Chapter 3 Resources on the Plateau
The professional caravans are very efficient, and it only takes one day from start to finish.
The result, of course, was brilliant.
Both the Snow Swallow Chamber of Commerce and the Orcs were very satisfied with the results of this transaction.
The half-orcs provided a total of about 10,000 catties of Mithril ore, with a total value of not less than 5,000 gold coins, and resold them to the Qingtian Chamber of Commerce at a low price, at least 3,000-4,000 gold coins could be directly profited. Although Mithril ore is a windfall profit, compared to other derivatives, ore trading has become a small head.
There are a large number of derivative resources in the Mithril Mine, and their value is often very high, and this acquisition of some silver essence, quicksilver, etc., has a profit of about 3,000 gold coins.
The most important resources are the treasure bones, animal skins, beast crystals, and materials sent by the nine major tribes, the quantity is quite huge, and the total value exceeds the sum of the mines. Nalan Yan roughly estimated that if the cost was not high, he could get a commercial return of about 15,000 gold coins.
A total of 20,000 gold coins!
When the statistics came out, Nalan Yan herself was stunned.
The Xueyan Chamber of Commerce has developed to this day, selling potions, spells, and books, and the total profit has not yet reached 20,000 gold coins. Now Nalan Yan is just following the road paved by Mu Yun, and he has taken a trip to Luohan Mountain in a few days, surpassing all the income of the Xueyan Chamber of Commerce in a quarter.
Nalan Yan found a situation that made people's blood boil.
The resources traded by the nine major clans are just a warm-up exercise, and these tribes often have a history of thousands of years, and the number of treasures and resources stored in the tribes is unimaginable. Now it's just a matter of taking out a little bit to test the waters, and when the orcs feel that they have received a reasonable return, the resources brought by the second trade must be even greater.
In addition, the potential market is huge!
The Nine Great Clans are the forces at the top of the pyramid of the Frost Plateau, but strictly speaking, among the orc clans of the Frost Plateau, even if you count the subsidiary tribes, their share is only about 10%, and the other 90% are composed of hundreds of large, medium, small, and scattered forces. If the resources of the orcs can be fully mobilized, what an amazing market it is!
The Nine Great Clans expressed their satisfaction with the deal.
A few chiefs secretly consulted with Nalan Yan and said, "Except for the Mithril ore, can you still collect other ores?"
Nalan Yan was stunned for a moment, and immediately nodded: "Accept it, why don't you accept it?"
"We have a subordinate tribe building a large black iron mine, and we also know that there are some places where you can find copper mines and blood silver mines. ”
"The value of black iron is much lower than that of Mithril, and if you want to make more profits, then it is recommended to concentrate your labor on white copper and blood silver, which is slightly less valuable than Mithril and blood copper is higher than Mithril. ”
The Crampons were very happy.
The resources on the plateau are not as abundant as those in the plains, but the land is vast and sparsely populated, and most of the resources are idle, and no one explores and collects them at all. The orcs have a soft spot for fire copper, and other more valuable ores, even if they are piled up in front of them, they are not interested. Now that the Terran caravan is willing to buy ore, it is naturally the best thing, and the orcs lack everything, but there is no shortage of labor.
Other chiefs came to inquire about it.
The chief of a Berserk clan even claimed to have found a crystal mine!
This frightened Nalan Yan, although the orc couldn't tell what kind of breed it was, but a crystal mine was worth even more than a gold mine. This kind of place would be fought for even if the Nalan family knew about it, because even if the amount of crystal mineral value reached millions of gold coins, it would not be a strange thing.
Nalan Yan hurriedly told the chief of the Berserk Clan: "The value of crystal ore is very high, at least a hundred times that of Mithril!"
The Berserker Chief's expression changed drastically: "Those glowing broken stones are so valuable?"
Nalan Yan smiled bitterly in her heart, a crystal mine is a precious wealth that can support a big family, and the half-orc's eyes are like broken stones, she feels like she has instructed the chief, "Where did you find the ore?"
The Berserker Chief thought for a moment and said, "Ten years ago, there was a very powerful demonic beast that was causing trouble nearby, so I personally took the tribal warriors to find him, and finally found him in a deep cave. We paid a lot of money to get rid of it. I remember that the cave was full of glowing stones, and we didn't pay attention to it, but after trading with you recently, we remembered that it might also be a mine, so we sent people to fence it off. ”
"You're doing a good job!" Nalan Yan said with an excited expression, "You must guard it well, and remember not to leak the news, and don't dig for the time being." ”
The Berserk Chief was not very happy: "Since it is valuable, why not dig?"
Nalan Yan said helplessly: "Crystal ore mining is a very high-tech work, because the crystal is very hard, not to mention, it has strong energy, if it is broken or cut, it will inevitably cause a big explosion." In addition, the radiation in the crystal mine is extremely high, if there is no protective equipment, staying in the mine for a long time will inevitably cause physical deformities, and there are many other hazards, I will not count them one by one. Even among the human race, there are only a handful of chambers of commerce that have the ability to collect crystal ore!"
The Battle Chieftain was immediately disappointed.
What is the use of keeping the mines that cannot be mined?
Nalan Yan first appeased the chieftain and prevented the chief from acting rashly, the value of crystal ore is too high, although it does not have the conditions for collection now, it does not mean that there will be no in the future. Once the mine is operational, the amount of wealth it creates every day is unimaginable.
