"Okay." Kunzhan picked up the menu and looked through it. The more he looked at it, the more frightened he became. Have you ever seen a pot of tea cost ten or twenty silver coins?Now he has seen all of them. Most of the menus have such prices. He also saw a pot of tea calculated by gold coins, ten gold coins for a pot of tea. Is this divine tea?
"Cough cough cough... Is this tea with ten gold coins any different from ordinary tea?" Jesse couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked.
"There must be something different. First of all, the ten gold coins of tea only produce less than one catty of tea a year... The cups and kettles used are all made of colored glass, and they are served with top-quality pastries..." The waiter Balabala said what he taught during the training.
This high-priced tea is, in the final analysis, a gimmick, to be taken advantage of. Of course, the high-priced tea is brought from the other side of the earth, and the low-priced tea is picked from the pit.
And the waiter explained so hard, that is, for every pot of tea sold, they all get a commission. If they sell ten gold coins of tea, the commission alone will be one silver coin.
"Oh...so that's how it is." Jesse was stunned for a moment, he didn't know it and thought it was very high-end, as if it should be so expensive.
"Well, let's make a pot of tea for one silver coin." The corners of Kunzhan's mouth twitched, drinking tea from a cup made of colored glass, ten gold coins per pot, which made the prince think it was expensive to drink.
"Okay, please wait a moment." The waiter said politely, took the menu and went down.
"Huh..." Jessie breathed out softly, and glanced around. It was very quiet, and everyone else spoke in a low voice.
He lowered his voice imitating the example, "This place is too high-end, no wonder so many people dare not come in at the door."
"This is where nobles stay." Kun Zhan waved his hand, he likes this kind of high-end place the most, just like the king's capital has private dining rooms.
"Poor people..." Jesse was about to speak, but was attracted by the conversation at a table not far away.
"Hey... have you heard? There will be an auction in Zuixiao Building tomorrow."
"Of course I've heard of it. I also heard that there is a treasure map auction. It's the treasure map of the Brutus Beastman Kingdom. I don't know if it's true or not?"
"Whether it's true or not, you'll know if you take a look at it tomorrow, and the competition for the treasure map must be very fierce, there will be a good show tomorrow."
"I heard that many people think that the treasure map is real, and several groups of people are already eyeing the treasure map."
Chapter 0564 Alien version of tea culture.
"The treasure map? Or the treasure map of the Brutus Beastkin kingdom?" Kunzhan frowned. He always felt that there was something crucial in it that he hadn't figured out.
"Hey... You don't think this treasure map is real, do you?" Jesse sneered.
"You think it's fake?" Kunzhan said with narrowed eyes.
"Of course, how long did it take for the Brutus Beastkin kingdom to perish?" Jessie waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "Even if there is a treasure map, it's impossible for it to appear in this small place."
"No, this may be true." Kunzhan shook his head, pointed to a table not far away, and said in a low voice, "I didn't see a few Beastkin over there, and they left immediately after hearing about the treasure map. Yet?"
"What's the connection?" Jesse was a little confused. How could these two prove that the treasure map is real?
"Hehe...don't forget the specialness of this place." Kunzhan said meaningfully, "There are so many Beastkin in this city, it's not surprising that there are treasure maps."
"This..." Jesse was at a loss for words, he couldn't quibble, there are quite a lot of Beastkin in this city.
"Tomorrow, we're going to participate in this auction. Anyway, we brought a lot of gold coins here, hoping to get some good things." Kunzhan said indifferently. He is very familiar with auctions. After all, many slave auctions have good goods .
"Okay, just to pass the time." Jessie shrugged, now that the secret recipe of the perfume is stuck, he can only play by ear, or wait for the fourth prince's instructions.
"Ta Tata..."
"Two guests, your tea is here." The waiter came over with a tea tray, a delicate wooden tea tray with many carvings on it, very beautiful.
"This..." Jesse stared blankly at the tea tray. There were so many things. Is this drinking tea?It's so ceremonial.
"This is a tea tray, and each price of the tea tray is different." The waiter explained.She arranged the teacups and teapots, then lifted a small charcoal stove, put the ceramic kettle on, and waited for the water to boil.
