"Yes." Avery nodded repeatedly, "Of course, we will not let Lord Broken Thorn's efforts go in vain. We are willing to compensate for it with fish catch or other labor."
"Compared to hiring Broken Thorn, I have a better way to cooperate." Since the other party raised this topic, Gavin naturally took advantage of the opportunity, "Before that, I would like to ask, where did your houseboat come from? Himself
Build? Or buy from other Valley shipyards?”
"Those simple wooden boats and kayaks were built by ourselves, and the boat owners ordered them from Seiber Lake in Misty Valley. There is a large shipyard there that specializes in producing various river boats." Avery.
He replied, "Seiber Lake is an excellent place for us to escape the wind and cold in winter."
"I hope you can help me contact me to buy more seriously damaged ships, or find abandoned ones. As a reward, I will help you repair the damage to the ships for free." Gavin's abacus started to click.
In doing so, it is natural to defeat the kobolds' idea of spell-like repair and complete repair.
Don't use the frequency of spell usage in Dragon Oak Territory and Spring Bud Forest to measure the entire Faerûn.
For example, when Gavin first ruled Blackwell, the Blackwell tribe's use of magic was the highest level of magic use in the lives of all human beings, and even most intelligent life in Faerûn.
There is definitely some use of spells, but overall it's not that high.
Spring Bud Forest, as a fairy wilderness, cannot be measured by the level of the material plane.
The special situation of the Dragon Oak Territory is mainly based on the fact that the kobold bloodline is prone to mutation, and Gavin found the right path through a combination of circumstances, especially the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, which played a big factor in the process.
Without it, the kobolds' spell usage, even if it is higher than other intelligent races, is relatively limited.
Anbaochuan Village is obviously at an average level. The priest named Anranka looks quite old, but his professional level is not high. He can perform repair techniques, but cannot perform perfect repair techniques.
At most, minor scars can be repaired, but not much can be done for serious injuries.
Hearing Gavin's proposal, the halfling leader Avery's face showed a hint of joy involuntarily, "Lord, do you want to use the complete repair technique to repair those old ships and put them back into use?
This method seems perfect, but in fact, the cost is sometimes higher than buying a new ship, especially those large ships that are too large and often need to use dozens of perfect repair techniques. No senior priest is willing to
A lot of time and energy are wasted on this.”
Avery kindly reminded Gavin that if this kind of business was really so profitable, someone would have done it long ago. How could there be so many scrapped or abandoned ships?
The reason is that hiring a priest who can perform perfect repair skills is too expensive.
His eyes couldn't help but fall on Anna. Could it be that this little girl who looked like she was not even half the age of Pastor Anranka was actually a third-level pastor?
At the same time, I thought of what I saw when I just entered the Vizeme Manor. Could it be that all the repair marks were due to her?
"My situation here is a bit special. I have several special kobold subordinates who have spell-like abilities in this area." Gavin revealed a little bit.
Kobolds with spell-like abilities?
A kobold with prosthetics and perfect restoration?
The halflings present couldn't help but look at each other.
This is the first time I have heard of such a kobold, not to mention seeing it.
If there were such a kobold as his subordinate, the deal Gavin was talking about would be a huge profit.
How much does it cost to raise several kobolds?
If you hit a perfect repair technique every day, you can earn hundreds of gold coins.
There is no need to have too many kobolds like this. If there are only ten or eight of them, they can open a repair shop and sleep on gold coins.
Now that the words have come to this point, if the halfling leader continues to disagree, it will not be a good intention, but blocking people's money. He nodded with a smile and said: "In this case, I will take advantage of the lord, and there is no need at all.
Looking elsewhere, there is a ship graveyard in Yewen Pond. Some ships that are not worth repairing will be driven there to wait for them to rot and sink. After so many years of accumulation, there are dozens of ships of all kinds there.
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"Can you take me to see the situation?" Gavin suddenly became energetic.
Speaking of ship graves, he couldn't help but think of the truck graves he encountered in the goblin wilderness when he came to Rockland.
When I have time, it is necessary to go there. Even if I don't take out all the trucks there, throw two or three kobolds who know the repair and perfect repair skills there, and open a truck repair shop, that would be a good idea.
A good deal worth a fortune.
Gavin couldn't help but look at the young priest. She had been excited for a long time because she discovered this.
Anna happened to look at Gavin, looked at each other, and smiled at each other. It seemed that the two of them thought of the same thing.
"Now?" Avery was stunned. The Lord was still impatient.
"Now." Gavin nodded. In the land of Three Rivers, the value and convenience of ships are far greater than that of horse-drawn carriages. The sooner you get your own ship, the better.
"Okay, I'll choose a boat and take the Lord there personally." Avery is also a cheerful person.
Both parties are action-minded, so once the deal was finalized, they immediately headed to the river.
This time, Gavin didn't take anyone with him, so he jumped onto the halfling's ship alone.
He now has more ways to save his life, and his courage has also increased with the tide.
Just a lake can't trap him.
Avery also only brought one young halfling to help him row the boat. Judging from his appearance, he should be his son.
Both of them were excellent sailors, and with the help of the gentle breeze, they arrived at their destination in just ten minutes.
The boat grave mentioned by the halfling leader is not on the shore, but in the center of Yewen Pond.
There is a small island here, or to be more precise, it is a swamp.
If the water level is lower, it will be exposed.
If the water level is higher, the whole area will be submerged.
