Chapter 662: start up

"Hmm!" Mickey admitted openly, and then plunged into Cook's arms, and Cook also hugged Mickey.
"Good job!" Cook was very happy. After all, in terms of cultivation, Cook can only provide external resources, and the cultivation itself depends on itself. No matter how much external resources there are, it will not make much progress without hard work.
"Intermediate magicians who are less than twenty years old!" Cook sighed, because magicians need to be cultivated from an early age, and Mickey's talent was only discovered when she was a teenager, so Mickey's training can be said to be very fast.
"In fact, it's nothing. There are a lot of intermediate magicians in our college before the age of twenty." Mickey said quietly, snuggling in Cook's arms.
Cook stroked Mickey's long hair and said with a smile: "They are different. They were trained at a very young age."
"Cook, I'm here to send you an invitation." But Mickey said to Cook later.
"Invitation cards?" Cook was puzzled, but when Cook saw a bunch of invitations, Cook was stunned.
"The Magician Union's New Year!"
"The annual meeting of the mercenary union!"
"Warrior Union Lantern Festival!"
Cook looked at it roughly, and there were dozens of them, including the Wizards’ Guild, the Mercenary’s Guild, the Warriors’ Guild, the Bow and Arrow Craft Association, the Bright Empire, as well as many chambers of commerce, Wushuang Academy, and finally his own Baronian Realm. A grand ball will be held.
"This..." Cook looked at the pile of invitations, and his scalp was numb. Cook didn't like this kind of social activities, mainly because Cook thought he had time to participate in these kinds of activities, it is better to practice well. Just a moment.
"Cook, I think some of these invitations must be visited. You must go to the top powers. You can send representatives to the lower ones." Mickey said on the side.
Cook was very surprised by Mickey's words, because it means Mickey is mature, but Cook still asked: "Why do I have to go?"
"Interpersonal relations, I didn't know much before, but after getting along with my classmates for a long time, I naturally know the role of interpersonal relations, and celebrations like cocktail parties can reach countless agreements at the meeting. "Mickey said eloquently.
"Haha, well, let's go together at that time!" Cook said to Mickey with a smile.
Mickey said with some embarrassment: "Cook, it's not that I don't want to go, but that our family will meet the Roland Empire once this year."
"Uh!" Cook snorted suspiciously, but then realized that Mickey's family still has relatives in Roland, and now Mickey is an intermediate magician, it is understandable to go back once.
"How about that? I ask my parents if they are willing to go back. Then I will send two magic airships to take you back." Cook pondered, thinking that his family also has relatives, he wanted to ask My parents are willing to go back.
"Isn't it good to use the magic teleportation array?" Mickey asked suspiciously.
"The Roland Empire is a single-player teleportation formation, the safety factor is too low, and don't you think the two magic airships are more imposing?" Cook said with a smile.
"Boom!" After hearing Cook's words, Mickey gave Cook a strong kiss on the face. In fact, Mickey knew that most of her parents were going to show off this time, and Cook's rare consideration made Mickey more. Excited.
Cook took advantage of Mickey's small mouth and kissed like that.
"Wow!" But with a cry of exclamation, Cook and Mickey slowly separated. In fact, in the Western world, there is no shame in kissing.
Cook saw Xiao Lei with his sister, and behind him was the little follower. Mickey’s younger brother, Bo Ai, Cook put down Mickey, then picked up Xiao Lei and sister, and exaggeratedly said:
It’s so heavy, okay. Heavy, two fat pigs!"
"You're the little pig!" The two little girls immediately grabbed one of Cook's ears and protested loudly, while Xiao Boai hurried around below.
"Huh!" Needless to say, at this time, only the Thunder Dragon, La Milano, was the only one who was horrified at this time. There was a reason for La Milan's protest. So far, Xiao Lei has not had such affection with La Milan.
