Ming Dynasty, New Rome, and Infinite Divine Machine

"Eh? Is this troublesome? How long do you think it will take, Professor?"

"Even your plain ones take a month, and the princess ones take two months in advance. This 80-meter-tall giant needs to work overtime for two weeks to get it done. How can it be possible that I can get it done for you that afternoon when you ask me for it at noon?"

"Oh, this is easy. Too easy. Wait a minute."

Shangluo reached into his arms and took out a golden ballpoint pen.

[Ding ding ding, automatic brush! ]

"Please teach me how to draw with this."

"This is?"

"This is a paintbrush that can make your dreams come true. Just hold this pen and it will draw exactly what you want to draw."

[It consumes 5 energy per hour. Doudou, who specializes in art, is very expensive, much more expensive than Gao Shiyu's artificial eye. The artificial eye is to copy something that exists, while this Doudou is to draw something that does not exist. ]

Elder Wen next to him understood it at a glance - but Professor Wu had never used it before.

He glanced at Lord Wen, and confirmed from his eyes that "he was not being teased", before taking the pen from Shangluo.

But once he got the hang of it, he felt relieved. After what happened today, he felt that although this thing sounded outrageous, it might be even more outrageous if he used it improperly.

Chapter 901 Empowerment

Picking up the pen, he directly took out the notebook he carried with him and turned to a blank page.

Without thinking too much, he began to write - his hand moved at an unimaginable speed, and the lines on the paper became denser at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than 10 seconds, a page of the notebook was filled up.

He spread the notebook on the table and put the pen aside:

"Amazing!" Professor Wu leaned back. "I feel like I won't be able to leave this pen anymore. Take a look at it."

Elder Wen took it first and looked at it, then handed it to Shangluo.

It was a small village. In the mountains of Huizhou, villages with white walls and black tiles were arranged like a black and white chessboard. The bridge was reflected in the water, and willow catkins floated in the wind.

"This is?"

"My home. To be more precise, it's my childhood home. It's a long time ago changed, and this angle is something I've never seen before. I tried to conceive this shape, and I drew as fast as I thought. It's like this pen reflects the image in my mind."

"So it's not an automatic drawing?" asked Wen Ge Lao who was standing beside him. He thought that this pen could draw pictures by itself as long as he gave it a request.

"No. This brush will never draw anything beyond the level of the person holding it. Because Tianyi Guiren only empowers and strengthens people, but never replaces them. It was like this in the past and it will remain so in the future. The Tianyi Guiren in this brush only saves you time in painting, but cannot replace you in painting. If it were me, I would paint what I want to paint."

“Can this pen be used for coloring?”

"That's not possible," Shangluo replied, "Tian Yi Guiren cannot change objective reality. But I can give you a few more pens of different colors."

"No problem. I can mark the color numbers. Because tailoring uses fixed fabrics and colors, the colors are already in my mind. If I have this pen and a cup of tea, I can really finish all the manuscripts in an afternoon. If it's convenient, I'll start now."

Elder Wen called out, "Wen Yuan! Come in, find a quiet lounge for Professor Wu, and make him a cup of tea!"

"Hey!" Wen Yuan, who was standing at the door, came in immediately and asked Professor Wu to leave under the instructions of his grandfather.

"So, this is really possible?" Although the project has already begun, Elder Wen still finds it hard to believe. "I didn't expect that a job that would take a month or even several months to complete could be completed so quickly. It's like editing reality at will."

"It's just a little magic. But there is a problem. When making clothes later, the materials can't just appear out of thin air. They need to be provided by the court."

"That's easy. I said before that I'll give you as much as you want, and that's not empty talk. If you want to make armor for the general, you can get as much cloth and metal as you want. So, what do you want specifically?"

"Maybe we have to wait for the design. But we might need a lot of fabric and a lot of metal. After all, it's as big as a building."

"Then shall I send you some steel coils?"

“Ah, this is the most troublesome part.”

[Talk to the elders. It has to be a size that can be operated by human hands. It is better to be smaller. The steel coil is too big and it is impossible to operate it.]

Shangluo conveyed Apollonia's words.

"So what size is it?"

"It has to be something that a fitter can work on. It has to be able to fit on a fitter's bench. The same goes for the cloth, none of it can be too big, it has to be a size that can be worked by humans. Because the helpers I hired aren't very strong."

"Wait a moment." Elder Wen stood up, walked to the red phone on Zhu Xianxin's desk and picked up the receiver.

