At the table during the meeting with Goblin Bauer, the guests had just gobten up and had not eaten breakfast, and it was naturally impossible for Allen, as the host, to say that he had eaten, although he did, but he would not say such an unrefined thing.

So Alan is now pretending to cut a loaf of bread with a knife and fork.

Bauer was doing the same thing, but unlike Allen, he would eat the bread after cutting it into small pieces, dipping it in the cream on the plate, and then eating it in small bites, which looked elegant, but the long and narrow nose was stained with cream at some point...

"They wanted me to do it, but I didn't think it would do me any good or bad, so I decided to take myself out. ”

Munching on the soft meat floss bread, Ball answered Alan's question honestly.

"So I became the kidnappers, but because they weren't real pirates, they didn't dare to do anything to me. ”

Alan had thought about what Ball would say to explain his anomaly, he had thought about asking questions, and he had thought that Ball had the power that the kidnappers were very afraid of, but he never thought that Ball would say that he was the mastermind of this kidnapping!

The purpose is to get him out so as not to affect relations with the bay?

Alan felt that he would be quite flattered if he said the truth, but at the same time he couldn't guess what Ball was thinking.

Since he is ready to take himself out, why is he bluntly shaking everything out of the question about Allen right now?

Isn't that redundant?

"You must wonder why I told you this, I didn't want to tell you this, but those people are so blatant that I don't think it can be hidden from your eyes, so it's better to be honest than to hide suspicion. ”

Wiping the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, Bauer looked at Alan sincerely.

"I hope you understand my dilemma, after all, I can only be responsible for my own actions, not decide what my colleagues do. ”

He said it very clearly, in the face of Allen, he didn't seem to be hiding anything, and his outspoken appearance seemed very frank.

In short, it means that someone in his city planned the incident, but the purpose was not to kidnap Bauer, but to kidnap - Keith!

As a salted fish, the fat blonde man naturally had nothing to kidnap, and the purpose of those people was not Keith himself, but Fisher.

To Keith and even Allen, Fisher was just an experienced mercenary, but those people clearly knew Fisher's true identity - the Knight of the Apocalypse.

A Knight of the Apocalypse who has been hidden for years.

They kidnapped Keith in order to lure his apocalyptic father to the rescue, and then plotted to do something.

Alan didn't know what to do, and Ball said he didn't know much about it, because he didn't want to be involved, so he was left out of the core.

Whatever they did, it was clear that their plot had failed, and Fisher had managed to save his son, and he had returned to the bay safely, though he appeared to be badly wounded.

At the same time, as one of the "victims", Bauer also successfully followed the victor to Bay City.

This explains why he didn't look like he was kidnapped at all after being kidnapped, because it was originally a "farce", and Bauer naturally didn't have any psychological pressure.

Of course, this is a simple matter, but there are many unexpected things, such as why did the Black Hand know about their plan, and how would those people lure Fisher to the rescue if there was no Black Hand?

It seems that Fisher will be guided there sooner or later as long as he stays in the bay, but Fisher came to the bay at the invitation of Allen, who had not spoken to anyone about it before.

"So those people must have a back hand, but they didn't use it because of the black hand. Alan thought to himself.

"Or is it better that the black hand is their backhand, otherwise how would the black hand know about such a thing?"

In short, all this made Alan feel foggy, and he did not doubt the truth of Bauer's words, but in the face of the frank look in the little eyes of the big goblin, Alan found it hard to believe that he was lying.

What's more, he listened to the corner of the wall for half a night last night, and he didn't hear any news harmful to himself......

So in the face of the eyes of the big goblins who seemed to be waiting for a result, Alan shrugged his shoulders.

"Anyway, this thing is in the past, and we have nothing to lose, do we. ”

Although he was troubled by these things, Alan didn't take it too seriously, and he didn't come to Bauer to ask for guilt, but to discuss cooperation.

The kidnapped Bauer made it to the bay without incident, bringing with him boxes of gold coins, and his purpose was self-evident.

Achieve the goal of cooperation with Allen.

Despite being thwarted by the plans of his colleagues, Bauer clearly did not abandon the cooperation agreement he had reached with Allen, even now at the risk of suspicion.

This actually touched Allen, although Bauer's behavior was in the long-term interests of businessmen, but the trust and expectations for the future of the bay still made Allen admire.

In any case, it is also a gratifying thing for a stranger who has not been in contact with him to be so sure of his territory.

So he will not "live up" to Bauer's expectations, and all the previous things, with his words, will be revealed.

So they began to discuss.

Although he had already been in contact with a dwarf merchant in Reef City, that dwarf was too grinding, so they didn't officially make a deal, and now that Bauer has successfully "got out of trouble" and is so sincere, then Alan naturally won't choose that dwarf again.

As if there was no such thing, in the morning of the same day, they determined the terms of cooperation that had been set, and in the afternoon they came to the alchemy house together.

