Boru lay down in front of the long table in the reading room in the magic tower for a long time.
There is a reason why he adopts such a weird posture, lying here to read - the weight of the knowledge carrier is quite heavy, and not the small coffee table in the bedroom can bear it. It is quite difficult to hold it, let alone pick it up to read.
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There is no problem if you just look it up, but if you read this kind of book all day long, it will be a big burden on your waist. Finally turning the last page, Bolu sat back on the chair, having been lying down all day
My waist feels sore.
His attention was a little distracted. He sat on the chair and began to think about the price on the exciting appendix:
"This price is amazing! The profit is high enough to make me a moral vacuum!"
He was like a man who has been craving for hot pot for a long time. Although he did not lose his mind, he couldn't help but feel excited: after some calculations, the copper ingots that Kakarte decided to pay for armor and weapons were more than before.
An increase of 30%!
Although Polu was ecstatic about the price that was simply a money grab, he was also a little worried: "With such a high price to buy, are they afraid that their arsenal will collapse? Okay, just to avoid losing T, let alone give money.
, even if it’s half sold and half given away, the leasing bill is still necessary.”
At the same time, he fantasized about what it would be like to expand the entire industrial chain after obtaining enough copper. While he was inserting shiny energy-concentrating panels all over the island, this grandiose dream was interrupted by a knock on the door behind him.
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He turned around from the stool while holding his waist and saw Garland leaning against the door:
"The information you want to know has been verified. Xingdao has also received letters mainly asking for large sums of money. They buy everything, scrolls, potions, energy-storage missile wands, and even a large number of customized fireball scrolls. What about you, I heard
You rejected their order before, are you going to stop accepting it now?"
"If Xingdao takes the order, of course I will take it. I just don't know what to do, but bringing Xingdao will make me feel more at ease."
But a kind of worry has been lingering in Bolu's mind: "Then their habit of turning into robbery halfway through the transaction? I'm still a little worried."
"Who knows?"
Garland shrugged and paused before continuing: "The envoys we contacted this time were different from usual. They were no longer the border troops. They were the Baator merchants they had recently captured and turned into slaves.
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"What?"
Facing Bolu's surprised look, Garland emphasized: "It's true. This businessman is from a certain chamber of commerce in the past. Someone knows him. When Bator was attacked, he survived because he could drive a carriage. Relying on this door
My craftsmanship and business nature turned out to be quite good there.
Later, he didn't go into details. He only knew that he seized an opportunity to talk to the people around Kakarte, and then changed his identity and started serving Kakarte. According to them, Kakarte was
Under the influence of civilization, we have decided to abandon the traditional giant habits and decide to be a civilized person and do business with us according to human habits."
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Polu always felt that he heard something extraordinary. He pinched his thigh to make sure that he was not still delusional before asking: "I just farmed for a while, and such a big change happened over there?
The businessman is so talkative? How did he suddenly...convince those violent maniacs that normal trade has more benefits than robbery?"
"I'm also very curious about this question, but that's all the information I've received. By the way, the treaty port that will be opened in the future is in Syracuse in the west."
"Wait a minute, do you believe this? Where is Syracuse?"
"It's a defensive barrier city on the western border. They reported this information. It doesn't matter whether we believe it or not."
"I don't believe it anyway."
The two laughed together.
"But if there's a request from above, even if it's false, we have to cover our eyes and pretend we didn't see it. At least it's true that Kakarte hired a group of businessmen to take care of his territory - it's something of a change.
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"As for the deal they proposed, the council has reached an agreement to support them in their fight against those strange invading creatures. At least it won't make them feel hopeless and come back to fight us.
"That's it?" Bolu couldn't help but feel a little disappointed: "We've all confirmed that it's an invading creature. Why do I always think you guys aren't very nervous?"
"Why should we be nervous? We have been fighting against invasive creatures at the entrance of the cave for so many years. They are just small fish that have slipped through. What is there to be nervous about? As long as the giants are fed and armed, they can actually fight them.
"We are so poor that there is nothing we can do against them. Once they are equipped, it should be no problem."
Garland's face was full of confidence, and his logic was coherent and self-consistent, which even raised Bolu's expectations for the giants' resistance.
"Okay, then I'll sell them more things."
"Wait! Don't sell too much at one time! Moderate, moderate, understand?"
While thinking about how much to sell, Bolu suddenly understood what he meant: "I understand, moderation, moderation! Just right!"
The two of them shared an unspeakable smile.
"So the scrolls that will be released in the summer this year may be sold to Kerkart in batches. What about your armors and weapons? The price of the armors and weapons in the appendix makes many young magic apprentices unable to help but want them.
Let’s make some pocket money by making items.”
This sentence made Polu laugh: "Things like armor and weapons cannot be made just by touching them. If I didn't have experienced craftsmen on hand, I might not be able to understand the structure and ideas of this thing. Please advise quickly.
If they give up, they should go back to making scrolls. Aren't scrolls very profitable?"
"The prices are quite high, what do you say?"
"Of course! But the transportation of armor, weapons and scrolls is incomparable. They are heavy and take up space. Anyway, we can't transport them now. Let's wait until the summer. I can't waste my transportation capacity on this aspect now. It's not even enough to transport ore.
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Anyway, there is a defensive barrier for the mages, so let the mages try it out.
If they really let the merchants do normal business, then selling again is not an unacceptable option.
But no matter what, Boru will not step out of the fortress gate!
Having said this, he suddenly became serious:
"By the way, are there iron mines in Esodu?"
"Yes. Speaking of which, isn't there one on your island?"
"The area of the mining area is limited. Although it is still far from enough, I feel that the bottleneck can be seen at a glance. It is best to prepare in advance for new mining areas."
"There is one near the Crystal Mine. Although it can't keep up with the Red Mountain, it's pretty big. But what can I say? There are a lot of useless black stones in the iron mine there. Although they are shiny, they also have a strange...
Color, but of no use. Some are also magnetic, and you have to choose one before using the ore. I heard that smelting them is not very cost-effective, and there are a lot of useless residues, so the scale of the blacksmith workshop there has always been small."
"This thing... doesn't sound like an iron mine... Thank you. I'll check it out next time I go to the mine to build a cargo terminal. By the way, the topography of the dock has almost been completed, and there is no follow-up equipment here.
, so I will go back to Ta Island tomorrow. I originally wanted to say goodbye to you tomorrow, but since we have met now, I might as well say goodbye to you now."
"Are you in such a hurry to go back? What other equipment can the dock have? Are there not enough cranes?"
"How can that crane, which is only used to lift small equipment, be able to do it? The equipment used at the terminal is far different from this one. I have to go back and prepare first. There are still a lot of expansion matters, otherwise I wouldn't be in a hurry to put it in right now.