On the one hand, La Milan was angry, but his daughter ignored him. On the other hand, he was relieved. What was relieved was that Cook loved Xiao Lei so much. This feeling made La Milan feel a little overwhelmed and wanted to deal with Ku. Ke, I was afraid that the relationship between myself and Xiao Lei would be lowered, and I would not like to deal with it. I was not reconciled, anyway, it was very contradictory, so I could only express my dissatisfaction with a cold snort.
"Sister La Milan!" Mickey knew the identity of La Milan. At that time, Lei Ke was stealing and Mickey was in it. Mickey was a little afraid of La Milan, but after La Milan came, she didn't go crazy, but got along. The relationship is very harmonious, so the relationship between La Milan and Mickey has developed rapidly, and now they are very good sisters.
Not long after, all those who went out shopping came back. Cook's parents and Mickey's parents came back. The family was lively, and Cook was completely relaxed.
But what Cook didn't expect was that his parents wanted to go to Roland, too. Cook couldn't help but sighed, "This person wants face!"
In the next few days, while arranging for his parents to go back to Roland, Cook visited everywhere. The seniors of the Mage Union, the mercenary union, and the thieves union. The daily cocktail party and dance kept Cook busy. Confused.
Finally arrived the day of departure, three huge magic airships landed in the magic city dedicated to parking magic airships, although they are magic airships, but there is a lot of space inside, because the magic airship does not rely on the buoyancy of the air. It was lifted into the sky, but the gravity and anti-gravity magic patterns were used, so several layers of space were separated in the tens-meter-long airship. A magic airship was used to ride, and the other two were guards. Cook A batch of magic giant crossbows were transferred from the Baron’s realm. Baglu also brought the most elite ogre knights to follow, and equipped with portable magic crystal cannons, multi-barreled crossbows and other powerful weapons. Three squads of horned eagle knights were dispatched, and the horned eagle rides on another magic airship, because the horned eagle weighs only a few hundred kilograms.
Seeing that Cook was not going, La Milan urged Xiao Lei to go with him. La Milan still had an idea in his heart. Xiao Lei lacked Cook who had been stuck together all the time, wouldn't he have more opportunities to get close to him?
So only Cook stayed in the Magic City. There was no other way. There were too many things. There are still a large group of people in the Baron’s territory waiting for their rewards, as well as the New Year's rites of the Mekai Empire, which are related to the harvest of the coming year. Although Cook sneered at this, the custom is the custom, and Cook can’t change it. Connie returned to the Ceylon Empire to reunite with her father. Connie and West Asia often practiced and merged to comprehend the law of God’s core. It's not that simple, but it requires great perseverance and perseverance, so Cook can't bear to bother.
"My Lord Baron, President Gerry is here to visit you." A servant entered the door and reported to Cook.
"President Gerry, please quickly please!" Cook stood up immediately, putting his hands aside.
Gerry is the president of the Chamber of Commerce established by Cook and the father of Cook's right-hand man Murphy. Murphy is also Cook's senior sister. After Gerry walked in, he bent over to greet Cook respectfully: "My Lord Baron!"
"Uncle Gerry, don't be so polite, sit down, sit down!" Cook quickly told Gerry to sit down. The Chamber of Commerce has now officially changed its name to the Orc Chamber of Commerce, and the Orc Hotel has also joined the Chamber of Commerce, because It’s no longer necessary to keep it secret, and everyone knows that Cook’s Orc Chamber of Commerce actually monopolizes the magic material trading on the first floor of the Underground World, but now Cook’s strength cannot be underestimated, so even if someone has opinions, the Underground World One Those ogres and trolls in the layer will not recognize others.
"Hehe, Lord Baron joked. I came this time mainly to let Lord Baron make a general direction for the development of the Chamber of Commerce in the next year." Gerry sat down modestly and said with a smile.
