Scene 237 Account books, sources of funds and college students
"This matter is related to an ancient artifact," Dottori explained, "I hope Mr. Ed can keep this secret. Not long ago, the empire's archaeological team discovered an ancient artifact in an abandoned mining area on the border of Nozpiz.
A magic device from before the age of the Seven Sages was discovered. It was like a magic furnace, but it had never been recorded in the Imperial Technology Yearbook. The alchemists of 'Mobius' were studying it, but
Everyone is undecided, because this tower magic furnace is very different from the technical route we know in the past, and even the masters of the 'Imperial Workshop' are arguing about it."
"The Oshu Craftsmen Association is calling all alchemists who are familiar with the tower magic furnace to come to Ayinbrok. Several masters have arrived at the mobile fortress before, but they all can't give anything to the tower magic furnace.
A definite answer. I think since Mr. Ed is also familiar with the tower magic furnace, he might be able to participate."
Before returning to the hall, Fang Yu silently thought about what the other party said.
A magic furnace that has not been recorded in the Imperial Technology Almanac. The Imperial Technology Almanac is somewhat similar to the technical genealogy of the Artisans Association. It records in detail the evolution and development of every technology of the Imperial Alchemist Association since its establishment.
Of course, the world is full of all kinds of strange inventions, and most useless gadgets will not be recorded in the crystals of the Craftsmen Guild.
However, there are always some technologies that have been unknown since the day they were born, but they are not meaningless. Some of them are even epoch-making, but they have disappeared in the long river of history due to coincidence.
Fang Yu has many such technologies at hand, such as Hain's holy crystal, Delan's magic recovery,
Dotori spoke of this matter so solemnly that the 'Mobius' Mobile Fortress even did not hesitate to summon master craftsmen to Ayinbrok to study an ancient artifact, which all shows that the machine found under the abandoned mining area
The magic furnace is extraordinary.
The Age of the Seven Heroes actually refers to the one hundred and forty-two years starting from the birth of the Great Alchemist Brout-Greybeard of Kaulin-Ithurian, and going through six great alchemists until the disappearance of Luo Zhen.
That was the last era of the Heroic Era since the great alchemist Nick Flamel. Nick Flamel was born in 669 and died in 712. In other words, this magic furnace discovered in the border area of Nozpiz was almost the same.
A product of this era.
About four hundred years ago.
At that time, a new type of magic furnace had appeared, and it was also the peak era of the tower magic furnace. New technology was still budding, but the technology of the old era had already passed its most glorious days.
The alternation of old and new begins quietly.
It was not surprising at all that a tower-type magic furnace was discovered in that era, but what was strange was the attitude of the alchemists, which aroused Fang Plov's curiosity as to what magic power that ancient magic furnace had.
To make the whole 'Mobius' argue about this?
The first page of the craftsman's manual reads:
'Alchemists should remain curious.'
In Aitaria, curiosity is the sail that prompts people to explore in the endless unknown sea of ether. When mortals take over the mantle from the hands of the Numerin elves and go further and further on the road of magic skills, they will never
Realizations of realizations, discoveries of the undiscovered.
It also transforms the unknown into the known.
Fang Piao didn't intend to limit his curiosity. Besides, he originally planned to visit the 'Mobius' Mobile Fortress, where the Imperial Workshop was located. It was a legend in the hearts of all alchemists.
As for whether he could find anything from it, he had no hope.
Although his technology was inherited from Hain, the Tower Magic Furnace has undergone nearly six centuries of evolution since then. Aiinbrok issued a technology summons order, but even the true masters could not see anything from it.
Then Fang Yu can only have cautious expectations for his own good luck.
But no matter what, the Imperial Workshop kept the magic furnace secret from the outside world, so it would be good for him to participate in it and gain insights.
What's more, Dotori told him not to worry too much. The request itself had nothing to do with the Imperial Morning Star and the Seraphim. Regardless of whether it was successful or not, it would not prevent him from taking away this legendary device that originally belonged to the Gray King.
