"Thank you, brother. Usually, you treat him as a servant, and you can teach him how to practice swords when you have time. Although this kid is very wild and stubborn, he is not stubborn, and he is very diligent in doing things. He can do things well by your side." Let me rest assured that I don't have to worry about this kid anymore." El was grateful.
Lorist waved his hands and said with a smile: "Hehe, my brother, you're welcome. Besides, I've moved to the golden teaching residential area of the academy. The house is very big. I was worried about how to take care of it alone, so you gave me a Free servant, I have to thank you."
"By the way, why can't I remember one more thing?" After thanking Lorist for his help, El began to try to remember what was the second thing he did when he found Lorist
"Well, I was with Ledos. Jiro, the fruit seller, sent news that you were back. I was going to come to you. What did Ledos say when he heard that you came back? It seems to be Brother Lauder Brother Lauder? Next block, Congressman Ummbard, that old man? Ah! I remember now.” El couldn’t remember, so he walked around the room anxiously, and finally muttered to himself. I remembered what the hell was going on.
"Hey, Brother Locke, did you get back the things I asked you to bring before you went to the Relic Islands?" El rubbed his hands and smiled wretchedly.
"Well, that Terrence donkey whip. It took a lot of effort to get one, but it was confiscated by Old Gal. Your uncle said that you haven't practiced well these days, and you are lying on women. It’s really outrageous that you need this thing to strengthen your yang at such a young age. So he decided to let him keep it, and if you want to use it, you can go to him to get it.” Lorist truthfully repeated the words of Old Gall .
"What? That thing was taken by my uncle?" El jumped up immediately: "Nonsense, the old man is behind me to add to the trouble, I'm in great shape, I don't need this thing! I trust You made this thing to give gifts to that old man in Ummbard for public relations. The old Issie in the two blocks next to me doesn’t want to do it anymore. I have already negotiated with him, and I will take over the one he is in charge of after the new year The management of the two blocks is settled now as long as the old man Ummbad agrees to lobby for us in the city council."
Sure enough, men can't be told no, seeing Er's distraught look, Lorist laughed for a while, and then asked strangely: "Hey, Er, doesn't the city hall stipulate that each community organization can manage no more than three blocks?" Is it? You already have three blocks, and now you want to take over the next two blocks, can the city council agree?"
"It was the idea of Ledos, let Brother Lauder come forward, half of our people here, and half of the people left by old Izzy, and then set up a community organization to manage those two blocks. On the surface, there are two, but in reality We are still a family." El said angrily, "This old guy Ummbard is greedy, last time I sent a hundred gold coins over, he still refused to say anything, only said that he would try his best to help. Then he told me Talking about the curative effect of Terrence's donkey whip. When I came back, Ledos said that this old guy still needs that thing. You are going to the ruins islands so I asked you to get one. I really hope this old guy eats it This thing will continue to thrive in the future, and die on a woman's body as I wish."
El is just talking about it, he doesn't want the old guy Ummbard to die on a woman, it will be more troublesome and more expensive for him, and he will have to spend a lot of money in the city council to find someone who can speak for them of MPs.
Lorist thought about it and gave El an idea. In fact, he had already inquired clearly when he got Terrence's donkey whip in the Relic Islands. Just eating such a thin slice beforehand would be enough for the user to be prestige all night, and the length and weight of the thing he got was enough to be cut. One or two hundred pieces. So Lorist suggested that El first slice the thing, and then order a batch of beautiful glass bottles, with medicinal wine, put a dozen pieces in each bottle, and then give it as a gift, so that it looks more high-end and more beautiful, and the recipient It's also more face-saving. The most important thing is to control the quantity, instead of giving a Terrence donkey whip to that old guy in Ummbard like El originally planned. In that case, the old guy is enough for three years. The old guy would talk like a lion again if he needed help.
"That's right! Why didn't I think of it, brother, you are so thoughtful." El was very happy. Lorist's words seemed to open a new window in front of him, and he immediately drew inferences: "Maybe we can do this specifically." For business, first send people to the Relic Islands to buy all the Terrence donkey whips there, even if it costs two or three times the price. After getting it back, slice it first, repackage it as you said, and then sell it on the market. I believe this is also a profitable business. But what is a little troublesome is the problem of glass bottles."
Lorist nodded, but the glass bottle that El said was a problem. Galintia only produces two kinds of glass products, one is green glass, which is a small plate glass with a lake green color and poor transparency. It can only be used as window glass, and the price is not expensive. The other is oil glass, which is very transparent and clear. It is specially used to produce glass test tubes and glass utensils, such as tea sets, wine sets, cups, plates, and bowls. The price is very expensive.
