“……”

"Believe that everything will be fine."

Unexpectedly, there was such a story behind this painting, Xia Lin felt as if he had stepped on a pit, which had no positive effect on the rest of the conversation, so he had to be silent for a moment and comforted Ellen.

"Perhaps, Your Excellency Xia Lin, is there something about your visit to me today? I remember that the sergeants should be about to leave for the North. ”

Perhaps having lost hope that his father would be freed from the curse, Ellen put aside the topic and asked instead.

"I have come to visit Lord Ellen today to give you, your family, and myself a chance, a chance to change the world."

Xia Lin realized that Ellen's mind was indeed no longer on the conversation with him, he quickly thought about countermeasures, and in a flash of inspiration, he said these words carefully.

Xia Lin suddenly realized that Ellen didn't seem to have any confidence in his father's recovery, so he thought that as long as Viscount Greg died, the Greg family should fall into a situation of weakness and strength.

Faced with this situation, Ellen should be in need of a solution to it, and Xia Lin's words can attract Ellen's attention with this.

"If you're here just to make a fool of me, please forgive me for not being able to accompani, and we in the Greg Chamber of Commerce don't welcome people like you."

However, Ellen frowned and said dissatisfiedly, his right hand moved, as if he wanted to let his personal valet send off.

Obviously, as someone who could run such a large chamber of commerce quite well, Eren was long past the age when she was confused by these words.

Although Ellen's reaction didn't seem to be in line with Xia Lin's expectations, Xia Lin's heart settled down.

He could tell from Ellen's violent reaction that Ellen didn't care about his words as he seemed, but that he seemed to think of himself as a liar who said big things.

Since this is the case, then there is no need for Xia Lin to be nervous.

Xia Lin walked to the table and chair in the middle of the reception room and sat down like a host, and spread out his drawings upside down on the coffee table one by one in order:

"Your Excellency, since you have given me a chance to meet, why don't you give me a moment to show you how confident I am in saying such things? Please come here! ”

And Ellen saw that Xia Lin looked confident, affected by the nature of young people, he couldn't help but feel a little curious, hesitated, Ellen did not let his male servant drive people away, but followed Xia Lin's words to the coffee table.

"What is this?"

Ellen thought that these parchments would be some kind of old treasure map made by a liar to lure him into paying for those useless parchments, and he was ready to mock the guy in front of him, but he saw wonderful lines and various numerical annotations on the neatly spread out parchment, and his expression was a little surprised.

"This is a vertical spindle spinning machine, a machine for spinning roving into fine yarns, and this machine is capable of spinning more than ten spindles at the same time for one person, do you know what that means?"

Xia Lin knew that this kind of drawings made according to modern cartographic specifications would be difficult for people in this world to understand, so he smiled and explained.

"This means that we can earn more than ten times the profit...... But does the machine you are talking about really exist? ”

"If the machine you're talking about is just the babble of a madman, you won't get anything from me, and I'll ask the Mage Guild to remove you from your mage qualifications."

Hearing Xia Lin's words of seduction like a devil, against the hand-spinning machine in his memory, Ellen's heart beat violently, but he quickly calmed down and asked.

"You see, since you've said so, it shows a problem, as long as I'm not crazy, then I don't need to come here to deceive you.

And do you think a madman can become a mage?

Although this machine does not exist yet, you only need to take these drawings to any qualified carpenter, and under my guidance, he will be able to make this machine in less than an afternoon, and then you will be able to verify what I said. ”

Xia Lin felt a little tempted to laugh at this childish threat, and he heard the key point from Ellen's words, and Ellen already believed in himself a little.

"Is that so...... It doesn't have to be a try, I have a few carpenters on my estate, and since you promised to finish the machine in an afternoon, you can come with me with these paintings now!

If you can really achieve the effect you say, then you can just put forward your request, as long as my ability can meet it! ”

Eren also felt that a mage should not deceive himself for such a thing, but he said cautiously.

After all, it doesn't cost much to make a spinning machine out of wood, and it doesn't take much time, and he has the time and ability to verify whether the machine Xia Lin said is true.

If this spindle spinning machine is real, it means a terrible profit.

The nearly 1,000 spinning women employed by the Greg Chamber of Commerce can turn all the roving on the market into spun yarns, which will be a huge profit whether they are sold or spun into cloth themselves.

This meant that the Greg Chamber of Commerce would inevitably grow because of this machine, which would give Eren the much-needed prestige to suppress the side branches that were about to move.

