"I'm sorry, Lord Castle, you're a little late, those troll corpses are estimated to have been disposed of and transformed into various raw materials." Gavin is not interested in selling raw materials now, "But I have a compromise proposal, we can cooperate in the development of troll-related products, we will provide core materials, you will provide auxiliary materials and technology, and the final product, we will split it in five, what do you think?" ”

The materials produced on the trolls are a little different from the recycled gems.

The quantity is too large, the product value is relatively low, and the final volume must be taken, and the manpower required for production and manufacturing must be expensive.

The same is true for auxiliary materials, which are usually not expensive, but are large in quantity and time-consuming and laborious to collect.

If you can get half of it and enjoy it, it is definitely a very cost-effective deal.

Of course, this price is not called by Gavin casually, but the professionals under his command, after special calculations, he does not have so many mages who are good at alchemy, and it is inevitable to find someone to cooperate in the future.

Unexpectedly, Raymond came to the door first.

Raymond estimated a little in his heart, and after finding out that this matter was profitable, he nodded without hesitation: "Deal." ”

"The lord of the city is really cheerful, and I like to do business with cheerful people." Gavin said happily, "Lord Castle, what other cooperation projects are there?" Let's hear it all together. ”

"Another collaborative project is related to the city, and I hope to sign a long-term iron ore purchase contract with the lord." Raymond said directly, "We have a dwarven ironworks in the Snowflake Mountains, which can be used to make iron on a large scale using dwarven technology, and all the best dwarven steel ingots are produced. ”

Dwarven steel ingots.

As soon as he heard the name, Gavin was 100% sure that the dwarven ironworks controlled by the other party were not ordinary coal-fired ironworks, either magma heating like the silver smelting line in South Clapter, or elemental heating that directly bound the fire element, the kind that was fully automated.

"Personally, I still prefer the same way of cooperation as the corpse of a troll, I will provide raw materials, you will provide technology, and in the end, I will get seven and you three, and the iron ore transportation work will be handed over to me." Gavin threw out a new temptation, "Once the city lord agrees to this plan, the iron ore that will be transported to your dwarven iron-making production line will not belong to the dwarven statue city, and I will mobilize more iron ore from other channels to transport it to you for processing and production." ”

The other channel Gavin mentioned was naturally the iron ore of the Black Well of the Dragon Oak Collar.

He was no longer inclined to sell iron ore, but it was not realistic to set up his own ironworks in a short period of time.

Ironmaking by the soil method is not only very expensive, but also causes serious environmental pollution, which is very unpleasant in front of the natural race.

And he has such a close relationship with the natural race, and there are many places to rely on them, which is the main reason why Gavin has not advanced the ironworks in the Dragon Oak Collar for a long time.

If you can reach a deal with Raymond, even if it is fifty-fifty, it will be far more profitable than building an ironworks yourself, which is very costly.

As for the iron ore in the Black Well, of course, it can't be transported purely by land, but through the shadow drag, it is transferred from the side of Misnoel.

Although the other party is very profitable, this is also something that cannot be helped.

Who is in control of the absolute technology?

It's a win-win.

"Deal." Raymond nodded cheerfully again.

As Gavin had guessed, his Dwarven Ironworks was an automated dwarven production line, powered by bound fire elementals.

These fire elements need a part of the matter of the material plane for energy, but most of the heat is still supplied by drawing the energy of the fire element plane.

And the dwarven city where the dwarven ironworks are located was abandoned, not because of the war, but because the iron mines there were hollowed out by the dwarves and had to be abandoned.

However, there is no big iron mine near Ruitabun, so let them eat.

Raymond was guarding a chicken that could lay golden eggs, but there was no rice to feed it, and as soon as he heard that Gavin was going to use kobolds to dig iron ore in Dwarven Statue City, he immediately pounced.

Although the profit is smaller than eating iron ore directly, it is better than nothing.

The other party is not an ordinary person, once he is annoyed, hire a dwarf to build a dwarf ironworks of his own, when the time comes, he will be able to stare at it, it is better to have a win-win situation with equal interests, which can be seen from the other party's offer.

"It's refreshing, it's comfortable to talk about a deal with the lord of the city." Gavin felt that this was the most pleasant deal he had ever talked about in his life, "Our minecart can't run empty when we come back, and I hope that the city lord can send someone to help buy food and supplies." ”

The industrial layout and population composition of Dwarf Statue City and Blood Gorge City are destined not to become big farming cities, most of the food has to be eaten from the outside, Ruitawen is definitely one of the most suitable sources, and other channels will be further expanded in the future, as long as the business is passed, everything else is easy to do.

