Last Totem Novel - Chapter 277
Chapter 277 Decent
The bed was covered with white sheets, a pillow and a neatly folded quilt. Tie Zha sat down on the edge of the bed and leaned against the quilt. In the quiet atmosphere, he quickly fell asleep …
“Dingling … Dingling … Dingling … Dingling … Dingling …”
After an unknown amount of time, he was awakened by the sound of a distant bell. After leaving the small pavilion, he walked down the spiral stairs. An old maid was standing below, gently shaking the bell in her hand.
“Young Master, it’s lunchtime.” Said the skinny old maid. This title of “Young Master” was the conclusion she had reached after discussing it with the two of them for nearly two hours. It would be strange to call him “Master,” and it would be inappropriate to call him “Master,” since the real owner of the large house was not him, but “Master,” whose age and status did not correspond. The trio discussed and decided to call him “Young Master,” appearing young, respectable, and expressing the position of the same family member.
However, the result that they racked their brains to come up with was not recognized by their master. Not only did Tie Zha feel a little uncomfortable with the new name, but it was also a little ear-piercing. In his subconscious, those “Young Masters” were probably not good things. They were idle all day long, and they were everywhere, causing trouble …
However, like most people, he could always see the problems of others, but could not see the problems of himself. If Mu Yuqinxin was standing here and knew what he was thinking, she would definitely say, “Student Sa Jia Qi, are you trying to stir up trouble? Isn’t this talking about you?”
“My name is Tie Zhao. You can call me by my name in the future.” He said.
“Young Master, this won’t do. If outsiders hear us, they will think that we don’t know the difference between master and servant and that we don’t understand the rules.” The old maid said.
“She’s right. This kind of address doesn’t conform to the rules and is disgraceful. Even if Young Master doesn’t mind, the other nobles will.” Another maid walked over and echoed.
“Isn’t it good to call your names? This is my respect for you, and it’s also your respect for me.” Tie Zha asked with a frown. In his opinion, addressing each other by name was a sign of mutual respect. He always felt that people should be equal and should not have a natural disadvantage. Even if it was a beggar on the streets, he should be equal in terms of address.
The thin old maid said, “Young Master is not from a noble family. There may be some things we don’t understand. We call you Young Master precisely because we respect each other. Young Master provides us with employment opportunities, we provide him with decent services, and we perform our respective duties.”
“Everyone gets what they need.” The tall and thin old maid added.
“Do your job and get what you need.” The skinny old maid repeated solemnly, Then he said, “We also agree that there shouldn’t be any distinction between people of high and low status, but there is no denying that there has always been a gap between wealth and status in human society since ancient times. Even in the free society of 2,000 years ago, this is still the case …” She paused. “The accumulation of wealth determines the ownership of resources, and the strength of ability determines the level of social status. This is the root of everything, but it is not wrong, because without this, society will stop and people will become lazy and have no pursuit …”
“The longsword opens up land for the plough. The plough provides fruits and vegetables for the longsword. The longsword pays with blood and life. The plough pays with hard work and respect. The longsword reaps honor and status. The plough reaps peace and harmony. This is the core concept of the Silver City nobles. We each do our own jobs and get what we need.” The tall and thin old maid bowed and said.
“Perhaps some of the nobles’ actions are not decent, but those are only the few, not the majority.” The skinny old maid bowed and said.
“What are you talking about? Does the young master want to fire us?” Right at this moment, a loud roar suddenly came from the side of his body. The gong-like voice caused his eardrums to ache. Following the voice, a middle-aged woman with large arms and waist was rushing over aggressively with a thick rolling pin. Along with her heavy footsteps, it was as if the whole house was shaking.
When she rushed in front of Tie Zha, she held a rolling pin in one hand and crossed her waist in the other, asking roughly, “Young man, do you think we’re old and stupid and don’t want us anymore?”
Tie Zha shook his head calmly in the face of the hill-like chef.
“Old Jenny, isn’t Young Master going to fire us?” The cook turned around and asked the skinny old maid.
Old Jenny nodded. The cook looked at the tall and thin old maid and hesitated, “Old Meihuizi, is what she said true?” Meihuizi also nodded.
“Hahaha!” The cook crossed her waist and laughed. Then, she patted Tie Zha’s shoulder forcefully and said in a loud voice, “I told you, the young master is so nice. Why would he fire us?”
Right at this moment, Chef Niang’s expression suddenly froze as she stared at Tie Zha’s face seriously. After a while, she muttered to herself, “Eh … why do I seem to have seen the young master somewhere …”
Hearing the cook’s words, Tie Zha looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him seriously. Not long after, he finally remembered that this cook was none other than the kitchen aunt he met in the dining hall when he first arrived at the academy. She shook her spoon and shook all the meat out. It was truly impressive …
He remembered, but the cook did not remember. She was frowning and thinking hard, but did not move for a long time.
“Auntie Hua, Young Master’s meal time is up.” Old Jenny reminded.
