Chapter 728 Young People From the North

Snowing.

Standing behind the large French windows of the office with a pipe in his mouth, Cod stared at the falling snowflakes and the factory buildings that looked a little hazy amid the snowflakes.

In this northern country, the first snowfall always arrives early, and even before winter officially begins, it is often visited by early snowfall.

In the past...and not so long ago, premature snow was often seen as a bad start, and was even associated with death.

The early cooling means the early termination of outdoor activities, and it becomes difficult to store fuel. The civilians will have to use limited food and fuel to fight a longer winter. Extending one day is often life and death.

Therefore, people even have a special name for this early snow: White Death.

But that is in the past, at least in most parts of the South. In Cod's eyes, the scenery of the first snowfall is gradually covering the impression of "White Death" in his mind - the scenery is good.

I only hope that the coverage of this snow will not be too large, especially the Holy Spirit Plain... After all, there are still many areas in this country that cannot withstand the power of the White Death.

Cod bit his pipe, the red light flashed secretly in the pipe, the rich smoke slowly dissipated, and his thoughts scattered involuntarily with the dispersed smoke.

The wind blows the snow and beats the large crystal glass, this crystal clear material has always been associated with expensive and scarce in the past, and rarely has it been made in such a large size - the technology of making cheap, large white crystal It has been monopolized by the Typhon Empire for a long time. The difficulties in transportation and the deliberate blockade by Typhon have resulted in the standard pane size of various buildings in the Ansu era never exceeding half a meter. Until a year ago, Sisi. It was only after Er's alchemy factory successfully cracked the technical secret of the Typhon people that they made cheap white crystals that large-sized crystal glass gradually appeared on various buildings in the southern border.

With the appearance of large-scale crystal glass and the new architectural style brought by Gawain Cecil the Great, the new architectural element of "floor-to-ceiling windows" has gradually become popular this year.

As for how the technicians of the alchemy factory cracked the technology of the Typhons in the absence of samples and materials... Cod, who is a businessman, has no idea about this.

The rare leisure time did not last long. A rhythmic knock on the door interrupted Cod's thinking. He heard the voice of the eldest son Parr behind him: "Father, someone is looking for you."

The big businessman turned his head: "A representative of the Marlin Trading Company?"

On this snowy day,

The other party came very early.

However, the young man at the door shook his head: "No, it's a young man from the north, calling himself Philm. He said he had something very important to show you, and he said you would be interested."

"Young people from the north?" Codd blinked unexpectedly. "It's not easy to travel long distances on this cold and freezing day. Maybe it's the Highlander who came to the south to try his luck..."

The big businessman muttered, with some emotion in his heart.

It was no surprise to him that strangers came to visit him, and as the owner of the growing Cod Family Business Company, and as the leader of the Carroll Area Merchants Association, his visitors were constant, and some of them embraced. The brave young people who dreamed - the new order brought by His Majesty Gawain seems to have brought a kind of vitality to the whole land. In the vast sea of ​​people, young people are always the most courageous. They are full of novel ideas. Various opportunities are being sought in a rapidly changing land, and here in Cod, there is undoubtedly an opportunity.

But most of the time, brave young people are just brave. They lack knowledge and experience, so that many of their brilliant ideas don't actually come in handy, but Codd will still host these young people as much as possible - from From the point of view of businessmen's interests, Cod Family Business Co., Ltd. must create an image that accommodates innovation and attracts talents. Only in this way can we continue to recruit talented people. From the perspective of personal feelings, those with novel ideas and boldness Those who challenged make Cod always think of himself, the reckless first time he was in business when he was young, and the passion for challenges that he had rekindled in the past two years.

I just didn't expect that a foreigner from the north would also come to visit... The young man probably made a lot of inquiries after he came here.

The partner who made the appointment to discuss has not arrived yet, so it would be fine to meet the young man.

"Let him in," Codd nodded. "Tell him in advance, only twenty minutes."

"Yes, father."

The eldest son Parr exited the room, and a moment later, a young man with blond hair in a blue coat appeared in front of Corder.

As a matter of habit, Cod first took a look at the young man's dress and temperament-

A more decent coat, made of wool, although it looks old, it is clean and well-maintained; the smile is gentle and polite, with a habitual humility, without the slightest high-ranking momentum or aristocratic details.

It should be a citizen from an upper-middle family background, well-educated, perhaps serving the nobility, perhaps in a profession that requires frequent dealings with people of higher status than themselves, and obviously financially able to afford the highlander. .

"Hello, it's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Codd," said the young man with a smile, a hint of excitement on his face, "I'm from Barron, you can call me Philm..."

"Nice to meet you too, Mr. Firm—please close the door," Corder nodded, gesturing with his chin at the seats reserved for guests, "please feel free."

Film hurriedly closed the door, then sat down on the high-backed chair with soft cushions, he heard the famous big businessman asking: "Mr. All too well, Barron is..."

"Oh, it's a town near Saint-Sunil, it's not that famous," said Philm with a smile. Since he was taught by his father since he was a child, he has seen many markets in the old capital, so he knows how to keep a smile. However, he was young after all, so his nervousness and excitement could not be well concealed, and he spoke a lot faster than usual. "It's on the west side of the capital, and luckily it wasn't affected by that war. …”

"Mr. Film, let's talk about your purpose of looking for me first," Codd interrupted, "It's not an easy journey to get here from Saint-Sunil, why is it worth your time in this winter season? Coming so far from home?"

