"So, why did he attack me?" Du Dian asked.
Fulin pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "I remember that two years ago, the Milan family seemed to be planning to marry the Bron family. I wonder if it was because of this?"
"Marriage?" Du Dian was stunned for a moment, then fell silent. After a while, he asked, "What's the result?"
"It didn't work." Flynn shook his head, "Miss Jenny from the Bron family disagrees, and the Mel family may also be secretly intervening to prevent this marriage. After all, once the Milan family and the Bron family marry successfully, there will be a A bigger force, in the entire consortium, the most unfavorable one is the Mel family, although the Mel and Bron families are family friends, it is difficult to explain the grievances and grievances of the nobles in a few words."
Du Dian glanced at him and said: "No wonder it's the Mel family and the Milan family who came to make trouble today. The young lady of the Mel family doesn't look as innocent and ignorant as she looks."
Fulin smiled slightly and said, "No matter how cunning a fox is, he will eventually be defeated by experience."
Du Dian nodded and admitted that this is the most reasonable.
"It's just that you humiliated the Milan family in person today, and they won't let it go." Fulin sighed softly, and said, "Although we have become independent from the Mellon consortium, we can bear it occasionally."
Du Dian said: "Some can bear it, and some don't deserve it. There is a word called self-inflicted humiliation. Today's incident, the Milan family will not spread it, and there is no way to accuse me of committing crimes and offending the nobles. It is behind the scenes, but even if we are polite, since others are hostile, we should not pray for when others will attack."
Flynn glanced at him. When talking to Du Dian, he always had the illusion that what he was facing was not a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, but a mature adult in his thirties, who was as cunning as a fox. This made him think of some outstanding figures in history, most of whom showed amazing talents in some aspects when they were children.
Perhaps, the talent of the young man in front of him will make him an outstanding figure in the future, but it is by no means positive.
"The Milan family cherishes their face, and they really won't spread it." Fulin looked at Du Dian and said, "But there is no impenetrable wall in the world. The news that you can easily defeat the intermediate knight will come through today." These people's mouths spread to the whole circle, although you dare not report it in the newspapers, but you will also be famous in the circle, but being famous may not be a good thing."
Du Dian said: "The Mellon Consortium should take measures immediately. In any case, we must make money as soon as possible, rent a passage outside the wall of our own, and cultivate our own hunters."
Fulin smiled wryly and said, "This is up to you."
Du Dian nodded, thinking of his small workshop where everything was ready, he got up and said goodbye: "I'll go back first."
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After leaving Lane Castle, it was getting late and it was curfew time outside.
Du Dian's carriage was planted with the flag of the Lane family, and he encountered curfew soldiers on the road, but he was not stopped.
Back in the small workshop, Du Dian counted the prepared materials and confirmed that they were correct, then lay down on the cargo box in the workshop and fell asleep.
the next day.
Du Dian went to the slave market in the Western District of the business district, and spent 20 silver coins to select 20 slaves. Most of these slaves were dark-skinned Blanc races, healthy, ten men and ten women, aged 18 From the age of twenty-five.
Most of the slave sellers are down-and-out nobles, bankrupt rich merchants, depressed knights, etc. They cannot support too many slave servants, so they can only sell them on consignment.
During the transfer procedures in the slave market, Du Dian did not directly transfer the ownership to his own name, but transferred it to the Ryan family, and then brought these slaves to the small workshop he rented to teach them simple craftsmanship. You just need to learn to create your own environment, assembly line production.
Among these slaves, there are many smart ones. Du Dian selected a middle-aged man named Harrison from among them, who was once the steward of a certain knight family, and replaced him to manage the workshop.
For a whole day, Du Dian taught these slaves to make and supervised their work.
At night, Du Dian counted the finished products, and there were only less than a thousand boxes.
"The materials consumed are about two silver coins. If these matches want to be sold quickly, they must be sold at a very low price. Each box is two copper coins, and one thousand boxes is twenty silver coins. The profit ratio is ten to one." Du Di An Xin secretly plotting.
That's right, the first thing he made was matches.
Although in alchemy, matches are not like explosives and are listed as a forbidden technique. The alchemical structure of matches is relatively simple, and the use and combination of basic materials such as yellow phosphorus and red phosphorus can be made. However, in this period without electricity, Matches can quickly replace the scythe!
After all, the fire scythe is slow to ignite and heavy, both of which will be defeated by the advantages of matches.
Although a match is just a small item, it is a consumable, which means that there will always be demand. When the status of the fire sickle is covered, the money earned will never be inferior to other valuables.
"Twenty silver coins a day is still too slow, only two gold coins in ten days." Du Dian thought about the previous production process. Twenty slaves worked very efficiently. The reason why only one thousand boxes were made was that the initial production was not very proficient. , The process of cutting matchsticks took the most time. A full ten slaves cutting matchsticks could not keep up with the speed of others making matchsticks and cartons.
"Wait until we build a machine that cuts matches." Du Dian was thoughtful, "It's just that when the machine appears, people will definitely be aware of the mechanical energy, and then develop aggressively. Other consortiums can rely on their strong financial resources and channels. Let yourself, the inventor, find no market and starve to death."
"Since this is the case, why don't you come and develop the steam age yourself." Du Dian's eyes were firmly fixed. If someone else copied his product, he would let others copy it at a speed that could not catch up with the speed of his invention!
Renting a few dilapidated houses for these slaves to live in, Du Dian returned overnight and set off for Ryan Castle.
The carriage had just entered the small town of Yade, when suddenly, the horses pulling in front roared in panic, shaking the carriage from side to side. Worried about disturbing Du Dian, the coachman whipped his whip angrily and yelled loudly.
Du Dian came back to his senses, lifted the curtain and looked out. In the dark night, there was nothing on the street.
Du Dian sniffed his nose, but he didn't smell any strange smell. A trace of doubt flashed in his heart. In vain, a cold chill climbed up from his back without warning, and rushed to the side in a hurry.