“Oh, you see, I forgot. Come, come, come, young master. Today, I made roasted lamb chops, bacon, mushroom stew, potato soup, tomato and cold noodles …”
Afterwards, Tie Zha arrived at the side of the kitchen area under the gathering of the three old women and sat down at the seven or eight meter long dining table.
As soon as he picked up the knife and fork, Tie Zha looked left and right and asked, “Aren’t you guys going to eat?”
“We’ll eat it after Young Master finishes.” Old Jenny replied.
“Only when the warriors are full can they resist the enemy and give the peasants a peaceful life.” Old Meihuizi said.
“He wants to fire us?” “No!” “No!” The cook became nervous again and subconsciously raised her rolling pin. Old Jenny and Old Meihuizi hurriedly comforted her.
The iron slag rolled its eyes and ate without saying anything else. After a glass of pre-dinner wine, a roasted lamb chop and a plate of cold noodles, Tie Zha took the hot towel from Old Jenny with satisfaction and wiped his mouth. It had to be said that although this fat chef was a bit vulgar, her cooking skills were indeed not bad.
After lunch, Tie Zha sat down in the living room and drank some lemon tea. About twenty minutes later, between one o’clock and one o’clock at noon, a fat middle-aged man in a black dress with a respectful smile walked into the mansion under the lead of Old Mei Huizi and arrived in front of Tie Zha.
“Good afternoon, Lord Tie Zha. I’m Sam Nichols, Super VIP Customer Specialist for Harley Industries. Nice to meet you.” Sam bowed and greeted.
“Please sit down.” Tie Zha raised his hand and said.
Sam sat down and quickly cut to the chase. He handed over a large brick-thick picture album and said, “This is our product. Lord Tie Zha, please choose it.”
Tie Zha took it and casually flipped through it for a while. The album was filled with pictures of the mechanical armor and various details that he couldn’t understand at all. Afterwards, he put down the album and asked, “Introduce it. It’s best to be simple.”
“Yes, Sir Tie Zha.” Sam nodded and continued to introduce.
Currently, there is only one type of mechanical power armor in Harley Industries. It is the standard type, but it can be adjusted according to the needs of customers. There are roughly two directions to adjust, namely, the agile direction, which sacrifices armor and accessories for better flexibility, and the defensive direction, which sacrifices power and accessories for better protection.
As for auxiliary accessories, there were many to choose from, mainly divided into four categories. The first category is flight, such as airbags, propellers and so on; The second category is detection, such as infrared scanners, gene scanners, combat strength evaluation scanners and so on; The third category is subsistence, such as air circulation system, temperature regulation system and so on; The fourth category is special and includes a variety of functions, such as ejection ropes, climbing claws, monitoring launchers, small unmanned aerial probes, excavators, anesthesia/guns, welding guns, parachutes, inflatable rubber bags and other auxiliary equipment.
As for auxiliary weapons, there are a variety of small thermal weapons, such as small caseless machine guns, small emergency shotguns and small emergency flamethrowers.
Harley Industrial Standard Mechanical Power Armor is equipped with: Concealed Steel Armor, Shoulder Armor, Dorsal Armor, Leg Guard, Low Content Black Ferroalloy Breastplate and Helmet, Low Content Mithril Titanium Joint, Harley X5 Industrial Grade Super Density Alloy Engine, Three Groups of Auxiliary Injection Bag, Dual Rocket Fuel Propulsor, Harley Three Phase Power Transmission System, Harley “Deep Freezing” Cooling System; Auxiliary equipment is infrared thermal scanner, air circulation system, inflatable rubber bag; Auxiliary weapons are small emergency shotguns; The full set of mechanical power armor has a dead weight of 61kg and a basic cost of 5350 gold.
Upgrade customization, you can replace armor anywhere for better defense or lower dead weight, and you can also replace components such as engines, power transmission systems, cooling systems, and so on.
There are four main alloys, ferroalloys, aluminum alloys, titanium alloys, mercury alloys; Among them, ferroalloys were the heaviest and hardest, while titanium alloys were the lightest and had relatively low hardness. Mercury alloys were the most special, and were generally only used in third-generation psionic power armors.
There are three kinds of rare metal alloys: low content, standard content and high content; The superdensity alloys of composite rare metals were divided into four grades: industrial grade, diamond grade, fearless grade, and divine craftsman grade; Its hardness and toughness are far from each other, but its price is also far from each other, so we must choose carefully.
A few minutes later, despite Sam’s simple explanation, Tie Zha was still confused. In the end, he was finally impatient and said, “I’m going to order five pieces for 30,000 gold. Give me a plan.”
“Do you need a special tendency?” Sam asked.
Tie Zha thought for a while. He was going to give Halley’s Mechanical Power Armor to the four people from the War Bear Temple. He and Wang Hu had no special tendency. The porcupine was fatter, Tuoba San was slower to react, so he had a defensive tendency. The match was thinner, his movements were more flexible, and he was more agile.
After confirming Tie Zha’s request, Sam took out a pen, paper, and calculator from his briefcase and began to calculate …
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