Section 11 Reunion (I)
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"I didn't think your talent was just about words. Franklin seemed to want to see through Wang Qinian, "I'm a little curious now, who is your teacher?"
"My teacher is just a wandering mage. But I've been to a lot of places with him, and he died not long ago. Wang Qinian said half-truths and half-truths.
Franklin looked at him silently, Wang Qinian felt a little relieved, I don't know if Franklin believed his words.
Just when Wang Qinian was afraid of being questioned further, suddenly there was a voice outside the hall.
"Haha, Chris, we'll have two more rounds tomorrow and I'll definitely win you. β
"We'll talk about it tomorrow. β
Wang Qinian listened to the voice, and it seemed that there was a voice in it somewhere to hear.
Two figures entered the hall, and when he saw one of them, Wang Qinian couldn't help but be surprised and happy.
He escaped from the vampire's castle, but the man he had been looking for was here.
The two people who came in were dressed as mages, and the man in the white robe was the Bernhard that Wang Qinian was looking for.
"It's you!" both of them were surprised.
Franklin raised his eyebrows slightly, "Bernhard, you know him, he's the governess I hired for Agatha." β
"Oh, of course I know, of course I do, he's a disciple of a friend of mine. Bernhard coughed dryly.
Franklin's face softened when he heard Bernhard's words, he was indeed a little suspicious of Wang Qinian's origin before, but Bernhard said this, no matter who Wang Qinian's teacher was, but at least he was much more relieved.
"You've come just in time, and I have something to discuss with you. Just now the orc trade group came, and we talked about the future deal, well, the disciple of your friend almost convinced the orcs, but there are still two key points that have not been solved. Franklin told the two men about Sidipat's concerns.
Bernhard also introduced another black-robed mage to Wang Qinian, it turned out that this black-robed mage was called Chriss, and he was a mage Xi from Free City.
Many years ago, Bernhard was friends with Chriss, and Franklin, but then Franklin offended a certain big man and was forced to flee to the wilderness on the border of Mordo, and then Chriss, too, gathered a group of friends, and slowly built the city of freedom from scratch.
The city of freedom that Wang Qinian sees today is no less than a big city, but it has been expanded three times.
"It's not that the currency system is chaotic, but it can't be solved. Bernhard said, "Now all countries, even a very powerful grand duke in the same country, have the right to mint money, which has caused the current chaotic situation, we have no way to unify the coinage, but we can limit the use of those currencies that are not of good quality to circulate in the free city, choose one of the many currencies as the main currency in circulation, or even mint it ourselves." β
"The trouble is the second point. "Even if we mint our own coins and declare them to be the official currency of the Free City, any other currency must be exchanged in the city for our currency before we can start trading, but it still won't solve the second point." At present, there are three types of currency, gold, silver and copper, and the currencies of various countries only contain different proportions of gold and silver, which is the so-called fineness. However, neither gold nor silver coins were of much use to the orcs, so they insisted on bartering unless the materials chosen for the coinage were also extremely precious to the orcs, so that they could use the currency with confidence that even the currency itself was worth as much as their goods. β
"Gold is already a fairly precious metal, and there are not many reserves. Bernhard frowned, "It's just that in recent years, the Terran country has opened up the plane, and a few large gold mines have emerged from the heterotopic plane, which makes the gold appear a little more." β
"But gold is of little use to orcs. β
"There needs to be a metal material that will be useful to the Terrans, to the Orcs, and even to every race. Bernhard smiled wryly, "Then only Adamantite and Mithril are the best." Although there are still more precious metals than these two and more useful for all, they are much rarer. Even these two alone cannot be coinage materials, but together, there may be a little more possibility. β
"Adamantite and Mithril?"
Adamantite and Mithril are both magical metals, rarer than gold and Mithril, and Adamantite and Mithril Ore alone are less abundant on the ground, but are more abundant in the Underworld. In addition, it can sometimes be found as an associated ore of gold and silver, and sometimes some Adamantite or Mithril can be found in the very core of a gold or silver mine.
Adamantite gold is generally silvery-blue, has a strange luster, is heavier than gold, is extremely hard, and has an excellent affinity for magic.
Originally, the High Elves used Adamantite Gold for the casting of weapons and armor, and a small amount of Adamantite was added to the casting of weapons to raise the weapon to more than one level.
Mithril is silvery-white, very strong, but very lightweight, which is the opposite of pure gold, and also has a high magical affinity, so it is suitable for making zuΓ² armor and accessories, and sometimes some Mithril is added to the weapon to increase the enchantment effect, but few weapons will use Mithril in all or a lot in the main body, because this will lead to extremely light weapons.
The reserves of Adamantite, from the perspective of the Keos plane, are greater than that of Mithril, and they were widely used by the High Elves in the casting of weapons, armor, and accessories during the ancient Elven Empire.
When the High Elves left, the Terrans exhibited their costumes on the basis of the Elven Patterns, and the Orcs exhibited their totems, still using Adamantite or Mithril.
When crafting Crafting and Inscribed Totems, the magic in Adamantite and Mithril as well as their own properties are parsed and fused into the Construct or Totem, granting the user additional power.
