my age of magic

Chapter 1129 232. The New Manager of the Rune Plate Workshop

This winter, for the inscription masters living in the imperial capital, the two most memorable things are that the Magic Guild announced to all the magicians of the Grimm Empire the secret of the life magic pattern on the murloc skin. Many inscription masters in the imperial capital I participated in the demonstration of the life magic pattern, but unfortunately, in the next two months, no one was able to master the life magic pattern proficiently.

Another thing is that a new kind of magic rune board quietly entered the magic market of the imperial capital, and this cheap magic rune board quickly occupied the magic market of the imperial capital with its price advantage. The 'Fire Gathering' rune plate drawn with copper magic thread has stable performance and low mana consumption. Besides heating, it can also be used to cook some delicacies.

At the beginning, it was only widely circulated in the circle of minor nobles.

Later, some magic merchants with a keen sense of smell took this novel red copper rune board and approached some magic scholars in God City, hoping that they could come up with the same design plan. Unfortunately, many magic scholars failed to explain clearly. How things are actually made.

The cost price of some imitations made by magic merchants has already reached twice the price of copper hot pots, so these imitations are like a flash in the pan in the magic market of the imperial capital, and soon disappeared.

This kind of copper hot pot with red copper rune plates was originally only sold in the magic grocery store in the trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride, but later, many magic shops in the imperial capital sold it, but if you want to buy it at a reasonable price The cheapest copper chafing dish still has to be purchased from the magical grocery store under the Tower of Pride.

In fact, after I brought these copper hot pots out of Xinliu Valley, they were still only sold to the owner of the magic grocery store in the trading hall on the first floor of the Tower of Pride. Wholesale Copper Fondue to other magic shops.

There are many strange inventions and creations in the Imperial Magic Research Institute every year. Many magic scholars in the research institute are magic hermits. All the bosses in the magic shop know this rule. I asked the boss to keep a secret for me, and the boss of the magic shop agreed without hesitation.

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The magic caravan was parked in front of the rune board workshop. The snow on this street had been cleaned up. Some snow was piled up on the side of the road. The places exposed to the sun had begun to melt slowly, and the snow flowed to the wall. In the dark ditch, the ice edges in the dark ditch are criss-crossed, presenting icicles like stalactite pillars in a cave, and the gurgling snow water shuttles between these icicles.

Some civilians were wearing thick cotton-padded clothes lying on the corner of the wall where the sun could shine. There was a layer of fur mattresses under them, silently absorbing the warmth brought by the sun. Their faces were a little purple from the cold, and their hands were inserted Into the chest, curled up, like a bent over shrimp.

It seems that the poor in the imperial capital don't have enough experience in keeping out the cold.In El City, if they dare to lie on the street like this, they will be frozen into popsicles in less than half a day. El City has night watchmen who specialize in picking up corpses in the early morning. They push four-wheeled carts through every road. In the streets and alleys, some frozen corpses were loaded into the cart and pushed to the cemetery outside the city.

This is the imperial capital after all, no one will freeze to death lying on the street in the sun.

The snow at the gate of the Rune Plate Workshop has not been cleared. It seems that the work here has been suspended for many days. Alia, wearing a thick court dress and a black cloak, stepped down from the magic caravan. The sheepskin boots stepped on the remnant snow, and the remnant snow immediately covered her uppers, and the maid Betty supported her arm behind her.

The coachman took out a snow shovel from the shelf at the back of the carriage, and shoveled off the snow on the steps outside the gate of the Rune Workshop. The sound is very harsh.

Walking up the steps, seeing that the lock on the gate was covered with a thick layer of snow, he sighed and turned to Aliya and said, "Nick finally left with the craftsmen in the workshop."

Aliya stood quietly at the door of the Rune Workshop, with a mocking smile on her face, and said to me: "During this time, they probably think they have mastered the method of making money in the Rune Plate Workshop, so they can't wait to go out and try it out." Give it a try, just at this time, Mithril flooded into the magic market of the imperial capital again, and the prospect of the adamantine magic pattern rune board is worrisome, perhaps these are their so-called reasons.”

