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Chapter 184 The Beginning of Dawn

In the days that followed, Cecil was caught in a sea of ​​troubles. This was not a matter of the Middle Kingdom alone, but a matter of the seven countries. How to link up, how to cooperate, and how to finally realize this plan required repeated discussions, let alone , the countries are not of one mind, they always want more benefits, and they quarrel every day.

The other kings had not only royal cavalry, but also clerks, attendants, ministers, etc., and the conference room was always full. On the other hand, Cecil, except for Langdon, who was the three little ghosts of the Guang family, everyone else had work to do. Son, it's impossible to hold a meeting here all day, not to mention, this kind of meeting is more about talking to each other.

"I can ask for the land in St. Panier, but I don't want it in Maibeigu." Alexander said with a rascal face, "Whoever wants that damn place will want it."

"It is you who proposed to attack St. Panier." King Inger of Crandall said calmly, "And the closest city to Maibei Valley is your city."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Crandall is directly bordering on St. Panier, and I am not adjacent to St. Panier." Alexander's huge body leaned back on the back of the chair, poor The chair creaked a series of times. This was the magic furniture left by Burton when he first came here, and he didn't know what material it was made of. "Shouldn't you be the one to accept Mai Beigu because of emotion and reason?"

"That's fine, St. Panier is all mine, how about it?" Inger spread his hands, "Don't bother you."

Alexander laughed: "How can there be such a cheap thing?"

"Enough is enough, we will also contribute, and we must gain something." Clorenza of the Black Sea said dissatisfiedly, "Or are we just here to watch?"

"Agreed." Heidenholm said loudly, "We can do it even for simple businessmen, so why come here on purpose?"

"Since it is cooperation, of course all parties must benefit." The king of Roja Forest has been relatively silent, and this country is also the country that Cecil knows the least.

Cecil, who was listening, only felt a headache. Alexander was simply the "chosen man", proficient in all kinds of flags and black stalks. He took the map and looked at it for a long time, and said, "Green Bank and Luofeng Mountains don't actually border each other, right? "

The kings looked over, and they were exhausted from several days of negotiations, but how could they retreat at this time.

"Theoretically, there is no border, because no one actually lives from the Green Bank to the Luofeng Mountains, and naturally there will be no detailed national boundaries." King Clorenza of the Black Sea said, "What do you think? ?”

"I still need to discuss it in detail, but let's put aside the treatment of St. Panier for the time being." The duck is still flying in the sky, thinking that it can split a few legs. Enough, you guys, this sentence Cecil Holding back his stomach, "It's not early today, let's go here, everyone is tired."

Really tired, no one objected to Cecil's proposal.After the meeting was over, he immediately contacted Alanster, the elven king of Green Bank. With the good friendship between the two parties, he successfully obtained the piece of land leading to Maibei Valley after exiting the Eb Tunnel.

At the dinner meeting in the Middle Kingdom, the leaders each held a bowl of rice and a few dishes, while eating and chatting in front of the map.

"In this way, we actually monopolize the entire Eb Tunnel. We will build a city at the exit of the tunnel in the future, and we will be able to completely control the land passages on the east and west sides." Cecil said, "Alanster has agreed, Give us a strip of land along the Windfall Mountains, and they're happy to have us as neighbors."

"It's just such a small area." Russell muttered, "It's very troublesome to invest so much money in building new highways, building walls, and so on."

Cecil said angrily: "Don't you realize one thing?"

"What?" Langdon asked.

"Aren't you just treating the Luofeng Mountain Range as a burden?" Cecil was helpless. "Such a large mountain range, who knows what's in it! The white porcelain mine that Pibali said was discovered under the mountain range, right? But it's a treasure, we can develop the Luofeng Mountains if we have a reliable entrance! Who knows what's on it?"

"No one knows," Langdon said.

Cecil was stunned: "Is there no one?"

"No." Langdon laughed. "There are very few records in history. No mage would like to enter the Luofeng Mountains. How should I put it, there is an uncomfortable feeling that the drunkard may have eaten too much Now, the Luofeng Mountains is a feeling of being hollowed out, as if the soul has been torn out of the extreme emptiness, very uncomfortable."

Cecil was silent for a while, and said: "That's not just right, this is a treasure house belonging to mortals."

The higher the level of this world, the more attention is paid to the potential of magic, and the less mortal bloodlines. So far, the king knights Cecil has seen are basically non-human, and most of them are "elf" faction, with humanoid blood. The appearance is not extraordinary, after all, Wang Qi still pays attention to face, and few royal families of various countries are pure ordinary people.

