After Lear calmed down, he said with a little curiosity.
"The priest you mentioned is so good at predicting the future?"
Spider Banshee's striped face showed a subtle expression, she shook her head and explained softly.
"Sir, there is a big difference between divination and predicting the future. Divination can tell whether there is danger or not, but specific matters are difficult to predict. And predicting the future is a power that only God can control."
"The priest's divination this time is about business. He has made divination seven times, and all the predictions show that the swamp is good."
"Obviously, a new force was born here, otherwise how could trade be carried out?"
This makes sense.
Lear nodded.
"My Weilu City doesn't have many specialties and treasures. What do you want?"
Spider Banshee looked at several cold-blooded cavalry not far away, her eyes full of desire.
"Equipment, lots of equipment!"
In the wilderness, there are very few forces with fixed territories, stable forging sites and high-level blacksmiths like Weilu City.
Even if most tribes obtain high-grade ores, they can only smelt them using the crudest methods.
The forged weapons were terrible.
This complete set of armor made him excited when he first saw it.
No verification is needed. As long as you take a look from a distance, you can feel the indestructibility of the armor on the lizard men.
"Equipment? What do you plan to use to trade with us?"
"Sir, the Yeying Clan occupies several mineral veins and enslaves more than two thousand slaves to mine for us."
"We are willing to trade ore for weapons and armor."
"In addition, if your territory lacks anything, we have it, and everything can be put on the table!"
"Ore. What if I need fine gold?"
"The amount of fine gold is very small, and we only reserve a few hundred kilograms, but you can take it out if you need it!!!"
"Can you take it all out? Are you preparing for war?"
"Yes, sir, the Yeying clan has encountered a group of fierce enemies, and a war will inevitably break out with them in the near future. We have no choice but to obtain more powerful power."
"Nothing is more direct than weapons and armor."
"You are honest."
"Sir, the priest has told me that there is no need to hide anything from you. Only sincerity is the basis for cooperation."
"Really? I'm a little curious about your priest."
"I like to hang out with smart people."
"However, the armor currently produced in Weilu City is modeled after my army and is not suitable for you to wear. If you want to trade, additional modifications will be required."
"It takes time."
"Sir, can you tell me how long it will take?"
"How many suits of armor do you need?"
"The more, the merrier."
"Bullshit. I need a lowest number you can accept."
"At least a thousand sets! Equip a brigade!"
"A thousand sets of favors. This is quite difficult."
"Weilu City can provide 2-star level armor, are you willing to accept it?"
"2-star level?!"
"Yes, yes!! Sure enough, the priest's divination is God's will! Praise you!!"
"Today is October 11th. These thousand sets of armor will not be delivered to you until the end of November at the earliest. Is this time acceptable?"
“My God, you, you’re talking about the end of November?!”
"Accept it, accept it!!!"
"This is great. I thought it would be December or even January next year at the earliest."
"It seems your fight is not that urgent."
"Sir, the enemy has been eyeing us for a long time. He has taken action several times as early as three months ago."
"It's just that we are not sure of victory, so we can only endure it. But by December at the latest, this battle will inevitably break out."
"If possible, I would like to be equipped with your weapons tomorrow, but... I can only think about it."
"Very good. Since you can accept it, I'll have someone come and discuss the detailed price with you."
After Lear finished speaking, he waved his hand to summon Brando, the president of the White Crow Chamber of Commerce.
He didn't know much about the arms trade. Before he stepped into the wilderness, the weapons and armor on the wetland lizard people were given to him by Philena.
Brando has been working hard in Loland City for more than twenty years, and he often enters the wilderness for trade, so he is more suitable for this kind of thing.
Hearing the call, Brando came in a hurry, and was startled when he saw the ferocious appearance of the Spider Banshee.
He is more than three meters tall, and his lower body is a dark brown spider body covered with fluff and markings. Although his upper body is human, the markings cover it all, making him look hairy.
Although he had encountered a lot of strange beings in the City of Dew these days, they were so ferocious and infiltrating that they still sent shivers down his spine.
Spider-turned-human, which is synonymous with death in the wilderness.
It is said that what these monsters like to do most is to tie people up with spider silk, use venom to melt it into blood, and then suck it clean bit by bit.
"Brando, the Night Shadow clan wants to establish trade relations with us and plans to use the ore to buy armor."
"Next, we will tailor-make 2-star level full-body armor for them. You are familiar with the weapons market. Go down and discuss the price with this lady?"
Brando immediately became energetic when he heard this.
He can't do anything else, but negotiation is his specialty.
Immediately, he happily accepted the order, went to the side with Spider Banshee, and began to discuss the specific price.
This veteran learned the general situation of the Yeying clan with a few words of probing. After he was confident, he began to have intense price negotiations with the other party.
