Forming an organization dedicated to collecting intelligence is something that Kalya has long wanted to do - not only because of this Freljord war, but also because Lux currently lacks her own information channel.
When she was in Shurima, Lux could still eat Kalya's coffin book and rely on some wonderful information Kalya provided to do things, but in the north, close to Freljord, what did she want to get?
For information, you have to rely entirely on yourself.
From the official side of Demacia, Lux can get first-hand information from the Crownguard family and even the Lightshield royal family.
As for the news from the people, even the news from Freljord, Lux is now completely blind. Although she can get a glimpse of the news from the rumors in various chambers of commerce or taverns, it is obviously not enough to satisfy Lux.
Information needs.
Just like the Freljord War this time - because of this war that has nothing to do with Demacia, the entire northern region is in turmoil, and the artificial lake excavation project has almost come to a halt. If Grandma Ling hadn't obtained
According to the news, Avarosa has a trade request. I'm afraid Lux is still nervously wary of "the Freljordians who may go south"!
In the past, the Demacia Northern Army wanted to collect information about the Freljord and could only rely on sending Dragon Bird Knights for high-altitude reconnaissance.
But for Lux, her wrists are undoubtedly much more flexible.
Not only can you rely on Iva for more convenient and larger-scale high-altitude reconnaissance, but you can also use the Frost Mage to directly conduct reconnaissance as an ice traveler!
Although these frost mages don't know how to detect at all... But it doesn't matter. They are familiar with each other. Frost mages naturally have a special identity in Freljord. If you want to inquire about some less important information, the problem is still not
Big.
Through these "less important messages", Kalya can conduct special intelligence classes for them, allowing them to learn to analyze and identify these messages, thus giving Lux a pair of eyes and ears on the ice sheet.
After that, using these "special skilled workers" as the basic framework, and then from special to general, Fosbairo will have an organization of its own that can obtain and analyze intelligence from various channels!
After all, as the stall gets bigger and bigger, and the Master's lectures become more and more detailed, it is impossible for Kalya to have someone follow her through the streets like she did when she took Shyvana to do the Forsbarrow socioeconomic survey.
Collecting information bit by bit is really inefficient.
And all of this starts with the Freljord after the war - after the battle between Avarosa and Winter's Claw, the situation in Freljord will inevitably be in chaos, and the muddy waters will be the worst.
It’s a good time to fish, and it’s the best time to teach the rookies in Group 11!
Lux, Ino and Sona gathered together again and held a brief meeting.
In the next period of time, Ino will take Kalya and the 11th group of frost mages on the "Iva", fly over the Dragonspine Mountains, and go to Freljord to find out the news.
During this period, due to Kalya's absence, the advanced spellcasting course needs to be suspended.
Because the construction at the temporary camp was temporarily suspended for a period of time in preparation for the war some time ago, it happened to be possible to resume the construction period and make up for the previous progress while Kalya was away and the advanced classes were suspended.
The excavation work only needs to be maintained step by step. "Technically difficult topics" such as planting trees on the lakeside have been almost completed. At present, except for the reinforcement plan for the lakeside dam after the completion of the main project, other projects have not yet been finalized.
There are not many engineering problems anymore.
"Lux, in the next month at least, you will be able to truly become an independent lord." Before leaving, Kalya said with a smile, "Last time you led a team from Demacia to Fuzhou.
Sparrow did well along the way, I hope there won’t be any problems this time!”
"Of course it's no problem!" Lux showed a confident smile, "Teacher Kalya, don't look down on others. Back in Zaun, I was also a beloved leader——"
"The situation in Forsbarrow is not as simple as Zaun. Before I leave, I will leave you with a homework question." Kalya ignored Lux's confident answer and continued on her own, "Frey
What kind of impact will the trade of Erzod have on Fosbairo, and what does it mean to our career? I hope you can give a logical and rational answer based on your understanding of Fosbairo——
It can be written or oral."
Lux hasn't been given homework for a long time, and even when she was overwhelmed by homework before, she had never been given homework like "predicting the future".
However, this issue is indeed the one that Lord Forsbarrow should think about and consider the most.
In the past, as long as Lacus was willing to ask, Kalya would always break down everything he could think of and talk to Lacus. But this time, Kalya had simply comforted her once before and taught her not to make random analogies.
Said it carefully.
Lux thought that Kalya would explain it in detail at this meeting, but Kalya left this question to herself as homework!
Suddenly there was an extra homework, and Lux was a little sluggish.
