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Chapter 111 The Complete Magic Four-Wheeled Carriage

During the World Magic Expo, Cecil took the time to try out the magic four-wheeled carriage. Since they cannot be modified, the models of these carriages are exactly the same.However, he didn't think that these would definitely keep the magic four-wheeled carriage from slipping. After all, the low-price market was also huge, and many merchants needed cheap, large, and strong freight carriages.

The temple has been very generous to Cecil's request recently, almost responding to every request. The magic four-wheeled carriage appeared at the gate of Moon City a week later, when Cecil's chickpea seeds had just germinated.

The magic four-wheeled carriage sent by the temple was very different. Standing at the gate of the city, Cecil first saw a strange bright spot on the horizon. He waited for a while full of doubts, and saw that the bright spot was getting bigger and bigger. , more and more flashing, and finally, a four-wheeled carriage that almost blinded people's eyes appeared in front of them.

Cecil squinted his eyes and looked at it blankly for a while, then said, "Isn't it forbidden to modify the magic four-wheeled carriage?"

"So in addition to the money for the carriage, the temple also paid a huge amount of modification fees." Langdon sighed with a rather disdainful attitude, "By the way, these are real gems and pearls, sapphire, ruby, and green. There are a thousand treasures, and there are many broken gems. In the center of the front of the carriage is a rare gold gemstone, the largest yellow gemstone so far, and there are all round pearls hanging under the eaves of the carriage, inlaid with gold. In the shape of a water drop."

Cecil was silent for a long time before muttering softly: "The taste of homosexuals has something in common across the world..."

"What?" Langdon asked.

"It's nothing!" Cecil raised his voice, "This car is not for the leader, is it? The highest status among us is the leader, right?"

"Are we inside?" Langdon hesitated for a moment. "Well, this is not a major problem. I'll talk to you later. Let's try it in the car."

There are two opposite horizontal rows of seats inside the carriage, covered with soft and thick leather cushions, the window glass is as clean as air, and heavily embroidered silk curtains are hung inside, the carriage walls are made of wood, warm in winter and cool in summer, the four corners of the carriage are With the lights hanging, the top of the carriage exudes a soft halo, which looks no different from a modern carriage.

Of course, it's all made of magic.

Pulling the cart are four tall horses, all black without a trace of hair, making the jeweled carriage even more gleaming.The horse started slowly, and the carriage slowly drove out of the city. At present, there is only the road leading to the Caitu River outside the moon city. Although the rammed earth road is not delicate enough, it is flat and hard. Little acceleration, no sense of bumps at all.

The window could be opened, Cecil stuck his head out, and the breeze felt nice, but the speed of the ground receding was a bit off.He stretched out his arms in doubt, and instantly felt the strong wind hit his hands, and immediately retracted into the car to look at Langdon blankly.

"There is a protective barrier around the carriage, no matter how fast the outside is, the people inside will not be affected, or the impact will be relatively light." Langdon began to explain empathetically, "We are driving on a flat, hard road. , theoretically can reach the best speed, if it is on the Magic Avenue, it can drive at the highest speed."

Cecil asked a lot of people at the beginning, and finally found out that the maximum speed of the magic carriage is about 60 kilometers per hour. It feels like riding a flying saucer.

The comfort and speed of the magic four-wheeled carriage are indeed within Cecil's expectations, if it can't even do this, then it's magic!

"That's all." Cecil said calmly.

Langdon smiled, and turned his head to say something to the knight in the driver's seat. Cecil felt that the vehicle had turned a corner. He turned his head and saw that the window was no longer a rammed earth road but a large grassland. However, the riding experience was still the same as before. , and nothing changes.

Cecil's forehead broke out in cold sweat, but he still said firmly: "That's it."

Finally, the car bounced slightly, and Cecil looked out of the window excitedly, only to find that the horse in front of him was "flying" - to be precise, jumping, in order to jump over a deep pit.He quickly looked at the rear wheels, and found that the rear wheels had just rolled over the air and crossed the deep pit.

With a question mark on his forehead, Langdon retreated into the carriage, and said with a smile: "The wheels have magic, and they can float in the air for a short time when they encounter roads with a certain drop. Although it needs to be recharged with magic energy, as long as you bring enough magic coins Not a problem.

Cecil: "..."

This fucking is far beyond the scope of a carriage!

Cecil was still behind in surprise. When he saw the carriage driving towards a hillside, he couldn't help but his heart beat wildly: "This car can still climb a mountain? Although that one is a hill, there are trees on it! And this slope...fuck it Ahhhh!"