These two kinds of glasses are special products of the Trimble Kingdom, a neighbor to the southwest of the Ford Commercial Union, because there is a huge quartz mountain in the Trimble Kingdom, which is the main ingredient for the production of the two kinds of glasses. The production formula of these two kinds of glass is the biggest secret of the Trimble Kingdom, and it has always been strictly guarded so as not to be stolen. It is said that in the era of magic civilization, magicians used magic circles to produce glass products, and the glass products at that time were incomparably exquisite. It is a pity that the advent of the Dharma-ending era has brought all prosperity to naught.
A magician worked hard to come up with the method and formula for the production of green glass and oil glass without relying on magic circles, and he passed these on to his children. Later, the Kingdom of Trimble was established, and the descendants of the magician dedicated the ancestral formula and production method to the king, so he was named Grand Duke. And these two kinds of glass became the specialty of Trimble Kingdom.
Lorist has seen two kinds of glass. He thinks that the green glass is so cloudy and opaque because the impurities in the production ingredients have not been cleaned up. What makes him strange is that Trimble has been producing the two kinds of glass for a hundred years. Thought about improving the production process? In the past hundred years, the size and quality of green glass have not made any progress. It is really unprogressive.
As for the oil glass, it is a kind of glass that Lorist has never seen in his previous life. It looks very similar to those transparent glasses, but it has a strange property, that is, the glass itself seems to have an oily property, without any Something can stick to it. Legend has it that magicians used the characteristics of oil glass to make huge experimental devices. One is to facilitate the observation of changes during the test, and the other is to facilitate cleaning. As long as you rinse it with clean water after the test, no residue will stick to it.
Lorist himself has also done experiments, using various adhesives to coat oil glass test tubes. Check it after a day and night, the adhesive has already dried up, but you can pick up the oil glass test tube and shake it, and the dried adhesive on it will fall down like a layer of paper. It really can't stick to the oil glass.
When Lorist was designing and decorating the women's boutique clothing store, he was very troubled by this glass. Green glass is not suitable, and oil glass does not produce flat glass. In the end, Lorist spent a dozen extra gold coins to buy a large amount of white crystals and asked someone to process them into flat plates to solve this problem. Lorist had someone process the remaining crystal shards into crystal chandeliers, which can kill two birds with one stone.
"Now the most common oil glass test tubes in the world are a large silver coin, and those beautifully made oil glass tea sets are a set of several gold coins. You can find someone to design the style of the bottle first, and go to Trimble Kingdom to ask for custom-made How much does one need? As long as it doesn’t exceed one gold coin. Anyway, you can put these into the cost. The more exquisite the outer packaging, the higher the price you sell. Those who buy this thing will think it’s worth it, the more expensive the more face. "Lorist said to El.
"Well, from what you said, I believe this will be a good deal. No, I have to go to the tavern immediately, lest the old man use this thing by himself, and the loss will be great." El couldn't stay still. , ready to go back to the Red Crow Tavern to find Gary Lando to get something.
Lorist laughed and scolded: "Nonsense, what does old Gal use this thing for? Don't keep talking back to your uncle, he is doing it for your own good. Also, I spent eighteen goldfords for this thing, remember to close it go up."
"Uh, you probably don't know yet. Last month, my dead old uncle proposed to Louise, and Louise agreed. In two months, she will become the proprietress of the Red Crow Tavern. You said dead old man Why did you go there a few years ago? It’s almost sixty years before old trees germinate, and dead trees are in spring. I don’t even think about his age, which is almost twice as old as Louise. Thanks to Louise’s willingness. You said that now I can rest assured that the thing will fall Is it in the hands of my dead old uncle?" El revealed a big news to Lorist.
"Is this true?" Lorist sat up straight.
"Of course, everyone knew about it a long time ago. This happened a month ago. They probably forgot to tell you when you came back." El said.
Lorist felt sincerely happy for Elder Sister Louise, and it was a blessing to have a good home. Old Gal is not bad, although he is a bit older, but he is a golden swordsman, and his body is much stronger than ordinary people. Maybe he can add a brother or sister to El in a year or two.
"Looks like I have to prepare wedding presents for old Gal and Miss Louise," Lorist said.
"There are still two months, you choose slowly, and help me prepare one by the way, I'm too lazy to think about it, and I get a headache when I think about it." El looked at Lorist and said: "I'm going back to the Red Crow Tavern now. Shall we go together?"
"No, I will stay here for the last night. Send some carriages over tomorrow morning and help me transport these books and other things to the academy. You can also let the boy who wants to learn sword come and follow him I."
"Okay then, I'll go first." El disappeared without a sound, as if he had never appeared in the room.
As the sky gradually dawned, the whole city began to wake up from the silence. The sound of cars and horses and the noise slowly joined together, and the city of Morente was once again full of vigor and vitality.
Lorist sat at the desk all night. He watched the silvery moonlight retreat step by step from the room, watched the twin moons disappear in the sky, watched the gorgeous morning glow gather in the sky, and watched the newborn sun show a smiling face.
