...When the leader of the Sixth Caravan was speaking, his eyes were scanning all the people in front of him, and he was knocking on their faces. wWw. qUAnbEn-xIaosHuo. comHe didn't know who to answer.
Salin smiled and let Aini speak. He took out the wine. Let Tris pour it for three people.
"I called you here to ask what happened to the eighth-level mercenary group?" Even though Salin was polite to the leader of the caravan and even drank wine, Aini went straight to the point and asked him questions.
"Master Mage."
"My name is Ani."
"Lord Aini, we are here to assist in the defense of the south at the request of the Qin Empire.
"Oh? Assisting in the defense of the south? Has the Yunliu Empire formed an alliance with Tanggulas?"
"No, no, no!" the caravan leader quickly denied, but hesitated a little. Aini said: "You can just say it. I am not a member of the House of Commons.
"Ahem!" The caravan leader coughed and said: "Sir, it is also an internal matter within Qin Yin. The nobles in the south of Qin Yin are rumored to have evil intentions, but it is impossible to attack Shengyan City just because of a rumor. Four groups of people were hired from Scotia to go to the Red River line in the south to assist in the defense. If a war really breaks out, these mercenaries can still come in handy."
"What is your cargo?" Aini suddenly asked.
"It's weapons and equipment, but there are no siege equipment. The large equipment is defensive. The caravan leader didn't hide it. These things were approved by the House of Commons. There is nothing shameful. Aini glanced at the caravan leader Two followers, these two followers are both high-level sword masters. And it is estimated that it will take at most one or two years to advance to the sword master level. Magicians rarely make mistakes when judging people, unless the opponent's level is much higher than themselves. , or have any special equipment.
"Are the goods sent to Holy Rock City or to Red River?"
"This is Holy Rock City. These goods are custom-made and the materials are very good, but they are all semi-finished products. They still need to be processed by the mages of Holy Rock City."
Aini nodded. The Qin Empire purchased materials basically like this because there are not so many outstanding mages abroad. If you buy finished products, not only they are more expensive, but the properties may not be as good as those you can process yourself.
"I want to go to Holy Rock City with your caravan, do you think that's okay?" Aini said.
The caravan leader was stunned for a moment, then said: "This is Lord Derandinis."
"Dinnis?"
"The temporary leader of the mercenary group led this time is the Black Iron Sword Master, but he has two sixth-level mages under him." The caravan leader answered cautiously. If Ani wants to go with him, he can't make the decision. Because the safety of the goods is the responsibility of the mercenary group.
"Two sixth-level mages? What is the name of this mercenary group?"
"The Purple Smoke Mercenary Group, whose emblem is a cloud beast, is also very famous in Scotia.
"You don't need to ask him. I only have about fifty people in total. I have to ask him if there are more than a hundred people. Let me show you this." Aini said, taking out the family crest.
The caravan leader quickly stood up and stepped forward to take it in his hand. He is not a noble, but he has also studied the science of emblems. Otherwise, he would travel around the world and meet powerful families without knowing their origins. You will suffer a loss.
The Clyde family's coat of arms was also famous. He looked at it carefully to make sure it was not a forgery, and quickly handed it back to Aini. Said: "Mr. Master, what do you want?"
"We are just walking together. When we set up camp, I will not ask to enter your camp. I will choose the location myself."
The caravan leader was relieved and said: "In that case, I can just go back and tell you, sir."
"Haha, don't be nervous, stay and eat in the next life."
Because Salin and others returned to the barracks. Soldiers were in charge of the cooking utensils outside, and the barbecue was quickly brought in. Aini grabbed the caravan leader and refused to let go. Start chatting with him.
The caravan leader didn't want to offend Aini, so he had no choice but to sit down.
Seeing that the caravan leader stayed behind, Aini asked for his name. The caravan leader did not dare to be annoyed. It is not rude for a mage to treat ordinary people like this. Most mages are not willing to communicate with each other. Even a noble would not blame a mage for acting unexpectedly.
The caravan leader's name is Julian, and he is a big boss in the royal trading company. In Scotia, his status is equivalent to a baron title sold by the empire. Of course, this status is not available in the other three empires. Only the emperor of Scotia was so shameless, selling his title at a price without giving him any special treatment.
Although Aini has a arrogant attitude, he still talks about topics that Julian is more interested in. Hearing that Aini had property in Metatrin City and could get cheap magic cores, Julian was tempted. As a result, Julian became very interested after talking about it. It has been decided to organize a caravan and go to Metatrin City to purchase goods.
It's easy to say that wood is not a place close to the sea. There is no need for high-grade wood like Metatrin City. There are countless virgin forests to the north of Metatrin City. Those trees, which are about a thousand years old, are everywhere, and some long-lived trees have a history of more than ten thousand years.
