Chapter 4 Two Hundred Thousand Gold Pounds
The reason why airships are built is not only the most practical flying vehicle at present, but also a very important reason is that the group of astrologers are doing divination At that time, he predicted a very realistic picture, that is, when the disaster strikes, the entire Langton will fall into chaos and riots.
If Perficott does not want to be involved, he will leave the Victoria Empire and go to the empire's overseas colonies.
The New World colonies newly opened by the empire but not yet developed much are a very good choice.
It is rich in resources and sparsely populated. When the end of the world comes, the whole world falls into chaos, the old order collapses, and people rush to escape, it can undoubtedly be called a paradise.
The only problem is that you need to cross the sea to get to the New World.
If you want to cross the ocean, apart from taking a boat, an airship is the only means of transportation that Perficott can think of.
Considering that the ocean might have been frozen by that time, Purficott felt that flying would be more feasible than sailing on dry land.
Of course it is safer.
Not long after she was immersed in her airship design, there was a knock on the door of the laboratory, interrupting her work.
"Miss, there is a gentleman who claims to be the messenger of the Duke of Gloucester, the Speaker of the Imperial Noble Council. He is here to visit with Major William. Do you want to see them?" After receiving permission, the elder of the Brandless family opened the door and walked in. Foster, the butler, reported to Perficott the news of a visitor.
Perfect was a little dissatisfied with her work being interrupted, but she still raised her head and said to the door of the laboratory: "Let them go to the living room and wait for a while. I will change my clothes and go down in a while." ."
"Okay, Miss." Foster's voice is calm and capable, full of trustworthy reliability.
"Also, Grandpa Afu, what happened to the family property I asked you to sell off?" Perfectcott stood up and asked Foster.
Faced with Purficott's inquiry, Foster's originally steady expression suddenly changed. He frowned slightly, but still replied to Purficott: "As you wish, Miss, A shop and two workshops in Langton City, as well as a villa gifted to you by the Duke of Gloucester, are now available for sale
The current industry market is very good, and you combined the skills of making alchemy dolls to sell them, so you sold them at a high price.
The shop that sells alchemy dolls and the workshop that makes alchemy dolls sold them for 200,000 gold pounds.
The other party paid very happily. The two hundred thousand gold pounds have been divided into three batches and deposited into your account at the Imperial Bank. However, the buyer hopes to meet you. The other party is..."
"It doesn't matter who the buyer is, what matters is the money. With this money, I can build an airship and take us away from the empire to the New World before disaster strikes. Only this is important! "Perfect interrupted Foster. She didn't want to know who bought her property, although she could guess who paid for it.
After all, even in the Victoria Empire In the capital city of Langton, there are only a handful of people who can afford such a large sum of money, and Purficott has basically dealt with all of them
The alchemy dolls sold in the shop under her name are very popular in the upper class society of the empire, and the price of each alchemy doll is quite high. Even the mass-produced non-combat types are equivalent to the total annual income of an ordinary middle-class family. .
Not to mention the specially customized appearance of battle alchemy dolls and other special-purpose alchemy dolls. The cost of each one is sky-high, even in Langton, a place with the highest concentration of imperial nobles. , and only the top nobles have the financial resources to spend.
It is not an easy thing to buy such a high-quality property. Although the price of 200,000 gold pounds is high, it is still a cheap sale. Although the Imperial Navy only spent 70,000 gold pounds to build an old-fashioned cruiser, the savings of 200,000 gold pounds were enough to build three ships.
The total profit of Copperfield's workshop last year was 40,000 gold pounds, which means that if you buy her shop, you can make back the money within five years.
If it weren't for the end of the world, she wouldn't be able to sell such a golden goose that lays eggs.
Those who can afford it don’t need to think about anyone else except those few nobles and the royal family.
But Purficott doesn’t want to see any of these people now. She just wants to get the money as soon as possible, then build her own airship and head to the New World before disaster strikes.
Other than that, Purficott didn't want to deal with anything else, let alone the socializing and relationships between nobles.
You must know that she is the only direct bloodline left in the Brandless family. Although the empire's noble inheritance law stipulates that women can also inherit the title, as Purficott gets closer and closer to adulthood, Many people who were thinking about the title of Baron Brandlis began to appear around her, and they wanted to become the new Baron Brandlis through marriage or marriage.
According to imperial law, if Perficott gets married and the man is willing to change his surname, the other party can inherit the title of Baron Brandlis.
The prerequisite for achieving this is that Purficott dies and the direct heirs of the Brandlis family are cut off.
So Purficott rarely attended aristocratic gatherings, and hated all non-essential social interactions.
Old butler Foster obviously knew this, so he didn’t understand Purficott’s attitude of not wanting to meet the buyer.
"In this case, I will reject them and say that Miss, you have been unwell recently and it is inconvenient to see guests." The loyal old housekeeper nodded to Purficott and expressed that he would handle it properly. : "If you have no other instructions, then I will go down first."
Purficott didn't say much when he saw this. He just waved his hand to Foster and motioned for him to leave.
Listening to Foster's footsteps leaving the door, Perfectcott's face didn't look good.
This was not a good experience for her. She didn't like the feeling of being unexpectedly interrupted from what she was doing.
If possible, she would like to leave those two people alone and wait until she has finished her work before going to see them.
But considering that one of the people arriving was his distant cousin and the other was the messenger of the Duke of Gloucester, and the two of them arriving together might have something important to do, Purphycott was still reluctant. Decided to meet them first.
She sighed and stood up, walking towards the dressing room next to the laboratory: "Befa, bring me a dress for guests, a green one."
With Purficott's voice, A puppet that had been standing in the corner of the laboratory started to move.
(End of this chapter)