my age of magic

Chapter 1130 233. The poor in the imperial capital

Murray would never have imagined that on a sunny winter day, a young magician would come up to him and say, "Hey! I'll give you a job as a manager, would you like to do it?" ?”

"I do!" Murray answered loudly without hesitation at once.

Yes, Murray needs a job like this, and even a day is fine, as long as it pays.

It doesn't matter if the salary is a little less, as long as there is a stable job, then Murray can get back a salary to subsidize his family.

Even if there is no salary, it doesn't matter if you can't subsidize the family, as long as you can have a full working meal at noon, Murray can save a meal every day.

This is a snowy winter. As soon as winter came, the imperial capital ushered in two heavy snowfalls. It is said that the snow has blocked the mountain road. Since many coal yards and firewood yards are located in the airport town, a large number of coal balls Firewood and firewood could not be transported into the imperial capital in time, and this winter is particularly cold.

His Majesty Charles of the Green Empire was worried that the various workshops in the imperial capital would compete with the citizens for firewood and briquettes, so he ordered the major workshops in the imperial capital to stop working during heavy snowfall.

Many workshops have indeed stopped working, but at the same time, the problem is that the poor at the bottom of the imperial capital, a large number of people have lost their jobs because of this.

For the poorest poor in the imperial capital, unemployment means no income.

For a poor family that has no property and can only rent low-cost housing, unemployment means that they will have to reduce their expenses before finding a new job. This is a difficult time, especially in such a cold winter.

This is how Murray was dismissed by the boss from a leather workshop. He has a little leather craftsmanship, but the business of the leather workshop is not very good this year. Murray has not made much money and is not ready yet. How to spend the winter, this year's winter will come quietly.

After the outbreak of the Dimensional War, the economy in the imperial capital was not very prosperous, and all walks of life were affected. The imperial capital was considered the most prosperous city in the Green Empire, but there were still a large number of poor people who were still facing the problem of not having enough to eat.

Murray is a member of the slums in the imperial capital. He never thought that he would be hired by me and become the manager of the rune plate workshop when he was basking in the sun at the foot of the wall.

I told Murray that his current main responsibility is to count all the materials in my rune plate workshop and create a new account list, and then I will have some information about the rune plate purchase Matters were gradually let Murray handle them. After all, Alicia's energy was limited, and it was impossible to leave all the trivial things to her.

As the first magic engraving machine in the underground cave of Xinliu Valley continuously produced the red copper rune plates of the "Fire Gathering Technique", the workshops in Xinliu Valley needed a large number of thin copper plates with a diameter of about half a foot.

The second magic engraving machine in Xinliu Valley has entered the trial production stage. According to my idea, the second magic engraving machine produces heavy crossbows with two magic attributes of 'penetrating' and 'sharp'. The arrow tips, these round thin copper plates and black iron arrow tips are temporarily provided by the North Duisburg blacksmith shop. The arrow tips of these crossbow arrows are completely prepared for the barbarian slave heavy crossbow.

Next, I plan to use the metal rune plate made by the magic engraving machine to grab back the exhaust fan market.

Due to the boycott of those inscription masters in the imperial capital, the mithril magic rune boards are now completely made of gold and red copper rune boards in the imperial capital, and all the exhaust fans in the imperial capital's magic market use mithril rune boards. Since these inscription masters want to hit me on the exhaust fan, there is no reason not to raise their fists to fight back.

Murray warmly invited me to sit at his house. The magic caravan was parked in front of his yard. I paid Murray a sum of money in advance to help him solve the practical difficulties at home, so that he could run to the bottom of the wall in winter. The reason for basking in the sun below is nothing more than that there is no firewood in the house, and it is as cold as an icehouse.

A few children were playing in the yard, with innocent smiles on their faces, indicating that at least for now they still have something to eat for each meal, and there is not a little smoke on the chimney of the house. Sure enough, the house does not light a fire during the day.