Xia Lin naturally would not refuse Ellen's eagerness, and the two hurriedly went downstairs under the surprised gaze of the chamber of commerce manager, and then got into the carriage and drove out of the city.

The two sat in the carriage, although it was the first time they met today, neither of them knew each other, and there was a little unpleasantness just now, but Xia Lin was a tried and tested sales of old fritters, although Ellen's social methods were still very immature, but he also wanted to deliberately win over Xia Lin, so the two hit it off and soon started talking.

"Your Excellency Xia Lin, is your family from the textile industry? I actually know so much about the structure of the spinning machine. ”

"Well, my father was a dock porter, my mother was a laundry worker, and of course I would sometimes do odd jobs for spinning.

When I was a child, I felt that my parents were working too hard, so I came up with the idea of improving these tools, and these drawings are the result of me.

But when I was twelve years old, I was found to have a talent for learning magic, and I became a cadet, and I came to visit you in exchange for a spindle spinning machine in exchange for enough money to break the apprenticeship agreement. ”

"Dock porter? Spinner? ”

Eren was full of surprise at Xia Lin's family background, and couldn't help but repeat in surprise, aren't the people engaged in these industries all the poorest in the imperial capital? I didn't expect that there would be such a person among my classmates.

"Ahem......"

However, this reaction is not very respectful for a mage, and at the same time a person who needs to be wooed, Eren quickly coughed a little twice to hide his gaffe, and then said:

"I didn't expect there to be such a story behind this spindle spinning machine.

Don't worry, as long as this machine can do what you say, then I will pay you enough.

I promise that this reward will not only be enough for you to break your agreement with the Northern Army, but will also allow you to change your family and maintain the dignity of a mage and a knight. ”

"Thank you so much for your generosity! Lord Ellen! ”

Xia Lin didn't expect his plan to go so smoothly, and he couldn't help but have a good impression of Ellen.

Like this kind of smart but bottom-line child, he is the best partner for himself at present!

Originally, he was most worried about Jenny spinning machine being taken away for nothing, but now it seems that the nobles of this world still have a little conscience and are not greedy to that extent.

At least fifteen gold lunts can be regarded as a huge amount of money, although this reward is not worthy of the great invention of the Jenny spinning machine, but it is enough for Xia Lin.

After all, at this time, fifteen gold lunds mean his own life, and except for a few things in the world, the rest of the things will be overshadowed by life, and he can exchange Jenny's spinning machine for his own life, Xia Lin feels that this wave is not a loss.

What's more, there are at least a few extra gains from the extra gold lunt foundation, and Xia Lin has already begun to think about the use of this possible extra gold lunt in his heart.

Is it for the study of magic, or is it for the principal to start another business first?

Xia Lin felt that it was better to have the latter, after all, research without continuous funding was rootless, and everything in this world that had anything to do with magic was of high value.

The most basic magic stone that can absorb and store and release magic power is not something that Xia Lin can afford with his little reward.

Crystal, diamond, moissanite, zircon, corundum, jadeite, amber, tourmaline, beryl, spinel, peridot, topaz, chalcedony.

These gems, which Xia Lin had only heard of in his previous life, had a wonderful reaction with magic power in this life, and their value skyrocketed, and even the cheapest magic crystals and magic diamonds cost more than two gold lundes.

Even with this reward, Xia Lin felt that he could only buy some scraps that the carp maker had broken down when he was polishing, and the price was about five silver coins a small pound.

As for how many grams a small pound is, Xia Lin didn't estimate it, but from the volume, it is estimated that it can fill a beer bottle cap in his previous life.

In the ensuing conversation, the relationship between the two sides in the carriage became more and more harmonious.

Xia Lin did not have any cultural foundation in his life, but only spent half a year cramming text study before entering the academy, and then occasionally heard some humanities knowledge such as geography and history from the professors of the academy, and he was very unfamiliar with the general appearance of this world.

However, Ellen was born with a standard aristocratic education, and studied literature, poetry, history, geography, heraldry, mathematics, calendars and other subjects under the guidance of a tutor since childhood, as well as various knowledge passed down by word of mouth from her father.

Through deliberate flattery and guidance, Xia Lin successfully obtained a lot of information from Ellen's mouth.

For example, the general shape of the empire's territory, the names of the vassals and nobles in various places, the specialties of each fief and manor, the information on the ongoing wars in the north and south of the empire, and the most important of which is the news of the military mages in the north.