"This teacup? So small? But it's pretty." Kunzhan said softly. He immediately fell in love with this strange and artistic tea set, which has aristocratic air.
"This is something that has been studied..." The waiter roughly talked about the art of tea, then put a few plates of small pastries, and said softly, "This is a secret pastry, very delicious, a nobleman bought several A pastry for one gold coin to take away."
"Is it that delicious?" Jessie frowned, looking at the pastries on the plate in disbelief. They were exquisite, but they were a little small, and they would be gone after a few bites at most.
"Please try it." The waiter smiled politely.
"Okay, let me give it a try." Jessie picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, before chewing twice, the impact on the taste buds made his eyes widen.
"How is the guest?" The waiter smiled slightly. The appearance of the other party was a bit like her reaction to stealing food at the beginning.
"Cough cough cough...the taste is, it's pretty good." Jessie blushed, feeling a little ashamed, as if she had never seen the world.
"How do you sell this pastry?" After Kunzhan tasted it, he also felt that he should pack some to take away.
"This plate is called wheat milk cake, and this plate is called red bean cake... Each plate of these cakes costs 88 copper coins." The waiter said with a smile.
"Uh..." Kunzhan was stunned for a moment, looking at the four small pieces of cakes on the ceramic plate, which together are only half the size of a palm. Isn't this too expensive?
"The technique of each pastry is secret, and many raw materials are very scarce..." The waiter saw the customer hesitated, and immediately began to explain again.
"Take me ten plates of each of these four." Kunzhan said immediately, feeling as if the waiter was despising him.
"Okay." The waiter said softly, the guests at this table really care about face.
"Buzzing..."
When the water boiled, the waiter immediately put the tea leaves into the teapot, then poured hot water, and began to wash the tea like flowing water, which made Jesse and Kunzhan look confused, it was really artistic up.
"Two guests, please drink tea." The waiter made the tea and said politely, "It's a bit hot."
"En." Kun Zhan picked up the teacup, took a few breaths, and drank it in several sips. The taste was slightly bitter, and then the sweetness made his eyes narrow. The taste was very memorable.
"Good tea." Jesse yelled loudly, drawing dissatisfied looks from the people around him and making him smile apologetically.
"Guests, you have to be calm when drinking tea, so that you can taste the taste of bitterness first and then sweetness." The waiter reminded in a low voice.
"It's worth a silver coin." Kunzhan opened his eyes and groaned. He was overwhelmed by this tea, which was much better than that bitter tea.
"Two guests, we have tea for sale here, and even tea sets." The waiter took the opportunity to introduce, "If you like it, you can buy some back and make tea yourself."
"Oh?" Kunzhan's eyes lit up, and he asked quickly, "How much is the tea set in front of me?"
"This tea set costs five gold coins." The waiter said with a smile on his face.
"Here's a set, and a little more of this tea." Kunzhan said grandly, although his heart hurts for a long time, but this tea full of aristocratic temperament, why do you want a set?
He thought of having a guest coming to the house, inviting him to drink tea, and seeing the bewildered look in his eyes, wouldn't that be a great sense of accomplishment?
"Then guest, what price do you want for the tea?" The waiter blushed and sold a set of tea sets. Her commission was at least copper coins.
She quickly introduced, "We have ten silver coins, twenty silver coins, one gold coin...Of course, there are also inferior tea leaves, only one silver coin, eight hundred copper coins..."
"What's the price of the tea you're drinking now?" Kunzhan asked, forget about the tea that costs more than one gold coin, it's too extravagant.
"Twenty silver coins a catty of tea." The waiter responded immediately.
"Just a catty of tea at this price." Kunzhan said grandly. Compared with the tea set, the price of this tea is acceptable.
"It's the same for me, too. I need tea sets and tea leaves, as well as pastries." Jessie interjected immediately.
"Okay, arrange for the two immediately." The waiter replied with a smile on his face.
Chapter 0565 you want to die.
In the noodle restaurant, on the second floor by the window, Qiao Mu turned his head to look at the increased flow of people on the boulevard outside the window. Those people looked rich or expensive in their attire.
"Lord Qiao Mu, there is new news." The jackal Beastkin said in a low voice.
"Tell me first, what's the situation outside?" Qiao Mu frowned. He came to Sheba City for a few days, and several of his subordinates pretended to work in order to obtain information.
