Mystery: The Witch and the Calamity

The "lucky guy" who called himself Robinson left without disturbing the guards outside.

The remaining "spoon"-like pointer was placed together with the compass, and it fit perfectly. Joyce fiddled with it for a long time, and then carefully hid it to prevent the opponent from scoring twice.

The two agreed on next Monday. The other party also directly confessed the reason why they needed a few days to buffer, saying that they needed to make some preparations in advance.

Monster way, know a lot of mystic knowledge, can't be a member of "Life School"?

Hehe, there is a high probability that he will regard me as a member of the "Witch Sect"... Joyce guessed amusedly.

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The sun rises slowly in the morning, and the dazzling sunlight lifts the veil-like mist.

On Friday, Joyce received a dinner invitation from Charlie.

This surprised him quite a bit. After all, with Charlie's character, if he really needed something urgent, he would visit him directly, and if it was just for entertainment, the address on the invitation was wrong...

This is not the residence of Charlie, but the residence of his father, former Rear Admiral and current Rorsted senior government official, Mr. Planck.

With doubts, Joyce was invited to go.

As soon as he entered the gate, Charlie took the initiative to greet him and gave him a warm hug.

"Why didn't I see other guests, did I come too early?" Joyce asked with a smile.

Charlie pulled him into the hall, explaining as he walked:

"Today is a family banquet, and you are the only one invited."

"Also, the person who wants to invite you is not me, but my father, but he has some urgent business needs to deal with, so he let me go out to greet you."

Mr. Plank, we don't have much contact with each other, why did he specially invite me...Joyce paused briefly in mid-air with his raised right foot, and then stepped into the spacious and bright hall with a calm demeanor.

After sitting down, Charlie couldn't hide his joy on his face, and he said briskly:

"I didn't expect you to do such a big thing, you really deserve to be my brother!"

Is there any necessary connection between the two... Joyce asked amusedly, "What did I do that surprised you so much?"

"Of course it's Major General Bright!"

Charlie whispered, then moved closer, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"You are really happy to do this."

Joyce glanced at him, not surprised that Charlie knew the inside story:

"Mr. Plank is still cultivating your ability to handle official duties?"

"Well, that's right."

Charlie gave an affirmative answer, but instead of the depressed mood before, he had a kind of calmness that he was used to.

Leaning on the back of his comfortable chair, he said with emotion: "I find it interesting to deal with official duties. I can learn many unknown secrets, but it feels uncomfortable to keep these secrets."

Apart from his own family, Charlie is one of the only two friends he has after time travel... Seeing him make the changes now, I feel as relieved as if the "dog roommate" in his previous life found a girlfriend...

Joyce said sincerely: "When you have half of Mr. Plank's energy-raising skills, he will be completely relieved of you."

"well said."

A steady voice came from behind, and Mr. Plank, dressed in casual clothes, walked up to the two and said to Charlie:

"Whenever you can become Baron Best, I will be satisfied."

Afterwards, he turned his gaze to Joyce and praised, "Good job."

"You are too much, Mr. Plank." Joyce hurriedly said modestly... suddenly felt that he was "someone else's child".

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The atmosphere at the dinner table was quite relaxed and active. Planck was like a gentle elder, and he was very kind to Joyce, which was quite different from the ordinary life.

After clinking glasses, whether it was unintentional or intentional, he suddenly mentioned the situation in Loen's country.

"Since His Majesty the King allowed commoners to obtain titles by donating gold pounds, although the kingdom's economy has improved, Backlund has also had many new nobles."

"With the growing power of this force, they began to put forward their own demands, and even demanded to be qualified as permanent members of the nobles in the House of Lords...the troubles have been particularly fierce recently!"

What does this have to do with me? Although my baron status has not been obtained for a short time, I am not envious of my status as a member of parliament... Joyce sneered, noticing Mr. Plank's scrutiny, and then pretending After thinking for a while, he commented:

"Most of these people who can obtain noble titles with gold pounds are the top businessmen in the kingdom. They have a lot of wealth and capital in their hands. Now that they have improved their social status, they will definitely pursue higher-level interests. This is Human profit-seeking is unavoidable."

"As far as I know, many aristocratic families that have been passed down from generation to generation have been gradually declining, and there is even only one title left..."

Joyce has a right to say this, because the Best family he belongs to is one of the representatives.

"When the ancient nobles become weak, those wealthy new classes that can really influence the situation will naturally come forward, use the money and interests in their hands to divide, corrupt the original noble class, and achieve their own demands. "

If Joyce was really allowed to govern a country, he would most likely perish, but if he talked about his rhetorical skills, he could talk about it all day... After all, the Capitalism and Philosophy lectures he had read were not enough. vividly.

He pulled out a lot of plausible theories and evidence, and finally came to a conclusion:

"Their demands may be met, but these newly promoted nobles who rely on money to obtain titles will never be able to pay attention to the glory of real nobles."

As a traditional aristocrat, Plank was very satisfied when he heard the last sentence, and he looked at Joyce with appreciation.

"You are right. The status of a nobleman cannot be measured by money. The glory above our heads comes from our ancestors, through wars and struggles... It is not something that speculators can compare with hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of gold pounds." of!"

Hearing this calm and powerful announcement, Joyce was excited on the surface, but in fact he complained in his heart: If you give me a million pounds, I don’t care if I don’t want to be a baron. Anyway, it’s becoming less and less valuable...

After expressing his dissatisfaction with the domestic situation, Planck regained his composure and continued to narrate:

"However, you are right in guessing one thing. The House of Lords' opposition to these businessmen's demands is slowly weakening. I believe that His Majesty the King will approve this unreasonable request in a short time."

This is exactly in line with the expectations of George III, abandoning the original rules and building a new order... This is the general trend of history, and there is no way to avoid it.

Thinking of this, Joyce suddenly felt a passion to open up the world and dare to change the sun and the moon into a new sky. This is probably the instinct of the people in the big food empire who learned the "dragon slaying technique" since childhood... However, there are gods and gods in this world, He quickly put away his whimsical thoughts.