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Chapter 109 Warning!warn!

The two of them found many animals along the way. The appearance of the bear was similar to the ones on the earth, but it was much bigger, with black and red mane, and it must stand more than two meters tall.At that time, he and Langdon were on their way, and after looking at each other with the bear for a while, they parted ways with some tacit understanding.

At this moment, I heard that "humming and chirping" sound again, and Cecil was still guessing whether the black bear was also a magic bear, and was about to join them. Unexpectedly, when I searched for it, I found that it was a person who wrote the black bear. With a full head of braids, he is a real white man.Judging from his appearance, this person should live in a high-latitude area, with a straight nose and fair skin, but at this moment, his white skin is turning red and flakes, and he is peeling off in large areas, probably because he was sunburned by the high-altitude ultraviolet rays. After all, There is no sunscreen in this world.

Twisted Pigtail fell to the ground, closed his eyes and hummed from time to time, his face was flushed red, and there was no obvious trauma.

Cecil looked at Langdon, and after getting a slight nod, he leaned over and whispered, "Sir, are you okay? Are you injured anywhere?"

Twist Braid suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed Cecil's arm and shouted, "￥#%￥@￥#!!"

Um?Can't interpret magic?Wildlings?

Langdon, who had been watching, asked, "Do you want water?"

While Twist Braid was nodding wildly, Cecil quickly untied the portable pot made of hardwood tubes and gave it to Twist Braid. They would decorate wherever there was water along the way, and if it was bad, they could collect dew and night moisture. It has metallic properties, so there is really no way to rely on magic water, but along the way, Langdon only needs to spend one magic bit every day to produce enough water for two people for a day, and there is no danger.

"Are you using all your magic bits to make water?" Langdon said.

After drinking the water in the hard wooden tube in one gulp, the spirit of the braid finally recovered a little bit, as if his burning face calmed down a lot, he nodded, took the branch and wrote the word "Ebo" on the ground, this Those who don't need to write use interpreter magic, and it is interpreted by the viewing party.

"Are you going to Ebo?" Cecil became a little vigilant, "Don't you know that Ebo has perished?"

Twisted braid showed a shocked expression, and he opened his mouth for a long time in a daze, then suddenly rummaged through the bag, took out a piece of soft cowhide and kept patting it, and said something he couldn't understand.

This can be regarded as "speaking" to understand.

Cecil and Langdon led the stranger to find a shady place, made magic water supplements, and ate roasted smoked beef sandwiched with steamed buns. It was a delicious meal in the wild. After all, fire needs bit of magic.After a good night's rest, the next day, the braid had a magic bit, and finally returned to the civilized world and was able to speak.

Cecil was secretly happy in his heart for a long time, because Langdon didn't interpret the magic to the other party generously, thinking about the "giving" method made him feel sour.

Why the hell am I so cowardly!

Cecil was so self-critical as he listened to the story of the braids.

"I'm from Poye City in the Kingdom of Great Honor. Your honorable master may not know that it's just an ordinary city." Twist Braid made the opening remarks by introducing himself, "My name is Daniel Gerrard, sir, friends Call me Danny, a magic leatherworker."

In just a few words, Cecil almost guessed Danny's experience and the purpose of coming here. One third of his heart was proud, one third was guilty, and the other third was curiosity: What will happen to these permanently unemployed people? reaction?

"Are you here...to take revenge?" Thinking of the actions of the carriage firm, Cecil chose a guessing direction. Anyway, with Langdon by his side, and Danny really doesn't look like a strong man, he won't waste time Going in circles.

Danny smiled bitterly: "What are you talking about, sir, revenge? Why?"

"If my guess is correct, the tanned leather has stolen your business?" Cecil said.

"Is this called tanned leather?" Danny touched the beige cowhide like he was stroking his lover's face. It was the original undyed appearance of the leather just after tanning. "It's really like a magic technique."

Cecil has always hated this metaphor, and after hearing it for a long time, he has no reaction. After all, in the eyes of people in this world, "like magic" is the highest praise for ordinary items.

"I didn't come here for revenge. In fact, there is nothing to avenge. When magic leather steals the business of ordinary leather masters, the other party will not think of revenge... Although I don't deny that someone will do this, it is meaningless. "Danny scratched at his braids. He doesn't smell very good now, and he hasn't showered for many days. "The era of ordinary magic leather craftsmen is over. The leather we make cannot be completely waterproof and fit perfectly. We can only make tanned leather, so who would want our expensive leather?"

This got to Cecil's itch: "Can't you sell it at a lower price? It's a craft anyway."

"Do you know how many pieces of skin we can make in a day?" Danny shook the leather that was about arm length in his hand, "Magic is really convenient, we only need a few minutes to cast a spell to make such a piece, but most of the magic The magic position of a leathersmith can only make four pieces a day, but I can make five pieces, what about tanning?"

