Please abide by the Basic Law

Chapter 157

Businessmen are not discriminated against in this world. From some perspectives, they are also called "noble ambitions". Cecil had always thought that this was an idea that came from the spread of foreign civilizations. Later, he learned that the so-called "noble ambitions" "Ambition" is the metaphor of earning money and entering the wizarding world, a metaphor that's sickeningly true.

The Magic Fair does not invite merchants. On the one hand, it is the name of "magic". At least it has something to do with magic to invite. Although the current Magic Fair has been reduced to a sales fair, it can't even lose face. This is why the Middle Kingdom The reason why they haven't received any invitations for several years is that the Middle Kingdom is famous for not focusing on magic, similar to Tuhai.

After Serling was rebuilt, he never received an invitation again. It was probably because of the floating country on the sea. After all, the "magic content" was relatively high. Gray complained to Cecil about this for a while, and he was promoted to "King" After that, the relationship became inexplicably closer, probably because Gray felt that the status of each other was in line with each other, and it was much easier to communicate with each other.

Cecil's idea is not complicated. Participating in the magic fair is to solve the problem of the Green Bank elves, and on the other hand, he wants to make money.He is not sure that the green bank elves can solve it in one fell swoop, unless the green bank elves are willing to migrate, otherwise it will be "good words can't save the damn ghost", but he is quite sure about making money, and the slogan is "can kill An industry is an industry", and seriously, there are many unskilled industries that do not need to be mixed with magic.

Wouldn't it be nice to use magic to achieve something surreal?It's a waste to have to be involved in the lives of ordinary people.

Cecil first gave Mrs. Xiangqi a general idea, and asked her to contact some businessmen to see their intentions. He then went to Serena and asked about the regulations on bringing people into the venue.

"It seems... there are no relevant regulations?" After hearing Cecil's intention, Serena was also a little puzzled, and she was not sure. "It seems that there was a number regulation before, but I have never heard of anyone There were too many people and they were stopped."

"What about the site?" The booth that Cecil participated in is fixed. The location and size are fixed, and no one can change it. "Is there any way to increase the area?"

"I'm afraid this won't work." Serena looked embarrassed, "Our position may not be very good."

This is conceivable.

After thanking Cecil, he went to Langdon and briefly explained his idea. Langdon stared at him blankly for a long time.

"What are you doing?" Cecil felt a little hairy in his heart.

"You always want to make a big news, my dear majesty." Langdon smiled, "I don't object to this plan, but it's not easy, think of a way from the Gay Knights, I recently The reputation in the Magic League is not very good."

Cecil was a little embarrassed. Langdon was killed because he was too poor to hire a magician...

Burton quickly sent the news: If you want a big booth, you can, but you have to send some of the attendants, there is a shortage of people.

Cecil closed the parchment with two slaps when he saw the word "attendant". After being angry for a while, he had to open it again, and finally closed it again angrily.

Seven hundred mouths have been here for two years for nothing, and they have finally grown up. More than 100 teenagers aged [-] and [-] can be used as individuals. Burton is here to pick the fruit, and the timing is just right!

If it wasn't for Yuecheng's potatoes, it wouldn't be easy for me to support so many mouths!

Cecil just looked at it and closed it, opened it and then closed it again, all kinds of angry, wishing to tear off Burton's fake breasts and paste it on the other side's head.

"It's not easy for Burton either." Langdon laughed. "As the Templar Commander of the Temple in the Templar Division, he is also under a lot of pressure."

"Fart pressure!" Cecil muttered, "Then how about it, give him twenty people, 14 years old, okay?"

"He definitely wants the oldest one." Langdon said, "Don't think about it, you just give him fifty of the oldest ones, and ask these people to volunteer, and make up the rest with the younger ones in order."

Cecil still wanted to argue, but Langdon suddenly changed the topic: "How big a booth do you want?"

"emmmmmm..."

Mrs. Xiangqi has been very active in Toto Port recently, and many businessmen have noticed unusual signs. When she visited Moon City again, Cecil became very happy, and after sending a letter to Burton, he expressed his enthusiasm The mood is waiting for a reply.

Burton's reply consisted of only one line of punctuation:  …

Cecil smiled and said, "He also learned to use standard dot notation."

"What did you write to him?" Russell asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I just told him the approximate number of people we will participate in the magic fair." Cecil happily wrote a reply on the parchment scroll, "I didn't mean to embarrass him on purpose, there are so many people we need."

