Chapter 176: Pasha's Tender (Vote!, My Little Cuties!)
On the diagonal beams of the roof hang from the herbs, such as mint, wild garlic, thyme, yarrow, rush grass, palamo, king's leaf grass, hoof-shaped car, tansy, laurel, etc. The herb dries naturally in the shade and exudes a fragrant aroma.
"These are all specimens that Mr. Palu gave me. Seeing that Quest noticed that his room was full of herbs after entering the door, Santos quickly explained his confusion: "The caravan is running northeast and west, if possible, I will try my best to help him collect some materials." ”
The young blue dragon who turned into a human form nodded, in fact, it was the fat merchant's service advantage in this "last Palesan" that made him decide to invest in the sand rhino caravan. And the money he grabbed after uprooting the Egu family came in handy at this time.
"One hundred thousand silver Kate is there, you count it first. Quest pointed to the iron box placed at the door, "In the province under my jurisdiction, there will be a team of elite dragon clans to protect you and this money. However, if you want to go to other provinces to buy sand rhinos, you must do enough to defend them, after all, this is not a small amount of money. ”
Santos looked at the huge sum of money that was close at hand, and his joy was palpable, and his small slitted eyes seemed to widen a little. In response to the dragon Pasha's advice on safety, the fat merchant patted his chest and said:
"Your Excellency doesn't know, like the large purchase quantity of sand rhinoceros after us, even the camel beast bazaars in a few cities can't afford to supply, and they must be purchased from special farms. I have already contacted my acquaintances, and they will send representatives to buy the flutter first, and those with low prices and high-quality breeds will be given priority to become our suppliers. ”
These words woke up Quis, who had indeed underestimated the business development of Medici before. He didn't expect that in this ash world with "sword and magic" as the main theme, there would also be a "bidding" mechanism.
Because he was interested, he patiently communicated with the fat merchant for a long time. After making sure he had learned all his skills about "bidding" – what Santos called "buying and selling" – Quest got up to take his leave.
After cutting the leeks of the "Egu family", the young blue dragon's money bag was really full of a lot.
Even after taking out 100,000 silver Kate to invest in Santos, Quith still had more than 400,000 silver Kate and a little less copper Deben in his hands - due to the Didic silver and copper binary coin system, the rich people would most of the time exchange the copper Deben for the more purchasing power of silver Kate, so the young blue dragon received more silver coins from the Egu family than copper coins.
There are many rumors that some of the most famous allomorphic dragons in the multiverse had a penchant for using coins as snacks. In this regard, although our protagonist is a little envious, he is very sensible and does not follow suit.
Anyway, the dragon devours metal and converts it into metal ions, which are then used to strengthen itself. In this way, krypton (edible metal elements, such as some coins) does not have to eat earth (edible metal compounds, such as some minerals) to be "noble", it is purely a waste.
Well, "waste is shameful", "it is easy to go from thrift to luxury", and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift...... Anyway, our Quest is a rational creature on the orderly side, and he always convinces himself well. No matter how bad it is, the author of the book can also add some immunity to the protagonist to "grape acid".
Moreover, after listening to the introduction of the "buy-and-buy" transaction by the fat merchant Santos, the young blue dragon was keenly aware of the important role of this model - as a Pasha, unless he completely gave up grabbing power from the class system of human society, then he must solve the financial problems within the province under the jurisdiction of the tenants.
"Cutting leeks" can't be done overnight, and after harvesting the Egu family, Quis is ready to make friends with David. He had hoped to receive financial support from the Medici Empire, and at least he should get a share of the reparations for the defeat of the U-Sang Empire.
However, it is clear that even if financial support is obtained, it will not take too much time. Of the cities under his Pasha's rule, there were two main cities that were affected by the war of aggression of the U-sangs, Nome and Spath.
The latter was manipulated by him, and after the fall of the Egu family, the new consul had enough food to help the city's citizens. Coupled with the fact that the city is an agricultural city itself, the harvest should be good the following year after the flood. The situation has gradually improved.
But the city of Norm is different, the massacre of the U-Mulsan has deprived the population of the city, and even the most basic guarantee of the city's basic operation cannot be maintained. Not only that, but many of the city's dwellers began to flee from Nome one after another.
After leaving Spart, Quest sent Sneijder directly to Nome to scout. According to the information he sent back, it was indeed on the verge of becoming a human ghost, the result of the evil of the Worshippers, and a large number of broken dead souls haunted the strategic portal.
