In the next two days, the two parties held several negotiations on the price of the Flar Repeater Cannon, and finally settled on a price of five thousand gold crowns, and Rhodes bought it.
According to Flair, he had two more on board, and he hoped that Rhodes would buy them together. However, Rhodes only wanted one and was determined not to buy more. This gave Flair a headache. He came all the way from Tilea in the south.
After rushing here, I only sold one cannon. It was a long journey, and I don’t know how much manpower and material resources were wasted in the process... However, it seems that the city defense of Black Hammer Castle is strong, and there are no particularly powerful enemies nearby. As a lord,
It’s normal to only buy one.
In desperation, Flair sold this heaven-defying artifact to Rhodes for a quarter of the original selling price. But even so, after excluding labor, material and transportation costs, he still made a small profit.
It's just that Flair never imagined that as soon as he left, Rhodes would ask people to dismantle this valuable machine.
"Is this what you bought for five thousand gold coins?"
When the dwarf master blacksmith Wadlin came to the castle, he studied the large machine that Rhodes bought in detail. He even picked up a magnifying glass and looked at the parts inside carefully.
"Well, it cost almost half of my savings."
Rhodes said with a smile, and handed a bottle of vodka to the dwarf blacksmith. Wadlin is a member of the Dulong City Blacksmith Association. If it weren't for Thorgard's sake, he would not have come to Black Hammer.
The fort steward taught the human blacksmith the art of forging. He had a share of credit for the forging of the thunder battle ax used by Rhodes.
"Oh my God, you mean this machine is made of gold?"
Wadlin shouted in surprise. Five thousand gold was nothing to Dulong City, but it was still a huge sum of money to a single dwarf technician. And what Rhode said next surprised him even more
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"Well, almost. If I said I wanted you to help me dismantle it..."
Rhodes walked up to Wadlin, patted the luxurious heavy weapon in front of him, and whispered.
"What? You want to dismantle it?!"
Before Rhodes could finish speaking, Wadlin was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
"Listen to me..." Rhodes paused, "I want you to dismantle it and build an identical one. Can you do it?"
"This... needs to be dismantled and researched to know."
"Forget it, if it doesn't work, my five thousand gold will be gone. I'd better go to Dulong City and ask Lord Sogard for help."
Rhodes was deliberately provoked.
Sure enough, the dwarf was quickly fooled. Wadlin first made a blocking gesture and stopped Rhodes in front of him. Then he looked at the cannon in front of him seriously, and finally said -
"Give me time. As long as there is enough time, I promise to build you an exact one!"
Master blacksmith Wadlin said swornly. Rhodes then snapped his fingers and said it was settled. Dwarves are good at saving face. Rhodes knew this. Wadlin was equivalent to being sent by Lord Thorgard.
, if he goes back to find the big lord himself, it is equivalent to saying that Wadlin is useless. If a rune craftsman is labeled as useless, he may not be able to hold his head up in front of his tribe for the rest of his life. So, repeatedly
After careful consideration, Wadlin agreed to Rhodes.
"Okay, how long will it take?"
"Three months, within three months I promise to build you an identical, perfect thing that can be built by humans. I can definitely do it."
Wadlin patted his chest and assured Rhodes.
"Okay, if you need manpower and materials, please feel free to tell me."
Rhodes patted the dwarf's shoulder with his hand and said with a smile. The method of stimulating generals is not suitable for everyone, but it has miraculous effects on dwarves.
It was half a month later that Rhodes started to get information about this Flair one after another. Just as he had guessed, this guy was not so kind. In fact, his initial target was not Black Hammer Castle at all, but Erenglaa.
De. As the mercenary leader and arms dealer of the Border Prince Territory, Flair heard about the Erengrad rebellion half a year ago, so he prepared to take his newly developed new weapons along the outer sea and pass through Batoni.
Asia, then entered the Sea of Claws, and finally arrived at the Gulf of Kislev, where he sold the Vral Repeater Cannon he invented to the noble alliance of Erlengrad, because he knew that the economic center of Kislev was in Erengrad.
Lenglad, this group of nobles has a lot of money, and what the rebellion needs is weapons. Although his rapid-fire cannon is inconvenient to move, it is powerful. It is used to defend the city when it is mounted on the tower, and it works just fine.
This is what he thought and what he did. It's just that God's calculations are not as good as those of man. Flar's ideals are beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The Erengrad rebellion did not last long. In just one year, the Ice Queen was defeated.
Katarina suppressed it bloodyly. And Flair himself also encountered a storm at sea. He came and went, and he just missed the incident in Erengrad.
When he arrived at the Gulf of Kislev with three of his hard-earned pieces, the Vral gun, the war was already over. The Snow Queen was reducing military expenditures and would definitely not be able to buy his expensive and impractical guns.
Heavy weapons. And selling it to the empire was even more impossible. They had their own firearms, and their products were dozens of times cheaper than his. Why would you buy this weird thing he invented? So, after a lot of wandering, I finally found my side.
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Although the person is very funny and the process is very tortuous, I have to say that this Flar is really a talent. The continuous fire cannon is very powerful and the accuracy is also good. One continuous fire cannon is worth several regular artillery pieces. But that's it.
There is one disadvantage - it is too inflexible. Moving it is like moving a house. If you retreat on the battlefield, this thing will definitely become the enemy's trophy. Therefore, it is good for defending the city, and it is used for field battles. The speed is
Injury.
As for the cost, the key is that invention is expensive, which in modern terms is intellectual property. Apart from this, the cost is not expensive, because it does not actually use any rare materials, it is all made of copper, iron, wood, etc.
Basic material composition.
According to the dwarf blacksmith Wadlin, as long as he has enough time, he can build an identical one, and the cost can definitely be controlled below two thousand gold. In other words, Rhodes spent five thousand gold to buy this machine, which was actually a purchase.
Its intellectual property rights. The so-called making a fortune starts with imitation. As long as the time is long enough, there is nothing that cannot be imitated.
Wadlin even has the confidence to improve the continuous fire cannon, such as its shortest point of mobility. The dwarves have various fuel-driven equipment, so they are not afraid of being unable to move this big thing. However, the fuel the dwarves burn is alcohol, so this
The cost of things is too high. If Wadlin really modifies driving equipment in the future, Rhodes will have to discuss with him how to save fuel costs.