Two Cities, I build mecha in Picheng

Chapter 194 When did I become so rich?

Li Lin switched more than a dozen Storm and Morning Lights to high-altitude follow-up mode.

He greeted Jess, who had just gotten off another boat and had things to arrange, and took Kai'Sa away from the pier.

Li Lin hadn't been back to Piltover for almost half a year, and it was quite different from what he remembered.

Not only the simple version of power armor that has been put into use in large quantities at Sun Gate Wharf, but also the appearance of the city has changed a lot.

Rows of electric poles have been erected on both sides of the road, and those alchemy technology street lights that use chemicals to glow all day long have also been transformed into normal electric lights.

On the streets, especially in the southern urban area, many citizens chose to go out by bicycle, and the number was much higher than when Li Lin left Picheng.

He even saw some poor-quality mechanical watches with rough workmanship on the wrists of some well-dressed citizens, which proved that it was no longer limited to the circulation of nobles in the upper class.

On the way back to Gilaman's mansion in the northern city, Li Lin and Kai'Sa attracted people's attention.

On the one hand, most people have already heard the name Li Lin, and know that he likes to go out in a special "Hex" power armor.

Suddenly he disappeared for a few months, and instead of forgetting him, more people wanted to see what kind of person this young craftsman of the Gilaman family, who had suddenly risen, was like.

After all, Li Lin had asked the Gilaman family to promote their reputation to Zaun, so it was impossible for Picheng to not understand the news.

In the past few months alone, the "Piltover" daily personal wealth list has reported Li Lin more than once.

With more than a dozen patents and dividends from inventions, his personal worth has long been ranked among the top 10 in Piltover, even higher than the investment tycoon of the Fellowes family, Yabus Fellowes, and only higher than the "King of Invention" Ke Erwin Levik was two places behind.

It's just that he doesn't know it yet.

As for Kai'Sa, most people are curious about the slightly weird "armor" on her body, especially the cheek pouches with purple light on her shoulders.

However, the ordinary citizens of Piltover hardly knew the legend of the void, so they naturally didn't associate Kai'Sa with a "monster". Instead, they regarded her living skin as a hex technology.

Kai'Sa didn't understand their curious eyes, she just felt that the feeling of being surrounded made her very uncomfortable.

She subconsciously grabbed Li Lin's forearm and shrank towards him.

"Don't be afraid, they have no malicious intentions." Sensing Kai'Sa's uneasiness, Li Lin turned around and comforted softly, "They are just curious about the armor on your body."

Kai'Sa opened her mouth, looking hesitant to speak.

After a few seconds, she turned her face down and said sadly: "But... I am void..."

"It's okay, no one will treat you as a monster." Li Lin patted her on the shoulder lightly, interrupting her, "They will only treat your armor as Hextech."

Kaisha pursed her pale lips, and glanced at the people around her with somewhat troubled eyes.

She suddenly discovered that these colorful and even "strange" people were exactly as Li Lin said, without any signs of disgust or fear.

The only expressions on their faces were admiration and curiosity, and they were basically staring at Li Lin... just like how the Nasherami looked at Nasus.

Why?

Kai'Sa didn't quite understand.

But as her eyes returned to Li Lin, she suddenly found a problem:
Back in Piltover, he could have done without power armor.

Kai'Sa's pupils shrank slightly, and only then did she realize his intentions.

In order to make me less conspicuous and obtrusive, he specially put on mechanical armor, so that people think that my skin is also a product of technology...

Kai'Sa couldn't help feeling warm in her heart.

Li Lin didn't know the wonderful misunderstanding of herself in her heart.

Although he did intend to take care of Kai'Sa, wearing power armor is more of his habit, for self-defense.

After all, people are afraid of being famous, but pigs are afraid of being strong.

If you are famous and go out without bodyguards, you may encounter all kinds of troubles.

Piltover is not 100% safe either, those law enforcement officials have always been influenced by various families, and quite a few of them are corrupt.

Aside from elite law enforcement officers, there really aren't many clear people like Sergeant Grayson in the Piltover Police.

Kai'Sa thought about the reason, and her nervousness gradually eased, and gradually turned into curiosity, "Are you famous in Piltover?"

"So-so." Li Lin smiled, "If you have to say it, it's still not as good as your father's reputation as a household name in Belguen back then."

"But Dad told me that Belgun's scale is not comparable to Piltover?" Kaisha blinked her moist eyes, "Also, isn't the Gilaman family you belong to a councilor family? "

Suddenly realizing something, Kaisha pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "Are you lying to me?"

"Why, why am I lying to you?" Li Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I have been away from Picheng for a few months, because the location is uncertain, I can only write letters to my family, I don't know how many things have changed here. "

Kai'Sa still looked suspicious, "Really? But they seem to respect you..."