The dilapidated ships were lying half in the mud.
Most of the ships were halfling house ships, and a small number were slightly larger human cargo ships. In the deepest part, Gavin also found a ship that, even though it was mostly rotten, was still extremely beautiful, in the elf style.
Intense.
Seemingly noticing Gavin's gaze, Avery smiled and explained: "That abandoned ship can be said to be the ancestor of this ship tomb. It has a history of hundreds of years here. It was not a cargo ship, but a cargo ship."
This elven warship is a magic ship. It has not completely decayed after so many years. The magic on it must still be in effect. If you want to repair it, it cannot be done by dozens of complete repair spells."
"I know." Gavin nodded slightly, indicating that he knew what he was thinking.
Whether it is a repair spell or a complete repair spell, it can only be effective on those ordinary items.
Once you get the magic item, there's nothing you can do about it.
This is what is called, magic cannot fix magic.
After looking around, Gavin couldn't help but sigh and said: "You have really chosen a good place for this ship graveyard. Even if you want to repair them and open them up, it will be a difficult task."
"This is easy to do. In less than two months, it will be the rainy season of Komanso. The flow of the three rivers will increase at the same time. The water level of Yewen Pond will rise by at least one meter. Most of the place will be submerged. You can drag them out.
Previously, we docked them during the rainy season." Avery is experienced.
"It seems that my dream of owning my own ship and fleet in a short period of time will come to nothing."
"Haha... Lord, you are too impatient. Even if you have a large number of ships, where can you find so many sailors who are proficient in sailing in a short period of time? No matter how good a ship is, if there are no sailors, it will be dead.
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"I'm actually impatient. Okay, let's go back. Now I know what to do and how to arrange it."
"Now that we're all out, why don't I take you to visit the scenery around Yewen Pond and introduce you to the situation here?" Avery suggested.
"If the leader has time, he would be more than happy to do so." Having a local snake who is familiar with the surrounding situation is willing to lead the way is something Gavin could only wish for.
"Then we will follow the wind. The first stop is the entrance of the Sambo River, which originates from Lake Sebo. If we go upstream here, we can go directly into Lake Sebo in the hinterland of the deep forest valley..."
Avery, the leader of the halflings, has lived on the Asaba River for generations. He was born and raised here. He spends less time on the ground than staying on the water. He is familiar with the surrounding situation.
In Gavin's ears, these seemingly homely things were the information he needed most.
Even if you drive a boat and circle around Yewen Pond, it will already be mostly dark.
Both of them felt that they had gained a lot.
Gavin has enough information.
Avery, on the other hand, gained a deeper understanding of the new lord of the Vizeme Manor.
The other person gave him the impression that he had a big heart and would never be satisfied with a small Vizeme Manor.
After understanding this, the halfling leader was not frightened, but surprised.
It's not that he is ambitious and wants to get involved, but if the other party's heart is big enough, he won't set his sights on small profits - and Anbao Ship Village is a trivial small profit.
Although Gavin repeatedly invited him kindly, the halflings were not very grateful for the idea of staying at Wezeme Manor, and even the dinner was frightening.
As soon as the dinner was over, everyone was running faster than rabbits, as if the Vizeme Manor behind them was a man-eating monster.
no way.
After all, Vizeme Manor has been caught between the material plane and the shadow plane for a while.
During the day, with direct sunlight, the shadow energy is suppressed.
At night, the shadow energy takes over again, especially since the restoration of the manor has just begun, with a mixture of old and new, giving people an even more permeable feeling.
To put it nicely, it’s called You Leng.
It's so unpleasant to hear, it's so ghostly.
Especially tonight, it's a moonless night. If you have evil intentions, everything you look at seems to be wrong.
This was obviously the case for these halflings. After leaving the manor, they looked at each other and did not even have the courage to discuss it here. They ran back to their houseboats in a hurry, making up their minds that if there was nothing special, they would not come to this manor.
It's wonderful, it's too evil here.
Tonight is destined to be an uneasy night.
As soon as the halfling stepped forward, dark figures walked out of the shadows and quickly gathered together, exchanging information in extremely low voices.
"Is this here?"
"Yes, it is here. There is still a remnant of the goddess' power here. This is the stolen manor in the goddess's oracle."
"I feel the breath of the blasphemer, in this manor."
"What do we do now?"
"What else can be done? Of course, rush in, find the blasphemer, take divine revenge on him, and regain what belongs to the goddess."
"Don't you wait until the high priest arrives?"
"Idiot, if we wait until the high priest comes, what will happen to us? That greedy old woman will take more than 90% of the harvest and ask for credit from the goddess alone."
"Yes, since we found it first, we should seize this opportunity."
"But, will the high priest hold you accountable afterwards?"
"As long as we succeed, no matter how dissatisfied the high priest is, he must keep it in his heart, because we will become the new God's Blessed Ones."
"What if it fails?"
"Haha... Failure? Even if the high priest spares us, the goddess will not spare us. We can only succeed, not fail."
"Don't talk nonsense. The remaining divine power of the goddess here is still very strong. I can use these divine powers to form a temporary revenge field here, which will lock the blasphemer and prevent him from escaping from this manor before we all die.
, all the creatures inside are regarded as our enemies, and we can launch divine revenge against them."
"Temporary revenge field? Haha... I told you earlier, with this, the goddess will be with us, what is there to be afraid of? What are you waiting for? Start quickly."