No matter how much the Absolu Chamber of Commerce asks for, Jam will simultaneously convert it into makara and tell Shado, but what Shado pays for is arcane crystals.
This is basically a capitalless transaction. He doesn't care how much more the other party can make, as long as he feels that he doesn't lose money.
Now Jam has quoted a price of 2.72 million makara. To be honest, Sha Duo is very satisfied. If converted into arcane crystals, it is less than 500 arcane crystals.
With the current output of arcane crystals in the floating city, Xia Duo can easily accumulate so many arcane crystals as long as he silently counts "123" in his mind.
But he felt that he was at a disadvantage at this price, so he had to bargain, otherwise he would easily be taken advantage of.
"Master Athos, Manager Haman said that the price really cannot be lowered. The cost of a multi-functional puppet alone is close to one million makaras. And that anthropomorphic puppet, no one has ever thought of it before today.
If you want a puppet to be fully anthropomorphic, it usually only needs to have a personality. This kind of anthropomorphic puppet needs to be redesigned from scratch. It is only for the sake of Prince Aben's face to only accept this little."
"Were there no anthropomorphic puppets before?"
"No, absolutely not. Humanoid secret weapons are not very popular in Imasca, let alone completely anthropomorphic ones. There may have been craftsmen studying this in the past, but the Absolu Chamber of Commerce will never do it. The purpose of the Chamber of Commerce is to make money.
, why study something that doesn’t make money!”
In the end, after some hard talk, Jam finally agreed to erase the fraction, not the fraction of the 2.72 million makara, but the fraction of the arcane crystals that Shado needed to pay, which only required 400 arcane crystals.
"Do I need to pay a deposit? How long will it take to deliver the goods?"
"There is no need for a deposit. As for how long it will take to deliver the goods, I wonder how long Master Athos plans to stay in Imasca?"
"I came with the Comanso caravan, and I should leave together too!"
"According to past experience, the Comanso caravan will usually stay in Imasca for about a month. If this is the case, then the Absolu Chamber of Commerce will definitely be able to deliver the goods before you leave, and the money and goods will be cleared by then.
Already."
Xia Duo thought about it for a moment and nodded, "Okay, but for the anthropomorphic puppets, I don't want the Absolu Chamber of Commerce to just muddle through. If that's the case, I won't pay the bill then."
"Don't worry, Master Athos will definitely be satisfied."
Of course, these words did not come from Jam’s personal guarantee, but were translated from the strong confidence of Manager Haman. Regarding this, Xia Duo did not say anything more. Anyway, he would just not pay if he was not satisfied at that time.
The main reason why he made the request for an anthropomorphic puppet was to pry into Imasca's technical level.
It is not an easy task to design and make a puppet that imitates humans in all aspects. At least with Xia Duo's current ability, he cannot make such a puppet.
He could even say that none of Netheril could design such a puppet.
Of course, if he only pursues similar effects, Xia Duo still has many alternative plans, but here he has restricted the conditions to death, requiring puppets, or in other words, using secret weapons in the creation magic system to achieve it.
Xia Duo believes that this will definitely not be an easy job.
Putting it on the earth, this is to make a robot that has a human appearance, a human internal organization, and can move like a real person. Considering the complexity of human beings, it is an impossible task.
Therefore, Shado does not actually require the Absolu Chamber of Commerce to make a puppet that is 100% similar to humans. As long as the limbs and main system functions of the body are similar to humans, he will consider the puppet qualified.
It can be said that only in the classical magic era where many cognitions were not yet complete, this kind of anthropomorphic puppet, which can be regarded as the pinnacle of technology, could be "smuggled" by Sha Duo so easily.
Of course, it is still too early to say this now. Only when the puppet is actually obtained will it be considered a small victory.
…
After discussing the customization of the puppets, Xia Duo did not go to a second shop for the combat-oriented secret weapon, but solved it directly here. However, this is a workshop after all, and Manager Harman only provided some samples for Xia Duo's reference. They are genuine.
You still need to go to the store to get it.
"This is a protective belt. Once the wearer encounters an external attack, it will automatically activate a protective barrier that can withstand at least level 5 damage.
"This is an attack glove. The wearer can emit a beam of destruction from the palm of his hand, destroying all targets in front. The damage level reaches level 6.
"This is--"
Jam kept introducing the secret combat weapons to Sha Duo. Sha Duo nodded from time to time to express his approval and place an order. However, after all the introductions, he discovered a problem, that is, these secret combat weapons were only used for personal combat.
It does not have the attributes of large-scale battlefield operations.
"Tax Officer Jam, when I was in Jhanjit City, I remember that the rebels seemed to have used a long-range siege weapon. Are there any here?"
"Those are war weapons made privately by the rebels. They only pursue destructive power and have no safety guarantee at all. Of course, we will not sell such inferior products here."
"Tax officer Jam, you know that's not what I want to ask!" Xia Duo couldn't help but raise his voice to show his dissatisfaction. You don't have to sell, but you can't go around in circles.
In the former case, Xia Duo fully understood and could accept it, but in the latter case, although Xia Duo understood it, he did not accept it.
"Mage Athos, war weapons are indeed not sold to the outside world. Secret weapons originally designed for combat are already very sensitive. Besides, I'm worried about that-"
"Why don't you just say not to sell it? I'm not an unreasonable person. The Western Continent also has various restrictions on war weapons. I can completely understand this."
"Yes Yes."
…
In the end, Shado placed an order from the Absol Chamber of Commerce for more than a hundred combat-oriented secret weapons, as well as hundreds of civilian secret weapons with different functions, for a total price of five million makaras.
The price is very high, but Xia Duo doesn't care at all. If he wants to learn from others, how can he not pay any tuition fees?
Although from the current perspective, the secret weapon seems to be more suitable for civilian promotion than the magical weapon in the Western Continent, Xia Duo believes that as long as the advantages of the secret weapon system are absorbed, the magical weapon is no worse than the secret weapon.
And since the main material of magical weapons is usually only mithril, which is much more convenient than the various materials of secret weapons, as long as the cheap preparation method of mithril is figured out, magical weapons can definitely become the most common magic item.
"Tax Officer Jam, I would like to visit Prince Aben and express my gratitude to him in person. I wonder if you can introduce him to me."
Since Prince Aben has shown his sincerity, Sha Duo certainly cannot be too rude. Furthermore, a meeting is a meeting, and a transaction is a transaction. The two are not exactly the same thing.