After all, he himself has met the conditions, and business naturally belongs to business.
Of course, in this transaction, Dotori gave him a huge discount on behalf of the 'Gu Jin's Magic Attic'. The detailed price cannot be detailed, but it can only be revealed that it is almost free of charge.
Dotori made an appointment with Fang Plover and went to the Imperial Workshop a week later.
The latter calculated the time and found that he happened to be free, so he immediately agreed.
Before leaving, Fang Plover also entrusted the other party to purchase a batch of alchemical raw materials, some of which were fake and some real - most of them were to complete the quarterly order with the Oak Knights, and to help 'R' and Shana complete the production.
After that batch of equipment, he no longer had much inventory on hand.
But Fang Lu also mixed in the materials he would practice for the upcoming craftsman competition, and also added some raw materials for long-term storage as a cover-up.
So even if the people from the Sacrament Guild are still here, he is not worried about what they will analyze from it.
After all, he is no longer the young apprentice who just left Kapka. It seems that he really misses the carefree days with Miss Scarpe.
Now, he has also learned to guard against others.
Fang Plover not only has to guard against the people from the Sacrament Guild, but also the 'Gu Jin's Magic Attic'.
Although the two sides get along fairly well.
But as mentioned before, business is business, and there is no guarantee that the other party will sell him out for the next business. There is no good relationship between him and Imperial Workshop.
But Dotori is indeed a professional manager and showed no emotion at all on his face.
The other party only writes down the plover's needs, checks the inventory in the warehouse, and then calculates the accounts for him one by one - of course there is not much discount in this regard.
However, the bulk of the cost is still the knight-type annihilator and choke monster.
Although Fang Plover fell in love with the Imperial Morning Star and Seraphim at first glance, he also showed great interest in these two new types of constructs.
First of all, he purchased the Imperial Morning Star and Seraph publicly here. There is no confidentiality. As long as he uses the latter, outsiders can guess his identity. But this is not the case with the Knight Annihilator and the Throat Monster.
These two types of structures are visible to the naked eye and will be spread out for sale. In the future, they may become the main structures of combat craftsmen at this stage.
In terms of low recognition, mass-produced structures have incomparable advantages over variants.
Moreover, the Knight-type Annihilator and the Throat-type are both quite excellent in themselves. The former is used as the main structure for frontal combat, and the latter is used as an assassin-type structure. The two complement each other and just fill each other's tactical gaps.
It completely satisfies Fang Plover's own needs for a main battle configuration.
The prices of both are not cheap, but both have a 10% discount - this is not a personal discount from Dotori, but a promotion strategy for new products that everyone can enjoy. The Knight-type Annihilator is expensive
Some, after all, are split structures, costing 94,000 Lisels each. The Choke is much cheaper, only a little more than half of the former.
Fang Plover purchased ten Knight-type Annihilators and six Garrote Monsters. Because he paid for them with points from the Craftsmen Association, he could get a 20% discount. The total cost was less than 9,000 points.
The exchange ratio between technical points and Riser in the market is one to one hundred and sixteen point one (floating in real time), but in the internal trading of Alchemist, technical points are actually much more popular than Riser. After all, points
You can exchange them within the Artisans Guild for some things that cannot be bought with Risel, or are difficult to buy.
To be honest, Dotori couldn't help but be a little impressed that Fang Plover could use such a large amount of points to buy things——
First of all, it is one thing to be able to come up with such a large amount of points. Of course, it is not particularly surprising. After all, the Dragon Alchemist is famous.
But using points to buy ordinary alchemy supplies is another matter. It's a bit like taking advantage of others, or you don't care about your points at all. The former is okay, but the latter is somewhat meaningful.
Of course, the manager may have thought it was the latter. It’s just that Fang Yu knew his own affairs—he simply didn’t have that much money.
The richest period of the Seven Seas Travel Group was probably when Tansnir was building the Seven Seas Traveler. At that time, with the support of Her Royal Highness Princess Estania, various resources were continuously transported to the shipyard without any worries.
