Are those guys here to camp
Yalin, who had finished his call with Lelouch in Ulduar City, was helpless and looked at the report in his hand. The Black Wolf Mercenary Group stationed in Bellica Fortress has so far only sent a small number of light cavalry to the forest to explore. There was no movement outside, but the garrison of Belika Fortress was very angry. Because there was a large group of mercenaries when they went out, the food stored in the fortress could not be transported and now filled the entire warehouse. Prince Rost has sent people to negotiate with the Black Wolf Mercenary Group for the second time. He must either go to the forest immediately to complete his mission, or quickly return to where he came from.
The Black Wolf Mercenary Group was also dragging its feet, which made Rost feel extremely uncomfortable. I don’t know why. You must know that thousands of mercenaries are stationed in Belika Fortress every day. Spending a lot of money, the Kingdom of Saxony has no interest in providing them with food and other supplies for free. So far, these mercenaries have spent millions of lien to purchase supplies from Bellica Fortress. If Bellica Fortress hadn't been hoarding them now, The large amount of food might have been eaten by these mercenaries.
"My point is very simple, Mr. Hegel. There is not much food in the fortress now. We can no longer continue to provide food to your mercenary group, so you must make a decision quickly whether to go to the forest or not." Looking for the so-called elves.”
The clerk sent by Prince Rost said angrily to Hegel, the deputy leader of the Black Wolf Mercenary Group, and Hegel just played with the gold coins in his hand as if he didn't listen, but the female mage on the side was there. He kept circling around with the affairs officer.
Apparently this time the steward had prepared the perfect excuse. The female mage was choked to death by saying that Belika Fortress didn't have much food. Now the mercenary group couldn't buy food even if they took money, and the Black Wolf mercenary was specially brought with him because of this operation to capture the elves. More than a thousand mercenaries came. Not only did these more than a thousand people fail to play a role, they became a burden.
"Miss Luna, let me be blunt. It's useless for you to buy it with money. Now the food stock in the fortress is seriously insufficient. We must give priority to ensuring the supply of soldiers. If you don't leave, then the only option is to stay. Come down and starve, do you understand?”
After leaving these words, the clerk left angrily. The female mage named Luna sat down angrily and looked at the tall deputy chief beside him.
"Okay~ What should we do now? Is there any news from the leader?"
"Yes, let us stay for two days. If there is still no news about the Soaring Eagle Mercenary Group, we will withdraw."
Luna's answer made Hegel frown: "What on earth is his mother-in-law leader thinking? Did we come all the way here just to camp? Now we are feeling dejected if we don't do anything. Run back, you must know that we have consumed at least two to three million Lien during this period. Even if the mercenary group has money, this is not the way to burn it. "
"After all, it's other people's money that's being burned. Why do you care so much?"
Suddenly, Luna suddenly said something that made Hegel feel baffled. Hegel suddenly felt that coming all the way here this time was probably not just to capture the elves, but other people's money! ? Could it be that the leader is hiding something from him
Hegel couldn't sit still: "Who hired us to come here?"
"I don't know. Go back and ask the leader."
After Luna answered, she stopped talking and walked out. The non-stop snowfall outside made the female mage feel doubtful. Can creatures like elves really survive in such a harsh natural environment
If the female mage could gaze into the depths of the misty forest thousands of miles away, she might be so surprised that she could not speak.
The town located in the forest, surrounded by snowstorms and crystallized forests, was like a green island in a white ocean. Not only were there elves that she thought could not survive, but there were also nearly three thousand people. It’s just that it seems to be very lively today. A large number of elves have gathered near the portal in the center of the town and are doing transactions with many newly built shops. A large warehouse is being built next to these shops, many of which transport food, cash crops and Elves selling various medicinal materials are there.
"What a beautiful piece of cloth! There's even glassware!"
"It's such clean sugar with no impurities at all. It's just right to buy some back. I haven't made a specialty dessert for a long time. The children will definitely be happy."
"It's great to have pig iron. We can make more iron arrows. The arrows we issued before have been almost used."
A wide variety of products are displayed in the shops, ranging from various spices and seasonings such as sugar, salt, pepper, star anise, different colors and cloths, exquisite and transparent glassware to various finished iron products such as axes, saws, shovels, and A large amount of pig iron, coal, and even magic crystals are readily available. It looks like a huge department store, making people want to buy involuntarily.
The trading area that Ulduar City has been preparing for a long time has finally opened. On the first day, these daily necessities attracted a large number of high elves who came to try to buy. However, the frost elves responsible for coordinating the sale refused the high elves' offers of goods. The barter trading model is only willing to accept a new currency, and the only way to obtain these currencies is to use the excess properties in their hands to trade in the warehouse area.