If generations are combined with pure mortals, it is very likely that magic will suddenly disappear after a few generations. This seems to be a curse and a warning: this world does not belong to mortals.

Cecil found such a pattern in the information obtained from Langdon, but he didn't care, he himself was a typical example of being unable to use magic, and he felt more and more firmly that the laws of the world were gradually changing.

Before falling asleep, seeing Langdon's beautiful back muscles after taking off his clothes, Cecil said with some doubts, "there are more king knights than I thought." Yan Fu said, "I mean, there are more kings who can really pull the king to bed than I imagined."

"Going to bed doesn't mean that the king is gay. It's better to say that there are only a few who dote on the king's cavalry like Alexander." Langdon crawled on the bed and leaned over. Very smooth and elegant, "With power, you have the power to choose. The king has too many choices, and he will always get tired of it. King cavalry is relatively rare. Many kings will try it even if they are not gay, let alone , men always understand men better." Speaking of this, he showed an ambiguous smile, leaned towards Cecil's neck and breathed out.

Cecil shivered involuntarily. Langdon always knew how to tease, so fucking annoying!

"Besides, Wang Qi is a man, so it is more convenient than a woman, such as going to the battlefield, going out, and occasions where killings are required, etc. Wang Qi can accompany the king, but the queen can't. He can accompany the king at night and when the king needs it. If you work hard, over time, you will of course gain a certain amount of favor." Langdon's voice became lower and lower, "I wonder if I, the King of Knights, are doing well to serve His Majesty?"

Cecil couldn't bear it anymore, turned over and rode on the big cat, and said viciously: "What a fart, I will let you know how powerful I am today!"

Langdon laughed, proving that he was really good.

The next day, Cecil opened his eyes and didn't want to move at all. The result of letting go of playing the night before was that his lower body felt paralyzed, until Langdon's hand pressed on his back and used magic.

Magic is really good - the Nth time feeling.

Langdon tilted his head while getting dressed, nodded his neck and said, "Kiss, harder."

Cecil smiled and kissed her.

Langdon said amusedly, "I mean, kiss harder."

Cecil blinked and understood what it meant. He leaned over and hugged Langdon as hard as he could, and groaned for a long time. After letting go, he found that Langdon's neck was white and delicate, without any color.He sucked on the same place for a long time in disbelief, his lips were numb, but it still had no effect.

Langdon took a look in front of the mirror, and said helplessly, "Forget it, I'll do it myself." Then he rubbed his neck for a long time, and finally found a strange-shaped bruise.

Cecil was tempted to say it was nothing like a hickey but dared not.

I'm such a useless man...

Cecil is in pain!

At today's national meeting, the issue of the ownership of Mai Beigu was finally resolved. Cecil said that he would receive Mai Beigu. As for the rest of St. Parnell, Crandall would receive it, and Losiers would divide it with several other countries. Banze, no one said anything about why the kings suddenly came to an agreement overnight, but Cecil knew that Langdon went to the king's cavalry meeting after he fell asleep.

There is almost no mana in the entire area of ​​San Panier, but it is still feasible to use the land as a buffer or a weapon. What's more, what they want is not only the land, but also the savings of San Panier over the years. Anyway, this is also a lot of wealth, even if you throw the land away after you get it, it doesn't matter.

Cecil emphasized that the so-called "belonging" refers to the post-war period, not the wartime period. Naturally, other countries did not worry about being robbed of their soup, so they admitted it smoothly.

The general matter has come to an end. As for the war, all the kings are full of confidence. Six... no, the Seven Kingdoms are united, including the largest magical country today. No one thinks they will lose.Still, the Kings have a question.

"What's the matter with that sentence in the healing magic?" Alexander asked casually.

Tension and caution were concealed under the calm attitude, and Cecil knew very well that the reason why these kings were so easily invited was the "advertisement", not because of what the "advertisement" said, but because Where the "ad" appears.

So far, although everyone is constantly creating new magic, the basic magic still cannot be changed. As for the "automatic adaptability" and "clusteriness" praised by mages, they are not the characteristics of magic at all, but the achievements of the Dijal people. Now that the update has been cut off on the [-]th, this feature has also disappeared.

Cecil's ad was clustered, new, and naturally noticed by others, who must be eager to know why.

"Ah, that one."

Of course, Cecil couldn't say anything about No. [-]. In fact, he regretted revealing this news to the Gay Knights now. Some of this news is fabricated and still has great value.After repeated discussions with Langdon, he decided to disclose the part of the secret about Russell and his party to the kings. However, it was not without cost.

"Actually, it's nothing, it's just spreading magic." Cecil said, "It's added to healing magic."

