Struggle in the Steam Age

In the few hours before dinner, Lawrence and the tauren chief discussed a series of content about how to use the tea planted in the entire hilly area in the future. According to the simple discussion, the two parties decided to form a joint company to develop These tea trees and release their newly developed black tea.

Because the most critical technology to optimize tea after fermentation is in the hands of Lawrence and others, and the subsequent sales also mainly rely on the human consumption market and human trade network. So this newly established company naturally has Lawrence accounting for the majority of the shares.

As a seasoned tauren elder, this tauren shaman naturally knows that all things in the world are fair. So he didn't charge a sky-high price because the tea leaves were produced in the Tauren's habitat. Instead, after serious thinking, they reported a share ratio that was very reasonable for them.

"I think it's very appropriate for us tauren to take about 20% of the shares in this company." After thinking for a while, the tauren shaman hesitated and said the ratio he wanted. "In acquiring this share, we will be responsible for the security of the surrounding area, as well as maintaining those lines from us to the port."

"If your request is like this, I also think it is reasonable." After careful consideration, Lawrence felt that the idea proposed by the tauren elder could be used as a benchmark for subsequent negotiations. "As for the specific ratio, it is enough to wait for some professionals to negotiate. We only need to set a general direction today."

"Oh, there is one more thing." After the most critical part of the negotiation was over, Lawrence suddenly thought of a more important matter. "Because the tea leaves are no longer bitter after being processed, I am going to change its name. What do you think of calling it black tea?"

"Black tea, this is indeed a good name." After hearing Lawrence's naming of the tea leaves, the tauren shaman nodded in satisfaction after thinking for a while, "This kind of tea soup is brewed into red tea leaves. Black tea deserves its name. And although the name sounds simple, it can accurately describe the characteristics of this tea with the shortest words."

That night, after dinner, Lawrence and Nora ran out to the hills around the tribe. According to the tauren shaman's reaction after tasting the black tea during the day, Lawrence realized that if he wanted everyone to support the plan as soon as possible, then producing a batch of black tea samples for everyone to taste was the best way to persuade.

After leaving the tribe, Lawrence and the others soon came to a mountain full of tea leaves. However, when collecting tea, Lawrence found that the efficiency of the little doll Nora was much higher than his own. Of course, this high efficiency was not just because the little doll could fly, but because she picked tea leaves almost without stopping. When I got to the leaves that are suitable for making black tea, I don't need to get close to those trees and pick them repeatedly like Lawrence.

"How did you do it?" After half an hour, Lawrence felt that something was wrong more and more, so he stopped Nora and asked the doubts arising from his observation. "How do you manage to find those suitable tea trees every time you pick tea? Why do I have to look for two or three tea trees to find the one with young leaves on it."

Although this is a tropical area, plants can grow all year round. But this also caused the budding period of these tea leaves that had not been trimmed all the year round to become wild to be very messy, so Lawrence found that some trees had young leaves that could be used to make tea, but some were all old leaves.

Because Lawrence and the others found free time to go up the mountain to pick tea leaves after dinner, it was already dark when they went out. This also caused them to look closely if they wanted to see whether the leaves growing on the tree were young or old. Even if they had dark vision, it was only so that Lawrence could see whether the leaves were young or not after moving closer without turning on the light. That's all.

That's why Lawrence expressed his extreme surprise at the fact that the little puppet could accurately pick out the tea trees with young leaves. Unlike him who needed to see the trees one by one, Nora picked out the leaves from the trees. But after Lawrence's careful observation, he found that the ones picked out by the little puppet were all with young leaves, while the trees she jumped over basically had only old leaves.

"Huh? It seems to be true." Nora stopped her hands and frowned after being told by Lawrence, then checked the tea tree she had collected tea from just now and the tea tree she skipped, and then looked Seriously, he flew to Lawrence and said. "After you said that, I realized that I was completely following my subconscious mind to do those things just now. It seems that there is a voice telling me that there is tea on this tree, but there is no tea on this tree."

"Isn't there any danger?" Lawrence asked nervously. In this world full of extraordinary power, sometimes being able to perceive what others can't perceive does not necessarily mean a good thing. It's a harbinger of some kind of disaster. That's why Lawrence was so nervous.

"I can't draw a conclusion until I figure out what's going on." Nora also looked serious, "But I can confirm that the problem shouldn't come purely from my body. Because I just finished eating Then I went to our space to pick up some things, and I didn’t feel the way I do here now.”

"When did you have this special feeling?" Lawrence thought for a while and asked a question that he thought was very important. He thought that if he could find out when the change in the little doll started It is very helpful to figure out what is going on in the current situation.

"I know this, my lord." After hearing Lawrence's question, Nora clapped her hands lightly and said, "I can be 100% sure that this special feeling should come from the spirit of our ruins in the middle of the hill. It appeared after the end of the plane travel, because I also collected tea leaves in the hilly area before that, but I didn’t feel this way at all.”

"That is to say, that spiritual space mutated you?" Lawrence asked. According to the knowledge he had learned before, the spiritual space is indeed the most unstable of all common planes. Bring some unexpected changes to the travelers in it, these changes may be a curse, or a blessing. And what happened to the puppet now seemed to have received some kind of blessing.

"No! I don't think that blessing has something to do with the spirit world." Nora frowned and said after thinking for a while, "If my memory is not wrong. The appearance of this kind of power is related to our coming from the spirit world It is related to a part of the special power that I came into contact with after returning from space.”

"You said you came into contact with some special powers after you returned?" Lawrence asked looking at the little doll. "Then why didn't you tell me about it?"

"I did come into contact with a special force at the time." Nora scratched her hair looking at Lawrence's anxious expression, and then said. "But after I checked, I didn't find anything wrong with me, so I didn't tell you to avoid worrying you."

"You still have to tell me about this kind of thing in the future." Lawrence stroked the little doll's hair lightly and said, "Although I am not as strong as you in mastering extraordinary power now, I am still a person with great strength. A spellcaster of knowledge. Maybe one of my ideas just happens to solve your problem."

"Got it!" After listening to Lawrence's chatter, the little puppet rubbed its head against Lawrence's hand and said. "I will definitely tell you directly when I encounter such a situation in the future, and I will never hide it on my own initiative next time."