Chapter 99 The Mysterious Chamber of Commerce in the West

"Hello, is there anything this lady needs?" A man in a neat black dress came out from behind the table in the store.

"I saw it outside, and I was a little curious, so I came in to take a look." Lorraine Hill explained in this way, his eyes briefly glanced at the inconspicuous badge on the man's collar, which was painted with silver-rimmed night flowers.

The corners are the background of silver veins, and the middle is purple glazed petals, in which black lines are used to outline the lacquer night flower quite mysteriously and beautifully.

This is the new version of the Chamber of Commerce's crest. Lorraine Hill vaguely remembers that when he left the Western Continent in five or six years, someone in the Chamber of Commerce proposed several revision plans to him, and this was what he agreed to later.

The silver leaf lacquer night flower badge means that this person is a middle-level member with real power in the chamber of commerce. Generally, it is awarded at this age if he has outstanding performance. Judging from his conversation, he is indeed somewhat decent. Lorraine Hill secretly rated this member of his own chamber of commerce.

"Even if you just take a look and understand, we welcome you, please." He didn't seem to be angry, but simply made a gesture of please, moved out of the way, and introduced Lorraine Hill.

"Because our Chamber of Commerce has just arrived in the East and set up a branch, there are not many physical objects here, but some small models and pictures can help you easily understand the history of the Carites Chamber of Commerce and the help it can provide you."

He walked forward, and now the store is indeed a bit empty, and many platforms are empty, but there are still some standing drawing boards, which depict the appearance of various products with realistic oil paintings.

The largest painting in the center occupies an eye-catching position. It is about five meters high, almost as high as three Lorraine Hills. The background is blue and white waves, and a mighty battleship in the middle is turning around in the huge waves.

"This is a picture recorded in the midsummer of 1700 in the third era. It depicts the highest masterpiece of our chamber of commerce. Among the battleships of the Three Goddesses, the majestic figure of the 'Aglaia' class battleship, which shined in the battle against the Crimson Empire and destroyed countless warships of the empire."

"Although the war is gone, our Carites Chamber of Commerce still retains its excellent requirements for quality and quality. The Chamber of Commerce originated from spices, flourished in shipbuilding, and later involved in alchemy, wine making, machinery, steam turbines, magic furnaces, and extraordinary pharmaceuticals."

As he said that, the man walked to the side and pulled down the velvet cloth hanging on a booth, revealing another beautiful oil painting.

In the picture is a harvested orchard. The orange trees are neatly arranged beside the aisle full of fallen leaves, extending into the distance. Among the deep green branches and leaves, there are plump and orange fruits that are heavy and bend the branches. Beside some fruit trees, several maids in long skirts stand on the ladder and carefully cut the fruits with scissors, and then put them into the fruit basket on the side. In the dark background of the picture, the orange fruit is particularly prominent, which makes people want to touch it. In the lower left corner of the window, there is a small basket, in which there are a few bottles of branded wine bottles with text written on them, and the amber liquor reflects a little halo in the fine sunlight.

"This is a picture depicting the orchard of our Chamber of Commerce. The Carites Chamber of Commerce is rich in all kinds of fresh fruits. Unfortunately, due to the long distance, it is difficult to transport them to the east for everyone to taste. However, we have specially designed a new type of wine for fruits, Cointreau. The mellow aroma in it can make you feel the tranquility and leisure of the southern orchard in summer."

"It looks really good, but it's a pity that I don't drink much." Of course Lorraine Hill knows Cointreau, and she has visited the orchard of the Chamber of Commerce before, but the real situation is still slightly different from the painting.

She vaguely remembered that most of the fruit pickers were aunts and uncles, not maids, and the fruit used for wine making was also a kind of bluish orange. The painting here was probably to match the color of the wine, so the fruit was painted as ripe orange.

"May I ask what you are interested in, miss, and I may be able to help you." There was no anger in his voice, or he didn't care about such trivial matters.

"Let me think about it." Lorraine Hill turned his head and looked at the booths in the store. Many of them had oil paintings, and only a few had models and real objects.

Lorraine Hill took small steps to a booth with a small golden windmill. The exquisite little windmill on the velvet cloth here was emitting light music. Compared with the traditional music box, its sound was more varied and complex, and it could roughly simulate some singing sounds.

