Chapter 1022: A Deal with a Mage
Xu Yichen hasn't been back to Wangxiang City for a while, and the whole city has been completely renewed, not only the old ruins have been bulldozed, new buildings have been built, but also people have changed.
The remnants of Wangxiang City, who were once trapped in the inner city with nowhere to go, are like a group of rats trying to survive in the mezzanine, living a life of day and night, and every day is in constant fear, which lasts for two or three generations.
They are numb and cannot see the hope of tomorrow, because they have not seen the sun for a long time, their skin is pale, and their eyes are bloodshot, like a group of walking dead.
And now, they're alive!
Abundant food, as well as sunlight, replenish their lack of vitamins, and exercise their muscles and bones with proper physical labor, and perhaps in a few years they will completely forget the hard life they once had.
The centaur lady Haulna still acts as an 'agricultural druid', constantly running from one crop field to another, and the four hooves with cuticles always dodge the seedlings of the crop.
She had heard some tragedies about the Centaur tribe, but Horna didn't have much of a mood swing, the Centaur had always been a barbarian tribe, and she didn't have a particularly deep affection for the tribe, but was a little worried about Master Garst's safety.
The defense force of the entire Wangxiang City is still dominated by the strength of Li Xuanbai and Lady Li, Li Huamei has been transferred to a Daybreak-class battleship for internship, she seems to be full of interest in galloping all over the world, and Lady Li chose to support her daughters, because they are all descendants of generals.
The marines brought by the 'Golden Fleet' have been scattered in all corners of the Far South and participated in an unknown number of battles, and the ashes of the war dead will eventually be brought back to Wangxiang City, and they will eventually be brought back to their homeland for burial, which is the guarantee of the new dynasty to all the aboriginal soldiers.
The ashes of the war dead will not be abandoned at any time or place, and if there are exceptions, the emperor will issue an edict.
Of course, Huizong, his old man, has recently been obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, beautiful women, and he doesn't know that the new dynasty promulgated new laws for the time being, even if he knows it, he doesn't care, an idle emperor is just an idle emperor, what is the psychological pressure of the next guilty edict?
In this life now, let Huizong go back to sit on the dragon chair and take charge of Dabao, and he will not go back.
The Mithril Mine on Treasure Island has been put into production, and the first batch of Mythril that has been purified has been secretly transported to Wangxiang City, a total of 350 kilograms, the purity is not very high, but even so, this output is enough to prove that the Mythril Mine on Treasure Island is a rich mine!
The market price of this batch of Mithril metal is conservatively estimated to be more than 10 million gold coins, this production far exceeds that of Mama's pirate group, they can only mine secretly for the sake of secrecy, manpower and material resources are very scarce, and they dare not mine for Mama's sake, then her partners or shelterers are likely to take risks and take their place.
The Retribution Warband is different, they don't even need to consider the fluctuation of the price of Mithril, which can't even meet the internal supply of the Loess Region.
Troubles related to Mithril also came, one of the tasks of the Witch King's envoy Steve, Mage Steve, was to intervene in the Syris's Mithril business, the pirate group had no secrets in front of the Witch King, and those perverted mages had even watched the little movie of the two sisters and brothers with bare butts for years.
"You see, I came with great sincerity, and we promised you to let those players in the New World not go to sea for three months, and we have already done it." Master Steve held a purple sand teapot and took a sip at the spout from time to time, like an old man in the capital: "But I didn't feel your sincerity. ”
"Heart of Machines and Mithril Ore." The mage didn't go around in circles: "The former was originally out of our hands, and we have a complete chain of evidence to prove its origin and the process of theft. "As the most powerful force in the world, the Witch Kings have always maintained restraint, they have never been in the habit of going outside to snatch back everything they see, we all know that they have the ability to do this, so everything still has to be reasonable." ”
"The Heart of Machines is an ownerless artifact that we found in an underground ruin, and if you want proof, I can always provide you with five to ten complete chains of evidence to prove that it has belonged to the Song Empire since ancient times." Xu Yichen once again acted as a diplomat and was put on the negotiating table, and now he knows why Yang Yuefan went to Anthony Port to inspect.
"The box that sealed the [Heart of Machines] was made by us, and it also has the Witch King's steel seal on it." Master Steve happily took another sip of tea: "If you must keep it, it's not impossible, to tell you the truth, that thing has been studied in the New World for I don't know how many years, and no Witch King has gained anything from it, so it was sealed casually later, and it was stolen by Victor's waste wood, and he didn't know that the ruins he explored were actually the Witch King's abandoned laboratory." ”
"Your technical route is completely different from ours, and your thinking pattern is also very surprising, so the witch kings think that there may be some unexpected gains if they hand over that thing to you for study for the time being." Master Steve said kindly, "I don't have many requests, we will send a few teams of mages to participate in your research, and if there is really any result, we will share it." ”
"I'll relay that request to you." Xu Yichen once again put on that expressionless look.
"I can feel that the unsearchable barrier that hangs over the Far South is gone, and there is no limit to the connection between you and the mainland, so I want an accurate answer in the near future." Mage Steve shook his head: "Your existence, and the power to blockade the Far South, has simply shattered my worldview, there are more than thirty mages in the New World who know your existence and have chosen to end their lives, which is really hard to accept, but we will definitely find the truth of the world." ”
"I'm sorry." Demon hunters don't know what else they can say, and they're equally confused about the world.
"Those Mithril mines, we want half of the production every month, and pay at the market price." Mage Steve started the next motion, and there were no mages and blacksmiths who didn't need Mithril.
"I will convey this request." Xu Yichen sat upright: "But you should be able to understand the difference between my sentence and the previous sentence, it is simply impossible, if you have rich Mithril, we are willing to buy it at twice the market price, as much as you want." ”
"You'll say yes." The mage looked confident this time.