"It's ......"

Looking at Ah Xue in front of him dressed in a maid suit and with a pair of furry ears on his head, Rafa was directly stunned, he remembered that Bernice didn't refuse the group of orcs to offer a girl, why did Ah Xue still come?

"Lord... Master...... Please use tea. ”

Ah Xue also came to the human world for the first time, so she was very restrained, put the teacup on the table, her hands were tangled, her head was lowered, and the white tail behind her kept sweeping around, she could feel the strange eyes of this stranger, could it be that she was wearing too weird? But she didn't want to take off this dress, because it was the softest clothes she had ever seen, she never knew that soft clothes would be so comfortable to wear, but they were much more comfortable than the coarse cloth clothes she was wearing.

"I ...... Can I touch your ears?" Rafa didn't understand why Ah Xue was here, it stands to reason that she should have been divided into the greenhouse area and the farm, but looking at her outfit now, it was obvious that she was a maid from the City Lord's Mansion, but ...... Isn't that a good idea?

"But... OK. "The tail behind Ah Xue is shaking even more, you must know that in the north, only couples or parents can touch each other's ears.

"Hmm~ so soft. ”

As Rafa had expected, the fur on her ears was smooth and pleasant to the touch, but as he touched it, he touched her black hair, as if he were petting a kitten or a puppy.

"Wow, it's Sister Axue. ”

Shirley's voice came from a distance, and Rafa quickly withdrew her hand in fright.

"Lady Celestial. ”

Xue wanted to salute Shirley, but Shirley took her hand and laughed.

"Sister Xue, why are you here?"

"I... I am now the maid of the City Lord's Mansion. ”

After seeing Ah Xue, Rafa's mood turned out to be inexplicably cheerful.

"Lilith, you're lazy again, are you done with the water pipes I explained?"

"It's done, you bad boss who oppresses employees!" Lilith's resentment was still the same as usual.

"Did the tank and pump be done?"

"Can't I take a break?

Rafa had to shrug helplessly.

Felihill also walked out with the drawings at this time, glanced at Ah Xue and then turned to Rafa, "What is the principle of this thing?"

"How does the water tower work?" Rafa approached her.

"Building two 'water towers' to carry water to the whole city?"

"It's like... Isn't that right?" he took the drawing and thought about it carefully, as if nothing had been missed, "although the two water towers don't seem to be enough, I'll send someone to start the steam engine to pump water all the time during the peak of the water use." ”

"Pumping? That big smoking guy can pump?"

"Of course, it can't be relied on, but as long as Lilith makes a water pump, the steam engine sends out power, drives the impeller in the water pump, and the water flow increases the pressure because of the energy obtained under the action of inertial centrifugal force, so the water can be transported to the high water tower, and then the siphon principle is used, which is also the force phenomenon of the liquid level height difference, as long as it is a connected pipe, the liquid in the container will continue to flow out to a lower position through the siphon phenomenon, so as long as it is a building lower than the water tower, the water flow can be sent through the water pipe。 ”

Felihill wrote down everything he said verbatim, and then took out the book "Principles of Physics," which Rafa had written on the way to Byron, and began to understand it by comparison.

Perhaps this knowledge is really beyond cognition, Felicille kept frowning, and after a while, he gradually relaxed, "I think these things you have written can be printed and used as textbooks in the school." ”

"That's what I mean, and I'm working on other textbooks, and if Bernice has time, I can write all the textbooks for literature, music, art, and math all day long. ”

"Bernice and Lytan are going to map the heavens today," Felihill looked at him with interest, "You know how to play music and art?"

"I'll have more, or how would I draw the drawings?" Rafa gave her back, sat down on the table and began to take out a notebook and a pen to write, complaining as she wrote, "The pens produced by the pen factory are too rough, so thick, are they for cows?"

Felihill walked up behind him and looked at what was written on his paper, "Primary...... What kind of discipline is chemistry?"

"The method of making the clear glass I gave you, and the method of preparing the gunpowder, are all chemistry. Rafa's memory was so clear in his mind that he could write very quickly, not much slower than Bernice, a boundrome printer, and these world-changing formulas and principles were born out of nowhere.

"I usually call these things alchemy. Feliscille was eager to snatch Rafa's notebook and study it, but she looked forward to him finishing it quickly.

"Alchemy? you don't see what the natural sciences I describe in the Principles of Physics, right?" Rafa said, looking up at all, "There is nothing in this world that can transcend the laws of nature, and the panacea and the kind of gold that most of the alchemists of Ola pursue are just empty metaphysics, just like asking men to have children and roosters to lay eggs, the direction of the foundation is wrong, so they can't do any valuable research at all, and most of the time they can only entertain themselves and talk about masturbation." ”

"So...... You've got it all right?" Filihill knew she was sure to be one of the targets of his criticism, but she didn't care.

"No one can master all the laws, and I have only mastered a small part of them

points, but even if it's just a small part, it's enough to change the world. ”

"Then write quickly. Felihill handed over her pen.

