Because Gavin was idle, the young dragon Alvinsa couldn't stay idle. In the past period of time, he had already learned Gavin's tricks. He captured Gos as a strong man and wandered around the rocky land all over the mountains and plains. The dog pretended to be a dragon.
Both the baby dragon and the kobold found satisfaction and had a lot of fun.
The consequence of this incident was that Gavin's happiness and worries were further aggravated.
While urging the human merchants to increase the amount of grain transported, they are also planning to start vegetable and fruit trade with the Yaling side as soon as possible. Once that line is opened, the amount of grain that needs to be transported in Yingya Cave will be greatly reduced.
But there is one biggest problem. The valley where the Curtain is located is not in a very remote location. There is no business road, not even a small trail.
If the two want to trade bulk goods, they must either establish a business channel or use air transport.
No matter which one, it is not so easy to achieve.
Furthermore, in the Chunya Castle, during the contact with Virginia, the lord of the eladrin, he was always passive, which somewhat irritated Gavin.
It made him realize that although he had changed his profession to a psion, his thinking and methods in many places still relied on those of a warrior.
Of course, there is a reason why Psions have weak early-stage skills and the techniques inherited from Legendary Warriors are not as useful.
It also has to do with Gavin not paying enough attention to himself and not fully tapping the potential of the Psion.
The most typical representative is that all abilities have not yet been fully explored and mastered.
With the awakening of the dragon-blooded kobold, Gavin brought a large amount of experience points, and his professional level was raised to level three.
It’s a good opportunity to dig deeper.
The third professional level is not a big or small threshold, especially for spellcasters, because they can cast second-level spells and abilities.
At the same time, there is an additional general specialty, Gavin chose the power of will.
This ability allows him to further strengthen his consciousness, control his consciousness, and improve his resistance to supernatural powers. Gavin's main priority is his resistance to charm and control.
Expertise: Strength (can provide 2 points of health per career level), dodge (can better sense danger and avoid it), Affinity Spirit Crystal (can synchronize spirit crystals and make spirit crystal servants), Firm Will (with a strong will)
aspect, you will have a +2 advantage), flexible movement (more conducive to avoidance), alertness (when the spiritual crystal servant is around), power of will (making your will stronger and able to resist charm and psychic attacks)
Equipment: Dwarf hand cannon, sharp sword, jumping boots, sharp spear, dragon fang gloves, dragon vision glasses, Howard's convenience bag, jackal big bow, two hand axes, two daggers
Elf blood: Has an advantage when fighting against charm, and will not fall asleep due to magic effects, and can enter the trance state unique to elves.
Echoes of the Legendary Warrior Soul: All warrior skills are considered skills of this profession. Weapons and armors of the warrior profession are considered proficiency. The first life die is calculated as a warrior, and during upgrades, additional warrior specialties are obtained.
Psicrystal Servant: Artoria
micro construct
Hit Dice: 13 (half of the owner)
Properties: Construct properties, hardness 8, proficient in evasion, personality, self-movement, shared powers, supervision, psychic link, transfer of contact powers
Construct properties: Psicrystal is resistant to poison, sleep, paralysis, shock, disease, death effects, necromantic effects, mind-affecting effects (charm, coercion, phantom hallucinations, psychic hallucinations, and morale effects) and anything that requires strong
Immune to the effect on Fortitude saves (unless the effect also affects the object, or the effect is harmless).
It is not affected by critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability damage, ability drain, fatigue, exhaustion, or energy drain.
It cannot heal damage, but it can be repaired. The psicrystal does not have the darkvision or low-light vision that are common features of constructs.
Psicrystal Special Abilities: The psicrystal described here has the special abilities of self-movement, alertness, evasion proficiency, shared powers, psychic connection, clairvoyance and psicrystal personality, and transfers contact powers. (If the owner does not choose,
With self-movement enabled, the Psychic Servant's speed is 0 and has no strength and agility values).
Skills: The psicrystal (with self-movement enabled) uses its Dexterity modifier instead of its Strength modifier on Climb checks. It has a +8 racial bonus on all Climb checks and can choose to always take 10, even in a hurry
Or even when threatened.
At the same time, Bede also brought back the promise of KaLS to Gavin.
