I'm in Warhammer, I just want to grow mushrooms
Chapter 107 A Visit from a Sage
Chapter 107 A Visit from a Sage
"Oh? Demos's negotiators will arrive in Epimet in thirty days at the latest?"
Li Nuo was shocked when he saw Delton's reply.
Shouldn't I send some samples to Demos first to test the effects?
How come I have already prepared the document but haven’t sent it out yet and the negotiating representative from the other side is about to arrive?
Not right.
Something is wrong, fifteen, sixty, seventy or eight out of ten.
Is it Delton who has more face, or Father Tutkari?
Is there any need to think about this? Both of them are not very proud, so it must be Fu Gais who is helping them.
There is no need to say much about Delton, he is just the chief of the governor's secret service.
Father Tutkari is not even a sage or an expert. At most, he is a poor priest who has just escaped from the bottom of society. How could he possibly talk directly to Demos?
Li Nuo believed that it was most likely Fu Gaisi who had set up the conspiracy for him in order to find out how powerful he really was.
If things develop in this way, it would be a bit unreasonable if I don’t come up with something real.
Li Nuo opened the fungal warehouse and found the mycotoxin produced by the ancient venom fungus.
He gave this mycin a simple and precise name, called "amycin transaminase", and the catalyst made from it was called "amycin transaminase catalyst".
Li Nuo asked the system to produce three types of poison-to-sediment catalysts, with the concentrations of active ingredients from left to right being 50%, 80% and 100% respectively.
Correspondingly, the conversion efficiencies of the three agents are 50%, 80% and 100%.
The so-called conversion efficiency is based on the starch preparation efficiency of the Mauros family.
The 100% conversion efficiency means that the efficiency of starch preparation using the toxin-converting catalyst is comparable to the existing technology of the Mauros family.
Li Nuo originally planned to use a 50% concentration of the agent to prepare starch.
Since Fu Ge Si was the one who made the connection for me, I'll give him some face and choose a medicine with a concentration of 80% as a sample to make the governor look good.
Outside the study window, the artificial moonlight began to fade away, and the artificial sunlight slowly rose, announcing the arrival of a new day.
Li Nuo guessed that Isabel had gotten up, so he sent her a message asking if she was free to meet.
The difficulty of purchasing and operating a starch plant is very great, much greater than that of a water treatment plant.
Equipment for pre-treating promethium refining residues, as well as reactors for the residues to react with catalysts, also need to be customized according to the characteristics of the chemical reaction and are expensive.
When Baiguo Manor expanded its production, Li Nuo paid a sum of money to purchase additional shares in order to maintain his shareholding ratio.
This amount of money reduced his funds significantly, so he had to find someone to help him advance the funds for the starch factory.
Isabel is undoubtedly the most suitable.
After a short communication, the two agreed to meet at Li Nuo's residence, so as to avoid the spies in the Kram family and ensure that the existence of the poison conversion catalyst would not be leaked.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Isabel arrived.
Li Nuo took her into the basement to witness the miracle created by the poison-to-sediment catalyst.
Just as Li Nuo expected, Isabel was stunned. No matter how hard she tried to restrain herself, her body trembled slightly because of excessive excitement.
She knew very well that the value of this potion was inestimable, and it was no exaggeration to say that it could subvert the entire empire's promethium refining residue processing industry.
"I have invested in this project. I will take care of all the work in the production process and ensure that the starch factory is ready for you in the shortest possible time. Not only that, I will also be responsible for purchasing the promethium refining residue and selling starch..."
Isabel spoke very quickly, blurting out all the promises she could make, fearing that if she spoke a second slower, Li Nuo would not be able to wait any longer.
Li Nuo raised his hand to stop the other party from speaking:
"Isabel, there is one thing I forgot to tell you. I do not purchase raw materials from the local promethium refinery. Within thirty days, several alien visitors will arrive in the hive. They are here to visit the production facilities. If everything goes well, they will become our suppliers."
Isabel was stunned for a moment. "Aliens? Do you know anyone from other imperial worlds?"
"Secrecy makes success, disclosure makes failure." Li Nuo waved his hand, "Please allow me to keep the guest's identity secret for the time being."
"Okay, I won't ask any more questions." Isabel twirled her chin and said thoughtfully:
"Except for providing chemicals to the starch factory, you don't have to pay any fees or undertake any work. All expenses and costs will be paid by me in advance. I will also be responsible for recruiting workers and arranging production. I will invest in the company with my own money and labor. How many shares are you willing to give me?"
