Chapter 71 Agate City.

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The roads were straight, orderly, and beautiful, just like the buildings in the city. Most of the buildings were two stories tall, but there were some that were three stories and even four stories tall. The city was bustling with activity. People were coming and going rapidly. It made for quite a scene of prosperity. Agate City was built in a circular manner around a core. The core is the Agate market. It is the center of commercial activity where almost anything that can be acquired in this area is sold. Residential buildings and other types of buildings were built around the market in layers. So there was a first street, which was closest to the core of the city, and a seventh street, which was at the edge of the city. As the city expands, more and more streets are added. Usually, the richest people live on the first street. The closer one is to the core of the city, the more expensive the buildings and shops. While the poor and low class leave at the edge. The exceptions are large and powerful families who live at the edge of the city because of their requirements for large living space. Some even live completely outside of the city. The Dyson family compound is like the latter. They live completely outside of the city. In fact, their compound is just as large as the city itself. So there is no way that the Dyson family could live within the city. But the road that leads from the outer gate to the inner gate in the Dyson family also leads from the outer gate straight to the core of Agate City.@@@@ So Arthur's carriage has direct access to the core of the city. But his destination is not the core of the city. So after moving in a straight line for a while, he took a turn on the fourth street. The house he will be living in until the regional exams is on the fourth street. It is what he can currently afford without the support of his mother or father. He can still remember that day. He was three years old when it happened. He didn't know the value of money then, but he has gained a lot of experience with it now. He shook his head in wonder, "A lot has happened since then. I am not Dyson family rich, but at least I am not poor. I dare say that I am rich. In fact, I can rival Mother in terms of wealth." Anyone that can live on the fourth street is not poor. He can afford this standard of living because of his winemaking. Her fashion designing job and her boutique on the third street can't compare to the value of his winery. In fact, she will become richer because of her 10% shares in his company. The secret of his wine is distillation. He uses this to concentrate the alcohol content in a wine. So what he produces is more like spirits such as vodka. This simple act of distillation is not common knowledge in this area. Very few people know about it. Because of the lack of the internet, knowledge acquisition is not that easy. So only the knowledgeable masters in wine making know about distillations. But their knowledge on the matter and their equipment can't compare to his. He is able to achieve higher levels of alcohol content easily and faster than theirs. It is an advantage that he has kept secret. His need to keep how he makes his wine secret means he can't trust anyone with the process. He has to make the wine and perform the distillation by himself, which reduces his output. But he has planned to change that by specializing in distillation alone. According to his plan, he will stop producing wine and buy wine cheaply instead. Then he will distill the wine into a concentrated brew that will burn the tongue on contact.

Chapter 71 Agate City.

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