"How many people are there?" Oakes asked.

"630 is a firm with an estimated number of more than 3000 people." Cecil grinned.

The Wang Qimen all had dumbfounded expressions on their faces.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, but you are still so good at making trouble." Oakes sighed and stuffed the pancake fruit into his mouth.

In Yuecheng now, the taste of food is almost the same as that on Earth. The pancakes are especially crispy, with yak cheese and cheese unique to the plateau, sprinkled with salt and pepper, which is endless aftertaste.

Burton actually agreed to Cecil's almost nonsensical booth request. When he received the reply, he couldn't believe it. Thinking about the crowded scene at the Magic Expo last time, he couldn't imagine how to arrange more than 3000 people. .However, since Burton said it, he didn't ask what was going on, and obediently selected a hundred attendants to send them over.

This part of the attendants can be said to thrive under the guidance of the cavaliers. Those skinny children have grown extremely strong at this time, and many of them have also learned a word of Chinese, looking like a native.

To Cecil's surprise, quite a few attendants were unwilling to leave Moon City.

Of course, the gay knights did not intentionally distinguish between gay and gay when they took in these children, and there were many girls among them who believed that they could help, which is why the gay knights have a good reputation among the people one.

Of course, straight men and straight women cannot join the Gay Knights. They can only serve as administrators in the Gay Knights for five years in exchange for freedom. This is an equivalent exchange that no one will doubt, even the kindest and kindest people I will not blame the Gay Knights for this. If these children have magical talents, they will be sent to the magic schools in various magical countries. After completing their studies, they must return to the Gay Knights to serve for three years.

Of course, it is also possible if you are willing to serve for life, but you will not be awarded the title of knight, and naturally you will not be able to enjoy the various will rules of the Gay Knights.

"This is a natural screening, which maintains the purity of the Gay Knights." Langdon said, "It also ensures the peace of mind of the knights in the group."

"Don't there still be straight men like me in here?" Cecil said nonchalantly, "I also enjoy the law of wills."

"It's okay to pretend to be in bed." Langdon suddenly sped up his movements, hugging Cecil's upper body to keep him from moving. "Only I know whether it's uncomfortable or not."

Cecil's "roller coaster" fell straight down at [-] degrees from the most thrilling point, and only he knew the taste of it.

Most of the children who don't want to join the Gay Knights are straight men and straight women, and some of them have ambiguous sexuality. They just don't want to become knights. After all, there are many professions in Moon City and they don't need magic talent.

Moon City has an education system, at least at the junior high school level. In addition to learning the necessary life skills and common sense, the children will also have the big bosses from the research center to take turns to attend classes. The main task is to introduce various occupations.

What if there are only a few master metallurgists or chemical geniuses?This was Cecil's idea.

Sure enough, many children are very interested in different majors. Once they are sure that they will not enter the Gay Knights, they can enter the workshop that cooperates with the research center to become interns. They have no salary, and the workshop includes board and lodging. Pay a certain fee to "redeem" them.

"Do you know that there is a rumor about the Middle Kingdom?" Moyer lazily said at lunch this day, "The Middle Kingdom rejects magic."

Cecil stopped chewing on the crispy fried chicken bones, and his eyes widened: "Where did it come from?"

This is a very serious accusation. In the current world, if it is declared to have nothing to do with magic, then this place will soon become a place of death.Cecil has greatly changed Loye Bay, but it will take time to change the minds of everyone.

Such rumors can easily make the Middle Kingdom suspicious and spurned by people.

"Because of those attendants." Langdon continued, "Generally speaking, out of a hundred children, there will be at least ten grand mage-level seedlings, thirty mid-level mage potentials, and the rest are ordinary mages. But among the [-] children of the Gay Knights, there is not a single seedling of an archmage, twelve intermediate mages, and the rest are ordinary mages, and one of them can't even use magic."

Cecil's eyes lit up: "I don't know magic, do I..."

"His ancestors had the same situation as yours." Langdon broke Cecil's expectations. "He has something passed down from his ancestors. The material is very strange. It has been identified by magic. It is not something from our side." As he spoke, he took out a flat rectangular black block.

Cecil's eyes were straightened, and he quickly took it over to observe. The material is between steel and plastic, but the flat surface and the small vertical stripe design on the side confirmed his guess: this is a fucking mobile phone !

