Chapter 27 (2/2)
The gno off his watch
“This is a tienerations of researchIt is a round watch that records hours, reat invention of the gnomes, McQueen, let ras to the gnoreatest invention of allIts role is to replace the hourglass that we usedIt uses the units of hours, minutes and secondsAnd we divide one day into 24 hours, the thickest and shortest pointer is turned twice…”
“Stop” McQueen interrupted LanceWhen Lance was talking about the coueHow could this peasant acting so proud?Was he really thinking that he had never seen a watch before? A watch is just a watch anyway“Lance, the greatest craftsman, I don’t want to interrupt you actually, but I just need to tell you that I kno these things work, because there’s one in er than this oneWe call it a clock, and it works the sa now”
“What? You already have it? How is this possible? This is an exclusive invention of the gnomesIt is absolutely exclusive” Lance was shocked and could not accept this fact“This is the greatest invention of the repairer GelbinHow can this invention be so easily extended to you hus?”
“In fact, it is trueHowever, I a to buy a thousand of these at a price of 100 kilograht, it’s just a broken watch after all, how could Lance use it to show off? And even if it’s exclusive, wasn’t Lance using it for trade?
“Yes, it must have been one of us that sold reatest invention to you hu to the quotation of McQueen
“The greatest craftsh it’s already lost its unique value, I’rams of rice”
“Okay, then I will listen to your advice, McQueen” Lance was initially very excited to earn a huge sum of money, unexpectedly, after the response of McQueen, he had to drop the price
Then, their folded backpacks were sold for a thousand at a price of ten kilograms of riceTheir umbrellas which could be closed autorams of riceThey also sold 500 of their stearaAt this stage, McQueen only wanted to test the market, and he didn’t really need these itedorab all their coins
Of course, McQueen wanted to keep these items tooAs the lord of Toss City and as a noble, he had the right to, didn’t he?
The first afternoon with the wrench tribe ended, and the next transaction would need to wait until tomorrowBoth parties needed to discuss internally and come up with a better plan for toave way more, as the next day’s deal was uest house, McQueen summoned his men and they were squeezed into the rooh-end transactions, while Bruce would lead the tea rice, fabric to trade for ore or local specialtiesThese were the items that one couldn’t use to cheat for o well for this afternoon? I’ot a lot of successful transactions” McQueen was sitting on the ot used to his role of being a city lordAs a respected person, he was all in all thethis attention
Bruce clasped his fist and said excitedly, “reat profits! You knohat, I’ve personally rams of rice! I’old coinsBruce, calm down” McQueen said plainly
“Yes, yes, but I’ amount for you, but it’s equal to h to feed a fahed happily
So didn’t have the intention to ht interpret it differentlyMcQueen seerains are cheap, the peasants are the ones that get affectedIt’s still a loss when you use rice to tradeI didn’t expect the increase of the production of rice would increase because of the existence of icThat has made the rice more unworthyThe annual income of ordinary peasants comes froraold coinDo you think their rice can be exchanged for a lot h to survive” McQueen suddenly talked a lot about lifeWhen he started thinking about the torn houses in Toss City, he started to feela peaceful, more stable life to his peopleHe felt like a thousand pounds of weight was pressing his heart,it hard to breathe
This moment of enthusiasm had suddenly become a source of depressionHe was the city lord of Toss City, and he had to rebuild the city and ainHe had to enable his people to a better life
“This desire will be fulfilled soonI have already acted, step by step”
McQueen listened to the report of hisa sense of responsibility
“It’s tio of our cityThis is orries me the mostOr is it just my worry? Anyway, I’m McQueen and McQueen is me”
This is my city, and I’m the lord of it…