No one believes it, everyone knows that the central king does not know magic due to a magical accident, and some people who know the truth about magic or know more about history certainly don't believe it, they are more inclined to mystify Cecil, or some of their Unforeseen facts.

"Let's call it a day, Your Majesty Clorenza, our royal knights want to get together." Cecil said, "Do you mind?"

Among the six visiting kings, only the king of the Black Sea did not have a royal cavalry. This reason seemed impeccable, but the message he sent made him very dissatisfied. However, he had no excuse but to withdraw.

After the royal knights came in, Alexander put on a smile on his expression: "It looks like you have something to say."

Cecil smiled: "It's just small talk."

The two sides chattered and broke up soon. Cecil didn't mention the magic well, and the kings didn't ask, but just picked up some interesting stories between the king's cavalry.In the evening, Langdon said to Cecil: "The King of the Black Sea has sent an application to the Gay Knights for a king's cavalry. Burton is very happy, and so is the leader."

Cecil breathed a sigh of relief: "Did you tell them about the mana well?"

"Speaking of which, that's a lot of money." Langdon sighed. "There are excerpts from the news sent by the regiment. The kings only know that it is an ancient magical miracle, similar to the White Tower, and it doesn't matter how to verify it."

Cecil said nervously: "Alexander didn't ask for the ownership of Mai Beigu again, did he?"

"No, he doesn't want it. No matter how difficult it is to deal with the magic energy well, no matter how many mages he puts there, as long as there is another wave of magic energy, the whole army will be wiped out, and the news released by the group emphasizes that the device is out of control. Knowing what will happen again, no one would want to hold a time bomb in this situation, rest assured, the excuse of ancient magical miracles is very good, things like the White Tower and the Floating Sea Kingdom have not been replicated so far Come out and try everything." Langdon said relaxedly, "The team is very satisfied with your performance this time."

Cecil lay down on the bed and sighed, "We should have something in return."

Langdon lay down beside Cecil, gently stroking his forehead and cheeks, the gentle touch could easily make people drowsy, he closed his eyes, and heard Langdon's soft voice: "Don't worry, I will Pay attention to the movements in the group, I love you, dear."

"I love you too..." Cecil mumbled, slipping into Langdon's arms and falling asleep.

Before falling asleep, a thought came to his mind: Who is the leader of the Gay Knights?

The big purchases started, and after getting the permission of the kings, the merchants rushed to various merchants in Moon City like hungry beasts. From the latest white porcelain products to old product paper, all the spot goods were cleared, and none were left behind, and the orders were kept. until the end of next year.

In terms of fashion, clothing has been wildly sought after. Countless businessmen spend all day in clothing, makeup, and accessories stores, holding a variety of clothing styles and tirelessly talking about their requirements. This is because Yuecheng does not sell fabrics, Huang Daopo textiles The machine factory was working day and night, but it still couldn't meet Yuecheng's demand for textile machines, and they didn't sell them at all.

As a last resort, this business group had to make a custom order, and was thinking about how to sell it when they went back. In this regard, the merchants in Yuecheng recommended the full set of services of the "Banquet Etiquette Company". It's out of their concern.

There are no cotton and silkworms in places other than Yuecheng. In the past August, the cotton pickers were sweating profusely but smiling under the scorching sun. The extremely hot climate and the ultraviolet rays of the plateau brought an extremely rich harvest. The white cotton wool In their eyes, they are like gold coins, and every time they pluck a cotton, they seem to hear the jingle of metal coins piled up.

When Cecil got a new textile machine, his first reaction was not joy, but panic: Nima couldn't be a flame goblin and did something wrong?He is really afraid of these "Smurfs" now. Since the fleeing flame goblins came, the number of "Smurfs" has increased a lot and become more lawless. Since they were forbidden to play with fire in the city, they actually ran outside the city to use metal Welded a fence secretly and lit a huge bonfire. If it weren't for the setting of "National Fire", it might have caused a grassland fire.

Cecil asked suspiciously while scolding the flame goblin: "Aren't you afraid of causing a grassland fire?"

"Huh?" The flame goblin looked at a loss, "Why is there a grassland fire?"

Cecil: "..."

Well, people in this world don't have the concept of natural fire. After all, even if lightning hits a tree, it is impossible to catch fire. Therefore, the east side with abundant river resources and the southern continent with abundant rain are full of dense forests that are extremely lush, and there is no fire in tactics. attack this concept.

In any case, the flame goblin was always a part of Cecil's headache. Fortunately, there was no flame goblin this time. He went to the research center anxiously, and got the news: "Jenny's spinning machine has been made, Your Majesty."

