Section 60. Susan spinning machine
"The 0-ring trick is smoky." Michael looked at the goblin's blackened face, "But it's been treated." ”
"It's my fault...... Annan apologized, "I wanted to recruit you, but I couldn't come by myself due to some circumstances, so I had to entrust someone else." ”
He couldn't blame Michael and Flora for helping.
Annan's voluntary confession of mistake softened the smart goblins' emotions a lot, but he firmly refused to recruit: "Maybe you are different from other humans, but we will not accept the call. ”
The dirty-faced goblin also said, "We goblins will never fight for humans!" ”
"It's not fighting, it's manufacturing." Annan corrected their mistakes.
"What is manufacturing?"
"What's being made?"
The two goblins asked at the same time.
"I want to improve the spinning wheel and need help, and I know that goblins are smart and the best at working with machines."
The dirty-faced goblin puffed up his thin chest in praise: "This human seems to be sensible, we can help him!" ”
"Forgot who told you to huddle in your nest and cry all day?" The clever goblin silenced his companion, who was not at all determined, and said to Annan: "Sorry, we will not help humanity with anything. ”
"You're dealing with human caravans, aren't you?" Annan asked.
"Caravans are not the same......"
"That's not what I'm talking about. You always have to buy supplies with the caravan, do you have enough money? Annan looked at the dirty, tattered leather armor and sharpened wooden spears of the two goblins and said, "I will pay." ”
"How much?"
The eyes of the clever goblin suddenly radiated a greed similar to that of the blue dragon.
"Not sure yet...... But it shouldn't be less than a few dozen gold coins. ”
"Really?"
"Really."
Annan was ready to go to the trouble of talking and even going back to the lair with the goblin, but the clever goblin agreed to him with great pleasure: "I'll go with you!" But I want to say something to my companion first. ”
"We're waiting for you here."
The clever goblin dragged the dirty-faced goblin into the grass hut and muttered, "Go back and tell the people that I have followed the humans to see the outside." Don't say that the humans took me away, and don't say that the humans promised to pay me. If the humans kill me when they run out, you will bring ruin to the race if you ask for payment. But if the ethnic group is really short of money...... Tell the caravans about it. ”
"Remember?"
"Remembered." The dirty-faced goblin realizes that his companion is leaving, and pulls on his tattered leather armor: "I don't want you to go......"
"Humanity won't let me leave ......"
The clever goblin took away his companion's hand, got out of the hut, looked nostalgically into the depths of the forest, returned to the carriage and looked up, and said, "I'm ready." ”
Annan looked at the goblin who was walking forward: "Do you want to walk to Breeze City?" ”
"Will you let me in the car?" The clever goblin asked curiously.
"Why don't you want to ......" said Annan looked at Michael and said after getting permission: "Come up"
Flattered, the goblins climbed into the carriage to avoid leaving dirty marks on the clean blankets.
The mage's carriage, which had no coachman, turned in place and carried them back to Breeze.
The clever elf cowered in the corner by the car door, not even looking back at his companion standing at the intersection.
This cowardice makes the clever goblins in this goblin seem to be indistinguishable from ordinary goblins.
"What's your name?" Annan asked it.
"My name is Dolai."
"He's Michael and I'm Annan."
Annan used words to ease the goblin's timidity: "Michael said that goblins are like warlocks with a talent for casting spells, and you also have a talent for machines, right?" ”
Speaking of the merits of the race, Dorai proudly raised his head that had been lowered since he got into the car: "We do have extraordinary talent in machines. Even if you bring Dora, you can finish the machine you want. ”
"Then why do you still use such primitive wooden spears?"
The goblin's drooping wide ears almost stood up, though it could tell that Annan was only asking rather than belittling: "Weapons are not machines!" ”
Annan didn't say anything.
The goblins in the backwoods are ignorant, and who knows if the southern goblins have already concocted such things as muskets, steam engines, and empty boats.
The clever Dorai began to realize that Annan and Michael did not treat it like other humans, and took the courage to take the initiative to ask, "Will the female mage who attacked us be punished?" ”
Michael groaned, "No...... Flora was here to help me, but she messed up. ”
"Don't be disappointed." Annan comforted the goblins who felt the gap, "The status of the mage's apprentice is higher than that of many commoner tycoons. In the eyes of a mage, there is no difference between goblins and civilians. ”
Michael suspected that Annan was fighting back against the warlock in front of him.
This comfort doesn't work for the clever goblins, who know that the female mage looks down on the lowly goblins.
Annan had no choice but to continue to comfort it that race did not mean anything. I have seen the noblest goblins, and I have seen the most despicable gods.
"I ...... Oh my God...... I...... I don't know, I'll remember it......" Dolai cried and laughed, like crazy.
Annan looked at Michael with an expression of "isn't it too good".
"That's the charm of a warlock." Michael smiled and said, "That's a good word, let Copperbeard know that she might have to pull you to drink all day." ”
Encouraged by Annan, Dorai did not revert back to being a noisy goblin, but he was still much more active. After eating the food he had been allocated, Dorai enviously begged Annan, who was reading, "Can I read it?" ”
"No, I'm still reading this one." Annan took out a book from the side and handed it to the disappointed goblin: "You can read this one first?" But remember to wipe your hands first. ”
In addition to the books and handkerchiefs handed to him, Dorai's goblin heart was burned hot, and he accepted them gratefully.
On the way back, only Annan was always worried about being attacked, but when the towering mage tower of Breeze City, which was insignificant compared to the snow-capped mountains, appeared on the horizon, even Annan regained its tranquility.
The carriage returned unhindered back to the Morrowind Tavern.
Annan first signed a contract with Dorai in the guest room on the second floor, specifically for Dorai to make spinning machines for Annan, and Annan was paid for each one he made.
This kind of contract only has the legal meaning of the kingdom of Rikanre, and is not bound by mysterious forces.
After writing their names in lingua franca on the contract and pressing their handprints, Annan told Dolai about the idea of Jenny's spinning machine.
"You've got a goblin head!" The surprised Dolai subconsciously praised, and said in a panic: "I didn't mean ......"
"Thanks for the compliment."
Dorai looked up at Annan in a daze: "Don't you feel offended?" ”
"People here say that the goblin is a master of machines, why should he be offended to be praised by the master?"
This intoxicated the goblins more than mere compliments, as if they had drunk wheat wine.
"Have you figured out what to call it?" Michael asked.
Annan thought of Aunt Susan in Pinglin Town.
"Just call it...... Susan spinning machine. ”