"In the past three months, the federal purchase of gold coins by the nobles for several types of war supplies has suddenly increased significantly." The goblin in charge of the bulk trading market in Void City, Rakanihu Lightning, frowned and handed over a compiled report. To the Minister of Commerce, Osman bin Raounaygu.
Minister Lawu Naigu also frowned, took the report, and studied it carefully.
After a while, he asked: "The noble faction purchased a large amount of flaming glue and glitter dust... What are they going to do? Are these things consumed a lot in the war?"
"As far as I know, blazing glue can be used to perform fire attacks, while flash dust can temporarily blind the enemy. If used well, it can also break the invisibility - these are low-level alchemical products, only equivalent to low-level It's just the effect of the spell." The old goblin Rakanixiu was once the chief of a tribe. He had battled wits with adventurers for many years and was very familiar with these low-level alchemy items.
In a cold winter more than 20 years ago, he watched his tribesmen fall into famine due to powerful monsters plundering their food reserves. He finally decided to surrender to the nearby Longhou Town and became a group of alien residents. Because he could master a small amount of lightning magic, he and his tribe called themselves the "Lightning Clan", and later "Lightning" became the surname of their tribe. Among the goblins in the Northwest Republic, they are considered to be the earliest group to be "civilized."
Now he is an old businessman, in charge of the Void City bulk trading market. This job is actually quite relaxing, because the market is only responsible for providing the venue and security, and does not handle any business transactions. However, there is one thing. After the transaction is negotiated, the two parties need to hand over a deposit along with the transaction briefing. If neither party raises objections to the business within three months, then 90% of the deposit can be returned, and the remaining 10% will naturally be the venue rental fee and the guarantee fee. If both parties have objections to the business within three months, they can go to the Void City Commercial Litigation Court to initiate negotiations or even litigation. If necessary, Void City can even use legendary mages to ensure the reliability of the business.
The old chief Rakanixiu is also too old to do anything too hard, and he doesn't have the energy to make too complicated calculations. However, he can still rely on his experience in the old world to analyze the data compiled from the transaction briefing. Research and sift to find valuable intelligence.
For example, this time, he discovered something strange.
The current tense situation in the Gold Coin Federation can be seen by anyone as long as they are not blind. Generally speaking, in this case, both sides will work hard to hoard war supplies, mainly arrows, armor pieces, metal ingots, standard weapons, as well as food and medical supplies.
The price of these things is not low. If adventurers buy them in small quantities, it won't be a big deal. But if the military buys them in large quantities, it will be a considerable amount. Therefore, the first thing to fight in a war is national strength. If you don't have money... it is better not to think about the war. It is more reliable to admit defeat or run away.
At least Chief Lakanishiu, or Mr. Lakanishiu, the former chief of the goblin tribe "Lightning", has always adhered to this principle.
Is this principle good or bad? It's hard to say, but at least for the Lightning Tribe, it did get good results. Rakanixiu's desperate gamble finally allowed his people to live the stable and prosperous life they dreamed of.
Except for family planning.
This is one of several basic national policies of the Northwest Republic. Those races that are particularly fertile must limit their fertility, while those with low fertility are encouraged to have children.
The former are represented by goblins and bunnymen, while the latter are naturally represented by black and white bears, elemental creatures, and the like.
However, it is easier to limit fertility than to encourage it. Black and white bears only have the urge to reproduce for just half a month a year. In most cases, they are more interested in wine than the opposite sex; elemental creatures almost don't understand what "reproduction" is. , expecting them to spread their branches and reproduce the population is simply hopeless.
Fortunately, Sui Xiong is not the kind of Madonna of the White Zuo who has water in his head. He will not specially invite a group of uncles from thousands of miles away in order to expand the ethnic minority population in the country. Are there any difficulties in racial reproduction? That would be difficult. They didn't want to give birth themselves. Could it be that Sui Xiong forced them to give birth
This kind of thing is not suitable for coercion.
"...Director Rakanixiu, what effect do you think if low-level alchemical items such as blazing glue and glittering dust are used in large quantities?" Minister Osman pondered for a moment, and asked with some uncertainty, "I think these The thing seems unsuitable for large-scale use on the battlefield, as the cost is too high and the benefits are too low.”
"You are right. As long as a group of protective spells can resist the damage of blazing glue, the same is true for glitter dust and other things. Back then, when I took the little guys in the tribe to compete with the adventurers, , have never been afraid of this kind of method, let alone those powerful armies that have become established." The old goblin chief shook his head, "I really can't see what use they have, to be honest, I think they are just a waste of money."
"But the aristocrats are not fools."
"I really don't understand. Maybe people in the military department can figure it out." Rakanixiu threw the blame irresponsibly.
The Minister of Commerce thought about it for a while, and felt that this was also the case, so he used magic to send two copies of the document, one to Defense Minister Leonard, and the other to Security Minister East.
As for what these two professionals would think? It's none of his business. He is still busy!
About half an hour later, Leonard and East took the time to bump into each other and discuss the matter.
"This is not normal." Leonard said, "It's just flaming glue. Flash dust is definitely not something that can be used in large quantities in war. It's completely meaningless!"
East nodded. According to his impression, glitter dust is generally used by adventurers, especially thieves. It is mainly used in sudden battles to dazzle the eyes of the enemy and then take the opportunity to escape.
As for using this in a formal war... He thought about it, but he couldn't figure out how to use it.
Could it be that... the cavalry throws it first when they are hedging
But the new army sent by the merchants did not use cavalry at all. They directly used heavy crossbows, strong bows and spears to fight against the cavalry. The formation is like a mountain, if you have the guts to come over. As for cross-shooting, the cavalry bow is not as accurate as the foot bow at long range. It just turns death into a slow death.
In this world where magic is widely used, there is no mobility advantage of cavalry. What's more... it's really not easy to rely on ordinary good horses to outperform mid-level warriors on a small battlefield!
The cavalry in this world, in addition to the messengers, are heavily armored knights who are as armed as cans. To deal with them, a well-trained army only needs to put their spears on the ground to form the so-called "Dragon Spear Formation".
In fact, heavily armored knights generally do not charge into the enemy formation. Even if they do, they must first cover their bodies with multiple layers of protective magic - so the war becomes a confrontation between protective magic and dispelling magic...
East frowned, thinking secretly. Being born in a country of wizards, he is very knowledgeable about the understanding and application of magic. He felt that he should be able to guess how the noble faction would use those blazing glue and glittering dust.
But before he could guess it, Sui Xiong had already obtained the answer through his own channels.
The aristocratic faction plans to form a harassing and fast mobile force to specifically attack the merchant faction's rear. These things like blazing glue and glittering dust are prepared for them.