The two women each carried a bundle of branches picked up from the street tree and walked into the yard from the outside, and received a very grand welcome ceremony from the children in the yard, just like welcoming their own majesty the queen.

Murray pushed open the door with some embarrassment, and invited Mrs. Alia and I to go in and sit down. Our magic caravan was parked by the other side of the alley. At the door, Alia and I happened to be blocked.

At this time, the door of the house in the yard was pushed open, and a middle-aged woman with a thin face leaned out her upper body from the door and sneered at Murray: "Murray, both of your wives can pick up some on the street. Chai Zhi, do you know how to lie in a corner and bask in the sun all day long?"

Murray rubbed his reddened nose in embarrassment, and called out a little timidly, "Aunt Miranda."

In fact, low-rent housing for the poor is nothing to look at. There are several poor families crowded into the glamorous-looking house. Everyone shares a living room and a kitchen. The whole house is full of daily necessities. The house is as messy as a waste collection station. Of course, there are also low-rent houses that organize the interior space in an orderly manner. Murray's home is the latter.

Low-rent housing actually has another advantage, that is, after winter comes, several families can work together to solve the heating problem. If a family has more money, they can buy some briquettes or firewood in the free market, and they will put them in the fireplace in the living room. Light it up, so that the whole house can feel the warmth, the only small difference is that the family who pays for the briquettes has the right to choose to sit closest to the fireplace.

And in winter, it is quite fun for everyone to sit around the fireplace and enjoy the fire. Everyone can chat while drinking hot tea. Pot, you can usually use it to boil water and make soup, sometimes you can even use an iron pan to bake wheat cakes, or throw a handful of peanuts into the iron pan, waiting for the peanuts to smell burnt inside.

Murray warmly invited me to visit his house. In fact, I really wanted to go in and take a look, but I looked back at Alia who was waiting by the magic caravan. I thought about it, forget it, it must be very troublesome.

So just like that, my rune plate workshop has a new manager, and a poor man at that.

We sat in the warm magic caravan and drove to Alia's new home. The car was very warm. Alia took off the black cloak that was on the outside to reveal the silver court dress inside. Even in such a cold winter, she Like other aristocratic women, they will also choose to wear long skirts with low cuts.

"You actually hired a poor man to be the manager of the rune plate workshop!" Alia felt a little unbelievable about this, and said to me with a slight smile, her mouth curled up slightly.

I sat beside her, with one hand resting on the back of the soft leather sofa, and the other around the back of her elegant, swan-like neck, gently twisting a strand of golden hair. This action, Aliya often feels a little strange about it, and doesn't understand why I like her blonde hair. Generally speaking, this can be regarded as a complex carved into her bones.

I said to Alia: "Is there anything wrong? Murray is still very familiar with how to record accounts. There is no law in the imperial capital that stipulates that civilians cannot be managers, and poor people are better at working than nobles. Could it be that Are nobles more reliable than ordinary people? Nick is a manager of nobles, and I was the one who brought him back from the brink of bankruptcy. What happened? When it came to the critical moment, he just wiped his mouth and wiped his mouth. Leave this mess to me?"

In fact, Nick did nothing wrong. As a normal-thinking manager, he would make such a "correct choice" when faced with such a situation. He was actually under the pressure of those inscribers. The rune plate workshop of the company did not have any prospects before resolutely deciding to leave.

I just think that before he leaves, he should at least say hello to me, so suddenly it seems to disappear out of thin air, which makes me a little unacceptable.

"At the end of the day, there is still a question of character." I said to Alia while sitting in the magic caravan.

Betty, who was sitting on the side, opened the car window slightly to let some fresh and crisp air in.

Looking at the passers-by on the street, people wrapped themselves in leather clothes and walked hurriedly, I said to Alia: "I just need someone to tidy up the rune board workshop, there are a lot of things in the rune board workshop After counting them one by one, I am not in a hurry to start work immediately, Murray's home is near the Rune Plate Workshop, which is very suitable for this job."

