"Big brother, we have a lot of research projects that require materials, and we need money to buy all of them. Can you just give us Vbar Kiel (5000 gold), and we won't take the share of the patent. Take that money as our salary for helping you complete the design and building a car. "
Jermaine mustered up his courage and finished his sentence in one go. In the end, he looked at his tribesmen proudly, as if he had won a battle. Marit even gave him a thumbs up, praising her man. Although Larry's expression did not change, he did not have any thoughts of objecting, and only sipped his mead. Only Freya showed an awkward expression.
Five thousand gold was considered a large sum of money. Buying the new house that she was living in, and not counting the renovation costs, was about the same price. If it was a little earlier, she would have spent all her savings on this house. The most important thing was to buy a lot of magic materials to renovate this ordinary house. Since the silver bearded dwarf had made such a request, she could only buy it on credit.
But recently, because of the publication of several mathematics journals, not only did Great Magician Kabanby's school earn operating expenses, they also earned quite a few research projects. How could he still be short of money? Naturally, his money box was filled to the brim. Paying for Jermaine's request was not a problem, but she would be tight on her own research projects and expenses.
Then, should she agree? Other than having more funds on hand, if the car really sold well in the future, would the silver bearded dwarves feel that they were cheated again? But at this time, if she continued to insist on her own opinion, it did not seem right, because the other party had already made up their mind. Lin asked cautiously: "Don't you want to think about it? The future of the car is not bad. "
"No, big brother, that's it. We won't take advantage of your creativity. Besides, helping you complete the design can be considered as the help we promised when we left home to travel with you. But if you are tight on funds, you don't have to give me all the money at once. It doesn't matter if some of it is delayed. Anyway, I can't spend all the money in one go. "
After thinking about it, Lin did not insist and said: "Alright then, according to your conditions, write it in the memo. As for the money, do you want to take it directly or keep it in the account? "
"No, big brother. We don't have a big money box to keep such a large sum of money. So, I'll leave it with you for now. Just use the bookkeeping account. "
Although the agreement between Lin Li and the silver-bearded dwarves was not written in black and white, it was still written in a memorandum document. This was to prevent the nobles on both sides from forgetting things. If there was no proof, it would be easy to hurt feelings. Because it wasn't a contract, the content could be amended as long as both parties agreed. The files were placed in the forum space and were recorded using a special encryption method.
Originally, he had to go through a lot of trouble to use parchment scrolls and write a copy in the common language of the Lost Lands and the language of the Silver Bearded Dwarves. However, as the content continued to increase, everyone was too lazy to copy and organize it. They simply put it on the Internet and made some unnecessary security measures. Just like the saying in his hometown, only guard against gentlemen, not villains. However, neither side objected to this method.
After a brief discussion on the contents of document 1903 and confirming the direction of the next development, Jermaine and the others happily went to prepare. The most important thing was to contact the manager of the Chamber of Commerce. This senior manager who was introduced by the great magician Kabambay had earned a lot of commission due to the silver-bearded dwarves' extravagant purchases. He almost worshipped these dwarves as if they were his ancestors, so no matter how late it was, there was no problem.
Watching the dwarves leave, only Freya was a step behind them and nodded at him. Lin could not help but sigh in his heart. However, he could not blame them for being too cautious. He had not completely opened his heart to them in the first place, so how could he ask for their loyalty and trust?
In fact, even the trust of others, Lin felt that there were conditions and prerequisites. It was not an unconditional loyalty and trust. It was just that in comparison, the silver-bearded dwarves were more cautious. A lot of things were relative.
He poured the coffee into a large mug, cleaned the coffee pot, and walked back to his room in the attic with the mug. Before the door was closed, the gray cat Hardy darted in like a wisp of smoke.
He did not chase the cat out of the room. Lin Jiu stared at the gray cat whose fur was still wet. He licked his front paws with a look of disgust and quickly combed his wet, half-dried fur while cursing, "This is torture, isn't it? This is definitely torture from the darkness! Why are there so many things that torture cats in your bathtub? I thought it was great to be splashed with water, but it turned out to be bubbles and brushes. If this happens every day, I don't want to live anymore. "
Laughing, Lin said, "This is your punishment for giving me work to do. You cats have been seen by that group of people. They are bound to make such a request. How can I refuse? From tomorrow onwards, if you don't want to be caught for cleaning, then hide further away. If that person sees you, I won't be able to do anything. Oh right, do you want some milk? "
"What's milk?" Hardy asked.
