Lord of Industrialization

The sky is dark and the city is waking up from its slumber.

Pori runs a butcher shop that has been passed down for nearly a hundred years, with a dozen butchers, and an unlearned and crude magician who was wanted elsewhere and hid here.

The butcher shop transports pigs and sheep from outside the city every evening, and starts killing pigs and sheep in the middle of the night. At dawn, the meat is delivered to long-term cooperative restaurants and wealthy families. When the sun rises, housewives come to buy meat for their families. .

These housewives buy whatever is cheap. The best thing sold in the butcher shop is the mixed minced meat, which is packed into a bag by kilograms and placed on the ice cubes made by the rough magician. Just take the money and put it in a bag so you won't be afraid of flies crawling over it.

In the early morning of this day, Poli had just sent away the sausage workshop owner who was buying intestines and minced meat, and his old friend came to buy meat as usual.

Shitou buys 4 packs of minced meat every time, every day, and settles the bill once a month.

Today he said to Poli: "Two more packages of minced meat."

"I'm very busy today."

He found that there were more pigs and sheep than usual in the slaughterhouse behind, as well as cattle and deer.

Poli personally brought two bags of minced meat and said, "There will be a grand banquet at the Grand Duke's house tonight, and meat is of course indispensable."

He then asked: "Did you borrow money last night?"

Shitou replied: "I rescued an adult who was robbed last night, and he rewarded me with 8 ores."

Poli was happy to hear this at first, but after he found nothing more, he realized that he had not borrowed the money.

"There are still 2 Oles left." Poli was a little embarrassed, "Today is the deadline for registration."

He lent 2 ores to Shitou a few days ago, which was all the cash he could get out of his personal savings. The family capital could only be touched when it came to life, old age, illness, death and sudden disasters, even if Shitou was pursuing his sister.

Shitou said: "The deadline for registration is this evening. I will go and register first later."

"I thought about it last night. I have to buy new armor, and I can buy an ordinary sword."

Poli would occasionally go to the arena to place bets, and several of the butchers went there frequently. During breaks, they often talked about the battles in the arena. The theoretical knowledge of these "talking kings" was quite good.

The most important thing is to survive during the competition. Even if you hold a wooden stick in your hand, the armor must not be careless.

Poli said: "The armor should be better, or else instead of using the sword, buy a warhammer."

Their butcher shop has a lot of "war hammers", which are just a galvanized steel pipe imported from the Principality of Wesson. Take it to the blacksmith shop, fill the hammer head mold with molten iron and insert it into it. After cooling, it is ready.

The big gangsters in the city dare not mess with the butcher shops in the city, but there are always stupid people who are ignorant.

People like Bori are also good at playing Warhammer, so he recommended Stone to use this.

Shitou smiled and shook his head and said, "No, it's better to use a sword."

"I'll just buy a strong heavy sword. Anyway, we don't want to kill people in the competition."

Poli just said it casually, chatted for a few words and asked him to pay attention to his safety, and then everyone went about their own business.

When Shi Shi returned to his residence, the barley and pea rice in the magic crystal pot had been cooked.

This magic crystal pot imported from the Principality of Wesson is very convenient. It has two knobs on it, one to adjust the temperature, one to control the heating time, and one for 1 ore.

It is an ancient tradition for warriors in the arena to eat barley, which needs to be soaked for a while before being cooked.

Shitou soaked the barley and peas last night and fired them before going out to buy meat this morning. When we come back, we will have enough food for the day.

He bought two such pots. It was definitely not that he fell in love with the girl selling pots at first sight, but one for cooking rice and one for cooking vegetables.

A large pot of tomato sauce has been boiled in another pot. Pour all the minced meat into it, stir it, and let it boil for a while. Today's dish is ready.

The bowl Shitou uses looks like a small basin. When mixed with half a pot of rice and half a pot of red tomato meat sauce, it tastes much better than the food in the cafeteria.

After he finished his meal, he took out a bottle of frozen Happy Water from a small refrigerator, twisted the wire, and the cork flew out of the window with a "bang", and drank it all in one breath.

This refrigerator, which was also imported from the Principality of Wesson, sold for 3 Ole. Shitou thought it was worth it because when he went to buy it, he asked the name of the salesperson in that store - Adele.

