Chapter 140: Mutant Associated Mine (5,000 words)
"Olich, you bunny, if you dare to lie to me, I'll peel your skin off. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
The one who spoke was a bearded mercenary wearing tattered heavy armor but with an unusually tall figure, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was like thunder, and he did not shout loudly, but his voice was louder than the shouting of others.
"Uncle Art, I don't dare to lie to you, you can beat me away with a sneeze. Olich said with a grin.
"Rabbit cub, throw your token down, I need to check it, the rhino is not bad, if it is indeed them who recruit people, our wolf thirty brothers, as long as you go in, I will give you three gold coins, one is not less than yours." β
The bearded Yat, although he has a "rabbit cub", has a smile on his face, and he is obviously very familiar with Olich.
"Wait a minute, didn't Cangxi go to garrison Lin Liucheng?" A voice came out from the other direction: "The city you are talking about, it shouldn't be Lin Liucheng, right? That place that hasn't even opened the life channel, I heard that a few days ago there was also a call for help, are you sure they still exist?"
"Cangxi, you just need to know that it is Cangxi who recruits people, don't you still know the reputation of Cangxi?
The dynasty is also recruiting, they have been recruiting, they are always recruiting, you can also go, I will not charge you a referral fee, but don't say that it was introduced by me Olich, because your wife will soon take your blood money and go to sleep with other men, the kind of mercenary group that fails three tasks in two months will never become the object of my Olich's recommendation.
Let's talk about how many missions I, Olich, have I introduced over the years, and have you ever cheated everyone?"
"Sounds like the rhino really sounds. β
Like an ordinary mercenary, Lin Lei was unobtrusive, chatting with Nina in his mind as he looked up at Olrich's performance.
"Yes, that's right, these are unlarge-scale mercenary groups, they can't afford to pay the deposit of the mission guild, so they can't receive the tasks issued by the guild, and they often need to rely on intermediaries like this kid to introduce some private tasks that are not issued by the mission guild.
That kind of task, usually can't make a lot of money, because people who refuse to go to the mission guild to release the task are also to save the fees charged by the guild, but even this kind of task that doesn't make much money is not very common, if you don't want to starve to death, you can only choose to join the big mercenary group in the end.
After joining the mercenary group, they lose the right to choose the task, so they will not join the mercenary group with a bad reputation casually, because then they will often be sacrificed as cannon fodder, and choosing a mercenary group with a good reputation and a high mission success rate is a very important thing for them.
But a well-functioning mercenary group will not recruit people often, nor will it recruit too many people, because when there is no task, it is not cost-effective to feed the redundant people for nothing, unless you can get a long-term contract, and the manpower is far from enough, but usually only consider merging familiar small mercenary groups. β
"I see, you ask Lin Xiong to inform them to come over, come over now, don't care about the level of these people, bring them all back first. β
"Great, with the passage you burned out as a guide, you'll see them before dark. β
At night, several mercenary groups sent people over, and they took over, and Lin Lei didn't have to worry so much about the next things, so he went to Andriol Fort accompanied by Olich.
The mercenaries who are finally recruited will also return to Andriol Fort first, and will not officially go to Thunder City until dawn tomorrow - many of them have families, even if they don't bring their families, they have to go back and give an explanation.
The passage connecting Lei City to the old site of Citizen City, only the last few thousand meters remains, there are so many people to do it, half a day can cut down those trees, and the remaining roads are smooth, it will not take many days, these small things, also do not need Lin Lei to worry about.
Andriol Fort is a big city with a history of more than 20 years, the city is 30 meters high, with an area of more than 150 square kilometers, belonging to the Andriol family, in addition to the resident mercenaries of more than 20,000 people, the permanent population is also hundreds of thousands, these people, there are mercenary families, but most of them are merchants.
Mercenaries guard the city and also dig ore veins, but the huge population and bustling commerce are the real lifeblood of a city, after all, the magic crystal in the mining area will be dug up one day, but the tax revenue is endless.