After 15 minutes, he hung up the phone.

"I brought over the goods that were given as gifts in this year's tribute trade. Cloth and iron pots."

【Iron pot?】

"Iron pot?" Shangluo was also stunned.

"Yes, iron pots. Iron pots are a very important item in the tribute trade. They were sold to Mongolia in the past, and now other places also need them. This is an example that has been set since ancient times. Because in most places in the world, even if you buy ready-made metal ingots, they have no way to process them. So since the opening of the border in Longqing, we have been exporting them in the form of iron pots - iron pots, even the steel coils of the past, are the same thing. You can use the iron pots you buy to cook and stew directly, or you can disassemble them and process them into plows and the like."

“Is it still for sale?”

"This is a rule - and many places really cannot accept steel coils, but only iron pots. You just said that it must be something that can be processed by manpower, right? Then iron pots can be used. I will open the treasury to give you iron pots and cloth. Is that enough?"

"That's great! As long as there's enough material, we can finish it tomorrow morning!"

Although he knew that time would pass quickly, Elder Wen did not expect it to be so fast - this was different from drawing with a pen just now.

Although the drawing just now was very good, it was only on paper after all. But now it is time to start "editing" in reality.

"What are you going to do?"

"Wait a moment, the person I'm calling will be here soon."

Taiye Lake, Xiaohong stands next to Shangluo.

"I say, next time can you guys go to a different place and stop using my house as a portal."

"I will definitely do it next time. I will definitely do it next time. The main reason is that there are no other places with such convenient waters."

"What time is it?" Xiaohong glanced at her watch. It was the latest quartz mechanical watch that she bought when she went shopping yesterday.

"almost there--"

Before he finished speaking, the periscope of the phlogiston submarine had already appeared on the water surface. After circling around and seeing Shangluo, the entire ship immediately began to drain water and float up.

"Your Majesty, the King of Rome! The elf craftsman you requested has been brought here. Please check it!"

The submarine came quickly and left quickly. Shangluo didn't recognize the crew of this ship because they were sent directly by Victoria to deliver the goods. They left after delivering the goods.

All the delivered goods were placed beside the Taiye Lake - a row of small red brick houses, like a sand table for a real estate sales office. Each small door could only open half a person's height, so if there were people inside, only dwarfs could live there.

"What is this?" Xiao Hong touched her head, "What weird Roman thing?"

[The Elf Blacksmith. To be more precise, the Winter Elf.] Apollonia said to her. The area near Taiye Lake was considered to be Xiaohong's home, and Apollonia also explained it to her.

"How do you use this thing?"

[It's not that you have to pay for it. But Victoria has paid for our work, so we can use it directly now.] She also said to Shangluo, [Victoria also said that these elf blacksmiths stayed. But there is a problem - they need to work in a place where they can't be seen. In other words, if you work on Talos, you have to find something to cover Talos completely.]

"You need to hide for a while, right? Come to think of it, I think I know who can do this - oh, I remember now."

Shangluo made a call:

"Senior Fu! Can you please come back for a moment! Yes, please come back and help me. Yes, please use your magic to deal with yourself. Can you perform the optical concealment again?"

Chapter 902 Spell

"You really don't treat me as an outsider. You clearly wanted to use your magic weapon against me, but you actually asked me to come back and help."

Less than half an hour after the call, Fu Yuanshan came back, even faster than taking the subway from a few stops away.

According to the intelligence, he had just knocked down an entire fleet of interceptors, pulled out all the pilots one by one along with their ejection seats, opened their parachutes manually, and then used the wind control technique to accurately control the landing points of all the pilots in the same place, allowing them to wait for rescue on the spot after landing.

As for the planes without pilots, they were blown away by him like paper airplanes.

Compared with the damage to the entire national defense system, the value of those planes themselves was just a drop in the bucket. Now the entire Northern Army was in chaos, and the "culprit" of all this stood in front of Shangluo as if nothing had happened, without even taking a breath.

To him, everything that happened before was as easy as going out for a walk and eating a roast duck.

"The Southern Army hasn't made any moves yet. But the Northern Army is almost ready to go out in full force." Shang Luo looked at him, "So, is it really okay for you to come back?"

"Did I tell you that I used to be a member of the Northern Army?"

"Huh? Aren't you from Fujian? I remember."

"Then you see, the Tianjin Guards are from the north, and they are also in the Southern Army. Where you are deployed depends mainly on which unit you are in, and has nothing to do with where you are from. No matter where you are from, it is an honor to be able to guard the Great Wall. The Royal Army is not a bandit army of the Song Dynasty. The Royal Army is from a good family."

