Infrastructure Throne

The winter snow piled up in the depths of the Grand Canyon. Perhaps most of the tribes had a good harvest during the beast tide last year. This year there was no large-scale famine. The orcs were happy to stay in the tribe, and they didn’t have to risk wind, frost and danger to cross the Grand Canyon. , to attack the territory of the human race.

At the end of winter and the beginning of spring, the warm sun shines on the earth, and the heavy snow begins to melt.

In the territory of the Tengshe Tribe, the clansmen who had hibernated for a whole winter climbed out of the snake den one by one, lying lazily on the grass by the lake, drinking water, looking for food, and basking in the sun.

After staying in a cold, damp and dark cave for a long time, even for a cold-blooded creature like the trembling snake orc, he began to miss the warmth of the sun.

The highest level of the stone wall at the belly of the mountain is the residence of the chief of the Tengshe tribe and the witch worship.A spacious cave was dug out there, and a meeting related to the fate of the Teng Snake Clan was going on.

The head of the Teng Snake sits on a tall stone seat, and the gray-white stone is carved with a lifelike Teng Snake totem.

A lighting fire was erected ten steps around, illuminating the dark cave as bright as day.

Tengshe worshiped the witch with a staff in his hand, sat beside the patriarch, lowered his head and coughed lightly, the silvery white snake scales peeled off a little at the coiled tail of the snake. make plans.

Although Sofa, who is a human race, is a distinguished guest of the Teng Snake Clan, he is not qualified to sit.He was standing in the corner, looking indifferently at the group of old orcs in the open space in the middle of the cave.

The old Teng snakes surrounded a dozen milky white snake eggs. In recent years, the tribe has produced fewer and fewer snake eggs. This is the most likely healthy snake egg among this batch of newborns.

Most of the old Teng snakes have completely bald tail scales.The lifespan of Teng Snake Orcs is generally not long. After giving birth to offspring, they will quickly enter the old age. They cannot continue to contribute to the tribe, but will become a burden of consuming a lot of food.

If food is sufficient, they can barely live to die of old age naturally. Once food is insufficient, the old Teng Snake orcs will be the first to be abandoned by the tribe.

The patriarch looked down at these clansmen who had peeled off their scales: "Do you understand the next task?"

The Teng Snake Beastman in the lead bent down with difficulty: "We know very well that we will be divided into two groups, cross the Grand Canyon, and go to the human territory. One team will go to Mingzhu City, and the other team will go to Yuanliu City. With our few Time, in exchange for the future of our family."

The witch priest stroked his dim scales, and looked at them lovingly: "If you go, you will most likely die in the territory of the human race, and your body will not be able to return to the tribe's land for burial."

The old Teng Snake orc showed a hint of sadness: "As long as the plan is successful, nothing else matters."

Witch Ji nodded, stopped talking, and waved everyone out to get ready.Sofa also withdrew.

"Is it worth it?" His gaze dimly flicked over Sofa's leaving back, and finally fell on the patriarch's face.

The patriarch has taken the youth decoction made by Secretary Sofa for a long time, and his face has completely returned to the state of his prime, looking handsome and vigorous.

"The plan is successful. The two richest and most powerful cities of the northern human race will let our Tengshe Tribe get whatever we want from now on. If it fails..."

Witch Ji said worriedly: "Once it fails, our clan will lose a large number of people, and it is very likely that the surrounding super tribes will take the opportunity to attack."

The side face of the patriarch was flickering under the light of the flames. In the end, he gritted his teeth: "But if you don't do anything, in the future you will die, and our clan will still face huge risks. This is a big gamble!"

"If that human wizard dares to deceive us, I will tear him apart with my own hands!"

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This winter, the entire Northland spent time guarding against the beast tide until the coldest season passed, and the first spring rain fell on the ground. The Terran guards were wiped out.

Since the Autumn Harvest Food Festival, Yuanliu City has held several trade fairs, and more and more people came to participate each time. After businessmen from all walks of life, tourists who came to visit became the second largest floating population of the fair.

Yuanliu City's hot pot chain and various delicacies have completely established their reputation. The sales of chili peppers are catching up with potatoes. The merchants in the surrounding small cities followed suit and invented the unique food of spicy kimchi. The reputation was once polarized.

The orders of briquette factories and textile factories hit a new high, especially when heated kangs became popular, and heated kangs appeared in Beiji City and Nanji City one after another.

Water power and animal power have been utilized to the limit, before the invention of the steam engine, even if Shen Qingze racked his brains, he could no longer increase the daily output.

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City Lord's Mansion.

In the bathroom at the end of the corridor, the attendants poured buckets of hot water into the white jade bathtub and then exited the room. The rising mist permeated the spacious room, reflecting a hazy and ambiguous atmosphere in the dim light. color.

Two coats, one black and one white, hung on the floor-to-ceiling screen outside the bath.

Yan Zui was wearing a black silk bathrobe, holding a glass goblet of wine in his hand, sitting barefoot by the bathtub.

He had one leg bent, and the other protruded from the hem of his bathrobe, swinging leisurely in the pool.

Yan Zui squinted, lazily looking at Shen Qingze's back: "What are you tossing about? If you don't go into the water, it will be cold."

Shen Qingze brought a brown wooden tray, on which were placed three square objects of different sizes, the smallest was white, the middle was pink, and the largest was oily yellow.

"What? For food?" Yan Zui reached out and took a piece, put it under his nose and smelled it, there was a faint fragrance of petals, and he wanted to take a bite when he opened his mouth——

Shen Qingze quickly snatched it back: "This is soap! It's for cleaning, not for eating!"

