Outworld: Rise of an Industrial Empire

December 30, 11255 in the holy calendar.

In the City Lord's Mansion, in the council hall, He Jing was curiously watching Su Zheng write on a long piece of red paper.

Chris walked in from outside the door and said to Su Zheng

, "Your Highness, the production of firecrackers is finally complete.

Hearing this, He Jing immediately asked Su Zheng solemnly

: "By the way, I almost forgot about business, I think you seem to have made a lot of gunpowder, you are going to make a big move? Also, what are firecrackers? New weapons?"

Su Zheng held a homemade brush in one hand and held his arm with the other, glanced at He Jing, and said casually:

"Firecrackers... Yes, a new weapon, one that can... A new weapon that can make you feel happy!

" "What do you mean?"

He Jing frowned when she heard Su Zheng say that it was a new weapon, but when she heard it, she became puzzled.

Su Zheng didn't answer her, but sold Guan Zi and said with a smile:

"Tonight, accompany me to go shopping."

Then Su Zheng put down the brush, looked at Chris and said:

"Chris, firecrackers and fireworks will meet the plan I made first, and you can look at the rest of the arrangements, you can give you some small firecrackers to play with in your house and Thunder, Li Zhen, and their house, pay attention to safety!

As for the four big ones I made myself, they are the top priority of the fireworks show, and it took me a lot of thought to do it, just for those four words. "

Yes, I see.

Chris nodded in agreement, and then left the council room, and He Jing asked suspiciously

, "What kind of performance? What the hell is going on?" "

Hehe, I'll know tonight." Okay, come on, hang this at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion. "

.

In the evening, the sky gradually darkened, and Su Zheng and He Jing pretended to leave the City Lord's Mansion.

Bonfires have been erected at intervals on the streets, and there are more roadside stalls than ever before.

There are people coming and going on the streets, although they are not as crowded as the costume dramas on TV, but Su Zheng has already felt a hint of the New Year.

"In order to celebrate this year's harvest, His Royal Highness the Great City Lord will let everyone taste the delicacies invented by His Highness the City Lord himself for free! Some are wrapped in meat, some are wrapped in sugar, and if you want to eat, go home and get a bowl!" In

front of a stall, soldiers in leather armor shouted in all directions, and a large group of people immediately gathered around.

Hearing this, He Jing asked Su Zheng: "

The delicacy you invented, is the one wrapped in meat

that you ate today?" "Yes, the dumplings you ate today were made by me myself." Wrapped with meat stuffed by hand, cooked by himself

!" Hearing this, He Jing looked at Su Zheng in surprise, looked Su Zheng up and down, and said:

"You can actually cook! God, as a city lord, you still cook by yourself?" You are such a strange person

!" "Haha, do it yourself, even if you are the city lord, you have to be able to cook, lest I become the city lord one day, I can also be a cook, hahaha!"

"Poof... How could you have such an idea!" He

Jing was amused by Su Zheng's words, and he appreciated this unique city lord more and more.

Su Zheng suddenly sniffed his nose, looked in the direction where the smell came from, and found a stall of kebabs:

"Hey, look, roast mutton, go, I'll invite you to eat."

Su Zheng pulled He Jing to the front of the roast mutton stall, and the boss saw that a guest was coming, so he hurriedly shouted:

"Mutton skewers, 1 yuan a piece, 1 yuan a skewer." "

Bring me 5 skewers.

"Okay! Wait! Wait.

Su Zheng took out a copper coin and put it on the stall, the boss was stunned when he saw the copper coin, swallowed his saliva, carefully took the copper coin, and looked at it by the firelight.

The world's common copper coins are not ordinary copper, but pure copper, to be precise, it should be "enchanted pure copper".

With the technological level of this world, pure copper cannot be refined at all, and only magical alchemists can do it by using magic.

Such enchanted copper coins are difficult to make, not easy to wear, and have characteristics that are easy to identify, so they have become the mainstream currency of the Holy Continent.