"This is the third-generation 'Canary' music box developed by our chamber of commerce. Compared with the original version, it has 216 kinds of timbres, which can simulate most of the songs. Moreover, our chamber of commerce will provide the latest music discs every once in a while. You can buy them as needed to add more songs to play."

"It's the third generation..." Lorraine Hill was thoughtful. When she was in the southern border, she was the second generation. At that time, she talked with Vimiya about the development of this kind of music box. In an environment with electronic equipment, there is a limit to using classical mechanical triggers to produce sound, so she had to put it aside for the time being.

Although there are magical creations such as phonographs, their principles have nothing to do with alchemy or science. The recorded sound will gradually distort with the change of the magic particles, and cannot be maintained for a long time. It can only be used to record some conversational sounds, but it is not suitable for music.

"Yes, our chamber of commerce hired the famous Master Lanli, a representative figure in the music industry, to transform and design for us, and only then did the third generation of works come into being. In addition, Master Lanli also invented many works such as magic speakers, loudspeaker fountains, neon lights, sound fountains, and cochlear phonographs."

"Master Lanli, is it the master Lanli from Hoplander?" Lorraine Hill pretended to be surprised

look asking.

"Yes, this master is a leader in the music industry, and he has made friends with the world-famous two generations of Cangzhi Divas. He is a household name." Seeing Lorraine Hill exclaiming, a smile appeared on his face, and he continued to explain.

"Then I want to buy this." Lorraine Hill blinked. In fact, she was also a little curious about what improvements Lan Lier had made to break through to more than two hundred timbres.

"We have only brought three samples of this 'Canary' music windmill so far. It may be difficult to lower the price, but you are the first customer of our shop after all, so we can give you a certain discount for publicity. You only need 24 gold coins to buy it."

"24 gold coins, it's so expensive." Lorraine Hill was slightly stunned. At this price, he could buy a house in the small town of Clancia.

"Because it's not easy to make, the price is really unaffordable, please forgive me." This one is still smiling, as if he believes that the lady in front of him can afford this music windmill.

"Then I'll take another look." Lorraine Hill shook his head slightly, expressing that he still had to think about it.

"Okay." He continued to walk ahead to introduce Lorraine Hill.

"This is currently the most advanced magic steam turbine model in Clancia. Its efficiency and power are far superior to those ordinary goods on the street outside, and we also provide a one-year warranty service. You must have heard of this kind of service for the first time, but this is our trust and pride in the quality of our products. It can be used not only for large ships and airships, but also for many industrial equipment. It becomes an excellent and stable power source, which gives you an advantage over your opponents." I have to admit that this man is indeed a powerful salesperson, if not for Lorraine Hill knowing that this is our own The thing, maybe the heart will be moved.

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"This row is a special potion called 'Beauty under the Moon'. It has four potions for detoxification and purification, three potions for whitening and self-cultivation, and two potions for youth, which can make you more beautiful..."

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"The above is the 'Black Rain' level mechanical crossbow. It is a perfect creation of gold quality. The attached 24 blood blade enchanted crossbow bolts can easily break through the defense of the sixth-level monsters. It is silent and easy to use. Even a 7-year-old child can easily operate it. It is named 'Black Rain' to commemorate the story of the eldest lady of our chamber of commerce defeating the enemy killer cavalry that attacked her in 1684 of the Third Epoch and became famous in Hopeland. And the enemy is a powerful cavalry in black."

"Miss of the Chamber of Commerce sounds scary." Lorraine Hill bit her lower lip, thinking to herself who came up with this name.

"No

No no, although it sounds like a very sinister scene, the eldest lady of our chamber of commerce is indeed a gentle and beautiful girl, and that battle was also unavoidable. After the war, the eldest lady forgave some of the personnel who attacked her and did not kill them. ' But they went to jail and labor, Lorraine Hill blinked.

Seeing that the witch girl in black hat and black skirt was not very interested in this kind of weapon, the man once again led Lorraine Hill to the side, which was a corner of the temple, and there was a special booth inside, surrounded by red ropes to stop people.

