Hotel on the mountain

In July 1800, Duke Yetroyuraya wrote in reply:

"Dear father, I'm sorry that I can't share the pressure for you, but instead put another burden on your shoulders.

Regarding family, I believe that differences between brothers cannot cut off their blood ties. Polanyi will like your decision to set him up. He will also understand that as a man, everything must be achieved by himself, not by the charity of others.

Regarding politics and war, this is the only thing I can say that will make you breathe a sigh of relief - your beloved eldest son, Jetro Raya, has not found anything of value yet. In other words, I will continue to implore my father to support my career in developing the New World.

I hope that, father, you can send all the felons in the territory, and even the felons from other noble territories, to the New World. This should save you a lot of prison expenses and create some income. As for how to manage it, don't worry, I will take care of it.

Dear Father, some people will appreciate what I do, but some will criticize me, and ultimately, history will draw its conclusion. I am so relieved that you are on my side. May you be in good health, your beloved son, Jethro. "

In January after the Lanternfish incident, Yetro discounted hotel accommodation prices, so the hotel was now full. In addition, hunters had to wait until the end of July to return to the New World by ship, so Gaoshan A hotel is like forcibly selling a house for two months in disguise.

This can effectively withdraw the money earned by hunters and realize the operation of funds.

As for Thorad Chiyo's consciousness node, Jetro has not touched it yet - he already knows that in order to establish a connection, consciousness and reality must be carried out at the same time. Without understanding Thorad's trust in him, He still doesn't want to lose the precious first contact before meeting the demand - impression points are very important.

Now Jetro's focus is on the business expansion of the hotel, because after all, after two hundred years of idleness and original destruction, the Alpine Castle has become a castle with only tourist value. If you want to restore this human building The amount spent on crystallization is simply beyond what the current Raya family can afford.

Gordon also pointed out problems with the current hotel, which was improved from the Alpine Castle Hall. In terms of decoration alone, the relics full of history are used, and the broken floors, pillars, murals, etc. are euphemistically called "cultural relics." But this is definitely not a long-term plan, and it is not in line with Jetro’s positioning - history is for appreciation, not for use, especially for historical buildings.

The Alpine Hotel must be transformed into a hotel that combines the latest craftsmanship with historical significance.

In this step, Jetro wanted to solve the problem of "lighting".

The number of night-blooming night-blooming candles in the inventory was dwindling, and Jetro also discovered a unique "light source" - the lamp of the walking lantern fish.

Inspired by family heirlooms, Jetro thought that if there were no electric lights in the world, natural light seemed to be an excellent alternative. So he searched for all the luminous materials around him, and found that the light sacs of the walking lantern fish used as hunting certificates seemed to be a potential light source.

It is worth mentioning that after reaching a strategic cooperation policy with the Emperor's Lantern, the reward for the Lantern Fish dropped. Hunters began to explore further away from the Alpine Hotel, hoping to find rarer and more expensive materials - some people Cross the Raya River and head towards the volcano. The small volcano has not erupted for three hundred years and must have fallen into a dormant period. The materials for the monsters living near the volcano all have strong fire attributes and are hard currency on the market.

Some people went to the large forest to the east and found a large number of traces of the Barbarosaurus - this is the most powerful four-star monster that has been discovered so far. Yetro also followed suit and released a treasure worth 4400 There is a reward of gold yuan, and the reward for capture alive is 6,000 gold yuan. Hunters guessed that this was the breeding season of Barbarian jaws, so a large number of Barbarian jawed dragons came out to move around. In this era when the average monthly income of the people is 2,000 gold yuan, this is a good opportunity to make a fortune that cannot be missed.

In view of the fact that the Barbarian Jaw Dragon is a very powerful solitary monster, many hunters began to form hunting teams. The change that followed was that the number of wounded people treated by Dao'er every day began to increase sharply - the medicine alone could be sold for a large sum of money.