Li Nuo smiled and shook his head slightly:
"Isabel, thank you for your support and dedication. I do not accept equity investment. I plan to issue bonds, and you are the only bond buyer at the moment."
"Bonds?...Okay. That's not bad either." Isabel was a little disappointed, but she controlled her emotions well:
"You are quite ambitious. You are also a quick learner. You have only been in Shangchao for a short time, and you have already learned so much about finance."
"It's no big deal if it's a little hard work to earn throne coins." Li Nuo smiled and said nothing.
He would never tell the other party that his financial knowledge mainly came from before he traveled through time.
As a person born in the wave of informatization, it is normal for him to watch some short videos in the financial field when he has nothing to do.
Who hasn't dreamed of getting rich overnight by using the financial market?
Isabel snapped her fingers a few times, and her demeanor became more capable:
"Let's go, and go to Xiachao now to look for a suitable factory. I'll buy whichever factory you choose. When the production process is arranged, you can give me the bonds in the amount of my expenditure."
Isabel seemed even more anxious than he was, as if there was a fire burning behind him.
Seeing her like this, Li Nuo couldn't help but laugh:
"Should we sign the agreement first..."
"It can't be signed, really. Believe me, any agreement signed now is useless. You don't need to tell me, I can guess who those alien visitors might be. In the human empire, there are so many forces that use cargo ships to transport promethium refining residues that they can be counted on one hand. They will be responsible for drafting a foolproof contract, which is far more detailed than the one I drafted."
Isabel came to the door, opened it, bowed slightly, stretched out her arm to the outside, made an inviting gesture, and looked very serious:
"For now, our cooperation can only be based on mutual trust. Can I trust you, Li Nuo?"
As she said this, Isabel's other hand nervously grasped the corner of her clothes, and her slender fingers turned white from excessive force.
Can I trust you?
Just a few words carry a lot of weight, and if you are not careful, they can crush a seemingly solid but actually fragile cooperative relationship.
Li Nuo pondered for a second, then nodded slowly, his eyes as firm as a rock:
"Of course. In a sense, if it weren't for the expansion of the Xiachao Cigarette Factory that you control, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Li Nuo's words were like a warm current, dispelling the depressing and silent atmosphere in the room and injecting a touch of warmth between the collaborators.
Isabel's mouth corners slightly raised, and her brows relaxed:
"I won't let you down. Come on, take my car."
The two went out and got in the car. Isabel drove the driver away and drove herself, while Li Nuo sat in the passenger seat.
On the way, Isabel kept answering calls with her communication beads, looking for sellers who were selling starch production equipment and starch factories.
When arriving at the lift, three sellers came into view.
Synthetic starch is mainly supplied to Zhongchao and Xiachao. The starch factory is generally set up in Zhongchao. The starch enters Xiachao through the powder pipeline, and is added with water and heated in the starch pool of Xiachao to make starch porridge.
The starch production formula provided by Li Nuo is quite special, and the shape of the final product is somewhat different from that of conventional starch.
In the process of making starch paste, antidotes to highly toxic substances and a small amount of pure water must be added, and the paste must be heated, stirred and boiled continuously to ensure that the starch paste is non-toxic.
But starch paste is not easy to transport.
The liquid pipe will be blocked, and the powder pipe will also be blocked.
If transported by vehicle, it will clump, deteriorate, or even be contaminated during transportation, seriously affecting its consumption.
Li Nuo thought about it and found a way.
That is to make steamed buns from starch paste.
This way of eating porridge existed before I traveled through time. I would mix the leftover porridge with flour, ferment it with yeast, and then steam it in a steamer. In just an hour, I could get a basket of steamed buns.
The starch paste is processed in a similar way.
After half an hour of automatic simulation, the system found a new type of yeast that can directly ferment starch paste into soft dough, and then make steamed buns in a steamer.
The flavor of the starch paste is perfectly preserved while still not causing poisoning or illness.
Of course, in order to fit the cultural background of the Warhammer world, Li Nuo's final solution was to make starch paste into stick-shaped bread and named it starch stick.
After fully understanding Li Nuo's plan, Isabel bought two factories at once.
The two factories are right next to each other.
One is a starch factory that has been losing money for many years, operated by a small family that refines promethium.
After Isabel took over, the factory could start operation immediately.
Another factory, right next door to the starch plant, is a brewery, which has been renovated and equipped with new equipment to produce starch sticks.
While Isabel was preparing the factory, Li Nuo was also busy.
He came to the water purification plant to receive the pharmaceutical equipment he had purchased.