The tall horses just broke into the forest, and sharp blade-like things appeared out of thin air on both sides of their forward direction. Wherever they passed, both stones and trees collapsed, and they were smashed into debris and flew around.

What the hell!

The car finally had obvious bumps, but the whole car was floating in the air and maintained a horizontal state without any tilt. Considering that there is no road below and no normal slope, such a riding experience is already a dream.

After the magic four-wheeled carriage drove back to the gate of Moon City, Cecil sat on a soft seat without saying a word for a long time.

This is not a "carriage", this is a fucking flying saucer!Cars and airplanes in one!

"This carriage can still drive on the sea?" Cecil asked weakly.

"Theoretically, it is possible to go into the water, and there will be automatic buoyancy and waterproof functions in areas with accumulated water, but it will not work in rivers and seas, because there is no suitable pulling tool." Langdon said, "If you rush into the sea, the carriage will The tow rope will be automatically disconnected, the carriage will float and send a distress signal to the service office of the carriage firm, although it requires money, the service is still good.”

In other words, has the frenzied carriage firm really considered the integration of sea, land and air? !

Cecil leaned against the car window with his chin in his hands and thought about life for a while.

Why should I challenge magic?Can I make a toilet bowl out of clay and burn it to burn it?Anyway, this world is full of places that are not suitable for building a country, just messy sewage...

After thinking about life, you have to face life.

"I don't think we can just rely on the carriage." Cecil said firmly to Langdon, "It's not that we don't work hard, but the enemy has a Gundam... Bah, bah, this is too unlucky! In short, we can't just rely on four This thing is a horse-drawn cart. What is our advantage? Unity! Look at other industries in the world, brick-burning can’t use the method of blacksmithing. Wagons, and paper, and roads, and so much more!"

Langdon listened silently while drinking tea, and said slowly, "So, which one do you plan to develop first?"

Cecil leaned over his upper body, approached Langdon and said solemnly, "I want to see if the tofu can be made first!"

Langdon: "..."

It's not a joke. On the one hand, Cecil sent people to collect tung trees and plant fibers along the way, and began to improve the formula of paper. On the other hand, he devoted all the hired workers to the "Yuetuo Avenue". By the way, The "Moon Red Avenue" was also erected on the road from Moon City to the mining plant, and the place where clay and gravel were mined was named "Red River". Although Oaks complained about this name for a long time, Langdon continued to support it. his decision.

The arrival of road repair workers made the living conditions of Moon City deteriorate sharply, and the phenomenon of group renting began to appear. As a result, everyone was busy with work, and no knights had free magic slots to build houses. Cecil had to Hire professional housebuilders from Porto Toto to build big dormitories.

"Why not pay them and let them look for houses?" asked Russell, the accountant. "We pay a lot."

"This will cause the rent in the city to skyrocket. Many homeowners will no longer want to work, and their skills will be wasted. When this wave of employment is over, they will find that they can no longer find suitable jobs. As for investing hot money, I'm afraid it will have to wait. , but this may happen when it develops in the future." Cecil roughly explained the concept of hype, "In short, it is still better for the government... It is better for our Knights to control it, even if the market grows in the future It is also not acceptable to completely allow the market to develop freely.”

Russell frowned after listening, but did not immediately refute. He is still different from Oakes. Although he is speechless in many cases, the reason and logic are always correct—that’s why it makes people feel aggrieved. !

"The reason for the price increase is that there is demand. If there is demand, people will naturally build houses. Once there are too many houses, the price will drop. When the homeowners are no longer profitable, we can buy their houses at a low price to ensure next time. The demand for hired workers." Russell said, "This way we can solve the problem without spending a penny."

Cecil said helplessly: "Yes, we don't spend money, but these houses always have a cost, so who will spend the money in the end?"

Russell thought for a while and understood: "Even if the employees suffer losses, it's not our problem, isn't it? We pay quite good salaries."

Cecil understood Russell's obscurity: "You mean, we gave too much?"

"Of course." Russell said affirmatively, "We did make a lot of money in Alge, but this is not a reason for you to spend money recklessly. If it wasn't for Langdon, I would directly complain to the temple about your wasteful behavior."

Come, come, that sense of aggrieved came again!

Cecil took a deep breath and tried not to appear so emotional. This is how it is when working for a long time. If the boss doesn’t like it, he resigns. Anyway, he doesn’t have to worry about finding a job. Naturally, it’s hard to "convince". This is not a good thing. At the lower level, he also gradually understood this truth, so now he is gradually learning to control his emotions.