"The child's father used to work in Crandall, and he didn't even know how to translate magic. Although he barely made a living, he was kicked out in the end and passed away. The Gay Knights checked his family background, and his great-grandparents All four of them knew magic, and grandfather had a record of using magic but had a 'magical accident', and his father was born without it, and there is no hope for him." Langdon told the story , the royal knights all snickered, and Cecil was too embarrassed, "In short, we all understand that there is no hope for this child to use magic."

Cecil pondered for a while, and always felt that something was wrong: "Aren't there very few people who don't know magic at all?"

"Of course it's rare." Oakes said, "Very rare."

"But... why do I feel like this happens all the time? If people like me keep appearing, then there should be a lot of descendants, right?" Cecil asked doubtfully.

"Are you stupid?" Moyer raised his eyebrows. "As before, children who don't know magic like this will be extinct in a few generations. Who would want their offspring not to be able to use magic? No matter how small the chance is. , if it’s a woman, she might leave offspring because of her ability to reproduce, men don’t even think about it.”

Moyer's words are not human at all, but it is true.

Cecil sighed, the vivid interpretation of "be poor for three generations" will leave no descendants after three generations.

In the end, Cecil eliminated those who were too young and unwilling to go to the Gay Knights, and sent a hundred children between the ages of ten and 15. Burton wrote a letter strongly protesting that sending ten-year-old children over, "There is no way work".

Cecil didn't care at all, and said that he would send the younger children if he pushed. Burton wrote back and threatened to reduce the size of the booth. He wrote back and said that he would tell all the merchants about it. , and finally reached an agreement that 1% of the revenue from the magic fair will be handed over to the Temple of Tambunita.

Burton originally thought that 1% was too little, but was sprayed back by Cecil.

"He doesn't look at what we have prepared!" Cecil was full of confidence, "1% is enough for him to earn, and he didn't do anything!"

"Actually, we did it," Langdon said. "After all, we don't have anyone in St. Paneer. It's hard to insert people into this kind of place, so he actually used a lot of connections. Curve did it for you."

"Is it because of slavery?" Cecil asked curiously.

"No, gays are skinned in St. Panier," Langdon said.

Cecil: "..."

"Because if a slave is barren, he deserves death."

"Homosexuality is slavery?"

"Homosexuals don't reproduce, so they are reduced to slavery."

"..."

"What the hell? Why didn't this kind of place perish?" Cecil said angrily.

"Because St. Panier is rich in mana." Langdon said, "There is a mana well there, and the place where mana gathers has a certain degree of pollution. If people touch it for a long time, they will go crazy, but there must be someone mining there. , So, do you understand why St. Panier can always exist? St. Panier’s previous style of painting is quite normal. I mean it is relatively normal from the perspective of major countries such as Crandall and Loscher, and it does not capture People from these two countries, or at least they will not be captured on the surface. It is said that these two magical powers have an under-the-table deal with St. Panier, and some enemies of the country will be captured as slaves. But, from the gay knight Judging from the news from the regiment, the new king of St. Panier is ambitious and has already issued a warning."

Cecil's expression was a bit distorted. This plot is not too familiar. It seems that as long as human beings exist, there is nothing new under the sun. At the same time, he is a little worried: "Then we will go there in such a big way..."

"You're the king, it's different." Langdon said, "A king and a king riding there won't be skinned on the spot."

"But I have a reputation for this..." Cecil frowned.

"So you need a wife in your team." Langdon said calmly, "Before you set off, remember to choose one, preferably with the highest force value. I think Tuhai women are good."

Cecil: "..."

Before departure, not only his wife but also various goods are needed. Among them, there is an important thing that Cecil wants to make no matter what, and to make such a thing requires clearing various checkpoints.

First, silk.

Sericulture is an industry that can run 360 days a year without interruption. Cecil has also accumulated a lot in the past two years and has done various experiments. Because the textile machine is not in place, it is still at the stage of artificial spinning. Everyone is groping. Weaving, for which Cecil was of no help except to contribute hand drawings of looms.

Fortunately, we don't need looms to deal with Pibali, but we don't need silk to make cloth. What we need is silk.

Countless silks were cut into the same length and finely spun on a transparent spider silk. This was borrowed from Keke. When the underground resident heard that it was needed for baldness treatment, he generously donated hundreds of meters of silk immediately. , Spit until almost dead.

All the silk has been specially dyed, the silver is covered with magic, and special treatment is given at special times. Cecil just hates the concept of using magic rather than the magic itself. In his opinion, magic is still quite magical.