"Those people outside are from the king's capital, and they seem to be rushing for the goods from Sheba City." The jackal Beastkin said in a deep voice.
"Oh? These human races are really cunning and know how to do business, just like the fox race." Qiao Mu snorted and said lightly, "What did you find out? That Annie's itinerary is clear?"
"Lord Qiao Mu, here is a piece of information I just heard." The jackal Beastkin glanced around and lowered their voice, "There will be an auction tomorrow night, and I heard that there is a treasure map of the Brutus Beastkin kingdom."
"What? Are you sure there is really a treasure map at the auction tomorrow?" Qiao Mu's eyes widened. His first thought was that he couldn't believe that the treasure map of the Brutus Beastkin Kingdom was being auctioned?how can that be?
"Yes, I just heard about it too, and it came from the tea house." The jackal Beastkin said affirmatively.
"Did that woman, Annie, take out the treasure map for auction?" The only thing Qiao Mu thought of was this, and the more he thought about it, the more ugly his face became.The treasure map fell into the human race, which meant that his success rate in completing the mission was very slim.
"Master Qiao Mu, what should we do now?" the jackal Beastkin lowered his head and said, he felt that this mission was about to fail, and thinking of His Royal Highness Dis's ferocity, they might not have a good time this time.
"Damn it, how could she do this and hand over the Beastkin's things to the human race?" Qiao Mu gritted his teeth and let out a low growl.
The jackal Beastkin shrank their necks, turned their heads and glanced at the gazes around them, and quickly comforted them in a low voice, "Lord Qiao Mu, we can grab the treasure map."
"Hmph! Idiot." Qiao Mu glanced at the jackal Beastkin and scolded, "You want to die, but I don't want to."
During the few days he was in Sheba City, he also heard some information, that is, there were at least 600 to knights in Sheba City, and a quarter of them were Beastkin knights.
With such a number of knights, he lost all thoughts of snatching them. The unequal strength gap is simply like an egg bumping against a stone, and he is overconfident.
"Hey..." The jackal Beastkin smiled awkwardly, and he just blurted out when his head got hot.
"Auction, what time is it tomorrow?" Qiao Mu said coldly.
"I-I don't know about this yet. Everyone is saying it half-believingly." The jackal Beastkin said awkwardly, "However, I heard that there will be a notice in the newspaper tomorrow morning, saying that an invitation letter is required to enter."
"I heard? I don't want to hear about it. If you want accurate information, go and find out immediately." Qiao Mu raised his hand, pointed at the forehead of the jackal Beastkin, and growled, "Quick, go."
"Yes, yes..." Cold sweat dripped down the jackal Beastkin's forehead, and he turned around and ran away.
"Damn it, are you going to participate in the auction to take pictures of the treasure map?" Qiao Mu's face was gloomy. He only brought a few hundred gold coins here. I hope those people don't take the treasure map seriously.
...
When Shi Mi passed by Pearl Pavilion, he was attracted by the name of the store. He also saw many people in the store, so he walked in involuntarily.
"Pearl Court? It seems that my lord wants to buy pearls for Miss Fei again." The knight said with emotion, he knew that Viscount Smith was pursuing a girl, and that girl had some distant relatives with the eldest prince, and she seemed to like pearls very much.
"Haha... I hit it, I hit it, there are pearls..."
Before Shi Mi entered the door, he heard an ecstatic voice, which made him frown, so excited to buy a pearl?He knows most of the people inside, they are all from the capital, and they have all seen the world, so it doesn't make sense to be so demeaning, right?
"Ta Tata..."
"Huh? Where are the pearls?" After entering the door, Shi Mi saw many large wooden barrels and a group of people gathered together. What pearls are there?
"Guest, if you want to buy finished pearls, you can go up to the second floor." The receptionist stepped forward and said.
"What are they doing?" Smith pointed to the excited and annoyed voices in the crowd.
"Those customers are betting on clams, that is, betting on pearls." The man said skillfully.
"Gambling on pearls?" Shi Mi was stunned, so arrogant?To gamble with pearls?
"Guest, just go up and have a look." The man raised his hand to signal, no matter what he said, he would not make people understand what kind of clam exists.
