The pot-bellied president of the Gold Rush Town Mining Association held out his belly, which looked as if he had given birth in October. He waddled on the road and visited the town accompanied by the deputy mayor of Huishi Town.
He came to learn advanced experience and try to use it in the gold rush town.
In other words, he and Wood were actually traveling together, but Wood sneaked in secretly and stole information secretly, while he visited openly and studied openly.
In fact, if Wood also revealed his identity and visited directly, the officials of Huishi Town would be happy to receive him, including food, accommodation, and companionship. Except for some secrets, most things would be explained to him in detail.
However, Wood made a mistake - he subconsciously felt that information was very precious, and Huishi Town would definitely keep various construction experiences secret and secret. Without any special means, he would never get the information he wanted.
You can't blame him for this. Who told him to come from the country of mages
In the Secret Tower Federation, the emphasis on knowledge can be described as obsessive. Because for mages, the most valuable thing is knowledge. They applied this attitude to their life and governance, and gradually formed the style of the entire Mystic Tower Federation.
For the people of the Mystic Tower Federation, knowledge? secret? intelligence? Of course, you have to do your best, pay a huge price, and even die a few people, to get it.
Just go to your door and ask questions, and they will tell you their experience in building towns? Dreaming!
However, for the people in the four northwest towns, this is taken for granted.
The environment in the northwest region is harsh and survival is extremely difficult. Every year on the night of the new moon, villages will disappear under the slaughtering knives of an army of skeletons like a tide. This makes people in the northwest attach great importance to unity. It is natural for them to help each other when they have difficulties. It is also natural for them to help others when they are prosperous. What are your experiences in building Huishi Town? Do you want to know? I'll teach you. (Here, please refer to the performance of the Tathagata God's palm after he defeated the Fire Cloud Evil God before the end of Star Master's movie "Kung Fu")
Of course, people in the northwest also use intrigues and various struggles, but this does not prevent them from helping each other at all, nor does it affect their exchange of intelligence and information.
For them, the only limitation is whether the information can be used by themselves.
For example, the scene that the big fat president saw now.
"What are you doing?" He pointed to a house whose foundation was dug into a deep pit, two stone troughs far apart were laid, and the outside was hooped with wood.
"That's to fix the sewer and tap water." The deputy mayor took a look and replied, "But the sewer will be ready for use, and the tap water will take some time."
"Sewer? Tap water?" President Fatty was stunned for a moment and asked curiously, "What is that?"
"The sewer is a place where the dirty water used in daily life, as well as feces and urine, are poured in and drained. There is a valve at the outlet of the tap water. When the valve is turned, clean water will flow out."
The fat man would nod and say, "This is quite useful, but your mayor's family feels a bit biased."
"That's not the mayor's home, it's just an ordinary resident's home." The deputy mayor said with a smile, "Our plan is to use three summers and autumns to install sewers and tap water in the entire town of Huishi, and to build a city that covers the entire town. The surrounding plumbing system will make it much more convenient when building a new house in the future.”
The fat president was shocked and asked in a voice: "How much does this cost?!"
The deputy mayor thought for a while and said: "Actually, it doesn't cost much. Besides, the stones are mined by masons, the wood is recognized by carpenters, and the people who do the work are also residents of the town... In fact, there is nothing wrong with giving money to everyone. Okay."
President Fatty was silent for a while and sighed.
"We can't learn this, let's learn something else."
So the group of people bypassed the busy construction site and came to the square.
"I've always been curious, how can you plant trees in your square?" Looking at the lush trees around the square, President Fatty said in wonder, "This is too strange!"
"There are purification circles around our town."
"... We have some too, but since our town is so high, weeds will grow."
The deputy mayor shook his head: "The scale is different. Our purification array has been more than thirty feet deep into the ground."
The fat president was shocked again. He was stunned for a while and asked, "How much does this cost?"
"I haven't calculated it. To be honest, it's not easy to calculate." The deputy mayor replied, "Because many of the materials were provided by Master Satan, the chief mage of Masked Void Church. It is said that he spent countless efforts to make such a set Here comes the purification circle. Even if you have money, he may not be willing to help you make another one."
"In addition to this, there must be other expenses." President Fatty asked again, "It can't be just the cost of materials."
"Yes, the expenses for labor and other things are actually quite a lot. But most of the work is done by the patrol team, so overall it's not a lot."
"Patrol team? Setting up a patrol team here?" President Fatty was shocked again - isn't that the meat bun who beats the dog and never comes back
"Well, we have produced ten strong villagers ourselves."
"Just a few people? Is this really okay?" President Fatty was a little confused.
"The Church of Masked Void supported five temple knights, a mage and a priest."
"It's pretty much the same, but the cost is a bit high." President Fatty nodded and sighed.
"... There is also a legendary strongman leading the team."
