Chapter 545: The Purpose of the Meeting
Donner was only slightly distracted, and immediately put the news behind him, first, Lisa's words may not be true, and second, from the news transmitted by the Holy See from time to time, there has been no major incident in the Magic Continent recently. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Besides, Downer's development strategy has already begun to kick in, and at this time, instead of being distracted by the enemy's motives, it is better to put all his energy into practical action.
At this time, Lisa was already standing by the window, and the sunset outside the window was like fire, and the lights on both sides of the Boer River were shining, and the scenery was breathtaking.
"I advise you to look at the present. Lisa smiled lightly.
"Present?" Donner wondered.
"As far as I know, those guys who ride and slash haven't been very peaceful lately. Lisa said, "I'm afraid that you won't be able to wait for the mage to go north, and you'll already be taken care of by those reckless men, and I need to remind you that some magic has little effect on them." ”
Donner nodded, he knew that Lisa was talking about psychic magic, and he had seen about it in Theresa's diary.
He also heard that Lisa did not know the dynamics of the Far North Country, and it seemed that her tentacles extended to Middle-earth at most, not to the Knight Federation, and the Medici family was the same.
"Thank you for your advice," he smiled, "but you didn't come to Middle-earth just to find me, did you? ”
"Do you think I don't know how Raphael died?" Lisa didn't look back, her slightly disdainful smile reflected in the windowpane.
Donner's heart was shocked, to this day, he was still very uncomfortable with Lisa's habit of telling shocking secrets in a very bland atmosphere.
However, Lisa's attention was obviously staying outside the window, not observing Donner's expression, and since she didn't need confirmation from Donner's face, she had naturally confirmed how Raphael died.
Donner didn't know how she did it, but he couldn't help but feel that his decision to return to Faimon was the right one, and if he stayed in Caios, he probably wouldn't be able to escape the eyes of the dragon rider.
Lisa suddenly turned her head, as if she could see Donner's thoughts, and chuckled, "You're a little too cautious......"
"It's a matter of life and death, and it's always right to be careful. Donner said.
"To be careful is to be cowardly," Lisa's expression was obviously a little disappointed, "For more than eight years, you haven't even unified this palm-sized place, and what kind of ridiculous king of the north are hiding in the poor countryside, don't you feel like you're wasting your time?"
"Isn't this title quite domineering? Donner smiled and stood up, "Just to be on the safe side, I'll have to make sure our agreement is still valid, right?"
Lizabeth glanced at Donner and said, "I think I've won." ”
"Interestingly, I think so too. Donner walked to the door, "Now, I need to get down to business." ”
When he stepped out of the door, he didn't forget to look back and say, "Oh, by the way, thank you for bringing Alex here, it saved me a lot of effort...... He doesn't know who I am, does he?"
"Do you think I'd be interested in talking to him about this?" replied Lisa, with a haughty expression.
"That's good. Donner smiled and nodded, "Don't you want to know what I'm doing? ”
Lisa snorted with great disdain, but followed.
"Say no, but the body is honest......" Donner said to himself with a smile.
"What did you say?" asked Lisa coldly.
Donner subconsciously shrunk his neck and didn't say a word, thinking that it would be better for this woman to be hot and cold.
At this time, he turned his back to Lisa completely, as if he had forgotten to guard against her, perhaps because he had experienced the test of life and death in the demon tide, and subconsciously felt that she could be trusted.
Lisa probably sensed this, and a satisfied smile appeared on her lips.
"By the way," Donner suddenly turned around again, pointed to him, and said, "Lady first." ”
Lisa's face suddenly pulled down, and she snorted coldly, "The rabbit's guts are also greater than yours." With that, he walked unceremoniously in front of Donner.
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When Donner pushed open the side door of the hall, faces that were once familiar, but now unfamiliar, all looked at him.
In the repeated titles of "Lord Duke", Donner clearly felt that even old acquaintances like Mino and Quisal had a hint of restraint on their faces.
More than thirty people all elegantly held wine glasses, without exception they were dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the young faces in their memories have now become mature enough.
"Mino, Quissar...... "No matter how hard Donner tried, he could only remember a dozen of them, and everyone he called out was somewhat flattered except Mino, Quissar, and Paz.
Around the corner, Alex greeted Sarah, who noticed Donner as soon as he entered, but he didn't talk to Wesley and the others, apparently not feeling the need to deal with them.
After Donner exchanged pleasantries with the others, Wesley leaned over to him and whispered, "Is it okay, woman?"
"It's okay...... Donner nodded, and then tapped his glass with a silver spoon - in fact, he didn't have to do this, everyone's attention was already on him - and said loudly, "Actually, this time we have a meeting, in addition to catching up, there is another important matter. ”
The hall was silent for a moment, and even the servants with the plates stood still, for fear that the footsteps would disturb the old man.
Donner looked around, more than thirty people formed a half-circle around him in the middle, except for Wesley, who was relatively close, everyone else kept a distance of more than a meter, and seemed quite educated.
Outside the circle, Lisa clasped her arms to her chest and looked at Donner with interest, while Alex stood behind her with her head bowed slightly.
"If you've been in Santan for the past two years, you've seen those windmills, or harvesters, or have you ever seen a clockwork motorcycle in Coenas?"
Several people nodded frequently, and Mino smiled and said, "I've driven Wesley's motorcycle, it's really exciting, it's more interesting than riding a horse!"
"I've heard of a clockwork bike, but no one in the province of Tris has ever bought it, and it's said that someone can't buy it for 70,000 gold coins, is it true?" asked Paz.
Outside the circle, Alex's lips were unopened, apparently translating Donner's western to Lisa, but when Donner talked about windmills and clockwork, he frowned slightly, and then quickly said a few words that he didn't know anything, and Lisa's face gradually appeared with interest - Alex couldn't explain what a clockwork was, and Lisa was interested precisely because he couldn't tell him.
"Wesley, I remember the factory price was only 20,000 gold coins. Donner laughed.
"Whatever I do, there must be someone hoarding Juqi for profit!" exclaimed Wesley.
Of course, Donner couldn't argue with him about this, and if Wesley really sold the clockwork for that high price, it would be a good thing, and as for the gold coins, even if Wesley used them as money for the ladies' pastime, Donner wouldn't care.
"I would like to say that if you are interested, you may be able to try to produce these products within your fiefdom, starting with a simpler one, of course. Donner finally said what he thought: "I can provide production equipment and technicians. ”
"I don't think anyone would say no. Mino said with a smile.
He was right, not only did clockwork bikes be so expensive, but other industrial products from Santan, including clocks with precision timelines, comfortable carriages, and harvesters that were almost never exported, were in high demand on the market, and it was a matter of great deal to get one.
Now that Downer is willing to transfer the methods used to produce these things, what reason is there to refuse his kindness?
However, except for Mino, the others did not show much enthusiasm.
Donner was a little puzzled for a moment, didn't everyone realize the considerable profit in it?
It wasn't until Quisal opened his mouth to ask him that Donner knew what they were thinking.
"Donner...... Okay, but where am I going to get that much money to buy those machines?" he scratched his head and said, "I've seen those big guys in Fog City, and those things are no cheaper than clockwork motorcycles, but I can't even get 20,000 gold coins...... And if everybody comes to build a factory, I'm afraid we won't be able to sell it, right?" )