Funds cut off.
Later, after they left Istania, Her Royal Highness the Princess transferred an additional amount of money to their account, about 1.2 million Risels.
Fang Yu sometimes felt that Her Royal Highness the Princess was really like the mother of the Seven Seas Traveler.
Istania is also almost half the hometown of the Seven Seas Brigade.
Most everyone on the boat thought so, especially those lying flat——
But it is impossible for Her Royal Highness the Princess to give them money all the time. After all, Her Royal Highness the Princess and Aleph still have to be responsible for their own people. On the other hand, the Kaolin Kingdom is pressing harder and harder——
So after leaving Istania, the Seven Seas Troupe's source of funds officially ran out.
The remaining regular transactions with the Oak Knights are basically equal to the regular investment of Yugudola and Zifeiyu in the Seven Seas Brigade. However, after the incident in Tapolis, this source of funds has also basically ceased.
On and off.
Although the Oak Knights have been rebuilt now, they are no longer what they were in the past. They have to spend money on everything, so naturally it is impossible to invest too much in them. Fang Plover and Hongye’s transactions for the next quarter are actually the Nanami Brigade itself.
You also need to put some money in.
But Fang Plover didn't mind either.
After all, the two sides established friendship in Dolifen, and the Oak Knights handed over elite players like Ji Ta and Luo Yu to the Seven Seas Brigade, and also gave them a precious magic book. Now the Seven Seas Traveler is not a knight.
The brigade under the regiment——
But better than allies.
Fang Plover is not the kind of person who adds insult to injury. Yugudora and Zifeiyu gave them a lot of help when the Seven Seas Brigade was first established, and even condoned them. Of course, at that time, although there were factors of division within the Knights,
, but he has never forgotten this kindness at all.
Now that the Oak Knights have been rebuilt, he has received a lot of investment from Hong Ye, and it is understandable to choose returns.
Fang Yu sometimes thought that maybe this was what Yugudora and Zifeiyu wanted to achieve when they met him in Grande.
Everyone said that the 'Silver Dragon' lady never did business at a loss. When he completed the deal with the Knights, he thought it was a bit exaggerated, but he didn't expect that it turned out to be the case today.
Moreover, Fang Yu thought about it carefully and found that he did not feel any reluctance in it.
That's an excellent decision-maker.
he thought.
But even in the hands of Yugudola and Zifeiyu, the Oak Knights are still heading towards splitting step by step. What exactly is the problem?
Fang Yu couldn't figure out the reason for the problem after thinking about it. He was not a person who was keen on fighting for power, and he didn't like to deal with the Grand Guild, so he put the problem behind him for the time being and returned his thoughts to the present.
After the Northern War, the Seven Seas Traveler completed maintenance and overhaul, plus purchasing supplies, and then the money was spent like water. It was then that he really had a clear understanding of what it meant to maintain an aerospace ship.
Cognition.
So in this understanding, the Seven Seas Brigade must have ushered in the first wave of food shortages.
Fortunately, the deal with ‘R’ and Shana saved them again.
However, of the more than one million Rissels earned at that time, nearly one-fifth has been spent today.
Of course, the remaining money is still enough to complete the transaction, but he is not the only one in the Seven Seas Brigade. Even though he is the captain and the main force in the group, he cannot spend more than one million on himself.
The raw materials for alchemy can be taken from the Seven Seas Troupe, which is about 200,000 lisels in the account. After settling the account, Fang Plover estimated the remaining funds in the group and found that there was less than 1 million left.
This is where money really flows like water...
The maintenance of the Seven Seas Traveler, the daily purchase of supplies, the personnel and funds of the Second Regiment, the maintenance expenses of Mr. Gray Rock and his platform, plus his own alchemy, now he also has to support the reconstruction work of the Oak Knights.
For the first time, Fang Yu felt the pressure that Tianlan and Miss Attila felt every day.