Murray's excited look flashed in my eyes, and I went on to say, "I just need an honest manager who can tell me how many thin copper plates I have in my rune plate workshop. "

"Your requirements are really low! So, are you really going to hit the low-end magic rune board market?" Aliya turned her head and asked me.

In fact, Aliya objected to this. She didn't think it was a wise move.

"At least let civilians be able to use certain types of magic rune boards. In fact, I still have a lot of ideas." I said to Alia.

Arya curled her feet up on the sofa, Betty spread a blanket over her legs, and placed the blue moccasin boots Arya was wearing at the door, and Betty took off her fur coat in the magic caravan and wore only her A cashmere knitted sweater and a thick woolen skirt, she is tall and slender, wearing a tight sweater, it seems that her chest is quite thick.

I took off the golden headdress on my head, let the blond hair on top of my head hang loosely, and rested my head on my thigh. Alia lay comfortably on the soft leather sofa, and I stretched out my hand on her pointed white Sliding over her chin, she stretched out her hand to grab my hand, and let my palm stick to her face, feeling the delicacy and lubrication of her face.

Aliya squinted her eyes and said to me: "Once those magic rune tablets flood into the magic market, it will not only hurt the interests of the inscribers, but also touch the interests of the Babington family in San Carlos City!"

Sometimes, I feel that she is very similar to Qige, especially when she squints her eyes, she always gives people a shrewdness that cannot be concealed.

As long as metal rune plates are involved, the interests of the Babington family will definitely be touched, because the largest industry of the Babington family is the rune plate workshop in San Carlos City, but it is said that it has been in a state of loss recently, and no one is expected to More than the Duke of Babington, he looks forward to the end of the Angela multi-plane war as soon as possible, the economic recovery of San Carlos City, and the turnaround of many magic rune tablet workshops.

In fact, the magic rune board made by the magic engraving machine has a great impact on the Babington family. The price of the rune board was even lower. At that time, no one was willing to buy the rune board made by the Babington family.

In fact, this also means that the Babington family has still adhered to the traditional craftsmanship for so many years. Once a new rune tablet appears, the blank rune tablet made by the Babington family will be quickly compared.

Alia rubbed her forehead, and said to me with some distress: "The big cake about the blank rune board is not just in the hands of the Babington family. There is a huge network of relationships in it. Once Those rune boards with magic circles are pouring into the imperial capital market, and people will definitely pay attention to them, have you ever thought about how to deal with them?"

I said to Alia: "Actually, I want to set up a workshop with Noah that specializes in the production of magical life items."

In fact, I don't know what Noah is busy with recently. It seems that this guy must have some ideas of his own.

Aliya didn't show the slightest surprise when she heard me say this. She said to me: "Do you want to borrow the power of the Noah Mensa family? I'm afraid it's not enough."

I asked her: "What if we can also get the support of Duke Samoyed and Duke Jingyue at the same time?"

After all, she is very familiar with the Babington family, and she also knows the market of the imperial capital very well.

Alicia thought for a moment before she said to me: "You try to convince Prince James that it would be much better if he could speak for you at the right time."

I didn't expect that the matter of the blank rune board would be so deeply involved. I rubbed my forehead with my hands, thinking about how to continue this matter.

At this time, Aliya seemed to think of a refrigerator from a copper hot pot, her eyes lit up, and she said to me: "Now I finally understand why you designed something called... oh, yes! It's called a 'refrigerator' Well, this thing is not prepared for the nobles at all. Once the cost of the magic rune board inside is reduced, its cost will be greatly reduced. Speaking of which, this thing was originally prepared for the common people who live a wealthy life Yes, they are the main consumer group of this kind of thing.”

I said to her: "No, no, no, no, no, no, the refrigerator is a magic item for everyone. Although it seems that no one cares about it now, but wait until next summer, you will see that the refrigerator is more important than a copper hot pot to warm your hands." Be a hit."

Alicia breathed a sigh of relief and said to me, "I hope so!"

(End of this chapter)