There is no way, but Gerry knows the scale of the Orc Hotel, a building costing hundreds of millions of gold coins. I am afraid that apart from a few major unions and empires, no one has built such a hugely expensive building, and Gerry does not want to take over the Orc Hotel. This orc hotel is not something ordinary people can live in. He is just a silver swordsman. Of course, Gerry will not put it forward rashly. There is a process, so Gerry first said that Cook will give directions for the next year's trade. .
Cook thought for a while. The underground level is already the limit. Because the underground world is extremely complicated and the roads are not very good, the development there cannot increase the speed. Stability is the first. As for the third underground level, There is not only the power of his own family, but several big trade unions are also involved, so there is no need for Gerry to blend in. As for the orc empire, the main trade direction is the Golden Pass of his territory. One is the distance from Mekai. The royal city of the empire is relatively close, and on the other side, Cook's ability to control is very strong, unlike the Scarlet Plain, which is the territory of the Bright Empire.
Cook stood up and looked at the map of the mainland, which was drawn by Cook based on the eyes of the sky. Cook looked for a while and looked to the south. Then Cook asked: "Uncle Gerry, I think we will take the next step The direction of trade has turned here!"
"Sea Clan?" Gerry asked in astonishment when he looked at the map of the blue domain that Cook pointed to.
"Yes, the marine clan, I have learned that the marine clan's resources are actually more abundant than on our land, but the marine clan also has things that are not produced, such as sugar and honey, which are very valuable in the marine clan. There are metal weapons, and the speed of metal weapons replacement is extremely fast." Cook gave a general idea.
When Gerry heard Cook’s words, he was shocked, because there was very little information about the Sea Clan. Gerry once heard that someone had dealt with the Sea Clan, but finally found out that the Sea Clan was frustrated. There is no shortage of things, most of the weapons used by the marine clan are bone weapons, and it is said that the monsters in the marine clan are hundreds of meters long, comparable to the beasts as tall as a city wall, and there is no shortage of food, and clothes on land Although gorgeous, but under the intrusion of sea water, the rate of decay is extremely fast.
More than one person in the world wants to trade with the sea people. Gold is simply for the sea people. Because gold is poisonous, the places rich in gold are often the most remote places in the sea people. As for pearls, there are even more. It's incredible. Gerry believes that relying on the information of the lack of sugar in the Sea Clan, he wants to trade with the Sea Clan and has a great possibility of success.
"But, but how do we keep secrets?" Gerry first thought of secrets.
"Hehe, this secrecy is only temporary, but as long as we are ahead, it will not be so easy for people behind to catch up, Uncle Gerry, I have a major task that needs your help!" Cook said with a smile. .
"My Lord Baron, please!" Gerry knew that this was Cook who was about to start secret preparations. Gerry was thrilled to think about it, trading with the mysterious sea clan.
Cook pointed and said: "The Monto Empire, I need to have a large sugar beet planting base here. Whether it is to buy land for planting or other methods, I need a beet base with an annual output of 10,000 tons of sugar, which is the lowest. Requirements."
"Ten thousand tons!" Gerry Haoxian was not scared by Cook's words. You must know that ten thousand tons is not a count, and this sugar can be preserved in this world unless magic is used.
"Hehe, please rest assured, Uncle Gerry, I already have a way out, and I have experimented with a large-scale production process of sugar cubes and snow sugar. This is the method of operation of the process. Uncle Gerry also needs to build a large-scale processing Workshop." Cook took up the process of making sugar in his hand. Most sugar in this world is yellow and contains impurities.
Cook handed a piece of paper to Gerry, and Cook also took out the snow-white crystal sugar that he had processed. Gerry trembled with excitement and couldn't say anything. Cook went on to say, "Also Uncle’s best to buy a deep-water pier in Monto, the water depth is at least 20 meters, I am going to build a large-scale sea boat."
"Wait, Lord Baron, the ship is very dangerous in the sea," Gerry said quickly.