Betty untied a bunch of copper keys from her waist, walked to me and tried to open the big iron door. Unfortunately, the lock on the door was covered with a thick layer of ice, and the gold-plated copper key could not be inserted into the lock hole. After trying for a long time , said to me with some helplessness: "The lock is frozen, probably need to scald it with some hot water, and the door can only be opened after the ice melts."

I reached out and touched the brass lock, and said to Betty: "How about, let me try!"

Betty moved aside obediently, and I leaned forward to stand side by side with her. The two of us stood almost side by side. There was a faint fragrance from her body. She didn't look at me, but pursed her lips slightly and held her hands together. Holding the copper key, he turned to help Aliya under the steps.

I drew a magic circle of 'Ice Explosion' on my chest with my bare hands, and spit out the word 'explosion' lightly, and heard a crisp sound of "click", and the copper lock on the door shattered into two Half, the crack appears clean and tidy.

I unlocked the iron lock on the door and pushed open the gate of the Rune Workshop. The yard of the workshop looked very depressed. Some ordinary metal plates that had not been coated with magic metal were placed under the awning in the yard. The thick snow would The awning collapsed, the canvas over the awning over the metal panels, covered with a layer of snow like a big snowdrift.

Pushing open the door of the workshop, some unfinished rune plates are still on the production line, it seems that the craftsmen in the workshop left in a hurry.

I stood at the door of the workshop for a long time without speaking.

Alicia walked up to me, smiled and said to me, "Do you feel very depressed?"

"Frustrated, why are you depressed?" I scratched my head and asked her strangely.

"Seeing that the rune board workshop that I started collapsed like this, shouldn't I be a little bit disappointed?" Aliya turned her head and glanced at me, and asked me strangely, her eyes were smiling Mei, when looking at her face, it is easy to ignore what she said.

"Ah?" My reaction was a bit slow, and Aliya gave me a blank look, expressing her contempt for me.

My eyes fell on those 'miniature tornado' printing molds, and I said to Alia: "The industrial system combining magic and technology will eventually replace this kind of manual workshop one day. The right to make these blank rune plates has always been in the hands of In the hands of those inscription masters in the imperial capital, it has always been the inscription union that manipulates the price of the rune board behind the scenes."

"Isn't it always like this? There's something wrong!" Alicia asked me with a smile.

"Of course, they will secretly manipulate the price of rune tablets in the magic market. Although there will not be much change, this market has always been decided by them." I said with a sigh.

I always thought that the inscriber was an amazing magic profession, but after so many things happened, and seeing the ugly faces of so many inscribers, I realized that these people are actually no different from the slave traders in the slave market. .

Aliya stretched out her hand to grab an ice skate hanging from the eaves, gently broke off a section, and held it in her hand, like a broken spear tip, which looked crystal clear under the refraction of the sun.

Her delicate face was reflected on the smooth icicle, and she said to me: "For example... your rune tablet workshop, all the craftsmen who made it disappeared overnight, because these inscribers cut off your essence. The sales of the golden magic pattern rune plates, the inscription masters in the entire imperial capital refused to purchase the empty rune plates produced by your workshop, probably this is the real reason that forced Nick to leave!"

"Probably so!" I said.

Alia smiled at me and said, "Come and do textile business with me, the profits of those spider silk magicweave cloths are several times higher than those of these magic rune plates, by the way, your supply of magic weave spider silk is solved Yet?"

I replied: "It's solved! The magic-weave spider silk ingots will be available normally next month. Do you want to go over there and have a look?"

Immediately, I thought of those giant spiders in the silk reeling workshop. More than 30 newly caught giant spiders made the silk reeling workshop not so dead, but those giant spiders made frightened hissing noises from time to time, which still made the silk reeling workshop look like a ghost. It was a bit scary, at least those goblins would feel their legs go limp when they heard the word reeling.

