Chapter 220 I Have a Strong Taste

Asphalt is different from petroleum. Petroleum needs to be refined and processed before it can be used, but asphalt only needs to be heated and melted before it can be used to pave roads. Even solid materials such as cinder can be omitted to save trouble.

Of course, since the steel mill produces a lot of waste residue, it can be used in paving roads, killing two birds with one stone.

Therefore, in Tang En's eyes, the practical value of asphalt is higher than that of oil.

Thousands of tons of asphalt have been dug out here, which is less than a drop in the bucket of Asphalt Lake, but it is enough to pave the roads in the old and new towns of Ellington into asphalt roads!

"It's very troublesome to store this stuff. It cools and solidifies very quickly after being dug out, so we can only pile them here."

Duranden seemed helpless. When he dug it out, it was still hot fluid, but it solidified as soon as it cooled down. Moreover, it was very difficult to deal with after it stained the ground, so he urgently hoped that Tang En would get rid of these things as soon as possible. .

"It doesn't matter, that's the nature of asphalt."

Tang En raised his hands, and the space above his head suddenly distorted, followed by a huge hole. The invisible magic rolled the asphalt into the hole, and all the asphalt in the warehouse was quickly transferred.

Durandon was stunned: "My friend, can you tell me how much storage space your space equipment has?"

"How old?"

Tang En glanced at the asphalt calculated by unit in the inventory, and twitched his lips: "It's pretty big anyway..."

"Okay, okay, you are a mage anyway, you are the one who researched the magic equipment, and you are rich after all..."

The dejected Durandon thought to himself, as the king of the dwarf kingdom, the space ring passed down from generation to generation only had a storage space of dozens of standard units. Even so, it was already pretty good.

"Don't be envious, let me tell you good news."

Tang En patted Durandon on the shoulder and said with a smile: "We just came up with a good thing that can increase the speed of personal mining many times. If you are interested, we can sell it to you after mass production. "

"Improved many times?"

Durandon was extremely suspicious: "How is it possible? Even if all the mining pickaxes are replaced with fine gold materials, the efficiency will not increase that much!"

Tang En burst out laughing. This was as speechless as the farmer who carried water who thought the king used a golden pole. The inertia of thinking limited people's vision. Because he had always used mining picks to mine, Durandon subconsciously thought Improving technology means using better metals to build mining picks, but it does not expect to completely change the way of mining.

"Of course not with a mining pickaxe. Besides, I don't have that much fine gold for you to waste. Let me remind you, how do your rune dwarves mine?"

"Of course the rune dwarves use magic."

Durandon rolled his eyes: "The 'Fossils to Mud' spell is so convenient... Wait, you mean, ordinary miners can master this spell!?"

Durandon suddenly jumped up, panting heavily and staring at Tang En. If Tang En could really do this, the mining efficiency would be increased many times!

That would be absolutely outrageous! ?

"Although it's not mastered, it's almost there."

Tang En said: "That thing is called a magic drill. It is driven by wind magic. At the same time, a weakened version of the fossil-to-mud spell is attached to the drill. It can be used by a single person. After replacing it with the magic drill, the mining efficiency will... Haha , you will be scared."

"Sell it to me!"

Although he hasn't seen the real thing yet, Durandon has already decisively expressed his intention to buy it: "As much as you want!"

Could he not be excited?

If the magic drill is really as powerful as Tang En said, it is a treasure that can change the entire mining industry!

You don’t care about anything else, but when it comes to improving mining efficiency, the dwarves must take the lead!

"Don't worry, we will definitely notify you after mass production."

Tang En waved his hand: "Then I'll go back first and forget about lunch. I won't disturb your two-person world."

After bidding farewell to Durandon, Tang En returned directly to Ellington and happened to see Eberron walking back.

"Master Eberron, will you stay for lunch?"

Tang En said hello: "Lunch at the Lord's Mansion should have been prepared. Counting the time, that bastard Brian should have gone over to eat."

"It's better not to use it."

Eberron shook his head: "I can't get used to human food."

"The food here is different from other places."

Tang En smiled: "I have a strong taste."

Eberron looked horrified.

Tang En had to explain: "I'm just referring to the taste of the food, please don't think about it."

"I'm not thinking about it, really."

"You will definitely regret it if you don't try my food."

Tang En smiled and said, "The food here goes well with wine."

"oh?"

"Otherwise, why would Brian come here every day to have dinner?"

"That's true..."

"I remember that the lunch menu of the Lord's Mansion today is salt and pepper pork ribs, scrambled eggs with chili, and spicy meat wings...ah, I can't go on, my mouth is watering. Master, if you don't go, I will go ahead. .”

"Go! Of course!"

Eberron was very interested in the dishes Tang En mentioned, so he followed Tang En back to the Lord's Mansion.

"Hey, it's indeed here."