In the words of the half-lich, he felt comfortable there, and presumably it would be very painful for ordinary mortals to live nearby. Although the broken dead souls can still be restrained together for the time being, if left unattended for a long time, these bound spirits may spread throughout Nome City.
In addition to this, there is another issue that needs to be addressed urgently.
As a former trading city, the inhabitants of Nome were undoubtedly richer than the city of Spath. After the looting and massacre of the U-Sang, those who were able to remain were even more wealthy.
They could have bought food from the merchants of the past, even if it was several times the price. But now Noem's trade routes have been cut off because of the evil spirits, and the wealthy citygoers are struggling to hold their ribs up.
As a result, a large number of wealthy merchants born in Nome chose to leave, and only a few who had illusions about the aid of the Medici Empire remained, and their numbers were dwindling every day, as was the little faith they had left.
Nome was once a commercial jewel, and Quith didn't want to give up the city, which connects Medici to the north and south. Its survival is related to whether the business blueprint formulated by the young blue dragon can be carried out smoothly.
Originally, Quest's idea was to use Bradch's call to rely on his status as a desert elf to attract some tribesmen to migrate to Nome City to settle down. However, not to mention that humans and desert elves can live together in the same city. The population of the nearby Buraku people alone will not be able to support the large human city of Nome that can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people in a short period of time.
The key issue is to boost confidence and reopen trade routes after the exodus of Nome City has stopped. Only in this way will more peddlers and pawns slowly converge on the city. And the "buying" that Santos of the sand rhinocaravan talked about just now gave Ques a certain inspiration.
What is the most touching thing about a person? If some large-scale commercial tenders can be held in Nome City, then the merchants who are eager for Silver Kate and Copper Deben will surely muster up the courage to go.
After exchanging ideas with Palu, Blue, and Sneijder in Nome, Quest drew up a prototype of a "tender plan", and after settling the plan with Santos and Pan, the fat businessman, who had some affection for Noem, expressed his full support for Pasha's good governance.
Using the business network of the Sand Rhino Caravan for many years, and with the help of communication methods such as eagles and spells, Santos conveyed the news to the giants of many industries that the dragon Pasha was going to publicly "buy" in Nome City. And he vouched for it with his goodwill.
The scope of procurement covered by the scheme is not indiscriminate: from raw materials such as building materials, metals, timber, furs and foodstuffs, to services such as engineering construction, commercial transport and metalworking, to miscellaneous items such as weapons, clothing and livestock.
In order to increase its credibility, Santos's sand rhinoceros caravan set off from the city of the Dragonlord Clan to Nome on the same day, and as he went, he opened the lid of the wooden box containing the 100,000 silver Kate invested by Queth, and swaggered through the market.
For the sake of safety, this team was not only escorted by the three ogre brothers, paladins, and desert elves, but the dragon clan also sent elite desert kobold warriors to accompany them all the way.
Under the blazing sun, the bright silver kate attracted the attention of the human merchants who traded in the dragon clan town, and everyone knew that this wealth was going in the direction of Nome City.
Seeing the exaggeration of the merchants talking about this wealth, Quest knew that his free advertising had been a success. Then the young blue dragon quietly disappeared, and he did not follow the sand rhino caravan, but rushed to Nom first.
In the city of Nome, the half-lich who has received the approval of the dragon Pasha has done his old job.
In order to open the strategic portal, the U-Sang slaughtered nearly 80,000 people here. Coupled with the destruction of the Usang expeditionary legion, in just over a month, there were nearly 100,000 more corpses in the city.
Except for a small number of "fresh" corpses that were buried for fear of causing the plague, most of the corpses that had been drained of their vitality and turned into dried corpses were piled up in the caverns beneath the giant portals, and no one cared about them.
In the eyes of the Necronomicon masters, these are "misplaced resources".
With the negative energy accumulated in this place, coupled with the broken soul fragments that were not completely consumed, Snead easily awakened a large number of skeletons. Doing so not only reduces the enrichment of the negative energy field, but also solves the hidden danger of binding the spirit. And these summoned undead creatures are not tireless for anything, they are the best of hard labor.
The Nome, who were lucky enough to survive at the hands of the Usan, all lived in the wealthy neighborhoods of the city. After sending a note to the newly appointed consul, an unlucky man who had been "assigned" to Nome and had spent his days drinking and feeling sorry for himself, he sent his defenders to temporarily seal off the rich neighborhood, following the orders of the dragon Pasha.
A large number of skeleton laborers were able to go to work and devote themselves to the infrastructure of other neighborhoods of Nome. Under the command of the half-lich, they bulldozed uninhabited houses and pooled building materials for other uses.
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