Chapter 3226 A tacit understanding to gain divine favor
It's just that although this kind of thing will not harm Ye Erlan's interests, it can benefit Xia Duo. Xia Duo doesn't expect to let Ye Erlan do this without paying anything, so he also sent a private message to Philipfa:
"If there is anything else you need me to do, please feel free to tell me."
This is actually a transaction, but Shado doesn't want to talk about the transaction directly. He actually doesn't care, but Philipar is an elf, and elves always have an inexplicable reserve, even scruples.
And if it is a formal transaction, Philipfa must inform the country of Yeerlan about this matter. Then Xia Duo may have to pay more price. It is better to have a tacit understanding with Philipfa in private to avoid unnecessary complications.
Philipfa completely understood Chateau's hint, but he hesitated, "Consultant Chateau, you are still a human being after all. Isn't this somewhat inconvenient?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xia Duo turned into an elf in front of him and said, "I can participate in the experiment as your personal assistant or any other identity you deem appropriate."
Seeing this scene, Philipa was a little stunned. It was the first time that he saw a person with the same status as him make such an action. It was too straightforward and naked.
At this time, he had a fairly intuitive understanding of the rumor that "human beings have no bottom line" that was widely circulated in Erlan. No upper elf would be able to do such a thing.
Of course, this does not mean that the upper elves do not talk about interests, but they will not talk about interests so nakedly. For the sake of the family, the people, and the country, they are all reasons. It is really disrespectful to not talk about any reasons.
Be particular about it.
And being so shameless for profit also opened Philipfa's eyes.
However, he did not look down on Xia Duo because of this, but instead paid more attention to Xia Duo.
Personal face is one thing, credibility is another. As long as credibility is not lost, personal face is only secondary, and you may gain more benefits from it.
If Philip had to choose, he would rather give up some of his benefits or pay a higher price to keep his face.
He really can't understand the thoughts of humans, but with the establishment of the Northland Alliance, there will be more and more opportunities to deal with humans in the future. He doesn't know whether humans have changed under the influence of elves, or whether elves have changed under the influence of humans.
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Just as Philip's thoughts were spreading, Chateau had already put forward specific conditions——
"Our cooperative development plan in Elam is still continuing. I am willing to invest in an additional batch of arcane crystals. The specific use will be arranged by Your Excellency Philipfa."
Arcane crystals have been a strategic material for Netheril since its birth. Before the birth of Mythra, only a very small amount flowed into the elven countries.
After Mythra was born, there was a relatively stable way to obtain it, but the quantity was still strictly limited. However, arcane crystals have proven to be the most ideal consumables for war spells.
Every country - including Yeerlan, of course, is trying to find ways to obtain more arcane crystals through various channels, but each country has achieved little success.
And now that Shado is willing to pay for arcane crystals in exchange for the opportunity to gain divine favor that has little impact on Yeerlan, Philipfa is undoubtedly very moved, but when it comes to arcane crystals, he also has some selfish motives.
After thinking about it, he sent a message to Xia Duo, "The Elan development plan basically does not require arcane crystals. Consultant Sha Duo might as well invest those arcana crystals in the subsequent agricultural cooperation."
"Agricultural cooperation? Didn't His Excellency Philipfa say before that King Helion and the Parliament should agree?"
"I have already reported to King Mian. King Mian agreed to cooperate with Advisor Shado, provided that the cooperation must include bloodline research support from Calimshan. This is also a requirement of the parliament. If Advisor Shado agrees, after the alliance meeting
We can sign a formal agreement of intent first."
The agricultural cooperation mentioned by Philifa includes two aspects. On the one hand, it is the demi-plane ecological farm research proposed by Shado, and on the other hand, the research on new crops transformed by blood is more important to Yeerlan. This part must be done by Calimshan.
Bloodline technical support.
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The reason for inserting private transactions into this cooperation is mainly because agricultural cooperation with the Nese people is relatively sensitive. Both the crown prince and the parliament intend to cooperate in a private name first, and then turn it into an official one depending on the situation.
The representative of the currently launched private partner is Philip Fa. If this cooperation can be successful, Philip Fa will only need to report the results to the Crown Prince and the Parliament for quite some time in the future, without the need to report on the process.
Of course, it would be easy to do some tricks in this way. As long as Xia Duo cooperates, neither King Mian nor the Council will know that a batch of arcane crystals have flowed through the cooperation.
As for why we had to go through it all over again, it was of course because Philipar did not want to be suspected of colluding with the Nese people. Even if these arcane crystals were eventually discovered by the crown king and the council, they simply did not report it.
Without this step, how would he explain the arcane crystals he took from Sha Duo? Could it be that Sha Duo didn't ask him to do anything but gave him a batch of strategic strategies that are very important to any country?
Supplies?
Philipfa has been an adviser to the crown king for so long, it is impossible for him to leave such a big attack point for political opponents and dissidents.
In addition, King Mian's thoughts have recently undergone some unexpected changes due to Kalish. These changes may have an unpredictable impact on Erlan. He must think more about himself.
And the batch of arcane crystals provided by Xia Duo that do not exist in the eyes of outsiders will become a more critical trump card in his hand!
For Xia Duo, as long as the transaction can be completed, he does not care how the arcane crystals are given out, not to mention that Philipa's words have locked in the possibility of agricultural cooperation in advance, so he will not care.
Objected.
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Soon, Shado negotiated all the details with Philifa. He paid a price of 5,000 standard arcane crystals to become the dispenser of today's Ellan sacrifice experiment. This price is really not small.
Based on the current market price of 1,000 gold coins each, these 5,000 arcane crystals are equivalent to 5 million gold coins. However, due to sales restrictions on Netheril, the actual transaction price is actually close to 2,000 gold coins.
Of course, compared to more than 4,000 gold coins before Mythra was born, the price is now cut in half.
Philipfa was very satisfied with this transaction, and Shado actually did not suffer a loss. 5,000 standard arcane crystals could not keep up with Mythra's daily output. It was just artificial restrictions on sales that kept the price high.
If sales are liberalized, the price may fall by tens, hundreds, or even cheaper.
At the same time, if you compare the magic items that Ye Erlan is going to use for sacrifice today, arcana crystals worth tens of millions are actually not that much. If the magic items that Ye Erlan is going to use for sacrifice today are sold to the public, the price will be at least over 100 million.
A considerable part of them are obsolete old magic weapons, or magic weapons that were made incorrectly but have not been completely scrapped. Both types of magic weapons can be recycled, but recycling also has costs and is not necessarily more cost-effective than making new ones.
In addition, the giant mithril mines in the Gray Peak Mountains have begun to produce some time ago, so there is no need to recycle these old or scrapped magic weapons.
But no matter what, even if it is garbage, it can be sold for a lot of money.
In this regard, Xia Duo could only sigh, "Big dog owners are really rich!"
Ye Erlan brought out so many things in his first sacrifice experiment. What else could he be but a big dog? Anyway, he would never do this himself.
From this point of view, these 5,000 standard arcane crystals seem to be very worthwhile. After all, if you really want to exchange for 5,000 arcane crystals, you will definitely not be able to exchange for so many things.