Formal invitations usually state the purpose simply to avoid catching the invitees off guard, as this would be quite rude. Furthermore, no one can say whether a magician who receives a surprise or fright will be stunned by the fireball spell in the next moment. Of course, there are those who throw fireballs under the pretext of looking for opportunities to take revenge.
Generally, whether you accept an invitation depends not only on the purpose, but also on the face of the inviter. A formal invitation sent by a dharma saint through a powerful person is not so easy to refuse. Furthermore, the Dharma Saint graciously refused to pursue the opponent's attack after stabbing him in the face before. Regardless of whether the fight was won or not, there was always less trouble. This favor also made it difficult for Lin to refuse the invitation.
This time, Lin decided to put aside the affairs at hand and attend this dinner. The real reason was that he was also interested in the Dharma Saint's purpose. Dharma Saint Babak Abu Nahan invited someone in a private capacity rather than an official capacity to introduce a friend, Nguyen Van Viet from the Gia Long Chamber of Commerce.
This new friend was not completely unfamiliar to Lin. In the past, on the golden waterway of the Vida Military Kingdom, the aristocratic couple introduced by the White Swordsman William Greco, the wife of Baron Engels, Nguyen Thi Hui, was from the family behind the Gia Long Chamber of Commerce.
Although I got a document similar to a letter of introduction from the other party, I could rely on it to do business with the Ruan family from various places, that is, the Jialong Chamber of Commerce. But Lin never had the opportunity to use this letter of introduction.
Even after arriving in the Holy City, he made good friends with the Chamber of Commerce of Kabanbai Academy and did not go to the Jialong Chamber of Commerce on his own. The biggest reason is not that they dare not ask for or owe this favor, but because the main business items of the Jialong Chamber of Commerce are bulk grains, and the products are mainly crops. Therefore, the people they serve are also noble lords or kings from various places.
When magicians buy things, they usually have many and miscellaneous items, but the quantity is not large, which is different from the bulk transaction type of nobles and lords. A chamber of commerce that was able to do business with nobles from all over the world looked down upon the small business of magicians.
So someone who doesn't know the weight of that letter of introduction doesn't intend to test the other person's attitude with his own face. Anyway, as long as you can buy what you need, the chamber of commerce introduced by the president of Kabamba Academy is one of the best in the Holy City in terms of strength.
Now that people from this family are coming to visit, Lin will certainly be interested in the other party's purpose. Not to mention anything else, just because the other party has a crop like rice in his hands, it is worth meeting him. The staple food of Midi is still mainly wheat and potatoes. Except for the last time I saw rice being served at a banquet on the golden waterway of the military state, rice is completely extinct in other places.
Because no one in the family likes this kind of occasion, and they only go there as a foil, or they are busy with other things, so someone has to go to the meeting alone. By the way, who did these people learn this damn personality from?
From among his brand new robes, he found the one that looked most appropriate and put it on. Although this is considered a good material for ordinary clothes, compared with ordinary magicians, it is quite shabby. The only good thing is that at least it doesn't feel shabby.
When I was traveling before, the people I met on the road looked like they were dusty, so I didn’t pay much attention to it. But now that it has settled down, the people who come and go are all big shots, or veteran magicians. But he himself is dressed in a way that even a fledgling magic apprentice wouldn't know how to do. Sometimes he blushes just thinking about it.
Fortunately, the method of making clothes with magic silk has been figured out, the materials are all ready, and the preliminary arrangements have been made, all I have to do is wait for myself to go back and take charge. The first time I turned on the phone, I felt really uneasy when I wasn't watching.
The location of the dinner was the residence of a small nobleman of the Gwana Empire in the holy city of Estali. But that nobleman or his family members rarely live here because their family's territory is near the Holy City. Despite this, the place was still fully equipped with servants and chefs, because the little noble would lend the place to his friends to hold banquets or to stay in the Holy City for a short period of time.
Sometimes friends of friends would come to borrow them, including some big shots. Of course, the little noble was happy to do such a favor and at the same time expand his personal connections. Therefore, this noble residence is quite famous in the Holy City. Especially the chef's craftsmanship, everyone who has eaten it is full of praise.
Because the mansion is some distance away from my home in the Holy City, and I don’t want to use flash to damage this outfit. In the past, I would have had to borrow a carriage from the college to travel. Although he could not run rampant in the Holy City with the college's coat of arms, he could still frighten many people. At least it's more useful than my own shabby outfit among magicians.
After Lin thought about it for a while, he walked into the silver-bearded dwarf's workshop.
The outer wall of the workroom is equipped with a magic circle with sound insulation and other multiple effects, so after the door is closed, it is difficult to detect what is being done inside from the outside. But as soon as you enter, you will find a different world. A bright, magical and modern workshop that is different from the earth appears in front of someone's eyes.