Spend a day using the Mad Doctor's alchemical potion to fully strengthen every part of your body.
There was an alchemical potion called [Hidden Adjuvant] that helped a lot.
This potion cannot be used alone and needs to be added to other alchemical potions to be effective.
Its function is to make the appearance of other alchemical potions more inconspicuous.
When making hidden adjuvants, the more universal psychic materials you use, the better the effect of hiding the external manifestation of the alchemical potion. For example, there is an alchemical potion whose scientific name is Steel Bone Potion, and the orc jargon is "Hard Bone Spirit".
It can greatly enhance the bone's ability to withstand impact.
If you drink it directly, the volume and weight of your bones will increase exponentially.
Li Nuo consumed 10 portions of universal psychic materials at one time to make invisible adjuvant, which he drank together with the steel bone potion.
After the drug took effect, his body shape and weight did not change at all, and even his bone density and structure did not change.
But his skeleton has an amazing ability to withstand impacts, enough to withstand a ton of pressure without deformation.
This contrast between form and actual ability is common in orc-made creatures.
The most typical example is the guns made by the technician boy.
This gun looks like it could explode, jam, or fall apart no matter how you look at it, but it just works normally, and its power even far exceeds that of the same caliber firearms in the Human Empire.
The changes that occurred to Li Nuo after taking the alchemical potion mixed with hidden adjuvants were similar to the changes in the orcs' firearms. There was an extremely huge contrast between the appearance and the internal combat effectiveness.
Similarly, Li Nuo also chose to use hidden adjuvants to hide the external manifestations of alchemical potions that enhance vision, smell, hearing, touch, muscle strength, body flexibility, lung capacity, and resistance to electric shock, blunt trauma, penetrating damage, burns, strong acids and alkalis.
Among the many strengthening potions, Li Nuo's favorite is the [Predatory Instinct Potion], which is called "Brother Mao's Miraculous Water" in Orc jargon.
This potion can give the drinker super predatory abilities. When danger and murderous intent appear, the drinker can instantly lock onto the source of danger and murderous intent, and improve the ability to perceive prey.
Li Nuo drank ten bottles of predatory instinct potion in one breath, and only stopped when the system prompted "You can no longer enhance your predatory instinct because you have drunk too much."
This round of strengthening lasted for more than twenty hours, and more than thirty alchemical potions were consumed.
The points data on the panel dropped rapidly, and at the same time, the storage limit of universal psychic materials soared.
[Remaining simulation points: 7605 points. ]
[Universal Psychic Material: 0/312 pieces. ]
In order to test how strong he is now, Li Nuo found a "Physical Fitness Screening Form for the Solar Auxiliary Army Letalis Storm Team".
The Solar Auxilia are the elite of the mortal auxiliary forces of the Imperium of Man.
The Letalis Stormtroopers are the elite of the elite, skilled in space combat techniques, battlefield engineering, and planetary exploration.
Rumor has it that the individual combat effectiveness of the Letalis Stormtroopers is second only to the Space Marines.
There is no need to investigate whether the rumor is true or not.
Anyway, after Li Nuo checked himself according to the screening form, he came to a conclusion that confused him.
“Is this screening form real?
“Why are the requirements here so low?
“卧推200公斤,我一只手就能推200公斤。深蹲300公斤,我单脚着地300公斤轻轻松松。百米冲刺6秒61,我只用七成功力都能突破6秒…
"Am I that strong now?"
Li Nuo scratched his head and turned off the screening form, preparing to test his fighting ability when the next assassin came.
Only through practice can we gain true knowledge.
Only through actual combat can you know your strengths and weaknesses.
Physical fitness values are meaningless, they just look good. If you fail to properly deal with an attack in actual combat, you will still die.
Li Nuo gave up the idea of exploring his own strength and instead began to produce amylin in large quantities.
Since this substance originated from an ancient fungus that cannot be revealed, Li Nuo decided to imitate the production method of amoxicillin and transform amylin into an artificial compound.
In this way, he could openly show his invention to the representatives of the forging world without having to hide anything.
To this end, he bought a small factory near the water purification plant and converted it into a pharmaceutical workshop and medical laboratory.
Put the pharmaceutical equipment in there and pile up some bottles, medicines, powders and so on, and it will look more like a real thing.
But that’s not enough.
The person who came was most likely a Mechanic Priest of the Mechanicus, who possessed a scanner far more advanced than that of the Hive.
If you fail to handle the details properly, your flaws will still be exposed.
Li Nuo did not take it lightly.
The time was spent on preparing the factory, setting up the pharmaceutical laboratory and trial-producing starch.
