The old patriarch Fulin looked up at Du Dian and said, "You don't seem surprised."
Du Dian smiled slightly and said, "Why are you surprised?"
"Alchemists are evil and dark existences, but nobles who are so high that they even make knights loyal to them, have contacts with these evil and dirty guys. Isn't it surprising?" The old patriarch Flynn looked at him.
Du Dian smiled lightly and said: "Everyone has a dark side, not to mention your nobles, even the Pope of Light, I believe there are shady secrets, so there is nothing to be surprised about. , how can you live a nourishing life, after all, the resources in this world are limited, if you live well, it means that someone lives poorly, and those who live poorly will naturally try their best to take you away."
The old patriarch Fulin looked at him silently, and said, "You learned this in prison?"
"This is just a very simple rule. Everyone knows it, and there is nothing to learn." Du Dian said indifferently: "Do you know which nobles there are, and do alchemists work for them?"
The old patriarch Fulin glanced at him, sighed softly, and said: "This is too much. Basically, all the upper-class nobles have something to do with alchemists or the dark church behind their backs, including the military department."
"Then do you know who the alchemists behind the Milan family and the Bron family are?" Du Dian asked again.
The old patriarch Fulin shook his head and said: "I don't know about this. The communication between each family and the alchemist is extremely secret. Except for the trusted cronies of the patriarch, even the children of the family may not know it, let alone other people. However, if you want to know more, you can look for clues from various industries of their family. Alchemists help nobles develop new products and sell them. If you can find someone who joined the Dark Church, From the alchemy of the new product, the approximate identity can be traced, of course, a lot of gold coins are indispensable."
Du Dian's eyes flickered slightly, and said: "Nobles and alchemists communicate secretly, does the Holy See know?"
"They are not fools, of course they know." The old patriarch Fulin sighed: "It's just that although the Holy See of Light is huge and has many believers, it still has to rely on us nobles. If the economic system of the nobles collapses, it will cause harm to the common people. The losses will be greater, and then it will cause a series of chain reactions, in our circle, it is called a currency storm, once it happens, it will even cause riots in various regions, which is something that the Holy See of Light does not want to see."
Du Dian knew that the currency turmoil he was talking about was similar to the financial crisis in the old era, and said, "So, is the Holy See turning a blind eye?"
"Not really." The old patriarch Fulin shook his head slightly, and said: "If there is no conclusive evidence, rashly searching the nobles will cause a collective reaction from other nobles. The alchemists have contacts, but they have no way to track them down, because they have no evidence in their hands, and once they have the evidence, even an ancient family like the Mel family will be wiped out!"
Du Dian stared, it seems that he still underestimated the power of the Holy See.
"In the small town of Yade, does your family have its own shop?" Du Dian asked, changing the subject.
The old patriarch Fulin was stunned for a moment, and said, "What do you mean by asking this, do you want to borrow it?"
"Well, borrow it for a while, and I will return it to you at the rental price afterwards."
"Are you taking it to sell something or what?" The old patriarch Fulin looked at him suspiciously.
"Selling things." Du Dian showed a smile on his face, and said, "It just so happens that I also know an alchemist, so it can be regarded as a way of making money for our consortium, how about it?"
"You know the alchemist?" The old patriarch Fulin narrowed his pupils and looked at him in surprise, "How did you know him? Weren't you in prison before?"
"This is my private matter, so don't ask any more questions." Du Dian reminded.
The old patriarch Fulin came to his senses, still looked at him in surprise, and finally gave up asking, "What faction does this alchemist friend you know belong to?"
Du Dian was a little surprised. He didn't expect this old man to know a lot about alchemists. He said, "It's from the "material" faction. I got an alchemy given by him, and I will go to collect materials tomorrow. You should be able to make a lot of money by making it. "
The old patriarch Fulin breathed a sigh of relief. The nobles like to associate with the alchemists of the "material" faction most. They don't need to be treated with care and politeness like potionists to avoid anger, and they don't have to deal with the alchemists of the "life" faction. Like that, frightened.
"Is this the gift you gave me?" The old patriarch Fulin sighed: "I didn't expect you to have such a backstage. What level is this alchemist?"
"It will be very high." Du Dian answered briefly.
The old patriarch Fulin didn't hear anything strange, and said with a smile: "It's good to be tall. If it's a two-star or three-star alchemist, our Ryan family may be able to turn around a little bit. There is no power to fight back."
Du Dian saw that he was still testing specific information, smiled lightly, and said: "It's getting late, I should go back."
The old patriarch Fulin couldn't see any thoughts from Du Dian's expression, and secretly said in his heart: "When I heard the three-star alchemist, my face didn't change a bit. Even if it's not a three-star alchemist, it's probably a two-star." Thinking of this, I felt a little happy, At the same time, he quickly thought about the plan.
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the next day.
Du Dian came to several other nearby small towns, bought materials such as yellow phosphorus, wood and red phosphorus, and came to another relatively remote town, rented a small workshop temporarily with a gold coin, and then bought the Materials are transported here.
During this process, Du Dian thought that the old patriarch Fulin would send someone to follow him, but he didn't expect to smell the smell of following him along the way. He immediately remembered that this old man probably knew about his magic mark ability through the Mellon Consortium before, so No useless work was done.
After the materials were prepared, it was already in the afternoon. Du Dian thought of the consortium's opening party in the evening, so he immediately stopped what he was doing and planned to go to the slave market tomorrow to hire a few workers to start work.
Night fell quickly.
After a whole day of dressing up, Ryan Castle has become much more lively. The lamp oil on the walls everywhere has been replaced with high-value white fat oil. When it burns brightly, there will be no strange smell, and even a faint aroma.
The lawn in the castle has long been neatly trimmed, the roads have been swept exceptionally clean, and the knights guarding the castle have repeatedly rubbed their armor, which has not been washed for a long time, until it shines.