"As long as people are alive, they are consuming." Cecil tried to organize more normal language, instead of using habitual marketing terms, "Due to road traffic problems, they can only consume in Moon City, and we paid him The wages will actually be consumed in Yuecheng, and the money will be distributed to our local residents in a disguised form, because these hired workers will not enter the local business industry for the time being. In this way, the economic market of Yuecheng will prosper, and we can There are more taxes, the income of local residents has increased, and the employees are satisfied with their salaries. Don’t you think it’s a good deal to use a little bit of our losses to achieve these goals at the same time? Besides, we...at least my goal is not to make money, What do I earn so much money for? My goal is to run the local area well, does this goal not violate the temple?"

Russell stared at Cecil for a long time before muttering: "I don't know where I learned these fallacies, the teacher is really getting worse."

"I want to make a statement, this is not what Langdon taught me!" Cecil emphasized, "This is just a very superficial... er, economic theory, and there are still many details that need to be considered together, such as , what about the recent security issues?"

This is also a headache for Cecil recently. With the rapid influx of foreign population, not only the accommodation problem has become more and more serious, but also stealing chickens and dogs from time to time. The security of Moon City has always been maintained by the legion knights, but there are only 20 people in the team. It is impossible to meet the security needs of a city with a population of 6000.

Ebo is currently dominated by the Serlings. The Serlings were originally a complete country. A series of departments such as public security, courts, and legislation are ready-made, and everything can be operated as usual, but the Serlings cannot be used to manage it. The knights of Moon City are not suitable.

"Ask for support from the Temple." Russell's idea was indeed that of the Gay Knights.

"Can't we hire patrolling police?" Cecil asked, "Paying people to catch bad guys, is this a feasible way?"

"It's theoretically possible, but can you guarantee that these people won't take bribes to let the bad guys go?" Russell began to torture his soul.

"Give them a high salary." Cecil saw the trick.

"They get high salaries, why should they take risks to catch bad guys?" Russell continued.

"I could create a supervisory position and have this person supervise those patrol officers."

"What if the supervisor is also bribed?"

"Just let the Legion Knight be the supervisor!"

"What if the knight releases water because of which patrol he likes?"

"...Why don't you say that the world is destroyed?"

"Those magic lunatics say that the destruction of the world does not exist, whoever says that is fooling you."

"..."

"And after all, with enough trust, the person who can take up the position of supervisor is already busy. You don't want to hire Serling or Ebo people?" Russell said lightly, "Yes. causing conflict."

You said everything!

Cecil grabbed his hair and held his breath for a while, trying his best to calmly say: "It is impossible for all systems to be guaranteed to be effective forever. We can only establish a temporarily feasible method according to the current situation, and then constantly revise it, otherwise, Do you have any way to completely solve the law and order?"

"Yes, if you ask the temple for support, the knights of the legion will not accept bribes."

"Just now you said that the knight released the water because of which patrolman he saw!"

"Letting out water is not the same as taking bribes." Russell shrugged his shoulders. "It's more likely that the cavalier of the Legion who supervised handed in the bribe, slept with the patrolman, and reported the other party's mistakes after breaking up, and arrested the other party."

Cecil: "..."

Are you too insidious? !

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Russell said threateningly.

"It's nothing, you are not as cute as Langdon." Cecil said angrily, "I don't care about law and order, I can't manage it, you can figure out a way for yourself, besides, there are three knight commanders in this city, I, you Husband and Moye, why are you asking me about everything!"

"Because Langdon said that!" Russell pretended to be surprised and said, "He said he would ask you about everything big and small. If there is any problem, he can solve it early, so as not to have to rework after finishing it. Why, aren't you happy?"

Cecil has nothing to say, this is indeed a practical need, besides, this is the love of a male god, how could he not accept it!

"The security is up to you!"

"What are you going to do?"

"Make tofu!"

The chickpea belt was brought back, but Cecil didn't know what to do with it. Tofu and soy sauce are all made of soybeans. He didn't know if the chickpeas were any different.There weren't enough beans, at least not enough to be squandered, so he divided them into thirds.

A portion was sprinkled into the ground, and the salesperson also assured that these beans could be planted, as long as they were sprinkled, and he bought them only after confirming that they were not magic beans.Of course, it can’t be sown as the salesperson said, and he has never planted it before, so he has to follow the usual method, dig a ditch, make a hole, spread plant ash, scatter the seeds, fertilize and water, roughly like this.

