Chapter 490: The Land of the Three Rivers in the Midst of Advancement
Although the road is a bit far, at least more than 1,200 kilometers, there are no insurmountable natural hazards along the way, and there are a large number of trade routes along the way, which provides convenience for them to save costs.
These horse farm owners are very shrewd, and when they deliver goods, they don't just send war horses over.
Horses were usually leased to merchants who were passing by and carrying goods along the way, and even those horses were rented cheaply to guards, and only some of them could not be rented out would follow the caravanserais, and were usually used as spare horses.
This is a great way to reduce labor costs, extract more value, and make safety more secure.
As for mobilizing war horses that have not yet been sold or in the same industry from around the destination for exchange, it is a routine operation, with one main purpose - saving transportation costs.
But when people were not satisfied, Master Ambala said with a bitter face: "The road is too far, and it is likely to cause a lot of loss of war horses along the way, can we ...... this price?"
Gavin replied with a flat expression: "According to the price of Radiant City, it is already inflated, you don't agree with this price, then there is no need to talk about it, when the time comes, I will go directly to Deep Water City and Baldur's Gate to release the news, I will buy War Horses in large quantities in Avansor according to the price of Deep Water City, guess what the final result will be?" ”
With a group of pure businessmen, he doesn't talk about any feelings, let alone play any concessions, just cut the price hard.
As soon as Gavin said this, Master Ambala suddenly didn't dare to fight anymore, gritted his teeth and said: "Who made us friends, okay, the price is calculated according to the market price of the Radiant City, and the inspection and payment in Ivano is there a specific quantity for us to refer to?" ”
"The ratio of war horses to cart horses can be maintained at about one to two, within 10,000 horses, how many, how much I eat, and the upper limit is not more than two percent." The amount Gavin gave was the maximum amount of liquidity he could take out in his hands, and no matter how much he paid, it would be a problem, and he would not need so much in a short period of time.
"What about the delivery time?"
"After fifteen days, you have a five-day buffer period, and you will not wait for the expiration date." Gavin gave an estimate of the time.
Master Ambala thought for a moment and said, "There is no problem, but we still hope to sign this contract in Mr. Wizeme's Manor." ”
This is to verify Gavin's identity at the end, after all, this involves the transportation of nearly 10,000 war horses thousands of miles away.
"In this way, let's take a compromise approach, I'll take you around my territory, and the contract will be signed here when the time comes, after all, it takes time to draw up a contract." Gavin suggested.
Master Ambala looked at the horse farm owners and nodded in agreement, "This method will work as well. ”
They were mainly there to confirm their identity, not to go to the Vizeme estate for a drink.
"Then let's leave now, and I will arrange for someone to teleport? Or ......" Gavin looked at Master Ambala.
He has at least fifteen mage class levels, and high-level teleportation is definitely a must-have spell.
Master Ambala smiled and said, "Mr. only needs to provide the positioning coordinates, and the rest will be left to me, Mr. Orm, Mr. Rawls, and Ms. Al Ragna, as representatives, the three of you will come with us, and the others will go back to the racecourse and prepare to mobilize the supply!" ”
A group of five people, Gavin positioned the spatial coordinates, and Master Ambala performed a high-level teleportation technique.
One second it was still in Anfil Village, and the next second it appeared outside the Vizeme Manor in the Land of Three Rivers.
"What's going on?"
"Why is it pouring rain in other places, but the sun is shining here, and there is not a drop of rain?"
"It's amazing that you can see two completely different pieces of weather in the same land, just like a rain curtain."
As soon as they arrived at the Vizeme estate, they were attracted by the unique sight here.
The entire land of the Three Rivers is pouring rain.
Only the vineyards of Vizeme were sunny and there was not a single drop of rain.
Due to the limited size of the vineyard and the flat terrain, the boundary between the vineyards and the vineyard is clear enough to be seen even by the naked eye.
Even if you are a fool who sees this situation, you know that this is not a natural formation, but the power of magic.
"This land is the same as the golden field, blessed by the gods and nature, with its own weather patterns, here will always be blessed by Mother Earth, what to plant and what to harvest, Mr. Gavin's luck is really good, there is such a land, no wonder there is so much wealth." As a mage, Anbar had seen a lot and guessed the reason in an instant.
There were only two things he guessed wrong, the magical power that shrouded here was neither from the gods, nor was it possessed by Gavin because of the magic here.
It's because of Gavin that this land has magical powers.
What is in effect is the limited wind and rain that the goblin Midsummer Night has begun.
This ability can not only actively bring clouds and rain when the land is dry.
This happens when there is too much rain here.
It is now the eve of the second wave of grape ripening in the Vizeme vineyard, when the light is most needed to hang sugar, and the heavy rain is the most taboo.
Other than that, there isn't much to focus on in this line of work, after all, it's just the most common business cooperation inspection.