"Why do you put the most important things at the end! And how can you let a legendary strongman serve as a patrol?" President Fatty simply wanted to curse. This kind of practice is only useful if others can learn from it!
"Since there are legendary strong men, what do ordinary villagers do?" He couldn't help but ask.
"I'm responsible for moving things." The deputy mayor replied nonchalantly.
The fat president was choked to the point of speechlessness and just rolled his eyes.
"Actually, there are other expenses." The deputy mayor said innocently, "After the purification circle was completed, the negative energy collection station we built in the first phase was also within the purification range and was directly scrapped. Later we had to We dug a lot deeper and then we rebuilt it again.”
The fat man's eyes lit up, and he felt that he had found valuable information.
Even he knew that the low- to medium-level negative energy crystals produced in Huishi Town sold well in the magic materials market. Although the quality is not very high, it is cheap and high-quality. Many middle and low-level mages are willing to buy some. It is very convenient whether used as research materials or used to cast spells.
This is one of the main financial resources of Huishi Town, and it is also the most envied by other towns - at least before today, he was the most envious of this.
If you can learn this technology and implement it in the gold rush town, you will definitely have a lot of money!
Hearing him ask this, the deputy mayor was silent for a while and said: "This... I don't understand it very well. It's a bit troublesome to explain..."
"I'm not afraid of trouble!" President Fatty said firmly.
"... But I'm afraid of trouble." The deputy mayor said with a smile, "Well, when we pass by Isuca Magic School, find a student to explain it to you. Many senior students in the school were Having participated in the construction of collection stations, they must have a much clearer understanding than me.”
The fat president nodded repeatedly and couldn't wait to urge him to speed up and go to the magic school.
As for the scrolls that are said to enhance the happiness and cohesion of the villagers, some of the welfare facilities in the village, how to improve the dietary conditions of the villagers under the existing conditions... these things, he is not interested at all.
Happiness? Cohesion? what is that
Welfare facilities? It costs money, right? Not if you have to spend money!
Improve the dietary conditions of villagers? What a joke! He himself is just a mediocre person! He can only eat one piece of fruit a day, and can only eat dessert twice a week. He lives on barbecue and brown bread... Is there anyone worse than him
As for those who didn't even have enough to eat, and even the poor who died of cold and starvation on the streets in winter, he simply ignored them.
In his opinion, do poor people count as human beings? Of course not! Without money and status, you cannot be considered a person!
Because of his urging, the deputy mayor quickened his pace and took him to the magic school.
The Magic School is probably one of the strangest buildings in the entire town of Huishi. It has no sense of art or life like ordinary houses. It is square and flat, and the whole thing is just a rectangular parallelepiped standing on the ground. There is a door on the ground floor with a door open and a sign hanging next to it.
No matter from any angle, this magic school does not look like a place for teaching and educating people, let alone the residence of the legendary and mysterious magicians.
The deputy mayor led the fat president to the school gate, but he did not rush in. Instead, he shouted at the door: "Isuka! Isuka, are you there?"
A strange light glowed at the empty door, and a ball of light emerged. A voice similar to that of a little girl came from inside: "Of course I'm here, I've always been here. What's the matter?"
"This is our town's neighbor, the president of the mining union in Taojin Town. He wants to ask someone for advice on how to build a negative energy collection station." The deputy mayor said.
The ball of light shook a few times and answered: "This question requires my sister's authorization. I can't let him in."
The deputy mayor was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the fat president.
"Then... let's go negotiate with Mayor Felix." President Fatty said with some lack of confidence.
Mayor Felix was no ordinary person. He was a strong man who had performed well in the world's best martial arts competition. He really didn't have much confidence in negotiating with such a strong man.
It turned out that his idea was correct.
"You want to know how to build a negative energy collection station?" Felix looked at the fat man with a big belly, flicked his fingers, and cast a "Detect Good and Evil" spell.
She and the deputy mayor both had a blue light that symbolized kindness, while the fat president had a red light that symbolized evil, and it was very red.
"I don't give this kind of thing to bad people," she said. "If someone like you learns this technique, he will do it randomly regardless of human life. In that case, it will be my fault."
"I can change it!" President Fatty said hurriedly, "I can change it! Really!"
He really means it sincerely. As long as he can make money, and make so much money, he will do anything, let alone abandon evil and do good.
"Change?" Felix glanced at him sideways and said with a sneer, "Then I'll give you a year to try to improve the lives of the miners in Gold Rush Town."
"ah?"
"A year later, I will personally visit you and see with my own eyes the results of your 'reform'." Felix had a sarcastic sneer on his lips, "But I think you must also know very well that for a high-ranking person What will happen if a top battle mage talks nonsense!"
After saying that, she waved her hand, and before the fat man could even beg for mercy, he was teleported to the outside of Huishi Town with a burst of darkness.