Chapter 117: Ruins

  Mo Yan has never studied economics professionally, the only economic knowledge he understands was learned when he was a student, in order to chase after a girl, and went to listen to that bald old man's nagging. It's just like this time's Thundercliff Gold Coin speculation, until ten million Thundercliff Gold Coins were exchanged, he realized something was wrong and started to deal with it.

  Moreover, the result of the deal was not ideal either. Although Thunder Cliff did not lose money and even made a lot of profit. However, if professionals were to handle it, the outcome would be more perfect. Because Thunder Cliff can intervene in Elan's black market and use Thunder Cliff gold coins to exchange for a large amount of Salte gold coins.

  In that case, there is no need to go through the trouble of buying goods and earning a small profit margin. The way to make a fortune without capital is even more profitable. As a result, Mo Yan realized the limitations of his knowledge, and it was precisely because of this that Mo Yan made a decision, which was to gather the bankrupt businessmen in Leifeng Village to form an economic research association.

  The work of the Economic Research Association is simple, yet it's also very difficult. It's about exploring what we call economics. Although these businessmen failed and went bankrupt due to various reasons in this event, on the other hand, they have gained valuable experience from their failures. Years of doing business made them understand more clearly than Mo Yan how Elan commerce operates and are more skilled in the path of commerce.

  Of course, being able to concentrate on studying economics doesn't mean they have no worries about food and clothing. If these merchants accept Mo Yan's invitation, they will need to contribute their talents and at least produce some results for Mo Yan to see. In ordinary times, they also need to teach students in the school of Leiting Cliff about business experience or be sent by Mo Yan to Malo or Carthage to sell and buy goods, otherwise they can only continue to wander the streets.

  Speaking of the schools established in Thunder Bluff, it's necessary to talk about the education in Thunder Bluff. As a person from Azeroth, Mo Yan understands the importance of education. Moreover, the Tauren who keep migrating to Thunder Bluff for gold mining, or the Dwarves who come from underground cities to the surface, all bring their children with them, more or less.

  These underage children need someone to take care of them when their parents are at work and teach them some knowledge. After Mo Yan started introducing immigrants, he set up free schools in three stages as one of the urban welfare measures open to citizens.

  Because the Sart people are generally more mature, in their concept, 15 or 16 years old is considered an adult and can get married. Therefore, the school system on Thunder Cliff is different from that of Earth, with only three stages: primary school, middle school, and vocational school. There are five primary schools on Thunder Cliff, which face children aged 7 to 10, and hire Sart and Dwarf teachers.

  There are four middle schools in Thunder Bluff, catering to children aged 10-13. The vocational school is the most important facility in Thunder Bluff, with a large area allocated near the White Palace in the inner city district. Some patient and linguistically skilled craftsmen are specially selected to teach these 14-year-old young people, taking two to three years to master a skill.

  After these young people graduate, the Thunder Cliff will issue different levels of vocational certificates to them based on their learning skills assessment. High-level talents will be directly recruited with high salaries, while others need to go to factories in the city for interviews and be selected by the person in charge of each workshop.

  Such a perfect learning system has been unanimously praised by the Salters and the Grey Dwarves. In the past, the Salters and the Grey Dwarves could only let their wives take care of their children at home, and after they grew up, they could only be sent to workshops as apprentices to learn skills. Now, the school in Thunder Cliff has solved this problem, not only can women have more time to handle household chores, but also can rest assured about how their children will make a living in the future.

  "Is it late already?" Mo Yan stood up and stretched his body after finishing the last document in the office where he had been sitting all day. The magic pendant lamp on the dome of the office, sensing the dimming light, had long since lit itself to illuminate the entire room.

  Originally, the things at Thunder Cliff didn't take much time to handle, but apparently on the night Serina came, Mo Yan had a bit too much fun. It wasn't until the third day's morning that Mo Yan walked out of his bedroom and started dealing with the compressed files.

  The woman with her head and body separated may be eerie, but the same structure also makes the gameplay more diverse. As a demon, Selena can be said to be completely obedient to Mo Yan, and for some of Mo Yan's shameless requests, Selena also unhesitatingly does them all.

