After half a month of hard work, the dwarven craftsmen crossed the swamp until the south side of Depero's mine, and the pavement of the steel track was completed.

Depero offered plenty of meat and wine to celebrate for the dwarves, and the final scene was a bit awkward. Many of the dwarves were drunk and drunk, and the envoys with iron faces ordered the drunken dwarves to be thrown into the minecarts and sent back to the construction site outside the Iron Furnace City. The rest of the dwarves returned with a full meal and a full stomach, leaving five hundred dwarven craftsmen to build the granary.

The first shipment of grain has already been delivered, accompanied by Depero and Trump, who are riding in a minecart. The high speed and smoothness amazed the three of them. They are responsible for the trade between Depero and the Dwarven Kingdom, all kinds of metals and weapons, armor, and agricultural tools, and if successful, it will open a new chapter for Depero Territory.

Little Lia is learning magic from Lisa today, and Evan is walking around the volcano with his fat dog to pick herbs. The fire element here is strong, and there are many kinds of fire-attribute herbs. Flame flowers are rare in other places, and there are many flame mushrooms here. Of course, the ripe herbs must be picked, otherwise it does not conform to the theory of goose plucking.

The lava lake in the volcano is still tumbling, and it is very suitable for cultivation in the volcanic passage, as long as you don't go to the inside. In a few years, the fire element crystals in the volcano grew a lot.

Ivan still felt that he couldn't withstand such heat for long. The magic shield was destroyed by the heat of the flames within a minute or two of opening, this is not like a fireball, it only smashed on a point of the magic shield, this is a burning of the magic shield in all directions, this is still a few tens of meters away from the lava lake.

Leaving the volcano and walking southwest, Ivan has not explored here, walking through a few small dwarf hills, the big swamp here is really open, and the dwarf mine is just the edge of the big swamp. As far as the eye can see, the breeze blows, and in the turquoise there are countless colorful aquatic flowers, and occasionally a demon bee or two rises and falls among the flowers.

Looking at the beautiful scenery in front of him, a sense of peace, made Ivan feel a sense of detachment in his heart. But to enjoy this tranquility, it takes a lot of money, and the Black Rose Firm, the big aristocratic group, will not easily give up the huge interests of the dwarves. Maybe they don't know it yet, but paper will never contain fire!

Now that you're tied up with the dwarves, it's a little bit simpler.

Evan returned to the castle and saw that Xiao Liya had finished her cultivation, and the fat dog had already run over quickly, grinning and silly around her, this dead dog's eyes were so sharp, it saw the honey candy in Liya's hand.

Looks like it's time to buy more honey, and there should be one in the city. Evan finds the butler Tom and asks about the magic honey, and the old butler tells him that only the shop of the Thorn Flower Merchant Company has it!

"Thorn Flower Firm, there are shops in the city?"

"Yes, two small shops, which were originally warehouses for the Thorn Flower Firm, where they used to only wholesale to merchants, and the rest of the goods were stacked there. A few days ago, I suddenly applied for the store to open, so all of it was torn down and rebuilt. ”

"Who is the person in charge of the Thorn Flower Firm here?"

"An old man named Rhodes used to be the little supervisor of Abel Thorn Flower!"

Evan smiled, it's really sleepy and someone will send a pillow!

"Old acquaintance, you invite him to the castle tomorrow, I have something to discuss with him."

The old housekeeper nodded, thinking that the little master had gone out this time, and he didn't know a lot of people. Listening to the old master, the little master is afraid that he is stronger than him.

Early the next morning, in the small parlor of the castle, an old man in his sixties, with a carefully groomed beard, his gray hair combed very smooth, and a delicate dark red robe, sat on a chair and waited for the little lord.

Old Rhodes received an invitation from Depero butler Tom early this morning, and the young leader wanted to see him and discuss something in detail.

Old Rod also wondered, the old lord didn't see it, and the young lord didn't know it, so what to talk about. Although he is the steward of the Thorn Flower Firm, he is a nobleman and came to the castle early.

A young man with long silver-gray hair, with his hair casually draped, came to the living room and sat down, and without speaking, he looked at old Rod.

Old Rhodes stood up a little nervously! The young man just stared at him and didn't speak.

"Old Rod, don't be nervous! Sit down! We're old acquaintances! ”

Evan motioned for Old Rod to sit down. Old Rhodes sat down and looked at the young man opposite, not at all impressed.

"Old Rod, you are really a noble person who forgets things. A few years ago, we went to Abel in a carriage together, and then went to Red Leaf City from Abel. ”

Evan reminded old Rod, old Rod, who was a little thoughtful, he had been to Red Leaf City a few years ago, and that time was a bit thrilling, and there was a gray-haired boy who went with him back then.

"You're the little boy back then! You've got a puppy with you! ”

Old Rhodes was surprised, the little boy was so old, and the people of the earl's family were so big, and they traveled far away alone!

"You remember, the puppy of that year is also a lot fatter now."

Evan whistled, and the fat dog came in wagging his tail, and pointed at old Rod, who grinned and wagged at him.

Old Rod sighed for a while, this dog actually remembered him.

"I came to you today to do some business with your Thorn Flower Firm, a big business. Your thorn flowers and black roses have always been at odds, and this is something that the Roland people know. Now we are going to talk about how to suppress the Black Rose Firm. ”

"Suppress the Black Rose Firm? I'm afraid it's not easy, and I can't be the master! ”

"It's okay, you listen to my opinion first, don't worry, I won't force you, we're friends!"

"The business of thorn flowers and black roses can be said to coincide at a high level. I think in a lot of areas, you're full of competition. Grain, minerals, weapons, armor, spices, etc., the only thing that did not compete was the sale of slaves. ”

Evan said, old Rod couldn't stop nodding, Thorn Flower didn't do slave business.

Evan told him that due to some monopolistic behaviors of the Black Rose Trading House, the dwarves were completely angered, so the contract between the Black Rose and the dwarves for the trade of food, weapons, and armor was torn up.

The Thorn Flower Merchant only needs to lower the price and buy the grain in the hands of the nobles of Abel, because the black roses and the nobles' grain are accumulated in large quantities. The purchase price has to be very low.

After the grain was purchased, it was transported to Depero to be brought in. Depero can pay for gold, ore, dwarven weapons and equipment, etc.

Old Rhodes was a little surprised, how did this get to the dwarves?

Evan mysteriously told him that the dwarves had built the road to Depero's territory. Old Rhodes couldn't sit still a little bit, open up the big snow mountain? The startled open mouth was no different from a fat dog.

The dwarves' weapons and equipment are more sought-after, and Old Rhodes knows that in the future, Thorn Flower will trade in weapons and equipment, and will always press the black rose.

By the way, Evan also gave Old Rhodes a purchase order for high-grade herbs, and asked the Thorn Flower Firm to help buy it.

Old Rhodes hurried away, and he was to summon Abel with the letter eagle, a kind of eagle specially trained by the firm, which was much safer than the pigeon.

Old Rhodes suddenly felt that his position was a bit low, and such a good thing could not be made.