The Andriol family is one of the famous old families in the Western Regions, in addition to Andriol Castle, in the entire Western Regions, there are thirteen other medium and large cities, most of which have reached the standard of a first-class security zone, and all kinds of prosperous businesses have brought endless wealth to the Andriol family.
The first-level security zone means that for more than five years, no traces of demon dwarves have been found in the city territory, and ordinary people can also move around the city territory.
This is important because it means that the city will have a large number of ordinary people living in the city, permanent commerce can be developed in the city, and ordinary people can graze and farm outside the city, which is the minimum standard of self-sufficiency for the city.
In a marginal city like Leicheng, even food supplies have to rely on foreign imports, which will inevitably lead to the high price of general living resources, ordinary people simply cannot afford it, and they can't carry out any business, and they don't have to think about taxes or anything.
The base camp of the Andriol family, "Andriol Central City", is the first city in the Western Regions to be established in the Talisman Forest, decades have passed, after several expansions, it is already one of the two largest super cities in the entire Western Regions, and the city is within a range of thousands of square kilometers, all of which belong to the absolute safety zone.
Andriol Castle has also reached the standard of the second-level security zone and is moving towards the first level, but with the destruction of Citizen, Andrill Fort has been pushed to the edge of the Western Regions, facing the invasion of demon dwarves, and there is no safety at all.
If you can't settle in a large mercenary group with enough weight in the short term, I'm afraid that many people will already start to think about whether they should move out of Andriol Castle.
After Lin Lei expressed his desire to sell a batch of magic crystals, Olich took him to the official exchange of Andrich Fort - under the pressure of the demon dwarf invasion, most of the cities in the Western Regions were open for business twenty-four hours a day, especially any industry related to war.
Lin Lei didn't plan to sell those super-quality fire magic crystals, these things were Lin Lei's big killing weapons, and all he got from selling them was gold coins, but gold coins couldn't buy this kind of thing.
Lin Xiong still had a batch of magic crystals dug up from the Lei City mining area in his hands before, and the price of magic crystals has risen recently, Lin Xiong originally planned to save it for a better price before making a move, but who knows that it was cheaper than Lin Lei.
Of the four mining areas that have been discovered near Lei City, two are wind attribute magic crystal mines, one is earth attribute, and one is water attribute, these are the most common and most demanded magic crystals, although they belong to the low-cost existence of magic crystals, but Lin Lei calculated the goods in his hand in his heart, and he can also exchange them for seven or eight million.
Seven or eight million is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for Lin Lei's next plan to build a city, but as long as there are enough manpower, and the demon dwarves don't come to find trouble, at most, they can mine the same amount in a week or two at most - and Lin Xiong spent half a year to get so much, this is the difference between rich and poor people.
Just after Lin Lei carefully looked at the price and planned to trade, Olic pulled him away again.
"Aren't you going to sell it here?" asked Lin Lei with a little curiosity.
"Of course not here, I'm just letting you know the official price......" Olich's face was slightly proud: "A guide who will only take you to the official exchange, how can he be qualified to charge you ten gold coins a day? β
The two chatted as they walked, and Lin Lei casually asked about the situation in Andriellburg, and Olich answered all of them fluently.
Along the way, he met acquaintances from time to time to greet him, including mercenaries, and some who seemed to be ordinary people, but when he saw Lin Lei beside him, he didn't dare to come closer.
Although Lin Lei is dressed in an ordinary outfit and does not show any characteristics of a magician, but his powerful and perverted spiritual power makes his peaceful gaze seem to be able to penetrate people's hearts, the bosses of those mercenary groups in Lei City, when they see his gaze, they will unconsciously want to hide, in the eyes of these ordinary mercenaries and the people, it is even more of an absolute superiority.
The two of them soon came to a magic crystal store that didn't seem too small, and in the entire store of more than two hundred square meters, the shelves were full of magic crystal raw ores of various attributes.
"Olich, what good things did you get today?" As soon as the two entered the store, the old man behind the counter greeted Olrich with a smile.
"Grandpa Field, I'll bring you a big customer today, and you have to give a fair price. Olich also responded with a smile, and the two looked familiar.