Although the Spider Banshee maintained enough respect for Lear, her interests came first. When faced with Brando's lion, she opened her mouth and argued with him unceremoniously.
Lear felt relieved about Brando, since it was an exclusive deal and the profit would not be much worse.
This time it was a good start.
Just when he wanted to start trade, a partner came to his door.
Delivery will be in November, which is the second half of October, and a batch of armors need to be cast to prepare reserves for the White Crow Chamber of Commerce to open the Loland City market.
If the profits are good by then, we can continue to expand the scale of the blacksmith shop.
After fierce debate, the two sides finally reached an agreement.
Spider Banshee's expression didn't change much, but Brando stepped forward to report in high spirits.
"Sir, the Yeying Clan has a high-level mineral vein that can produce 3-star level iron ore."
"Its quality is very top-notch. It can directly smelt refined iron. One ton can produce at least 400 kilograms."
"We use this as the price anchor. Every 5 tons of 3-star iron ore can be exchanged for 1 set of armor."
Refined iron can only be obtained after ordinary iron ore has been repeatedly forged and beaten to quench most of the dross.
It is the main material for casting rock heavy armor.
The quality of the iron ore currently occupied by Weilu City is very average. Each ton of ore can only produce 100 kilograms of refined iron after smelting, and the process is very troublesome.
It needs to be repeatedly forged and smelted more than ten or twenty times.
If high-grade ores can be obtained, it will undoubtedly save a lot of processes and greatly improve production efficiency.
Moreover, the refined iron obtained by direct smelting is of higher quality.
5 tons exchanged for a set of armor is definitely not a small amount.
After all, two tons, a full 2,000 kilograms of refined iron can be extracted.
To forge a complete set of rock heavy armor, only 400 kilograms of refined iron is required.
This is the material used to wrap the mount together. Judging from the spider banshee's size, it can't even use half of the heavy rock armor.
Moreover, the forging process and materials used for 2-star armor are obviously lower.
The profit margins came out immediately.
However, the Yeying clan is not at a loss. Where can they find someone to trade with in the wilderness?
When Lear thought it would stop there, Brando continued.
"In addition, for every 300 sets of armor we provide to the Night Shadow Clan, they also need to provide us with 10 kilograms of fine gold or mithril."
"And each set of armor also comes with an additional ton of smelted ordinary steel."
Lear couldn't help but glance at Brando. Couldn't this guy finish his words in one breath?
Among other things, fine gold is extremely expensive in Loland City.
Almost never circulates in the market.
Sure enough, arms are damn huge profits, and every time, the profit is dozens of times.
very nice.
"Sir, these are just preliminary terms, do we have any other needs?"
Lear thought for a while and called the Spider Banshee not far away. "Where is your territory?"
"Sir, we are about 400 kilometers away from the swamp and occupy a space gap that leads to other planes, so we are often harassed by enemies inside."
"Space gap? This is rare. My territory lacks population, maybe you can capture slaves?"
"I need some obedient and easy-to-manage races, such as mire people, Delsa people, halflings, etc."
"The more people we have, the faster we can forge armor."
"Sir, this is easy to solve. That sub-plane has a sufficient population. We can capture them at any time. If you need them, we can immediately provide you with a group of thousands of slaves."
"Thousands of people? Okay, okay, okay. If it's convenient, I'll have someone send you back and bring the slaves back."
"Of course it is possible. The priest has told me that I must be honest in my dealings with you. Now that we know where your territory is, we should naturally invite you to our Yeying Clan as a guest."
The entire wilderness is a dark forest, and it is not easy to build enough trust.
From beginning to end, this spider banshee never told a lie, and Lear could sense the sincerity of her attitude.
In this way, he became quite curious about this force.
It's a bit incredible no matter how you look at it, to come to the door suddenly, with such great sincerity, and not even a single lie in the middle.
The other party's ability to achieve this level obviously depends on the priest he keeps mentioning.
That person's means of existence are absolutely extraordinary and he is a powerful person.
He was also a little curious.
"What's the population of your Yeying clan?"
"We have 20,000 soldiers and tens of thousands of ordinary residents!"
"Then why not make your own weapons?"
"Sir, we are also forging. However, we really have no talent, and the clansmen are even less interested in it. The weapons we forge are terrible, and it is better to be empty-handed."
"I've suffered losses many times."
The spider banshees themselves were a little embarrassed when they said it. In terms of combat power alone, they believed that they could not lose to anyone, but this was a different concept from forging weapons.
They put in an unknown amount of energy, but have never been able to establish their own industry.
But the enemy's edge is already approaching, and they have no choice.
Lear felt the same way.
Didn't he just suffer the disadvantage of not having weapons before? The previous few battles were very difficult.
It was better after I got the Rock Armor.
After communicating for a while, he took the Spider Banshee to the blacksmith shop.
