Time travel game, starting from Kingdom Come: Deliverance

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In the period that followed, Bohemia became a hotbed of conflict, as the Hussite Wars were about to begin.

Mo Jiang was well aware that he could amass a great deal of wealth through modern industry, but without the support of corresponding military force, his wealth would be nothing but castles in the air, and the nobles would inevitably try to seize it by trickery and force.

Not to mention the church, a large part of the cooperation between Mojang and Radji was due to the poor relationship between his monarch, Wenceslas IV, and the church.

Of course, this does not mean that Wenceslaus IV was a qualified monarch. Since taking the throne, he has indulged in wine and women, just like a medieval king. He did not create a wine pool and meat forest not because he did not want to, but because he did not have enough money.

But Mo Jiang had to admit that this kind of monarch, who was addicted to wine and women and spent money extravagantly, was definitely the most suitable person for him to get close to.

With enough sugar and salt, he could get enough political support for many things in Bohemia.

At least for the time being, there is no need to worry about the church pointing fingers at him and saying that this is a trick of the devil, using sugar and salt to tempt people's souls to fall, and so on.

However, this is only temporary. Once the nobles and the church recover, he will likely be placed on their table, with all his business and wealth to be divided among them.

A force controlled by oneself can largely avoid the greedy gaze of nobles and the church.

With the Hussite Wars approaching, Mojang could easily assemble a force and conquer a territory.

Even……

Split the land and become king!

With the support of 21st-century industry, he was absolutely capable of crushing medieval Bohemia industrially and financially.

"That's all?"

Hannah didn't think Mojang was asking for too much; in fact, if what he said was true, providing twenty pounds of sugar and salt a month was hardly a request at all.

For a fleeting moment, Hannah looked at Mo Jiang as if he were looking at an angel descended from heaven.

"Later I might open a shop in Ratchasima, selling all sorts of things, you know, the value of which could be very high."

"So if possible, I hope to recruit about five guards myself to protect the goods."

Hannah didn't immediately agree, but instead asked, "Are all five guards wearing what you're wearing?"

Mo Jiang grinned. "How could that be? I only own one of these outfits."

The armor in the Hanfu Society is not all the same style, but rather represents the development from the Qin to the Qing dynasties, with almost no two pieces of armor being the same.

Moreover, Mo Jiang knew his own physique. If there were really five guys with the same physique as him who could move freely while wearing 50-pound infantry armor, then he wouldn't need to negotiate at all and could just take down Lathai head-on.

"Then I would be very happy to welcome your store to open in Ratái."

In this way, Mojang secured Hannah's support for him in Lathai by providing him with 20 pounds of sugar and salt every month.

After leaving, Mojiang stored all his warhorses in the castle: three of his own spoils of war and one of Radji's warhorses. There were enough grooms in the castle to take care of these horses.

Without stopping, Mo Jiang inquired about the location of the pharmacy along the way and set off in that direction.

Soon, with directions from others, they arrived at the entrance of the pharmacy.

Pushing open the door, there were only two people inside: the shop owner and the pharmacy's guard.

In Ratai, it seems that every respectable shop has a guard, and they all look quite formidable.

This led Mojang to believe that the business environment in Lathai was so harsh that he needed to use force to protect his wealth.

This idea persisted until Mo Jiang discovered that as a player, he could actually become the Rata Thief Master by picking locks, and then he realized that the shopkeeper wasn't guarding against anyone else, but against him, the player.

"Sir Knight, is there anything you need?"

The moment the shopkeeper saw that man, he realized that a very important person had arrived today.

Mo Jiang didn't speak, but looked at the guard beside him, grabbed a handful of Groshin from his satchel, and said, "Let's go to the tavern for a bite and a drink, and come back later."

Clearly, Mo Jiang did not want a third person present during the following conversation.

The Groshen in the satchel was naturally part of the money he had drawn from Hannah for selling sugar and salt, which would be deducted from subsequent payments.

The guard glanced at Groshin in Mo Jiang's hand, then at the shopkeeper. Only after the shopkeeper nodded did he take Groshin and leave.

After they left, they even helped them close the door.