Cecil maintained his expressionless face for a while, then said "hmm" slowly, and after waiting for a long time, saw that the person in charge of the carpentry academy looked more and more frightened before saying, "It's gone?"

"Uh... what, Your Majesty?" The person in charge was confused and scared, "You, what do you want?"

"That's the spinning jenny, nothing wrong with it?"

"...No, it doesn't seem to be there, it works."

"It's not made of metal, is it?"

"No."

"Didn't you use any material other than wood?"

"Some parts are metal, and some belts are leather."

Cecil pondered for a while, feeling that he had to face reality, took a deep breath and said, "Take me to see it."

Following the person in charge into the room, Cecil was finally relieved when he saw the Jenny loom that was exactly the same as he remembered, replaced by ecstasy.

Jenny loom, the beginning of the Industrial Revolution!

This thing has greatly improved the speed and precision of spinning, fine cotton is just around the corner, and the three spindles of Huang Daopo's textile machine have been increased to nine spindles, and this thing is hand-cranked, which does not require thermal power and doubles the efficiency.

Cecil stood beside the Jenny textile machine for a while to calm down, praised the head of the carpentry academy who was terrified, and then rushed out of the research center, holding back and holding back, a cheer I jumped up and shook my fist a few times!

quilt!Cotton jacket!

God knows how long Cecil has been thinking about these two things. Magic clothes and bedding are really good, but they don’t deliberately create that kind of soft effect. You know, making ordinary linen cloth warm is a magic effect, smooth and smooth. It’s another kind of magic effect, plus soft whirring or exposure to the sun are two more magic effects. Adding multiple magic effects to the same item, the difficulty is not addition but multiplication, so most magic cloths only pursue two kinds of magic effects. Effects: Wear-resistant and constant temperature, or wear-resistant and skin-feeling, the three magical effects are already extremely advanced varieties.

Just like the white stockings worn by the female models at the Maibeigu Magic Fair, if you look at them from the perspective of magic clothing, they are top-notch products: translucent, light and soft, plus you can change the color at will, it is almost a rare product. .

Such products are definitely not worrying about selling, and it is no wonder that foreign business groups are shopping around like crazy. They have already got the news at the magic expo, but the magic expo in Maibei Valley is too short, and it is impossible for the Middle Kingdom to sell it. Bring everything with you, here, naturally, you will have enough time to purchase carefully.

"It's better to set up a branch here." Many members of the business group have already had this idea. After inquiring about the land rent and tax rates in Yuecheng and Ebo, they immediately made up their minds. He came up with the idea of ​​buying it first and subletting it at a high price later.

After Cecil heard about it, he immediately restricted foreigners from renting land. A business group can only rent one piece of land. As for buying, if it doesn’t exist, no one in the country can buy it. The land is state-owned. For this, many kings are very envious. But many lands in other countries have been privatized. Even if the king wants to buy all the private land in the country by himself, it is wishful thinking. It is even more impossible to confiscate it directly. I don’t know what kind of trouble it will cause.

"Hey, it's better to be your people. You don't pursue magic or study combat, but just think about doing business." When parting, Alexander said with emotion, "The common people are so obedient, it's really a blessing for a king."

Cecil: "..."

"I'm really sorry, my Majesty is rather straightforward." Baker said with a smile, Wang Qi can also intervene in private occasions.

I can fuck you, is your honesty all reflected here?

What can Cecil say?

Only a smile of course.

After sending off the six kings, before Cecil had time to catch his breath, he was choked by Russell's soul question: "How much money are you going to spend to build an army?"

Cecil was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why do you ask that?"

"Because we have no money." Russell said calmly.

"I know."

Russell was a little confused: "Then you agreed to join the coalition?"

"Who said I'm going to send people out, and I still go to war with only a few people? Who will do business after the fight?" Cecil said naturally.

Not only Russell, but the royal knights all showed a look of confusion.

Cecil sighed, and proudly said: "You guys...well, it's impossible to not be able to do anything at all, but I think it depends on the timing of the appearance, and the main combat power can't be human, aren't we? God of civilization. In the early stage, I think it’s better for us to sell goods, such as some war preparation materials, alcohol, cotton jackets, new steel, etc., and wait until the end of the fight, and it’s better for us to join the war again, and I In the end, I can only get one Mai Beigu, who is full and full, what am I trying to do!"

Speaking of this, Cecil suddenly felt something familiar, and then he thought: the Jenny textile machine plus the eradication of slavery, what the hell, the Industrial Revolution has just begun? !

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In fact, according to the outline, the next chapter after that is "Two years later..."