Among alchemical items, Adamantite and Mithril are also one of the most important basic materials, although in alchemy, which is known for its expensiveness, as well as in the construction and totem making, Adamantite and Mithril seem to be less precious than other more expensive and scarce materials, but they are used in much larger quantities than those scarce materials.
It can be said that at present, except for the use of potions, which are not used for the time being, the derivative knowledge of magic will more or less resist the use of Adamantite and Mithril. And even if it is potions, who dares to guarantee that it will not be used in the future, heavy metals are used in ancient Chinese alchemy.
This makes Adamantite and Mithril extremely useful for all tribes, in line with Bernhard's assertion that a material that is useful to Terrans, Orcs, and even every race as the base material for currency.
"It's impossible to mint coins entirely with pure gold or mythril. Franklin shook his head and said, "Even if it is mixed with other metals in a certain proportion, it will not be possible for the Free City, not even Modo, only the Saxons, Asturias, and Aurora who have begun to develop in the heteroplane are possible, because they have successively found a small amount of pure gold ore and mythril ore from the heterotopic plane, as well as a lot of gold and silver ore, and gold and silver mines sometimes have associated mines containing pure gold and mythril." β
"But this is indeed the solution, it can solve the previous two keys, use the currency oozing with Adamantite and Mithril as an equivalent exchange, the orcs will also be satisfied, and no other country or force will refuse, and there is no need to worry that someone will suddenly abolish the currency and let the other party suffer losses, because even if it is abolished, the currency left in the hands of the other party will be immediately put into the furnace, and the refined Adamantite or Mithril will definitely be worth it. Crissey said.
"Actually, there is a third problem that can be solved. Bernhard said, "Mixed metal coinage is now extremely chaotic, with a variety of metal currencies of different fineness, different actual value, and the lack of a strong identification organization, which cannot identify the fineness extremely quickly." However, if the minting of Mithril coins and Adamantite coins mixed with other metals is different, all magicians should have a way to identify them, and regular artisan foundries should also have a way to identify them, so it is not easy to be confused. β
The three of them were speechless, and the only limit now was the output.
"Unless we can find a big Adamantite or Mithril mine of our own. Franklin said regretfully, "Other countries or powers are extremely strict about the outflow of pure gold and mythril, let alone coinage. Even I, if I get Adamantite and Mithril, I will be a little reluctant to use it to mint coins. β
"For the Free City to develop again, it needs such an environment. "And if the Mithril coin can be used to trade with the orcs, the Free City will monopolize the trade between the northern Terrans and the orcs, and the large profits earned can be completely found to buy Adamantite or Mithril, although other countries or forces have strictly controlled Adamantite and Mithril, but as long as there is enough interest exchange, there will always be people who will be willing to take it." If the Free City is unfolded, it will be able to carry out dimensional exploration like Asturias and other countries in the future, and it should be able to harvest rare metals, and now the dimensional development is regarded as a new source of wealth by other countries. β
The three of Franklin were talking, Wang Qinian was inconvenient to interject, and at the same time, he didn't know enough about this other world, so he just listened patiently.
Eventually, the three of them stopped deliberating, and Wang Qinian asked Franklin for leave, and Franklin promised him to come back tomorrow to teach Agatha the language.
Wang Qinian could never have imagined that he, a staunch member of the anti-bird language cult at the beginning, would become a foreign language teacher proficient in languages after coming to another world.
Bernhard led Wang Qinian to his room, which was in a small building specially arranged for him by Franklin in a corner of the inner city, and there were no servants in it for the time being, and it was very quiet.
The two recounted their experiences, and Bernhard said apologetically: "I'm very sorry, the situation was too urgent at that time, although I summoned the projection of the Saroman snake, but the projection has a limited time, if we don't leave the castle in a limited time, when the summon leaves, the blood clan and the ant-man will not let us go." β
Wang Qinian nodded, understanding Bernhard's choice at that time, and happy that they had killed the pursuers on the way to retreat with a small loss.
He then recounted his experience, but he skipped about the strange experience in the BloodClan's stone chamber, mentioning only that he fought hard to kill the female black ant warrior who was chasing him, and then woke up from his coma before leaving. β
"Well, that stone chamber should be where Rizchinofa lives, he is chasing us, so you have a chance to escape, it's really dangerous. Bernhard lamented that their battle with the vampire in the field also inadvertently helped Wang Qinian, otherwise if the vampire came back before Wang Qinian left, then Wang Qinian would also die.
"Alright, you can stay here, I won't tell SΓΉ Franklin about your experience in the slave catchers for a while. Now that the slave catchers are all gone, you are the only one left, and you are equivalent to a new life. Bernhard laughed.
"I, I want to continue learning magic. Wang Qinian said.
"Well, you're still a magic apprentice, but have you thought about your future route?" Bernhard looked at Wang Qinian with blazing eyes.
Seeing Wang Qinian hesitating, Bernhard said, "Let me talk about me first." I'm not a traditional magician, although I can barely be counted as a magician, I'm actually a summoning mage, and the magic level has reached level fifteen, which is the pinnacle of intermediate mages, but with summons, and sixteenth-level high-level people can also maneuver. β
Under Bernhard's explanation, Wang Qinian's knowledge system derived from the inverted frieze ghost Owen was further expanded, increasing his understanding of the summoning system among mages.
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