At best, Gavin took them to visit the less private things in the Vizeme Manor, and set up a banquet to entertain them, Gavin took the opportunity to show his skills and mixed a glass of contemplative cocktails for each of them, the ordinary one, even if it is a special ability, meeting friends with wine is also an atmosphere and feelings, this kind of business banquet, Gavin himself can't bring up too many feelings, how can it affect other people?
Rao is so, and the four of them are also full of praise for the contemplative cocktail, and even more enthusiastic about the ghost wine.
In other words, he still wants to start a trade with Gavin for war horses for ghost wine.
Gavin refused to let go, and only promised to give them a few bottles in private, as a private collection, and book them in advance, and they will not be discussed.
There are many war horses sold in the world, but ghost wine is currently the only one for him.
What's more, he is not ready to buy horses for the rest of his life, and building his own horse farm is the king.
The valley is notoriously vast and sparsely populated, and even if he moves tens of thousands of people from Dalauma in the future, it is estimated that even the Hetao area of the Land of the Three Rivers will not be filled, let alone other places.
The elites in his hands also have an advantage over the war horse demon education.
The horses they bought from the owners of Anfil's horse farm will be the seeds of his new horse farm.
This in itself is a matter of killing two birds with one stone, it can be said that the war horses sent the Laoma immigrants to the valley, or it can be said that the immigrants brought the war horses to the valley.
Afterwards, Gavin did not return to Anfil Village with Master Ambala, but chose to stay on the side of Vizeme Manor, because the heavy rain in front of him was not an ordinary heavy rain, but the rainy season of Comanso had come.
I don't know how long it rained, but the water level of the Yavon pond and the Ashaba River rose by more than half a meter.
And this is just the beginning, this kind of rainy day, at least for more than a month.
Thinking about the surrounding geography, it is normal for such weather to occur.
Comanso is surrounded by the Moon Sea, the Dragon Bay, the Falling Star Sea and the Dragon Lake, and the only western land is blocked by the three major mountain ranges: the Dragon's Spine Mountains, the Mokou Mountains and the Thundering Mountains.
In the autumn when the easterly winds are more frequent, a large amount of water vapor is carried over Comanso, and as soon as it is intercepted by the mountains, it is easy to turn into a lot of rain.
"How many days has it been raining?" Gavin asked Estylor, who was also following him.
"Today is the third day." Esteller replied.
"Why didn't you notify me?" Gavin's expression was a little gloomy.
Esteller's head hung down and was about to be stuffed into his full chest, and he said timidly: "I'm sorry, it's my dereliction of duty, and I ask the lord to punish me." ”
"I asked you why you didn't notify me when the rainy season came?" Gavin frowned, "What do you think you're derelict in?" ”
Estelle's voice was weaker and less confident, "Drains have been dug around our vineyards in advance, and they are protected by magic, and the rainy season has not affected our vineyards in any way, so I didn't inform my lord...... It's my dereliction of duty, and I ask the lord to punish ......"
Gavin sighed and said: "This matter, not only is it your dereliction of duty, but also my dereliction of duty, there are some things that are difficult for strong people, in the future, you will be in charge of the production of ghost wine and the general account I handed over to you, and you don't need to interfere in other things." ”
Compared to Daphany, Estelle's management level is too far behind, and it is really reassuring to hand over the land of Three Rivers to her to take care of, even if in the recent past, resources have been tilted to cultivate her, but some personality things have been formed, and there is no way to change them.
She could never be a good manager, let alone a sinister politician like Daphany.
However, she is a very careful and serious person, and with the special state now, she can be used as an internal treasurer.
"Yes." Esteller answered, hesitated for a moment, but asked cautiously, "Lord Lord, can you ask where I have been derelict in my duties?" ”
"You're studious." Gavin patiently explained, "You are derelict in your duty to only focus on the vineyards, forgetting that we still have a new village under construction, and in this kind of heavy rain, there will definitely be no way to build there, fortunately I came back halfway, otherwise, it would have been delayed for as long as the rain fell." ”
"I see, it's really my dereliction of duty." Esteller was convinced this time, she really didn't expect this.
As for whether Gavin had a trick to deal with Heavy Rain, she didn't have any doubts at all, she wasn't the manor lord lady who didn't have much knowledge now, and she knew how magical magic really was, especially those high-level magic, which could often turn decay into magic, including manipulating the weather.
"This matter, the fundamental fault lies with me, not only put you in an inappropriate position, obviously there is a convenient way to communicate, but I didn't equip you at the first time, you put this away, from now on, you every four hours, open it to check, there are any new letters and items, these things will be my latest arrangements and orders, about the manor, no matter how big or small, you can write letters, put it in this, I will check it when I have time."
Gavin pulled a translucent coil out of his arms.
Nothing else, a collar made of rope woven from the silk of a phase spider, connected to a small extradimensional hole.
However, it is not a brand-new extradimensional cave, but a clone made by using the special ability of the portable extradimensional cave in his hand, which is a typical mother-child cave, and can manipulate the sub-hole through the mother hole, but the sub-hole has no way to move the mother hole.