When he returned to the hall, he couldn't help but mention the matter to his ship officer, "I have to find a way to make some money first."
Although Sylvide was not in charge of the ship's finances, she was obviously familiar with the matter and nodded slightly after hearing this.
But she didn't have any good solution to this matter. Although she had experienced a lot since Sir Ma Wei's disappearance, she had never been short of money.
Sir Mawei's old friend and ally of the Albert family would always find ways to take care of her 'old friend'. The noble daughter had never had to worry about making money.
She has never experienced too many difficulties in life, and even before meeting Fang Plover, her situation was much better than Fang Plover's.
After listening to Fang Plover's words, Sylvester thought for a moment, "How about I help the captain introduce some of my father's friends. Maybe some of them will want to fund the Seven Seas Traveler."
But Fang Yu shook his head.
Seeing him shaking his head, Sylvester simply remained silent and wisely.
The motto Luo Zhen left for future generations is: 'Time passes like water, and wisdom increases day by day -'
And this rich lady seems to have taken good care of this blessing. She is born to understand people's hearts, and naturally understands that the political interests of the kingdom are involved in Sir Mawei's allies supporting his fleet.
The Seven Seas Troupe is not a small adventure group that has just emerged. Those people are willing to support the Seven Seas Troupe, perhaps because of the name of the Dragon Alchemist, but more importantly because of her identity.
Because of her status as the daughter of Sir Ma Wei.
Fang Yu was unwilling to get involved in the kingdom's political disputes. As a ship officer, she naturally could only support him.
Her wish has never been to clear the family's name.
Instead, he went to the second world with everyone to find his father.
But Fang Piao's thinking starts from himself - what else can he contribute to the team as an alchemist? Making money through alchemy may be one way, but human energy is limited after all.
He is the main craftsman in the team, but he is also the leader, and the captain of the Seven Seas Traveler. Orders for the Oak Knights have taken up a lot of his time. Even if he frees up his hands to make one or two exquisite pieces, it can help him for a while.
, but it cannot be said to be stable.
And it's easy to expose some secrets.
But apart from alchemy, what else can I do?
Just think about exchanging Craftsmen Guild points for money. He currently has about three thousand points on hand, which is all he has earned from Tansnier until now.
The biggest one was the crystal design patent he left in El Paxin, but that thing was not actually his thing, but the inheritance left to him by Hain. After that, he also gave Silver Bee
, the designs of these structures of Ole Star were uploaded, but the results were almost meager.
Not worth mentioning.
At that time, Fang Plover gave up his mind.
He lowered his head and thought, while others discussed what they had seen before - mainly about the Sacrament Guild. Sky Blue and the Papalar people were obviously very dissatisfied with each other, and it was probably a tradition between the Third Division and the First Division.
Stereotyped.
Dotori came out from behind and opened the suppression magic array on the central booth.
Fang Yu proudly transformed the Imperial Morning Star and Seraph into information crystals. Since they were legendary structures, the 'Gu Jin's Magic Attic' also gave them a special information crystal.
It's a small gift.
Then both parties said goodbye and left.
Fang Plover led everyone out of the hall. They still had to go to meet Laila. After all, this was just their first stop. Next, they had to rely on the tour guide.
But before they even came outside, everyone heard a quarrel coming from outside——
"unacceptable!"
Fang Yu first heard a young man's voice complaining:
"We are all students of the Magic Academy, why do they treat us like this? What's so great about those people? Isn't it just that they were lucky enough to be born in the land of the empire? Does birth determine everything?
Are we, the principality academy students, born to be inferior to others?"
"Keep your voice down, Hain, otherwise those people will laugh at us for being so narrow-minded," another voice said worriedly, "Aren't you embarrassed enough?"
"What shame do I have," the voice said angrily, "You think they are targeting something, they are just targeting you as a person and your origin! Do you think you will gain respect by being humble? If you think so, then
You can go and please them!"