It's a new day and a fresh start.
The sound of servants talking and walking came from downstairs, and soon there was a knock on the door.
It was Rina and another maid who came in, and they brought Lorist a hearty breakfast, just like every morning in those three years.
Rina's eyes were a little swollen, as if she had cried a lot last night.
Tell the other maid to leave, and Rina will stay here to serve Lorist.
Lorist stared at Rina's red and swollen eyes amusedly: "Why don't you rub two eggs, it will reduce the swelling very well."
"I'm fine, I'm just too busy to forget." Rina turned around so that Lorist could not see her face.
"Alas..." Lorist stood up, went to the bookshelf, and took out a thick tome. The cover of the book was wrapped in mulberry paper, and the title of the book "Mingulak Knight" was written on it. The Fantastic Journey of The Great, this should be a popular novel about the adventures of knights.
Lorist put the book in front of Rina: "Rina, this book is for you."
Rina was taken aback, and Lorist smiled and said, "I know that you, like Missy, don't like reading this kind of novels, and think that these are the author's nonsense to cheat money, but you will be pleasantly surprised when you read this book .”
Lina was dubious, opened the book and covered her mouth in shock. The book is full of colorful pictures of women's clothing.
"These are all drawn by me last year. The eldest lady has seen some of them before. She wanted to make them all and put them on the market, but I stopped them. Because if too many styles are put on the market together, it will easily cause confusion and we cannot control them. The popularity of fashion will reduce a lot of revenue. So we only launched more than 100 styles in the past few years, and your changes are enough to meet the needs of customers. There are more than 300 new styles of women's clothing here The patterns have never appeared before. Now I give them to you, Rina."
"Elder, miss, does she know?" Lina hugged the book like a hot stove, wanting to put it away but reluctant.
"She knows, but she doesn't know that I have drawn so many. You see, this room has been turned over in a mess. It was your eldest lady who did it. She wanted to find these patterns, but she didn't know that I put them all together and pretended to be like this. This book is just on the shelf, so she can't find it. Maybe she thinks I hold a grudge against her, but she didn't ask me for it last night." Lorist smiled bitterly.
"You don't want to mention the next thing to anyone except your father, understand?" Lorist looked into Rina's eyes.
"I, I can swear..." Rina stammered.
"You tell your father, Knight Som. I think it is very irrational for the Windsor family to fully invest in the Luo Fei family. The eldest lady wants to marry into the Luo Fei family and become a marquis, thinking that this will bring shelter to the Windsor family. But if the Luo Fei family has thoughts about the Windsor family, then the Windsor family will have nowhere to go. Especially if the eldest lady sells the property in Morente City, it will be even more self-defeating. Now everyone can't stop it, and can only pray to Luo Fei The Marquis is sincere to the eldest lady, and has no other purpose."
"Yesterday, the eldest lady revealed that Lord Marquis has a plan to deal a fatal blow to the four lords who invaded your family's territory. Afterwards, the Windsor family will be compensated for a piece of territory. The eldest lady will give that territory to your father and promote him. As a baron. If things go well, Rina, you will soon become a noble lady. At that time, you have to remind your father that you can give in to the Luo Fei family, but there are two things that you must not agree to."
"One is that the young master Windsor is only eleven years old now. Don't let him receive the lord education or knight training provided by the Luo Fei family to avoid accidents. It is safest to let your father be with you. When the young master is old, send him Go to Morente City to study and stay away from the Luo Fei family. Second, when the young master grows up, the Luo Fei family is likely to propose a marriage. In order to avoid this, you should remind your father to find a suitable person as soon as possible to arrange a marriage for the young master. Avoid the intervention of the Luo Fei family."
"The last point is about you, Rina. Don't let others know about the patterns I gave you, neither the eldest lady nor Susie. This time the eldest lady decided to reopen the business in the royal city of Chigeda because the Marquis will Arrange everything for her. So I am worried that this Windsor women's clothing boutique will fall into the hands of the Luo Fei family. Then you will have to rely on the patterns in your hands to make a comeback. If you let people know that you have so many patterns in your hands , I'm afraid you will also be in danger. So you must not let others know?"
Rina nodded desperately nervously, her face was flushed, and her eyes were foggy again.
"If the Luo Fei family has no bad intentions, then the clothing store in Wangcheng is still the property of the eldest lady. You can take out a pattern every one or two months and say it is your own design. Really, Li Na, you have been in charge of the production of women's clothing and the changes in details. You are very talented. It is most important to have your own ideas in design. As long as you can become a well-known master of women's clothing design, you will not be able to launch any new styles in the future. It aroused suspicion."
Lorist looked out the window: "Well, the carriage for transporting things has arrived. It's time for us to say goodbye. Do you remember what I just said?"
"Remember, Master Locke. I will do as you say."