The elves are not people who know nothing about finance and currency transactions. When they once lived on the mainland, the elves also used the main circulating Lean currency to conduct transactions. Now they have turned to the primitive trading method of bartering. The main reason is that after finally establishing a habitat, the products are not rich yet. Now with the development of the elf towns, the products have gradually increased, and after sufficient food has been retained, various by-products are also increasing day by day. It was naturally timely for Yalin and Schneizel to launch monetary policy at this time. There was not much opposition to the new currency elves. After all, they were still dependent on others, and the new currency also had a stable credit value. Anyone can use the new currency to exchange for equivalent items such as grain, salt, and sugar on the exchange.
Soon the elves were mobilized, and a large amount of excess food and cash crops, as well as medicinal materials collected from the forest, furs, ores, various poultry raised, etc. were all sent to the exchange. This time, the Frost Elf, who was in charge of trading in the exchange, and the commander-in-chief, Luyi Ni Shajuli, were very busy.
Luyini, who has long sea-blue hair and a big-sister temperament, and who always seems calm and collected, couldn't help but feel a little flustered at the moment: "The sixth and seventh trading areas will be responsible for the appraisal of gems and minerals in three hours. The ruling Ulduar City will send several gem appraisers over, and the appraisal of medicinal materials will be given priority in the ninth trading area in thirty minutes."
"Miss Luini, there are only 300 kilograms of sugar and pepper left. Do you want to approve an additional three tons?"
"approve!"
"The second warehouse is full, and the fleet of transport personnel has not returned yet."
"Categorize the goods outside for the time being. The population of this town is not large and the quantity of goods produced is not very large. We can deal with it temporarily."
As the commander-in-chief, Luini coordinated the work smoothly. After the currency was launched, the response of the high elves was more enthusiastic than expected. Every day, many elves bring all kinds of things to exchange for currency, such as various carvings, semi-finished leather, various strange medicinal materials, and even some gems that the elves accidentally picked up in the forest, so many different things are needed. People value these things. And it was because of these accidentally picked up gems that the Frost and Snow Elves also used this as a clue to discover an open-pit gem mine with extremely low mining costs. Mainly sapphire and emerald. The Crystallized Forest has reached the north near the Yarnold Mountains.
Frost elves and dwarves have begun to evaluate this open-pit gem mine. Mining operations will be carried out after the planning is completed, and the worker Shang Yalin decided to hire high elves to work as much as possible, firstly to effectively utilize the labor force, and secondly to speed up the implementation of currency.
In the bustling trading area, various cloths and iron products are the most popular items, followed by seasonings and spices such as salt, pepper, sugar, etc. On the contrary, most elves are self-sufficient in food. With the help of the summoning system, Magic farm features. Both the city of Ulduar and the elven habitat have always maintained an extremely high yield of food. However, except for basic crops such as rice, wheat, and potatoes, the elves did not open up more agricultural production areas due to the population size. For this reason, the food materials for the elves are still very scarce. Sometimes the wild strawberries, apples and other fruits collected by the elves in the forest become rare items.
Today, a large number of agricultural and sideline products on the commodity counters have become things that elves are rushing to buy. After all, it doesn’t matter to the elves that they can go without eating meat for a month or even a year, but they can’t eat vegetables and fruits for a week. That was absolutely unbearable.
Just when the trading area was busy, the portal began to shine with the brilliance of magic again. Now that they have become accustomed to the frost elves using the portal to come and go, the high elves no longer treat the portal with the same care they did at first. With an attitude of awe, when the convoy responsible for transporting goods slowly drove out, the elves in the trading area were still busy with what they were doing. However, when several figures walked out with the convoy, some elves unexpectedly focused their attention.
"It's so lively! It looks even more lively than in the city of Ulduar!"
The girl with long pink hair and a face that was no less beautiful than an elf was looking happily at the people coming and going around her with a gentle smile. Next to the girl was a boy in military uniform and a petite and cute girl in a gauze skirt. What caught the attention of the elves was that the three of them seemed to be human beings.
However, when some elves noticed the true face of the little pet-like animal that the pink-haired girl was holding, each of the elves suddenly became afraid to express their anger. Everyone almost subconsciously took a step back to keep themselves away from the girl. .
Because what the girl is holding in her arms is not a pet. Although it does look very cute, any elves with a little knowledge can feel that the pet in the girl's arms is covered with white scales and has a pair of small wings, like a lizard. The same creature exudes a frightening aura. It is not a pet or a lizard. Although it is small, it is absolutely certain that it is a baby dragon belonging to the dragon clan! (To be continued...)