Chapter Seventy-Eight: Thorin's Ambition
Soon Wayne signed an agreement with Merris, and after getting the contract. Merris was also much more relaxed, and she also tasted the coffee in Wayne House. I feel a little less milky than in my own church, and it is more bitter.
Of course, Thorin wasn't just here to listen to Merlis's deal with Wayne. I also came with things. I also deliberately waited for Merris to finish speaking, after all, after they had a verbal argument, Wayne's brain must have relaxed, and it was convenient to talk about things by himself at this time.
Seeing that Thorin hadn't left, Wayne felt that there were still dwarves with a lot of eyes.
"Young Master Wayne, it is said that the Fourth Prince has mastered artillery technology. ”
Wayne said nonchalantly.
"Well, don't they all come to me to buy artillery? ”
"This is also my strange place, some subordinates of the four princes also come to you to buy, it's really strange. ”
Wayne secretly thought that he had also deduced for a long time to know the answer, and you, a non-Rune nobleman, would know?
But he also said righteously.
"Lord Thorin, please pay attention to the words, this is Rune's internal affairs. ”
Thorin also knew that his words and deeds were inappropriate, and there were some things that he could know and not be able to talk about them in the open.
"So Young Master Wayne, compared to the Fourth Prince, I still tend to buy artillery technology from you. ”
Wayne thought it was funny, no matter how detailed the information of the four princes was, it was second-hand, how could they compare with themselves.
"Your Excellency Thorin, you still have to buy the Fourth Prince, I still don't want to sell artillery technology. ”
Thorin was also puzzled, Wayne's technology had been leaked, why was he still unwilling to sell it?
"Young Master Wayne, even if your price is higher than that of the fourth prince, I am willing to sell it. ”
Wayne still refused. He had no choice but to give up.
After all, the main purpose of Thorin's trip was not this, Wayne did not agree, and he did not want to dwell on it. And he also believes that with the intelligence of the four princes, plus the craftsmanship of the dwarves. Artillery will definitely be built. Even better than Wayne.
"Then Master Wayne, can't the armor really be sold? We elves can pay several times the price. ”
"I've made it very clear this time, I only sell artillery, if you really want armor, be patient. ”
As for when it will be, naturally the Wayne army will basically change to flintlock pistols.
Thorin was slightly disappointed when he saw that he didn't agree. But it's still to be expected.
"Master Wayne, your workshop can't recruit dwarves, after all, the dwarves' craftsmanship is currently comparable to each person. ”
Wayne frowned, whether this Thorin was stupid or smart.
"Lord Thorin, don't be joking with me. ”
Sensing Wayne's impatience, Thorin had to take a detour.
"Your Excellency Wayne, we can make a deal, and our Ortunno minerals are no worse than the Stuyards. ”
That's when Wayne was a little interested, and then Thorin said that he was talking!
"But, we're a little far away from you, and I'm much closer to the elves than you. ”
"Master Wayne, you can't say that. As far as the iron ore that Nanora needs most is concerned. Our iron content in Ortuno is much better than that of Stuyard. ”
"But we can use Stuyard's too. ”
"Master Wayne can't say that, there is no doubt that we can make more money with our Ortunno. Even the quality of your armor and artillery is a little better. ”
In fact, Wayne has always wanted Ortuno minerals, and Ortuno has much more minerals than Stuyard's. But that doesn't mean that Thorin can do whatever he wants.
"Then I can consider buying your mine, and we can negotiate the price. ”
"No, no, no, we Ortuno don't want to make Master Wayne's money, we want to be friends with Master Wayne. ”
Wayne wanted to laugh a little, the dwarves were known for their straightforwardness, why did they beat around the bush so much.
"And what does this friend do?"
"Since Master Wayne is reluctant to sell armor technology, we would like to invite Nolan's"
"Your Excellency Thorin, I don't understand what I'm talking about, but I'm very impressed by your minerals. But that didn't make me give up on the important technology of armor. ”
"Master Wayne, then we'll only buy steel for forging armor. ”
Wayne pretended to be stupid.
"Then you should go to the merchants, not me. ”
"We tried, and the steel that the merchants bought was not up to the level of Nolan's armor. Nolan's armor had clearly been forged in a way that we dwarves didn't know, and it was noticeably much harder. ”
"Then what's the difference between that and buying armor for you? ”
Wayne scoffed.
Thorin was still a little unwilling.
"Your steel and our Ortunno craftsmanship are a powerful combination, and the soldiers are invincible on the battlefield when they wear them. ”
"Lord Thorin, wouldn't it be more advantageous for me to only have Nolan's soldiers invincible. ”
"Master Wayne, the craftsmanship and minerals provided by the dwarves must be equal to, or far exceed, the armor technology. And with the use of Ortuno minerals, the quality of the artillery has increased more than a notch. And with the distance between us, do you think Ortuno has a chance to fight the Nolan Army?"
Thorin had an idea, and he could sell armor to dwarves in disguise. When he fought the dwarves, he even got a rifled gun. Afraid of a hammer.
But he's also hoping to get more chips.
"Your Excellency Sorrin, I would like to establish an immigration policy with Ortuno. ”
"Immigration policy?"
"It's the dwarves who can come to Nolan to live. ”
"But didn't Master Wayne just refuse the dwarves to work in the workshop?"
"I can allow dwarves to work in the folk workshops, and I'm not allowed to go back when I come here. ”
Thorin began to think in his heart, this condition was not impossible for him to agree, after all, the population of Ortuno was not as small as that of Stuyard. But he couldn't guess Wayne's intentions.
Wayne saw Thorin hesitate and said directly.
"With the development of Nolan, there is now a great shortage of people in the workshop, especially skilled craftsmen. Now the glass factory, the steel factory are. ”
Thorin realized that Master Wayne was short of people.
"Why didn't Master Wayne ask the other lords for it?"
"Lord Thorin, I want to too. I even posted a notice, and even promised to come to Nolan to give me a house for free. But you know that most of Rune's people don't want to move, so I didn't call many people. ”
Thorin thinks it would be good for Norlan to have a few more dwarves to set up an espionage agency.
Minerals are fair trade, as for selling back the dwarves' armor forged from Nolan's steel.
It's a good deal.
I agreed.
From Wayne's point of view, short-term dwarves have earned and earned a lot. As for the long term, when Wayne goods begin to hit Ortunno, there will be them.
And when the flintlock pistol fights, I don't know if the dwarf will be so kind,
The two sides signed an agreement with their own ghosts.