"Our Chamber of Commerce does not have many costumes and jewelry, but the style is very suitable for you, Miss Witch. I think you will have some ideas after seeing this painting." Seeing how confident he said, Lorraine Hill also became a little curious.

"Really?"

Afterwards, the man crossed the rope, carefully and slowly removed the velvet curtain on the oil painting, revealing the dreamy and soft picture inside.

The background of the oil painting is a dark room, the window is half open and the halo falls on the girl sitting on the wooden chair. The girl’s head is tilted slightly, her pupils are like black smoky crystals, and there seem to be thousands of words in it. She is wearing a black and red complicated dress, with her hands lightly placed in front of her body. There is a kind of hazy dreamy beauty.

This painting... Lorraine Hill slightly opened his mouth.

She could tell at a glance that it was herself in the painting, but why was it here?

Regarding her own portraits and statues, there seem to be quite a few in Clancia and the Empire, but in fact most of them are drawn based on the pictures in some photo stones. The thing that actually made Lorraine Hill sit in front of the painter and ask the other party to draw a portrait happened only once. That was when she was enrolled in Emenas that year, because she didn't have enough money to buy clothes in Servis's store, so the other party left a painting.

At the beginning, Serves said that he would not let the painting spread casually, but why did it appear here? In addition, the people of the Carites Chamber of Commerce really didn’t know that the painting was his own. In fact, many of her identities were gradually exposed later. It is hard to say that Lorraine’s identity as a student in Emenas was not guessed by others later.

"What is painted in this painting?" Lorraine Hill lowered the brim of his hat slightly and asked in a low voice.

"The one in the painting is Lacey, the eldest lady of our Chamber of Commerce." His voice softened rarely, and he looked at the painting with a look of admiration in his eyes.

After a while, he turned around and introduced Lorraine Hill, the legendary head of the chamber of commerce, and the ups and downs of Karites' fate.

"...Since then, although Miss Lacey is no longer in the chamber of commerce, her appearance, voice, and will have been passed down."

Hey, I'm not dead yet. Lorraine Hill wanted to say something, but in the end he decided not to speak. He just stared at the man intoxicated in self-expression with his eyes.

"That's right, it's really beautiful.

people. "Lorraine Hill turned his face sideways, not looking at the person in front of him.

"Sorry, I seem to have said unnecessary words for a while, which troubled you, miss." The man seemed to wake up from his intoxication and fantasy, he put down the velvet curtain again, and then walked out of the fence.

"As you saw just now, our chamber of commerce also sells some special styles of clothing, which match your style very well, so I recommend it to you." He walked to the counter and asked a clerk to take out a thick picture book, which described a series of black and red witch style, or dark windbreaker dresses, in exquisite and bright colors.

In the Western Continent, Emenas can be said to be the first-class school, and its popular style in the school will also affect the younger generation outside the school.

"I remember that Emenas has to wear a school uniform, because I also graduated there before." In order to avoid meaningless comparisons among students, Emenas's students have many restrictions on what to wear.

"I didn't expect Miss to be a top student of Emenas, that's right, Emenas

Nas does have requirements on what to wear, most of the time it is the school uniform of different colleges and grades, but in some daily gatherings, school trips, and holidays, there are no mandatory requirements for wearing. "

"It seems to be like this..." Lorraine Hill recalled the past, it seemed that during some parties and weekend outings, everyone wore different clothes, and Lettice's clothes were particularly large, and they were almost the same every time.

"Do you have a style you like, just leave a deposit, we will tailor it according to your figure, and make a suitable boutique for you within one month."

I really don’t forget about business everywhere, maybe that’s why I got this position. Lorraine Hill sighed in his heart. On the one hand, he was happy that his chamber of commerce had such an excellent salesman, and on the other hand, he was also worried that the chamber of commerce would be too immersed in earning profits and go astray.

Well, I have to restrain my desire to control a little bit. If the members of the chamber of commerce don’t make big mistakes, don’t blame them. After all, they also have their own lives and things they yearn for. It’s not wrong to work hard to make money, as long as you don’t do evil and forget principles.

"I'll think about it, let's choose this one, and also include the windmill music box I saw before." In order to take care of his own business and verify whether the product is qualified, Lorraine Hill finally paid for it.

Of course, it's hard to say where the money came from in the end.

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