Chapter 118
Xia Mo happily accepted the single day off benefit specially approved by the director, left the library and went to the post office.
The three bonds she bought before have seen a booming rise in value, more than doubling in value. This time she plans to buy a few more.
She was one of the first customers to buy bonds, and her name was already well-known to the NPCs. So as soon as she entered the post office, the NPCs immediately surrounded her enthusiastically, hoping to make some money from her.
Xia Mo still chose to talk to Greta, the NPC who had received her before.
This made the other NPCs very envious, and they all cast envious glances at the young Greta.
[Greta's favorability towards you +5]
[Greta's favorability towards you +5]
From the prompt that popped up in the system, Xia Mo could feel how happy Greta was now.
And when she heard that she was going to buy new bonds, the latter smiled from ear to ear.
"Ms. Mo Se, these are the newly issued bonds in the Royal City. Which ones do you think you're interested in?"
Xia Mo opened the booklet and found that in addition to the original four bonds, there were three more bonds, No. 5, No. 6, and No. 7, named Metallurgy and Minerals, Machinery and Electronics, and Transportation respectively.
No. 5 Metallurgical Mineral mainly corresponds to mining, which is the life profession that Fenghuo learned.
No. 6 Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, forging industry, also includes a small part of engineering fields.
No. 7 Transportation is easy to understand. It refers to the mode of transportation for travel.
Although the game's background is not modern, with the addition of players and the development of the city, the royal city had already started construction of the continent's first sightseeing subway line a week ago.
As the construction of the tourist subway began, the corresponding bonds were also sold.
At a glance, they are all promising industries, and it will definitely be worthwhile to buy them!
So without saying anything, she immediately bought these three, just like before, buying each for 500 gold coins, spending a total of 1,500 gold coins.
For her now, 1500 is not a large sum of money. After all, her fixed weekly income is 600 gold.
One was to serve as a Level 2 Librarian, which would regularly pay her 200 gold per week. The second was the city quests in Huangs City, with three groups of 10 tasks each day, 21 groups of 70 tasks a week, and a guaranteed 300 gold. The third was a sea adventure, where at the very least she could get into the top 20 with her team, with the 20th place receiving a gold reward of 50...
In addition to selling some miscellaneous items regularly, her weekly income of 600 gold is already her minimum, so she can use 1500 to buy bonds without any financial pressure.
When Greta received the transfer, her face was as bright as a flower, and the corners of her mouth kept rising until Xia Mo left the post office, when they finally fell.
Inside the post office, several colleagues came up to her and congratulated her on her big opening today.
"Greta, you're so lucky! Bond No. 567 just went on sale and you sold it!"
"I'm so envious of you for meeting a client like Mo Se. Now you don't have to worry about your sales this month!"
"I really wish I could be as lucky as you, Greta!"
Surrounded by her colleagues, Greta smiled shyly.
However, although she looked a little embarrassed, only she knew how hard she had worked in the past two months to meet the performance targets delegated by the post office.
Whenever she finds a potential customer, she greets him with a smile and tries hard to sell him all kinds of products.
Most of the time, she got a cold face from customers. Occasionally, she was lucky and met some good-looking girls who would smile and tell her that it was not necessary, which made her feel better.
But overall, it's hard work that's looked down upon and likely unrewarding.
Many of her colleagues who joined the company at the same time as her couldn't make it and left, but she was the only one who still persevered.
The result of her persistence was that one day she finally got a big client - Mo Se.
Greta still remembers the scene that day. Although her words were still a little immature and she spoke a little haltingly, the other party did not show any impatience. Instead, he kept asking questions and listening.
This undoubtedly gave her great confidence.
She was in a daze until she successfully sold the three bonds.
But everything has its second chance. I don’t know if it was the good luck that Mo Se brought her, but after she left, Greta sold a lot of bonds one after another. Her performance jumped from the bottom to the first place, and she won the sales championship of the post office for two consecutive months.
When Greta thought of this, she felt extremely grateful that she had never thought of giving up. At the same time, she was even more grateful to her client Mo Se who brought her the first ray of hope when she saw no hope.
On the other side, Xia Mo, who had already left the post office, was about to go out of town to kill monsters when suddenly, the sound of horse hooves was heard on the main street.
"Escort from the royal city, all outsiders, please leave immediately!"
Following the leading NPC's loud reminder, the players who were originally walking in the middle of the street immediately moved to the side, and Xia Mo also moved a few steps to the side.
"Escort from the royal city? Who are they escorting?"
"I don't know. I've never seen this NPC before. He must be from outside the city, right?"
The players were whispering to each other, and Xia Mo stretched his neck, staring curiously at the NPC surrounded by many soldiers.
Because the soldiers were tall, Xia Mo couldn't see the ID or appearance of the people inside at first, until the team suddenly showed an angle that allowed her to look straight ahead.
But after seeing who was inside, Xia Mo was stunned.
It was him? Edmund!
Thinking she had seen wrongly, she blinked again deliberately, and then found that it was really him!
Edmund has lived in the Black Bear Forest all year round, leading an isolated life. How could he be suddenly summoned to the royal city?
Was it because of the battle between Baita City and the Orcs? Xia Mo suppressed his heartbeat, his mind racing.
