As soon as Amber finished speaking, Gawain suddenly turned his head and stared at her, making the half-elf thief tremble all over: "You...what do you mean by that look..."
Gawain’s eyes were like looking at an alien creature: “Why do you know a druid?”
“Why can’t I know a druid! Amber put her hands on her hips and said confidently, "I'm more or less half an elf, okay? Haven't you heard that all druid factions in the world originated from elves?"
This sentence is ordinary? It would have been fine for anyone else with pointed ears to say it, but the shame of the elf was really unconvincing at all. Gawain looked up and down at Miss Thief, who still maintained a confident face, and after a long while he held back a sentence: "It was before. Is it the kind of thing that makes someone hate you because you stole something?"
"You are insulting my character, let me tell you!" Amber suddenly jumped up like a hair. Get up, "How could I be discovered stealing something!"
Gawain: "..."
I always feel that there is something wrong with the angle of this guy's rebuttal.
However, despite her doubts, looking at Amber's confident expression, it seemed that this guy really knew a Druid, and she introduced him like a salesman: "I'm with You tell me, I know that guy is not only a druid, but also a scholar-type druid, the kind who knows a little bit about everything. His druid faction is the "Heart of the Forest" with its roots. What he is particularly good at is dealing with animals and plants, and he is absolutely reliable..."
Gawain finally believed this guy's words, but he did not ask in detail how Amber and the mysterious druid knew each other, and who they were. Name, origin and other details - it is obviously not polite to ask these now. After listening to Amber's sales pitch, he only asked two questions: "Can you still contact him now? If you can, how long will it take for you to bring him?"
" It’s easy to contact him. Although everyone says that it’s hard to find a Druid who lives in seclusion, I know that guy’s range of activities is very fixed, just in the southern area. As for how long it will take to bring him..."
Amber's side As he spoke, he kept winking at Gawain: "When I went to find him, I could walk in shadow all the way, but when I come back, I'm afraid I have to walk honestly. How fast we can go depends on the vehicle. The vehicle , Do you understand?"
Gao Wen immediately understood what the other party meant, and with a wave of his hand, he took out a few coins and stuffed them into her hands: "Go buy a new pair of shoes."
Amber stared: "...I won't take you like this! And no matter what, you have to give me some money to use as a deposit for others, right? Even if it is an introduction from an acquaintance, you have to pay for the employment fee, okay?"
"Wouldn't you have said so earlier?" Gawain was just joking with Amber. After all, it was fun to see the girl jumping up and down, but after the joke was made, he still had to take it seriously. He took it from another pocket. He took out some thin gold and silver strips pressed into uniform sizes and said, "Take these.That's done - whatever's left is yours. ”
Amber immediately took over the shiny treasures with a smile.
Since the work required to mint coins has not yet been completed, “Cecil Coinmaking” is still just a concept. Things, so Gawain temporarily asked the craftsmen to make some gold and silver from the treasure house into this kind of broken gold and silver to trade with the outside world.
This practice is not uncommon in this world - in the past. Precious metals are used as trading chips for direct circulation, and in the Middle Ages when the commercial system was still very primitive, gold and silver with a certain degree of purity were themselves currencies. In many cases, gold and silver were made into coins just for convenience of carrying, inspection and statistics, but merchants also Direct gold and silver transactions are also accepted - but this kind of transaction requires an additional process of checking the quality and weighing calculations, so when buying goods directly with gold and silver, the price will be slightly higher.
Of course, this is also on the premise that the "monetary credibility" of the nobles is still sufficient. If one day the impurities of the nobles in gold and silver coins reach a level that can sting merchants, then the unofficial gold and silver nuggets will be reversed. It has surpassed the currency issued by the royal family and dukes and has become the mainstream transaction. If you use gold and silver coins to buy things, the price will be higher.
This is why the emblem of the God of Commerce is a scale. , and there are a pair of iron scissors and an eye at both ends of the scale - iron scissors and scales are both things that merchants carry with them. The former is used to cut bars made of gold and silver, and the latter is used for weighing. , and eyes, that is what a good businessman must have, to be able to see the quality of gold and silver.
In fact, if it weren't for Gao Wen's obsessive-compulsive disorder, he would have to cast exquisite and distinctive gold. As for silver coins, he could "coin" them in a simpler and cruder way - casting the gold and silver into round rods, then directly cutting them into thin slices, and then stamping Cecil's emblem on them with a steel seal. The Duke used this method in order to save time and effort and reduce the cost of paying craftsmen. The gold and silver coins of the Western Territory that year were also jokingly called "the miser's money to buy the road" - because the Western Territory laws at the time stipulated that all people entering the Western Territory All merchants must exchange one-third of their currency into Western gold and silver coins, and must use this low-quality gold and silver coins to make settlements when passing through any level.