"That's true. You are quite cruel to your own people."

"Rather, I want to teach you a lesson precisely because you are one of us. It is better to sweat on the training ground than to bleed on the battlefield - of course, losing face is real. I can't help it, face is earned by oneself, not given by others."

"Then you come to help me, aren't you afraid of losing face?"

"Ha! For those of us who practice the Way of Blessing, face is the least important. How important is face as good fortune? As long as I have good fortune, I will take a sip even from a rocket nozzle - but Shangluo, I am serious. I am fighting with you not for my own face, but for you to gain a foothold in front of the court.

"The more ruthlessly I punish the imperial court, the more honor you will gain if you defeat me later."

“What if I lose?”

“Hey~” He smiled, “I said, as long as I am blessed, I will take a sip even if it is a rocket nozzle. If you lose, your blessing will be sucked by me.”

"Does your Fuyuan Dao still have a way of forcibly taking away other people's luck?"

"I am cultivating the Way of Blessings and Fate, not the Good Fortune Boy - I have not become a monk. If I have the chance, I will certainly cultivate myself. So, if you don't want your luck to be taken away by me, you should work harder."

"It's doubly terrifying when such horrific words come out of your mouth."

"I also think it's pretty scary that you asked me to come over and 'beat myself'. You can do something like this."

"Isn't this trusting your character, Senior Fu?"

"Me too. I also trust your strength, Lord Shang Tianjun."

"I find both of you terrifying! Have you reached this point in your discussion of the Dao? Do worldly fame, fortune, and status no longer concern you?"

"This is the margin of immortality." Phaethon replied, "These two are both celestial beings. If nothing goes wrong, they can live forever without dying - although this is an exaggeration, but living until they are bored will definitely be no problem. As long as their Taoism hearts are not broken, a short-term defeat will not be a big deal for them."

"But I still have to fight for it." Shangluo added, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought out all the magic weapons I could. To some extent, this is also the first time I compete with an opponent of equal strength."

"You've fought opponents who are much stronger than him."

"It's different." Shang Luo replied, "When I fight an opponent stronger than me, I can use any means. But this is not a fight, it's a game of chess. I have to subdue him in an upright manner - because the court can also use abnormal means. I must do what the court cannot do."

"That's right. So, you really have to make a bigger noise to let everyone know of your presence. However, Mr. Shangluo, what you are doing now is actually very consistent with the logic of the Roman emperor's actions."

"Roman Emperor? Why?"

"There are two principles of Roman governance: bread and circuses. In short, it means satisfying those who are important to you, both materially and spiritually. Bread aside, you are putting on a big circus for everyone."

"You mean the Colosseum in Rome? How could a Roman emperor go to the Colosseum himself?"

"Yes, Nero participated in the Olympics himself, and the effect was very good. As for the Colosseum, it is rumored that he also participated in it himself. As an emperor, your personal participation in the arena to demonstrate martial virtues can say a lot. Of course, if you can create a more magnificent spectacle and leave unforgettable memories for everyone, it would be even better. Roman emperors like to hold festivals in their own names and provide grand festivals for all citizens. You can do the same."

"Well, I don't mind showing off my skills to everyone. But it's not to learn 'Bread and Circuses'. We have our own way. But it's always right to make things more lively. Otherwise, I wouldn't have called Fu Yuanshan here."

After a brief exchange of technical details, Fu Yuanshan finally confirmed with Shangluo:

"Are you sure you want me to help you reproduce the miracle of 'Giant Kua'e'? If you really do this, it will certainly heat up the atmosphere to the peak. But if you lose, there will be no turning back."

"Don't worry, don't worry."

"Okay, as you wish. In order to live up to your arrangement, I will really take it seriously."

He looked at the photos provided by Shangluo and recalled the height of Taros he had seen.

"So your request is to completely cover Talos in it so that the elf craftsmen you hired can quickly put clothes on Talos, right?"

"Is there any way?"

"You have indeed found the right person, but the method is different from before. The previous abilities to distort light were just trifles. They were not magic at all, but just a little trick. If you really want to cover up such a big thing, then I will show you my skills."

"Do you want me to prepare anything?"

"I'll just tell all the citizens not to panic - I'm going to start spinning clouds. When I spin the clouds, it may temporarily cover the sky, so please turn on the street lights first to avoid traffic accidents."

Chapter 903: First in the World