My Magic Age

A light layer of white frost was stained on the rubble of the wall and roof, the withered branches, and the yellow grass leaves. The Weiyang Lake in the distance was shrouded in a layer of fog. The warm sunlight was still blocked on the other side of the eastern ridge. When the sun came out, the white frost would quickly disappear.

Alia got up from the bed very early. She had the habit of taking a cold shower in the early morning.

She sat in front of the dressing table in thick velvet pajamas. The maids stood beside her to take care of her hair and apply nail polish. Before she went out, she must make the most exquisite makeup for herself.

She has recently started trying some of the elves' beauty and skin care methods. There is a crystal bottle on the dressing table. It is not too big and can almost be held in the palm of the hand. The bottle contains some translucent jelly-like ointment. It is said that this anti-aging cream with a hint of plant essence is very popular in the small circle of the upper class in the imperial capital. As long as it is rumored that a certain businessman has brought back this anti-aging cold cream from the elf world, those wealthy ladies, widows of nobles, and aristocratic ladies will rush to buy it.

I can feel that there is a trace of magic in this anti-aging cold cream. It is the essence of life extracted from plants and trees. This thing is very similar to the diluent of 'life essence'. I think I can discuss it with the world tree later. We can open a workshop in Xinliu Valley to produce this anti-aging cream together. It is actually quite good.

Betty silently placed a stack of ironed clothes on the bedside, and turned to help Alia put on a corseted petticoat. Alia likes to wear low-cut dresses that make her waist look slim. I know that once she wears such a corseted dress, she will not be able to eat breakfast, so she got up from the bed alone, quickly put on her shirt and magic robe, and sneaked to the restaurant downstairs to have breakfast alone.

Accompanied by Demi, Mrs. Jenny bought two airship tickets to Sloyt Province yesterday and returned to the North overnight. She was worried that Ann could not take good care of herself, so she wanted to rush back to El City before the Galloping Horse River was closed. Otherwise, once the river was closed, the outside of the North Province would not be so safe.

This is also one of the reasons why I can stay at Alia's manor.

The magic caravan was waiting outside the house. The coachman was wearing a black coat and sitting in the car waiting patiently. When he saw Alia and I coming out of the villa, he jumped down from his seat and opened the door for us attentively.

The Imperial Capital Infrastructure Construction Management Bureau is located in the sixth block. The magic caravan drove from the third block in the north of the imperial capital along Yulin Street all the way to the Weiyang Lake. After turning to the lakeside avenue, it drove for another hour before arriving at the door of the Construction Management Bureau in the south of the city. When I got off the magic caravan, I found that the mist covering the imperial capital had dissipated, and the early winter mountain scenery in the distance seemed a bit depressed.

The entire building is built with huge square granite. The main building is divided into four floors. There are no gorgeous reliefs on the walls of the building, but the shape of the round arched windows and the broken bridge terrace is still refreshing. Two knights holding lances stood at the gate. Some magic caravans stopped at the door of the Construction Management Bureau, and some nobles got off the carriages. Some people also sent each other morning greetings, and then walked into the building in front of them together.

This is where Count Orensteinbeck asked us to meet. Seeing that the knight standing at the door did not seem to ask or stop us, I walked into the door of the Construction Administration Bureau with Alia. Alia held my arm with one hand and pulled the wide skirt with the other hand. She was like a blooming rose in the crowd. Many white-collar workers from the civilian class did not even dare to look directly at her delicate face.

Walking into the first floor lobby of the Construction Administration Bureau, the model of the entire imperial capital was placed in the center of the hall like a sand table. Various large manors were lined up around the clear Weiyang Lake. The more peripheral, the more densely packed the buildings gradually increased. The entire sixth block and the seventh set area were lined with various workshops. It was easy to find our Royal Magic Academy on this sand table map.