"It's great, it's really great." After hearing the exact words relayed by Bede, Gavin spun around in excitement, held Bede's big hand tightly and said: "Uncle Bede, you are so awesome, this
Khalsa's words not only represent the Red Crow Mercenary Group, but also the War Mage. With this promise, as long as we don't do anything too outrageous in the rocky land and threaten the safety of Cormyr,
The Purple Dragon Legion will not cause trouble for us."
Once Gavin heard Khalsa's identity, everything became clear.
There is no such thing as a former battle mage or a battle mage from Cormyr who has retired. Once he is a battle mage, he will always be a battle mage.
Especially those who are not among the battle mages, they tend to have more power, because they are likely to have special missions, such as being the eyeliners of the Kingdom of Yasan and the current old dragon of the Kingdom of Cormyr. They like this spy drama very much, Cormyr.
In all cities, either openly or covertly, there will be a large number of his informants and spies.
KaLS is probably throwing a penny in Abel's hands, and many people know it.
Bede chuckled and said: "It's not that I'm very capable, but Brother Gavin, your idea impressed Mr. KaLS, so I copied your analysis. Master KaLS, who originally didn't care about Black Well, immediately changed his attitude.
A 180-degree change has occurred.
He also said that if he wanted to meet Brother Gavin, it would be fine whether Brother Gavin went to Abel or he came to Heijing.
Although there is an element of politeness in this matter, I think it is necessary for Brother Gavin to get in touch with him personally.
I believe that with the abilities of the Gavin brothers, it will not be difficult to win the recognition of this master. If we can take this opportunity to get the official recognition of Cormier, it will be more secure for Qian Zaiyan's actions."
Although Bede didn't say it himself, he was really concerned about himself and Heijing. Counting the time, he didn't have time to go anywhere else, so he ran between Abel and Heijing.
Although there are far more profit factors than emotional factors, this is a success in itself, or in other words, the reliability of the former is much higher than that of the latter.
As long as he can ensure his interests in Heijing, his enthusiasm will always remain so strong.
Gavin paced back and forth, nodded and said: "This is indeed a very important line. Now that we have connected it, don't break it, but it is still too early to meet.
He was able to promise me a cheap deal in Rockland, but he also valued the possibility of creating greater benefits for Cormyr.
If I do this, we don't need to go to them, they will come to us on their own initiative.
If I can't do this, even if I get close to you, it's just a hot face against a cold butt.
For now, his promise is enough, at least the Red Crow Mercenary Group will not mess around.
But since people have made promises, we should give them some bonuses.
So, next, I have to ask Uncle Bede's Qianshou Trading Company to open up the trade route to Abel and Cormyr and transport some of the iron ore there. For the iron ore transported in this direction, I will
Let’s make a profit of five points.”
Gavin will hug Cormyr's thigh sooner or later. As long as the old dragon Asan is still there, the Purple Dragon Kingdom will be the big tree in the sky here and cannot be shaken.
The plans for the next few years will all revolve around the military operations of the Kingdom of Cormyr.
The Baron of Rockland also needs the other party to canonize him.
But Gavin is still self-aware, despite the fact that he has nearly 10,000 kobolds.
Well, of course, most of them are hidden. The Yingya Cave and the Pit Tribe are not open to those merchants. They only know that there are hidden forces in the Black Well, but they don't have a specific idea of how big they are. They only know how big it is.
The food delivered is estimated to be very large.
Not to mention that Gavin deliberately hides his clumsiness, even if he doesn't, in the eyes of a big shot like Carl LS, it's just a small fight. There is no human village with a population of a thousand that deserves attention.
After all, the weakness of kobolds is deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Thousands of kobolds leaving the complex terrain of rocky land may not even be able to withstand the charge of a Cormyr Purple Dragon patrol.
Cormyr's Purple Dragon Legion is world-famous and intimidates the entire Starfall Sea region.
A regular Cormyr Purple Dragon patrol, consisting of 40-60 level 3-4 cavalry, a level 6-7 commander, at least two priests and a war mage and several war mage apprentices, commander
Usually with a wand or scroll such as the Staff of Paralysis.
There are at least ten such purple dragon patrols active in Abel and Tiffanyton.
Cormyr's Eastern Army is permanently stationed in Abel City, with a strength of no less than 2,000.
This does not include Abel's own garrison and militia system.
In terms of land area, Cormyr is larger than Tethyr, but in terms of governance, the two are not on the same level at all.