When Cecil brought this "silk wig" to Peppery, he got a surprised look: "What is this?"

"A kind of textile." Cecil said enthusiastically, "How about the softness and drape? The silver color is exactly the same as your fur."

"Indeed!" Peppery couldn't help but say, "Is this a magic item?"

"That's not all." Cecil was a little suspicious, "Actually, haven't you thought about using your companion's hair to weave?"

"As long as our hair falls out, it will lose its original luster." Piper asked the attendants to put the fake fur on the tip of the tail, flick it around triumphantly, and observe the brilliant silver luster, "If all of them are made by magic Cheng, it is too expensive to achieve the same texture, and there is a expiration date, so I have to keep buying new ones, I can’t afford it.”

Cecil asked in surprise, "Magic products still have an expiry date?"

"Of course!" Piperli straightened his upper body, holding his front paws constantly, as if expressing some kind of anger and grievance, "Do you know how much it costs for a full-textured fake fur? 50 klan! It's klan Ah! It’s so expensive, and it only lasts for one year, I can’t afford it at all!”

Cecil's heart moved: "Then what do you think of this fake fur?"

"It's not bad, although the texture of the hair end is not real enough, but considering the price... by the way, how much is this?" Pibali asked hastily, as if he had just remembered the business.

Cecil only felt a golden road unfolding in front of his eyes, he piled up a warm smile for business use, and said: "Not much, only one carat is needed, and the service life can be up to five years, but the silver plating needs to be repeated regularly. Not sure about the expiry date..." He looked at Langdon.

"This magic can last about a year, and the cost is about 0.8 kram." Langdon leaned over and whispered.

Pibali opened her eyes wide, and after a few seconds, she hugged Cecil's leg and said loudly, "Give me a thousand first... no, a hundred sets!"

Keke looked eagerly at the side, but his hair is relatively hard, and there is no suitable "wig" yet, and he still wants real hair to grow, so he would rather wait for Master Owen's hair transplant surgery.

Pibali temporarily got a fake hair wig, so he was naturally willing to help Cecil find the porcelain mine. With the help of the underground residents, the excavation work went very smoothly. It took only a few days to dig out a mine tunnel of almost one kilometer, which made the He opened his eyes, and at the same time used his brain.

"What are the conditions for you to come to work?" Cecil asked Peppery.

"We don't need this job." Piper's answer was hopeless. "There's nothing on the ground that we need."

Cecil had no choice but to give up and focus on this batch of white porcelain mines for the time being.

Yuecheng is already quite proficient in making pottery. After finding the white porcelain, he experimented a few times, but the finished product was not very satisfactory. It is indeed as white as snow, and the appearance is simple and elegant, but I don't know the manufacturing process or the material problem, and I still can't burn the translucent appearance that Cecil wants.

Frankly speaking, not amazing enough.

There was nothing he could do about this Cecil. He remembered that the "glass phase" white porcelain was made of china clay with a high silicon content.

Pibali can't find this kind of porcelain clay for the time being, so he can only wait. Anyway, the white porcelain on hand is enough to replace the existing products. Cecil immediately started to rush to work frantically, and wanted to manufacture as many white porcelain products as possible before June. What's more, you can also paint different colors of glaze on white porcelain, and the effect of contrasting the white background with the bright colors is quite good.

At the same time, the wooden spinning machine was also built. Cecil stared at the flame goblins this time, not allowing them to make trouble. Finally, it was built smoothly. People in the textile industry tried it out, and the efficiency immediately improved. It can be said that from "single thread" to "multi-thread", silk and cotton have been successfully mass-produced.

Mrs. Xiangqi came here again to discuss clothing design. She expressed great interest in the sudden increase in the types of cloth, which also proved that the research center's confidentiality measures had worked. Cecil showed her one thing.

"Look at this." Cecil took out a flat box divided into two compartments, which he asked the Institute of Metallurgy and the Institute of Food to jointly produce, with pigments extracted from monascus and saffron, together with grease and dust The eye shadows made by mixing them are currently only in two colors, orange red and positive red. "This is called eye shadow."

Mrs. Xiangqi looked at the eye shadow box, wiped some on her hands, and then looked at the model girl, her eyes were burning with burning flames.

Different from the existing eye shadows in this world, this eye shadow has a mine - mica mine.

Time flies, and so does Cecil, and when the season turns hot, it's finally time to go!