After leaving the private estate of Viscount Reisos, Kompany couldn't help but give Joshua a little tug.
"Don't you have the approval document from the Kingdom Council? Why do you insist on me coming with you to see the mayor?" Kompany said with a hint of complaint in his expression. "I was so nervous just now that I almost couldn't hold it in."
"Can't you hold it in?" Joshua was stunned for a moment, glanced at Kompany's lower body, and pursed his lips into a smile. "Brother-in-law, you will have many opportunities to get along with Viscount Risos in the future. It is better to get used to talking to him on an equal footing like today."
"Ah? Why?" Kompany was stunned.
"Well... come on, brother-in-law, let's talk somewhere else."
Joshua invited Kompany into the magic car that brought him with him, and drove to a river far away from the private estate of Viscount Reisos and stopped.
After getting out of the car, Joshua took out a paper box from his arms, opened it, and took out a long white object that was as slender as a finger and also wrapped in tissue paper, and handed it to Kongpa. Ni.
"What is this?" Kompany took it curiously and smelled a refreshing fragrance oozing out of it, making him feel instantly refreshed.
"This is the new wolfberry cigarette from the elves. Don't you think it smells good? Come on, here's how it's made..."
Joshua signaled Kompany to put the thinner end of the wolfberry cigarette in his mouth, and then took out a small metal box from his arms. He touched one end of the metal box and a small one appeared on it. A small flame comes.
Then he brought the flame close to the other end of the wolfberry cigarette. Under the burning flame, the front end of the wolfberry cigarette was slightly charred.
With a little spark shining at the front. The fresh fragrance that I just smelled instantly became extremely strong. Let Kompany just take a sniff. Suddenly I felt energetic.
Joshua also took out one and lit it, then took a deep breath, exhaled a long breath, with a face full of relief, and then motioned to Kompany: "Try taking a sip."
Kompany stared at the thing in his mouth, thought for a moment, took a tentative sip, and felt a cool breath pouring into his mouth. It went straight into the throat.
"Cough cough cough—"
Kompany was caught off guard, choked and coughed loudly.
Joshua laughed and patted Kompany's back gently to help him calm down.
"Brother-in-law, you can't rush this thing. Take your time, take your time."
After Kompany coughed for a while, he finally regained his composure and looked at the wolfberry cigarette in his hand. Take a gentle breath.
This time, because I was mentally prepared, the cool breath did not suddenly rush into my trachea. Instead, it seeped in bit by bit, and then he felt the coolness coming out of his trachea and permeating every part of his body, making his whole body feel relaxed.
"This is good stuff!" Kompany couldn't help shouting in surprise. "Josephian, this must be very expensive, right?"
"It's not too expensive. This is twenty pieces per pack. I got the wholesale price, which is thirty silver coins per pack."
"Thirty silver coins?" Kompany was shocked. He was immediately hit by the breath and couldn't help coughing hard again. "Cough... cough... Is this... so expensive? According to that? Isn't this one... thirty silver coins per pack, twenty... one..."
"It's only one and a half silver coins, which is okay." Joshua said with a smile.
"Well... one and a half silver coins per stick..." Kompany stared at the wolfberry cigarette in his hand seriously for a while, then turned to look at the magic car parked behind the two of them, pondered for a moment, and suddenly put the words in his mouth. He took out the half-burned wolfberry cigarette, threw it on the ground, and stamped it out with his feet.
Seeing his actions, Joshua couldn't help being stunned.
"Brother-in-law, what are you doing? This is a good thing. Even if you have money, it is difficult to buy it."
"I know he is a good guy, but..." Kompany shook his head, took a deep breath, and calmed down. "This stuff is so good, I'm afraid I won't be able to help but want it after smoking one. This stuff is too expensive, and I can't afford it."
Joshua glanced at Kompany up and down with surprise, patted Kompany's shoulder gently, pointed to the river and said: "Come on, brother-in-law, let's sit down over there and have a chat."
Kompany was a little surprised and followed Joshua to the river and sat down.
Joshua pondered for a moment and then said, "Brother-in-law, do you know the purpose of my visit this time?"
Kompany smiled: "I understand, you came here mainly because of what you just said when you met the mayor, right? Although I don't understand, I also know that this is a big deal. In comparison, coming back to visit relatives I’m afraid it’s just by the way.”