"I want to learn alchemy, will you teach me?"

As he spoke, Mo Jiang placed a bag of Grossing beads and a few glass beads on the table.

He added, "Don't worry, I won't sell any medicines in or around Ratchasima to compete with you for business."

Looking at the Grossing and glass beads on the table, and then at Mo Jiang's smiling yet unquestionable expression, the shop owner nodded, "Please follow me."

The shopkeeper knew he couldn't refuse; anyone who could wear such armor was either a nobleman or a knight, and of very high status.

Refusing the other party would obviously anger such an important person.

As she spoke, she pushed open the small door behind her and led Mo Jiang to the alchemy platform.

It's called an alchemy table, but it's actually more like a medicine-making table. In fact, the alchemy system in Kingdom Come: Deliverance is the skill of creating potions.

The shopkeeper didn't hesitate and started working right in front of the alchemy table.

"Alchemy is about understanding the inner laws."

A deep voice echoed from the room as the shopkeeper began processing the herbs, starting with the simplest calendula remedy.

“Nettles are the earth’s penitent,” the shopkeeper said, putting nettles into water. “Boil their juice and you can strip away the calcium of cognition.”

The shopkeeper then crushed the marigold flowers with a pestle, and the pollen fell into the cooled nettle filament water, whereupon the liquid suddenly began to phosphorescent.

"'All things reveal their true form in the process of transformation,' but the soul of the marigold only awakens in silence."

The shopkeeper placed the calendula potion into the prepared bottle and looked at Mo Jiang seriously, admonishing him, "Remember, the potion is only for cleansing the impurities of the soul. The true Philosopher's Stone is hidden in your brain."

10. Gain mental power to refine Henry-grade Marigold Potion

"You try it once."

As he spoke, the shop owner made way for Mo Jiang, who had only watched once, to refine the potion.

Mo Jiang did not refuse and stood directly in front of the alchemy table. This was his chance to verify whether there were any extraordinary factors involved in the alchemy.

He clearly saw the steps just now, and even recorded the whole process on his phone.

The steps are not many, and the shop owner did not make any extra moves or add any other materials. If you pass it on the first try, the finished product will be no different from the one made by the shop owner.

This means that this alchemy has no extraordinary factors outside of the four wonders of the world, and is merely a medieval herbalism.

However, if the difference is significant, or if the finished product has no effect at all, then Mo Jiang can be certain that this alchemy truly contains extraordinary elements.

This symbolizes that alchemy is a completely unknown field for Mojiang.

First, boil the nettles in water. Then, crush two marigold flowers. After the water from boiling the nettles has cooled, add the crushed marigold flowers and continue boiling. Be careful not to use too high a heat and bring the water to a boil.

It's not a particularly difficult operation; in some ways, even cooking lotus root and pork rib soup at home is more difficult than this.

Using a long spoon, Mo Jiang scooped up the boiled medicine and frowned deeply at his creation. Compared to the calendula potion made by the shop owner, his was just a bottle of ordinary water.

Not only did it lack phosphorescence, but the difference was so great that it was immediately obvious that they were two different things.

The shopkeeper looked at Mo Jiang and suddenly asked, "Have you not yet dispelled the fog in your soul, bathed in the light, and witnessed the three great gates?"

Mo Jiang looked at the shop owner without saying a word. He couldn't understand what the other person was saying at all. It sounded like something from the occult.

He had never studied the mystical, but he could have offered some explanations about the Heart Sutra and the Tao Te Ching.

The shopkeeper covered his face with his hands. "You haven't cleared the fog from your soul, you don't understand what the power of all forces is, and you don't even know what spirituality is... Why did you come to me to learn alchemy?"

Clearly, in the shopkeeper's worldview, knowing these things is essential to learning alchemy.

but……

Why is it that Henry, who is illiterate, can learn alchemy in the game?

Is it simply a game mechanic, or is there some unsolved mystery surrounding the protagonist?

But none of that matters. The most important thing right now is to learn alchemy.

"I want to learn alchemy. Is there any way to make what you've said possible?"

