Chapter 46: berthing request
As soon as the proposal came out, Chengguo? Elder President Eaton's frown relaxed, and the other three's happy faces also slightly restrained. It's not that these high-ranking figures are not as smart as Lin, a young man who came through time, can think of these methods. The main thing they are good at is still in the field of magic.
Perhaps achieving the high position of the president also has some experience in leadership. But in the field of business and economics, they may send the chamber of commerce under their hands to manage things, which is better than themselves. So now I can only stare blankly, watching the rookie magician who just finished his long speech.
This should be regarded as a reciprocal proposal, but the biggest reason these four big figures will come forward to argue today is their respective interests. After all, the chairman is not a king or an emperor, and many things still need to be discussed. So Chengguo Eaton took the lead and said, "Three little friends, I don't think everyone can make a decision on the spot today. We have to find some people to discuss and clarify our thoughts. So I propose that tomorrow afternoon How about continuing?"
It can be said that the three presidents couldn't wait for this opinion. They got too much information at once, so they need to sort it out and ask the experts before they can continue the discussion. So they accused each other of a crime and then dispersed. The three returned to the airship to rest, but it seemed that tonight was destined to be a sleepless night, and many people would not be able to sleep.
After seeing off the guests, Lin exhaled a long breath, which was regarded as passing a level. When doing things, I am most afraid of being caught in the middle of two big figures. If you lean towards one side, you will naturally offend the other side. For a man whose purpose is to eat and wait for death, it is stupid to choose sides, but it is wise to be a fool.
Lin also believed that with the experienced eyes of the four presidents, how could they fail to see that this was a cooperation plan for each to make a concession in exchange for greater benefits. But to their level, it is no longer purely a calculation of economic interests, but a political calculation. They all have their own interest groups behind them, and only when they balance the group of wolves hiding behind the scenes can they cooperate in the future.
Just after the three presidents returned to the airship, the spaceship that was tethered in the open space and had not completely landed seemed to come alive.
One after another, people disembarked and communicated with Lin, the tower owner. Of course, the most popular is the outdoor hot spring bath on the second floor. All kinds of beauties, maybe apprentices, maybe formal magicians, or one person, or two people, borrowed the hot spring pool. The night scene with light rain outside the tower is quite sentimental for those who have never enjoyed it so much.
Of course, there are some men who borrow it, but there are no ones who take a mandarin duck bath. Because that is not a habit in the Lost World, let alone doing it in someone else's house. And Lin himself planned to endure it for a day, and didn't want to have any more romantic encounters, especially this time there was a boatload of people staring at him, and the last time it was only five or six people. If you play with a hot upper body, this time it will be more tragic no matter how you look at it.
Originally, I thought it would be good to have two little apprentices to take care of these trivial matters. Lin himself can hide in the core room and continue the interrupted research. However, the sky didn't do what people wanted, and two girls still came to the door with things they couldn't make up their minds about. Looking at the group of magicians in front of him, the momentum is huge. The one who took the lead was wearing a small cloak with two gold tassels. He greeted Lin and said:
"Greetings, Your Excellency Tripwood. I am Cuenca Carlos, the captain of the Goth Porton."
"Lord Carlos." Facing the great magician's salute, Lin Ke didn't dare to accept it boldly, and quickly returned the salute. Moreover, the person in front of him also has the same surname as Carlos, so he might be related to their president Jose Carlos. Even if it is not a princeling, it must be a powerful figure in the Leon District Branch. He has become the captain of the only airship in the southwest peninsula, so he cannot be a small person.
"Today's meeting is to ask for your assistance as the captain of the Gaosi Botong. I hope that your tower will allow the ship to stay and replenish energy."
After Lin came to the Lost World, he discovered that there was an unscientific means of transportation like an airship, so he naturally paid more attention to the relevant data. The secondary energy pool of the airship cannot generate energy independently. If it needs to be recharged by magic stones, it will cost unimaginable money. This is generally only possible in wartime.
In normal times, airships are tied to the magic tower and replenished with the help of the tower's energy pool. And in the spirit of mutual assistance among magicians, most of the tower owners would not refuse such a request.
Thinking of this, Lin felt speechless about this semi-permanent energy source that doesn't need fuel to support it and doesn't produce waste. To say that the biggest cheat in the Lost World is definitely the energy pools in the magic towers. If the god-man Tesla of the earth is lost, then he is not playing crazy.
For Cuenca Carlos' request, Lin basically agreed, but there was a problem. It’s like on earth, when people travel with their mobile phones, they naturally don’t forget to bring their own chargers and wires. But there must always be an outlet to use it.
