Duke was a little stunned now.

It's not just Edwin in front of him who behaves so unexpectedly and maverickly, but he came over to do business when a bunch of people outside were huddled into meatloaf just to meet Her Highness the Holy Maiden.

In addition, the other party made an offer, and the original agreement signed between Joseph and the church was to supply 150,000 catties of cement per month, which was about 30,000 gold coins.

If Edwin was really willing to buy it with double, that is, double the price, as he himself said, then Duke would be able to get 60,000 gold coins a month.

In this way, even if the cost is subtracted, it is enough to cover the largest income of his first sale of the Warcraft crystal nucleus, for this temptation, it is absolutely impossible to say that Duke does not act, and the production of cement is not as difficult as outsiders imagined.

The current yield like squeezing toothpaste is just the result of his deliberate suppression when the demand is too little and it is not easy to preserve.

It was only after the urge to say yes faded that he soon wondered why Edwin had such a desperate need for cement, and even why he paid such a huge price.

Sixty thousand gold coins is not a small amount for any ordinary duke, especially for a down-and-out duke like Duke, who does not have much territory and property, it may be the sum of decades of tax revenue for the territory.

"I'm willing to help you, it's a ...... the church is not easy to explain"

So Duke frowned and naturally showed a look of embarrassment, and Edwin, who had been staring at him, immediately began to get nervous, and said with some eagerness: "I know this is very difficult for you, but please be considerate of my situation." ”

Here it comes!

Duke secretly said in his heart, knowing that Edwin was about to tell his truth, so he immediately changed his tone and said, "I still want to hear your hardships first." ”

After all, the other party is a potential big customer, and Duke unconsciously uses honorifics to address Edwin.

"That's right, I don't know if you know that there have been a lot of contradictions between the empire and the Western Kingdom during this time, and it is estimated that we will soon meet each other, so it will be very dangerous for us to be sandwiched between the two big countries. ”

At this point, his eyes were full of fear, as if what he had in mind was about to happen to him.

He settled down before continuing: "Fortunately, I have found such a good thing as cement on your side this time, these magical materials can help us strengthen the city defense in a very short time, so that we can better protect our subjects in war. ”

"So......" This time Edwin stood up from his seat and bowed deeply to Duke before saying, "I hope you can be considerate of us poor people and find one more way for us to survive in the war!"

Seeing the other party make this big salute, Duke immediately got up from his seat and ran over to help Edwin up and said, "You don't have to do this first, let's sit down and talk about it first, everything is easy to discuss." ”

Edwin didn't speak, and he didn't sit back at Duke's words. Just grabbed Duke's wrist tightly and refused to let go, so that Duke could only promise him first: "I can sell it to you, right? You sit down first, let's talk first." ”

Seeing that Duke finally agreed verbally, Edwin knew that the matter was basically halfway through, so he didn't dare to continue to hold on to Duke, and quickly sat back in place according to Duke's wishes, quickly adjusted his emotions, and took out a handkerchief to wipe away the overflowing tears.

Duke really didn't expect Edwin to come to him for such a reason, and he didn't know the news that the empire was going to war with the Kingdom of Weiss in the west.

Because the distance between the imperial capital and the northern fortress was too far, and in the current situation of the road and there was no special intelligence line, Duke was really powerless in this regard, and could only hide like a blind and deaf man in the most remote corner of the empire and almost completely forgotten.

"You said the Empire was going to war with the Kingdom of Weiss?"

Although Duke thinks this kind of thing is reasonable, after all, the two countries have a long-standing grudge and constant contradictions, and it is inevitable that there will be some sparks on the border and then a real fire.

But for the sake of prudence, he couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, two months ago, after hearing that the emperor was going to liquidate the affairs of smuggling contraband and selling the lords all along, the three viscounts of the western border of the empire directly opened the blockade of the border and completely surrendered to the kingdom of Weiss with their territories and soldiers. ”

Edwin explained the cause and effect, and he was a little indignant as a new member of the Dependent Empire.

"They don't take their people and the country seriously at all, they only care about their own happiness. Now that His Majesty's negotiations with the Kingdom of Weiss have failed, it is estimated that this shame will soon be washed away by force. ”

After listening to Edwin's introduction, Duke felt a little speechless, he now understood that the nobles in other parts of the empire actually had such nobles, and they sold their own people almost and then sold their own country, if he was the Emperor North, he probably couldn't help but capture these people and tear them up alive.

Edwin, however, took Duke's thinking as hesitation, thinking that there would be some uncertain additional factor in the matter that had just been determined.

So he soon couldn't wait to test Duke again: "You just said you could agree to my request?"

Duke came to his senses when he said this, smiled apologetically at him, and sat down to talk to Edwin.

Although he was also sympathetic to the plight of Edwin and his subjects, sympathy could not be eaten, and earning money was his last word.

"Of course, I can agree to your request, I am very sympathetic to the plight of you and your vassals, and I am willing to contribute a little bit to this. ”

After hearing Duke's statement, Edwin was immediately overjoyed and grateful, "Lancet will always remember your kindness!"

Then he said with some concern, "But the church ......."

"I've got a way to deal with it over there, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

As long as Joseph said that building an additional cement firing plant in the Connaughton area would have twice the order now, Duke would have thought it would be easy to eat, so Edwin's concern was nothing more than a loss of information.

"But before I say yes, I have one more request that you can also agree to. ”

When Edwin was surprised and felt extremely happy, Duke also said slowly with a smile on his lips.