Kemo Strill walked through the town towards the Chishui River. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Frontier Town is now a thriving place, and it's hard to imagine that it used to be an outpost that was only set up to detect the movements of evil beasts. The ground is black and grey underfoot, and the streets are lined with neatly arranged bungalows, which, unlike residential buildings, are not intended for habitation, and are much more spacious than houses, but rather like smaller warehouses.

Listen to His Highness's meaning, these houses will be used for sale in the future.

In front of the bungalow is a deep drainage ditch, covered with stone slabs, as if drawing two boundaries between the black streets. In addition, a large tree is planted on the side of the road at intervals, sandwiched between two bungalows, and the branches are closer to the center of the road, which not only provides shade and rain, but also gives people a pleasing feeling.

I have to say that the biggest feeling for him here is orderliness.

Houses, roads, ditches and trees are all located in planned locations that are no less elaborate than the garden gardens of the aristocracy. The feeling of strolling through the border town is comparable to that of the main city of Chishui City, which is denser and larger in size, but the extremely harmonious arrangement of these prosaic houses exudes a unique beauty. This feeling overshadows the enormity of the individual and reveals a higher level of grandeur as a whole.

Like those uniform chemical formulas, he thought, this is the beauty that comes with order.

Now Kaimo is well known in the town, and passers-by nod to him and respectfully address him as Lord Sage. However, he prefers the title of Master of Chemistry to the Sage, but it is a pity that His Royal Highness Roland said that he must comprehend "Medium Chemistry" before he can receive this honor.

Walking out of the central area, you can see the Chishui River that runs through the western border, and the number of laboratories along the river has increased to four, but the latter two can only be idle for the time being because they do not have enough manpower.

Kemo was about to call a few apprentices to complete the task ordered by His Highness, when a soldier in the uniform of the First Army approached.

"Your Excellency, a sailboat has come to the docks, carrying more than fifty ...... Civilians," he said, after saluting, "because there were too many of them, and they didn't look like merchants, the garrison stopped them. One of them said he wanted to see you, and he claimed to be an alchemist from Chishui City, named -"

"Chames!" Camo excitedly grabbed the soldier's shoulder, "take me to him!"

......

Pulling the soldier to the dock area, a familiar figure caught his eye—it was Chames.

"Mentor!" the other party also spotted Kaimo for the first time, and immediately waved his hands at him.

"These are the alchemists and alchemy apprentices I invited," he walked over to the captain of the garrison, "let them all in, and I'll take them to the town hall to register." ”

"Yes, Your Excellency. But allow me to send a team to escort them. ”

"It doesn't matter. ”

It is said to be an escort, but it is actually monitoring and control, so as not to let anyone break away from the team and blend into the center of the town. However, these are all rules set by His Royal Highness the Prince, and Kaimo has no intention of interfering.

"What the hell is going on with them, my lord, why is there anyone in a deserted town who guards the docks?" Chames, who had been let away, walked quickly to his side, and complained with some displeasure, "and the investigation is stricter than that of the city guards in the big cities, and even the names and origins are asked, and I didn't let them change their minds with the silver wolf." ”

"Silver wolf?" asked Kemo with interest, "how many?"

"Of course it's one," Chammez was slightly stunned.

"Hahaha," he stroked his beard and laughed, "of course it won't work, considering that their pay is around fifteen silver wolves a month." ”

"Ten...... Fifteen?"

"Well, the First Army is much more comfortable than the city patrols that survive by extorting merchants and travelers. However, because of this, extortion, looting, or taking private property are strictly forbidden, and if discovered, they will be immediately expelled from the army and sent to the dungeon to face trial. Although Kaimo is not an official official of the city hall, the interim minister of chemical industry has attended several meetings and has a certain understanding of these higher-level policies.

"Can they really control their hands?" asked Chammes, slightly skeptical.

"There are also some that can't be controlled, but they are all allocated to mines. He pouted, "Didn't you notice what makes this town unique when you came?"

"Uh...... "There are quite a few," the young alchemist scratched his head, "for example, there seem to be a lot of people cutting down trees and building roads along the river, and they are all so far away from the border towns, where do they want to build them?And what are these towers on the banks of the river for??, do they store water for drinking?" he paused, "yes! before arriving at the docks...... I even saw an iron bridge under construction! not wood or stone, I was sure it was made of iron!"

"And it's much longer than I've ever seen a bridge before, right?" the chief alchemist smiled slightly, "So don't bring the life experience of Chishui City here, it's a completely different city, of course...... It's still just a town, but it's surprising enough. Just like those in "Elementary Chemistry", you wouldn't have thought that there was such a possibility in the world until you saw it with your own eyes. ”

For some reason, when he said these words to his former apprentice, he felt inexplicably happy and happy in his heart. When he thought about it, he realized that he had come to see himself as a member of the Frontier Town, enjoying it as if he were showing off his new home to his guests.

......

After completing the registration, the apprentices were handed over to the city hall officials to arrange their accommodation, and Kemo Stoll pulled Chamez directly back to his residence.

"Although I knew that you would definitely accept my invitation in the end, I didn't expect you to come so quickly. ”

"I ......," Chammez bowed his head a little embarrassed, "I should have promised you before." ”

The Chief Alchemist smiled, he was obsessed with alchemy, but he was not ignorant of the world. Chames did not initially choose to leave, probably because he had the expectation that the lord would be able to obtain the position of chief with the two-acid method. It wasn't until Capora became the new chief that he still had a lot of prejudices against him, which led him to make up his mind to leave Chishui City.

However, Kaimo didn't care about this little bit of careful thinking, and longing for the position of the head of the workshop was the ultimate pursuit of every alchemist.

"Don't take the previous things to heart, alchemy is meaningless here, the glory of the alchemist is also not worth mentioning, here, there is only one thing worth pursuing: chemistry. ”

"I see. Chammez took a deep breath.

"You'll definitely get a separate house, but sleep here tonight, as before...... We haven't talked about it in a long time. ”

When he was teaching the alchemy techniques of Chames, he had dragged this young disciple to talk all night, and if he was sleepy, he would squeeze into a bed and fall asleep.

The other party obviously understood what he meant, and said excitedly, "Yes, mentor!"

After dinner, the two went to the study, and Kemo Stower carefully brought out the book "Elementary Chemistry".

"Is this the ancient book you admire?"

Chammez solemnly turned the first page and read it carefully. And Kaimo stood by and pointed him out. This scene seems to go back to a few years ago, and the other party has once again become his disciple.

With the addition of Chammez and the fifty or so new apprentices, he has enough manpower to experiment with the large-scale production of sulfuric acid, and two other chemical laboratories are up and running. Kemo smugly thought that the most important thing was that His Highness should also fulfill his promise and hand over "Medium Chemistry" to himself. (To be continued.) )