"Oh?" Smith raised his eyebrows and walked towards the crowd. With the help of the knight, he walked into the crowd. Just as he got in, he saw a middle-aged man holding a knife, and one end of the knife was tied with an iron knife. The chain is fastened to the table, and the other hand holds a black oval.
"It must be hit, it must be hit..." the middle-aged man was muttering, prying the black thing with a knife.
"Crack..."
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Everyone around fell silent and stared fixedly at the clam.
"Huh..." The middle-aged man took a deep breath, and snapped open the clam shell, inside lay four white pearls.
"Hahaha... I hit it! Four pearls, I made it, I made it, I made it..." The middle-aged man immediately shouted excitedly, waving his hands.
"This... is this how the pearls came from??" Shi Mi was dumbfounded, so the precious pearls were pried out by this kind of thing?His world view was completely refreshed, he always thought that pearls came from a kind of ore.
He was just about to ask, what is this thing called, when he heard someone discussing a topic next to him.
"These pearls are quite small, so they shouldn't be worth much money, so let's make a small profit. I heard that a pink pearl was opened a few days ago. It was millimeters in size, and that was the real treasure."
"Really? Fourteen millimeters? Is that big?"
"I also heard from my friends that there will be an auction tomorrow night. I guess it will appear at the auction. The price must be very expensive."
"Yes, the pink pearl is fourteen millimeters in size. There must be many people fighting for it."
"..."
Smith listened quietly at the side. He wants to participate in this auction. If this pink pearl is auctioned off and given to Miss Fei, she will definitely let her marry me, so that he can get closer to the eldest prince. .
"Then, let's gamble now." The corner of Shi Mi's mouth rose. This betting on pearls is very interesting, so what if you don't play for a while.
Chapter 0566 or roll.
As night fell, the excitement of the day was slowly covered by the night.
In the study of the castle, HAD was correcting the government affairs. There are so many disaster victims today, and he needs to ask about resettlement issues.
"Master, drink some tea to refresh yourself." Nicole came in with the tea and placed it lightly on the desk. Her long flaxen hair was still a little wet, and it looked like she had just taken a shower.
"En." HAD put down the notepad, rubbed the center of his eyebrows with one hand, picked up the tea with the other, blew it a few times, and took a sip. The taste of the black tea was quite good, slightly sweet.
"Master, today the teahouse sold fifteen tea trays, 25 catties of tea, and earned a total of 73 gold coins." Nicole said softly. This is the bill reported by the manager of the teahouse just now.
"Oh?" HAD raised his eyebrows and said in surprise, "I didn't expect those nobles and merchants to have such strong purchasing power."
This was really beyond his expectation. He thought it would be great if he could sell or gold coins, but he didn't expect the charm of tea to be so great.
"Hehe...Master, those people also bought a lot of pastries." Nicole covered her mouth with a chuckle, pulled her long hair down her forehead, and said, "The pastries sold for eleven gold coins."
When the report first came out, she still couldn't believe that those nobles and merchants actually bought so many pastries.
"It's really... special!" HAD had a strange expression. He bought pastries while drinking tea. The pastries were originally used for decoration, so they were very expensive and the portions were small. It just made drinking tea not so monotonous, but it was so popular .
"Today is still the first day. Those businessmen and nobles haven't gone shopping much. After a few days, the reputation of tea will spread, and more people will come to buy tea trays and tea sets." Nicole analyzed, putting a plate of egg tarts Push it in front of HAD.
"En." HAD picked up a piece of egg tart, opened his mouth to bite off half, chewed a few times, lifted the other half and stuffed it into Nicole's mouth.
Nicole stared blankly at the egg tart in front of her, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she bit the egg tart with her pink lips lightly. Such an intimate gesture made her a little shy. Fortunately, there were only two people in the study, and everyone else had gone to the hot spring.
"Bonuses for the employees of the teahouse will be three months' salary, so that they can pay more attention to the information." HAD picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.
"Okay." Nicole nodded, she has already received the finances, and she is now reviewing all the shops in Sheba City.
"Let the scientific research department make more tea trays, and burn more good ceramic cups at the kiln." HAD ordered lightly. The promotion of tea culture has made a good start. From now on, the income from single tea leaves every year It's a huge sum of money.
"Okay." Nicole nodded seriously.