"Aren't you worried?" said Rafa, taking the pen.

"Worried about what?"

"I've written down all the chemistry and laws of nature that you can use, and you won't have anything to study in the future. ”

"What does that have to do with me? I just want to build the power of the Holy Land, not to invent anything, and don't underestimate the curiosity of the alchemists, who sometimes find it interesting to repeat an experiment a thousand times. ”

"Okay. Rafa shrugged again, "That's right, Axue...... You transferred her, right?"

"yes, I think you like it. ”

Philicille sat back in her chair and began to read the Principia of Physics carefully, and the first sentence of the opening sentence, "The building blocks of the world are molecules and atoms", really surprised her, and she tried her best to imagine that the world around her was made up of tiny balls, and even the seemingly thin and transparent air had various different molecules and atoms in it.

"What...... Where do I like it?" Rafa's heart tightened.

"Don't you like it? Okay, I'll let Seapheth take her to the farm in a moment. ”

"Don't Don't ......"

"Hmph," Felicille glanced at him, "but beware, Xue is my personal maid, not for you." ”

"Understood... Got it. Rafa nodded repeatedly.

He was laughing awkwardly when Seapheus walked into the courtyard and said, "Your Highness, some merchants have come from outside, and some goods that can only be used by alchemists have been transported, and they say that they have already paid the deposit, but we don't know about it, could it be you......"

"Yes, I paid for it," Rafa retracted his expression, "they finally came, and I thought they had run into robbers again." ”

As he spoke, he put away his pen and paper and followed Sipheus to the hall, and when he arrived in the hall, several men who had been waiting for a long time immediately stood up, and they were surprised to find that the person who saved them that night turned out to be the lord of Icefield City, the prince of Ora, Rafa.

"You don't have to be formal. Rafa laughed and stopped them from trying to kneel, "Tell me, what are you carrying?"

"Uh......" Several merchants looked at each other, it turned out that His Royal Highness the prince didn't know what he was selling and bought it, it seems that the absurd prince is still the same as when he was in Byron.

One of the merchants stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, we have shipped sulfur, sulphuric acid, mercury, alcohol, tin foil, and some saltpeter," perhaps for fear that Rafa would not understand, and added, "These are all things that alchemists can use." ”

"Very well," Rafa nodded, "I want them all, how much more do I need for the final payment besides the deposit I paid last time?"

"Uh... Your Highness, in fact, you have paid too much," the merchant took out the sack that Rafa had thrown down, and the sound of the crash could be heard inside, which was full of gold coins, "and the total price of these things is only a hundred gold coins. ”

"Where are you merchants?"

"Most of us are from Silverlight City, but we do business in Wangdu. ”

"Byron, just to earn a few dozen gold coins, are you willing to risk being killed by robbers to come to the North?"

"Your Highness, now that the regent Jarvis is in power, and the Hyperion family is a giant of industry and commerce, many of our colleagues have been imprisoned for hindering their business, and we have no choice but to take risks to come to the north to earn some hard-earned money. ”

"That's right," Rafa knew that Jarvis didn't dare to claim the throne directly, but Mira was missing, and he should find a puppet to continue to be his regent, and after a moment of contemplation, he asked, "What's your name?"

"Your Highness, my name is Abal. ”

"You're an alchemist?"

"No, we're just merchants who gather raw materials for alchemists. ”

"Oh, then you must know a lot of alchemists. ”

Abel seemed to know what Rafa was going to do, and reminded, "Your Highness, I am grateful to you for saving our lives, so I must be honest with you, among the alchemists we have come into contact with, almost none of them have made any valuable results, and in my opinion, they are just spending the taxes of the people in the territory meaninglessly in some useless places, so I advise you not to be obsessed with alchemy." ”

Rafa smiled, and a merchant who specialized in the alchemist business actually criticized the alchemist, "Siphus, serve you tea." ”

Since the transparent glass of Icefield City had not yet reached Byron, he could already anticipate how much surprise they would be caused by the transparent teacups that were served.

Sure enough, when the maids brought up the transparent teacups, the merchants' eyes widened and they began to look at the teacups carefully.

"It's carved out of crystal, right?"

"No, there are no traces of carving on it. ”

Several merchants, ignoring the fact that Rafa was still sitting in the main seat, began to discuss privately, and Rafa also hurried to say something to Sipheus, who hurriedly ran towards the backyard.

"It's... Looks like glass, right?" finally guessed the truth.

"I've never seen glass so pure and immaculate. A merchant drank the warm tea in a few sips and looked at it carefully.

Rafa knew that the opportunity to make money had come, "What do you think these clear glassware will sell for in Byron?"

"At least fifteen gold coins. Abel replied.

"Fifteen, it seems that Byron and the North are not much different. ”

"Your Highness, we have also sold alchemy utensils, and the price of those glassware specially made for alchemists has always been high, but you are obviously not used by alchemists, if you can make these utensils into the shape that alchemists need, the price can at least triple. ”

"Oh?

