Chapter 231, Moradin's Gift
Aaron's recuperation was more than a month, and he almost didn't do anything for more than a month, basically eating and sleeping at home every day, sleeping and eating, and doing some exercise with Miss Pastor from time to time, which was also relaxing.
During this time, Aaron also read all the books that Ilminster brought him, and with Ilminster's explanations and commentaries, Aaron's understanding of the kingdom also deepened, especially his understanding of Aphurnas and the bottomless abyss.
This lasted for more than a month, and by the time July 1361 arrived, when the summer of fire and gold fell on Susar, it was clear that Alice Ser had given Aaron a month and a half of vacation, but he had already had to come out to move.
The reason is simple, the dwarven engineering team promised by the dwarven god king Moradin has arrived.
In the previous deal of serpentine steel, the dwarven god king Moradin had agreed with Aaron to send a dwarven engineering team and two rune blacksmiths, but there was still a difference between the dwarves' concept of time and humans, and after the two sides agreed, it took nearly a year for Moradin's dwarf engineering team to arrive in Susar.
The leader of the Dwarven Engineer is a high-ranking priest of Moradin and a part-time rune blacksmith, his name is Kimgon-Fire Emblem, master strength, wearing a standard dwarven pointed hat and holding a hammer blessed by Moradin, leading more than a hundred dwarves to Susar, and was warmly welcomed by Alice Serre.
Humans are knowledgeable, and the two decorative teeth on the pointed hat of this white-bearded dwarf are dragon teeth! And the constantly glowing runes on his hammer were definitely not luminosity.
It's a pity that Kimgun doesn't seem to appreciate this very much, and the old dwarf doesn't even bother to say a superfluous word, he directly names Aaron.
First, though, Kimgun found Fogal Wilham.
The master blacksmith from Neverwinter came up and was scolded by Kimgun, and Fogjar was scolded bloody, and the proud dwarven craftsman did not even dare to say a word, like a child.
He deserves it! This is what the dwarves think.
Because of Fujar, the dwarven god king Moradin personally bent down to a mortal, if it wasn't for Fujar's shame and courage to finally complete the serpentine steel technology before the dwarven engineering team came to Susar, then the consequences would be unimaginable.
It is possible that Fojar will be expelled from the dwarf, not to mention the surname, and even his name may not be able to be used anymore.
Traditionally, dwarves must be named by clan elders and names passed down from generation to generation must be repeated. The dwarf's name does not belong to himself, but to the clan. If a dwarf disgraces his name, his name will be stripped by the clan. According to the law of the dwarves, dwarves who have been deprived of their names are forbidden to use their names.
It was the greatest humiliation and symbolized one of the most cruel punishments for dwarves.
After scolding him severely, Kim Mugun finally spared Fogal and inquired about Aaron's location.
In this way, the two sides had their first meeting, and after more than a month of rest, Aaron's physical attributes slowly returned to the level of a normal person, although there was still a gap with his peak, and it had little impact from the outside.
Aaron and the dwarven rune craftsman Kim Mgun met at the Dragon Knight Club, and according to the dwarves' eating habits, Aaron asked the club to provide a crispy pork knuckle + sauerkraut + lye bread + charcoal grilled black sausage feast, and also specially instructed the cook to "make it more flavorful" and "make it the taste of the countryman".
Sure enough, after eating this meal, the dwarves were full of praise in their hearts for the meal arranged by Aaron.
The person God introduced by God is really reliable!
Although they don't say it, many dwarves think so in their hearts.
The culture of the dwarves is so awkward, for a dwarf, from the moment he was born, he is bound to the concept of "clan", whether it is living, working, eating, sleeping or even bathing, the dwarf will always have to get used to living in groups, for many dwarves, the clan means everything, and the social structure of the individual - the head of the family - the king formed by the clan culture makes it difficult for the dwarves to have their own privacy, so they like to be silent and refuse to express their opinions on outside affairs, Pay special attention to the privacy of your own mind.
This makes dwarves tend to have a great endurance for life in the outside world, and dwarves can adapt to almost any life in the outside world, such as chaotic humans, wandering elves, halflings who move all day, optimistic gnomes, and dwarves can get along with them.
However, this does not mean that the dwarves have embraced their culture, and in fact a dwarf's attempt to integrate into another community may have lasted the dwarf's entire life.
They were just silent.