"Hehe, little one, tell me when Grandpa Field gave you an unfair price. β
The old man smiled, lightly knocked on Olich's head, and then raised his eyes to look at Lin Lei, the moment the two looked at each other, the old man seemed to be stunned for a moment, but soon returned to normal, smiled and said hello to Lin Lei, and introduced each other.
Lin Lei reported the identity of the Cangxi mercenary group, using the nickname "Dark Fire".
Lin Lei took out three pockets the size of a human head, handed them to the old man for inspection, and browsed the shelves around him at will.
The value accounting of magic crystal is not a simple matter, although the price is calculated by weight, but it also needs to consider the level of element concentration and volume, different levels, the price standard is very different, to convert this standard into price, and then multiply by weight, in order to get the final value.
The magic crystals that Lin Lei brought over this time have a uniform concentration, and the largest is only the size of a finger, which should be calculated according to the lowest volume level, and the price standard is almost a clear thing.
However, after taking a closer look, the old man carefully picked up two of the earth-attribute magic crystals and looked at them carefully.
"Grandpa Field, what's wrong, is there something wrong with these magic crystals?" Olic leaned in curiously, but couldn't see why.
"There's no problem...... Field touched Olich's head, looked at Lin Lei with a smile and said, "Your Excellency Dark Fire, I want all these magic crystals, please come inside to talk about the specific price." β
Seeing Lin Lei nodding, Field put away the three pockets containing the magic crystals and let the subordinates carry them into the room, but held the two earth-attribute magic crystals in the palm of his hand alone.
When they arrived in the room, their own subordinates served refreshments, and after Lin Lei was seated, Field drove the subordinates away, and personally closed the doors and windows and locked them.
"What's the matter, Grandpa Field, what are you doing here, you don't want to hack us, do you?"
Eighteen million business is naturally not small, and it is normal to negotiate behind closed doors, but like Field, who is so cautious as to put the locks down, is inevitably a little fussy.
However, Olich's face was only curious, but his expression was not nervous, and he was obviously just joking
Field glared at Olich, but put away his smiling expression, and asked Lin Lei seriously and cautiously: "Your Excellency Dark Fire, take the liberty of asking, where did you get these magic crystals from?"
"Own mining area. Lin Lei did not hide it, but he did not reveal where the mining area was.
Although Cangxi is a mercenary group, if you find a small mining area and mine it yourself, this is also a very normal thing in the Western Regions, not all places with mining areas are suitable for building a city, a mercenary group of the first and second grades, completely powerful, in some less dangerous places, mining by themselves.
Hearing Lin Lei's words, Field's face was overjoyed, and he pointed to the three big pockets containing magic crystals in front of him and said, "Your Excellency Dark Fire, the quality of this batch of magic crystals is okay, just make a whole number, our old Fei Magic Crystal Shop, buy it for 10 million gold coins, what do you think?"
"Oh, yes. Lin Lei nodded.
This price is more than two percent more than he estimated, what Olrich said before is that it can be sold for about one and a half percent higher, what else is Lin Lei not satisfied with, but seeing Field's face, it seems that he still has something to say.
Sure enough, Field's joy did not decrease, and then he carefully spread out his palms, grasped the two earth attribute magic crystals for a long time, and put them in front of Lin Lei.
"Lord Dark Fire, did you know that these two are not earth-attribute magic crystals. Field looked at Lin Lei with a little excitement in his eyes.
Lin Lei shook his head. This batch of magic crystals was all handed over to him by Lin Xiong, but he only roughly knew the weight, concentration and volume level, in fact, he didn't even open it to take a look.
"It's not a magic crystal, what is it? Grandpa Field, don't sell it. β
Lin Lei looked calm, but Olich came over curiously, glaring at Field.
"To be precise, it can't be said that these two pieces are not earth-attribute magic crystals, but they are slightly different from ordinary magic crystals, Lord Darkfire, you see ......" Field pinched a piece of magic crystal with his fingers and handed it to Lin Lei: "The color of this magic crystal, although it is similar to other magic crystals, has a little golden color on the edge, which is a sign of mutation."