The currency and economy of this world. It's so magical.
Amber left happily, and the half-elf lady almost floated away from everyone's eyes, which made Hetty deeply worried: "Will she bring it with her?" Did the gold and silver run away..."
"Did you abscond with the money? "Gawain muttered, and then he deeply thought that the Elf Shame might really be able to do such a thing...
Forget it, let's just trust her a little at this time - there's nothing else anyway. Hope.
Can the entire camp find another person who claims to know the Druid?
After Amber left, Gawain returned his attention. On the current reclamation project.
The old farmer named Norris had been waiting quietly with his head lowered. He did not shake his body or look around like ordinary poor people in this situation, nor did he speak rashly, as if he had been waiting. Asking Gawain.
"Are there any problems with this land?" Gawain asked, "As long as there may be problems, it is best to tell them as soon as possible."
"If you have to say it, , that is, the terrain is higher than the river beach, so it is difficult for canals to directly divert water, and you have to dig canals or wells from upstream," Norris replied, "But there are advantages. If something like heavy rain occurs and the Baishui River rises, you don't have to worry about farmland. Submerged."
Diversion of water... If there is a water pump or similar lifting machinery, this can be easily solved, or you can use the "special technology" of this world to find a mage who specializes in water elements to water the ground. , but obviously the second way is unreliable - after the camp is on track, Hetty will have to be busy with more and more things. It is impossible for her to have another chance to come over and be a human water pump and hire an official mage. Come over and be responsible for watering the ground... Not even the Violet Kingdom in the north or the elves in the south can do such a luxurious thing. Besides, even if the Cecil family's money falls from the sky, there are still a few Is the mage willing to come to the fields to do such "dirty work that only lowly people can do"?
They would rather take twice as little remuneration and go to the castles of kings and nobles to set off fireworks for banquets in order to please those pale ladies and nobles who had taken magic potions and looked like ghosts. Ladies.
So Gawain immediately gave up the idea of finding a mage to be a human flesh pump, and instead considered the solution from a mechanical perspective - of course, if it is according to the general rules of this world, nobles Their general idea of solving such problems is to find more serfs to work, but for Gawain, it is too extravagant to waste manpower on such things.
At this time, an ancient and effective machine appeared in Gawain's mind: "Have you ever heard of something called a waterwheel?"
Hetty, No. Reese and Philip Knight were confused.
Sure enough, no one has heard of such a thing.
Gawain looked at Hetty: "Do you have a pen and paper?"
After getting the pen and paper, Gawain began to sketch a simple sketch. It was a tall wheel-like thing, supported by spokes. On the outer edge of the "wheel", a neatly arranged tilted cylinder and wooden plank structure was fixed, and on one side of the "wheel", an extension was painted Out of the sink.
Due to limited time, he only drew part of the structure of the waterwheel, and it was a sketch, but this simple and magical machine has an amazingly concise principle, which only needs a little explanation: "This The thing is a waterwheel. The river water flows from below, impacts these wooden boards, and drives the waterwheel to rotate. Then the waterwheel will bring the water-filled tube to the top, and the water is injected into this water tank. This process continues to cycle, and the water How high it can be lifted depends on the waterwheel.How big it is, as long as the material can support it. "
As he spoke, he added: "Of course, this is just a sketch, and the principle is very simple. On this basis, there can be more models..."
He Ti couldn't care less about talking at this moment - she was completely attracted by this simple and incredible thing.
With simple reasoning, she could see that this machine was absolutely useful. However, before seeing this sketch, she had never thought that there would be such a thing in the world:
It does not require human power, nor does it require the participation of any extraordinary power. It can work day and night. Working on the ground, completing the work that required many serfs to complete, and what drove it was the power of nature.
She suddenly felt the "beauty" from this simple machine, which was original and rough. The original structure of benzene has nothing to do with it.
However, Gawain still sighed: "It's a pity that there is no bamboo here, otherwise it would be much easier to build..."
He. Di didn’t hear clearly for a moment: “Huh? What did you just say? "
"No, it's nothing," Gawain waved his hand, "Do you have any other ideas about this machine? ”
Hetty was just about to say that this was a genius design, but she saw Norris next to him picked up a pen and started sketching on a blank piece of paper. The old farmer was sketching while While saying: "Building it directly beside the Baishui River will be greatly affected by the river water, and it will not be used during the dry season. If we can create another canal next to it, during the dry season..."
Note When the surroundings suddenly became quiet, Norris reacted suddenly, and then threw away the pen in panic, and backed away tremblingly: "Master, I just..."
However, what Gawain said But he was surprised: "Can you write? ”