Gavin was going to use it for the Atlas Mailbox, so he could keep track of the situation in his realm in real time.
Two days ago, he had just made it.
The phase spider silk is naturally from the auction house of the Radiant City, and the price is ridiculously expensive, only three were found there, one for 18,000 gold coins, one for 25,000, and one for 50,000, purely to slaughter people as fat sheep.
Gavin only asked Gose's mother to help them buy back the 18,000 stick.
Even if he is rich, he will not be the twenty-five thousand, this thing has not been cherished to the point that it is difficult to buy, and the normal market price should be between thirteen and fifteen thousand.
As long as you are in the mercenary market, hang up the task of buying phase spider silk for 15,000, and there will be a large number of adventurers to collect it.
In fact, Gavin did the same, and he collected five in one harvest.
This thing is difficult to depreciate, and it has a special use for itself, so there is no harm in having more.
The only flaw is when there will be a supply, it is difficult to judge, maybe three or five days, maybe three or five months, it all depends on the efficiency and luck of those adventurers.
Therefore, Gavin is going to release this acquisition task in Baldur's Gate, West Gate and other metropolises to blossom in one more point.
Pinching his nose and buying the one that was a little inflated, he mainly wanted to give it to Philansine, and if the two could be connected in this way, the value would be needless to say.
Philancini doesn't have to endure endless loneliness alone, while Gavin has a legendary Arcanist as a mage advisor to take with him, so he can learn to consult mages anytime, anywhere.
Unfortunately, the Misty Lands make the most of the nature of captivity, and like teleportation, this kind of interdimensional magic is also not easy to use.
This incident still inspired Philancini a lot, and she has listed this subject as the highest priority research, and the rest depends on how much energy she has and whether she can find a way to break through the shackles of the Mist Lands.
Since it has been made, it cannot be wasted, and it must be fully utilized and its value should be brought into play.
"So amazing?" Esteller touched the space gear for the first time, holding the coil in his hand and playing back and forth, while carefully pulling the rope open and looking inside.
She hadn't used it, but she did.
She's not really stupid, it's just that Gavin has too high expectations of her, and he will definitely be disappointed if he wants to use her as a feudal official in charge of one side.
Compared with most people, her learning ability and growth rate are still quite amazing.
If she is given enough time to grow, she may or may one day live up to Gavin's expectations.
Gavin added: "In the process of use, there is one thing that must be paid attention to, do not exceed its upper limit of space and weight load, otherwise it will be easy to cause the loss of items, and the most important point, do not put equipment and items with space attributes into it, like this convenience bag of mine is one of the representatives, once put in it, two different dimensional spaces will collide, resulting in a astral rift, which will suck everything away." ”
"What about teleportation? Does it have any effect on using Shadows to move quickly? Esteller asked hurriedly, often shuttling between the manor and the Mischief Snowel.
"As long as it's not a finite extradimensional space, the other impacts aren't very great, at least the shadow movement and teleportation don't have any impact, and other uncertainties are treated as having an impact." Gavin decided to be cautious, after all, the child bag is connected to the mother bag, and if there is a problem with the child bag, it is likely that the mother bag will be piggybacked.
At the same time, this also reminded Gavin that this kind of contact is different from the ordinary, and people who are not absolutely trustworthy must not give away the sub-bag, otherwise people with a heart are likely to use this as a means of attacking themselves, just like he used the man-eating bag to attack the Nightmare Snake before.
If I had thrown it in the first place, it was not a bunch of dragon tremor bombs, but another dimensional bag, or a man-eating bag.
It is estimated that the nightmare snake will have a lot of fun, far from being solved by spitting out his stomach, and even having to put his life into it.
After Gavin explained to Estelle, he took out a magical item from the warehouse and headed straight to the new village of Vizeme.
The situation here was much better than Gavin had expected, and there was no miserable scene of everyone soaking in muddy water.
The huge sewer project they had prepared at the beginning came into play, bringing all the rainwater from here to the Yavon pond quickly.
Rows of brand-new bluestone stone houses stand on the original open space.
Since Fairy Midsummer Night, the construction of the new village of Vizeme has been fast-forwarded, and it is visible to the naked eye, and in just one month, the first batch of stone houses has been successfully built and come in handy, whether it is a Tassel refugee, or kobold, or an elf, they have all moved in.
It takes a lot of people to huddle together, at least you don't have to get out in the rain.
The speed of construction is so fast, naturally thanks to the fifteen thousand kobolds newly transferred from the rocks, they are all carefully trained by the dragon oak collar, not only have good professional knowledge, many of them have opened spell-like abilities, and some have even opened the professional level.
Although the level is not high, most of them are one or two levels, but they can't stand a large number, and when they are all used for auxiliary production and manufacturing, the effect is absolutely amazing.
(End of chapter)