On the side are chains and pulleys hanging the disassembled peace weapons, and diagonally above there is a miniaturized hybrid engine transmitting power. Countless sensing pipelines are connected to various parts, allowing this power armor to obtain detailed data from simulations without the need for actual testing.
This achievement was almost all accomplished independently by the Silverbeard dwarves. At most, Lin and Fen could give them some advice when they asked questions, or give them direction when they had no goals. It's all just verbal help, no editing involved in the program.
On the other side was the car that the dwarves had just mentioned not long ago. Using magical materials regardless of cost, a car can be handcrafted much faster than someone could imagine. Just like the car in front of me, the main structure has been completed, leaving only some skin that has not been covered.
You must know that the Silverbeard Dwarves have been researching the structure of power armor since the Empire era. For many machine structures, they already have a lot of technology accumulation. Coupled with the experience of cooperating with someone to urgently build an airship on a snowy mountain at the end of last year, they were able to complete a set of standardized car design drawings and actually build a car with ease.
However, if they don't have any experience to refer to the two major structures of suspension and chassis, they will be fooled. Fortunately, although this person has never built a real car, he has assembled a remote control car, and he can explain the relevant design structure and principles.
Even so, Silverbeard Dwarf did not handle the structure on the chassis very well. The most important thing is that the space configuration is not well arranged. In some places, the parts are too crowded, or the structure is high; in other places, it is upside down. As a result, the engine room in front of the car is high and low, and it is also difficult to cover it.
If the skin is pressed against the machine, it will look strange. If it is posted squarely, there will be a lot of empty space inside. Some people are convinced by this kind of virtue. Fortunately, they at least remembered to balance the counterweights, which prevented this mysterious first car from sinking at the same time.
Small areas such as seat cushions, doors, headlights, and rear mirrors have already been completed. The parts that have not yet been completed are the skin of the engine room, the closing of the rear compartment, and the overall consistent paint design.
Because from time to time someone would come in, check on the progress, and discuss it with the dwarves. So Jermaine and the others didn't act like they were guarding against the two little devils and a few naughty cats, and drove people or cats out as soon as they saw them. It's really because there are many dangerous places and objects in the workshop. Those ignorant brats will only cause trouble when they come in, not good things.
However, Jermaine still took a rag, wiped his hands, and came over and said: "Brother, it only takes two days to complete the first trial car. Where do you plan to conduct road testing?" ?"
"How about doing it now?"
"What?" The silver-bearded dwarves who were working all raised their heads and looked at someone in surprise.
Not caring about the expressions of the dwarves, Lin asked: "Can this trial No. 1 machine run away?"
"Yes, yes, but..."
Lin asked again: "Did any problems occur in your simulation?"
"That's not true. It's just the finishing touches?"
"Since there's no problem, that's fine. I happen to have something to go out for now, and I haven't bothered to buy a new carriage because I'm waiting for it. Now that I have the opportunity, wouldn't it be a waste of all your hard work if you don't put it to use? ." With that said, Lin got into the driver's seat.
The layout of this prototype car is mostly directly based on the configuration of left-hand drive cars on Earth. Including steering wheel, gear lever, accelerator, brake, handbrake, clutch, etc. In this regard, someone is not going to use the imagination of the silver-bearded dwarves to use some unknown creativity.
As for the instrument panel, because it is a small space and there are no mechanical instruments to choose from, it can only be directly programmed to control the digital instrument, so I have no special requirements for how to design this part. It just means that the accuracy needs to be reliable enough.
What the Silverbeard dwarves did was to use the equipment that someone used on the airship and use it on a vehicle. So when Lin saw a car with a level and height gauge, his first thought was to look for a red button. After pressing it, the car will transform and fly.
I couldn't find the red button, so I couldn't say how disappointed I was. I just felt nostalgic for that good movie from the past. Lin asked again: "Is there enough gasoline in the tank?"
"The engine I installed is a four-cylinder hybrid engine. It can be filled with gasoline or driven by the power of the magic stone. Do you want to add gasoline to it?"
"Fill up the fuel tank and replace the magic stone with a new one. On the way out, I will use the gasoline mode and on the return trip I will use the power mode. I will test the actual loss in both modes."
"Okay." Jermaine responded, greeted Riley, and took a pump to pump the gasoline from one of the small tanks into the car's fuel tank.
After everything was ready, the dwarves pulled up the iron rolling door of the workshop, Lin pressed the ignition switch and stepped on the accelerator slightly. When that familiar sound reached his ears, he couldn't help but hold the steering wheel with both hands, feeling a little nervous. This is not a sense of mission that is about to start an era in a different world, but a big boy's excitement when he gets a new toy.