As he was too busy, Li Nuo postponed the purchase of holographic equipment and planned to buy it for Laiya after the starch business was on track.
Laiya fully agreed with this and had no complaints, and devoted herself to helping Li Nuo produce irrigation water.
...
...
Time flies, the years are like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, 27 days passed.
Deimos, Forge World - Deimos.
Flames burst from the crater.
The red-hot magma, carrying immeasurable heat, slides down the pipes, from the crater into the steel-casting city.
Volcanic magma provides a constant supply of heat to Demos, satisfying the heat source needs of the Forge World.
The purpose of promethium here is not to burn, emit light or generate heat, but to be made into the fuel and high-energy materials necessary for plasma weapons and furnaces.
The amount of promethium refining residue thus formed can be described as astronomical.
On the helipad at the highest point of the Forge City, the gate was baked by magma, light and shadow were distorted in the high temperature, and a group of crusaders wearing dark red robes were moving forward in the wide black rock corridor.
In the center of the team, two distinctive figures stood out.
One of them was wearing knight-style armor and a cloak, while the other was holding a long-handled power axe and a phosphorescent snake gun mounted on the mechanical backpack behind him.
The Phosphorescent Snake Gun is the phosphorescent weapon of the Mechanicus. It is powerful and a symbol of status. Only sage-level Mechanic Priests can travel with it.
"Baron Dam, this is an informal visit. I authorize you to handle all matters related to interpersonal communication. I just want to verify whether the method of processing the promethium refining residue mentioned by the Excellency is feasible, and then return to my foundry as soon as possible."
The electronic synthesized voice of the Mechanicus Sage was heard in the communication channel, sounding cold and a little irritable.
"Follow your instructions, Sage Lilalu, and I will block all ineffective social interactions for you that are not related to technology and praising the Om Messiah.
Baron Dam has a big beard and looks like a middle-aged man.
He knew very well the temperament of Sage Lilalu. He was a typical technology fanatic, biology fanatic, and genetic fanatic. He was devoted to his own research and did not want to care about anything that was not related to research.
If the method of converting the promethium refining residue to be tested this time had not partially overlapped with his own research topic, Sage Lilalu would not even want to leave the door, let alone board a ship and sail through the subspace to a hive city.
A sage visits the hive, but it is not an official visit.
If this situation is not handled properly, it is likely to cause misunderstandings among the hive nobles and local Mechanicus members.
The group boarded the ship and officially set off.
Their destination was the hive city of Epimet.
This hive city, located in the northwest corner of the Solar System, is not far from Deimos.
After sailing through the Warp for several Terra hours, the ship entered the physical universe and sailed steadily towards the largest airport in the hive city.
The ship entered the maximum strike range of orbital weapons and slowed down to show that it was not hostile.
The scanning results of the omnidirectional auspex matched the physical address shown on the star map, confirming that the ship had accurately arrived above its destination and had not been lost in the subspace.
The airport's orbital tower is responsible for directing ships into the airport, arranging berths and guiding ships to leave the port.
Communications from the orbital tower interrupt the bridge.
"I am the commander-in-chief of the main orbital tower of Epimet Airport. On behalf of Lord Vorges and all the nobles of the nest city, I welcome you all. Please forgive us for our negligence. We did not receive any notice of the visit from Mars before. We should have arranged a grand welcome ceremony to congratulate you all."
"Hello, I am Dam Ironhill, a baron from the Ironhill Knight family, and now I am the accompanying Crusader Knight of the Sage of Lilalu. This is not an official visit. We will resupply in the hive city. The Sage of Lilalu has entrusted me to handle some personal matters. I and a team of Crusader Knights of no more than 13 people will enter the hive city."
"Okay, Baron Dam, we have recorded and approved your request for entry. You and the Skitarii team can visit our world at any time. I apologize to everyone again. Due to the rush of time, we were unable to prepare a welcome ceremony..."
The ship sailed into the airport dock, and groups of people appeared on the loading and unloading platform of the dock.
As the ship approached, the number of people on the platform increased rapidly. They were all noble representatives who came to welcome the Mechanicus Sage after hearing the news.
"A boring social trick." Lilalu shook his metal fingers, and a servo skull beside him flew towards Dam:
"Dam, take my assistant with you. He will tell me everything you saw. The local monastery has contacted me and they will not interfere in your affairs."
"As you wish." Dam bowed, straightened his clothes, and nodded to the leader of the Crusaders.
The group walked through the corridor, walked out of the cabin, and officially set foot on the territory of the hive city.
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