my age of magic

Chapter 1523 73. Morning of the Harvest Festival
Betty pushed open the warehouse door, and a team of orcs came out of the warehouse carrying a whole box of magic rune boards, and loaded the big wooden boxes into the magic caravan. This ten-meter-long cargo caravan can hold forty boxes in one car. After the Huoshu' magic rune board is full, the magic caravan will slowly drive away from the warehouse door, and the magic caravan behind will catch up, and the orcs will continue to carry the large wooden boxes out of the warehouse one after another.

As usual, Murray opened two large wooden boxes and saw the neatly placed magic rune boards inside. Then he leaned against the wall stack at the warehouse door and struck a match to light the spiced tobacco in the pipe , took a deep breath of the cigarette, and the white smoke came out of his nostrils like two arrows. He opened his eyes and said to me with a smile on his face, "I thought you wouldn't be able to come tonight." .”

Betty fanned the acrid smoke with her hands, and hid on the other side of the warehouse door with the ledger in her arms, earnestly recording the number of wooden boxes moved out of the warehouse.

I rubbed my sore shoulders with my hands, and asked Murray, "How is the Rune Workshop these two days?"

Murray smiled "hehe" and said in a hoarse voice: "What else... The consequence of the third price reduction is that the alley outside the workshop is full of magic caravans waiting to pull goods."

His eyes were bloodshot, and it seemed that he hadn't slept well recently.

"Has this been the case lately?" I asked Murray.

Murray nodded and said, "That's right, the Rune Workshop is now operating at full capacity in three shifts, but it's a pity that we still can't process so many copper hot pots and exhaust fans."

I rubbed my forehead and asked Murray again, "How are the sales of the Magic Lamp and Oven?"

Murray said to me: "The sales situation is still good for the time being, and you can sell as much as you can."

Recently, the supply of magic rune boards has suddenly increased. I was worried that the upstream coppersmith shop and woodworking workshop would not be able to supply enough copper pots and exhaust fan covers, so I asked Murray: "Where are the upstream coppersmith shops and woodworking workshops?" Under what circumstances, can you supply us in time?"

Without even thinking about it, Murray blurted out: "Currently, there are 27 coppersmith shops and eight carpenters supplying us. Copper hot pots, ovens, and magic table lamps are supplied by 21 coppersmith workshops in turn. Exhaust fans and refrigerators The supplies are supplied by the six carpentry workshops. Once any of these workshops has supply problems in production, new suppliers will be selected from the remaining six coppersmith shops and two carpentry workshops. Entering the venue, our workshop has a great demand for copperware and wooden boxes, I don’t know how many coppersmith shops and carpentry workshops in the imperial capital want to cooperate with us.”

"That's a good idea. How are the refrigerator sales?" I asked Murray.

Because I asked him to adjust the appearance of the refrigerator before, and asked him to add an insulation layer to the refrigerator according to my design, and the paint layer on the outer surface of the refrigerator also has strict requirements. Murray has probably been running on this matter recently.

Murray scratched the back of his neck with his hands, and said to me with some embarrassment: "The sales of refrigerators during this period of time are not satisfactory. After all, it is normal for the demand for refrigerators to drop sharply when the weather turns cold in autumn."

Then Murray asked me again: "Boss, do you want to restrict the sale of the two magic rune plates 'Focus Fire' and 'Miniature Tornado'?"

I thought about it. The dwarf slaves that Alia bought from the slave market have gradually become accustomed to the life in the underground caves of Xinliu Valley. They are gradually joining the production team of the magic seal workshop. The production capacity of the factory will be further increased, so he said to Murray: "If you don't need it for the time being, we will ship according to the current output. We will produce as much as you want. If you can't make that much, let them queue up for the time being." .”

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Murray agreed.

At this time, the goods of the second magic caravan were already loaded, and Murray waved to the coachman, indicating that he heard the alley waiting in front, and waved to the magic caravan behind, signaling the coachman to drive the magic caravan away come over.

