Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 295 Porcelain
"Now we can talk." Rhodes said while sitting on a chair in the study.

His hair was still beaded with water, where a few minutes earlier he'd been in the bathroom brushing off the impurities.

Those impurities may have been excreted for a long time, and they all condensed on the surface of his body, just like the oil on the plate, which is difficult to remove.

Rhodes used plant ash and a brush to clean off the clumped black impurities on the surface of his body.

He has always been very curious about what ingredients these black impurities contain.

Gilbert nodded and said, "The main purpose of my coming back this time is to ask you for money. I think you should also be very clear that the things you asked me to do are very expensive. The money you gave me last time is almost insufficient. .

Another thing is that when a group of miners were mining in the Rocky Mountains, they discovered an ancient ruin. Willis and I immediately blocked the news after we found out.

As a result, some miner got drunk and said it out. As a result, all the adventurers from the Winterfell Province in the north of the Stone Mountain Range have come running.

However, Willis and I had people block the entrance of the ruins, and I stopped several well-known adventure teams in Winterfell Province from outside the ruins, waiting for your permission. "

Willis was the remaining officer except Rudolph and Slade among the three officers brought by the chief maester.

"Which era did the ruins come from?" Rhodes asked.

"I don't know, that's why it's so attractive because I don't know which era left it. Some people say it's a relic left by intelligent creatures before human civilization." Gilbert shook his head.

Thousands of years ago, the northern part of the continent was ruled by giant dragons, and the southern part of the continent was inhabited by countless races, such as dwarves, orcs, elves, and goblins.

After the Nords overthrew the rule of the dragon, they massacred the alien races in the south of the continent together with the humans who came by boat from the western continent of Velen. Finally, the Nords and the people who came from the continent of Velen came eastward with the Misty Mountains as the boundary. , established two powerful countries, and the era of mankind began.

Except for the elves, those alien races either completely disappeared from the long river of history in the end, or lingered in a corner of the world.

But even now, some adventurers can still find those creatures in certain corners of the continent, such as the murlocs at the bottom of the blue sea, the lizardmen deep in the southern desert, and the centaur deep in the eastern grassland...

The black cat told Rhodes that apart from the elves, those alien races belonged to the creatures between the first stage and the second stage, that is to say, they are between ordinary beasts and humans, and most of their clansmen can only be regarded as smart There are only a few elites who are comparable to ordinary humans when they are born.

Only the creatures in the second stage can participate in the construction of the conscious world.

"Let those adventurers go in, anyway, they are voluntary, who knows what dangers are inside the ruins." Rhodes said.

In his early adventure career, he still explored several ruins with Baron, but basically he escaped in embarrassment every time.

Now that Rhodes thinks about it, if he doesn't have the strength of the fourth level to enter those ruins, he will die completely. However, Baron, whose strength was around the third level at that time, was able to take him out, which is also a fate for the two of them.

So a long time ago, besides "Bear Boy", Rhodes also had another nickname called "Lucky One".

"Then what if they find something precious from the ruins?" Gilbert asked.

"If it's a certain technology, spend money to buy it from them, and if it's weapons and equipment, let them take it away." Rhodes has been an adventurer before, so he still knows the bitterness of an adventurer.

Although many adventures are out of interest, he doesn't need to describe what it feels like if the gains from the adventure are snatched away by some powerful person.

Gilbert nodded, "Also, this time I brought back a batch of quicklime, as well as some of the porcelain you mentioned."

Rhode's eyes lit up when he heard it. It happened that he didn't know what gift to give to the Marquis Marquis. This time, he happened to send the porcelain. If it goes well, it will also be a good opportunity to sell.

"Take it out and have a look." Rhodes said hastily.

Gilbert went out and said a few words to the guard at the door, and then the guard ran downstairs.

Not long after, several soldiers carefully brought over several sets of ceramic tea sets and several porcelain bowls.

"No one would have imagined that clay coated with the substance you mentioned called 'glaze', and then thrown into the fire to bake, could actually make such exquisite utensils." Gilbert sighed.

Rhodes looked at the teapot and teacup, which were as exquisite as white jade, with blue flowers painted on them, and suddenly felt that the Marquis Marron was a little unworthy of receiving such a gift?
"Can these be mass-produced now?" Rhodes asked.

"Mass production? I don't think it's enough. I have made countless waste products to make these. If ordinary people do it, I don't know how long it will take to reach my current level." Gilbert replied.

He picked up a small teacup and pointed to the blue flowers on it, "Look at these flowers, I copied them myself according to the book you gave me, how beautiful they are!"

Rhodes gave Gilbert the painting-related book that he thought was useless some time ago, but he didn't expect it to be of such use in his hands.

But he is still not ready to cultivate the hobby of painting.

Rod picked up the largest bowl in it "Shouldn't you pick up this bowl again and say, 'Look at this bowl, it's big and round'?"

"No, no, no." Gilbert shook his head. "I'm going to talk to you about the lines on this bowl. I designed it myself. Don't you think it's trendy too? Very innovative?"

Rhodes looked at the bowl in his hand. He always felt that the pattern on it was like a red, blue and white three-color rotating light at the entrance of a hair salon. He didn't know why Gilbert thought it was very trendy and innovative?
Isn't Gilbert's nickname Jill, called Tony?

"Do Baron and the others feel the same way?" Rhodes didn't directly criticize Gilbert's aesthetics.

"Of course, even your little maid thinks so. Hammer even discussed with me whether I can give it to him for collection." Gilbert replied proudly.

Rhodes felt a little speechless after hearing it, which may be the difference in aesthetics.

"Then you can give it to Hamer for collection. I will keep this set of tea sets and other bowls. A nobleman just happened to invite me to his banquet, and I don't know what gift to give him. By the way, you Do you want to go with me?" Rhodes asked.

"No, although I haven't been to a noble banquet, I can still know what kind of situation it is. A group of people who don't like to take a bath are drinking wine and pretending to be noble." Gilbert shook his head.

Gilbert is indeed the cleanest person Rhodes knows. He has to take a bath every day even in winter. As for Baron and the others, as long as Rhodes doesn't tell them, they can go without washing all winter. I consider myself to be clean.

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(End of this chapter)