Putting down the mug with coffee, Lin took out a bottle of milk from the small fridge in the room. It was not easy to get a bottle of milk in the Labyrinth, who did not have the habit of drinking animal milk. The worst thing was that it was easy to make bad associations.
When he first made such a request to the people of the Chamber of Commerce, the two little girls pressed their hands on their stunted breasts and glared at a certain person with resentful eyes. Although Lin tried to explain the nutritional value of milk, there were different opinions on whether it was nutritious or not even on Earth.
The Apple God, Old Merchant, had said in public more than once that drinking milk was actually a conspiracy marketing method of animal husbandry. It was like giving out chocolates on Valentine's Day. It was a trend caused by candy companies to sell their own products.
As for the truth, a certain person did not know. It was just that he was used to drinking milk before he transmigrated, and now he missed the taste.
The manager of the Chamber of Commerce that Great Magician Kabanbai had introduced was a very capable person. He had actually managed to get him milk and not milk from some random animal. Furthermore, he had even established a long term supply channel for it.
It was a ranch at the edge of the Holy City that specialized in meat. Most of the milk was processed into cheese, and very few people drank it directly. The main reason was that fresh milk did not last long and spoiled easily. But this was not a big problem for a magician.
Lin found a clean plate, poured some milk and placed it in front of Hardy. Realizing what 'milk' in the common language referred to, the gray cat also looked at a certain person with a strange gaze. Since it could not drink a dead cat, Hardy lowered its head and tentatively took a sip.
As soon as he started, he finished the entire plate of milk. In the end, it even licked its paws as if it was still not satisfied.
It seemed that cats on Earth or in the maze had the same habits. Lin thought so.
Ignoring the gray cat that was still busy taking care of itself, Lin opened the skylight used for stargazing. The fixed astronomical telescope began to receive data and record according to the established program design. But this kind of background movement did not stop Lin from peeking at the starry sky through the eyepiece.
Although he had found the sun of his hometown in his search of Earth. But he had not calculated the true distance and position of the sun to the maze. Although his mathematics level seemed to crush all the creatures in the maze, he was still trash in front of the mysteries of the universe. The unknown was much more than what was known.
Jumping onto the small table next to the telescope, Hardy took the opportunity when a certain person moved his head away and peeked into the eyepiece of the telescope. At first, it was shocked and shrank its head, but then it carefully poked its head out to take a closer look. In the end, it even learned from a certain person and narrowed one eye to look at the stars that were magnified dozens of times.
Looking at Hardy's movements, Lin smiled. It was the same saying: no matter which world a cat was from, their curiosity would never change.
"Why do you keep looking at the stars?" Reluctant to retract its head, Hardy looked at the stars and asked.
Lin actually took some time to think about this simple question before answering, "At first, it was because I liked them. I liked the light that broke free from the darkness and made us feel less lonely in the vast universe. Later, it was because I wanted to learn. I liked them, so I wanted to know more about them, so I wanted to learn from them. Now … "
Standing up, Lin pointed to the sky where the Milky Way hung high like a white ribbon and said, "Everything about me is hidden there."
The last explanation was not clear and could be interpreted in many ways. However, cats were not as curious about languages as they were about things. Therefore, Hardy did not delve into Lin Huang's words, but it still asked casually, "I wonder what the sky of the Abyss looks like."
Lin Huang, who had fallen into some kind of inexplicable intoxication, was awakened by this question! Yes, why didn't it think of this question? It had been to the Abyss once, and it was not the underground world with rocks above its head. It was just that the air there was terrible, and the sky was always gray. It was impossible to see what it was. That was why it did not think to take a good look at the sky during the rescue mission.
However, the so-called Abyss was believed by the mages in the maze to belong to another plane, and it was reasonable for it to think so too. But what was this' other plane 'all about?
Different dimensions? Obviously, it wasn't. The Abyss and the maze, and even Earth, were all located in the same dimension. The conditions for gods or lords of the Abyss to descend to the maze in their true form were very strict, and most of the time, they had to descend as saints. However, low-level demons did not have to go through so much trouble. They would look the same as they did in the Abyss when they came to the maze. At most, there would be some changes in their strength.
Clark Kent came to Earth from Krypton, and he would become Superman because of the yellow sun. It was not a big deal that there would be some changes in strength when demons changed locations. However, this also meant that demons did not appear in the maze after dimensionality was reduced.
One of the most obvious characteristics of witnessing a high-dimensional creature was that it would bring cognitive confusion to the witness instead of pure fear. There was still a difference between the two.
Then the question was, where in the universe was the Abyss? Or, which universe was the Abyss in? Was the multiverse theory correct?
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