted to announce to everyone that Machi has learned a lot of magic. The more Machi has achieved magic, the happier Ivan feels, so he spared no effort in supporting Machi.
Chapter completed!