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Dali had a good winter in Moon City. Of course, this guy is completely different from ordinary savages. As a magician—a real magician, even more serious and professional than knights—he doesn’t have to worry about money at all. At the beginning, he just heard about something that he hadn't eaten before, so he casually "gifted" Cecil a mica mine, which shows how rich he is.

Naturally, Dali has a lot of time to wander around and brag, and Cecil is a good listener. On a boring snowy night, the two of them can curl up on the kang and talk about astronomy, geography, and love gossip in Moon City. Libraries are an unintentional topic.

As a rebuilt civilization, Gaoting has been looking for the reason for the extinction of the original civilization. Naturally, it pays great attention to collecting information. They have a huge library that stores news from various channels, all about the extinct civilization.

This is a good thing, but the problem is that the people in Gaoting back then were too desperate. As long as anyone released a word of "civilization extinction", they would spend a lot of money and go all the way to inquire, and there were several famous cases of being deceived. It got better after that.Even so, the Gaoting people still collected a lot of clues that were fake to death at a glance, such as "I dreamed that my grandfather said that you were wiped out by the quantum civilization because they thought you were too ugly." As a junior, it is inevitable to be shocked.

The High Court Library has become such a hot potato, so I can't bear to throw it away. After all, it cost a lot of money to make the books and collect the clues. If I don't throw it away, it will be an eyesore. Such a large library is proof that the ancestors were hot-headed. Therefore, Gaoting people's attitude towards the library is generally "don't ask, don't listen, don't mention".

Dali actually publicized this kind of "family ugliness", he simply did not die.

The residents of Moon City opened their eyes today to how the elves fight in the Highgarden.

Vincent grabbed Dali and stroked his golden hair one by one. He ran away begging for mercy while screaming, and Vincent ended the beating after almost turning into alopecia areata, tidied his clothes and returned to Sisi in front of you.

The people of Highgarden in winter are much more pleasing to the eye. They will shave their hair to look like a normal person. Vincent also has blond hair with a slender and neutral appearance, just like the elves in Cecil's impression. Therefore, he is a little I also don't sympathize with Dali - this guy is really good at shedding hair, the bed is full of golden hair!

After Vincent came back, he had managed his expression and said calmly, "Okay, but I need to try some tea first."

What the hell!

Cecil pondered the meaning of these words, and said cautiously: "What are you planning to do when you buy tea?"

"Oh, I just heard that you have made something new, so I want to try it." Vincent said, "Speaking of which, what is tea?"

What a good customer, he doesn't even ask what the goods are, just pay first and then talk!

Cecil cried out in tears for a moment, and tried his best to introduce the various benefits of tea in a gentle and disgusting tone, which made Vincent nod frequently: "It seems very good, your hometown is really nice."

"That's it," Cecil said. "When can I go to the library?"

"Any time is fine, the library is there, but we are not responsible for the route, you have to go by yourself." Vincent said flatly, "You can ask Dali to take you there, this guy is too idle outside , causing trouble all day long, his girlfriend gave an ultimatum to break up if he doesn't go back within ten years."

Cecil said with a confused face: "Is ten years too long?"

"It's like tomorrow for us." Vincent nodded, "If it's okay, can we start trying tea?"

"Of course!"

Again, what a customer!

Accompanied by Vincent to taste the tea, pay with one hand and deliver with the other, the transaction is over.After watching Vincent leave on the Roman beast, Cecil couldn't help but sigh, no wonder the Ebo people have a good impression of the Highgarden elves, these generous and wealthy elves are really loved by people!Still so straightforward, not to mention those messy stalks!

"How is it? When did Vincent ask you to go?" Dali sneaked over and asked at some point.

Cecil looked at "Alopecia areata" Dali, and unexpectedly said softly: "You can do it anytime, you are really awesome!"

"? What?" Dali looked puzzled, "What did I do?"

"It's nothing, I just think you're awesome!"

The forging workshop store in Porto Toto only sent one person, known as the master builder, and built the forging workshop within a day. Judging from the expression of the flame goblin, this workshop does not seem to be very advanced, "Smurf" With a bored look on their faces, they picked up their tools—they carried them with them, and each had a different pattern—and went into the workshop to forge brass pipes.

Cecil went in and walked around, and found that this ghost place was a brick kiln at all.

