The City of Weilu is now in a stage of rapid expansion. Although the army already has a strong combat effectiveness, it is still far from enough.
In addition, the new map of the underground world was included in his development plan, which required more troops to take over.
The cold-blooded cavalry is currently the most efficient and powerful army, and it is not difficult to cultivate. As long as there are enough wetland lizardmen, they can quickly form an army.
The information about the wetland lizard people that was refreshed by intelligence alone was no longer able to meet the expansion needs of the territory.
If a sufficient number of wetland lizardmen could be purchased, they could directly meet current needs.
Seeing that Lear didn't speak, McCann realized that he had made a mistake and quickly apologized.
"I'm sorry, sir, I made a mistake. I didn't intend to know your thoughts."
"There are 5 brigades of wetland lizardmen. There are a lot of them. They are difficult to purchase in a short time."
"But I heard from another chamber of commerce that there are thousands of wetland lizard slaves for sale. I will ask someone to inquire immediately!"
"As for the remaining balance, I can purchase it from other cities in the north through internal channels. However, the price may be higher, and it will take one to two weeks to get an exact reply."
Wetland lizardmen are ferocious and tyrannical, disobedient to discipline, and even the ring of enslavement that can directly act on the soul cannot suppress their ferocity.
It is not popular in the slave market, and only exotic places like the Colosseum will buy some on a small scale.
The essential need of buying slaves is to solve their own problems, and the wetland lizard people themselves are the problem.
Lear's eyes lit up.
Really? And as soon as I opened my mouth, there were thousands of people!
"Then I'll trouble President McCann."
Sure enough, it can expand faster through acquisitions in big cities like Lorain City.
Searching slowly in the wilderness or waiting for information to be refreshed is too inefficient.
However, the funds required for this transaction will definitely not be small.
Last time, I was able to buy two squadrons of wetland lizardmen for 1,000 gold coins, purely relying on the advantage of intelligence.
A normal purchase of a level 6 mid-level knight slave costs around 50 gold coins.
Even if there were only 1,000 people, it would still cost 50,000 gold coins.
An ordinary worker in Lorraine City can earn three to five gold coins after working for one year. Some ordinary barons, earls and nobles may not be able to get so much money even if they empty their wealth.
Building an army costs huge amounts of money.
It would be nice to have no money to play an arms race and just wait to be harvested.
This is also why Lear is eager to establish various industries in the city of Weilu.
Without sufficient and stable resource support, it is unrealistic to maintain a strong army.
Just buying manpower can overwhelm him.
Future protection expenditures will be even more exaggerated.
McCann nodded repeatedly.
"That's as it should be."
"Sir, do you need any more slaves?"
"Are there any swamp people left?"
"Yes, but they are not popular slaves. It is expected that they can gather three or five squadrons."
"Okay, help me ask about the price and confirm the quantity."
"In addition, I also need to purchase a group of craftsman slaves."
Lear and McCann talked in depth.
Currently, Weilu City is short of manpower in all aspects.
Although many slaves were obtained during this period, they were not high-level talents and could only engage in low-end jobs.
And the high-level talents he urgently needs are the engine for territory development.
The best way at present is to buy a group of backbones, and at the same time train them yourself, so that the old can lead the new, and they will soon be able to stand up.
After talking in detail for two hours, Lear got everything he wanted and gained an intuitive understanding of the slave market.
Generally speaking, it still operates according to the most basic rules-the higher the value of the slave, the higher the selling price.
Ordinary slaves can basically be bought for about ten gold coins. Many civilians with a little money at home like to buy them to serve as slaves.
As the level increases, the price will skyrocket.
The technical craftsman slaves he wanted most were priced the same as high-level slaves, and were in the first echelon.
And the quantity is very small, so it is difficult to buy on a large scale.
When knowledge was monopolized by the nobles, most of these slaves were captured from the wilderness, had no systematic knowledge, and the craftsman level was low.
On the contrary, there are enough combat slaves. If he wants to buy orc slaves, high-level knights above level 10 can immediately buy several brigades.
Of course, the price of these slaves is also very beautiful, and ordinary high-ranking nobles cannot afford them.
Lear was in a good mood after coming out of Longya Chamber of Commerce.
Basically, McCann gave him exact answers to the slaves he wanted.
What we have to do now is to wait for the other party to contact them one by one.
Also prepare funds.
He can show his face in front of Feilena, but those slave traders don't know who he is.
The money that should be paid cannot be less.
The road to selling equipment must be paved.
He doesn't have that much extra money.
Leaving the slave market, Brando, who was acting as a tool man today, drove the unicorn under him to quickly approach, raising his head and asking.
"Sir, the White Crow Chamber of Commerce currently only has two shops facing the street. Should we rent a few more?"
The seventh block is the headquarters of the White Crow Chamber of Commerce. The real external shops are in other streets, but they are not far away, about ten minutes away.
