Chapter 299: The Merchant Seeks Profit (I)

When the leader of this caravan spoke. His eyes swept over all the people in front of him, and he was very embarrassed, and he didn't know who to talk to.

Saleen smiled and let Aini speak. He took out the wine and asked Tracey to pour it for the three of them.

"I called you here to ask, what's going on with that eighth-level mercenary group?" Don't look at Saleen's politeness to the leader of this caravan, and there is still wine to drink, but Aini is straight and asks the other party.

"Master Mage. ”

"My name is Aini. ”

"Lord Aini, we have come to assist in the defense of the south at the request of the Qin Yin Empire. ”

"Oh, to assist in the defense of the South, that the Cloud Stream Empire and the Tangulas have formed an alliance?"

"No, no, no!" the leader of the caravan quickly denied, and after some hesitation, Aini said, "You can say that I am not from the House of Commons. ”

"Ahem!" The leader of the caravan coughed and said, "My lord, speaking of which is also an internal matter of Qin Yin, Qin Yin's southern nobles are rumored to have bad intentions, but it is impossible for Holy Rock City to attack because of a rumor, so he hired four groups of men and horses from Scoqinya. Go to the front line of the Red River in the south to assist in the defense, if it really starts, these mercenaries can also come in handy. ”

"What's your cargo?" Aini asked suddenly.

"It's weapons and equipment, but there are no siege equipment, and the large equipment is defensive. "The leader of the caravan did not hide it, these things were passed by the House of Commons, and there was nothing unseemly.

Aini glanced at the two retinues of the caravan leader, both of whom looked like high-level swordsmen, and it was estimated that in a year or two at most, they would be able to advance to the Sword Master. Magicians rarely make mistakes in looking at people, unless the other person is much higher in level than him, or has some special equipment.

"Was the cargo destined for Holy Rock City, or was it destined for the Red River?"

"It's Holy Rock City, these goods are custom-made, and the materials are very good, but they are all semi-finished products, and they still need the mages of Holy Rock City to continue processing. ”

Aini nodded, the Qin Yin Empire's purchase of materials is basically the same, because there are not so many excellent mages abroad. If you buy finished products, not to mention the expensive, the attributes may not be as good as your own processing.

"I want to go to Holy Rock City with your caravan, do you think it's okay?" said Aini.

The leader of the caravan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "I have to ask Lord Dinis about this." ”

"Dinis?"

"The temporary leader of the mercenary group that led the team this time, the Black Iron Sword Saint, but he has two sixth-level mages under him. The caravan leader replied cautiously. Aini wants to go along, he can't be the master, because the goods are safe. It's the mercenary group that's in charge.

"Two sixth-level mages, what is the name of this mercenary group?"

"The Purple Smoke Mercenary Regiment, the emblem is a cloud beast, and it is also famous in Skocina. ”

"You don't need to ask him, I only have about 50 people in total, and more than 100 people need to ask him. I'll show you this. Aini said, pulling out the family crest.

The leader of the caravan quickly stood up and stepped forward to take it in his hands. He is not a nobleman, but he has also studied heraldry, otherwise he will suffer if he travels all over the world and encounters a powerful family and does not know the origin of the other party.

The clyde family's badge was also famous, he looked at it carefully, made sure that it was not a forgery, and quickly returned it to Ani, saying, "Master Mage, you want to ......"

"We're just walking together, and when we set up camp, I won't ask to enter your camp, I'll choose my own location. ”

The leader of the caravan was relieved and said, "In that case, I'll just go back and say it." Adult ......"

"Hehe, don't be nervous, stay and eat once. ”

Because Salin and the others had returned to the barracks, the cooking utensils outside were all in charge of the soldiers, and the barbecue was quickly brought in. Aini grabbed the leader of the caravan and chatted with him.

The leader of the caravan didn't want to offend Aini, so he reluctantly sat down.

When Aini saw that the caravan leader was staying, he asked for his name, and the caravan leader did not dare to be annoyed. This is not a faux pas for ordinary people, most mages are reluctant to do anything to socialize, even if they are nobles, they will not blame a mage for acting abruptly.

The leader of the caravan was Julian, a leader of the royal trading houses, and in Skocenia, his status was the equivalent of a barony sold by the Empire. Of course, this status is not good for the other three empires. Only the emperor of Skociana was so shameless as to sell the title at a price and not give any special treatment.

Although Ani has a haughty attitude, she talks about topics that Julian is more interested in. Hearing that Ani had an estate in Metatrin City and that he could get a cheap core, Julian was tempted. Later, Julian was so excited that he decided to organize a caravan to go to Metatrin City to buy goods.

Timber is a good thing, it's not a place near the sea, and you don't need the kind of high-grade wood that Metatrin City has, and north of Metatrin City, there are countless primeval forests, those trees. There are about 1,000 years of trees everywhere, and some long-lived trees have a history of more than 10,000 years.