"This is also where I am confused."

Li Lin thought about it, and first took Kaisha to find a newsstand, ready to read the nearest newspaper.

But what he didn't expect was that the owner of this newsstand, a middle-aged man who looked at least 50 or [-] years old and was as fat as Ben Suo, turned out to be his "fanatic fan"...

Li Lin had just stood at the entrance of the newsstand, and the boss was so excited that he overturned his chair, and asked in an incredible tone: "You, you are Mr. Li Linli, right?!"

"Uh... yes."

Li Lin was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the boss could even tell the difference between his own name and surname clearly.

The last person who called me Mr. Li seems to be Cassiopeia who was killed by me in Azir's mausoleum without even a scum left?

He thought silently in his heart.

"It's really you?!" The newsstand owner clenched his fists excitedly, "Your invention is really great!"

Li Lin felt Kaisha staring directly at him behind him, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, "You're too much..."

"No, no, this is the truth! Your power armor, and the electricity that spreads to every family... That's right! And this!"

The boss pointed to a pitch-black metal wired telephone with relatively simple workmanship placed on the table.

Kaisha, who was behind Li Lin, stepped forward, glanced at the strangely shaped landline phone, raised her eyebrows slightly, "What is this?"

"It's called a telephone, and it allows two people to talk to each other in the middle of the city, and even to the bottom city! It's amazing! I've made a lot of money with this thing!"

The boss recognized that Kasha wasn't Mrs. Piltover, and realized that she seemed to have a good relationship with Li Lin, so he immediately smiled and explained in broken Shurima.

Apparently, he was also an international businessman years ago, before the invasion of Noxus.

Upon hearing this, Kai'Sa's mood suddenly became agitated, "Really? Is this magic? Then can I use it to talk to my father?"

"...This, not for the time being."

Li Lin really couldn't bear to dampen Kai'Sa's enthusiasm.

But this kind of thing is yes, no it is no, and it cannot be faked.

"It is connected to the telephone exchange through a telephone line, and then reports to the staff the phone number you want to transfer, and the staff then connects the two phones through the switch..."

"Hmm...it feels so magical."

Li Lin was silent for a moment.

He completely forgot that Kaisha's education was only at the level of better literacy, and she naturally couldn't understand such relatively new terms and technical terms.

"To put it simply, if you want to use it to make a call, you must use this line." Li Lin pointed to the phone line plugged into the landline, "But the length of this line is limited, Piltover is too far away from Shurima, it connects not there."

"Is that so..." Kai'Sa seemed a little disappointed.

"But don't worry, I will design a phone that can talk remotely without wires, and let you talk to your father."

This time, it wasn't Kai'Sa who exclaimed, but the owner of the newsstand, "Really?!"

His expression was shocked, and then he suddenly realized that this seemed to be a commercial secret, so he immediately restrained his expression, and glanced left and right.

"Is this the direction of your next research?" The boss leaned on the table and approached Li Lin, covered his mouth with his hands, and asked in a low voice.

As if he was afraid that Li Lin would misunderstand something, he immediately added: "Don't worry, the gears are running, I just want to know, and I will never leak this kind of thing!"

"Hmm... that's it."

Li Lin nodded, not intending to hide anything about this kind of matter.

Anyway, the most important thing about a mobile phone is the signal base station. Even if this kind of thing is leaked out, other families will not be able to research anything if they want to seize the opportunity to research.

The radio technology is completely in the hands of the Gilaman family, but the production of some basic parts has reached cooperation with other families.

Those thoughtful people who don't even understand the principles of radio, still want to study mobile phones?

Li Lin can only send them five words: idiots talk about dreams.

"I almost forgot the business." Li Lin shook his head, putting away the chaotic thoughts in his mind, "Give me a newspaper."

"Okay!" The boss smiled heartily, the fat on his face twitched a few times, "Do you want the latest one?"

Li Lin thought for a while, "Is there any newspaper about me recently?"

"Yes! Of course I have! I have kept a copy of the newspapers about you these past few months!"

The newsstand owner's eyes lit up, and he immediately bent down with great effort, moved out a blue Hextech box from under his feet, took out the mechanism lock key to open it, and took out a dozen newspapers from it.

Good guy, you just use the Hex treasure chest to store newspapers, or is it about me...

Is it too extravagant?

Li Lin took a step back subconsciously, the owner of the newspaper is a bit scary.

"Look, you've been described in these few issues of the dailies, and you're now No. 7 on the Piltover Personal Wealth List!"

The boss handed a certain issue of a newspaper two months ago to Li Lin.

With a skeptical attitude, he flipped through it casually a few times, and was immediately dumbfounded, "When did I become so rich?!"

　Thanks to Li Jingtao 1996 for the reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)