On this sand table, I also saw a very novel facility. There are three circular ground light rails running parallel to the streets of the entire imperial capital. The innermost light rail is designed around Weiyang Lake. In the future, this light rail will provide a 360-degree view of the surrounding scenery of Weiyang Lake. The outermost light rail covers the entire imperial capital, but in fact, only the middle light rail that runs through the seven major districts of the imperial capital can be regarded as the main transportation line. It turns out that someone has been working on laying light rails in the imperial capital, but I don’t know how far the specific progress has been made. I think it is currently in the discussion stage. In short, the Magic News has not revealed any relevant information, and even the initial infrastructure plan has not been mentioned.

Alia and I stayed in front of the sand table for a while. A noble man in a tuxedo came up and asked us with a smile if we needed any help. I explained to him that Count Orensteinbeck asked us to come over to discuss something. He waved to the female clerk at the front desk of the lobby, and immediately a young female clerk ran over. He asked the clerk to take us to Count Orensteinbeck’s office on the third floor.

When Count Orensteinbeck heard that I was coming, he hurried out of his office to greet me. When he saw Alia and I standing side by side, he greeted us. He did not hide the fact that he knew Alia. When he saw Alia, he said to her very naturally, "Alia, I heard that you opened a textile workshop in the imperial capital and have expanded your fabric business to the elf world. That's amazing."

Alia asked in surprise: "Count Oren, it turns out that you are responsible for the expansion of the airport town."

Count Orensteinbeck asked Alia and I to sit down, and a female assistant brought us two cups of black tea. On the wall opposite us, there was a map of the airport town. This map was very delicate. The old town was circled with a red outline, and the newly built area was marked with green lines. Each street had clear notes. I found that the new airport town was nearly twice as large as the old town in terms of construction scale, almost surrounding the airport in the center, and a spider-web-like transportation network was derived around the entire town.

"I am only responsible for the later greening, cleaning and lighting projects. Even the decision-making power of these matters needs to be applied to the higher authorities..." Count Orensteinbeck sighed softly, looking a little embarrassed.

I remember that Alia had suggested that I buy some land in the Airport Town. It would be best to build a material turnover warehouse. After all, we have to purchase a lot of materials every month. Just renting the warehouse will cost us a lot of gold coins every month. I heard from Count Orensteinbeck that the Airport Town is being expanded. I think now is the best time.

Count Orensteinbeck stroked his sparse hair with his hand, smiled bitterly, and said to me and Alia: "You also know that wars are going on everywhere in the empire's subordinate planes. The plane wars have reduced the empire's tax revenue and financial allocations year by year. Many projects of the Construction Management Bureau have been shelved for several years. At present, the airport town is the hub for the distribution of materials in the country. A large amount of materials from all over the country are gathered here. The expansion project of the airport town has been delayed again and again. Finally, when it had to be built, a batch of special funds were allocated from above. However, the main road project in the surrounding area of ​​the airport town consumed all the project funds. The additional project funds have not been approved yet, so the funds are a bit tight at present."

I thought to myself: It's better if you can't come up with money. It's not impossible to exchange land with me.

Before I could organize my words, I heard Count Orensteinbeck say again: "But don't worry, please come here to discuss the deal of the 'Glimmer Illumination' magic rune board. We have prepared a special fund, and the investors are the noble merchants in the airport town."

I guess this Count Orensteinbeck should also be a noble merchant in the airport town, and may even be one of the main investors.

He then said to me: "The merchants who do warehouse rental business in Airport Town have raised a sum of money privately. They hope to follow the current trend of the imperial capital and install a batch of new magic street lights around Airport Town. However, according to my previous calculations, the budget is still a bit overspent. Fortunately, there are merchants in Airport Town who have blacksmith workshops at home, so the problem of lamp poles is solved. In addition, a noble who runs a glass workshop went to participate in the plane war some time ago and suffered a series of defeats. He has declared bankruptcy and sold all his business in the imperial capital. I bought a batch of cheap lampshades from the noble, and the only thing left is to purchase the magic rune board of "Glimmer Illumination". "

It seems that he has put a lot of effort into this matter.