Seen from above, the forging workshop is circular, with several arched entrances along the outer circle, and the interior is also supported by curved arches, because the curved shape can better resist pressure.The outer ring is a separate circular corridor, extending towards the center with many small compartments. The center is the huge furnace core, and there is a separate passage leading directly to the outside, which communicates with the forging furnace in the small compartment to supply fire for the blacksmith. Work.

The overall structure is like a sliced ​​pizza, with a tall chimney erected in the center.

Cecil stopped the master builder: "Give me another one of this thing."

"Ah, Lord Knight, the wind is a bit noisy today, and I have run out of magic slots."

"I'll pay you ten gold coins privately."

"No problem, my lord knight."

Soon, another forge was built.

Langdon arrived straight to the point and said, "What are you going to use this for?"

"Brick kiln." Cecil said excitedly, "We can't always expect the old man of the Great Wall to send us bricks. If we want a new city, we have to build it ourselves."

"Is it necessary to think about the new city at this time?" Langdon asked with some surprise, "Is it too early?"

"It's getting late." Cecil said categorically, "The spring plowing is about to start. These are big things that can't be done in a short while. Before that, I want to build a cement workshop."

Langdon said, "I know about cement, and it seems to be a good thing."

"Yes, in this way, the city building set is established." Cecil said happily, "I don't have to worry about running out of fire anymore."

Langdon said calmly, "Well, before that?"

Cecil sighed: "...Before that, let's get the bathroom done."

"Also, buy Ebo." Langdon said, "I'll pay for it, so you can focus on development."

"How can this be done!" Cecil hurriedly said, "This is not a personal matter..."

"Bills is waiting for us to sign the contract." Langdon turned and left, waving at Cecil, "Hurry up."

In Cecil's heart, there was a serious conflict between the love for the male god and the straight male education he received.

The place where the contract was signed was the private house of the former castellan of Biers. After the obvious looting and the abandonment of the winter, this originally luxurious private house was full of ruins. Before the signing parties arrived, the diligent servants of Biers' nephew cleaned I cleaned the seats, spread more than a dozen layers of thick linen cushions, and cleaned the floor. It looks okay on a sunny day.

Bills' nephew is not like Bills at all, his fat head and big ears are even worse, and he can even be called a mobile meat mountain. When he saw Cecil, he showed a tangled and painful expression , as if there was something he couldn't say.

"Good day, Your Excellency Bills." Cecil couldn't stand it any longer, and greeted him proactively, "Are you going to sell Ebo?"

"Of, of course." Biers was about to pant for a while as he said this, with a serious howl in his voice, "Let's end this nightmare quickly!"

Cecil felt that this adjective was very suitable, and it was extremely difficult just to watch Biers breathe.

This is a magic contract. Before signing, a magician will verify the authenticity of both parties.

Cecil was stunned when he heard this, and quickly looked at Langdon, getting a gentle smile.Sure enough, the magician only verified Biers' identity, proving that he had a "blood relationship" with the missing former city lord Biers.

The lord of Biers is unmarried and has no children and has no designated heir. Anyone who has the "magic proof of blood" within nine months can obtain the right of inheritance.

Because of this rough jurisprudence, many legendary stories related to inheritance rights have been circulated in this world.

As for Cecil, no one mentioned his authenticity at all. Who would buy it?

Langdon took out a wooden box, engraved with the emblem of the blood rose, and the box was covered with various patterns. After opening it, a strange fluorescent colored ball fell into Cecil's eyes. He felt that this It was like a child's glass marble on Earth, but the changing colors of the mist inside indicated the difference.

A magician took a ball, muttered a few words and nodded to Biers' nephew: "It is indeed the magic coin of Tambunita."

"Isn't it Klan?" Cecil asked, "Is this a magic coin from another magic country?"

"Yes." The magician replied on his behalf. "It's stronger than Crane. Your Excellency Bills is very happy to accept Nita."

Cecil asked curiously, "Is there an exchange ratio between the two?"

"Today's price is 1 Nita for 3.7 klan." Another magician replied, "Actually, I think klan is a bit dangerous these days. Bar."

Cecil: "..."

Again, which traveler brought the monetary policy? !I'm going to fucking blow your dog's head off! !

The transaction ended here, and Ebo and the survivors of Ebo are legally subordinate to the Gay Knights at this moment. The final transaction price: 2 Nita, 1 Klan.

Langdon had really speculated on magic coins.