And Jetro stood at the door of the specially opened medical room, listening to the wailing of the wounded inside, and it was not difficult to imagine the people crying in the pool of blood with their broken limbs. Because Jetro has seen the appearance of the Barbarosaurus - some hunting teams are powerful and brought back the body of the Barbarian jaws. It is a creature similar to the Tyrannosaurus rex on the earth. Monster hunters call it "the thug of the forest". "Not only does it have a strong bite ability, but it also has a fire bag hidden in its body, which can carry out fatal fire-breathing attacks. In short, Yetro doesn't want to see this monster in the forest at all.

He called out Dao'er and rode with her to the blacksmith shop by Pearl Lake. After renovation, the blacksmith shop has been transformed from a small shop into a house covering an area of ​​more than 100 square meters. Strong smoke is emitted from the chimney, and huge and complex large-scale forging machinery is hammered under the action of water flow, levers and gears. With large monster material.

Simba is the only one running the entire blacksmith house. He has proposed for a long time that Jetro help him recruit a group of potential apprentices, and impressed Jetro with the reason that they can make a profit. However, human resources can only wait for modern times. Duke Raya responded.

"Hey, sir, are you here to check the progress?" Simba looked very cheerful with his dark skin and bald head.

"Well, how is the 'Fish Lantern'?" Jetro casually observed some simple weapons forged by Simba in the blacksmith house, and saw Simba pull out an iron tool from a corner——

Its overall shape is very similar to the egg sheath of a tiger shark, and also like a spiral torpedo, except that only the spiral pattern is retained and a groove is made in the middle. It can be seen that Simba benefited from his experience in making hunter equipment and always made the corresponding items close to the monster's life. For example, the shape of the "fish lantern" is inspired by things related to "fish".

This light fixture is not pretty, but it works.

Dao'er took the lamp and took out a light capsule from his bag - it was like a luminous pearl, wrapped in a transparent watch case, emitting bright light, making people feel calmer when looking at it. The most ingenious thing is that Daoer took a white coral, hollowed out the inside of the coral, and hollowed out the outer shell to make a delicate container to hold the light sac of the lantern fish.

She placed the light sac encased in coral on the groove, happily raised it to admire it twice, and turned it around in a circle, and finally explained to Yetro: "I use the blue mushrooms brought back by the hunters. 'Mixed with 'undead bugs' to form 'life dust', and then melted the life dust into liquid to soak these light sacs, so that they can maintain their 'living characteristics' for a period of time even if they have been separated from the main body. "

"Great! Very good!" Jetro took the lamp, looked at it carefully, and asked, "What's the cost?"

"Hmm..." Dao'er pondered for a while, "The cost of life dust is relatively high, but because it is very effective after being diluted with liquid, it is definitely cheaper than Epiphyllum Beast's candle!"

"In my opinion -" Simba took up the topic, "the cost of all items with a wide range of raw materials is not much higher, but the processing cost is relatively high." Simba looked at the exquisite coral lantern made by Dao'er , pondered for a while, then took out the lamp, dug out a bucket of dye in the foreground corner, and used a brush to apply a layer of beige to cover the original color of the iron. At this point, he nodded with satisfaction.

Jetro took over the “Fish Light Capsule Lighting Fixture” which has improved its appearance to a higher level. After thinking about its commercial value, he concluded that “it can only meet the needs of the hotel, and at most it can be sent to home.”

Compared with the huge industrial chain required to make an electric lamp in the previous life, the production chain of fish lanterns is not complicated. It probably requires lantern fish farms, iron ore mining, iron smelting, vital dust blending facilities, light capsule processing plants, and packaging equipment. etc.

But as far as the breeding of walking lanterns is concerned - only medium-sized walking lanterns can emit qualified light sacs upward - you can't always ask the emperor walking lanterns: "Hello, I want to build a 'cultivation and slaughtering medium-sized lantern fish'" "Xing Deng Yu Production Line', do you have any pertinent opinions?"

What's more, if mass production is not possible, low cost will not be achieved. If low cost is not achieved, the currently huge candle market cannot be squeezed. And if it is only supplied to the upper class, it will not be sold at a high price.