The Great Sage's Tower doesn't have that kind of thing, a facility called a 'Bollard'. It can form an energy channel with the special cable of the airship, and continuously transport the mana power in the energy pool of the magic tower to the secondary energy pool on the airship.
The bollards are not a standard facility of the magic tower, and those who don't need them will naturally not consider setting them up. The southwestern peninsula of the mainland is only an airship. Unless it is a war, when it is full of energy, it can go around the peninsula two or three times when it is full of energy. Mooring points are charged.
So Lin told his situation. It's not that I don't help, it's that I can't help.
However, Cuenca Carlos was thoughtful and said: "Your Excellency, don't worry, the few behind me are masters who are good at building magic towers. As long as we get your consent, we will be responsible for the materials and construction of the bollards." , don’t worry about your Excellency.” After speaking, he gave way and introduced several older magicians behind him.
They looked more like academics than adventurers. Therefore, the positions and attributes of clothing and magic equipment are different from those of magicians who are good at fighting. The only thing that made Lin feel familiar was the proud look on their faces. When on Earth, some skilled people would have the same arrogance when talking about their majors. Lin is not disgusted, but respects such characters.
Besides, it sounds like the other party is willing to pay for materials and labor, and he just needs to nod his head. There seems to be no reason to refuse such a good thing of picking up cheap.
So after agreeing, the other party divided into two groups. One group returned to the airship, lifted the airship back into the air, moved it to the scheduled berthing position, and moved materials from the ship by the way. Another group followed Lin up the central stairwell to the top floor.
Because the appearance of the tower of the great sage was damaged, the top of the tower was not spared. When Lin was repairing, he didn't restore the top of the tower completely, so there was still a lot missing on the east side of the top of the tower.
On the north and south sides, pointed walls like cat ears are erected for the purpose of arranging arcane eyes. The most conspicuous thing is the round ruby the size of a goose egg inlaid on the top of the pointed wall. This is the top-level main material. However, the wall structure is not complete, and there are still a few hollow parts, which are caused by lack of materials. Because of this, the Eye of Arcane Art cannot be opened around the clock.
But it is also possible to construct the position of the bollards. Considering the trestle bridge for people to go up and down, we can only choose the edge stone on the west side of the tower top and replace it with the bollards. Apart from considering the temporary construction of the trestle bridge, there were no other requirements, so Lin pointed to a random location in the west and asked, "Are there any places that need my assistance?"
"Don't bother the tower owner. You just need to turn on the energy channel display, and leave the rest to us."
He spoke politely, but the contempt on his face was undisguised. The temperament of craftsmen in the Lost World is far from that of the country that has been devastated for thousands of years by "everything is inferior, only reading is high". So after eating Pai Tou, Lin had no choice but to touch his nose. It's hard to complain just because the other party's hair is a few more gray. "Then I'll go back to the console to operate. As long as the energy channel appears, please do the construction."
Because that is not a routine operation~www.readwn.com~ so Lin didn't set up a quick spell casting mode, so he could only go back to the console in the core room to operate. It's just that what he didn't expect was that the magicians all over the tower of the great sage were waiting for this moment in the name of communicating or borrowing the bath. The moment the magic energy channel appeared, it was equivalent to exposing the secret of the magic tower to everyone.
Due to the existence of the magic tower log, and the detailed data of each magic tower in the association, including the internal layout, the type of strategic attack magic built. So Lin Tianzhen thought that the magic tower had no secrets in the eyes of everyone. The secrecy he asked for from his two apprentices was nothing more than a private part. Regarding the information of the tower, he never thought of keeping it secret.
Except for the difficulty of sending people to guard the core room, magicians find various reasons to stay in other places. They were all pretending to be doing their own things, and then they were distracted to pay attention to the layout of the tower. Because I don't know when the tower owner will show the energy channel, and I don't know how long it will show. So everyone fumbles here and there, or finds someone to talk to, trying not to make their own existence appear too obtrusive.
Amidst the resonant sound of "buzzing.", the magical energy channel that should be regarded as a secret began to appear. From the energy pool in the core room on the third floor, it extends towards every corner of the tower. If you stand outside the tower and look at it, you can see light blue lines of light from top to bottom, densely covering the entire outer wall of the tower. In the dark night, against the light rain, it seems that this tower has come alive.
The original chatter stopped, and people who were motionless and groping everywhere also stopped their movements, and even the group of magicians who were about to remove the bollard materials from the airship also stopped carrying them. They didn't want to memorize the secrets of the Great Sage's Tower, they were just simply scared to death.