"Okay, just think about it slowly - walk more, see more, listen more, I can only advise you so much." Kalya seemed to be very happy to see Lax's confused look, "
Let's go, Ino, call the members of Team 11, bring five days' worth of rations, and go find Grandma Ling. I think she would be happy to be your guide and introduce you to the Freljord!"
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Kalya walked cleanly.
As soon as the members of Group 11 returned to the temporary camp and began to brag about what they had seen along the way, they were gathered together again. Then, with the eyes of other groups mixed with envy and jealousy, they began to receive supplies on a per-person basis.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the evening of that day, the members of Group 11 left the temporary camp and went to the direction of Forsbarrow City.
Lux, who stayed in the temporary camp, announced the news of resumption of work and hosted a bonfire party. After returning to her tent, she could not sleep for a long time.
It's not that she can't sleep without Kalya, it's mainly because the homework that Kalya left for her really makes her unable to sleep.
In the past, Kalya has always been responsible for this kind of problems and thinking - as Lux's external brain, Kalya can always help Lux handle problems very appropriately in terms of strategy.
And Lux, who is used to trusting Kalya, usually only needs to deal with the problems in front of her.
To use an inappropriate metaphor, Kalya is like the system and NPC that issues tasks. It will always break down a huge problem or a far-off goal into problems that Lux can handle, and then
Leave it to Lux to handle.
As Lux said, in Zaun, she used to be a beloved leader and organized many projects and activities. But in fact, for every activity, Kalya first explained its meaning and role, and then
After clarifying the specific process, leave it to Lux for specific execution.
Although in this process, Lux is also learning to analyze the situation bit by bit and formulate plans, but compared to the wily Kalya, she still has a big gap.
This time after Kalya left, although the homework left for her was to "think about how the Freljord trade will affect Forsbarrow and what it means to Lux's career," Lux has a
I have a hunch that if my answer satisfies Kalya enough, the subsequent trade with Forsbarrow may have to be completely left to me.
Lux, who realized this, was both nervous and excited.
Although Kalya is a very kind person except for a few bad tastes, when it comes to education, he rarely praises others - sometimes even Lacus acts coquettishly in the hope of getting a little praise, but all he gets is
It can be a great read and a heartfelt compliment.
Lux respects and even worships Kalya, so she is very eager to get Kalya's heartfelt praise.
And now, Kalya's test is such an opportunity, and Lux has already felt Kalya's hope for herself.
From the time they met, Kalya never seemed to worry about his magical talent. Even when climbing Mount Targon, he still calmly arranged everything for himself, but now, for the first time, he will control
The power was put into my own hands...
How can this make Lacus not nervous or excited?
So, the next morning, Sona saw an excited, tired, and even somewhat nervous Lux.
"You don't seem to have had a good rest?" Sona stroked the strings hesitantly, "Lux, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, unprecedentedly fine." Lux clenched her fists, "Let's go, Sona, let's go have breakfast together. I have many things I want to talk to you about... I have never been like this because of a job.
Nervous and excited.”
Sona blinked and immediately understood what Lux meant. The corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch. In the end, she could only nod her head and had breakfast with Lux.
During this period, Lux has been talking about her thoughts and plans. Although she has not carried out strategic planning from scratch and judged the impact of one thing, following Kalya for so long, at least in terms of seeking truth from facts,
Lux has already carried it very clearly.
Therefore, according to Lux's idea, she should start from the Chamber of Commerce and see what impact the Freljord's products can have on Forsbarrow in addition to monetary income.
Sona strongly agrees with Lux's entry point.
After all, according to what Mrs. Bouvier taught, if you want to understand any industry, you should go to that industry to understand it. Since you want to think about the impact of northern trade, it is very normal for the first step to be with the Chamber of Commerce.
Then, following her previous habit in Zaun, Lux began to prepare the specific issues that needed to be investigated when going to the Chamber of Commerce to investigate.
While preparing the question, she discovered some uncertain factors: according to Lux's idea, she needed to make a rough estimate of the content of the northern trade, but the current situation is that she only knows the part of Forsbarrow
Specialties, I don’t know what the Freljordians can sell.
"Fels and ores, these are the only things I'm sure the people of Freljord will have." Lux frowned, "It's a bit troublesome - furs and ores are also Forsbarrow's main products, and the ores are fine.
, different types of ores have different uses, and there doesn’t seem to be much internal competition, but as for furs, it seems that whether they are furs produced in Freljord or Fursbarrow, they are used to keep out the cold.”
