Alien Knights

In the next month, Todd completely forgot about the rest, and devoted himself to the role of the king.

The cathedral, the knight order, the exchange, the port, the city hall... His footprints are almost in every corner of Muxi City.

Emerson and Huggins had persuaded him more than once, hoping that the king could rest for a while so as not to exhaust himself, but Todd always declined similar kindness.

During this period, Todd's most notable move was the canonization of a large number of honorary knights.

Originally, the title of knight specifically refers to the lowest-ranking noble under the command of the lord. But in Muxi City, Todd simplifies the meaning of the title of knight. Wise scholars, dexterous craftsmen, outstanding businessmen, and honest civil servants can all obtain the title of honorary knight from the king as long as they confirm that someone has made contributions to Muxi City and passes the loyalty test.

It's just that this kind of honorary title has no land or salary, and it only affirms the outstanding contribution and lofty status of the recipient in the Muxi Kingdom. The only thing that is useful is the right to propose a joint proposal to the cabinet, requiring cabinet members to review the proposal and give public opinions.

Even so, the citizens of the entire Muxi City are still eager for the title of honorary knight, and everyone wants to get this honor by trying their best and squeezing their heads. There are mostly two types of people here. One kind of people hope to obtain titles and show their identities; the other kind of people smell the deep meaning hidden in it.

As a result, after Todd proposed the king's decree of honorary knights, almost 5,000 people applied. After a layer-by-layer review, the king awarded 500 of them the title of honorary knights.

Before the official knight conferring ceremony, Emerson found Todd, worried that conferring so many knights at once would be detrimental to the kingdom. The latter just smiled and said: "This is just an honorary knight, a false name, and it will not increase the burden on the kingdom at all."

The knight conferring ceremony presided over by the king has become a major event recorded in the history of Muxi City.

Tens of thousands of people went to the square to watch the ceremony, and 500 citizens who passed the review lined up to the king one by one, knelt in front of Todd, put on the badge and ribbon representing the honorary knight, and read out the oath of loyalty to the king.

After that, the upper social structure of Muxi City has undergone considerable changes.

In the past, most of the high-ranking people in Muxi City were high-ranking military officials, cabinet members, and old nobles; but after the knighthood ceremony, this class became honorary knights.

The most direct case is that the leader of a commercial union held a banquet in his manor, and one of the requirements was that the participants must be honorary knights of the kingdom.

Therefore, in a sense, the title of honorary knight has also become the latest standard for classifying citizens.

However, after the instigator Todd completed the knight conferring ceremony, he didn't have time to care about the class division in Muxi City, because what was in front of him was a shocking proposal.

On the cover, there is a line of dazzling big characters - "Popularization of Abilities".

The proposer was Honorary Knight Wayne Dunlop, that crazy veterinarian.

"I remember, isn't that guy busy building alien warships?" Todd rubbed his temples with a headache, and asked Emerson, "Why does he still have time to write such things?"

Emerson replied: "People who have worked with Wayne call him a 'lunatic'. He only sleeps four hours a day, and even at work, he often puts his wild imagination into action immediately. I guess this proposal is a temporary idea he had in the process of building a warship of different species."

Todd opened the proposal, looked at the text on the first page, his eyes jumped unconsciously.

"If the ability can help citizens to better build Muxi City, why not promote the ability to those people in need? 』

"This is nonsense." After reading this page, Todd shook his head angrily and said, "If the ability is not controlled, and everyone can obtain the ability they want by inoculating bacteria, wouldn't the world be in chaos?"

Emerson said softly: "Your Majesty, don't jump to conclusions, you can look back later."

Todd turned to the second page and continued to read: "The power of concentrating light can be used for surveying and mapping, mine mining, night breeding, etc.; the power of regeneration can be used for dangerous operations, explosive quarrying and griffin breeding; the power of perspective can help in hospital surgery, building construction and product inspection... The power has played an extremely important role in the life and production of Muxi City, but in fact, its real effect is very small."

"The reason is simple. The base of the heterogeneous population is too small. According to incomplete statistics, the total population (citizens) of Muxi City has exceeded 57,000 people, but the number of heterogeneous registered people is only 3,400. Among them, only 2,100 people have suitable abilities and can play a role in production and life. If other reasons such as exclusion are removed, there may be less than 1,500 heterogeneous people who can really play a role in Muxi City. This number is really a drop in the bucket for the kingdom's huge demand for abilities. .”

After reading this, Todd already had some feelings about the proposal, but he still had some concerns about how to control the ability, so he continued to read.

"I also know that the powers possessed by alien species are quite dangerous. For example, Cosette, who has the Tesla power, almost electrocuted a group of merchants because of losing control; Jerry, the deputy head of the North Island Knights, who has the berserk power, almost demolished a suspension bridge in the port area because of the power explosion... But, which thing in the world is not dangerous? Fire can be used to cook and burn people; water can be used to irrigate crops, but it can also drown people. Harm, shouldn’t its role be taken more seriously?”

Todd read this passage several times, finally let out a deep breath, and nodded: "This guy named Wayne makes sense."

Emerson pointed to the proposal: "Your Majesty, please continue to read."

Todd turned the pages again and read on.

"Now that the usefulness of abilities has been determined, the most critical issue is how to control this power. I have three suggestions: 1. According to the kingdom's existing ability grading mechanism, as well as functions and effects, different abilities are classified according to threat levels. For example, perspective abilities can be classified as level 1 abilities, regeneration abilities can be classified as level 2 abilities, and Tesla abilities can be classified as level 4 abilities. This method of grading abilities according to the level of hazard can determine which abilities can be promoted to the public and which abilities can only be locked in the fresh-keeping warehouse. "

"The second suggestion is that the strength of the same ability is determined by the number of supernatural bacteria. For example, if the density of bacteria in the human body exceeds a certain red line, both the flame temperature and the duration will be greatly enhanced. Therefore, when we popularize the ability to the public, we can strictly control the number of supernatural bacteria injected to ensure that the people inoculated with the supernatural bacteria only have civilian-level abilities, but they will not be so powerful that they will affect social stability."

"The third suggestion is to strictly control the vaccinated population to ensure the loyalty and credibility of the objects given by the ability. When selecting people to be inoculated with supernatural bacteria, strict checks must be carried out, not only physically, but also to investigate their loyalty to the kingdom. Even after the inoculation, the kingdom's security bureau should closely monitor these vaccinated populations to ensure that these "artificial alien species" will not cause accidents."

After reading the last sentence of the proposal, Todd closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then suddenly laughed.

Emerson, who was always paying attention to the king's expression, was a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, what are you laughing at?"

"The third suggestion doesn't sound like Wayne Dunlop at all. It should be written by you." Todd said while blinking at Emerson.

Emerson blushed and said softly, "I just think this proposal is feasible."

Todd turned to the last page of the proposal, smiled and said to Emerson: "It seems that you want to implement this proposal, but do you know what impact it will have?"

Emerson was stunned: "Ordinary people are inoculated with supernatural bacteria, will the production level of Muxi City be raised by a level?"

Todd picked up the pen, signed his name at the end of the proposal, and said softly: "Muxi City will usher in an "Alien Era"."