After reading the main data of the "Crystal", Roland couldn't help but be secretly speechless. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

This Legendary-class Astral Battleship with strong armor, powerful firepower, and full functions is worthy of being the "flagship" of the Gisyankee Pirate Regiment, and it is not much inferior to the "Tower in the Clouds", but powerful war weapons are inevitably accompanied by high use and maintenance costs, and the function of consuming a large number of magic crystals makes him tremble, "A cannon fires ten thousand taels of gold" is not a joke.

Roland stood on the bridge of the "Crystal", as if he had a hot potato stuffed in his mouth, not swallowing it, nor spitting it out. With his personal financial resources, he simply can't maintain the "Crystal" to carry out normal combat and escort missions, and the magic crystals consumed every day are a lot of expenses, and he can't afford to raise such a big toy that burns money.

What if you don't have money? Do you want to leave this legendary battleship in the warehouse to accumulate dust and rust? It's certainly not a good idea either.

Roland used his brains to figure out how to use the "Crystal" at the lowest possible cost, and at least he had to earn back the operation and maintenance costs to break even.

While he was meditating, Sir Grey seemed to see what was on his mind, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Roland, this is probably the situation of the battleship, is there anything else you need my help with?" If you don't mind, I can keep the entire crew of the Crystal behind and help you maintain and run the ship. ”

The labor cost of the ship's personnel is also a large expense, and Roland has already considered this problem, so he groaned and apologized to Sir Gray: "Good intentions, but I still want to recruit the crew myself." ”

Sir Grey's eyes flashed, and he asked bluntly, "Are you worried that I will leave an undercover agent?" ”

Roland shook his head and smiled: "It's not that I can't believe you, but I have to take a stand, I plan to offer the jobs on the battleship to some friends." ”

Sir Grey let out a knowing, then asked, "Is it the Chaos Sea gang?" ”

Roland bowed slightly: "Sisters of fate are sisters after all, and I can't help but give the face of the Temple on the other side." ”

Sir Grey spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "Those Gizelle thieves are brainless, grievances are grievances, business is business, why don't they understand!" ”

"If only you could understand my struggle." Roland shook hands with Zon Gray and escorted him off the ship.

The Gisyankee crew of the Crystal teleported out with Zon Gray and boarded another Astral Battleship to pick them up and leave the Silversky.

Roland stood in the empty bridge hall, watching Sir Grey's battleship disappear into the starry sky through the porthole of the force field, and turned on the communication device to invite Master Eugen to board the ship.

For the people of Yinkong, today is really a memorable day. Not long after the Griesyankees left, a magical shock wave was set off in the air again, and the moment the portal opened, a Gizelle warship shuttled by, and a flag with the emblem of the "Queen of Cause and Effect" fluttering on the mast. A group of warrior monks dressed in brown robes broke away from the battleship and opened the "Any Door" to teleport directly to the deck of the "Crystal" on the opposite side.

"Master Eugen, welcome aboard the Crystal again." Roland greeted the visitors on deck with Eltaran, Daria, Otto, Indira and others.

The old warrior monk returned the salute to Roland, and still said as much as gold: "The manpower you want is here." The two hundred warrior monks who followed him onto the deck of the "Crystal" are all elites of the other side temple, not only have a high level of martial arts cultivation, but also have received professional training in piloting and maintaining warships, and have been engaged in astral navigation for a long time, and have extremely rich combat experience.

"Thank you, Master, I will pay the crew according to the standard of a senior mercenary." Roland told the truth, when it's time to talk about money, just talking about feelings is playing hooligan.

However, after all, Master Eugen was a master of the world, and unlike a philistine like him, who was covered in the smell of copper, he hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and said, "You don't have to do this...... Just give food to eat, and the monks don't care about things outside of their bodies, let alone ...... I just heard Otto say that you refused to offer the crew of Zoon Gray for free? ”

Roland nodded and smiled: "I refused, because I know very well that stepping on two boats will capsize sooner or later, we Sindra believers do not have many friends in the astral realm, and we have to count on your followers of Emperor Mosi if there is something in the future, not to mention that your old man has the grace of teaching me karma, I can earn less for one day and be a teacher for life, but I can't live up to my teacher's kindness." ”

Master Eugen listened to his words, and his cold face, which rarely revealed his inner emotions, couldn't help but throb slightly, and he held his hand hard: "I accept your heart...... Praise the sisters of fate, the temple will always be your friend! ”

Once an emotionally restrained person moves his feelings, the scene becomes a little awkward. The fat man Otto was really understanding, and interjected with a smile to enliven the atmosphere: "Master Eugen, the mercenary leasing business of your temple on the other side is getting bigger and bigger, and you often need to travel to and from the astral boundary, it is better to set up an office in the silver sky, and all affairs involving mercenaries will be handled here in the future, so as to save me from going all the way to the Chaos Sea to negotiate, that ghost place is much more dangerous than the astral boundary." ”

Master Eugen nodded, and his expression returned to normal: "It's good to have a fixed foothold, in the future, I still ask you to act as a full-fledged agent for the mercenary affairs of the Temple on the other side, and set up a branch here in Yinkong, and the commercial tax that should be paid will not be less than a copper plate." ”

Roland took advantage of his words to launch his own planning plan for the silver sky: "The mines outside the silver sky have no mining value, I plan to clean up all the shutdowns, circle a piece of land out as a pilot of the free trade zone, select a group of key industrial and commercial enterprises to transfer to the free trade zone, enjoy special tax incentives, mercenary agencies can be placed in the free trade zone to operate." ”

Master Eugen didn't quite understand what "free trade zone" meant, but Otto's eyes lit up when he heard it: "Tax cuts are a good thing!" I'm going to move all the properties under my name to Yinkong, Brother Roland, you have to leave me enough land in the free trade zone!" ”

Roland smiled and nodded, "You are the big boss and the God of Wealth, of course I welcome it with both hands, and there is something else to discuss with you." ”

"Even if I say it, I will never shirk what I can do." The fat man slapped his plump breasts with a bang.

"After dealing with the matter of the silver sky, I have to return to Vares immediately, and it will be difficult to allocate too much energy to run the silver sky in the future, I plan to lease the 'Crystal' out to run the shipping business, mainly to trade the scarce resources of Vares, I am a layman to the astral trade, what do you think should be done?"

"It's simple! The Crystal itself is a legendary-class warship, which can be used as an armed merchant ship without modification, and there are several small ships under my name, which happen to be organized into an armed caravan, if you can trust me, I will hand over the Crystal to me to operate, and the daily maintenance and operating costs are all mine, and the net profit from trade will be divided between the two of us, brother, what do you think? "Otto is the big man in the astral shipping industry after all, and he quickly smelled a business opportunity from Roland's proposal.

Roland proposed this lease plan, the original purpose was actually very simple, that is, to find a local tyrant to help him share the maintenance costs of the "Crystal", and now Otto took the initiative to pick up the burden, he couldn't help but say, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Four or six points, I will be four and you six, and I will also build a dock and warehouse in Yinkong, you can use it for free." ”

Otto was really a little moved at this time, rubbed his hands and said, "Brother, how embarrassed am I to ...... this"

Roland waved his hand and said: "Otto, listen to me, these benefits are not given to you in vain, I have a lot to do in Vares, and it is inevitable to offend people if I spread a big stall, if one day my trade channel in Varess is blocked, the only thing I can count on is the lifeline of the astral boundary, and I have to ask you for more help when the time comes." ”

Otto heard the meaning of his words, put away his smile and solemnly promised: "Don't worry, brother, even if you are forced to become a pirate, we can't let my brother run out of food!" ”