"Yes sir, it's really far, if it wasn't for the 'Highlander' being much faster than ordinary ships, I'm afraid I'm still on the Gorgon River, and I may even have to trek halfway on the shore - after all, the river It's about to stop sailing," said Philm, opening a small suitcase he was carrying and placing the contents solemnly on the table in front of Cod's eyes, "I came to you to ask You show one thing...I asked some people over there in Rock City, and they all said that if you have new ideas and things, you can try your luck with the president of the Carroll Chamber of Commerce, you are always willing to help young people, Generous and insightful, often buying their great ideas..."

Cod didn't pay too much attention to the compliments in the other's words, but turned his attention to the small box, but the contents of the box made him frown.

It's just a crystal, the crystal in the picture, the shape should be an artificial crystal produced in the south, and the grade does not seem to be high, but as a magic item, its price in the north should still be quite expensive - see Film carefully about this crystal From the looks of it, he knew that this thing must be very precious to this young man from the north, and it was probably the most valuable possession on his body.

After all, the north is not like the south, and magic-related items are still quite scarce there. Although the new communication line composed of mechanical ships and magic vehicles has recently begun to combine magic items in the south and various cheap artificial crystals It is sent to the north, but due to the limited quantity, this still cannot change the high price of magic items in the north in a short time.

But anyway, the photo crystal is not a rare thing for Cod... So, what should be valuable is what is recorded in it?

He raised his head and looked at the young man standing in front of him: "What's in it?"

"Yes, sir, please let me show you..." Philm said as he took out a few metal plates with runes from the box - they were a few rune substrates, but they were not formal The stencils and standard snaps, perhaps the imitations produced in the small factories in the north established during the "Ansu Restructuring" -Film put these things together, and then fiddled with them for a long time, and finally let the These non-standard magic devices were successfully operated, and then he placed the photo crystal from the southern border on the magic focus of the pile of things, "It's almost done, it's almost done, sir."

Cod wants to say that he has an advanced magic net terminal here, a new model with a universal slot, which can directly play the content in the photo crystal without such toss, but in the end he still looked at the young man with curiosity and patience. All done.

He saw that the poor quality crystal finally gradually lit up, and then a picture appeared above the crystal.

A man in bright and exaggerated clothing stood in the projection, loudly praising someone outside the screen.

A woman in a long dress came in from outside the frame, arguing with the man.

After a comical dispute, the third person came to the center of the picture, and he seemed to be trying to mediate the conflict, but was attacked by both men and women...

Cod stared blankly at the picture in the projection, until the end of this short story, until the picture began to repeat, he finally muttered to himself: "This is... what..."

"The Lady of the Butterfly Manor, ah, that was in the capital in recent years... I mean the old capital, a show that was very popular in the old capital," Philm said quickly, with high spirits , all the tension seems to have dissipated, "Of course, of course, it's just a short paragraph, and I adjusted it a little...because after all, the crystal is not a stage...Ah, sir, I should actually make a longer paragraph, there is a paragraph after it Very exciting fights and debates, but there is no way, the capital... The magic net terminal in the old capital is only allowed to be used for less than ten minutes at a time, and it took a lot of effort for the management staff to help me. Record the picture with a photo crystal... and I still dare not let my father know about this..."

Cod felt that his mind was running fast, and he just subconsciously asked: "Your father?"

"Yes, his name is Barna, he is a well-known playwright in Saint-Sunil and the surrounding area, and he has his own troupe... But surely no one here knows about it..." Philm said with pride, A little embarrassed again, "We often perform for the nobles, but now...you should know that the nobles don't seem to have the energy to watch our performances, and there are not so many nobles in Saint-Sunil...Father, if I'm afraid I won't be very happy to know that I made his most proud script like this, and took his actors to 'show' in the square..."

"Boy," Cord suddenly interrupted Film's slightly rambled remarks, his eyes fixed on the young man's eyes, "how did you come up with that? I mean record the play on the crystal...  …”

"I went to see the coronation ceremony of His Majesty the Emperor," Philm laughed, a little shy, "but I was standing very far, and I could only see the huge image that suddenly rose in the square - and then someone told I, that's the magic net terminal from the southern border. Unlike the illusions created by the mages, there seem to be many magic net terminals in the southern border, and they are placed on the streets..."

Speaking of this, the blond young man paused slightly embarrassedly before continuing: "Sir, our troupe is not in a good state now - everyone is in a bad situation. The theater in Saint-Sunil is half closed. already."

The war in the north has changed the lives of many people.

That's why there is the "Highlander", and there are all the worlds that Film saw on the ship.

The stubborn father was still waiting for the nobles to return to the theater, but the brave young man ran out, wanting to see the world from afar, to see the place where those incredible magic devices were born.

Maybe the nobles will visit those gorgeous and elegant theaters again after they have recovered, but Cod looked at the crystal that was still playing the screen repeatedly, and he knew that something was about to be changed.

He even shuddered a little.

He wasn't the only one who could think of putting heating runes on iron plates and ice picks in food storage bins.

How much can this thing be worth?

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