This wood, in the hands of a magician, made the largest sealed cabin, capable of making warships. Some of the timber was about the same strength as metal, and if it could be processed in Metatrin and transported in space equipment, it could be sold to the shores of Scochenia to make warships.

The most important thing is the ore and the magic core, the ore is a little difficult to transport, but the magic core is extremely easy to transport.

The best products in Metatrin City are the three poles and the fourth-level magic cores, and the difference in price of the fourth-level magic cores is very large, ranging from three hundred to one thousand gold coins. One of Salin's ships went to sea once, and if there were no casualties, the cost would be less than 200,000 gold coins, and it would not be a problem to get tens of thousands of magic cores. If he took matters into his own hands and drove the Rock Turtle Alchemy Boat, it would be like picking up money.

Even if you use an ordinary warship to hunt, the cost of a level 4 magic core is only one or two gold coins. Therefore, the price of these magic cores in Metatrin City is two hundred to five hundred gold coins, which is cheaper than any one store. Saleen filtered out all the good cores, but even so, it was a huge profit to buy them from Metatrin City.

Even if an ordinary person brings back a magic core at a time, he will not lose money.

But there is a limit to the purchase of commodities in Metatrin City. Merchants also knew that if the number of demon cores was too large, the price would be depressed. Even so, the profit of one magic core is about one hundred gold coins, and if you resell a hundred pieces, you will have a profit of tens of thousands of gold coins. In addition to armor equipment, this is the most profitable.

Salin didn't want to set up businesses in various places in Qinyin, so it would be safer for him to let merchants from all over the country resell these demon cores. Hunt in the frozen sea, ship in Metatrin City, and give profits to merchants. Salin can sit and collect the gold coins.

Another point is that Saleen requires that at least half of the sale of magic cores be bartered, that is, if the foreign merchants want to buy magic cores, they also have to transport a large amount of supplies to Metatrin City, which makes him skip the trouble of purchasing materials.

For example, if he asks for food, the merchant will use half of the gold coins and half of the equivalent of grain to buy the magic core. If he is allowed to buy food by himself, it will be a waste of time, and he will not have so many manpower.

Skociana also produced grain, and although the peasants of Skocinia were the laziest, they could not hold up the fertile land, and the land suitable for cultivation was almost as good as the three empires combined.

Most of the Skocians' grain was used to make wine, which was smuggled into the Tangulas Empire or Yunliu. Qin Yin has not been able to open sales channels here, because Qin Yin people like fruit wine and are not interested in stronger grain wine. It is now possible to trade grain for magic cores, which makes Julian excited.

Because thieves rarely rob grain, which occupies too much land and is difficult to transport, it is only affordable for thieves to directly rob gold coins or kidnap tickets. Therefore, the caravans that transported grain were basically the safest.

Saleen robbed a batch of grain in Side Star City, but if he wants to expand his territory and have more people, he must have enough food reserves, and those grains are definitely not enough, and the purchase of grain is still the most urgent thing for Saleen.

Salin is only worried about one thing now, he has set the price of the demon core a little lower, and Alchemy City will be angry. Although the sea area controlled by Alchemy City is not as rich as the Frozen Sea, the number of demon cores is also absolutely large, so many that the mages of the entire Alchemy City can cultivate without worry. Doing this by yourself will definitely make some mages in Alchemy City tempted and come to defect.

Julian's vigilance faded, and Aini returned to what she wanted to talk about.

Rex understands the situation in Qin Yin's country, but Salin is far away now and can't be in touch at all times. From Julian's mouth, Salin still heard what he needed to know.

Qin's domestic situation is not optimistic. In the area of the Red River, the river flows westward, and at the end it joins Daze, bordering the Titan and Yunliu. The southern nobles here were originally close associates of Chanak the Great, and as soon as Chanak the Great died, the southern nobles were very dissatisfied with Sephiroth's control of the Holy Rock City, and there was even news that many nobles in the south were ready to set up their own dynasty.

This may be the news released by the southern nobles themselves, testing the reaction of Holy Rock City. If Holy Rock City sent troops like this, the southern nobles would have a reason to resist and have a reason to become independent. Prince Sephiroth was also cunning, nominally buying war materials in Skocenia, but in fact he had hired more than 10,000 mercenaries one after another, which were deployed in the Red River Valley.

Shengyan City planned to deploy 30,000 mercenaries in the Red River Valley, which saved a lot of military power. But the war in Garolan was so bad that almost the entire duchy fell. The castles that were fought down by the northern nobles were all captured by the Tangulas Empire.

The only good news is that Alchemy City has agreed to send magicians to help in the battle on the Garolan border. With the war puppets and the mages supported by Alchemy City, Holy Rock City is not chaotic.

However, the war on the side of the Yunliu Empire was bad, the Titan Principality had almost completely fallen, and the Chishui River had been crossed by the Holy See troops, pushing the vanguard to the Yunliu border.

Yunliu's army has always been not very good, if the Yunliu Empire falls, Qin Yin will really be attacked on several sides.