my age of magic

Chapter 1550 100. Rune Board Business

On the morning of early winter, the imperial capital was rendered into a silver-white world.

On the rubble on the top of the wall and roof, on the withered branches, and the yellow grass leaves are stained with a layer of hoarfrost. The Weiyang Lake in the distance is shrouded in a layer of mist, and the warm sunlight is still blocked on the other side of the east mountain ridge. After the sun comes out, these hoarfrosts will disappear quickly.

Aliya got out of bed very early, and she had a habit of taking cold showers in the morning.

She was sitting in front of the dressing table in thick fleece pajamas, and the maids stood beside her to comb her hair and paint her nails. Before she went out, she must do the most exquisite makeup for herself.

She has recently started to try some elves' beauty and skin care methods. There is a crystal clear crystal bottle on the dressing table. It is not too big and can almost be held in the palm of the hand. The bottle contains some translucent jelly-like ointments. It is said that this kind of face-retaining cream with a hint of herbal essence is very popular in the small circles of the upper class in the imperial capital. As long as it is reported that a certain businessman brought back this kind of face-retaining cold cream from the world of elves, those wealthy families Ladies, widows of nobles, and noble ladies will all rush to buy them.

I can feel that there is a hint of magic in this cold cream, which belongs to the essence of life extracted from plants and trees. This thing is very similar to the dilution of "essence of life". Let's talk about it. It's actually quite good for everyone to open a workshop in Xinliu Valley to produce this kind of facial cream.

Betty silently put a stack of ironed clothes on the head of the bed, then turned to help Alia put on a corseted petticoat. Alia likes to wear low-cut dresses that make her waist look slim. Knowing that once she wore such a tunic skirt, it would be impossible for her to eat breakfast, so she got up from the bed alone, quickly put on her shirt and magic robe, and slipped to the restaurant downstairs to have breakfast alone.

Accompanied by Demi, Mrs. Jenny bought two airship tickets to Sloit Province yesterday and returned to the northern border overnight. She was worried that Ann would not be able to take care of herself, so she wanted to hurry Go back to El City, otherwise once the river is closed, the city outside the Northern Province will not be so safe.

This is one of the reasons why I can stay in Aliya's manor.

The magic caravan was waiting outside the house under the raised price. The coachman was wearing a black overcoat, sitting in the car and waiting patiently. Open the car door for us.

The Infrastructure Construction Management Bureau of the Imperial Capital is located in the sixth block. The magic caravan drove from the third block in the north of the Imperial City along Yulin Street to the bank of Weiyang Lake. At the gate of the bureau, when we got off the magic caravan, we found that the mist covering the imperial capital had cleared away, and the mountain scenery in the early winter in the distance seemed a bit bleak.

The whole building is built with huge square granite. The main building is divided into four floors. There are no gorgeous reliefs on the walls of the building, but the shape of the arched windows and the broken bridge terrace is still refreshing. Standing with two knights holding long spears, some magic caravans stopped at the gate of the Construction Management Bureau, some nobles got off the carriages one after another, and some people sent each other their morning greetings, and then walked into the building in front of them together.

This is where Earl Orensteinbeck asked us to meet. Seeing that the knight standing at the door didn't seem to come forward to ask or stop us, so Alia and I walked into the gate of the Construction Administration, Alia Holding my arm with one hand and pulling the wide skirt with the other, she looked like a blooming rose in the crowd, and many white-collar workers of the common class didn't even dare to look directly at her delicate and beautiful face.

Walking into the lobby on the first floor of the Construction Administration Bureau, the model of the entire imperial capital is placed in the center of the hall like a sand table. There are various large manors lined up around the clear Weiyang Lake. And the seventh set area is full of various workshops, and we can find our Royal Academy of Magic on this sand table map at a glance.