To dig!
Be sure to find a way to dig!
It is impossible for the wisdom and equipment of the orcs to realize crystal mining, and it takes a year or two of professional training for Terran workers to learn the relevant knowledge and skills to carry out crystal mining. Therefore, if you want to dig crystal ore, half-orcs will definitely not work, Nalan Yan does not have so much time to train a group of half-orc miners, the best way is to find a professional crystal ore mining team, wearing the most professional equipment to work in person.
It's just that it's quite unrealistic to let the human race work in Gaoyuan just thinking about it.
Hundreds or even tens of millions of gold coins rich!
How can you miss it?
Nalan Yan pondered how to safely and effectively develop the crystal ore and other precious resources on the plateau.
By this time, the trade was over, and the orcs packed up their belongings and prepared to leave.
Suddenly.
Something unexpected happened!
The sentinel suddenly sounded the alarm.
"A large group of unidentified orcs have appeared!"
"Watch out!"
Terran archers covered the rock walls on both sides, and when they looked far away with binoculars, they saw a group of orcs, numbering more than two thousand.
The nine major clans changed color.
Despicable and damned inferior warriors, are they again?
These guys are really unrelenting, and they are simply not afraid of death!
Mu Yun was almost killed by the night attack of the orcs, and almost destroyed the camp that had been established with great difficulty, and the nine clans planted their flags in the canyon, swearing that similar situations would not happen again, and they saw this group of guys again during the transaction!
Grom drew his spear, rode the wolf and turned around and shouted, "Wolf cavalry prepare!"
Seeing this, Nalan Yan hurriedly stood up and said, "You guys move slowly, you're not an enemy!"
Not an enemy?
So what are these people doing in the canyon?
The nine clans were all stunned, and the chief stopped the eager warriors, and about two thousand and a half orcs appeared in sight. Among them, the leading orcs all have excellent armor and weapons, but the half-orcs who follow behind are all unclothed, stinking, and have yellow and thin faces that look like refugees.
When they probably found the troops of the Nine Great Clans, they were all so frightened that they stopped and didn't dare to move forward easily.
The orcs live in the apocalyptic society of the tribal clans, of which the nine clans are the pyramid pinnacles of the tribal clans, and they are the most powerful and terrifying forces of the orcs. These hungry people came from small, sparsely populated, weak, and very loose tribes. The population is around 350,000 and is very mobile.
A tribe is often destroyed or annexed as soon as it is formed, and the fleeing orcs merge with other refugees to form a small tribe.
So repeatedly, upside down.
The small tribe and half-orcs basically don't even have a surname, since they don't have a clan, they don't need a sense of clan honor.
Nalan Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that the half-orcs he sent had recruited two thousand people back, and the first step of the plan had basically been realized. More than two thousand orcs have been trained and thrown into the White City, which will immediately cause some changes in the field, and she hurriedly shouted: "This is not an enemy, let them come!"
Grom rode on the back of the tall wolf king, stared at the orc with a pair of tiger eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"
"These orcs will join the Chamber of Commerce!"
"Join the Terran Chamber of Commerce?" Grom clenched his spear, "what the hell are you doing?"
Nalan Yan knew in her heart that Grom was not an easy person to deal with, and if he didn't give an answer, even if Grom killed them all, he wouldn't agree to the orcs leaving the plateau, because the Terrans were too cunning, who knows if they were engaged in a conspiracy.
"It's all Mu Yun's idea!"
Nalan Yan ran out of Mu Yun, who had a high reputation among the orcs.
The eight clan chiefs and high-level leaders looked at each other, what kind of medicine was sold in Mu Yun's gourd?
Nalan Yan began to explain, "Mu Yun is trying to create a model of harmonious coexistence between the two races, and the Snow Swallow Chamber of Commerce will recruit orc warriors on the plateau for experimentation. We will provide them with food, shelter and even training, and will never abuse or threaten their lives. ”
A model of harmonious coexistence between the two communities?
This is simply a joke, as far back as the mechanical age, there have been countless wars of all sizes for thousands of years, and the orcs and humans who died in the war are tens of millions, how can two rival-like races coexist peacefully?
Nalan Yan guessed what the half-orc was thinking again: "Everything is possible, and this canyon is the best proof of this!"
That's right.
Previously, who would have dared to imagine that orcs would trade with Terran caravans?
This was an almost impossible thing to achieve, but in the end, it became a reality in Mu Yun's hands.
"Mu Yun promotes the harmonious coexistence of the two races, and specially invents a small spell to restrain the orcs. Nalan Yan briefly said the matter of the slave brand, the nine clans don't care about the life or death of lowly and inferior warriors at all, but you must know that the clansmen will definitely be unhappy if they become slaves, so Nalan Yan explained: "This restriction is temporary, it will not cause harm to the lives of the orcs, but it can allow the orcs to study and train well." ”
The chiefs of the eight major clans were relieved when they heard this.
It's just a bunch of inferior warriors, who live or die.
Grom looked at the half-orc, yellow-skinned man, but his brow furrowed.
Is this what Mu Yun did again?
Grom believed that Mu Yun would not do something at a loss, since he did this, then it must be able to bring rich benefits to the human race, Grom had to be cautious, because the human race was too powerful, and the orcs would be threatened by their survival, so he said categorically: "Please make things clear, if you can't give me a satisfactory explanation, I won't let anyone walk through Luohan Mountain alive." ”