Dwarf Auge is a merchant with two small mines near Blackstone City, and when winter is approaching, Blackstone City's own powerful merchants join forces to invite Dick, who has just returned from the human side, to a gathering of merchants in Blackstone City, and Augur is fortunate to join this merchant group to participate in this party, and his first task is to deliver the invitation to Dick's hand.

Dick didn't expect that these people were so eager to get a piece of the pie, remembering what Giggs had warned him for months, Dick could only smile bitterly, "If I don't agree, maybe this guy will target my industry, and then forcibly press me to identify the trade route to them, and then kick me away~ After all, the benefits of this trade are too attractive." “

Dick, who was thinking about it like this, replied directly to Og, who sent the invitation, "Mr. Og, I will definitely attend this party on time, after all, it is good for everyone to have money to earn together." ”

This answer made Og look at Dick with admiration, the meaning of this invitation everyone understood in their hearts, but I didn't expect this Dick, who was not outstanding before, to have such a decision, "Dick, after all, this is also a good thing in a sense, so that our business scale will be larger, and your income will not necessarily be less than now." Og patted Dick on the shoulder and comforted him.

Dick cocked his beard and hammered Og's chest, "Hey~ I can see it clearly in my heart, don't treat me as one of those stunned greens~"

"Then I'll go back, and then we can discuss how to expand our interests~" Og rubbed his hands, and felt that there was nothing to do, so he said goodbye to Dick.

Three days later, recovering from the fatigue caused by a long time in the wilderness, Dick changed into a satin dress and swaggered towards the banquet venue. Passing the two sturdy guards at the door, he walked straight to the hall where all the food and drinks had been arranged.

"Haha~ The protagonist of our banquet today is here, Dick, you are very welcome to come to this banquet. A gray-bearded dwarf, also dressed in satin, saw Dick enter, stopped talking to the surrounding merchants, and shouted at him.

Suddenly the noisy hall fell silent, and all eyes were on Dick.

As it approached late at night, a slightly drunk Dick returned to his bed, reviewing the agreement reached that night.

The scene of the graybeard dwarf making the final summary recalled to Dick's mind, "Now I announce that the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce has been established, and there are sixteen members in total, namely Dirk, Ryan, and Ogg. “

"Our main business is to trade with humans, so the goods on the human side will be monopolized by us, celebrate~ Everyone, everyone's wealth will be multiplied. If there are dwarves who dare to reach out to our interests, then we need to work together to cut off their claws!"

"Or that Sir of Giggs is more far-sighted, build a trading town, use this trade, he has a considerable profit, what a wise lord~"

"Hey~ Whatever, anyway, my income won't be much worse than before, and it's more safe and stable, which can be regarded as a gain and a loss. Dick rolled over in bed and slept quietly through the wine.

The temperature of winter in the south of the continent is actually acceptable, as long as the cold air currents in the north are not the kind that are rare, and the weather around the Oak Mountains is only the coldest days when a little snow may fall, so the large-scale mobilization of chocobos and goods by the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce has not been affected by winter, and their fiery thirst for money is enough to offset that chill.

"Humans over there are developing large tracts of land east of the Oak Mountains, and armed caravans there are developing resource points on a large scale, and their armed men need to be well armed to deal with the dangers that may arise in the wilderness. Dick was telling Ryan, the chairman of the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce, what he knew, "Besides, we only have weapons that can be sold at a good price over there~"

"I heard you got a batch of magic crystal muskets?" Ryan said, staring into Dick's eyes with interest.

"Not our partner yet, he specifically requested the need for the Magic Crystal Musket, and by the way, he gave me very good news. Dick laughed and changed the subject, after all, this kind of thing can be regarded as a violation of the laws of the dwarves.

"What's the news? Our goods can provide a magic crystal lamp, those human lords will not mind spending a lot of money on this product, and in addition, we can also increase the price of the magic crystal required for these lamps. Dick said what he had asked him about the last time he went to Starfire Leader Giggs.

"This is a good source of goods, and as soon as you say that, I have some ideas, maybe we can sell some of our supplies that use magic crystals to supply energy, and I believe that these new gadgets will definitely be popular with humans. Ryan stroked his greybeard and made a suggestion.

"Well, we can bring a small amount of things to test the water this time, if these magic crystal supplies have a good price, we will have one more income in addition to the sale of weapons in the future. ”

When the breath of spring descended on the Oak Mountains, the caravan of the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce, which had been preparing for a winter, followed the fourth squadron of the garrison to the Starfire Territory, Alan couldn't help but be a little stunned when he saw the size of this caravan, and quipped to Dick, "If your caravan is of this scale in the future, I think I can also tell the Lord that the caravan's escort work can be over, and there are no beasts and aliens in the Oak Mountains that can threaten your safety." ”

"I think it is~" Dick couldn't help but agree when he looked at such a large caravan.

Any danger disappeared in large numbers, and the path they traveled was well marked, and the Blackstone Chamber of Commerce would hire men to make simple repairs to the trade route in order to increase the speed of future caravans and reduce the danger of the mountain road.

As soon as Starfire's spring conscription ended, news reached Giggs that the massive dwarven caravan was about to arrive, and Giggs immediately called a meeting of the administrators and officers.

"Alan has sent the news that a dwarven caravan of more than a thousand people is about to arrive in the Spark Territory, can the facilities in the trade zone hold so many people and goods?"

"Your Excellency. After a year of construction, the zone is now expected to provide more than 3,000 people with daily life in it, even if you count the human merchants who will arrive by then, the zone will definitely have all these people arranged. ”

"Well, yes, then after the meeting, you will announce to the merchants of various territories that the dwarven caravan is coming, let them bring their goods and gold coins and hurry over~" Giggs was also very happy when he heard the good news.

"Then the next step is for the garrison to be responsible for the security and stability of the trade area, whether it is humans or dwarves, as long as they dare to make trouble in the trade area, don't be polite, arrest them all!"

"Yes!"

"The development of the Spark Collar will be accelerated again, which requires the joint efforts of all of us~" Giggs finished the final mobilization and directly announced the dismissal of the meeting.