"This time, the project funds are not enough, please give us the best price." He said this with a sincere look on his face. "To be honest, we also learned about the market price of the 'Glimmer Illumination' rune board in the Imperial Capital Magic Market before. To be honest, the current market price is still far from the price we expected, so we shamelessly came to you."

Alia squinted her eyes, looking like a cunning fox. She opened her red lips and asked, "I wonder how many 'Glimmer Illumination' rune boards you want to buy? Count Orensteinbeck, the purchase quantity often determines the price of the rune board."

Count Orensteinbeck looked at Alia seriously and said, "Really? The purchase volume this time is actually quite large, so can you take out 5,000 'Glimmer Illumination' rune boards at one time?"

"Is that so much?" Alia asked without blinking.

"The funds we prepared are probably only enough to buy so much!" Count Orensteinbeck said a little embarrassedly.

At this time, Alia turned her head to look at me. I coughed lightly and paused for a while, so that it would seem that the price I said was carefully considered by me.

I said to Count Orensteinbeck: "If it's a simplified version of the copper magic rune 'Glimmer Illumination' rune plate, I can do it for thirty silver coins each. Five thousand magic rune plates require three hundred magic crystals."

"A simplified version of the copper magic rune plate only costs thirty silver coins?" Count Orensteinbeck asked me in shock, although he felt a little unbelievable.

"That's right!" I said.

He quickly stood up, walked in front of me, grabbed my hand and said, "You really helped me a lot. Can I add some copper rune rune plates this time?"

"Of course, as you wish." I replied with a smile.

Count Orensteinbeck seemed particularly happy and said to me: "Then I want to purchase eight thousand... Oh, no! Ten thousand 'Glimmer Illumination' rune plates. Of course, I don't expect these rune plates to be delivered to me at once. You can pay me in batches!"

I asked him a little surprised: "Are you going to replace all the street lights in the airport town with magic street lights?"

Count Orensteinbeck said frankly: "Haha, actually I have a little selfish motive in it. I am going to take out a sum of money myself and take this opportunity to renovate the lighting facilities in the town of Bellavo near my castle. In winter, it always gets dark too early, so facilities such as street lights are indispensable."

After that, he asked the assistant standing beside him to draw up a contract. We all signed this magic contract. Count Orensteinbeck was in a good mood. He told me frankly that if the "Glimmer Illumination" rune board can keep this price, it will not take long to completely monopolize the lighting rune board market in the entire imperial magic market. Now that the magic crystal fragments have depreciated significantly, many lords hope that their territories can have more magic public facilities to improve the style of the territory.

Count Orensteinbeck also wanted to invite me and Alia to have lunch together, but I declined.

Alia couldn't eat anything in this outfit. She probably just needed to drink some honey water to maintain her strength. We wanted to go to Qige Trade House next. The distance between the sixth and seventh blocks was not too far.

After leaving the Construction Management Bureau, the magic caravan took us all the way to the door of Qige Trade House. Unexpectedly, there was still a busy scene here. Si Pei and Kong Zhen, with more than a dozen clerks, stood at the door of the trade house to check the materials moved out of the warehouse one by one. Unexpectedly, the canned luncheon meat and meat floss bricks and magic parchment imported from the orc tribe were so popular that people lined up to buy them.

At this time, several large magic caravans drove directly into the courtyard of the trade house. The merchants who stood in line on the street outside protested to Si Pei, demanding that the large magic caravans also line up according to the purchase order. Merchants kept getting out of the magic caravans and crowding at the door of the trade house.

Seeing that Si Pei and Kong Zhen's group could not control the chaos, Betty wanted to get out of the car to help, but was stopped by Alia.

Alia said: "Let them learn to deal with these things by themselves, they can handle it."