"By the way, how much money did the goods in the capital sell for?" HAD put down his teacup. Now Sheba City needs a large amount of coins. For example, tomorrow's auction is to make money. He has already asked people from the intelligence organization to start the auction. There will be momentum.
"Eleven thousand and 230 two gold coins, 67 silver coins, and 420 copper coins." Nicole read solemnly.
"More than 1000 pieces? It seems that Darlene has raised the price." HAD narrowed his black eyes slightly. The goods in the capital have an estimated price, and the current price is ten times higher than the estimated price. two.
"Darina said that because there were too few goods, those nobles competed to increase the price first, resulting in a much higher price." Nicole's gray eyes looked at the egg tart crumbs at the corner of HAD's mouth, and her heart quickened for some reason.
"Just share it with Darlene according to the requirements in the contract, and give another one hundred gold coins, which can be regarded as a commission for her performance." HAD raised the corner of his mouth and said gently, "Just say that I rewarded her alone, no Into her family's bill."
"Okay." Nicole pursed her lips, the money Darlene earned for the young master, these one hundred gold coins are really nothing.
"Well, tonight's egg tart is delicious." HAD picked up another egg tart and stuffed two mouthfuls into his mouth.
In terms of cooking, Nicole has nothing to teach him. Nicole is limited by the material problem and knows more than him. He has sorted out domestic and domestic menus and will translate some when he has time. Practice with Nicole.
"Master, don't move." Nicole's cheeks were flushed, she reached out to pinch the crumbs of the egg tart that were sticking to the corner of HAD's mouth, and put them into her mouth.
"..." HAD stared at Nicole in a daze, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, this behavior a little teased him.
"Gag..."
In the next second, the study door opened, and HAD's strange thoughts were calmed down.
"Master, I'm here." Annie said crisply, bouncing in, her ears twitching.
"Washed up? Where's Mina?" HAD turned his head to look at Weiya, Avery, and Deess who came in one after another from the study door, but he didn't see the cat-eared lady.
"She said she was going to collect today's information." Annie pouted her pretty nose, immediately saw the egg tart on the desk, and subconsciously pursed her lips.
"Let's eat, one for each person." HAD looked at the furtive look of Hu'er Niang with a funny face, and pushed the egg tart over.
"Then young master, have you eaten?" Annie asked, she knew that Nicole had prepared it for the young master, so Nicole had only soaked in the hot spring for a while.
"Eat." HAD waved to Deess and the others.
"Then we'll share." Annie immediately stepped forward, took the egg tart plate and shared it with the horned wolves.
"Deess, what's the situation in Sheba City today?" HAD looked at Niujiao Niang, who swallowed the egg tart, and handed over the teacup.
"Hmm..." Teess was chewing, and quickly took a sip of tea from the teacup. After swallowing, she said with a serious face, "Those businessmen and nobles are too good at making trouble, and many people have been arrested today."
"What's the matter?" HAD frowned, it was inevitable, so many people came, it was impossible that nothing happened.
"Fighting and fighting, competing for perfume, and..." Teess said, lowering her head slowly, her voice a little lost, "There are also things like dislike of Beastkin blocking the way."
"Oh?" HAD narrowed his black eyes slightly, and his temperament immediately became fierce, and he said coldly, "Has everyone been arrested?"
"They've been caught, and they're all locked up in the Security Division." Deess raised her head and looked at the cold face of the young master, feeling warm in her heart.
"Put them in a small dark room and lock them up for three days." HAD had known for a long time that such a thing would happen, those people who came from the king's capital habitually treated the Beastkin as slaves.
It seems that there should be a warning to the monkeys, so that those people know who has the final say in Sheba City, they can either abide by the rules or get out.
"Yes." Tessy replied with a smile on her lips.
Chapter 0567 different intelligence.
"Annie, how long can we last with our existing wheat?" HAD turned to look at the Annie who was eating egg tart crumbs.
"Ah?" Annie was stunned for a moment, flipped through the notepad immediately, and muttered, "There are only three warehouses left for the current wheat storage. Based on the current population growth, there are more than 5000 people, and we can only hold on to more than one and a half. moon."
"More than a month and a half?" HAD was silent, frowning and thinking, developing a territory, basic necessities of life are always the most important.