Recently, Yan Zui was often fed strange food by Shen Qingze, so he let out a disappointment: "Isn't it enough to use saponins?"

"That's different." Shen Qingze put the tray by the pool, "White is for cleansing, pink is for bathing, and yellow is for washing clothes."

Yan Zui was speechless for a moment: "So much attention?"

Shen Qingze couldn't help smiling when he thought of the birth process of this thing.

The method of making soap was not given directly. Shen Qingze only remembered that it was a mixture of animal and vegetable oils and alkali, but he didn't know the specific method.

On the contrary, Sera, who spent all day in the alchemy laboratory dealing with various chemicals, made great achievements unintentionally.

Sera is currently researching acid and alkali, and the nitroglycerin that Shen Qingze is looking forward to has already taken shape. Serra treated glycerin with nitric acid and sulfuric acid, and obtained a little transparent oil, which is extremely unstable, and even a little shock may cause an explosion.

Serra had to temporarily suspend making nitroglycerin after an apprentice was nearly injured.

Then, alkali production aroused his interest.On the topographical map of resources given to Shen Qingze by the system, the location of a trona ore was clearly marked.

The treated soda ash ore and lime are calcined and dissolved, and the aqueous solution is clarified, then further concentrated, and finally made into caustic soda.

One day, the apprentice took the wrong experimental materials and brought a can of edible oil into the laboratory. Sera suddenly remembered a sentence that Shen Qingze mentioned casually, and wanted to see if the two could have any wonderful reaction.

After caustic soda and lard are mixed, a strange milky white precipitate is deposited, which can be easily removed by washing with water to form a foam.

Sera immediately submitted the discovery to Shen Qingze, and after days of experimentation, the first piece of soap in Yuanliu City was finally produced in the alchemy laboratory.

Shen Qingze directly allocated a sum of funds for the construction of a soap processing factory to mass-produce soap, and later developed scented soap and face soap based on this.

In order to encourage Sera, the brand of the soap factory was named "Serra" by Shen Qingze.Serra, the inventor, would slowly become a household name as the soap spread.

At the end of this winter, the soap factory successfully produced the first batch of soap, but the soap and face soap had not yet been put into production. Shen Qingze became the first consumer customer, and bid farewell to the saponins era.

Shen Qingze held Yan Zui's two hands, pressed them into the steaming bath water, rubbed the pink and white soap in his palm, the milky white foam gradually covered his hands, and the fresh floral fragrance penetrated into his nose.

The skin after washing off the foam showed a delicate and white radiance. Yan Zui looked down at Shen Qingze's concentration on washing his hands, brushed his long black hair to one side, and the silk dress slipped off, revealing a warm shoulder.

He gently scratched the opponent's palm with his fingers: "Try here too."

Shen Qingze glanced at him with a half-smile, grabbed the man's knees with one hand, picked him up horizontally, and then - threw him into the bath water, splashing everywhere.

A smirk rarely appeared at the corner of his mouth: "Why don't you try your whole body?"

The city lord, who became drowned by accident, emerged a black head from the water, wiped his face, chuckled, and grabbed Shen Qingze by the ankle while Shen Qingze was off guard.

"The officiant doesn't go into the water, how can it be called a shared bath?"

In the smoggy bathroom, the high tide water rushed out in all directions, and then rushed back into the bathtub.

Shen Qingze was caught off guard, his thin undershirt was drenched and stuck to his body, half of his head was buried in the water, and he spit out a string of bubbles when he opened his mouth.

Yan Zui was about to run away after doing bad things, but Shen Qingze grabbed her waist and pushed it into the corner of the bathtub. Through the drenched silk, her flexible waist was narrow and smooth.

On the foamy water surface, the bodies of the two were hidden under the hazy water mist. Yan Zui's slender arms tightly wrapped around each other's necks, and they sank into the water together.

As for the soap by the sink, it has slid into a corner alone at this moment, and no one thinks of it for the time being...

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The third main bedroom of the Lord's Mansion.

Yan Zui, who had just come out of the bath, had wet black hair hanging loose, and leaned lazily in Shen Qingze's arms, yawning while checking the unapproved documents, allowing the other party to wipe his hair for him.

Shen Qingze lowered his head, took a towel to wring out the moisture little by little, listened to Yan Zui read out the content of the document, spit out the word "um" from time to time, reread it to express his affirmation, and raised his voice to express his dissatisfaction.

The leisurely time always passed quickly, and by the time the two of them finished discussing the last item, the clock on the table was already approaching midnight.

"What is this?" Yan Zui frowned slightly, and a letter fell out of the document. On the cover was written an invitation letter, please be personally signed by the priest.

Shen Qingze casually played with Yan Zui's long hair, took advantage of the other party's unpreparedness, braided a section of braid, turned away as if nothing had happened, took the invitation letter, and opened it:

"Mysterious meteorites from the blue sky and the sky can forge peerless magic weapons. The King City of the Blue Sky Merchant Alliance will hold a magic weapon forging conference in January. We sincerely invite blacksmiths from all over the world to participate?"

[System: The player triggers a side mission——Shenbing Forging Conference. 】

[You have received an invitation letter from the Blue Sky Business Alliance, which is a personal letter from Shelley, the third prince of the elves. The masters went there one after another. As an intermediate blacksmith, you were curious and decided to go and have a look. 】

Shen Qingze remained expressionless: Who said he was curious!

[System: The condition for the completion of side missions - the player wins the first place in the forging conference.After the task is completed, the player will get a golden quality weapon most suitable for the player. 】

Shen Qingze's eyebrows twitched: This is much more curious.