The last time the Shire continent was invaded was about a year and a half ago.
In the name of religion, the New Prome Empire sent a large number of fleets to compete with the Shire on the sea.
The naval battle was not very intense. However, Promisin dispatched the Crusaders directly with the help of the navy that attracted the Shires. He did not know what method was used to avoid all detection, almost without anyone noticing. Landed on the Shire Continent, and made great strides all the way.
As they approached the halfling capital, the charr finally united an army. The two sides fought a fierce battle, with a lot of casualties. The Shire paid a big price and finally repelled the crusaders of the Holy See.
This war is not typical. In the history of Shire Continent, it will happen every few years. As for the intrusion of pirates, it is even more frequent.
It is for this reason that the wealthy Shire people are extremely insecure. They spend a large part of their income on armaments.
In many trade products, they are very restricted. Several countries bordering the Southern Cross Sea and the Gold Coast, from Fekrosas in the west to Florence in the east, are capable of providing magical services and important military supplies such as minerals. In some respects, they have tacitly adopted some plans to suppress Shire.
For example, it is not recommended to train enchanters for Shire, it is not recommended to provide too many enchanting orders to Shire, and it is not recommended to sell too many mineral products to Shire.
The trade blockade is out of the question for now, but these overt and covert targets are still obvious.
In this regard, the Shire also had to find their own way out, but many times the results were not good. But this time, the cooperation with Dane is a good opportunity for them.
Quotas for mineral exports and orders for enchanted accessories are very important, and they are all urgently needed by the Shire. However, the fact that Dane promised to build two magic workshops and recruit Shire as employees is actually what really attracted them the most.
An alchemy workshop is nothing more than a workshop, and at least a hundred workers must be placed in an enchanting workshop. These people, working in White Wolf Fort for two or three years, will become skilled enchanters, and even some talented people may take this opportunity to directly be called enchanters.
How can such talent cultivation not make them happy? Not to mention that Dane doesn't pay the apprentices from the Shire continent, even if the Shire Chamber of Commerce pays back the money, they still hope that more apprentices can join Dane's workshop.
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On October 11th, Dane's enchanting workshop and alchemy workshop in White Wolf Castle were finally set up.
The whole project was actually somewhat delayed. Because the White Wolf Castle has been upgraded to level 4, the level of many buildings needs to be upgraded. It is not easy to find enough workers to build the enchanting and alchemy workshop at once, so that the construction period is slightly delayed.
As for this, although the Shire had complained to Dane, they finally gave them a full understanding.
Dane, on the other hand, had no intention of breaking his promise. In this matter, both parties take what they need and cooperate for a win-win situation. Why not do it
Only the Enchanting and Alchemy workshops in Aurinadu alone, the overall output is still slightly lower. However, it is not easy to train qualified people with a certain amount of magic knowledge with the two mage towers of Dane. Even if he established a workshop in White Wolf Fort, it would be left idle due to the lack of people who could work in it.
The more than two hundred people who came from the Shire Continent directly resolved his urgent needs.
Of the two hundred Shire, two-thirds were dwarves, half of the other third were halflings, and there were more than ten prairie elves in their early years.
As Bickley said, these people are indeed genuine talents carefully selected from the Shire continent. They have a good understanding of magic, and there are nearly 20 of them who have a certain ability to cast spells. Although the most powerful of them is only a fifth-level mage, but with such a ratio, it is actually quite good. Dane is such a big White Wolf Castle. Before the establishment of a systematic mage tower, there was no one with the ability to cast spells.
The personnel were ready, and the workshop had already been built. Whether it was Dane or Bickley, they didn't want to delay this matter any longer. Soon, on the second day after the establishment of the workshop, all Shire people signed the work contracts for the next three years and officially entered their jobs.
There must be a big gap between the production capacity of the workshop in White Wolf Fort and Aurinai at present. After all, the workshops in Orienado are of a higher level, and the people who work are all systematically trained talents who specialize in this area of work. Although it wasn't long before it was formally invested in the industry, the whole work was already in order.
In these respects, the newly established White Wolf Fort Workshop will of course have a gap.
However, this is within the normal range. For Dane, two workshops are better than one. The increase in economic strength and the increase in war potential are all good things.
The current two workshops are only at the first level. However, due to the filling of 200 staff members, the upgrade of the workshop of White Wolf Castle will definitely not be as troublesome as the workshop of Aurinadu. The level is also higher. When the level of the workshop is raised to a relatively high level, and then these two hundred Shires become skilled workers, they may be able to overtake the output of Aurinadu.
After finishing all of this, Bickley was still a little too excited, so that he couldn't even believe it. He didn't go back to Shawan Harbor for a week in a row, he put aside a large amount of business, and wandered around the enchanting workshop every day. Once again, he couldn't help it, and even dragged Dane to drink and singled out. Of course, the result was that he himself was drunk all day, and Dane didn't have a shit.
However, drinking this meal is not without value. After Bickley recovered from his drunken state, his mental state finally became normal.
He inspected the enchanting workshop again, and then prepared to return to Shawan Port. After all, in addition to taking care of these little guys, he also has to shoulder the business of the Shire Chamber of Commerce.
On October nineteenth, he planned to visit Dane before leaving, however, he failed to meet Dane.
Under the already majestic main castle of the White Wolf Castle, the reply he got from the guards was: "The lord is dealing with a very important matter, I am afraid I don't have time to see you." (To be continued.)