Aliya heard me say this, the expression on her face seemed to be frozen, then she lowered her head and stroked the soft and smooth fabric of the long skirt, concealing her inner panic, and said to me: "It's better to avoid it, I'm afraid I will lose it forever. The courage to wear a gown cut from mageweaed spider silk."

I smiled, and it looked like the horror in the silk reeling workshop had really terrified Arya.

Then I said to her: "The rune plate workshop here will continue to operate, wait for me, I will go outside to find a manager."

In the imperial capital, it is very difficult to find an excellent manager who can manage a workshop. The main reason is that most people with this ability will open a workshop by themselves.Seeing me say this, Alia looked at me in surprise, as if she didn't believe that I could find a manager who was right for me right away.

"Are you serious?" Seeing me walking to the gate of the Runeboard Workshop, Alia asked behind me.

"Of course!" I replied.

Aliya stood on the steps of the gate and asked me: "At this time, where are you going to find such a suitable manager, do you want me to ask Betty to help you!"

I had already walked to the street at this time, and turned to ask her: "Are you sure you can take care of everything by leaving Betty?"

She didn't speak, obviously Betty is also very important to her, Alia's daily life is almost arranged by Betty.

So I waved to her and said, "It's okay, I will just need an ordinary manager, as long as he knows how to keep accounts and knows how to calculate accounts."

As I said that, I walked to the corner of the street, where a poor man was lying in the sun. Like many people, he chose such a fine weather to walk away from his cold home with a roll of fur quilts in his arms. He came out and found a sheltered and sunny place to bask in the sun. He was squinting his eyes and curled up to resist the invasion of the cold wind, but he felt that a shadow blocked the last bit of sunlight on his body.

He barely opened his eyes, facing the sun, squinting and looking at me.

When he saw the black magic robe I was wearing and the magic badge on my chest, and confirmed that I was a magician, he immediately sat up from the fur mattress and said to me respectfully: "Dear magician, what are you doing?" Is there anything I can do for you?"

This is the gap between nobles and commoners. Whenever a commoner sees a nobleman, he should take the initiative to say hello.

There are so many nobles in the imperial capital, so this kind of etiquette is almost rarely seen on the street, but if a noble walks in front of a commoner, it means that the commoner should take the initiative to say hello, otherwise it is a violation of the nobles. rights and interests.

The poor man looked thin-cheeked, but his eyes were clean, and his cotton coat wasn't too dirty.

I said to him, "Do you want to have a decent job?"

He nodded without hesitation.

I asked him again: "Then can you do basic calculations?"

He hesitated a little, and didn't understand why I asked such a question, but he still said: "I still know some basic calculations."

I then asked him: "Will you keep accounts?"

He didn't speak this time, just looked at me suspiciously.

I turned around and waved to Betty, and said to her, "Show me your account book."

Betty stood beside Alia, seeing what I said, she obediently ran down the steps, took out an account book from the magic caravan and gave it to me.

I opened the account book and saw that it was actually just some income and expenditure records. This is just a purchase record of Alia’s daily life. The handwriting inside is neat and neat. I showed one of the pages to this poor man Look, and then ask him: "Can you understand this?"

"This is the account of household income and expenditure..." said the pauper.

I hurriedly closed the account, because I found that this page recorded that I ordered a piece of underwear in a tailor shop. It was nothing at first, but there was a line of small words on the back: "Ji Jia Magician likes it"... .

I coughed lightly in a little embarrassment, and then thought that he didn't know me, so why should I feel guilty, so I asked the poor man, "What's your name?"

He said, "Murray."

I asked him again: "Are you from the imperial capital?"

He nodded.

I asked him, "Where does your family live?"

He pointed to a narrow alley not far away, and said, "It's the third civilian apartment in the alley."

Seeing that he didn't look like he was lying, so I said to him: "Murray, I have decided to hire you now to help me manage this rune plate workshop. Now I need you to help me remove the metal plates in the workshop. Count them all, fifty silver coins per month, would you like to do it?"

Hearing what I said, he immediately became refreshed, and said loudly to me with surprise on his face: "I am willing!"

(End of this chapter)