On this sand table, I also saw a very novel facility. There are three circular ground light rails in parallel in the streets of the entire imperial city. The innermost light rail is designed around Weiyang Lake. This light rail will be appreciated in 360 degrees in the future. The surrounding scenery of Weiyang Lake, the outermost light rail covers the entire imperial capital, but in fact, only the light rail in the middle that runs through the seven major districts of the imperial capital is considered the main transportation line. Some people are already working on the light rail project, but they don't know how far it has progressed. It is currently in the discussion stage. In short, the Magic News has not disclosed any relevant information, and even the initial infrastructure plan has not been mentioned.

Alia and I stayed in front of the sand table for a while, and a noble man in a tuxedo came forward with a smile and asked us if we needed help. He waved to the female clerk at the front desk in the hall, and immediately a young female clerk ran over, and he asked the clerk to take us to Earl Orensteinbeck's office on the third floor.

Earl Orensteinbeck heard that I was coming, so he hurried out of the office to greet me and Aliya standing side by side, he quickly greeted me and Aliya. When I saw Alia, I said to her with a natural expression: "Alia, I heard that you opened a textile workshop in the imperial capital, and you have already brought the cloth business to the world of elves. It's really amazing. "

Aliya asked in surprise: "Earl Oren, it turns out that you are in charge of the expansion project of the airport town."

Earl Orensteinbeck invited me to sit down with Alia. A female assistant brought us two cups of black tea. On the wall opposite us was a map of the airport town. This map was very delicate. , the old town of the town is circled with a red outline, and the new area is marked with a green line. Each street has a clear note. I found that the construction scale of the new airport town is nearly double that of the old town. , almost enclosing the airport in the center, and a cobweb-like transportation network is derived around the entire town.

"I'm only in charge of the greening, cleaning and lighting projects in the later stage. Even the right to make decisions on these matters needs to be applied to the higher authorities..." Earl Orensteinbeck sighed softly, with an embarrassed expression on his face.

I remember that Alia suggested to me to buy some land in the airport town before. It is best to build a material turnover warehouse. After all, we have to purchase a lot of materials every month. We need to spend a lot of money every month just to rent the warehouse. I heard Earl Orensteinbeck say that the airport town is undergoing expansion, I think now is the best time.

Earl Orensteinbeck stroked his thinning hair with his hands, and with a wry smile on his face, he said to Alia and me: "You also know that wars are going on everywhere in the subsidiary planes of the empire. The financial appropriation is decreasing year by year. Many projects of the Construction Management Bureau have been put on hold for several years. At present, the airport town is the hub of material distribution in the country. A large amount of materials from all over the country are gathered here. The expansion project of the airport town is also delayed. Procrastinate, and finally when it has to be built, a batch of special funds will be allocated from above, but the main road project in the area around the airport town will consume all the project funds, and the additional project funds have not been approved for a long time, so the current funds A little nervous."

I thought to myself: It’s better if I don’t have money, and it’s not impossible if I replace it with land.

Before I could organize my words, Earl Orensteinbeck said again: "But don't worry, please come here to discuss the deal of the 'Twilight Illumination' magic rune board, we are ready It is a special fund, and the contributors are the noble merchants in the airport town."

I guess this Earl of Orensteinbeck should also be a noble businessman in the airport town, and maybe even one of the main contributors.

He then said to me: "Businessmen who rent out warehouses in the airport town have privately raised a sum of money. They hope to follow the current trend of the imperial capital and install a batch of new magic street lamps around the airport town. But according to what I said before The project was cost-effective, but the budget was still a bit overrun. Some of the merchants in the airport town opened a blacksmith workshop, and the problem of the light pole was solved in this way. In addition, a nobleman who opened a glass workshop went to participate in the plane some time ago. The wars have been defeated one after another, and the business has been declared bankrupt. The business in the imperial capital has been sold out. I bought a batch of cheap lampshades from that nobleman, and I only have to purchase the last piece of the 'twilight lighting' magic rune board. thing."