However, he felt that the washing machine in the corner was a loss, because when he bought it, he asked that Adele was Bo Li's biological sister. She used to live in the country with his uncle, but recently came to the city to make a living.

So Shitou has been looking for opportunities to punish Bo Li, but when his sister came, he didn't even mention it at all.

In fact, Poli also wanted to beat him, but he couldn't. What could he do?

After Shi Shi had eaten and drank enough, he washed the dishes and the street became lively.

He took all the gold coins, including the 8 ores from Shang last night, the 2 ores from Pori, and the 3 ores from his savings, a total of 13 ores, and some change. He went to the registration point at the arena not far away. Sign up and pay.

Most of the people who came to sign up at this time were those who were delayed on the road. From time to time, one came and there was no need to queue. The bald staff responsible for registration was an acquaintance of the arena, so it was done quickly.

Baldhead stamped Shitou's name on the competition sign and joked at the same time: "I will definitely bet on you to win the championship."

Shitou replied calmly: "Then you place your bet. If I don't win the championship, I will give you my washing machine."

The bald man said again: "You are not famous. The uniform odds for people like you to win the championship are 1:20. Baron Pioli from the Golden City has the highest chance of winning the championship, with odds of 1:1.08. Baron Gresco from the north has slightly lower odds, with odds of 1:1.10."

At this time, the head coach's voice came from the side: "You might as well give me the money instead of betting on Shitou. I will give you a can of golden bean pork elbow."

"He is at most at the level of the top 16. If he can make it to the top 8, I will give everyone three cans of golden bean pork elbow, one more for each level."

"If he can make it to the finals, I will perform handstand diarrhea in the arena!"

Shitou did not argue with him, it was futile, just pretended not to hear it, turned around and left.

The arena is not far from the commercial center of Milan City, next to a place selling weapons.

Shitou came to a store selling armor and handed 7 gold coins to the boss.

He ordered a complete set of armor here. The helmet, half-body armor, skirt armor, arm armor and greaves are all made of high-quality elemental steel from the Principality of Wessen. There is also a multi-layered assembled suit made of blacksmith cloth inside, so he is not afraid to walk back and forth on the battlefield.

Shitou asked the boss to pack the things first, and he went to a weapon store not far away.

According to the plan, he wanted to buy a good sword of 3 ores, which used elemental steel from the Principality of Wessen like armor, but now there is only 1 ores, so he can only buy an ordinary fine steel heavy sword.

All the things were finally moved back to the residence. It was noon and the weather was getting hot.

Shitou drank another bottle of cold happy water, went to a steam bread shop not far away to eat a few steam breads for lunch, and then came to a large store in the city center.

This store specializes in selling magic home appliances imported from the Principality of Wessen. The cheapest one is the electric mosquito swatter. The expensive goods are on the second floor. Only when you spend 30 ores on the first floor can you go up.

Shitou really wants to buy a record player so that he can hear Princess Lola's singing at home.

But such a record player costs 20 ores, and each record costs two dinars, which is far beyond his affordability, so he can only watch from the side.

The waiters did not chase him away, because everyone knew what he was doing.

A young and pretty waitress sold ten electric mosquito swatters and two magic crystal pots. As soon as the customer left, Shitou went over immediately.

"Aideli," Shitou said to his lover, "I have just completed the registration for the competition."

Aideli smiled, took an electric mosquito swatter from the cabinet and pretended to introduce the product, and whispered: "That's great, but I haven't rested tomorrow, so I can't watch your competition."

Shitou said: "It doesn't matter, tomorrow is just a qualifying round, there's nothing to see."

Then he said seriously: "By the way, I bought armor, I can't wear it by myself, come and help me after get off work."

Aideli's face suddenly turned red like a ripe cherry. She didn't understand his little thoughts, so she nodded and agreed.

When the sunset climbed up the sky, Shitou took a shower, sprayed some perfume, and waited anxiously in the room.

Finally, someone knocked on the door.

He immediately rushed over to open the door, and it was indeed Aideli.

However... Aideli was followed by her brother Boli, and behind Boli were three of the strongest butchers in the butcher shop.

Boli said with a dark face: "I heard that you bought armor, so I came to see it."

The butchers behind him held back their laughter and winked at Shitou. Someone mouthed to Shitou: "The boss said that if you don't come, you won't get paid."