Under the dim streetlight, Murray's body looked thinner, even a little hunchbacked. He was wearing a top hat, a gray woolen overcoat, and a pair of brand new blue moccasin boots. He looks like a manager. I remember seeing him at the gate of the Rune Workshop a year ago. On a snowy day in winter, he was wearing a single shirt and leaning against the wall to bask in the sun. I just needed one at that time. Someone helped me guard the rune workshop, so I hired him.

It's been less than a year. Seeing that he is dressed so decently now, which is similar to that of a rich businessman in the imperial capital, his life has undergone earth-shaking changes, and he looks full of energy.

……

Betty stood under the wall stack on the other side of the warehouse and recorded the quantity of goods. The cool night wind made her face flush, and she wore an apricot yellow silk scarf on her shoulders, meticulously recording each box of goods.

She was followed by a young maid with a lantern in her hand. The girl looked a little tired and yawned constantly, but she seemed a little afraid of those orcs. Whenever an orc passed her by carrying a wooden box She would always stare wide-eyed, full of vigilance.

I walked up to Betty and asked her, "Where's Alicia?"

Betty hurriedly put down the quill in her hand, curtseyed to me, and then said: "Mrs. Anne Zimmerman from El City is coming to the Imperial Capital for the Harvest Festival. The master will entertain Mrs. Anne for two days."

Lady Anne is the late Countess Zimmerman, the mother of Ann Zimmerman and Demi Zimmerman, when our falconry team took her and Alia from Zimmerman Manor After being rescued from the wine cellar, she brought Demi and Ann to El City, and opened a hotel in the busiest place on Central Street in El City. Follow Alia to live in the imperial capital, and Mrs. Anne stays in El City to take care of Ann.

I didn't expect that Mrs. Anne would leave Andu at her home in El City at this time, but she ran to the imperial capital.

"Uh, why is Mrs. Anne coming to the capital at this time?" I couldn't help asking Betty.

Betty looked at the wall stack, wrapped the account book on her chest, and said to me cautiously: "I probably want to stay for a while. The master asked me to ask you, can you spare time to have dinner at the manor recently?"

Is this going to be a dinner with Lady Anne?I hesitated for a while, and wanted to refuse, but I thought that with Alia's style of doing things, if there is no necessary reason, I should not send this kind of invitation to me, so I said to Betty: " Oh, I’m afraid it won’t work tomorrow, the schedule is already full, if Alia can make it, it can be scheduled for the night after tomorrow.”

"Are you going to participate in the celebration of the awakening of the Angibald royal family at the Harvest Festival?" Betty asked me with a slight smile.

I nodded slightly.

Although everything was moving smoothly in the warehouse of the imperial capital, due to the huge throughput of the goods, even if more than a hundred orc warriors joined the moving queue, the barbarian slaves piled up all the supplies in the underground cave of Xinliu Valley. In the empty field under the teleportation altar, only the whole box of finished magic rune plates was moved to the magic caravan, and some rune plate scraps were piled up in the warehouse, and nearly [-] boxes of magic rune plate blanks were transported to Xinliu Valley This process has been busy until dawn.

A morning star lit up in the night sky, and even a pale white band of light appeared on the outline of Mount Mazzaro. The bright stars in the night sky faded one by one, and the imperial capital immediately ushered in a new day.

In the morning, before the sky fully brightened, many colorful floats quietly appeared on the streets of the imperial capital.

These floats will circle the lakeside avenue along with the imperial parade crowd.

When Noah told me about this, I was also taken aback. You must know that Weiyang Lake is also considered a big lake. Even if you take a magic caravan to run around the lake, it will take at least two hours. If you go around the lake, it is estimated that you will at least go from morning to night.

After finishing the work in the warehouse, I saw that it was almost dawn, and I had no time to return to the manor to change clothes, so I took Katerina to the lakeside manor in a magic caravan.

When the magic caravan drove along Yulin Street all the way to the lakeside manor, many people from the imperial capital flocked to the streets one after another.

Some small vendors who operate breakfast spots will naturally not miss such a good opportunity. They sell some fast food on the street. These breakfast stalls are very popular, and there are crowds of people in front of the stalls. People in the capital like to eat on burnt white bread It is covered with butter and jam, and then comes a thick piece of tender steak. The steak does not need to be cooked, just fry it a little bit, spread some pepper sauce, and even bleed when you take a bite.