"Haha, Uncle Gerry, I made at least three thousand tons of pure white iron, and equipped with powerful weapons." Cook said with a laugh.
"Three thousand, tons, white iron!" Gerry almost fainted. The price of white iron is something more precious than gold. A white iron dagger, at least tens of thousands of gold coins, can't be purchased.
"Hehe, um, this is only the smallest ship, of course, some non-critical parts still need to use wood." Cook has always wanted to build a large ship, but there was no such big power source before, even if you built it. Ten thousand tons also need a source of power. It is a dream to count on sails to propel large ships.
It’s not that Cook has never thought of using a steam engine, but the abrasion resistance and strength of some key parts required by the steam engine cannot be achieved unless magic metal is used. However, the steam engine of a sea-going ship uses magic metal. After the magic pattern, he decided to build a sea ship. Of course, this is directly related to the dwarf's initial grasp of the method of steelmaking. At the beginning, Cook only had a vague memory and informed the dwarf family. Experiments show that white iron, or steel, can be refined on a large scale. Of course, this refining has never produced high strength, especially toughness, but this is enough to save most of the dwarf's time.
The difficulty of building airplanes is a bit high, unless Cook thoroughly masters the magic pattern, because airplanes require more power than magic airships, and it does not mean that airplanes can be built with steel. Although there are wooden airplanes, In this world of warcraft rampant, wooden airplanes, hum, can only be used as toys.
"Uncle Gerry, I will give you the greatest authority this time. You don't need to ask me for the expenditure below 300,000 gold coins. You have the right to use it directly." Cook's control of the Chamber of Commerce is also in his own hands. This is not to say that Cook does not trust Gerry, but the necessary means. Just like the baronial domain, Manli is not in power. The intelligence system and guards are under the command of different people. As long as Manli makes any changes, Cook It can be guaranteed to know it at the first time and to put it out. Does this mean that Cook does not trust Manly? No!
"Cook, I must finish the task!" Gerry was very excited, 300,000 gold coins, which is a huge sum of money in the remote place of Monto.
Unlike on the earth, the coastal areas of this world are very prosperous. It can be said that they are very remote. One is that there are many tropical pathogens and many sick people. The second is that there are frequent typhoons and heavy rains, which have a great impact on food production. The third is a large number of poisons and dense forests. The fourth is that there is no winter, so there are a lot of pests, which makes coastal areas very deserted. No one wants to go to the coastal zone at all.
Monto is separated from the Magic City by the Satya Empire. The distance is not very far, and Cook chose Monto, mainly because of the beet production there. The beets here are different from those on the earth. The beets here are similar Sugar cane, but the beet here is a side dish, but it is sweeter than sugar cane, and there is not so much residue, similar to the texture of bamboo shoots.
"In addition, I will send two horned eagle knight teams to assist you secretly, but I don't want others to know about this." Cook groaned and continued to say ~EbookFREE.me~Cook, it is enough, I Guarantee to complete the task! "Gerry was very excited and excited. He was lucky to be able to see the three thousand-ton white iron ship with his own eyes, and he could think that as long as he did it well, then the white iron ship would be under his own command in the future. , So Gerry is determined to learn the knowledge of the captain after arriving in the Monto Empire.
"Hehe, this is ten catties of snow sugar, and two catties of cube sugar. The purple one is grape flavor, and the green one is mint..." Cook gave Gerry another gift.
"And Uncle Gerry, your salary will double in the next year." Cook gave a gift and increased his salary.
"Thank you, Cook, I must complete the task, and I will go back to understand the situation of the Monto Empire now." Gerry said and left in a hurry.
"My Lord Baron, a deacon from the Thieves' Guild, please see me!" Just as Cook sat down, he heard the report from his servant.
"The thieves’ union, damn, this day is not for humans, please!" Cook just prepared to take a rest, knowing that someone is visiting again, what Cook does not know is that the people waiting to visit him line up in private It has been queued for a week.