After drinking a large sip of the honey water brought by the waiter, Todd rubbed his temples vigorously. The banquet last night lasted until late at night, and he had to drink a few glasses of red wine due to the hospitality. The result was that...
When he woke up early in the morning, the bells and chimes were ringing in his head.
Pulling himself together, Todd looked at the hundreds of design drawings on the desktop, picked out a sketch of a women's dress, and looked at it again and again.
Different from the monotonous and dull designs of women's dresses in the Middle Ages, the clothes designed by Mary are obviously mixed with the concepts of the Silver Ring Palace and the ancient Taylor style. The lively and bright colors, unique and generous styles are very consistent with the concept of the Renaissance.
.
Todd doesn't know much about fashion, but from a man's point of view, these clothes should have a good effect on women.
"You drew these"
Looking at Mary who was lying on the table carefully sorting out the manuscripts, Todd put down the drawings in his hands and asked her.
Mary picked out a drawing of a women's wide-brimmed hat, made a mark on the lower right corner with a pencil, and said, "I drew them all, most of them were drawn by me in the past, and there are many ready-made samples in it."
, it’s a pity that they all fell into the palace.”
Hearing Mary's voice getting lower and lower, Todd sighed and changed the topic, "I have already contacted someone about the textile factory and shop sites; the royal clerk is drafting the notice to recruit workers; as for the Muxi Cooperative
funds”
Mary raised her head and asked nervously, "What's wrong, Your Majesty, is it difficult to mobilize?"
"The money is enough, but I have some plans for the future disposal of Muxi Cooperative, and it is not appropriate to allocate funds from it now." Todd tapped the armrest of the seat with his fingers, and slowly said, "About the construction of the garment factory
And for operations, I plan to draw funds from the holy treasury.”
Mary stopped and her long eyelashes trembled slightly. "Your Majesty, the holy treasury is your private property, but I am in charge of it. If you take money out of it and use it to fund my career, will it happen?"
Being criticized by others”
"What you mean is that if you have to be responsible for managing the holy treasury and also use the money in it, you will be suspected by others of having the opportunity to make private accounts and make money." Todd waved his hand with a look of indifference on his face, "Don't worry.
, I will instruct the monks to conduct regular audits and reports on the textile factory's finances, this is not a problem."
Mary opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
She knew that the king had misunderstood her.
The money in the holy library belongs to King Muxi alone, and the management should belong to the royal steward or the minister of the interior. Now it is not reasonable to put himself, the former queen of an enemy country, in charge. This has already attracted a lot of rumors.
If the money in the holy treasury is allocated to himself for squandering, those people outside the palace will definitely spread all kinds of embarrassing rumors about the relationship between the two.
Mary glanced at Todd. She knew that the king had always adhered to the principle of employing people according to their talents, and he was using her because of his super memory power. But was there any fundamental reason for this trust, or did the king not consider these obscure reasons at all?
Mary couldn't determine the relationship between men and women, let alone ask questions.
"In just these two days, I plan to hold a meeting of the Muxi Cooperative. All holders of the holy bones can participate. Before that, I need you to take stock of the capital stock of the Muxi Cooperative."
Mary nodded yes.
After discussing for a while, the two finalized some details of the meeting. Mary collected the drawings on the table, bowed to Todd, opened the door and left the room.
Just as she took a step out of the door, the door behind her had not yet closed, an unexpected figure appeared in Mary's sight.
Rachel, wearing an emerald green robe, sat on the sofa with her arms folded, looking at the woman who walked out of the room with cold eyes.
Mary kept a smile on her face and continued walking along the corridor as if she didn't notice.
Rachel stood up from the sofa and walked towards the room between the kings.
The two people passed by each other, their eyes met for an instant, the air seemed to be solidified, and the surrounding space seemed to be filled with cold air.
Todd, who had no idea about this, was sitting in the room thinking about what to eat for lunch. He touched his stomach and said to himself, "What should I eat? Originally, the sister hotel was a good choice, but the hotel was a good choice."
The incident caused so much trouble that we couldn’t even meet each other.”
Speaking of the devil
"Your Majesty, Miss Rachel is here."
The shout of the attendant outside the door caught Todd off guard, and the latter almost knocked down the wooden frame behind him.
After standing firm, adjusting his clothes, and calming down, Todd said, "Invite her in."
The attendant led Rachel in, saluted Todd and then left. Soon only the man and woman were left in the room.
This is the first time Todd and Rachel have met alone since the Covenant incident.
Looking into the eyes of the green-clad woman, Todd didn't know what to say for a moment.
In contrast, Rachel seemed calm and calm. She took out a report from her arms and handed it to Todd.
"This is"
Rachel replied, "Gemro's superpower test report."
Todd, who was quite surprised, opened a thick stack of reports. It not only contained various physical data indicators, the types and contents of microorganisms in the body, but also included electron microscope observation pictures.
“How did you do that?”
"I convinced him." Rachel deliberately emphasized the word "persuad."
Todd shrugged noncommittally.
Rachel found a chair and sat down, and said to Todd, "Through tissue slicing and sample culture, we discovered some special features of Gemro's disintegration ability."
Todd turned directly to the conclusion of the report, took a few glances, and said in surprise, "The lytic bacteria and the debilitating bacteria are very similar in terms of function and structure."
"That's right. From a functional point of view, the weakening power can release corrosive chemicals, while the lysis power can release chemicals that decompose substances. The two have similarities in their power pathways; from a structural point of view
, weakened bacteria and lytic bacteria under the microscope, from the nucleoid region, the similarity between the two reaches 90."
Todd was stunned when he heard this. If the furniture and decorations around him hadn't reminded him that this was the Middle Ages, he would have thought he was facing a microbiology trainee from his previous life.
But then I thought about it, he had taught these concepts in the microbiology class at Muxi College, and the fact that Rachel could speak about them showed that she was a smart and diligent student.
Rachel continued regarding the report, "We suspect that lytic bacteria should have evolved from weak bacteria, and that something enhanced or even evolved weak bacteria, turning them into lytic bacteria. In addition, Gemro
The Sutherland bacteria in the body are also different from ordinary successors. They have also been enhanced or evolved by something."
"Wait a minute," Todd interrupted Rachel, "Why do I feel familiar with everything you said?"
Rachel solved Todd's doubts "North Island Valkyrie."
Todd suddenly realized that Valkyrie and Gemro were both new successors, and the Sutherland bacteria and supernatural bacteria in their bodies had been enhanced by something.
"So, what is it that causes the evolution of super-powered bacteria?"
Rachel shook her head and said, "I don't know. We extracted the enhanced Sutherland bacteria and the enhanced abilities bacteria and conducted experiments on mice. After transplantation, the experimental subjects will gain enhanced abilities in a short period of time, but they will eventually inherit the abilities.
The patient mutated and died of internal bleeding."
Todd scratched his head, "In other words, the enhanced bacteria on Gemro and Valkyrie can only be used by themselves and cannot be transplanted to others."
Rachel also looked a little frustrated. "Theoretically, it's true, but judging from the experiences of Valkyrie and Gemro, they were originally ordinary people. The former was due to the ruins of the North Island, and the latter was due to Theo.
More treatments. So we believe that we can still find a way to evolve bacteria with super powers."
After thinking carefully, Todd sighed, "The North Island ruins are no longer accessible due to radioactive elements in the ground. As for Theodore, after he was murdered, his manuscript was also missing. Research on the new successor