I'm not used to this kind of breakfast in the Imperial City. I like to spread some applesauce on the white bread for breakfast, and I like the El City-style sausage and rice cereal.

After the magic caravan drove into the lakeside avenue, I discovered that there were some gorgeous magic caravans parked at the gates of the manors of the nobles and wealthy families by the lake. If I wanted to come to the Harvest Festival celebration, I would also join the parade.

Katrina put a blanket over me and let me sleep a little longer before arriving at Lakeside Manor.

The magic caravan drove unimpeded all the way into the lakeside manor, and finally stopped in front of the steps of the castle. There were two silver magic caravans parked on the garden lawn in front of the castle. These two magic caravans were inlaid with gold patterns and various gorgeous gems. On the outer wall is the Angibald royal family coat of arms, which is a pattern of a knight's shield and a dragon's head, and four silver Pegasus are pulling the magic caravan.

It was the first time I saw a silver Pegasus with wings on its body. It felt so novel, and I couldn't help but stop and watch when I got off the magic caravan.

Except for the pair of huge silver wings on their backs, these silver pegasus are no different from the ancient Bolai horse in appearance, but they are three circles larger than the ancient Bolai horse. The four silver pegasus are standing by the fountain. The elf-looking waiter was standing with the four silver flying horses, with a hint of annoying arrogance on his face, which was somewhat annoying.

After I got off the magic caravan, a middle-aged housekeeper and a group of maids were waiting at the bottom of the steps. After the group of people saluted me, the housekeeper took a step forward and said to me: "Princess Yingli told me, you When you come, I will take you to her."

I nodded to the butler, followed him up the steps, and then I asked the middle-aged butler, "This is my first time participating in the Harvest Festival celebration. Before the celebration starts, what do I need to do?"

"First of all, you need to go to Her Royal Highness's living room to try on the ceremony dress. The tailor is waiting there now. Next, you probably need to have breakfast with Prince James..." The housekeeper went into details Tell me in detail what I need to do this morning, it sounds like all I need to do is sit in the magic caravan and participate in the festive procession besides eating breakfast.

There will be sacrifices and blessings at noon. In the past, the sacrifices and blessings were hosted by Pope Philip on the other side of the temple, but this year it seems that His Majesty Charles personally presided over the sacrifices and blessings.

In the past, they prayed to the Statue of Liberty, but this year, His Majesty Charles personally commemorated the warriors who died in the War of the Green Empire in the past few years.

Hearing this news, I couldn't help being a little stunned, thinking that His Majesty Charles really didn't give the Statue of Liberty any face at all. The priests and priests in the Temple of the Statue of Liberty were grounded in the temple, and the goddess descended The oracle strictly forbids priests and priests to participate in the war of planes, which caused huge losses to the army of the Grimm Empire.

Unexpectedly, His Majesty Charles actually skipped the link of praying to the Statue of Liberty during the Harvest Festival celebration.

I followed the middle-aged housekeeper to the living room of the two princesses, Ying Li and Le Die, and walked through the long corridor and the spiral staircase to the third floor of the castle. Helena and Becky were already waiting at the stairs to see me Go up the ladder, stand on it and wave to me gently.

When I saw Ying Li, she was sitting in front of the dresser, with four maids standing around arranging her exquisite headgear. She was only wearing a corset and a thin petticoat. When they walked in the door, they blushed immediately. The two maids knelt on the carpet, wearing a pair of crystal shoes for Ying Li, and a gorgeous dress full of pearls hung on a hanger beside it. Behind the hanger were two more of the same style. , just missing a lot of gorgeous pearls, which should be for Helena and Becky.

I walked into the room, and a tailor hurriedly walked up to me, holding a tape measure and scissors in his hand, saluted me slightly and said, "Master Marquis, please try on the dress first, and I will correct the parts that don't fit right away... "

Then I was manipulated like a puppet. I thought it was just trying on a dress, but I didn’t expect that there would be a full set of clothes such as shirts, vests, bow ties and leather boots. After trying these clothes, I was led into a spacious bathroom by the waiter, and a row of maids immediately surrounded me.

(End of this chapter)