After Yetro figured it out, he would let everyone iterate in the worst case. But for now, the fish lights have indeed played a role in reducing the hotel's lighting expenses, so this is enough. So he encouraged the two of them, walked out of the blacksmith house, and saw Qiu Guang at a glance.

Qiu Guang was in a grove near the lake near the blacksmith house. He set up a hammock in the sparse grove, and a small table was opened next to it. On it were dishes made by the hotel chef Pavlov. Exquisite snacks - pan-fried velociraptor legs, and charming wine - Summer Light Mist (mainly brewed from a plant in the Raya River, served with ice cubes, once you drink it in your throat, you will feel as if you are icy from head to toe) foot feeling).

He was naked from the waist up, only wearing a pair of beach shorts for vacation. His shield and axe, which killed countless monsters, and his iconic black robe were all draped at the foot of the tree. So that he could swing the hammock comfortably and enjoy the tranquility of the New World and the beauty of life during this lazy lunch break.

Jetro looked at it, walked over, and asked with a smile: "Are you satisfied with our service? Our chef is the best in the western region of the Hebrew Empire."

"Ah?" Qiu Guang took off his black robe, revealing short black hair. Although he was still in his twenties, he looked much younger than Jetro, and his voice always had a youthful air. But at this time, with some unexpected panic, he said, "Satisfied, satisfied! It's delicious and drinkable."

He hurriedly rolled down from the hammock, scratched his head in embarrassment, and responded: "I'm very sorry, it's been so long since I've been here and I haven't visited you yet - it's really impolite to enter the master's house. ”

Jetro saw the ravines and scars on the young man's body, and he only had deep respect in his heart: "You are too polite. I, the master, should have come to visit you earlier. What do you do to this area?" You have made a great contribution, so during your stay in the New World, all food and drinks are free - if you have paid, please tell me and I will give you an extra one."

"Haha! I've already paid! Then can I ask for different food? I really want to eat the 'Athlon Feast' made by the chef, but I spent all my savings on forging equipment." Qiu Guang Unlike when he was fighting monsters, he looked like he would keep strangers away. His nature was somewhat cute and simple, and he always expressed it unabashedly when faced with the things he liked.

Jetro took out a piece of expensive paper from his arms and wrote on it "With this creed, food and drink are free - Jetro Raya". At the end, he took out his private seal, stamped it and handed it over. He gave it to Qiu Guang and said: "The Raya family never treats any talented person badly, let alone the 'Full Banquet of Velociraptor'. If there are enough materials, I will ask Pavlov to make 'Full Banquet of Barbarian Jaw Dragon'" 'Come out! I heard that the dragon's tenderloin will burst with juice when you bite it."

When Jetro heard a heavy swallowing sound, he handed the note to Qiu Guang with a smile. After the two waved, Jetro got on the horse and left.

When he passed by the place where he fought with the lantern fish in Pearl Lake, he found that there were already some service personnel who were transformed from prisoners to collect the lantern fish carcasses, and there were some guards nearby to guard them - he really wanted to go down and kill some fish himself. To accumulate spiritual energy in his body, but he knew that in the normal process of exploring with the guards, "killing monsters" can still be maintained by experiencing combat, but if a leader often comes to do this kind of entrapment and killing work, he will definitely People will guess what his purpose is. After all, the fact that he was born without psychic powers has been known to the upper class of society, so why does he suddenly have psychic powers?

Others can guess blindly, but he must not be guessed, so he must try to reduce unnecessary abnormal situations.

This kind of trap to attract lantern fish is very simple. It is mainly accomplished by trapping - dig some deep pits not far from the lake and connect them with ditches in the lake. The size of the ditch only allows small lantern fish to pass through. , so that when a lantern fish was attracted by the fire in front of the pit and jumped in - the small lantern fish was released and the medium lantern fish was killed.

The large black lanternfish are not attracted to such small fires - they always appear when there is a big fire.

After watching for a while, Jetro suddenly remembered that Thorad Chiyo seemed to be playing outside with his daughter all the time. If he wanted to establish a connection with him, could he start with his daughter's hobbies?

A strange smile appeared on his face, and he felt as if he had a good idea.