Chapter 224: Plan to resell the pump
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After the night was quiet, Elliott prepared a simple altar in his own room, and then recited the honorable name:
"The mentor of authority and chaos;"
"The protector of the Balk family;"
"The ruler of the Hodis River Basin;"
"The embodiment of distortion;"
"The great Lawrence Balk."
Elliott burned the relevant occult herbs to establish a channel to the object of prayer.
The flame of the candle suddenly became huge, and Elliott saw a tall figure in the fire.
He bowed humbly and said: "Respectable patriarch, I have reached the Hodis Copper Mine. Although it is operating normally, the equipment used is very old. May I use the channel of the 'Creator' devotee to purchase a latest-style water pump produced by the Loen Kingdom?"
The tall figure in the candlelight seemed to be thinking. After a few seconds, Patriarch Lawrence said: "Buy two! Tomorrow you will build an altar and use extraordinary materials to establish a channel with me. I will give you an sealed artifact, and you will take this opportunity to complete the second round of bribery."
Elliott bowed again: "Thank you for your concern!"
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On Wednesday afternoon, Hobert finally had time to visit Mr. Digos on Nicklow Street.
This time, Mr. Digos took Hobert to visit the crane. Hobert did not expect that the tall crane on the dock existed in this era. Although it was not as flexible as Hobert remembered, it could lift about ten tons of cargo at a time, which greatly saved manpower and improved efficiency.
When Hobert was about to leave, he said his purpose: "A friend of mine wants to buy two new-style water pumps. I just thought that I know a steam tycoon, so I came to consult for my friend."
Digos smiled and said, "It's a good thing to introduce business to me, but the other party must have a registered company in the Loen Kingdom. Don't worry, I can give him the price of a general distributor."
"Okay, I will tell him." Hobert asked again: "Will it be very troublesome to ship to other countries?"
"Of course it's very troublesome. It costs a lot of money to get customs clearance, and the tax rate is very high." Digos asked, "Is your friend a foreign businessman?"
"No, I'm just curious, so I asked." Hobert smiled.
"What model of water pump does he need?"
"Just the one we saw that day, the one that is about the size of a locomotive, which can be used in mines."
Digos nodded: "SL550, there are still parts in the warehouse, and it can be produced immediately after the order is placed."
Hobert said: "Okay, I will tell my friend."
In the carriage of the taxi on the way back, Hobert was a little embarrassed. It would be very difficult to transport it abroad, and it would be even more difficult to transport it to the Southern Continent.
It seems that I have to use "Creator Express" to help transport it. Hobert smiled in his heart. The members of the Tarot Club only know that "Fool Express" is easy to use, but they don't know that there is also "Creator Express" in this world.
Hobert's only worry is that the gap in his sacrificial gate is too small to grab a locomotive-sized water pump.
A large water pump must weigh at least several tons. It is still unknown whether the "Creator" can grab such a large weight of objects that do not contain Beyonder materials.
Hobert decided to do an experiment first, find a heavy object to grab and try, and then think of other methods if it doesn't work.
But I have to find a way to drive away the people who are tailing from the Tamara family, otherwise it would be a big trouble if they see the image of the "Creator".
Soon Hobert had an idea. Tomorrow he can go to the Steam Church to seek the help of "Machinery Hivemind" so that the Tamara family will not dare to follow him recently.
The reason for asking "Machinery Hivemind" for help instead of the more familiar Nighthawks is because Nighthawks did participate in the previous actions against the Tamara family.
If Hobert has contact with the Nighthawks, he can also scare the other party away, but it is likely to make the other party pay more attention to him.
But what Hobert didn't expect was that plans could not keep up with changes. That night, Hobert entered the "Nation of Disorder" to routinely observe the situation outside, but found that the four people outside were fighting!
But it can be seen that they all seem to have concerns, and they did not fight each other, but rather seemed to be testing each other.
This...
Could it be that someone bought a dinner that didn't suit everyone's taste, so they fought?
Hobert shook his head with a smile, and then he realized that he might have made a preconceived mistake. The four people outside were not in the same group!
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Last night he thought that if the Tamara family sent four people to monitor him, it should be a prelude to some action against him, otherwise they would not send four people just to tail him.
If these four people are two groups, or even three groups, it makes sense. They are all routinely tailing.
As for who sent the other tailing people, Hobert also had some guesses: the Feynapotter Ambassador or Arnold's people.
When he accidentally killed the Feynapotter spy before, Hobert guessed that they might send someone to tail him, so he asked Xio and Fors to continue living on Blanca Street for a while.
Recently, Hobert and the other two have been paying attention to the situation on the street, but they have not noticed anyone tailing them. Now that I think about it, the other party must have used some method to deceive the spirituality of the three of them so that they did not notice anyone tailing them.
Then Hobert realized that this was an opportunity to get rid of all the "eyes".
He quickly returned to the "Nation of Disorder", first opened the window and looked at it. They were all hiding in the dark, and they did not make too much noise during the fight, so they could not see or hear their fight from upstairs.
Hobert jumped down from upstairs and walked quickly to the opposite alley according to the position seen in the "True Sight".
The four people who were testing each other in the alley noticed this change. They separated into two groups with great tacit understanding, backed against different walls, and were ready to leave at any time.
Hobert said: "I don't know where you Beyonders came from, but you are so stupid that people can't stand it. This is Backlund! If you have any conflicts, go to the suburbs to solve them! Don't cause trouble for others!"
The four were stunned!
"Don't get out of here!" Hobert said: "I'm telling you, I know Captain Ikanser of the 'Machinery Hivemind', be careful I report you!"
The four seemed to have discussed it, and stood there for a full one or two seconds before walking quickly out of the alley and leaving in two different directions.
Hobert pursed his lips and smiled, saying to himself: One of my words just now was right, these four people are indeed very stupid.
...
Among the four people who left, two of them repeatedly confirmed that they were not being followed before entering a residential house on Rose Street.
In the living room of the house, a middle-aged man in his thirties asked: "Why did you come back so early today?"
"Some accidents happened," one of the young men who was tailing said, "but I think I can basically rule out the lawyer's suspicion."
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