"How far is our store from the Mercenary Association?"
"About half an hour away."
"Then there's no need. You can find a few people to spread the news in the tavern near the Mercenary Association. Let the people inside know that the White Crow Merchant has complete sets of 2-star armors for sale, and they have outstanding attributes. In a few days, they will naturally come looking for them. "
"Sir, is this method too simple? The Mercenary Association is surrounded by weapon shops. No one will travel so far. We tried it when we were doing other trades."
"Easy? Who told you to just tell others in vain? You find a few actors and let them have a conflict in the tavern. One of them wears armor, and the others wear leather armor or ordinary armor."
"Let's have a bloody gladiatorial battle to highlight the characteristics of armor. What can't be broken by a knife or burned by fire, let those who wear leather armor become clowns and be tortured."
"After winning, I accidentally let it slip that I bought the armor from the White Crow Chamber of Commerce."
"Do you think it will attract those mercenaries who lick blood from their swords?"
"Sir, those guys will definitely come! When you perform a mission in the wilderness, you are risking your life. A good set of armor is your second life!"
"No one misses an opportunity like this."
"Okay, let's make arrangements later. Remember, the person you find must do things cleanly and don't have problems along the way."
"Yes! Don't worry, I have channels for this. When I was in the black market, I met a lot of people in this industry."
After the topic was over, Lear suddenly thought of something and asked.
"Is there a place that sells books in Loland City?"
Brando's eyes were a little strange.
"Sir, only those nobles and sects have large collections of books in Loland City. Private sale of books is against the laws of the empire."
"If found guilty, he or she will be sentenced to more than ten years in prison, or directly executed."
The monopoly of knowledge is by no means an empty talk. Nobles and sects have even forcibly formulated laws for this purpose.
It is almost impossible for civilians to learn advanced knowledge on their own.
Even private circulation of books by common people was against the law.
Lear also felt the impact from the feudal slave society.
These guys play really hard.
We are used to being able to easily search for all kinds of professional knowledge on the Internet, including nuclear bomb manufacturing technology and rocket manufacturing blueprints, but suddenly we are in an environment where this kind of knowledge is monopolized.
You can even feel the strong restraint and oppression brought by sects and nobles.
They want to completely cut off ordinary people's upward channels and maintain their own class rule.
If you want to climb up, you have to be a dog for them.
And it seems that the nobles and the sect have reached a strong tacit understanding and formed an alliance.
Regarding this matter, it seems that the only option is to go to Feileena.
Lear loses sex.
There was no conversation all the way, and by noon, the group returned to the White Crow Chamber of Commerce. As soon as he came down from behind the giant horned deer king in the swamp, he saw from the corner of his eye several figures that had been waiting for him for a long time approaching from the flanks.
After Brando discovered a few people, he paused and frowned slightly.
"President Raul, is something wrong?"
He doesn't like Raul, the president of the Rhino Chamber of Commerce, who wanted to coerce and induce him to hand over the armor channel yesterday.
Although he later sent someone to send a message to forgive the debt, he clearly felt the malice.
No matter what the other party says, once you get into trouble, you will definitely be the first to jump out and add insult to injury.
He believes that doing business, like being a human being, must have a bottom line. Maybe you can make more money without a bottom line, but one day it will be counterattacked.
Raul, who has a big belly, a plump face, and big, shrewd eyes, has a somewhat apologetic smile on his face.
"President Brando, it was just a misunderstanding yesterday. Please don't take what I said to you to heart. Our debts have been written off in one fell swoop, and all of them are regarded as apology for our rudeness."
As he spoke, he looked at Lear cautiously.
"This gentleman is so heroic and magnanimous, he must be the new master of the White Crow Chamber of Commerce."
"Let me introduce you two to you. This is the eldest son of Earl Henry, Master Riel Henry."
"The Rhinoceros Chamber of Commerce is the chamber of commerce affiliated to Master Raven."
"We came here in person mainly to apologize to you."
The richly dressed descendant of the Henry family, who was in his early thirties, immediately bowed humbly.
"Yes, my lord, Raven apologizes to you for being rude yesterday."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lear suddenly seemed to sense something and turned his head to look to the other side.
In sight, a carriage wrapped in redbud flowers slowly approached. The green plants seemed to have taken root on the carriage, full of life.
Nine pure white unicorn horses stepped on the stone slabs, making a crisp sound with a unique rhythm.
Raven Henry, the heir to the earl, also noticed something strange and subconsciously stood up and turned around to look.
The moment he saw the carriage, his breath froze and his heart beat wildly.
A bad feeling arose inside me.
This, this is
Raul, the president of the Rhino Chamber of Commerce, his pupils dilated, and he subconsciously took a few steps back, his legs trembling.
The unique carriage drove slowly to the entrance of the White Crow Chamber of Commerce and stopped beside them.
The car door opens.
A slender figure wearing a green dress stepped down and stood firmly on the ground.