The shop owner was stunned for a moment, wanting to speak but hesitating. He did indeed have a method to teach Mo Jiang alchemy.

but……

Noticing the shop owner's hesitation, Mo Jiang opened his waist bag and took out sugar and salt in a sealed plastic bag, along with a glass bead.

These are the samples prepared by Mojang. He knows that you can't put all your eggs in one basket. In addition to Radji and Hannah, he also has the idea of ​​contacting the church.

Father Goodwin of Uzbekistan might be a good candidate.

However, learning alchemy is far more important now than contacting the church.

Upon seeing the sealed plastic bag containing sugar, salt, and glass beads, the shop owner's hands trembled more severely than those with Parkinson's disease, and his mouth opened wide but he couldn't utter a sound.

"This purity, my God, have you found the Fire of Hephaestus?"

"There's such a material..."

Mo Jiang didn't give the shopkeeper time to be surprised. He placed the items on the table, pointed to them, and said, "Since you've enabled me to learn alchemy, these are yours."

As he spoke, Mo Jiang paused for only a few breaths before reaching out to take the item back.

He knew that only in this way could he force the shop owner to make a decision quickly.

When the shopkeeper saw that Mo Jiang was going to take the items back, he became anxious. Unlike the nobles who valued the profits brought by the sugar and salt, he was surprised by the purity of the sugar and salt.

In alchemy, purity represents many things.

The shop owner immediately grabbed Mo Jiang's hand, "Wait a moment."

He turned and left the alchemy table, and judging from the sounds, he had already gone upstairs.

A short while later, the shop owner returned, covered in dust, and carrying a bottle of medicine.

"Drinking this will dispel the fog in your soul, grant you immense power, and allow you to learn alchemy."

Without hesitation, I uncorked the bottle and drank it straight down. It tasted a bit sweet, and the texture was like sparkling water with added sugar.

After finishing his drink, he looked at the shop owner and asked, "Is that all?"

The shopkeeper pushed Mo Jiang next to the alchemy table, "Now start making the marigold potion, keep making it, don't stop."

Mo Jiang picked up the materials and began to refine the calendula potion. First, he boiled nettles in water, then crushed the calendula flowers. After the nettle water cooled, he added the calendula fragments and then boiled the water again.

During the second production, the finished product already showed what appeared to be phosphorescence.

On the fifth time, Mo Jiang seemed to enter a certain state, his body began to move spontaneously, and his five senses seemed to be obscured by something.

Sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste were all obscured by a thick fog.

He didn't know how much time had passed—perhaps a year, perhaps a second—when a gentle breeze dispersed the mist, and it felt as if something had been cleaved open in Mo Jiang's mind, causing him to shudder.

At that very moment, the ninth bottle of calendula potion was completed. The liquid emitted a phosphorescent glow and a faint life force.

At the same time, Mo Jiang also felt as if something had appeared inside his body.

The feeling was very strange, as if a sixth finger had suddenly grown out of one of the hands.

It is very weak and difficult to control.

But that thing truly exists; it is a power that resides within the brain.

This is what the shop owner meant by "the power of all forces," or perhaps it should be called "spiritual power."

Mo Jiang did not stop, continuing to refine the marigold potion for the tenth time. As long as he concentrated, Mo Jiang felt the passage of time begin to slow down.

No, it's because his mental strength improved his thinking speed.

Through his mental power, Mo Jiang sensed which nettle in his hand was more active and what water temperature would release the medicinal properties to the maximum extent. While boiling the nettle, he crushed the calendula flowers, added the calendula fragments, and then removed the pot from the heat and bottled it directly.

In Mo Jiang's eyes, a blooming marigold appeared on the bottle of the potion.

This is not your average calendula medicine.

It's a Henry-grade Calendula Potion!

The highest-level potion in the game.

The shop owner also saw Mo Jiang's work and stared blankly at this nobleman of unknown origin. "Is this really your first time learning alchemy?"

He was beginning to suspect that the nobleman was making fun of him. No apprentice could fully unleash the potion's properties and reveal its true form on their first attempt at alchemy.

Mo Jiang looked at the medicine in his hand, but did not intend to answer.

This was indeed his first time practicing alchemy, but he still remembered some of the chemical formulas.