Rand walked out, and his faithful servant Pence hurriedly greeted him.

"Young Master, has the promotion been successful?" Pence graciously handed over a wet hand towel for Rand to wipe his face and hands.

Rand wiped his face with a wet towel, but he didn't sweat, but it still felt a little, and he had just exhausted the secret method imprint and made contact.

After wiping his hands again, he handed it to Pence casually, and then walked towards the magic elevator of the building, saying as he walked: "Of course, do you doubt your young master's ability?"

"How could I doubt the young master, Mr. Jimenez, little Mr. Jimenez must be very happy to know it. Pence followed closely behind Rand.

Pence grew up in Jimenez, but his ancestral home was the Black Rock Plane, which had a harsh environment but a large amount of Black Rock.

Pence's grandfather, who fought in the First Ambergris War, was crippled, but was able to earn an emigration spot for his military exploits, but Pence's grandfather himself did not stay in Asturias, but gave the opportunity to his son.

This is how Pence's father came to Asturias, and when he was about to starve to death, he happened to meet old Jimenez, who happened to lack a servant, so that the family of Jimenez had one more servant who did not have to pay him, and his father did not have to starve to death.

Then, after many years, the Black Rock dwarf, who had been a servant at first in order not to starve to death, gained a certain trust from the Jimenez family, became a housekeeper, and also got a wife, and gave birth to Burns.

Although Pence grew up dark and thin, he did not have the obvious characteristics of a dwarf, but only resembled a relatively short colored human.

He grew up serving Rand. In fact, the relationship between master and servant is quite good. It's also quite casual to speak. Sometimes, however, Rand would get into trouble, and although old Mr. Jimenez would not say anything, Burns's father would always beat him up afterwards, thinking that he had not dissuaded the young master.

"It's great, young master, the family will be proud of you. Pence said with heartfelt joy.

Jimenez's family was rich and powerful in St. Quentin, and in Asturias as a whole.

In his early years, Mr. Jimenez the Elder is said to have developed by relying on trade between the Azure Continent and the Emerald Continent, which is still at war, and once suffered heavy losses due to the Ambergris War. But with the victory in the war, which not only regained most of his fortune, but more importantly re-established his trade business, and later received some support, he successfully ran for parliament, serving as a deputy to Asturias for twenty-five years, and is now considering retiring himself to help his son Jimenez Jr. run first for city councillor and then for parliament.

Rand was the only son of Mr. Jimenez Jr., and thanks to his family's connections, he was able to attend Hyde University.

Both Monsieurs Jimenez were counting on him to inherit the family business in the future. Of course, it was a legitimate cause, and the elder Mr. Jimenez began to repatriate funds to Asturias itself as soon as the younger Mr. Jimenez grew up and prepared to take over. Then diversify instead of continuing to put your eggs in the same basket.

But Rand didn't think so, he didn't want to take over the family's business, he was still young, and he wanted to live a free life. The most unexpected thing for the two Gentlemen Jimenez was that because of his studies at Hyde and his previous magical studies, Rand developed a strong interest in the study of magic, and it was a real interest, not just for the sake of the family.

Originally, Rand went to study in Hyde was decided by his grandfather, because the family's funds were withdrawn from the trade chain, and no matter how diversified the investment, at least more than half of it would be invested in the domestic manufacturing industry, and the other half would be dispersed to other planes or the Jade Continent to continue to maintain the source of raw materials, so as to form an industrial chain belonging to the Jimenez family and develop towards collectivization.

If you want to invest in manufacturing, especially to participate in the competition to enter the local manufacturing industry in Asturias, it will inevitably involve the magic industry, even if the goods you produce are not alchemical magic objects, just general industrial products, but if your production line pursues efficiency and higher output, it will also be exposed to magic and machinery.

Therefore, the Jimenez family needs a knowledgeable chief engineer, and the two Jimenez gentlemen in this position are looking forward to Rand slowly sitting on it after graduation, so that the Jimenez family can be the most assured, so they will cultivate Rand to study at the Hyde branch.

However, after graduating, Rand wanted to continue his research in magic, and his greatest hope was to enter the National Academy of Magicians in Asturias, which was the temple of magician research.

He had not yet dared to show his ideals to the two Gentr. Jimenez, for he estimated that his grandfather and father would be extremely angry if he said so.

Therefore, for the time being, he could only use a procrastination trick to claim to the two Gentlemen Jimenez that his knowledge was not enough to help his family, and that he needed to be admitted to the third-level arcanist qualification.

"Young master, young master, where are we going?" Burns was happy for his young master.

The Magic Lift Wheel descended sharply, then stopped.

"Go and bring the carriage over, let's go to the Four Seasons Hotel. Rand commanded.

