"Teacher, can we keep a cat?" The two girls each held a small tabby cat and asked with their watery eyes wide open as they looked at their teacher.
From the moment these cats appeared, someone was mentally prepared to be asked like this. I originally thought of a bunch of reasons to refuse, and planned to send these cats away with some coaxing gifts.
But looking at the restless kitten who was being held, when he mentioned something related to him, he also calmed down, lowered his ears, and used similar sparkling eyes to attack. Then he saw that the fur color of several cats was a bit dirty. , thinking that it took them at least several months to walk from the southern border of the empire to the Holy City.
Although some people don’t know how much of the journey over the past few months has been delayed because they like to play around and take detours. But this perseverance alone is worthy of praise. If you are really so unkind, just take them directly Get kicked out of the house.
Even Hardy, the gray cat grandpa who seems to be very resistant, actually looks tired from time to time. I don’t know if this fatigue is caused by traveling for so long or because he has to take care of three kittens and is overworked. .
Augustus, who rarely spoke at this time, also spoke. "Yes, let them stay. If there is a critical moment, they can also be used as emergency food."
"Meow, meow, meow, meow!" "Meow!" The kittens were gibbering and meowing.
Ignoring the black dragon who was very resentful of cat meat, Lin thought for a while and said: "Although I don't know how those nobles or magicians in the southern part of the empire get along with their group of cats. But I know that cats are not you If you want to raise them, you can raise them, and they are not wild beasts without enough intelligence. So whether you want to stay or not, you have to respect their wishes."
After they finished speaking, the three kittens nodded like they were absolutely convinced. The gray cat Hardy seemed to have guessed the result. Although he was helpless, he also seemed to be relieved and said: "Since this human being If the magician is willing to take you in, then you should stay well, I am leaving."
"Grandpa Hardy." "Are you leaving us?" "Grandpa." The three kittens resorted to a coquettish offensive, but the gray cat hesitated.
At this time, Lin advised: "They are all willing to stay, you should stay at least for a while. If you set off not long after I left, you should have been gone for a long time. So stay, Let's rest for a while. Leave when you want to leave later, don't be in a hurry and leave right away."
"Well, I thought you hated cats?" Hardy said.
"Strictly speaking, I don't hate cats, I just hate the attitude of that female cat. You should know one thing, getting along together is not about who owes whom, or who deserves whom. I don't like it You don't care about my opinion and just do whatever you want. What's more, at that time, I had no intention of walking back to the Holy City from the southern forest with a cat. How long have you been walking? I can get home in no time. , why spend so much time walking around with a cat.”
"Yeah." Ignoring the fact that there is a dragon and a lich in this family, Hardy has to admit that this human being is quite easy to get along with. At least when they first entered the abyss together, even though in the final confrontation with the demon lord, he said What he said was a little unpleasant to hear. But in the process of taking action, I received a lot of care.
"I know, then I will bother you for a while." The gray cat lowered his head in greeting.
"But!" Lin changed his tone and looked at the cats and said, "Since you want to live in this home, it is different from how you live outside. You have to abide by some rules. In fact, they are not strict. Just try not to do anything in the house. destroy."
Well, ‘try your best’. Several cats immediately heard the key point. And this word has no binding force on cats at all.
"Besides, before you enter the house, have you seen the long house on the left side of the courtyard?" Several cats nodded, and Lin suddenly made a ferocious face and said, "There are many little cats there. You are not allowed to go in and mess around with the things, and you are not allowed to eat them as snacks or meals. If the little things inside die because you are missing them, I guarantee that the skinned cat skins will be hanging in the courtyard the next day, and Lao O Gustu can also add vegetables.”
Not only did one person have a ferocious expression, but the other three women also had similar expressions. Especially the lich, although he only had a cold face and said nothing, he felt the most oppressive among them all. So the cats hurriedly They nodded desperately to show that they heard clearly. At the same time, they also understood that this was definitely a taboo, a taboo that could kill the cat, and should never be violated.
"Finally," and, several cats have weak hearts, "-since you are going to stay, please keep it clean when you stay in my home. You guys are so dusty, you should take a good bath." Take a shower and clean up."
"Take a bath?" The three kittens tilted their heads in confusion. Only the gray cat Hardy immediately exploded his fur, screamed strangely, and jumped off the chair, ready to run out. Someone sighed in his heart, he is indeed a well-informed person. Old cat, it seems that it has been a lot of trouble for humans in the past.