At this time, Sieverus also ran back out of breath, still holding a long wooden box in his arms.

"Yes, yes, yes, that's it, this one can sell for at least fifty gold coins!" Opening the wooden box, Able picked up a clear glass beaker and played with it.

"It's so exquisite!" said the rest of the merchants, too, marveling at the various shapes of the vessels.

Rafa knew that the new vessel must have been made by Felihill herself, and that it was much more delicate than the craftsmanship of the glass factory, and it seemed that as soon as Siphus asked her for it, she brought out all the things she had prepared for her own use.

"You must want to sell this stuff to Byron, don't you?" said Rafa, smiling as she leaned back in her chair.

"Your Highness, can you make such a transparent vessel on a large scale?" Abel asked.

"Of course, that's what we made with alchemy. ”

"Great, Your Highness!" Abel had completely forgotten that he had just told the other party not to indulge in alchemy, "If Your Highness can cooperate with us, we promise to make His Highness a lot of money." ”

"That's what I wanted, but I have one condition. ”

"Speak, please. Able retracted his smile.

"You have to find me a master who is familiar with alchemists, and it would be better if you could have him bring another batch of apprentices with him. ”

"No problem," Abel smiled again, "Your Highness, you must know that there are too many people who are destitute because of their addiction to alchemy, and they can grab a lot of them. ”

"Mind you, I want quality, not quantity, but don't give me some inexperienced fake bogus. He reminded.

"Understood. ”

"Very well, let's sign a contract. ”

As soon as Rafa finished speaking, Siphus hurriedly handed over a few contracts that were uniformly customized by Bernice, and he added some terms to the end, and then handed them to the merchants to circulate.

Adam looked at it and asked, "Your Highness wants us to go north from the central part of the country and take a boat from Broken Cloud City to Icefield City? ”

"This is also for your safety, although it is much slower to walk from the middle, but there are fewer robbers accordingly, and the things I need are mainly saltpeter sulfur sulfuric acid, the amount of these things is not low, you are afraid that the mountain road is not as fast as the waterway, as for the cost of shipping, look at the latter sentence, Icefield City is fully reimbursed. ”

Seeing the last sentence, Abel and the surrounding businessmen all smiled, and even couldn't believe that there were such preferential terms, but the signature behind it was indeed Rafa's name, which couldn't be wrong.

Rafa looked at the money bag on the table and continued, "Let it be the dowry of the master you have hired. ”

"A bride price of a hundred gold coins... Isn't it too expensive?" Now even Abel felt that Rafa had suffered.

"If the return is ten thousand, do you still think one hundred is expensive?"

"That's right. In fact, what Abel was thinking in his heart was, how could Rafa be sure that if he recruited an alchemist, he would definitely be able to make money?

"Okay, we're in a hurry, if you're okay, you can immediately load the things we want to sell and go to Broken Cloud City, we happen to have a ship going to Broken Cloud City. ”

"Your Highness...... Why do you trust us so much? And the terms of the contract are simply ......"

"It's just sending you money, right?"

"That's right, it says that we don't even need to pay for the goods in Icefield City first, and we can wait until the sale is finished before settling the settlement, aren't you afraid that we will steal the goods or not pay you the full amount of gold coins?"

"Then I want you to take out a few thousand gold coins now, can you take them out?"

"Uh......" Adam was stunned, if he was in Byron, he might be able to make it together, but here, if he put them all together, he couldn't take it out.

"Trust is mutual, if I give you the goods, you will never come to Icefield again, that's nothing, just pay for a lesson. He stood up and patted Abel on the shoulder.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will never do such a treacherous thing," Adam said with a serious face, "I have decided, I will leave my daughter in Icefield City as proof that I will definitely return." ”

"Your Excellency Abel is far from having to be. Rafa wondered if he wanted to give his daughter to himself.

"No, it's a must. ”

The two argued for a long time, but Rafa finally couldn't resist him and agreed that he would leave his daughter in Icefield City.

Then Sievers led the agents of the Ministry of Commerce, Sean and Vile, to discuss the price of goods with the merchants, they finally came to the north once, naturally they had to buy more things to sell, and now there are many kinds of goods produced in Icefield City, they have to choose, in general, under the condition of ensuring mutual trust, merchants and Icefield City can get great sustainable benefits, Icefield City as a product producer, interests account for the majority, and merchants as dealers, only earn a premium.

Even if the quality of some of the ironware, glass, vegetable, fountain pens and other products produced in Icefield City is not too good, they are all very practical things, which is equivalent to a new market field, which is in short supply at all, and even if the dealer only earns a small part, it is enough to make a lot of money.

Speaking of which, Abel's daughter is not only beautiful, but also very shrewd, and in order to prevent Philicille from gossiping anymore, Rafa assigned her to the Ministry of Commerce, where there are only two people, Sean and Weile, and became an official in Icefield City. 2k reading web