Faced with this unspeakable embarrassment, Gandalf finally broke the situation with a clear cough.

I saw Gandalf's righteous and serious face and said, "Duke, as a human nobleman, your ideological consciousness should be a little higher and farther. If the demon elves unite with the creatures of hell and use the elven magic to open the gates of hell, then all races on the entire continent, including humans, will face a situation of devastation, so what you do now is to save this world!"

When this kind of righteous words came out, Duke was not infected at all, but couldn't help but complain: "Damn, the set of words about saving the world has been moved out, and I usually don't find that Gandalf still has this kind of flirtatious talent." ”

Gandalf naturally knew Duke's character, and this kind of honor, mission, and the like were almost useless to him, after all, this guy had never had any aristocratic spirit in him.

"Well, I've heard that you're going to sell ironware in the future, and I believe that those few iron-making blast furnaces should not have enough production. Moreover, before the Papal Army attacked, you also saw the shortcomings of Storm Castle's magic, this time if you succeed in letting Malfurion enter the imperial capital, I will apply to the president to transfer a group of magicians or witches into Storm Castle. ”

Hearing Gandalf's promise, Duke's face was simply happy, and he once again put his hand on Gandalf's shoulder and said enthusiastically: "Gandalf, I like your pragmatic approach, really!"

The reason why Duke is so happy is because his need for magical resources has really reached the point of thirst for talent. Before Stormcastle's hot weapons could compete with the power of magic, they had to use magic to fight against magic. The magic chanting of the Holy See Chaplaincy was also an eye-opener for Duke, if it wasn't for Leonard rushing to stop it at the end, then the casualties of the storm army outside the city would be unimaginable.

Another point is that with the emergency resumption of Storm Castle's production of Storm Armor after the war, and the stocking of iron tools for the future Storm Merchants, the entire hydroelectric factory fell into the previous state of three shifts, after all, in terms of the demand for Storm Castle, the production of steel is really seriously insufficient.

This is still the situation after the suspension of the construction of Storm New Town, if you count the steel demand before Storm New Town, it is estimated that three shifts will not be able to fill this hole, and some minor steel demand projects can only be stopped as before.

The smelting of three shifts can be imagined, and the general technicians and workers are better, after all, the number of people is there, and there are enough people to take shifts. But for magicians and witches, they may have to work two of the three shifts a day to keep the blast furnace running twenty-four hours a day.

This kind of high-intensity work is very stressful for the body, and it is important to understand that these witches are not only women, but also underage "child laborers" in a sense, and the high-intensity work pressure is even more unbearable for them.

Many times when Duke thinks about this, he feels unhappy in his heart. Although he gave the witches a place to live, in a sense, they were constantly exploiting and squeezing their labor power like the capitalists. If this is placed in the future generations, what three shifts of sleepless use of girl labor, it is estimated that they will be drowned in saliva when exposed.

Fortunately, there are no labor laws in this world, let alone any laws for the protection of minors. No one has ever disputed the intensity of the witches' work, not even the witches themselves, who are willing to take on these responsibilities.

After all, in the face of the attack of the Holy See army, Duke did not hand over these witches, but gave them shelter. For Duke's behavior, all the witches can be said to be moved, let alone let them work, even if Duke wants them to die, they probably don't hesitate to do it.

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After negotiating with Gandalf, Duke immediately set out with the Storm Legion to return to Stormcastle. When it came time to say goodbye, Malfurion still maintained the elegance of a king, and was not annoyed by Duke's previous words.

It's Mirana, who doesn't have a good face when she sees Duke, and she thinks Duke is too vulgar. After all, his brother is also the king of elves, if it was placed in the previous elf era, it would be their honor for noble elves to be able to let ordinary humans help, Duke was so calculating and even said humiliating words.

Duke doesn't care about Mirana's attitude. Whether it is a noble elf or a dirty goblin, they are all equal in his eyes, and there is no distinction between high and low personalities, which is also the thinking of modern human rights equality. Since it is about cooperation, it is normal to strive for greater interests in business, and there is nothing to be ashamed of in bargaining, and there is no conflict with chivalry and aristocratic etiquette.

When passing through Andorra la Vella, Andy, the commercial officer of Storm Castle who had been left behind, had already taken over a large comptoir on the central street of Andorra la Vella, and after a brief renovation, it would open under the name of Storm Comptoir.

At the same time, the potter Abner and the blacksmith Martin also led a second batch of new wagons, carrying the porcelain and ironware of Storm Castle, and transported them to the storehouses of the trading houses.

The battle of the Storm Castle has drawn the attention of the residents of Andorra City to the Storm Firm. However, the first thing that caused a stir was not the goods of Storm Castle, because the trading house had not yet officially opened, but the carriages that transported goods into the city!

Citizens of Andorra la Vella. I had never seen such a different carriage, and instead of the traditional axle, it became a small iron ring that turned. If you bend down to look, you can also see that there are extra steel bars under the carriage.

Ordinary people don't understand the meaning of these changes, but they can intuitively feel that as long as a horse pulls it, they can easily pull a large cart full of goods. From the uncovered canvas, it can be found that the cart is either porcelain or iron, and it is a very heavy object.

This discovery shocked the citizens of Andorra, who knew that ordinary horse-drawn carriages would not dare to carry so many heavy loads, let alone pull horses, and even the axles could be crushed. Some of the more astute merchants probably estimated that the weight of this carriage was at least twice that of an ordinary carriage.

And this is a carriage from Storm Castle, if you count the bumps and consumption of the mountain road, it can even reach an exaggerated three-fold difference. The three-fold difference in transportation volume brings more than three times the efficiency gain, because you also have to count the extra people and horses, as well as the weight of the carriage itself.

It can be said that this strange carriage of Storm Castle will completely crush the existing carriages on the mainland. Some discerning merchants immediately spotted the opportunity, and they frantically begged to meet Andy, the head of the Stormcastle Firm, in the hope of purchasing a new carriage from Stormcastle.

Duke also felt laughing and crying about this situation, he was originally here to sell goods, but now the car is much more popular than the goods, is this the medieval version of buying and returning pearls?