The three unreasonable kittens were obediently picked up by Halumi and Kaya, but the gray cat that escaped was caught up by Fen with a flash spell and picked up by the back of the neck. Hardy used a pair of life skills to catch up with him. With a helpless expression, he looked at the lich who saw a smile for the first time and said in frustration: "You know how to do this magic."
Fen, who smiled evilly, looked at the gray cat in her hand and said: "There is no magic in this world that I can't do. If there is, then learn it. It's nothing." With that, the three women and four The cat and two little ghosts who were as reluctant as Hardy headed towards the facility that Lin was most proud of in their new home - the big bathhouse.
Someone is definitely not dreaming of opening a wine pond and meat forest, but just wants to take a good bath. This is one of the humble wishes after leaving the Tower of the Great Sage. Therefore, he has never done anything like flying threesomes all over the sky.
The matter with the cats came to an end, and some silver-bearded dwarves came to find them. Whenever he saw Jermaine squirming, his two already short legs and knees rubbing against each other, Lin knew that this guy was sick... …This guy has doubts and needs help.
Leaving the restaurant to be cleaned up by Wana, a group of people moved to the small living room. There is a bar, comfortable sofas, and a small open space where a piano is expected to be placed. Well, the piano is not ready yet. But it still remains unchanged. This is the perfect place for a chat after a meal.
It's called a bar. In fact, all the wine here is for entertaining guests. Lin himself only makes coffee here. It's not that he doesn't drink, but he's just not used to drinking Miidi's wine. Because both girls go to brush cats. Since he was a child, Lin had no choice but to do it himself. The dwarves were not pretentious and poured themselves cups full of mead. This was one of the things they fell in love with after leaving their home in the Underground Iron City.
After everyone had something to drink in front of them, Jermaine also drank a few gulps of wine, blushing and gaining courage. Only then did Lin speak first and said: "Okay, if you need any help from me, please tell me.
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"Hey, big brother, you see, we have been idle recently. We have no income, and the research on peaceful armed forces is a bit difficult. That's why I wanted to ask you for some help and see if there is any way to make money."
There is a reason why the silver-bearded dwarves, who originally had all their microscope work scheduled for next year, can come to me and cry about being idle and poor. It’s not that their business has been robbed by others, or that the customers who placed orders have abandoned their orders.
Simply because their work efficiency has improved, their manufacturing speed has accelerated, and they have completed the orders.
The key to improving the work efficiency of the Silverbeard Dwarves is the technical guild established by Uzov. Although the production of the Midi version of the microscope is a delicate job, it always requires some blanks and further processing.
At the beginning, their method of making microscopes was to start processing from raw materials and do every step by themselves.
But when someone used the power gathered by the technical guild to distribute all the parts of the Manroland printing press to the craftsmen of the guild for production, he could only be there to guide the final assembly.
Even when the second and third printing presses were assembled later, they were only given assembly instructions and left them to figure it out on their own while they just waited to receive the money. Such behavior certainly inspired the Silverbeard dwarves.
Although microscopes are all made of magic materials, ordinary craftsmen who are not in the magic system still have ways to cast and temper these magic materials. Some methods can make things of better quality, and some are worse. But just to make one
If you are rough, there are still many blacksmiths who join the technical guild who can do it.
However, Marit was opposed to it at first, because in doing so, she would have to give up the profits to others. Freya settled an account for her tribe and commissioned the Technology Guild to make rough embryos of microscope parts, with a certain amount of labor and materials.
Depending on the amount of wear and tear, every time a microscope is manufactured, the profit will be less. This is also the reason for Marit's objection.
However, after handing over the work of rough embryos, the four people focused on fine processing, and the efficiency increased a bit. Several microscopes could be completed in a month. After deducting the processing fees for rough embryos from the total income, the money they earned was the same as before.
What you can earn in your time is actually nearly 30% more.
In other words, with the same working hours, not only can I earn more money, but also for those customers who want to own a microscope for personal use, they can get it faster and start research earlier; in the technology guild
, the group of people who are also craftsmen can also profit from it, although they are earning hard-earned money. But this can be said to be a plan that benefits everyone.
After confirming that they had no losses, the Silverbeard dwarves naturally changed their policy and reinvested the extra time in the research of peaceful armed forces. With funds, of course they had the confidence to do things and spend money lavishly.
But what they did not consider is that the market will be saturated, and the need for a microscope is not a necessity that all magicians will need. What's more, the use of microscopic arcane eyes to improve magic spells has long been handed over to the association. Those who are willing to spend time
If you specialize in research, you can develop products with similar functions.