She purchased the drum bombs to deal with the orcs from Edmund. Afterwards, when White Tower City was cleaning up the battlefield, they may have discovered that the source of these bombs was irregular, so they reported it to the Royal City. The Royal City launched an investigation and finally found the manufacturer after many twists and turns.
No, Edmund is a master engineer, and she still needs to take tasks from him. She doesn't want him to be imprisoned in the royal city or anything like that!
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. She immediately gave up the idea of leaving the city and turned to rush to the palace!
Because she had previously exposed the cheating in the enchanting competition, her reputation in the royal city was higher than that of other players. Naturally, it was easier for her to meet the king than for others.
I only waited for a short while in front of the palace gate before being led into the palace by the NPC.
In the magnificent hall, King Cyril was interrogating Edmund who had just been brought in.
Xia Mo stood outside the hall, his heart pounding with nervousness.
Please, Lord Edmund, please say something nice and soft, but don't put yourself in trouble.
However, the more you fear something, the more likely it will come. Xia Mo had just finished praying silently when, in the hall over there, the emotionally unintelligent Edmund angered the king with just one sentence!
"How dare you! Without the permission of the Royal City, no one is allowed to build military equipment privately! As a former engineer, don't you know this?"
Edmund: “I know.”
"You still commit the crime even though you know it?!"
"My hands are itching, I can't help it."
Xia Mo: ...
It's obvious that he has to jump into this fire pit.
Forget it, let her be his mouthpiece.
She immediately requested an emergency audience outside the hall. When King Cyril heard that it was her, the anger on his face eased and he agreed to let her into the hall.
"Your Majesty, I have something to add regarding Mr. Edmund's private manufacture of instruments."
Edmund frowned, his face showing an unhappy expression: "This is my business, you don't need to speak for me."
Xia Mo thought, "Isn't this necessary? If he doesn't use it now, he'll probably be crushed to ashes."
Ignoring Edmund's whispered warning, she continued to stand calmly in the hall.
King Cyril looked at her and said calmly, "Tell me about it."
Xia Mo then used some language to describe Edmund's privately made equipment as follows: "Even though he is no longer valued by the royal city, he still diligently practices in a corner where no one pays attention, hoping that one day he will be noticed by the king and continue to serve his country with loyalty!"
After the speech, there was silence inside and outside the hall.
Xia Mo noticed that everyone's eyes looking at Edmund began to change subtly.
The man on the throne also had some fluctuations in his eyes, but because he was in a high position and had to maintain sufficient dignity, the fluctuation was very short-lived.
Even so, Xia Mo still caught it with his sharp eyes.
What he said just now may sound quite high-sounding at first, but in fact, this may not be what Edmund really thinks.
After so many contacts with Edmund, she had actually seen that he wanted to return to the royal city a long time ago. However, Edmund was stubborn and arrogant, and he was unwilling to bow to the king on his own initiative, so he stayed in the Black Bear Forest for so many years.
If he really gave up on himself, he would not be able to insist on manufacturing projects every day. Don't forget the military facilities on the plain that he showed her at the beginning. The total amount of facilities is comparable to an army!
With this workload, who can keep working at it day after day for more than ten years without passion and ideas?
And don't forget how White Tower City was saved? Without the drum bombs he provided for free, how could the human race suppress the orcs in such a short time and lay the foundation for the subsequent comeback?
She simply told Edmund's true thoughts and the battle situation in White Tower City that day, so that everyone far away in the palace could see clearly that Edmund had always been extremely loyal to the royal city.
Loyalty is often more important than strength.
This is an incomparable factor especially for a ruler like King Cyril.
Xia Mo knew that what he had just said had shaken him.
A few minutes later, the penalty against Edmund was withdrawn and his engineer title was returned to him, but he was demoted one level and was now only recognized as a [Senior Engineer].
In the words of King Cyril, "If you truly dedicate yourself to the Royal City, you won't care about this small position. When you achieve something, all the honor will be yours."
Although it seems a bit like empty promises, fortunately Edmund really doesn't care about it.
For him, being able to go from being ignored to a senior engineer and being allowed to live in the royal city was already a pleasant surprise.
After all, when he was taken to the royal city, he came with the thought that he would be beheaded.
Everyone in the hall was overjoyed, but Xia Mo suddenly received a system prompt:
[Special Mission: Edmund's Injustice (Current Progress 100%)]
[Special mission completed! Experience +1000, Gold +50]
Oh my gosh, it's done?!
Xia Mo, who had almost forgotten about this task, was delighted. She turned off the prompt and turned her head to see Edmund's expression.
The latter showed a rare, rather pleasant look: "Young man, do you still want to study engineering with me?"
Yes, yes, yes! Must have!
Having waited so long for this day, and fearing she would miss the chance, she nodded hurriedly, "I want to learn!"
"If you want to learn and keep up, don't dawdle. Otherwise, don't tell others that I have you as my apprentice."
Although she still spoke in such a proud and arrogant manner, her words sounded like a spring breeze to Xia Mo, making him feel relaxed both physically and mentally.
How could she not feel good? She had been coaxing Edmund for a full month and a half before he finally gave in.
Now that she has finally entered the engineering industry, she is one step closer to the goal she set for herself.
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