The food in the territory has not been harvested yet, even if the vegetable seeds are sown, it will take a month to harvest, but the vegetables are not wheat, which can grow and mature quickly, which can only alleviate the food crisis.
That is to say, Sheba City is now falling into a food crisis again due to the increase in victims of disasters. Now it can only rely on imported wheat, and the city with a large amount of food storage is only Beifeng City recently.
"Young master, the layout of Beifeng City should be implemented, so as not to have long nights and dreams." Annie whispered.
"Yeah." HAD nodded. He had set his sights on Beifeng City as early as winter, and the layout had already begun, and he said slowly, "Start to use salt and linen to pry open the trading rights of wheat. Isn't the owner of Beifeng City here?" Here? Before he returns, I want half of the wheat in North Wind City."
"Master, I want so much wheat, I'm afraid that other cities will take advantage of it." Annie's brown eyes were full of worry.
She knew that the plan was to use salt and linen, let other cities purchase wheat on behalf of others, and then transfer it to Sheba City, the price would be higher. This was one of the reasons why gold coins were urgently needed in addition to the monthly salary.
"Don't worry, they don't dare." HAD said with a confident smile, "The market economy of other cities is now in our hands. If they want to make a fortune, they can only listen to us."
HAD is not worried about the noise in other cities at all. Taking Sheba City as the starting point, the nearby cities have trade relations with Sheba City. Although they are all small cities, because the cities are small and the economy is monotonous and unique, they are easily attracted by the West. Yangcheng, a big capital, invaded the market.
Food, clothing, housing, and transportation, the first two things are controlled by Sheba City. To put it bluntly, without the trade of Sheba City, I am afraid that these cities will go bankrupt one after another. There is no salt for cooking, no linen for clothing, and the living standard It will drop several notches.
This is another kind of rule by HAD, which is higher than the rule by force. You can win the fruits of victory without blood, and you can win without fighting.
Of course, for such a layout, first of all, there must be strong capital, production industry, manufacturing industry and so on.And the most important military power, otherwise everything is just a paper tiger, a paper tiger that will be torn open by the barbarians with long swords, and take away everything needed.
HAD's plan is to accumulate enough industrial foundation in the early stage, even if there is a war in the future, it can support him to v, v, or even v... After victory, he can quickly restore prosperity.
"Then I will immediately write to the other city lords, asking them to cooperate with us." Annie immediately fell down on the table and began to write.
"Tell them, as long as they can help us buy enough wheat, we will give you % more of the next batch of goods." HAD said lightly, and they must give some food to make the horse run.
"Okay." Annie replied without raising her head.
HAD is not afraid of not having enough goods now. Several of his workshops have been producing goods all winter without stopping. The most important linen has been piled up in several warehouses.
"By the way, I have to go to Heishui City in a while to meet the leader of the Beastkin tribe, and I need to discuss some cooperation with him." HAD lowered his eyes, looked at the notepad on the desktop, and thought about the development of the next plan.
Good news came from the scientific research department yesterday that the hydraulic loom and the hydraulic loom have been successfully researched, which means that a large number of people can be liberated, and the production of linen will be doubled several times.
Moreover, the use of hydraulic power can meet many conditions that cannot be produced quickly by manpower.The linen market can be gradually occupied, so a new generation of cashmere coats should also be put on the agenda.
"Boom bang bang..."
There was a knock on the door, causing HAD, who was in deep thought, to look up, and saw the cat-eared lady stepping in, holding a thick stack of letters in her hand, all of the information collected today was 0...
"Master, here is an important piece of information." Mina sat on the corner of the desk with her hips upturned, put the letters into a pile on the desk, and handed the selected letter to HAD. It was an urgent letter.
"Oh?" HAD raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to take the letter and looked, the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, as if he had encountered something embarrassing.
The information on the letter refers to two things that he has been paying attention to all the time, namely coal and iron ore, and now the iron ore has been found.
Sheba City is currently short of steel. Even if HAD has been investing a lot of manpower and material resources in steelmaking, the steel production will never be enough. The steel production throughout the winter is only enough for the initial construction of Sheba City.