The corpses of the fishmen in the square are still piled up into hills, and Alan has roughly estimated that it seems that even a tenth of it has not been reduced, which makes him more fortunate in addition to longing, fortunately there is a magic array arranged by Raphael, otherwise so many fishman corpses would have been decomposed long ago.

However, for this reason, he also paid ten gold coins per day for the maintenance of the magic array, but overall, Alan felt that it was still worth it.

After all, without this magic array, his gains would definitely be greatly reduced.

The alchemy house is still busy, the mages are working day after day, the continuous assembly line procedures basically have no stop time, and no mage will feel tired in the face of the processing fee of 2 gold coins per necklace.

And with their efforts, the number of finished necklaces stranded in the warehouse has reached nearly 9,000!

Of course, this is not only the credit of this alchemy house, but the alchemy house of the dwarf Oliver is also being processed for Allendai, and the two alchemy houses work together, plus the stimulation of gold coins, to have this effect.

The exact number should be 8,786, that is, according to the value of 15 gold coins per necklace, the goblin Bauer is about to pay Alan more than 130,000 gold coins, and after deducting the processing fee of nearly 15,000 gold coins from the mages and the processing alchemy house, he can harvest more than 110,000 gold coins!

This is an astronomical amount, you know, Allen's investment is only one-tenth of this figure, and now he has reaped nearly ten times the profit, you can imagine how amazing his income will be in the future.

"It's not far from being a millionaire. Looking at the figures of the accountants who were constantly counting in the warehouse, Alan subconsciously showed a smile.

Based on his current income, he would not be able to spend so much money no matter how much he tossed around the current bay, and at the same time, the processing chain was still running, and a steady stream of gold coins would enter Allen's vault one after another.

The two accountants counted the inventory in turn, and then, very happily, they closed the deal.

Bauer carried boxes of gold coins in front of Alan, and Alan asked the workers to seal the necklace and hand it to Bauer and his party on the spot.

A little casually, this huge deal is over, and it won't be long next time, and when the necklace accumulates a certain amount, Bauer will buy it again.

The big goblin came to the bay this time, and he didn't plan to return for a short time, so he brought enough manpower and gold coins, and he had already decided to reside in the bay builder chamber of commerce, and at the same time, he would also go deep into the commercial market of the Star Empire, ready to make a big show after some investigation.

Alan supports his decision and introduces Charles to the Goblins.

Because he needs to go to Samuel later, Alan can't be present in the subsequent transaction, he can only entrust Charles to trade with the goblins on his behalf, Alan has nothing to worry about, as a brother for more than ten years, if he can't even trust Charles, then he is in this world, there is really no one to trust.

He didn't hide it from his uncle Fisher either, but Fisher wisely didn't get involved, but refused Allen's invitation on the grounds of recuperation.

The most important deal is reached, but this does not mean that they have nothing else to do, Allen's long-planned plan to build roads and cities can already be implemented because of the sufficient gold coins, but in the face of so many gold coins, Alan suddenly felt that simple repairs could not satisfy his appetite, looking at the boxes of glittering treasures in the vault, a bold idea appeared in the bottom of his heart - don't build roads, don't build cities, he wants to build a bay city again!

It's not about renovating on the original foundation, it's about finding a new site and building it out of thin air!

This seems to be an impossible idea, because of the starry sky, time does not allow him to do this under normal circumstances, but since he can have this kind of thought, Alan is naturally not without purpose.

Normal construction methods take a long time, but what if they are not?

In other words, how long would it take him to hire a large number of mages to build the city?

Not sure, because no one had ever done that, but Alan suddenly wanted to do it.

He hadn't been in contact with other mage organizations, but as far as the simple Water Elemental Tower was concerned, the price of hiring a mage was not unacceptable, and at the same time, if the Water Elemental Tower was not up to the task of building a city, he could also contact other mage towers through the Water Elemental Tower, as long as the money could keep up, he believed that the Water Tower would help him.

Earth, fire, wind, water, and souls, there is a deep connection between the five known mage towers, and Eren doesn't have to worry about them not being able to contact other mage organizations.

At the same time, if it goes well, he will also gain the attention of a large number of mages while the plan is going on, and in the end, if he can actually achieve a hire, he can also do a lot of things when countless mages converge!

Gaining a new city, gaining access to countless possible energy clusters, the gathering of mages is also a precious resource...... This is simply a lucrative business, what is it costing?

Gold coins, gold coins that don't matter to him!

A gray gift blueprint can be exchanged for so many scrap metal products!

It's just a gray gift, and if Alan wants to, he can draw and get hand cramps when the plan goes well, and then get more possibilities to make money....

These are just ideas, and Alan didn't bring them up, but he thinks the idea is quite solid.

However, as a prerequisite for all this, he first had to discuss with the Elder of the Water Tower the possibility of hiring a large number of mages.

He couldn't wait, but the nervous elder hadn't reached the bay yet, so he had to wait.

But there was no need to wait, tomorrow was the day they agreed to meet.