In an earth elemental magic crystal mining area, if this mutated magic crystal is found, then, in this mining area, there is a chance to find its associated magic crystal, which is a very rare magic crystal, the name is 'Golden Crystal'. β
"Grandpa Field, what kind of magic crystal is Jinjing? Why haven't I heard of it? Olich asked.
Lin Lei also shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
"Jin Jing has another name, Renjing. β
"The first spirit is above, and we have made a fortune. β
Nina shouted in his head, but Olich still looked ignorant, after all, at his level, he knew all poor mercenaries, where did he hear about the material for making rare weapons.
"You're saying that in my mine, there might be a presence of Tenacity?"
Hearing Field's words, Lin Lei was also a little moved.
What is the tenacious crystal, Lin Lei still knows, as long as the nail piece is so big, the value will be completely defeated by the three bags of ordinary magic crystals in front of him, it is indeed a trivial thing, even with Lin Lei's hidden rich net worth, he is a little not calm - this thing is not something that can be bought with money.
"Yes, it's a great possibility...... Field nodded seriously: "Tenacity Crystals will not form ore veins alone, only a few can be found in some mutated magic crystal mines, as far as I know, earth attribute ore veins, if there is a mutation, there is eighty or ninety percent certainty, they will all produce tough crystals." β
"Thank you for the reminder, Lord Field. Lin Lei's face quickly calmed down, and he looked at Field, waiting for the next step.
"Lord Darkfire, Field has a request...... "Field's face was eager, "I hope to be able to get your grant." If you pick up tough crystals in the future, can you give priority to trading with our old Fei magic crystal store, the price will definitely satisfy you. β
"This ......"
Lin Lei hesitated, this kind of thing, the general way of trading, is all kinds of auction houses, if you trade directly, it is not easy to determine a suitable price.
Field has been trading for most of his life, so he can naturally see what Lin Lei is worried about, and then said: "Your Excellency Dark Fire, don't worry, we will trade with you according to the auction house's recent transaction price, do you think this is okay?"
"Yes. Lin Lei made a decision on the spot.
If it weren't for Field's good character, I'm afraid that a guy who doesn't know anything would not even know how to sell Tenacity Crystal as an ordinary magic crystal.
In view of this, Lin Lei will also give priority to selling to Field, however, on the basis of satisfying his own use first, you must know that the tough crystal weapon, but the best weapon that all solidified warriors dream of, is of great help to the improvement of combat power.
Next, some details were discussed, and the two simply reached a long-term deal, and in the future, the magic crystals produced by Lin Lei's side will be sold to Field first.
Everything was negotiated, Lin Lei collected a thousand imperial purple gold tickets of the highest denomination, and walked out of the old Fei Magic Crystal shop with Olich, taking advantage of the good interest, Olrich proposed to go to the bar for a drink, there was nothing to worry about, and Lin Lei agreed.
The two of them arrived at the mercenary bar under the mission guild.
It seems that the bars under the mission guild are all the same, and there is not much difference between this and the bars in Noah City, from the faΓ§ade to the decoration in it.
The first and only time Lin Lei went to the bar, it was after Vivien's disappearance, he was taken by Tinas, and when he came to this kind of place again, he inevitably remembered some things that he didn't want to think about anymore, and when he was depressed, wine became the best thing to relieve boredom.
It's just that before they had a few drinks, two big men wearing city control armor suddenly came to the two of them.
"Olich, come with us. β
"Huh?" Olich was drinking happily when he heard the words, and was stunned for a moment: "Two city managers, I don't know what is going on? I shouldn't have done anything, right?"
"Don't you know what you did in the afternoon?" The big man on the left took a step forward and glared angrily: "Our Andriol Fort is short of people, but you kidnapped so many mercenaries, and now Lord Andriol is furious, you don't want this little life, come with us obediently." β
Although the big man had a fierce expression, he intentionally or unintentionally blocked his companion next to him, and the corners of his mouth were still desperately pushing to the side, as if he was signaling Olich to run.
"What are you talking about with him talking so much......"
The other chengguan came sideways, and the probe grabbed Olich. (To be continued.) )