Cecil was silent for a while, and said: "If all the processes are completed by an ordinary person independently, probably... er, on average, there are about twenty or thirty skins of this size."

When the tanning was in the hands of the former Beers, the production efficiency was of course low. When it came to Cecil, it was immediately changed to an assembly line. Working independently, although the time will be longer, the output will not be reduced. The area of ​​the bubble skin pool is five square meters. On average, two to thirty sheets per person per day is a conservative estimate.

"But the price of our two products will not be different." The bitter expression on Danny's face became more and more obvious, and there was a bit of sadness, "Even if I insist on high prices, why do customers have to pay high prices to buy products with the same quality? Where's the magic skin?"

Cecil had nothing to say, this is a sober loser.

"Then why are you here?" Cecil asked curiously.

"Study!" Danny's expression changed, with a little hope, like a young man who has found the meaning of life, "You probably don't understand, the leather industry is already a stagnant pool, and no one has thought about how to create the latest and most A good method of making magic is all about how to prevent others from creating new leather-making magic. Do you know how long it has been since there was a new spell in magic leather? More than 200 years! Over 200 years, there are so many magic leather craftsmen but there is no one A new spell is born!"

Cecil thought that the brick-burning workers dared not use molds, and said with sympathy, "I understand."

Danny obviously didn't take this seriously: "Now, I have a new hope. This is the skin without using magic. Look at the softness and toughness. What kind of genius can make such a creation! "

Cecil heard a "chuck" coming from beside him. Hearing the sound, he looked over and found that Langdon's smile was rapidly disappearing, and he looked back innocently.

... God, you hurt my heart so much.

"Uh, probably a, what, very hardworking person."

It was Cecil's turn. He held back for a long time and was still humble. The main reason was that he hadn't done this himself, nor did he do in-depth research. , he is unable to help.

"I think it's not just hard work, it must have the mind of a genius magician!" Danny exclaimed excitedly.

Cecil: "That..."

"I really want to see him right away!" Danny shouted in the wilderness without looking like he was old at the moment.

Cecil: "..."

"As long as I see him, I won't leave, and I will follow him all my life! He must know many mysteries of leathermaking!" Danny's eyes sparkled.

Cecil: "..."

The snickering sounded intermittently, and Langdon covered his mouth and lowered his head, unable to bear it any longer.

"I heard it!" Cecil said angrily.

"Sorry, it's just—" Langdon made a tactical pause, and looked at the bewildered Danny with sympathy, "Let me introduce Cecil to you... well, as long as you know Cecil, This is the talented leatherworker you mentioned, the one who invented the leather tanning method."

Danny's smile slowly disappeared. He kept his hands in prayer and looked at Cecil motionlessly. After a long time, he said weakly, "You invented the method of tanning leather?"

"Yes." Cecil was really embarrassed, "It's me."

"Please accept me as a student!" Danny rushed over suddenly, knelt down and hugged Cecil's leg gracefully, "I can do anything!"

Cecil was taken aback, his legs were twitching or not, he hesitated for a moment and said: "I have something to tell you, except for tanning, I can't do anything anymore."

Danny's excited expression froze: "What did you say?"

"It's just...except for this tanning method, I don't know anything about leather making. I can teach you the tanning method, and there will be nothing more." Cecil was modest just now to guard against the current situation, "Actually, I'm not a leatherworker, I only know this technique."

Danny's face vividly interprets the whole process of a heartbreak.

"That, that, I can draw a plot for you, build a laboratory, and tell you, I know that some chemical...things have an effect on the skin, you can do experiments casually, and no matter what results you have after you finish it...you can Share it!" Cecil changed his tone very spinelessly, "The most important thing is that I support your experiment, no matter what I want, I will try my best to find it, just like I am your sponsor, and I will realize your dream for you! "

The broken Danny gradually healed, and the shadow of hope rose again on his face, and he said with a trace of firmness: "In this case, I will definitely repay your tolerance and kindness with a hundredfold result!"

It can be said that the two sides hit it off. Cecil asked Danny about his experience, only to know that this guy came all the way from his hometown through Might and Magic, and the journey was easy. After all, he has been a magic leather craftsman for many years, and he is a proper middle class, earning magic. The coins are spent on gold coins, and gold coins are not used as money at all, until the Griffin is rented in Toto Port, it can be regarded as capsized.

"I rented it outside the city gate of Tuoto Port." Danny said, "It only costs [-] silver coins per person. I thought it was too cheap, so I boarded it. The man still had to wait and said he would only take me alone." It’s not cost-effective, and in the end, we took a total of three before we set off.”

Cecil asked suspiciously, "Can you sit down?"