However, for HAD's great development, steel is the most important thing. He has asked the scientific research department to study steam engines. With the current level of technology, according to the blueprints, HAD estimates that it will be produced by the end of the year, or sooner. maybe.
Then the steam engine is produced, and the steam engine train will not be far away after that. That is the real iron-swallowing monster. The amount of steel in the laying of the rails can be prohibitive.
To get rich first, to build roads, HAD intends to carry out this famous saying to the end, so the construction of railways is inevitable, and it is also what he will focus on in the future. Waterways always have too many limitations.
"Master, the city lord of this place is already on his way, and seems to want to talk to you about something." Mina took out another letter.
"Oh? You're already here?" HAD looked at the letter as he took it, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised. He didn't expect that the other party wanted to talk to him about the salt business. This is interesting, a fat sheep delivered to your door.
"Master, do you want to treat him well?" Mina said softly.
"No, don't be in a hurry for now, let him hang out for a few days." HAD waved his hand, looked at the character introduction on the letter, and said calmly, "Tomorrow's auction is the most important thing."
"Understood." Mina replied softly.
Chapter 0568 genius-like creativity.
At around 07:30 in the morning, Sheba City was already bustling, and many civilians went out to work. Except for some confused victims, this was the beginning of another day of struggle.
"The newspaper is sold, the newspaper is sold, the specific news of the first auction in Sheba City is all here." Xiao Le shouted at the top of his voice. Today, the newspaper office printed two thousand copies of the newspaper, which is a good way to earn a lot of copper coins. day.
"The city lord's mansion is recruiting new workers. A large number of people are needed to dig ditches. The monthly salary is copper coins. Those who are interested can go to the labor office to sign up."
"The city lord has issued a new policy to benefit the people. The new disaster victims can enjoy low-cost rental discounts for the first three months."
"Children aged six to 14, who can't read and write, can go to school and enjoy a discount on tuition fees for the first year."
"..."
In the early morning, the newspaper seller shouted around with the newspaper, shouting out the general catalog of the newspaper, attracting customers to buy the newspaper.
"What are you shouting outside in the early morning?" Kington pulled the quilt off his head with a dark face, and shouted to the door, "Go out and shut up those yelling untouchables."
"Gag..."
The door opened, and the knight came in with a roll of newspaper. He said solemnly, "My lord, the people outside are from the city lord's mansion. Someone went to chase them away before, and they have been arrested."
The place where they lived was a hotel, which happened to be next to the main avenue. The newspaper seller would only shout on the main avenue, and would not go to the residential area to disturb the people. This was HAD's insistence.
But the newspaper seller can sign a newspaper delivery agreement with some people in the residential area, that is, to deliver newspapers to the door every day, which is similar to the postman on the other side of the earth.
There were quite a few nobles and businessmen living in hotels along the main avenue. Some of them thought the newspaper sellers were too noisy, so they sent people to drive them away, and were taken back for education by the patrolling police.
"Damn it, this damned broken place." Kington gritted his teeth and shouted, looking seriously angry.
"My lord, I think you should take a look at this thing." The knight handed over the newspaper. He knew that Mr. Kington had duplicity, and he didn't know how to praise the magic of this city last night.
"What is it?" Kington got up, frowned, took the newspaper to look at it, and subconsciously thought, "At eight o'clock tonight, the auction will be held on the first floor of Zuixiao Building, and those who have an invitation letter can enter...the auction items are pink Fourteen millimeters of pearls can produce a catty of tea a year..."
On the first page of the newspaper, there are various auction items listed, all of which are top-notch goods, and Kington is very greedy for some of them.
"My lord, are you going to participate tonight?" the knight asked cautiously.
"Go and get this invitation letter." Kington waved his hand and said, how could he not go to an aristocratic event like an auction.
"Yes." The knight heaved a sigh of relief. This invitation letter is not difficult to get, I heard that you can get it with some coins.
"Gag..."
The knight left, but Kington was looking at the newspaper in a daze. This newspaper made him feel very novel. Compared with the specialness of Sheba City yesterday, this newspaper was not in vain.
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In the city, Darlene and Eliza walked on the main avenue, and they came out to hang out early in the morning.
"Eliza, your identity has been revealed?" Darlene bit the meat bun, her voice was indistinct, "How did you reveal your identity?"
