Half-elf Notebook

Chapter 198 Industrial City

After this unpleasant episode, Ina and Aixia's carriage finally drove into the city.

The overall architecture of Pamelin is taller than that of Leishi. Compared with the calm tones of Leishi City, the colors are also brighter and not limited to yellow-gray or blue-gray.

The ground is gray, a stone that roughly looks like a rock surface.

Alchemical cement, a relatively cheap alchemical product.

The road surface is a mixture of water and sand after it dries.

The only side roads on the street are paved with red, gray and white bricks.

There are also upright iron poles on the auxiliary road, standing side by side on both sides of the avenue at a certain distance, like thin and straight guards.

Everything new and bright attracted Ina's attention again. She moved closer to the window again, tilted her head, and looked curiously at the passing city scenery.

The depression just now was gradually relieved.

Passersby also looked up at this exquisite carriage, which was rare even in Pamelin.

Ina, who was looking out, and the elegant and dignified Aishiya were automatically assumed to be sisters from a wealthy family - the difference in hair color and eye color, and the consensus that most rich people are not restrained in those aspects, are what they agree on.

At the corner of a wide intersection, the carriage missed the caravan and turned to another street - different from the others where the caravan needed to go to the goods underwriters and the Chamber of Commerce branch.

What it needs to do is to send the eldest daughter of the Chamber of Commerce to the "Magic Page Academy".

As the carriage turned, the scenery seen through the windows inside the carriage was slightly different. Above the row of houses and shops were several towering spires.

From the vague details, Ina roughly deduced that the "spire" was about two kilometers away from her.

The height of the "spire" itself exceeds 20 meters.

It is much higher than the city wall with bastions.

When she first saw it, her first reaction was that it was a magic tower where traditional magicians lived.

But the thick black smoke visible to the naked eye spewing out from the top disproved the half-elf's conjecture.

It was just like a chimney connected to a fireplace in a house.

A large chimney? No... Who needs a 20-meter-high chimney for their fireplace... Some kind of large furnace?

Looking at the "spire" that seemed to have a similar function to an ordinary chimney, Ina couldn't help but make associations in her mind.

Aixia followed Ina's gaze and could naturally see the tall towers:

"That's the pig iron smelting plant and the alchemical cement production plant. That area is the industrial area of ​​the city."

"Of course there are artillery pieces, and large workshops for cutting and processing iron products, but they don't need such a large smoke tower."

Aixia then explained.

Factories? Industrial areas? Can alchemical products also be made through ordinary means?

Faced with terms and common sense that she had never heard of before, Ina was speechless for a while, but she was greatly shocked in her heart.

At the same time, I feel that my horizons have been broadened.

After all, the ancient magic books did not record that alchemical products could be made by ordinary people through certain methods.

"Does the Berleman Chamber of Commerce also have a part of the investment?"

Ina asked.

Whether it is smelting iron products, steel or alchemical products, in her opinion, they are all good ways to make money.

"Two of the factories under those chimneys are owned by the Platinum Chamber of Commerce."

"Industries directly under the Berleman Chamber of Commerce account for one-fifth of the total number of factories in the industrial zone. In addition, three-tenths of the factories have received investment from the Chamber of Commerce."

"..."

Due to the bustling flow of people and fellow passengers on the street, the speed of the carriage was far from being fast.

But it is much faster than the walking speed of ordinary citizens, about half an hour.

Ina and Aixia arrived at a vast area surrounded by wrought iron fences, where the main building in black and white was tall and magnificent.

Rather than a garden, the area is more like a large plantation in the southern province, on the outskirts of the city... With her extraordinary eyesight, Ina can see the space extending behind the black and white building, as well as the edges and corners of some other buildings.

The sound of horseshoes hitting the concrete floor gradually faded, and the carriage lost momentum and stopped steadily about seven or eight meters away from the main entrance of the courtyard.

Blocking the door was obviously not a polite behavior, not to mention that they were not guests invited by the "Magic Pages" Academy.

The two men got off the car one after another by stepping on the pad outside the car.

Ina's suitcase was left in the car.

Today is just for the test, the admission notice and enrollment are not today.

The main entrance of the college is a double-opening copper grille door supported by two five-meter-high milky white jade pillars.

Runes and patterns symbolizing mysticism and magic are carved on the column.

It becomes a magical item similar to the carriage of the Berleman Chamber of Commerce.

The mere fact that a magical item is placed directly outdoors where it is extremely vulnerable to natural erosion is enough to illustrate the profound heritage of the academy.

Ina was curious, reached out to touch it, and even injected magic and mental power into it.

The result was a huge disappointment.

The stone pillar could barely be considered a magical item, but it was of a low level.

Compared to the heating array on the carriage, it is closer to a normal magic mining lamp.

The heating spell on the carriage can even adjust the heating temperature through the digital runes outside the magic circle...