"Say less, Hain," a third voice also advised, "Miss Britta is also from the Empire. Do you mean that she is also counted among those people?"
"...Of course Miss Britta doesn't count," the voice calmed down a little, apologetically, "Miss Britta is on our side, I don't understand that."
But then another voice came in, saying with self-pity:
"It's not entirely the fault of the Empire. If it weren't for the heinous crimes of the people at Horfen College, why would we be unable to hold ourselves up in front of the Empire today? Our situation today is entirely due to the people of the Linn family. Those people boasted so much back then.
How big it is, how embarrassing it will be after the cowhide is blown.
Do you still remember what the seniors said? We were not born at that time, but there were many magicians in the principality who experienced that incident. Uncle Kelhan told me that at that time, everyone in the principality supported the Lynn family.
Are there a lot of people?"
"At the beginning, the Lin En family vowed to show off to the Empire. It is only natural that the Empire would have a grudge against us afterwards. We can't just allow us to ridicule the Empire and not allow the Empire to talk back, right?"
"Juno, what nonsense are you talking about?" A girl's voice retorted sharply, "How could Mr. Ash, the great wizard, be a liar? What happened at Horfen Academy?
It's just a rumor spread by bastards!
You know this, but you echo those people's words here. What's the difference between you and them?
Also, don’t you know Laila’s background? Who helped you a lot when you were in trouble, and this is how you repay it? You have to apologize to Laila!”
"I know, but the people in the empire may not know," the voice argued. "I know what's the use. I understand you. Can the people in the empire understand you? I'm not saying that Miss Leila is also a liar, because she is also a victim.
By."
"Fart," the girl's voice made her feet jump in anger, "Because the Imperial people did it on purpose. Do you think there is no instruction from a certain family behind the Haifa family?"
"This is a conspiracy theory, Britta," the young man named Juno replied, "I know you don't like the Hawke family, but how can we magicians look at problems based on our own preferences?
How is that different from those ignorant fools? If you want to put forward your own argument, you must at least have arguments to prove it, right?"
"Be respectful to Miss Britta," the angry voice sounded again, "She is from the Empire, and she doesn't have to swim in this muddy water with us. Moreover, the relationship between the Haifa family and the Cunning Owl family is obvious.
The thing is, now they are the only one in the principality, who do you think supports it?"
"I know you like Britta, Hain," Juno replied, "so I don't care about you. I just think you should change the way you think. The empire has never been sorry to us, it is us who have been sorry to the imperial people.
"
The other party paused.
"If you think I am a traitor, then I have no intention of changing your opinion, but I am actually on the same side as you in my heart. I just don't want to see you all suffer so much injustice in the empire because of a group of liars."
"Okay, that's all I have to say, and Miss Laila, I have always respected you, and I have never thought that you and those people are on the same page."
When Fang Yu and others walked out of the door, they happened to see this scene.
Two groups of young people were arguing fiercely, and both parties were wearing magician robes and novice badges. They were obviously students of the Magic Academy.
Laila happened to be among one of the groups, and she was guarding a girl in front of her. The girl was half a head taller than her, with dark curly hair, emerald-like eyes, fair skin, and seemed to have a good family background.
It's just that the little girl looked angry, while Laila's face turned pale and she pulled the former's sleeve tightly, as if she was afraid that the other party would do something irrational.
The leader of the other group, a tall and thin young man, bowed slightly to Laila, and then walked away with the group of people behind him.
Only then did Laila see Fang Plover and his group, and she couldn't help but be startled, and subconsciously became worried.
She didn't forget that she was still at work, but somehow she met Britta and her group and got involved, which made her so embarrassed that she actually didn't listen to a few words of Juno's words.
She couldn't help but look in this direction with some worry, fearing that the other party would have a negative view of her work attitude.
"Mr. Ed, I..."
"How is this going?"
Fang Plover was a little curious.
He seemed to understand just now. Except for the little girl named Britta, everyone present seemed to be college students from the Hart Principality.