After she saw Eliza's face in the castle last night, she was very surprised. Didn't she not reveal it before leaving?Why did it appear in the castle after a few months, showing the characteristics of an elf.
"Well, it's to save the elves..." Eliza briefly recounted what happened before.
"Wow? Your Excellency HAD, this is a hero saving the beauty." Darlene's blue eyes sparkled, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, she poked Eliza's belly with her arm, and said jokingly, "How is it? Do you feel your heartbeat? "
"What kind of heart-wrenching feeling?" Eliza froze for a moment, and a trace of panic flashed in her emerald green eyes.
"Of course it's the feelings towards Your Excellency HAD? You don't feel that he is a hero to save the beauty?" Darlene looked at the elf who was a little flustered, and it was fun to tease the elf.
"No, no, you're thinking too much." Eliza hesitated and shook her head quickly.
"Eliza, you hesitated, you hesitated just now." Darlene opened her blue eyes slightly, and said in surprise, "You don't really have feelings for Your Excellency HAD, do you?"
"No, no." Eliza hesitated even more, she thought of HAD rushing to Moth City to rescue her, and the usual care for her, as well as spending a lot of colored glaze to prepare for her.
"It seems that you have also been poisoned by Your Excellency HAD." Darlene sighed, and walked forward, with helplessness in her words, "There is Catherine in the front, and you Eliza in the back. Really hot."
"You, don't talk nonsense." Eliza stomped her feet, blushing with anxiety, and hurried to catch up.
"Did I talk nonsense?" Darlene looked at the little woman-like elf with strange blue eyes, the elegant and cold elf actually made her shy after saying a few words, it seemed that she was another person who had a crush on His Excellency HAD.
"You just talk nonsense." Eliza scolded, she didn't know what was going on recently, she preferred to pay attention to Lord HAD's every move, and even thought about going to buy that notebook from Fleur, and even if she liked HAD My lord, she is also the kind of person who doesn't speak out.
"Okay, I'm talking nonsense, hurry up and take a look at Zuixiaolou, I'm here to be the auctioneer tonight." Darlene waved her hand and said, she will be the auctioneer for the auction tonight, and she will be the auctioneer now Go to Zuixiaolou to familiarize yourself with the process.
"The newspaper is sold, the newspaper is sold... two ladies, do you want to sell a newspaper?" Xiao Le took a newspaper and handed it in front of Darlene.
"Newspaper?" Darlene was stunned, she didn't have this thing when she left Sheba City last time.
"Two copies." Eliza took out steel coins to buy two newspapers, and handed one of them to Darlene. She also liked to read newspapers when she was free.
"Eliza, what is this newspaper?" Darlene took the newspaper and looked at it, becoming more and more surprised as she read it.
"Newspapers are a way to get information quickly." Eliza tucked the newspaper under her arm, and dragged Darlene, who was reading the newspaper with her head down, forward to prevent her from falling.
"Wow! Your Excellency HAD is really amazing, especially this advertisement, which is really a genius idea..." Darlene yelled when she saw the wonderful place, and she admired HAD more and more.
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"Eliza, look at this ad, this missing person notice, it's really great... If Your Excellency HAD lets him do business seriously, I'm afraid he will become a big businessman, definitely at the level of an incomparably rich country." Darien Na squeezed the newspaper tightly with both hands, looking like a little girl.
If her admiration for HAD before was just that HAD was very smart and had some unconstrained ideas, then after reading this newspaper, she saw too many novel business ideas in the newspaper, many of which can be used alone to make money. Many coins.
Comparing the fleets run by her and her father Solo in this way, I found that only those with brains can make a lot of money, while her family can only make some hard-earned business.
"Okay, stop boasting, you have finished boasting about Mr. HAD's merits." Eliza rolled her eyes and said, she was almost ashamed for Mr. HAD.
"Cut...you don't understand business matters." Darlene sighed, she didn't want to go back to the capital, and found that Sheba City was the most exciting place.
"Here we are." Eliza looked up and looked at the heavily guarded Zuixiao Building in front of her. There were two rows of heavily armed soldiers guarding the door.
"Then go in." Darlene stepped inside.
"Yeah." Eliza turned her head and glanced at the crowd behind her eyes, a complex look flashed in her emerald green eyes, and then she followed.