"Well... that's actually not bad. But in fact, if it weren't for Winnie's relationship, I wouldn't have considered this town as the first inspection target, so it can't be said to be incidental." Joshua settled down. , pointing to the magic car parked on the roadside in the distance. "Brother-in-law, do you want a magic car?"
Kompany was startled: "Magic car? No, no, no, this thing costs thousands of gold coins, right? How can I afford it?"
"If you can't afford it now, it doesn't mean you won't be able to afford it in the future. Brother-in-law, are you so willing to stay in that factory and be an ordinary worker from now on?" Joshua asked again.
Kompany was silent for a moment and smiled bitterly.
"I don't want to, but what can I do? I don't even know a few words, and I can't get the senior technician certificate even if I want to, so what can I do if I'm not an ordinary worker?"
"So this is the first reason why I mentioned the establishment of a school when I was talking to Viscount Rissos about infrastructure promotion." Joshua turned his head and looked to the southwest, with a hint of admiration in his expression. "The President has already put forward the idea that talent is greater than everything else ten years ago, but we stupid people have only really realized the meaning of this sentence in the past two years."
Kompany was a little surprised, thinking that even when facing the mayor, Joshua still acted very indifferently, and even had a hint of condescension, which showed that he must be an extremely proud person in his heart.
However, when he talked about the president now, he showed such an expression of admiration without concealing it.
"Um... the president of your Xinfei Chamber of Commerce is called Xu Yi, right? He is a great person?"
"Of course!" Joshua immediately responded with certainty. "The president is the most amazing person I have ever met in my life, bar none! If nothing else, brother-in-law, don't you even know about the fall of Magister Levin Ansok five years ago?"
"I've heard of this before," Kompany quickly defended. "But I just heard that Magister Levin Ansoko was killed when he attacked your New Flying Chamber of Commerce. I don't know what happened specifically."
"Uh... I'm not too clear on the details. But think about it, the president was just a great magician at the time, but he was able to lead the men of the Chamber of Commerce to successfully kill a magician. Isn't that amazing enough? And it is precisely because of this incident that it has almost changed the entire continent's understanding of magicians. The magic industry has been able to develop so rapidly in the entire continent in recent years, but otherwise..."
"Oh..." Kompany nodded slightly blankly.
He is just an ordinary civilian in the Falk Kingdom who has never left the town of Arafat. He doesn't know much about the news from the outside world. Now he looks excited when he hears Joshua's words, but he really can't empathize with him.
After Joshua talked there for a while, he finally discovered this, coughed lightly, and stopped continuing.
"Well... In short, the president is very amazing, there is no doubt about it. The infrastructure promotion department where I work now was also established two years ago by the president himself. Many people didn't understand it at first, but in Stan After the trial run was carried out by Duke Ding and the Kingdom of Lampali, everyone realized the importance of the work I am currently engaged in. I have to say that the president is really far-sighted... "
Kompany still looked confused.
Joshua could only stop helplessly, thought for a while and then said: "Okay, let's not talk about the president. Brother-in-law, you just said that you want to take the exam now because you have no education. It’s difficult to get a senior technician certificate, right?”
Kompany nodded.
"Then do you think Hawat and Saye will be like you in the future?"
"Of course not." Kompany immediately shook his head. "But... Halwa asking you and Winnie to take you and Winnie to study in the academy is enough trouble for you. Say Saye..."
"It would be okay if it was just the two of them. But my goal is not just their two children, but all the children in the town of Arafat. If they can receive proper education, when they grow up In the future, he will become a very useful talent, so my first goal is to build a school in this town so that all children can receive education.”
"Is that what you just said to the mayor... education and training?"
"Oh, primary education is only part of the basic construction of education and training. Of course, everything must start from the primary level, so you are right to understand it this way."
"So... does this have anything to do with me?" Kompany pointed at himself and asked.
"Of course." Joshua patted Kompany on the shoulder with a smile. "Brother-in-law, you also want to be able to afford a magic car, right? You also want to be able to enjoy wolfberry cigarettes every day, right? You also want your sister and children to live a better life, right? As long as you listen to me With the arrangement, these are no problems.”
Kompany scratched his head in confusion: "What exactly do you want me to do?"
"It's very simple. Our Chamber of Commerce is about to invest in building a junior college in the town of Arafat, and you will be responsible for serving as the dean of this college."
"Huh?" Kompany looked at Joshua with wide eyes. "Are you kidding me?" (To be continued...)