The dwarves of the realm are not as rigid as the Warhammer dwarves, but they are also more difficult to deal with them.
"If a dwarf is willing to share joys and sorrows with you, then congratulations, in his heart, you are already a brother who can be entrusted with his back~"
- Ilminster Omar
After eating and drinking, and unceremoniously drinking Aaron's twenty barrels of ale, Kimgun nodded, the master white-bearded dwarf was still silent and unsmiling, but his beard stained with hops and pork knuckle oil still showed that Kimgun was satisfied with Aaron's hospitality.
"Alright, let's talk about engineering." Kimgon said to Aaron, "Now, tell me, friend of the Father, what kind of building do you want to build?" How effective is the hope? How much budget can you afford for this? ”
Aaron took out the materials he had prepared and handed them to Kimgon, and the dwarven craftsman took the materials and frowned almost subconsciously, and began to carefully browse Aaron's request.
"Well, there are waterways nearby, castles by the forest, flat land."
"A four-story fortress with at least thirty-five rooms, an annexed barracks for 100 people, a kitchen and dining room for 30 people, a magic workshop? A separate office? Well, Friend of the Father, it's not cheap. ”
"Big garden of 1 hectare? A standard magic tower? Large and small bathrooms, two corner towers, a basic library, a magic training room, an armory, a forge room, oh, you know a storage room? It's a crumbling rock. ”
"Well, the forest has a lot of wood to obtain, and I can give you a 15% reduction on this, but the stones have to be transported from somewhere else, and you specifically mentioned the 'Hall of the Round Table' part, which will definitely cost more!"
"And a shrine to the Virgin of Silver? Why was the temple built in a castle? ”
At the dinner table, Kimgun counted at breakneck speed, while the other dwarves discussed what was wrong with Aaron's architectural design, where it was not used enough, and where it was too fancy.
The muscles in Aaron's face twitched slightly, and he felt his heart bleed as he watched the dwarf calculate the cost of the building.
This is also for Eleanor, for Suren Mama, and for his own happy life in the future!
If you have some blood, you can have some blood, isn't the money just to be spent?
And with Moradin's introduction, these dwarves are definitely giving themselves a preferential price, and besides, the Slaanesh Grand Theater will need these dwarves to build at that time.
Aaron waited for a moment, and then heard Kimgon-Firemark come up with a number.
"For the time being, the total cost of all construction is 54,000 gold coins, Friend of God, you need to prepare at least 30% of the start-up capital." Kim Mugun played with the inkwell in his hand and raised his white eyebrows: "Oh yes, the project will be completed in about two years, and we need at least 20% of the labor fee, which is 10,800 gold coins, I am the pastor of God the Father, and God has paid our salary, but the young men who came out with me can't work in vain, you must at least meet their basic living needs and salary requirements." ”
"Yes." Aaron mentally calculated his savings.
After the Hiroze incident and the elimination of the Dragon Witch Cult, Aaron's deposit was almost around 50,000 gold lion coins.
In the battle of Arabell, Aaron did not get anything about money, and his main gain was fame, honor, and title.
The Silver Chamber of Commerce is currently in operation, providing Aaron with a monthly dividend of at least 5,000 gold lions, and he receives 1,500 gold lion coins every month for his titles and positions in the royal family.
In addition, the total amount of property received from Anaheim is about 80,000 gold lions, but some of them are real estate.
The Duke of Caspar's property was confiscated by Alice Serre, and the regent calculated that Caspar, as the husband of the crown princess, owned a total of 5,600 hectares of land and many wealthy estates.
Many nobles wanted these lands, but they were rejected by Alicesell, and the lands were repossessed by the princess, and all the farms on them were returned by Alicesell to the serfs who farmed for the Duke of Caspar, making them homesteaders.
"The matter between our nobles, don't involve these commoners, this civil strife has brought too much pain to the commoners, these fields will be used as a reward, let them farm and produce with peace of mind."
- The words of the regent's daughter
After Aaron carefully calculated and felt that there was no problem, he said seriously: "Then it's decided, I'm going to say ugly things ahead, once the contract is signed, you can't go back, your next project will be very hard." ”
"Hard? How hard is it? Kim Mgun blew his beard and thought to himself, is this human reliable?
"You're going to have to work a full eight hours a day, only two meals a day and one supper, milk only in the morning, and only an hour for lunch!" Aaron said sternly.
"............" The dwarves were silent.