It looks like he put a lot of effort into it.

"This time the project funds are not prepared enough, please give us the best price." When he said this, he showed a sincere face. "To be honest, we also learned about the market price of the 'twilight illumination' rune plate in the magic market of the imperial capital before. To be honest, the current market price is still far from the price we expected, so we are generous. Shame on you."

Aliya squinted her eyes and looked like a cunning fox. She lightly opened her red lips and asked, "I don't know how many 'twilight lighting' rune plates you want to buy? Oren Steinbeck Earl, the quantity purchased often determines the price of the rune plate."

Earl Oren Steinbeck looked at Alia seriously, and said, "Really? The purchase volume this time is actually quite large, so can you take out [-] 'Twilight Illumination' rune plates at once?" ?”

"Is there such a thing?" Aliya asked without blinking her eyes.

"The funds we have prepared are probably only enough to buy so much!" Earl Orensteinbeck said with some embarrassment.

At this time Aliya turned to look at me, I coughed lightly, and paused for a while, so that it would appear that the price I said was carefully considered by me.

I said to Earl Orensteinbeck: "If the simplified version of the red copper magic pattern 'twilight illumination' rune plate, I can make a piece of thirty silver coins, [-] magic rune plates need three hundred pieces Magic spar."

"The simplified version of the red copper magic pattern rune plate only costs [-] silver coins?" Earl Orensteinbeck asked me with a shocked expression, although he felt a little unbelievable.

"That's right!" I said.

He quickly stood up, walked in front of me, grabbed my hand and said, "You really helped me a lot, can I add some red copper rune plates this time?"

"Of course, as you wish." I replied with a smile.

Earl Orensteinbeck looked very happy, and said to me: "Then I want to purchase eight thousand... oh, no! Ten thousand 'twilight illumination' rune plates, of course I don't expect these rune plates to be delivered at once Me, you can pay me in batches!"

I was a little surprised and asked him: "Are you trying to replace all the street lights in the airport town with magic street lights?"

Earl Orensteinbeck said frankly: "Hehe, actually I have a little selfishness in it. I am going to spend a sum of money on my own, and take this opportunity to renovate the lighting facilities in the small town of Bellavo near my castle. In winter, it always gets dark too early, so facilities like street lights are essential.”

After finishing speaking, he ordered the assistant standing aside to draw up a contract. We all signed the magic contract. Earl Orensteinbeck was in a good mood. If the price of the rune board can be kept at this price, it will not take long to completely monopolize the lighting rune board market in the magic market of the entire imperial capital. Now that the value of magic spar fragments has been greatly depreciated, many lords hope that they can have more rune boards in their territories. The magical public facilities are used to enhance the style of the territory.

Count Orensteinbeck also wanted to invite me to have lunch with Alia, but I declined.

Aliya dressed like this can't eat anything at all, she probably just needs to drink some honey water to maintain her strength, we still want to go to the Qige Trading Company, the distance between the sixth block and the seventh block It's not too far either.

Leaving the Construction Management Bureau, the magic caravan drove us all the way to the gate of Qige Trading Company. Unexpectedly, it was still a bustling scene. Si Pei and Kong Zhen, with a dozen clerks, stood At the gate of the trading firm, they checked the materials transported from the warehouse one by one. Unexpectedly, materials such as canned luncheon meat, meat floss bricks and magic parchment imported from the orc tribe were so popular that they queued up to buy them.

At this time, several large magic caravans drove directly into the compound of the trading firm, and the merchants who stood in line outside the street protested to Spei one after another, demanding that those large magic caravans also line up according to the purchase order. Businessmen kept coming down from the magic caravan and crowding at the gate of the trading house.

Seeing that Si Pei and Sora couldn't control the chaotic scene, Betty wanted to get out of the car to help, but Alia stopped her.

"Let them learn to deal with these things on their own, and they can handle it," Aliya said.

(End of this chapter)