Brian pouted. He had sensed Eberron's presence when he first arrived. He thought that Tang En would definitely find a way to bring this guy to the Lord's Mansion for dinner. Unexpectedly, he was right.

"Go, go, wash your hands, you're so dirty!"

Brian looked down on Eberron with a look of disgust: "After washing your hands, remember to wipe them with toilet paper, and then pat the mint hydrosol before you come out. Don't embarrass us dwarves!"

Eberron: "..."

Fiona: "..."

"Brian..."

Tang En sighed: "What qualifications do you, a freeloader, have to teach Master Eberron a lesson..."

Brian said proudly: "Based on my current taste in life - big brother, those things you created have made our lives a lot more comfortable... What are you looking at!"

Brian yelled at Eberron: "Have you never seen me look so cool!?"

"..."

Eberron sighed: "I really have the urge to strangle you to death..."

"Stop talking nonsense, you haven't seen those new things that big brother has come up with, have you? Come, I will take you to learn them."

Brian snorted coldly, jumped off his chair and waved to Eberron.

Eberron shrugged and followed.

Fiona asked in a low voice: "Have they always been like this?"

Tang En said casually: "When it's not straight, it will probably be more exaggerated."

"ah?"

"Oh, I mean, since Durandon slept with Tess, Brian has become even more arrogant, and Eberron can't do anything to him."

Fiona spat: "What do you mean by sleeping with Tess? Don't say it so harshly. They obviously love each other. Look, you made Tina shy."

"It's easy to understand."

Tang En looked up and saw that Tina's cheeks and ears were red. She was so shy that she could not speak. When Tang En saw her, she became even more nervous. The plate in her hand slipped and she slapped Tang En in the face. .

The magic power instantly wrapped around the plate, took back the soup, and dropped it on the table. Then Tang En said with a speechless face: "Tina, even if you think what I said is too straightforward, there is no need to embarrass me, right? "

"..."

Tina, whose face was red, bowed, turned around and ran away without saying a word.

"What's wrong with her?"

Tang En looked puzzled.

"You still have the nerve to say what's wrong with her?"

Fiona said angrily: "You don't know what you did in the middle of the night last night?"

Tang En's face was full of innocence: "I didn't do anything! I just stayed in the room and thought about things."

"Thinking about things?"

Fiona sneered and slammed the morning's Datang Daily in front of Tang En: "You dare to say you didn't get it out?"

Tang En picked up the newspaper and read it.

"Is it true love? Or is it fake? Is it single-mindedness? Or is it affectionate?"

"The development history of the lord's emotional entanglements? Or the history of developing the harem of the sinister lord step by step?"

"Today's headline news comes from our newspaper's exclusive reporter (anonymous here because the revelations are too sharp). The lord has always maintained ambiguous relationships with many ladies. The most well-known one is probably our Ellington. Chief Manager, Miss Fiona is here. Many people think that the lord and Miss Fiona are in a relationship, but after our reporters secretly investigated, this does not seem to be the case."

"It turns out that in addition to having a close relationship with Miss Fiona, our lord is also entangled with our Ellington's famous strange woman Aosha. It is reported that more than 20 days ago, the lord went to the imperial capital Yalin "Xix, in order to accompany the lord, Miss Aosha followed him at all costs, and based on the performance of her father Aoden, we can know that he is probably happy to see this happen."

"But it's not just Fiona and Aosha. According to exclusive information from this newspaper, our lord and Ms. Tee O also have an ambiguous relationship that outsiders cannot know. The lord once pushed Miss Tee O down in one fell swoop. It’s a pity that it didn’t succeed…”

"In addition, according to a reader friend who did not want to be named, the lord seems to like Yiyi very much..."

After reading the newspaper, Tang En's mood collapsed: "Your sister! What's the difference between having this number printed and not!!!"

"Now you know you're afraid?"

"No, I really didn't do this..."

Tang En was about to burst into tears: "Am I stupid? Making up my own rumors!?"

"Really? But besides you, who else knows these things? Who else would tell them? Do you think it was me who told them?"

Fiona sneered again and again: "If it weren't for this headline, Tina would be so embarrassed?"

"Good guy..."

Tang En looked like he was gritting his teeth: "This kid Karl is already self-taught and knows how to create gossip... But he actually dares to spread rumors about me. It seems that he has become more courageous recently and is having a lot of fun. , I have to go find him to settle the score after dinner."

"I'll spare you the trouble. Are you still waiting for you to go find him to settle the score?"

Fiona said angrily: "Not long after the newspaper was sold in the morning, Carl was chased by the angry Elsa and escaped to who knows where."

You deserve it!

Tang En gloated.

"But...it's really not you?"

Fiona frowned slightly: "If it wasn't you, who would have revealed this information? I also saw what happened between you and Tina."

"How did I know...wait! Tina and I are really innocent!!"