"Overtime is only paid twice as much, and 20% of the salary will be paid as full attendance performance until the end of the month, with only two days off a week!"
“!!!!!” Dwarves, you look at me, I'll look at you.
"And the next most important thing is that I only pay bonuses twice a year, only Cormier's statutory holidays are off on holidays, overtime on holidays is only three times the salary, and only 20 days of annual leave are given every year, how to spend the holy days of your gods, arrange it yourself!"
“??????” The dwarves looked at Aaron stunned, as if asking him with their eyes, are you serious?
Aaron didn't react, he turned to Kimgun with his eyes, "How is it?" Dwarven Master, do you accept it? ”
Kim Magon let out a long sigh of relief, and the dwarven master looked at Aaron with a strange look in his eyes.
He muttered: No wonder the little stone of Fojar is willing to be a subordinate to this guy, this treatment, Moradin is on top, he really made the giant fall on his heel (referring to a successful trick on the cleverness).
Similarly, there was a bunch of incomprehensible cries from the dwarves.
Is the treatment so good? Two meals a day and a late-night snack?
This guy said, I don't even want to go back.
Why don't we build a new place to live here?
is worthy of being a friend introduced by the father, this treatment, this time out is really earned.
God the Father is reliable.
"Okay, your conditions, I accept on behalf of our Fire Emblem Clan." Kim Mgon confirmed that Aaron was not joking, and then nodded slowly: "I think it will be a pleasant collaboration." ”
Aaron reached out and shook the dwarven master: "I don't think this will be the last time we will work together, I have a lot of things besides my castle that I need your help with." ”
"Doesn't sound like a bad rock." Kimgon, like normal dwarves, does not like to say yes or say no explicitly, but from Ilminster's book, Aaron knows that these dwarves are willing to cooperate further.
Very good.
Aaron nodded silently in his heart, and it would be beneficial for him to have a good relationship with this group of dwarves.
How to monetize the Sadistic War Rune Technique.
And...... Create the Well of Chaos!
If you want to create the Well of Chaos, you probably can't do without Moradin's help, because this race god, the powerful divine power, created the dwarves through the eternal forge.
The Well of Chaos is something similar.
With it, Aaron can accumulate his own pool of chaotic energy to create all kinds of miracles, and with it, Aaron can create or mutate chaotic creatures!
…………
After explaining everything to the dwarves, Aaron wrote a note asking them to go to Eleanor to collect the start-up capital, and immediately prepared to do the second thing - he needed a magic advisor.
This is actually a very ridiculous thing, as a Chaos God Venerable Warlock, a powerful spellcaster, and Tzeentch's own choice, how could Aaron need a magic advisor?
But Aaron really needs a magic advisor, he's a warlock, he's a proud warlock, he's a powerful warlock, and his knowledge of a lot of magic really is limited to "show me!" "Change me!".
After meeting Ilminster, Aaron was motivated to find a magical advisor, and he commissioned his cousin Robert to post a notice, and also searched for a suitable partner through the channels of the eldest lady and the royal family of Oberszir.
However, Aaron still needs a magical advisor who is still hard to find, he needs an academic mage, this mage must not only be strong, but also have excellent book knowledge, but also be well-informed, and Aaron can't afford to pay too much.
However, it has only been more than a month before someone has come to apply, and according to Robert, he is still a day elf, a day elf from Eternal Gathering Island! Master Mage Advanced Arcane High Priest!
I'm afraid this elf is not here to amuse me?
Aaron thought after hearing the news.
Anyway, he decided to see the other party for a while.
The meeting place was still in the Dragon Knight Club, the elf was not very punctual, and after the appointed time, Aaron waited for more than five minutes before a knock sounded on the door.
"Please come in!"
Looking at the figure that came in, Aaron was stunned.
He saw a fat man gasping for breath and squeezing in through the crack in the door.
It's so short!
This was Aaron's first impression, and the height of this day elf may not even be 165.
So fat! At least 200 pounds!
This is Aaron's second impression.
Is this a day elf?
The visitor's eyes lit up after seeing Aaron, and the day elf scratched his head a little embarrassed, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Corellon is on top, I'm sorry, I'm late, Your Excellency Salian~"
"Introduce myself, my name is Bariel, Barrell Moonflower, from Eternal Island, and I'm here to apply for your magic advisor."
"Don't think about it so much, just me, I'll make sure you're satisfied."
(End of chapter)