One portion was soaked in water, protected from light and shade, and sure enough, the beans germinated within two days. Cecil was a little worried about this thing, how to eat it?If it’s bean sprouts, of course they’re fried and eaten directly. The problem is that the sprouts from the chickpeas are very short, and there’s a huge bean fruit that looks like a fat comma, which looks like bean sprouts. How to eat.

The third point is the tofu and soy milk that Cecil is looking forward to. These two things appear in conjunction and are easy to learn. The problem lies in the "simpleness" of soybeans. It is not certain whether chickpeas can do it. , The most important gypsum of tofu is not there!

Um, wait a minute!

Bitten tofu in brine, one thing down one thing, these words suddenly crossed Cecil's mind.

Isn't the brine produced by the salt well?However, is this brine the same brine?

With such entanglement in mind, Cecil actually went to get some brine from the salt well, and made a small part of chickpeas to grind out the juice. Langdon voluntarily provided magical assistance for this part. He really didn't want to experiment for this Go get a grinder.The soy milk was obtained by filtering, and after adding brine and cooking for a while, it actually solidified.He dug a spoonful into his mouth with joy, and spit it out without chewing it. It was salty, astringent, bitter and had a strange taste. The first piece of tofu in the country was fed to Carroll like this. The magic elk said that The taste of things is pretty good.

Obviously, there is no way to talk.

The second time, Cecil boiled the brine and put it into the chickpea juice, and got the coagulated tofu again, but it was too salty, and it still couldn’t get rid of the bitterness, which would be covered by pepper and saffron in meat dishes. , has been magnified countless times in tofu, and the unique fishy taste of beans is really amazing.

So, Cecil began to reduce the amount of salt, and after reducing it several times, he suddenly realized something was wrong: Isn't this just adding salt?I've never heard that you can order tofu with salt!

After thinking twice, Cecil didn't put any brine this time, and begged Langdon to grind the chickpeas into juice for the seventh time—Langdon looked at him very strangely, full of admonishment—and used sackcloth several times After filtering, the soy milk is obtained. Add water and put it in the only hardwood frying pan to cook on low heat. Stir while cooking. After the soy milk gradually turns into a paste, remove it and wait for it to cool down. Finally, it still solidifies into tofu.

So, it turns out that chickpeas don’t need brine at all? !

Cecil specially invited the leaders of the Knights to have a dinner that night at Langdon's house.His house was turned into a dilapidated building and turned into a square. Langdon didn't mention building a new house for him. What a waste of sleep, unfortunately, Langdon found a new bed the day after he moved in...

Cecil not only cooked tofu fish soup, but also fried tofu with butter, sprinkled with salt and pepper, and fried bean sprouts with tender steak. Tea and milk tea are indispensable. There is also a new sweet soy milk. The tea is welcomed by most people. Moye is the only one who prefers milk tea.

"Oh yeah, have you started eating brains too?" Moyer said after entering the room, "Illithids in Purgatory especially like food, remember to be brains of creatures with high IQs."

Cecil felt nauseous for a while, and said angrily, "Don't say such disgusting things while eating!"

"It's just the brain." Moyer spread his hands indifferently, "It's as if none of you have picked it up."

"Who took it out!" After Cecil finished speaking, he found that everyone in the room looked away tacitly, including O'Casey, "Damn it, you people..."

"Eat." Langdon intercepted the scene that was about to be destroyed, "You are here to try new dishes, not to talk nonsense."

According to Cecil's taste, the beef fried bean sprouts with the best taste, although there is no soy sauce, egg white and starch, but a good steak is very tender, and the bean sprouts with chickpeas have a chestnut flavor, it tastes delicious The taste can be said to complement each other and is very harmonious.

The second is the tofu fish head. The sea fish soup is milky and delicious.

"Well, doesn't it taste like the brain? What's the matter... Mmmmm!" Moyer couldn't stop talking while stretching out the spoon, and O'Casey stuffed a chopstick of beef.

Among all the people, O'Casey is indeed a madman of rules. He learns chopsticks the fastest. Whenever he eats at Cecil's place, he must use chopsticks.Moyer refused to learn and even preferred to use his hands. Anyway, he was not afraid of being scalded. After O'Casey read about it for a long time, he compromised and used a spoon.

A group of people swept away the dishes like a storm. To be honest, this little dish is not enough to feed a few strong men, and it is not enough to make a bottom.

Cecil could see the user feedback from everyone's expressions. When he was almost done eating, he cleared his throat and said calmly: "Everyone, I have a dream!"

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I feel like I'm almost 007...