"It's a bit crowded, but I thought all the griffins here were like this!" Danny said dejectedly, "He walked halfway and said that he wanted to drop off the guests. As soon as the guests came, they surrounded me with the trainer and said they wanted me to make up for it." Paying the money, I don’t accept metal coins but only magic coins. How can I agree, so I ran away with my luggage. I didn’t know the way here, so I used magic to find a direction and walked along. Water and food accounted for two dollars a day. One is for identifying the direction. I only have five magic positions in total, and why is it always so thirsty here? Why does the sun make me moult when the sun is clearly not hot?! Yesterday I spent all four magic positions on the water If I hadn’t met you, I’d have died in the wild. For God’s sake, it’s terrible!”

When Cecil heard the last sentence, he said itchyly: "Do you magic leather craftsmen also believe in the skin god?"

"Of course, which leatherworker doesn't believe in the leather god?" Danny said in surprise, "That is the main god of the leatherworking world. Whether he uses magic or not, he is the patron of all leatherworkers!"

Received Langdon's stern look, Cecil cleared his throat, and changed the subject nonchalantly: "Then you are miserable, the one you rented is not a regular Griffon firm in Port Toto at all. On the city wall, you rented it outside the city?"

"No wonder I walked a long way before I saw him!" Danny suddenly realized, "And he was hiding in the woods and sneaking around. I wondered that the road was gone, so how do I go next!"

Since there is only one city in the direction from Toto Port to Ebo, and due to the existence of the Ebo trade team and the strict inspection of people entering and leaving, in fact, the direction from Toto Port to Ebo is a dead end, and walking is only possible on wasteland.

"It's probably a relative in charge of the Griffon Trading Company." Langdon said, "I'll send a letter to the person in charge of the company later, don't worry, Toto Port will not reserve a place for such profiteers."

"We still have to fix the road quickly!" Cecil said bitterly, "Look, these good people who want to defect to us can't even find the road, it's too dangerous!"

The three of them set off again, and it was pleasant to chat while walking. Cecil asked a lot about Gretel's Kingdom of Honor and the leather products industry, and even boasted about the settings of furs, leather clothes, etc. Danny nodded frequently. After apologizing to the animals that will suffer in the future, he started popular science breeding, industrial slaughtering, quick slaughter, etc., one set of one set does not repeat the same.

Cecil was happy talking, and Danny was happy listening.

There are more leather products in this world than on earth. For example, the shock absorption system of the carriage uses a lot of leather products, which should use metal springs, but after Cecil drew the appearance of the springs to the flame goblin, he learned that The existing metal materials will be directly crushed, and the toughness is not enough. What's more, it is difficult to make such a weird arc-shaped object accurately without magic, so we have to give up first.

Cecil thought that Danny was the only one to gain this time, but he didn't expect that after two days of walking, he finally saw the tung tree beside a stream.This thing is also called tung tree and Leprosy tung tree. He doesn't know which species of tung tree it is, but judging from the three-lobed oval leaves and the appearance of clusters, [-]% of them are tung tree, and it is perennial. The ripe fruit is pressed for oil.

Tung fruit is a bit like a walnut, poisonous, and excellent as a biodiesel. In short, the lighting in all parts of Yuecheng has been improved, and there is no need to light the candle that screams and emits black smoke!

Cecil walked around the tung tree forest with great interest for a whole day, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the area of ​​the forest was one square kilometer.This is an undulating hillside, which is very gentle. It should not have escaped from the high altitude area. The sunlight is very abundant, and there is a meandering stream running through it, which provides enough water. The low-lying areas rarely grow oil. Tung tree is also in line with the impact of the rainy season, and the flooded place is not suitable for the growth of tung tree.In addition, the life of tung tree is extremely tenacious, and it can survive in saline-alkali land, barren land or river beach rocks, and its economic value is still very high.

Right now, Cecil is giving priority to lighting oil, which is cheap, plentiful, environmentally friendly, and convenient. Bark, leaves, and tung oil can also be experimented on soap and paper to see what you can get. Don’t be too omnipotent!

Cecil ran wildly for a while, panting to Langdon, "Let's build a city here!"

"It's a little short to walk for eight days." Langdon said hesitantly, "If the road is repaired in the future, the carriage can arrive in about a day."

"What does that matter!"

Cecil mainly took a fancy to this stream. Although the river course is tortuous, the river bottom is not only wide but also has a large height difference. A small waterfall of about [-] meters is formed on a cliff, which is very suitable for technologies such as waterwheels. , can be regarded as finding a non-magic, non-human motivation.

"You mean to build the city in this forest?" Danny is not young, and his emotional intelligence is not bad. Cecil has no airs, and the two have gotten along very well. "Why don't you cut down all the trees?" , isn’t the view in the city too poor?”

"No, no, no, you can't cut it down, these trees are treasures!" Cecil immediately said, "We can build roads in places where the terrain was originally low, and there are no trees in these places!"