His eyes glanced around, and finally landed on Lear, with a smile on his face, his right hand on his chest, and a bow.
"Good day, Lord Lear."
"His Highness ordered me to customize a plaque for your Chamber of Commerce yesterday."
"The work was completed overnight last night."
"Please take a look"
After the words fell, the maid who drove the carriage took out a log-colored plaque from the carriage.
It is more than two meters long, and it has four characters written on it in Common Language - White Crow Chamber of Commerce.
As for the illiterate staff, when they looked at it carefully, the name of the Chamber of Commerce immediately came to mind.
Second Ring Magic - Text Knowledge.
Brando looked at the lower right corner of the plaque with dull eyes and froze in place. There was a striking rose flower engraved there.
Your Highness, Your Highness Philena? !
In Loland City, how many people can be called His Highness?
Thinking of what Lear said yesterday, I suddenly felt difficulty breathing, and my whole body felt dizzy, as if I was above the clouds.
Raven Henry and Raul, who had big eyes and a shrewd face, even swallowed their saliva and were deeply shocked.
Shocking, unbelievable.
"Miss Momoli"
This personal maid of Her Highness Philena actually gave the young man a plaque in person.
He knew the other person, he was proud and confident, and no ordinary noble would take a second look at him.
Now, he is so respectful.
Jasmine turned her head and raised her eyebrows slightly.
"What's wrong with the Henry family boy calling me?"
Raven Henry was immediately startled and waved his hands quickly.
"It's okay, it's okay, you're busy."
"It's okay. What are you doing here?"
"Apologise, we unintentionally offended you last night."
"Oh? You are also blind, Lord Lear, do you want to punish them?"
"No, it's nothing."
"My lord, I will spare you, please get out of here."
Raven Henry turned around and left quickly, sweating profusely.
At the same time, I am extremely happy that I came to apologize today!
What a foresight, what a foresight! !
He gave Raul a vicious look, this guy was really the source of his bad luck.
Fortunately, he didn't offend such a big shot, otherwise his father wouldn't let him go!
Goddess above, what kind of treatment is it for His Highness's personal maid to come in person?
Those grand duke birthdays are nothing more than that!
Lear ignored the few people who left in dejection, and looked at Jasmine with a smile in his eyes.
"Miss Jasmine, thank Your Highness for me."
This angel investor is really unambiguous.
Very efficient.
The rose flower symbol is the toughest pass in Loland City.
No matter how ignorant the forces are, they will not offend Feileena in Loland City.
This is the rising star of the Griffin Empire, the successor of Loland City, and the future extraordinary mage.
The other party's protection is enough to keep the White Crow Chamber of Commerce safe and sound.
"If you want to express your gratitude, only Lord Lear can say it in person. I am not qualified to convey it."
Jasmine took a deep breath as she spoke, took out something from her arms, held it in her hands respectfully and offered it to her.
"Sir, Your Highness asked me to tell you that although the aura on your body is well hidden, it is still a little scattered."
"This bracelet was woven by His Highness himself. It is stained with her breath and can block that power."
Lear looked at the bracelet with rose flowers in full bloom, and his eyes were startled.
He reached out to take it and slowly put it on his left wrist.
Instantly, a unique power surged out from the bracelet and covered the whole body.
It dissipated the odor on his body and made his breath become fragrant.
At the same time, the unique divine aura that escaped unintentionally also disappeared without a trace and was completely blocked.
At this moment, Lear felt something in his heart and slowly turned his head to look in a certain direction, his eyes slightly dazed.
He could clearly sense that in which direction there was another bracelet with the same aura.
Far apart, yet connected.
The other party also noticed him at the same time.
rose bracelet
[Level]: Special
[Characteristics]: 1. Covering, can cover one's own breath,
2. Full of vitality. After being injured, it can consume the rose leaves on the bracelet to recover from the injury. The current number of leaves is 30.
3. Rose Blossom can share your injuries to another person wearing the bracelet without the other person refusing, and you can also take the initiative to bear the other person's injuries.
[Introduction]: A bracelet woven by a girl full of beautiful fantasies and longings when she turned 16 years old.
Lear's eyes were very subtle after reading the attributes.
this gift
"I will personally thank His Highness."
Jasmine looked at Lear's somewhat complicated expression and smiled.
"His Highness also told me to tell you that there is no need to think too much. This was knitted a long time ago. It was just a toy when I was young. The extra piece is not of high value."
Isn’t this worth a lot?
Lear felt a little emotional when he heard the words of comfort for him.
There is really nothing to say about this Flower of the North.
Give him gifts and comfort him.
Hearing their conversation, Brando felt a huge impact at the moment.
My body was trembling.
It turns out that my own master is really so fierce.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Loland City is the pearl of the North and the most dazzling genius mage in the Griffin Empire! !
Sir, you are the true god for sending me such a special treasure! (End of chapter)