"Yes, young master. Burns hurriedly agreed, and went to the nearby stables to prepare the carriage.

There was a rumbling sound in the distance, and Rand subconsciously raised his eyes to the past, faintly seeing a puff of black smoke rising into the sky.

It wasn't from the factory near St. Quentin, because the black smoke was moving.

It was a large locomotive, a large mechanical means of transport, and the nose part of the locomotive carried a steam engine, which could tow the carriage along the lower money rails, but only in a fixed direction.

Asturias's transportation network, the connection to the heterotopic plane, most of it is concentrated in the teleportation hall, which is now called the gate of all worlds, and for the inner space teleportation of the original plane, it is divided into five regional centers and one overseas center, the five regional centers are divided into five large regions in the country, and the most concentrated industrial areas in each region have built portals, the most basic can be connected to St. Quentin, and after obtaining the permission of the kingdom, other portals can be built to connect with other regional centers, which greatly shortens the transportation process, but the source power needs to maintain the teleportation channel is always not small。

And the transportation from the regional center to the various cities, the transportation from the regional center to the cities was originally based on the large beast carts provided by the orcs, but with the development of industrial production, raw materials and sales of goods are becoming more and more massive, although the beast cart can also transport a lot, but there are at least two defects, one is that the beast cart has physical limitations, no matter how strong the giant beast, even if you use the earth dragon to pull the car, he will be tired, and the amount of food of the earth dragon is a big problem, he is not a vegetarian;

Therefore, with the cooperation of the Magic Research Institute and the dwarven craftsmen, the large traction locomotive that moved the steam engine to the locomotive traction model was invented, which is commonly known as the train.

Then from those cities to the countryside, it is still at the level of beast-drawn carts, although the dwarves invented a more miniaturized steam locomotive, called the automobile, but the road from the city to the countryside can not be satisfied, and most country roads can only be passed by beast-drawn carts.

In the vicinity of Saint-Quentin and several other regional centers, it was possible to put these small steam locomotives on the road, and now the municipal council has purchased a few of them, which are used to carry passengers on fixed routes, and can be used as long as they buy tickets, and are called buses.

The train that Rand had just seen was supposed to be a wagon for St. Quentin to transport goods to distant cities, and there were also traction locomotives that carried passengers, and they were quite popular.

However, for a new family like the Jimenez family, which has slowly shed the image of nouveau riche and usually pays great attention to identity and manners, if they go out to take the train, they usually charter a passenger car for themselves to rest with their families and servants.

If they were in or near the city of Saint-Quentin or in the nearby countryside, people of status like the Jimenez family would still choose horse-drawn carriages, not of course the public carriages that run around the streets, but the special carriages of their own homes.

The special carriage is not a beast cart, it is a symbol of identity, even if you make a dragon to pull the cart, it will only show that you are a dragon knight and not a lord.

A carriage stopped in front of Rand, and Pence, who had hung himself on the pedal of the carriage, expertly jumped down and pulled the door.

"Master, get ready, Four Seasons, right?"

Rand nodded, bowed his head and stepped into the carriage, Burns closed the door for him, then stood on the pedals, and then said to the coachman of the Jimenez family: "Hear me, the young master is going to the Four Seasons Hotel." ”

The coachman whipped his whip, and the wheels slowly turned, disappearing into the end of the street.

The faithful Pence was still hanging on the pedals, and the young master in the carriage frowned slightly.

He could now sense the subtle connection to the Arcane Skynet at any time, and if he wanted to cast a spell, he could cast a few low-level spells with a single move.

Although the Jimenez family is a newly rich family, but his grandfather is developed by business relationships, daring to take risks, and scheming, he is not an archmage, originally Jimenez also wanted to cultivate in his son Jimenez Jr., but little Jimenez is not this material, only reluctantly became a magician, and then gave up the road of magic for the sake of the family business.

However, old Jimenez is a person with a way, and he has found a family for his son, and his in-laws are a high-level mage, and little Jimenez's wife, that is, Rand's mother, is also a middle-level mage, a real twelfth-level mage, instead of relying on the Arcane Skynet, at that time, the Arcane Skynet had only begun to be built for a short time, and even Asturias had not yet been completed.

It is precisely because of such a mother that Rand is not very interested in the family business, he respects and loves his grandfather and father, but it does not mean that he likes to live like them, and the money is endless.

What worries him the most now is that although it is a happy thing to pass the third-level arcanist exam, how to deal with his grandfather and father next, they will definitely ask him to give up the magic path and take over the family business like little Jimenez did back then.

The thought of this gave Rand a bit of a headache.

The carriage slowed down, and before you knew it, the Four Seasons Hotel had arrived. (To be continued.) )