  This made Selena's jaw dislocate to accommodate something too big for her mouth. Her skull was placed on the back of her own prone body, watching as her body was penetrated by some thick things and trying out various bizarre poses. And what made Mo Yan curious was that the skull was not connected to the body at all.

  However, after going deeper into it, his own throat did not come out from the neck, but normally entered the esophagus. This made Mo Yan very puzzled, and after experimenting dozens of times in one day and two nights, Mo Yan finally came to the conclusion that the black smoke emerging from Serena's neck and connecting with her head was not just simple smoke.

  For the demon, Mo Yan didn't have any resistance, he who completely lacked a sense of shame, as long as it was a creature that conformed to his aesthetic views, no matter what it was, it was acceptable. And the headless knight was just slightly strange because she didn't have a head, but overall she still looked like a woman.

  For Selena's arrangement, Mo Yan decided to let her lead two Thundercliff legions. As a high-ranking demon, Selena had rare high intelligence and knowledge, and even knew some special magic. The horse she rode to Thundercliff was summoned using the unique summoning ability of the headless knight, and was summoned from an unknown space.

  Moreover, the Headless Rider can adapt to armor that is three times larger than her body. When she wears the armor, her pale body will emit a burst of black smoke that fills the armor, allowing the Headless Rider to grasp and control the massive armor as if it were her own body. This is also why Selena can support armor that is 1.9 meters tall with her 1.7-meter-tall body.

  For that set originally belonged to Lucy, there was a nearly two-meter-tall God's Chosen Warrior armor and weapon. Mo Yan thought for a moment and decided to re-melt it, recasting an outer shape to give to Selena. Although Mo Yan and the Black Dragon had killed the God's Chosen Warriors in Eran, it wasn't a secret, but those God's Chosen Warriors' equipment was unaccounted for.

  If Selena wore the armor of the Divine Warrior directly, it would almost be telling everyone. At first, Mo Yan said that he was unaware of the direction of the equipment, which was a huge lie to blacken the equipment. And to be honest, the aesthetic point of view of the Divine Warrior is not very good either, except for some unique patterns, there is hardly anything worth taking, and the simple decorative patterns are not very beautiful either.

  Although Mo Yan is also a pragmatist, under permissible conditions, it is still possible to add some decorations. The armor worn by Serena, who has now gone to the wilderness training camp, was personally designed by Mo Yan. Not only is it beautiful and can show off Serena's figure, but it is also not inferior in practicality.

  "I'm going... and again." Mo Yan looked at Lili and pushed the door to come in, complaining with a bitter face: "Didn't you say that the last batch of documents was the last one that needed to be processed? I was thinking of going to eat and taking a good rest. I feel like I've processed all the documents for my entire life today."

  "If it weren't for some lecherous master playing in his bedroom for so long, how could he have squeezed out so many documents." Liriel, who hadn't pulled down a moment ago and had participated in yesterday's activity, gave Mo Yan a flirtatious glance and said: "News came from Iron Furnace Fortress that our mine tunnel has been connected to a strange ruin. According to the preliminary exploration of the dwarves, the age of that ruin is unbelievably ancient."

  "An ancient ruin?" Mo Yan rubbed his chin and said in a puzzled tone, "But wasn't it said that Eran doesn't have any so-called ancient ruins? Otherwise, there wouldn't be no mages coming here. How could they suddenly dig one up? Well... whatever the case, it's a good thing. Having a ruin means having ancient wisdom or artifacts, Riesz should be very interested. And in the future, we can even develop it into tourism and whatnot, should be able to make quite a bit of money."

  "It's not that simple, master." Lirien shook her head and said: "The report from the Gray Dwarves mentioned that since they excavated that ruin, those gnomes and kobolds who were sent to mine there have become very strange. They've already killed hundreds of crazed gnomes."

  "Is that so?" Mo Yan's face turned solemn: "Then I'll have to go take a look myself, the power that can drive demons crazy is not ordinary after all."

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  No shame, no bottom line (Oh, it seems like a nice rhyme)

  Although it won't be depicted, there's no lack of it from the side...