So, here comes the question, will the Freljord furs brought by the northern trade be too small to have any impact on the current Demacia fur trade, or will the scale be too large and the price too cheap?
And what about the local furs that squeeze Forsbarrow?
In order to understand this problem, we must first understand the current fur trade situation in Demacia.
In Demacia now, is the fur trade in short supply or in excess of demand? Is this situation stable over a long period of time, or is it subject to severe fluctuations?
Blinking her eyes, Lux was a little surprised to find that she seemed to be able to solve the problem easily?
After crossing out "Asking about the fur trade", Lux quickly wrote "Understand the specific situation of the fur market" below, and then after thinking about it, she added "Understand the fur market and other fur markets."
After these two questions, Lux broke down the problem in detail. For example, after "understanding the specific situation of the fur market", she marked the price, scale, transportation, channels, output, and use.
Processing and a long list of keywords.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Vaguely, Lux suddenly felt that her behavior was a bit familiar - wasn't this what she had been doing when she was investigating in Piltover?
However, at the time, Kalja only said that it was to investigate Piltover, and did not say why doing so would allow him to learn more about Piltover.
Moreover, compared to the previous investigation, Lux seems to want to know more and more details this time.
Thinking about this, Lux was a little surprised. Why didn't Karya need to investigate so much if she wanted to know about Piltover?
Is it because you have experienced so many investigations like this that you already have some kind of division in your mind?
Shaking her head, Lux wrote down this question, and then stopped thinking about it for the time being.
Putting away the investigation details, Lux spent the whole morning regularly supervising work on the construction site, and then ran directly to Forsbarrow City without even eating lunch to start today's investigation.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Sambol, who was doing the accounting at the Forsbarrow Chamber of Commerce, was shocked to see Count Laxana coming to visit him.
Then, just when he was wondering why the other party suddenly came here, Lux took out his investigation notes.
"I have some questions to ask you about Forsbarrow's trade issues." Lux sat upright, looking very serious, "It's mainly about the fur trade."
Hearing this, Sambol nodded subconsciously.
Ask, you are the lord, you have the final say - since Sambor has chosen to trust Lux, he is still willing to cooperate on this matter.
Then, as Lux asked the questions she had prepared one by one, Sambol quickly lost the ease he had at the beginning.
Big drops of sweat poured out from his forehead, rolled down his cheeks, and silently soaked his lapel fur coat.
The questions asked by Count Laxana are all related to the fur trade.
But what Sambor never expected was that he couldn't answer many of these questions!
Regarding the scale of the fur trade, transportation links, price fluctuations, etc., Sambol could not only answer them easily, but at least he could answer them easily.
But when the question came to "fur processed products", "fur distribution channels" and "fur trade competition", Sambol became a little confused.
It's pitiful that he is just the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Fosbarrow. Even though the fur trade in Forsbarrow does go through his hands, in the final analysis, he only purchases furs through the Hunters Guild in Fosbarrow, and then
Sell them at exhibitions in Xiongdu according to different fineness and quality. In the final analysis, it does not break away from the scope of business, and the hard-earned money earned is just the hard work of running errands.
And these questions from Lux... gave Sambor the feeling that they were the same questions asked by the controller of the fur trade in order to better control this trade!
Questions that had never been thought of before came one after another, and ideas that flashed into Sambor's mind came one after another - although Lux was not actually proficient in trade, she had "furthered training" in Zaun
Three years later, when she returned to the northern border of Demacia, she was naturally much higher than Sambol in terms of thinking!
Trading is about buying low and selling high.
Sambol knew this, and he also knew that furs in the north were cheap and furs in Xiongdu were expensive. He had channels on both sides, so he was a dealer of Forsbarrow furs.
But Lux's question was as if she wanted to find out in detail how much money Forsbarrow's fur trade could make, and how much money the entire Demacia fur trade could make - how could this not make Samborhan like this?
Rain?
While trembling, Sambol couldn't help but start thinking wildly.
Why does Count Laxana care so much about the fur trade?
Could it be that what is she going to do about the fur trade?
But what could she do about the fur trade?
She probably doesn’t have a source of furs, right?
Just when Sambor was full of doubts, Lux's question asked about the purchase of furs, and upon hearing this, an idea suddenly flashed in Sambor's mind.
To whom was the fur trade most important in Forsbarrow?
Hunter Guild!
So, Count Laxana wants to cut off Forsbarrow's fur trade and take a step back from the hunter guild that relies on the fur trade?
Don’t forget, it was the Hunter Guild that was unwilling to cooperate before!