Seeing Biers' nephew struggling to stand up and walking with the support of five beautiful and slender women, Cecil couldn't help saying, "If you want, I can help you see a doctor."

Bills stopped for an instant and looked over suspiciously: "Do you know how to see a doctor?"

"Well, a little bit." Cecil became more and more able to pretend, anyway, it is commonplace in this world to put people to death.

"It doesn't work. Magic doesn't work for me." Bills panted. "Do you think I haven't been cured? Any magic has no effect on me. I even tried various religions. I am a cursed person."

Cecil said perfunctorily: "Well, the curse is nothing terrible, I have broken many curses."

Bills and the fellow magicians all showed suspicion.

"It's true, there hasn't been a winter god's curse in Moon City this year," Langdon said. "He has, um, a special way of dealing with curses."

Cecil sat down again: "You can talk about the beginning of your body going bad."

"That was when I was a teenager. For a while, I often woke up at night, sweating profusely. No matter how much advanced magic bread I ate, I lost weight for no reason, coughed, had a fever, and had no strength. Magic cured me, and these symptoms disappeared , but don't know why I started getting fat and out of breath and ended up like this. I must be cursed, anyway, my life is probably over, and now I'm just lingering. I even tried All kinds of non-magical treatments, eating a lot of disgusting things, and eating ordinary food, nothing improved! Ah, my poor life!" As he spoke, the nephew of Bills actually burst into tears. The body trembled like a pudding.

It was completely different when these words fell into Cecil's ears.

The nephew of Bills may have had tuberculosis, and he was cured under magic. The subsequent obesity has nothing to do with the disease, because the Lord Bills is also a fat man, and it is very likely that his family has obesity genes. In addition, he started to eat randomly and not eat. Magic bread exacerbates obesity.

"Let me confirm that you have undergone many magical treatments, right?" Cecil asked.

"Of course!" A magician proudly replied, "The top magic treatment has no effect!"

Why are you so proud to say this?

It was probably because Cecil looked at the magician too openly. Under the glaring eyes of his colleagues, he added resentfully: "I mean...it is the top healing magic."

Nonsense, of course it doesn't work, because he is not sick!

"Actually, it's not without effect. I felt relieved for a while after the treatment, but soon, the symptoms came back. I was very hungry, lethargic, backache, breathless, etc. I feel dizzy, my eyes seem to be fogged, and they are always flickering." Nephew Bills said sadly, "Do you know why?!"

Of course I know, because you are fat, you may also have diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and high blood pressure!Healing magic will eliminate the organ symptoms caused by obesity, but if the obesity does not disappear, your "disease" will never be cured!

Cecil became more certain about the "cause" and said confidently, "I probably know what's going on, but why should I treat you?"

As soon as this was said, the magicians immediately became commotion.

"You really dare to say it! You are sharper than a liar's mouth!"

"Bold, how dare you call the Gay Knights? These people are black-hearted businessmen, not even magicians! What do they know!"

"Everyone, let's calm down and don't disturb His Excellency Bills' business. After all, this is a contest in the professional field, and there is no need to bring ordinary people along."

Such cynicism can't shake Cecil's face at all. After wandering in society for so long, he has never seen anyone. Of course, the world is not as cruel as this side, but this kind of small sarcasm is like a breeze to him Face, nothing at all.

He just stared at nephew Bills, looking at the eyes that were squeezed into a thin line of flesh - although he couldn't see anything - but he knew what to say: "Magic, hehe, it's amazing No? But magic that doesn't work for you is worth nothing, not even paper to wipe your ass."

This is the first time Cecil has slandered magic in public, and obviously there will be many more times in the future. Right now, such words have had an effect. The three magicians immediately stood up, their faces flushed, and they shouted a series of curses. swear words.

These challenges became insignificant after Bills' nephew said: "Are you sure you can cure me?"

"No." Cecil is not stupid, "but don't you want to try it? Curses are nothing to me, and these magicians will push the curse on the head when they encounter something they can't solve. Don't be embarrassed, okay? Don't worry about cursing!"

The three magicians furiously demanded a duel with Cecil on the charge of "insulting magic". Cecil snorted disdainfully: "If you have the ability to beat my Langdon."

Langdon's expression was very complicated for a while, and he said with a perfect business smile: "Let's calm down first."

In the end, the magician left angrily under the salary warning of Bills' nephew, saying that he would remember Cecil's name that was too long to read, and wait to be spurned by the whole wizarding world.

