Chapter 43: Upgrading

Over the next two days, the two sides negotiated the price of the Vlaar repeater several times, and finally locked in the price of the 5,000 gold crown, and Rhodes bought it.

According to Vlaar, he still has two more on board and wants Rhodes to buy them together. However, Rhodes only had one. Resolutely do not buy more. This was a headache for Vlaar, who had traveled all the way from the southern Tyrell to get here, and in the end he only sold a repeater gun, and the distance was so long that he didn't know how much manpower and material resources were wasted...... However, it seems that the city defense of Blackhammer Fort is strong, and there are no particularly strong enemies nearby, so as a lord, it is normal to buy only one.

In desperation, Vlaar sold the artifact to Rhodes at a quarter of the original price. But even so, in addition to labor, materials and transportation costs, he still made a small profit.

It's just that Vlaar never dreamed that as soon as he walked on the front foot, Rhodes on the back foot would have this valuable machine dismantled to the ground.

"This is what you bought for five thousand gold coins?"

When Waldrin, the master blacksmith of the dwarves, arrived at the castle, he studied the large machine that Rhodes had bought. He even picked up a magnifying glass and looked at the parts inside.

"Well, it cost almost half of my savings. ”

Rod said with a smile, handing a bottle of vodka to the dwarven blacksmith. Wadrin is a member of the Blacksmith Guild of Dulong City, and if it weren't for Sogard's face, he wouldn't have come to Blackhammer Fort to teach blacksmiths the art of blacksmithing. The Thunder Tomahawk used by Rhodes was forged with his part.

"Oh my God, meaning this machine is made of gold?"

Wadrin cried out in surprise. Five thousand gold is nothing to Dulong City, but it is a huge amount of money for a single dwarven technician. And what Rod said afterwards surprised him even more.

"Well, almost. If I say I want you to tear it down for me......"

Rod walked over to Wadlin, patted the luxurious heavy weapon in front of him, and whispered.

"What? you're going to tear it down?!"

Before Rod could finish speaking, Wadrin was already so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Listen to me......," Rodt paused, "I want you to tear it down and make an identical one." Can you do it?"

"This ...... It needs to be dismantled and researched to find out. ”

"Forget it, if it doesn't work, my 5,000 gold will be gone. I'd better go to Dulong City and ask Lord Sogard for help. "Reading the book

Rod deliberately provoked.

Sure enough, the little man was quickly fooled, and Wadrin first made a blocking gesture and stopped Rhodes in front of him, and then looked at the repeating gun in front of him very seriously, and finally said-

"Give me time. As long as you have time, I promise to build you an identical one!"

Master blacksmith Wadrin swore by it. Rod snapped his fingers and said that it was settled. The dwarf has a good face, this Rhodes knows, Wadrin is equivalent to being sent by Lord Sogard, if he goes back to the big lord himself, it is equivalent to saying that Waldrin is useless. If a rune craftsman is labeled as useless, I am afraid that he will not be able to raise his head in front of his clan for the rest of his life. So, after much deliberation, Wadrin agreed to Rode.

"Okay, how long will it take?"

"Three months, three months, I promise to build you an identical, ***, human thing, and I'm sure I can too. ”

Wadrin patted his chest and assured Rod.

"Okay, you need manpower and materials, feel free to tell me. ”

Rod patted the dwarf on the shoulder with his hand and said with a smile. The method of agitation is not suitable for everyone, but for dwarves, it works wonders.

Half a month later, Rod heard about this Vlaar one after another. As he had guessed, this guy wasn't that kind, and in fact, his initial target wasn't Black Hammer at all, but Erlengrad. As the leader of the mercenary group and arms dealer of the border prince, Vlaar heard about the rebellion in Errengrad half a year ago, so he took his latest new weapons and prepared to go along the open sea, passing through Bretonnia, and then entering the Talon Sea, and finally arrived in Kislev Bay, and sold the Vlaar repeater cannon he invented to the nobles in Errengrad, because he knew that the economic center of Kislev was in Erlengrad, and these nobles had money, and the rebellion needed weapons. And although his repeating cannon is inconvenient to move, it is very powerful, and it is erected on the city tower to defend the city, and the effect is just right.

That's what he thinks, and that's what he does. It's just that people are not as good as heaven, and Vlaar's ideals are very beautiful, but the reality is very cruel. The Erengrad rebellion did not last long, and in just one year, it was bloodily suppressed by the Ice Queen Katarina. And Vlaar himself encountered a storm at sea, back and forth, and just missed the events of Erlengrad.

By the time he arrived at Kislev Bay with three of his most painstaking guns, the Vlaar Repeater Cannon, the war was over, and the Ice Queen had cut back on her military spending, and it was certainly impossible to buy his expensive and impractical heavy weapons. And to sell to the empire, it is even more impossible, people have their own firearms, and the products are dozens of times cheaper than his. Why did you buy this kind of four dissimilarities that he invented? So, I forgave a circle, and finally found my side.

Although the person is very funny and the process is very tortuous, I have to say that this Vlaar is really a talent, the power of the cannon is huge, the accuracy is also good, and a burst of fire is worth several regular guns. But there is a downside - it is too inflexible, it is almost like moving a house, and if you retreat on the battlefield, this thing will definitely become the enemy's trophy. Therefore, it is good to defend the city, and for field battles, the speed is hard.

As for the cost, the key is that the invention fee is expensive, and in modern terms, it is intellectual property. Removing this piece is not expensive, because it does not actually use any rare materials, it is made up of copper, iron, wood, these basic materials.

According to the dwarven blacksmith Wadlin, with enough time, he could make an identical one, and the cost could definitely be controlled under 2,000 gold. In other words, when Rhodes spent 5,000 yuan to buy this machine, it was actually buying its intellectual property. The so-called fortune starts with imitation, as long as it is long enough, there is nothing that cannot be imitated.

Even, Wadrin was confident that he would improve the repeater gun, such as its shortest mobility. The dwarves have all kinds of fuel-powered equipment, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to move this big guy. It's just that the fuel burned by the dwarves is alcohol, and the cost of this thing is too high, if Wadrin really transforms the drive equipment in the future, Rod will have to discuss with him how to save fuel costs.