Cormyr has been in a prosperous age for several centuries. Although various minor turmoils continue, several kings have always been wiser, especially Assan III, who pushed this kind of rule to an unprecedented peak.
Tethyr has fallen into chaos for half a century. The royal family has existed in name only and has long since entered a state of exile. Lords and warlords from all over the country have been fighting for many years. Most cities and castles have become isolated islands. Monster tribes are overrun and raging, and everything is waiting for improvement.
Zalanda relied on half a hundred militiamen and led thousands of people to rise up and seize a city with tens of thousands of people. It was built in this special environment. If it were placed in Cormyr, several purple dragon patrols could unite to destroy it.
Beaten to disability.
Bede didn't think as much as Gavin. He only had one thing in his eyes, and that was the golden lion and silver eagle. The abacus in his mind was ringing, and he was doing quick mental calculations. With Gavin's profit, he could get the benefits of transporting the iron ore to Cormyr.
.
The result is that this business is done.
When transporting iron ore to Sambia, the final selling price may be higher than that of Cormyr, and the taxes paid may be lower, but the distance is relatively long, so transportation costs will naturally rise, and the profits of the two will be similar in the end.
But shipping to Cormyr has hidden benefits.
Compared with the Kingdom of Cormyr, Sambia's merchant alliance model has a unified national structure.
If they can take the opportunity to break into the ranks of official suppliers, Qianshou Trading Company will really gain a foothold and not be able to move sideways in the surrounding areas, at least the pattern will be opened up.
After finishing the mental calculation, Bede's little eyes disappeared with a smile. He patted his chest and promised: "Doing business with Brother Gavin is a pleasure. Leave this matter to me. I promise to let you Heijing Tribe
His name has spread to the ears of all Cormyrians."
"What do I need these false reputations for?" Gavin said with a smile, "Making a lot of money in a low profile is the way to go. Aren't you afraid of attracting more businessmen to the Black Well?"
Bede said with a proud look on his face, "Even if you put aside your personal relationship with the Gavin brothers and compete in the same position, you, Uncle Bede, are not afraid of them. This is still a bit of confidence."
"I believe this." Gavin was not complimenting him. Bede was indeed an excellent businessman, but due to his low background and small starting point, he lacked an opportunity to soar into the sky.
"I brought part of the harpy egg money, 20,000 pure Cormyr gold lions. Send someone to count them." Bede took the cash directly from Card LS.
In Faerûn, mages also have the nickname of mages, which is synonymous with wealthy people. Their mage tower is as famous as the dragon's lair.
There is no way, magic goods and normal goods are not the same price.
Even the most common magic items start with a few hundred gold coins. To hire a mage to cast a spell, not even a magic apprentice can hire two or three hundred gold coins.
It is unimaginable among humans to have a large number of spells like the Black Well Tribe to help with mining and daily work.
This is another important reason why Gavin chose the monster race to start his career - different racial concepts.
Not to mention a warlock, even a human being who has awakened spell-like abilities will increase their worth.
Like here in Heijing, the kobolds with the ability to hunt for dragons are only given special priority. In life, they still live like ordinary kobolds. They eat and live together, and their wages - the wealth they create belongs to the collective tribe.
All kobolds who negotiate salary and treatment are not good kobolds.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A knock on the door interrupted the meeting between Gavin and Bede.
Carter, the dragon-blooded kobold who had just been transferred to Gavin's Guards, came in to report: "Chief, there is a strange human businessman outside, clamoring to see you, and his attitude is very tough. How do you want to deal with it?"
Under Gavin's subtle influence, the attitude of the Blackwell kobolds towards humans, especially human merchants, has changed greatly.
In their eyes, it is their grain transport team, which treats all human merchants very politely.
"You businessmen have noses that are even sharper than dogs. As long as there is a business opportunity, you can smell it from dozens of kilometers away." Gavin couldn't help but joke with Bede.
Gavin knew that a new face would come to his door soon, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.
"Normal." Bede was not surprised at all. "Our Qianshou Chamber of Commerce has been in and out of Yandi several times. The quantity of high-quality iron ore produced in Heijing is increasing every time. Even a fool can't.
As you can guess, there is an iron mine in Yandi, and there is no way to keep it secret. They just came to the door now, which is already a very derelict thing."