"It will flood during the rainy season," Langdon reminded.

"...Oh." Cecil said disappointedly, "It's okay, we can transplant the trees, gather the trees in one area, and make other places a residential area. This is the outpost of Moon City!"

Langdon didn't directly agree. He inspected the vicinity and nodded his agreement after confirming that there was no danger.

Cecil was so excited that he didn't sleep well all night, and it was time to go back. This time he was asked to come out mainly because no one recognized the tung tree. Now that he found it, the next step is someone else's job. It's not good for him to be outside all day. Floating, causing Langdon to follow him around.

On the ninth day, the three of them were preparing to return to Moon City. Cecil woke up early in the morning to wash his face in the stream, and when he was wiping his face with his hands, he suddenly heard the sound of a flute.

flute?

Cecil covered his face and carefully identified it. Yes, it was really the sound of the flute.He moved his hand away, and there was a "gentleman" standing on the other side of the stream. The reason for using this word is because this person was dressed in a black robe with wide sleeves and folded fronts, a thick red embroidered belt, his hair was tied in a bun, and he was wearing a crown. Appropriately dressed in the nobles of the Han Dynasty.

Did I travel back in an instant?

When Cecil was in a state of confusion, "Young Master" put down his flute and said, "I am the God of Paper."

Just four words blew Cecil into confusion: "You... I didn't pray to God."

Paper God is very handsome, with a bookish look when he smiles, but he is not young anymore, he is not as energetic as Dongfeng Express, and he is not as red as the sunset like the old man of the Great Wall. He is a bit like a social animal of 996, trying to catch the tail of youth But the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes ruthlessly betrayed his inner fatigue.

"As the main god, no matter how many people you sacrifice, you can't call me here." The paper god walked over leisurely, and the creek was like walking on the ground to him, and he stood in front of Cecil in an instant, "I insist on entering the pass license."

It took Cecil a while to understand, and he jumped up and shouted, "Are you extradited by technology?"

The paper that Cecil researched at the beginning is still what it is now. He has too many things to do and has no energy to pay attention to the paper workshop. Unknowingly, straw paper has become the most shipped commodity in Yuecheng, "polluting" the coast of the bay of all civilizations.

"This is a projection, and the faith you worship is far from enough. Without your extradition, the projection would not be able to come here, and it will cost me a lot, so you should listen carefully." Paper God nodded, and spoke very quickly, "God Warlord Well, you should be ready."

Cecil was a little dizzy from the news one after another, and said in a daze: "God, god war? Who and who? Why? Where?"

"Magic carriages and the god of carriages." Zhi Shen said.

"There is still a carriage god on earth?" Cecil said in surprise. In his impression, carriages on earth have become exclusive props for "super long standby time" and entertainment items for European tourist attractions.

"His life is not good." Paper God said with emotion, "Since there is long-term development here, why should we be obsessed with the earth?"

This truth is correct...

Cecil hesitated to speak a few times, but the paper god still said with understanding: "Worry about its future?"

"That's right." Cecil nodded like a peck. "Sooner or later, a better means of transportation will be invented here!"

The Paper God sighed: "We were born for you and died for you. Your history is like a battlefield where I tore and kill. You have filtered it, just follow the plan."

"Trick?" Cecil seemed to be in the halo of reducing wisdom, "What trick?"

"Provide faith for my friend." Zhi Shen said.

Cecil took the opportunity to ask: "What exactly is a belief?"

Zhi smiled slightly: "Do you know why the God of Tanning did not notify you?"

"That's right, that guy has clearly come over." Cecil said, "He should be more convenient than you, right?"

"Indeed." Paper God nodded and said, "Unfortunately, you don't believe in him."

Cecil blinked, puzzled and said: "I extradited him!"

"Do you love it?" Paper God instantly launched "soul torture", "Do you want to monopolize it? Are you willing to fight for it? Are you crazy about it?"

The answer is of course no.

The paper god waved his wide sleeves, and his clothes from the Han Dynasty disappeared in an instant, and changed into a Chinese tunic suit, and his tone changed accordingly: "The East India Company brutally colonized India for the god of tea and chemistry, and the British massacred the Netherlands for the god of seasoning. Man, Americans can sit back and watch thousands of children starve to death in Africa for money gods, can you?"

Cecil was confused: "No."

Paper God continued: "Bruno and Galileo can sacrifice their lives for the God of Physics, Van Gogh is crazy for the God of Art, Lichmann died in the arms of the God of Electricity, can you?"

Cecil finally remembered who Lichman was: "I'm afraid not."

The Paper God sighed: "Then what can you do?"

Cecil thought about it for a long time, and said with a guilty conscience, "I can... make the price of the four-wheeled carriage greatly reduced."

Paper God: "..."

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