Let him wait aside, and then call Brynn.
He handed over ten kilograms of fine gold as a gift from the Spider Banshee.
The Fry leader took the bag and opened it. After taking a look, he suddenly became short of breath.
"Adamantine?! Sir, this is so much?!"
The arm holding the bag was shaking a little, and his face turned red.
This thing is the top material that all blacksmiths dream of!
Extremely rare and hard to find, it is almost essential to forge weapons above 5 stars.
He had only seen it once before in his life, and it was the size of a thumb.
This was something he would never forget.
Now, hundreds of gold coins made of fine gold are held in his hands.
Happiness comes too suddenly! !
Lear smiled.
"Use it well and don't waste it."
As she spoke, she motioned to the Spider Banshee who was looking curiously at the blacksmith shop.
"Brin, how long would it take to forge a suit of armor tailored for Spider Banshee?"
Brin took a deep breath, trying to suppress the excitement in his heart, but he couldn't.
He said with a trembling tone.
"Sir, how many stars should we cast?"
"2 stars."
"This is easy to handle. We only need to save some processes and reduce some high-end materials to reduce the Rock Heavy Armor to 2 stars."
"You only need to give me two days to forge them according to their body shapes."
"So fast?! Very good, I will let the Spider Banshee stay in the blacksmith shop, and you will be responsible for designing and forging it. After the design is completed, 20 sets will be cast for it, which will be used in a few days."
"In addition, we may have to produce tens of thousands of sets of armor for them in the future!"
"You have to be prepared!"
"Yes, sir!"
The Fry leader agreed simply and resolutely.
Now the blacksmith shop is the focus of Weilu City, and almost all resources are given priority to them.
If you can't do this well, that would be too embarrassing.
The fine gold in my hand hasn't even warmed up yet.
As Lear spoke, he waved his hand to summon the Spider Banshee, asking her to communicate her needs and wants directly to Bryn.
When she heard that this was her own blacksmith who could customize armor specifically for them, Spider Banshee was extremely excited.
Let them communicate here, and Lear didn't pay any more attention.
After leaving the blacksmith shop, he thought about it and called the Scarlet Queen.
Although the person he brought back this time had no ill intentions towards Weilu City, it still made him feel a bit dangerous.
He told the other party that no matter who he met in the future, he could not directly bring him back to Weilu City.
The Scarlet Queen responded honestly and immediately told him that she had brought him back because she felt no hostility in her body and she had put the other party under absolute control.
Lear didn't blame him too much when he heard this, but this incident reminded him.
There are still many loopholes in the current territory.
He is also unwilling to expose his territory to the outside world, which is an extremely dangerous approach.
In the dark forest, whoever reveals his or her head may be killed first.
While thinking about it, he called Bain and got straight to the point.
"The City of Weilu should not allow outsiders to enter. It is very dangerous."
"I plan to build an affiliated city on the western edge of the swamp, specifically for foreign trade and reception of outsiders."
"If you encounter a life like the Spider Banshee in the future, you can let it wait in the city, but you can't bring it directly back to Weilu City."
"In this way, even if we encounter someone with evil intentions, we will have enough buffer room to deal with it without putting the territory in danger."
"Sir, this is something I have never thought of before. It is my negligence."
Lear originally planned to use the west area of Weilu City to build a commercial center for external exchanges.
But today the Spider Banshee gave Lear a warning.
The sudden appearance of outsiders in the territory will bring great risks.
In this case, the best solution is to build a new window city that is open to the outside world.
Weilu City serves as the base camp for the rear, so it can be put into production with confidence.
If any threats come in the future, the city ahead will be the first line of defense.
More importantly, with the methods of Weilu City, building this type of city does not consume many resources.
If other territories want to build a new city, they must invest in extensive construction work. Just mining raw materials such as stone and wood is a huge project.
And he has vine fairies in his hands. These unique beings can build houses with starry sky vines, and the territory does not need to consume too many resources for this.
That's great.
"Bain, you should discuss and investigate immediately and select the place where the subsidiary city will be built."
"Sir, if it is built on the edge of the territory, will there be any obstacles to transportation? It will take a lot of time to travel through the swamp."
"We can build a wide road and improve connectivity."
"Then we have to prepare corresponding resources in advance."
"No, we have a vine fairy."
Building roads in the swamp is not easy, but the vine fairies are not ordinary beings.
By paving the ground with vines, you can directly create a road to the sky.
Moreover, the starry sky vines can be activated. Once foreign enemies invade, these vines can also be transformed into combat units.
When Lear thought of this, he felt more and more the beauty of it.
No wonder the legendary Swamp Clan city was built with starry sky vines.
Thinking about it now, his imagination still hasn't opened up, and he just limited the vine fairy to building a house. (End of chapter)