However, even after tens of thousands of years of development, there are already a lot of reserves, but most of them are concentrated in the hands of nobles, and in the transactions of commoners, 1 copper coin is still a large denomination, so auxiliary coins are also needed.

There are many auxiliary coins, but they are generally referred to as coins, and 100 coins are 1 copper coin.

After the stall owner confirmed the authenticity of the copper coins, he hurriedly put the copper coins away, and then took out a bunch of iron, copper and lead coins, and lit them one by one, and after a while, he said with some embarrassment:

"I'm sorry, I'm here... I can't find it, I only have 91 money in total... It's really.. I can't find it..."

"Okay, bake me 10 skewers." "

Hey, okay, sit down and wait a minute. The

boss put the coins in a bag, handed them to Su Zheng with both hands, and then pointed to the table and chair next to him.

Su Zheng and He Jing sat on the chair and waited for the kebab, Su Zheng glanced at the starry sky, sighed and muttered in his heart:

"Hey, I don't know how long I can see such a scene..."

"What's wrong?"

"It's okay, what's that, the fireworks show is going to start soon!" "

Two slow use, hey, you've also heard about the show tonight, do you know what it is?"

Just when the boss brought the lamb skewers, he heard Su Zheng say about the fireworks show, so he asked.

"I haven't heard of it before, haha. "

Hey, it's said to be a special program prepared by the castle lord for the New Year. As he

was speaking, a loud noise suddenly came, and He Jing vigilantly clenched the sword at his waist, and everyone's eyes were attracted.

A bright flash of fire rushed into the sky, followed by a thud that exploded like a beautiful flower.

The people of the entire city-state stopped to watch, and before everyone could react, a loud noise sounded one after another from all around the city-state, and one after another fires flew into the sky.

"Bang Bang Bang"

explodes with the firelight, and colorful fireworks explode, forming a beautiful landscape painting with the stars in the sky.

Immediately afterwards, fires of various sizes burst into the sky, bursting into fireworks of different colors and sizes.

The people in Suxin City were already frozen, and no one had ever seen the scene of the fire blooming like flowers in the sky.

"It's... Is it fireworks?"

He Jing stared at the sky blankly, even in the wizarding world, there had never been such a scene, making the firelight shine in the air.

"Gunpowder isn't just for killing... It can also be used to draw a beautiful picture.

As soon as Su Zheng's words fell, a louder bang came, and a light larger than all the fires just now rose, and then exploded in the air.

People were surprised to find that this fire actually exploded out of one

word: "word" was followed by another same fire, and another word

exploded: "old"

was another fire

...

After the four words "welcome

" and "new"

exploded, countless fireworks exploded in the air.

"Oh my God..."

"Say goodbye

to the old and welcome the new!" "It's actually words!"

People reacted one after another, and soon realized

that this was the fireworks show that someone advertised during the day, and for a while the street exploded, and many people thought it was a miracle at first, and some people even knelt down to pray, until the four words of farewell to the old and welcoming the new year exploded, people realized that this was a fireworks show promoted by the city lord's mansion, and extended their New Year's Eve blessings.

Just as everyone was talking, there was a crackling sound, and two knights ran down the street with firecrackers, and the people were even more shocked to see this.

"This is

magic!" "This must be magic!" "Oh my God! the great Lord Goddess blesses

!" "The Holy Lord Goddess has appeared!" "His Highness must be the incarnation of the Holy Lord Goddess!" The

people's descriptions became more and more outrageous, making Su Zheng a little embarrassed.

The fireworks in the sky are still blooming, and although such patterns and patterns are very monotonous compared to later generations, people who have never seen such a scene are deeply attracted by the scene of fireworks in full bloom.

"How's that, it's good-looking!" Su

Zheng asked He Jing with a smile, and He Jing, who was looking at the fireworks in a daze, came back to his senses and nodded.

"Come and eat, it's fragrant.

He Jing looked at the unique young city lord in front of him, and a trace of inexplicable feeling welled up in his heart.....