"Don't worry, they're just minor characters," Langdon said reassuringly, "There's nothing wrong with that." He paused, and added, "And I'll let Moyer know, and he'll be happy to be free for a while. "

Cecil: "..."

God, you shine so brightly even when you tell such atrocity!

After sending the magician away, Cecil and his nephew Bills had a smooth conversation, but when the other party learned that the treatment would take a long time, they immediately flinched.

"Don't you want to walk around like a healthy person?" Cecil started the marketing mode, "Don't you want to sleep until dawn? Don't you want your eyes to see clearly?"

"Of course I want to!" Nephew Bills slapped the chair, shouted, and then panted for a while as if he was about to die, "But... I need time to prepare."

"If you are ready, come to Moon City to find me." Cecil stood up, "Looking forward to your arrival."

On the way back to Moon City, Langdon said suddenly, "I thought you would hate Biers' nephew."

Cecil didn't understand, so he said: "Why do I hate him?"

"Didn't he attack us?"

"Oh, that..." Cecil shrugged his shoulders, "It's normal for the interests to attack each other, and isn't he admitting to being cowardly now? He even sold Ebo to us at such a low price. Besides, how could I He will definitely be killed for free medical treatment.”

Langdon's smile was full of praise, and he hugged Cecil's head and said affectionately: "Good job, dear Cecil."

Before he knew it, Cecil also got used to this kind of interaction, and put his arms around Langdon's shoulders.

With Ebo in hand, the next step is to tidy up the city. However, the situation in the city is much worse than Cecil imagined.

First of all, a large number of corpses rotted quickly after the winter snow melted. Because they were too concentrated, they almost piled up into mountains. The occurrence of plagues and epidemics is almost inevitable. Cleaning up the corpses without protective measures is no different from suicide. The only way to do this is to hire a magician Come clean up, which is a small fee.

Secondly, many houses were destroyed or half-destroyed. However, there were not many surviving Ebo people. This is not a problem. Cecil originally wanted to distribute the stone houses of the dignitaries to the residents, and the mud houses were left temporarily. See if there is any use for it in the future. Unfortunately, the residential areas of the rich and the middle class are the hardest hit areas of riots, and there are too many corpses. He is really worried that there will be a plague after people live there.

In the end, spring plowing had to start immediately, but Ebo's original wheat seeds were missing. If he wanted to start planting, he had to buy seeds, which was a lot of money.

Money money money, money everywhere.

Cecil regretted buying Ebo a bit. It almost bought an abandoned city. What's the point?

"Yes." Langdon said decisively, "Ebo is nothing special as a living city, but its location is particularly good."

"Because it can build a country naturally?" Cecil asked.

"No, I'm referring to its geographical location." Langdon said, "The Luofeng Mountains separate this plateau. Although Griffin can fly long distances, their carrying efficiency is very low and they cannot transport cargo. If you want to To bypass the Luofeng Mountains, you have to go through Gaoting, but Gaoting has an "invisible curse". A large number of untrained people are prone to accidents in the past. It is even more exaggerated to take the sea route. It will take a few months longer. The problem of 'Sea Ship Curse', although I think this problem will gradually disappear with the promotion of tea, but the time is still unbearable. Might and Magic can perfectly solve all problems, except for the price."

"So, the location of Ebo is actually perfect." Eugene, who didn't know when he arrived, said, "It happens to be stuck in the middle of the Luofeng Mountains, there is no 'invisible curse', and there are also natural clearance points. The road is flat, at least there is no special Difficult terrain, vehicles can be unimpeded."

The more Cecil heard it, the more something was wrong: "But Ebo is not a traffic city."

"Because Ebo does not allow outsiders to come in and out at will. Unlike Toto Port, it is not an open city. Ebo has always appeared in the eyes of the world as a closed image. Besides, there is no need to come to Ebo. Leather products Ebo Bo people will take the initiative to send it out." Langdon said, "But it's different now, we are in the center of the mainland, as long as we pass through Ebo, our products can be sent to all directions at a low price, this is a very cost-effective deal, Dear Cecil, welcome to our new commercial stronghold. Oh, yes, we can change the name."

The name "Ebola" appeared in Cecil's mind for a moment. To the magician, he will inevitably infect the whole world like this terrible disease in the future.

Fuck, it's very touching to think about it-except it's too inauspicious.