194 Chapter 194: Gifts (1/2)

Caesar opened his thin lips as he illustrated a rather simplistic picture onto a piece of parchment. ”We are known as a weapons company, however, it is time to broaden our arsenal,” he said, ”even weapons have their limits when it comes to business, thus, we should also dabble into masonry.”

When Caesar had been taught history in his university classes, many innovations on earth occurred during the dark ages. One of which was the flying buttress which shook the architectural world at the time.

Although he wasn't very well-versed in masonry, such a simple concept was easily manageable for someone of Caesar's caliber. It was merely a specific form of buttress composed of an arch that extends from the upper portion of a wall to a pier of great mass.

Caesar didn't plan to make much money off of this invention, instead, it would serve as a face. The number of funds funneling into the company would arouse suspicious from all over the world. Thus, he required something to deter them from finding his underground weapons business.

With this in mind, the design slowly formed onto the piece of paper and showcased itself to both Danny and Veronica. They were both somewhat bewildered by the fact that it was not a weapon, but not entirely disappointed.

”A form of architecture?” Danny asked, ”I thought you were mainly interested in weapons, not anything else.” Danny paused for a moment as he glanced at Caesar's squinted his eyes, ”d-don't get me wrong, I too am interested in masonry.”

Veronica at the side nodded her head at Danny's words, she was confused by the revelation as well. Although she possessed basically no knowledge about engineering, she was still well-versed in business. As such, she didn't understand why a weapons business would turn into a construction one.

Caesar knew of their confusion and quickly explained, ”as I said before, this is merely a face. Wouldn't you find it odd if our business sold nothing but illegal weapons and gained an absurd amount of funds… other kingdoms and those of influence would easily pinpoint our location.”

”Anyhow, let me explain this to you in simple terms,” Caesar turned toward Danny and pointed at the illustration with his slender finger, ”The defining, practical characteristic of a flying buttress is that it is not in contact with the wall it supports. It transmits the lateral forces across the span of intervening space between the wall and the pier.”

As he spoke to here, he could see Danny nod, thus, he continued his explanation until Veronica seemed to doze off on the side. They extended their meeting for a long while and even talked into the dead of night. Finally, after Danny could replicate Caesar's idea with words and illustrations, they decided to end it.

Veronica at the side breathed a sigh of relief and scurried away at her quickest speed. She was not at all interested in engineering, nor did she understand much of it. She merely stayed to impress Caesar and hopefully earn a pay-raise in the future.

After she left the library, Caesar escorted Danny out of the palace and handed him the sketches of the flying buttress. ”Danny, you trust me, yes?” Caesar asked as he wrapped his arm around Danny's shoulders, waiting for a reply.

Danny hesitantly nodded his head and gulped down a mouthful of saliva, ”excellent, well, I trust you as well. Thus, I need you to do a few things for me” Caesar said, ”as a businessman, I must make sure that none my merchandise is stolen and acquired by my enemies… you understand what I'm saying, correct?”

Danny once again nodded his head as a few droplets of sweat rained down his face, 'y-yes, I'll be sure that no one leaks out this confidential information… please don't worry.” Danny replied and subtly removed Caesar's arms around his shoulder, also escaping to his home at the northern side of Rahvin kingdom.

Caesar observed his retreating back with a slight smile, he needed to make sure that none of his employees betrayed him. Although he had already presumed that a few of the mightier factions have reverse-engineered his inventions to a certain extent, they still weren't masters at it yet.

Being a boss was a lot more troublesome than most commoners thought it was. Many fools thought that all boss did was sit around and have his workers do all of the work. However, although that was true to a certain extent, it was wrong in many cases.