In the hands of a magician, this kind of wood can make the largest sealed cabin and build a warship. The two genera of some woods are similar. If Zongbi could be processed in Metatrin City. Use the air to stun the beasts, and you can sell them to the seaside of Skochina. Used to make warships.
The most important thing is the ore and the magic core. The transportation of the ore is a little difficult, but the transportation of the magic core is extremely easy.
Metatrin City's best products are the third-level and fourth-level magic cores. The price difference between the fourth-level magic cores is huge. It ranges from three hundred to one thousand gold coins. If Salin's ship goes out to sea once, if there are no deaths or injuries, the cost is probably less than 200,000 gold coins, and it is not a problem to obtain tens of thousands of magic cores. If he does it himself and drives the Pangui alchemy ship. It's like picking up money.
Even if you use an ordinary warship to hunt. The cost of a level four magic core is only one or two gold coins. Therefore, the selling price of these magic cores in Metatrin City is between 200 and 500 gold coins, which is cheaper than any store. Saleen screened out all the magic cores with good quality, but even so, acquiring magic cores from Metatrin City was a huge profit.
An ordinary person would bring back a magic core even once. You won’t lose money either.
However, there is a limit on the purchase of bulk commodities in Metatrin City, and merchants also know that if the number of magic cores is too large, the price will be depressed. Even so, the profit from one magic core is about one hundred gold coins. Sell a hundred coins. There is a profit of tens of thousands of gold coins. Except for armor equipment. This is the most profitable.
Salin did not want to set up business houses in various parts of Qin Yin. It was safer for him to let merchants from various places resell these magic cores. Hunt in the Frozen Sea, ship in Metatrin City, give the profits to the merchants, and Salin just collects the gold coins.
Another point is that Saleen requires that at least half of the sales of magic cores must be bartered. In other words, if foreign merchants want to buy magic cores, they have to transport a large amount of materials to Metatrin City, which allows him to omit This eliminates the trouble of purchasing supplies.
For example, if he wants food, the merchant will use half of the gold coins and half of the equivalent food to buy the magic core. If he were allowed to purchase grain by himself. Not to mention the waste of time, he doesn't have that many manpower.
Skochina also produces grain. Although the farmers in Skochina are the laziest, the land is fertile, and the land suitable for farming is almost as much as the three empires combined.
Most of the food of the Skochinya people is used to make wine and is smuggled to the Tangulas Empire or Yunliu. Qin Yin has been unable to open sales channels because Qin Yin people like fruit wine and are not interested in stronger grain wine. Now you can exchange food for magic cores, which makes Julian very excited.
Because thieves rarely rob food, which occupies too much space and is difficult to transport. For thieves, it is more economical to directly rob gold coins or kidnap money. Therefore, caravans transporting food are basically the safest.
Salin robbed a batch of grain in Side Star City. However, if he wants to expand his territory and have more citizens, he must have enough food reserves. That food will definitely not be enough. Purchasing food is still Salin's most urgent matter.
Salein is only worried about one thing now. If he sets the price of the magic core slightly lower, Alchemy City will be angry. Although the sea area controlled by Alchemy City is not as rich as the Frozen Sea, the number of magic cores is absolutely large, enough to allow the entire Alchemy City's mages to practice without worries. If you do this yourself, some mages in Alchemy City will definitely be tempted and come to seek refuge. Julian's vigilance gradually became poisonous, and Ani finally thought back to the topic he wanted to talk about.
Rex knew about the situation in Qin Yin's country, but Salin was far away now and could not contact him all the time. From Julian's mouth, Salin still heard what he needed to know.
Qin Yin's domestic situation is not optimistic. The Red River area. The river flows westward. It merges into Daze at the end. and Titan bordering on cloud streams. The southern nobles here were originally close associates of Emperor Chanak. After Emperor Chanak died, the southern nobles were very dissatisfied with Sephiroth's control of Holy Rock City. There is even news that many nobles in the south are preparing to establish their own dynasties.
This may be the news released by the southern nobles themselves, testing the reaction of Holy Rock City. If Holy Rock City were like this. The southern nobles had reason to resist and become independent. Prince Sephiroth is also cunning. In name only, he is purchasing war supplies in Skochina, but in fact he has hired more than 10,000 mercenaries one after another and deployed them in the Red River Basin.
The Holy Rock City Plan deployed 30,000 mercenaries in the Red River Basin, which saved a lot of military power. But the war in Garulan was really bad, and almost the entire principality fell. The castles that the northern nobles had conquered were all taken back by the Tangulas Empire.
The only good news is that Alchemy City agreed to send magicians to help fight at the Garulan border. With the war puppets and the mages supported by Alchemy City, Holy Rock City was able to stay out of chaos.
However, the war on the Yunliu Empire side was terrible. The Titan Principality was almost completely lost. The Chishui River was crossed by the Holy See army, pushing the forward to the Yunliu border.
Yunliu's army has never been very good. If the Yunliu Empire falls, Qin Yin will really be attacked from several sides.