"It's simple, when the time comes, I will send the municipal chamber of commerce to follow up on this matter and buy the cheapest grain from the surrounding area for you." Compared with the huge profits of iron ore, this is a small profit, and Raymond naturally will not think about it.

"There is one more thing that needs to be consulted by Your Excellency the City Lord, I wonder if you are proficient in the Mist Enchantment? Or do you know a caster who can cast this spell? Gavin asked.

A city without fog enchantments is not a good city.

However, if you want to envelop Dwarf Statue City and Blood Gorge City, it is not something that the Seven Rings and Eight Rings Mist Enchantment can do, at least the Nine Rings can be achieved.

The only person Gavin knew was qualified to cast this spell was the legendary Arcanist Philanciene.

It's a pity that she's stuck in one place, and there's no way to get there, and she doesn't have that much time to cast such a time-consuming ritual spell.

"That's the third collaboration I'd like to talk about." Raymond smiled and said, "I have just recently perfected the method of casting the Nine Rings Mist Enchantment, if you can trust it, as long as you prepare the corresponding spell casting materials, I can build the Mist Enchantment of these two cities for you for free." ”

Compared to the deal the two just discussed, the casting of the two nine-ring spells was a drop in the bucket, and Raymond directly sold it to Gavin.

After all, these two cities began to involve his interests, so he naturally didn't want anything to happen.

"Great." Gavin said with a smile on his face, "If it is performed by the City Lord, I can't be more relieved, I don't know what spell materials I need to prepare?" ”

"There are mainly three main materials, silver, phase spider webs and amber, which are available in two versions.

One is temporary, requiring only a ton of silver, a phase spider web, and a fist-sized piece of amber to create a misty barrier that will last for a year.

The other is permanent, but requires nine times as many cast materials as temporary. Raymond directly made a list of spell casting materials.

"Silver is easy to do, I happened to buy a batch of coarse silver ingots recently, I only need to further purify it, amber is also easy to say, the market has always been not very short, the size of a fist, 10,000 gold coins, should be able to get it."

What is difficult to do is this phase spider web, on the side of the Radiant City, in the entire market, there are only three, and the price of two is abnormal.

It's no wonder that the price of phase spider silk has always been high, it turns out that it can not only be used to create portable dimensional caves, but also one of the spell casting materials of the misty enchantment, and the demand is still so large.

It's easy to do one or two, but you need a dozen at once, so it's a bit troublesome. Gavin directly counted the supplies in his hand and found that the most difficult thing to do was the phase spider web.

Raymond nodded approvingly: "Phase spider webs have always been in short supply, one is in high demand, and the other is this kind of spider that shuttles between the two worlds, ordinary mercenaries have no way to deal with it, let alone collect their cobwebs."

It's better for you to collect the temporary amount first, build a temporary fog barrier, and protect this place, except for the duration, there is not much difference between the temporary and permanent ones, in terms of ability.

Wait until you've collected enough resources before it's too late to build a permanent one, which will cause a certain amount of waste, but at least buy yourself a certain amount of buffer time. ”

"That's all I can do." Gavin could only reluctantly accept this installment method.

The gap of eighteen phase spider webs is too big, and this thing is priceless, and he is now in several big cities such as Waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, and West Gate, and has only bought three so far.

It seems necessary to select a few Phased Spider Hunter squads to specialize in the collection of Phased Spider Webs.

Because as you keep developing, you will need more and more phased spider webs.

"The mist enchantment is not static, but can carry many special effects, every three rings carry an effect, what kind of effect is needed, and it needs to be determined by the baron himself." Raymond gave Gavin a detailed account of the state of the Mist Enchantment.

"Don't know what options are available?" Gavin humbly asked for advice, although he knew some about the Mist Enchantment, but it was not thorough, so he naturally took the opportunity to learn more.

"No teleportation, no flying, no digging, no stealth, and creating monster guards, there are only five of them I have at the moment." Raymond replied.

Although he didn't elaborate, it was easy to understand, Gavin basically understood what it meant, and thought about it a little: "The situation of the two cities is different, the fog barrier formed on this side of the Dwarf Statue City must be three-dimensional, covering the entire Dwarf Statue, plus there will definitely be a large number of dragonized kobolds and anti-air firepower here, so there is no need to ban flights."

The biggest problem is to dig through the mountain or dig into the ground from the ground, and the Dwarf Statue City is forbidden to teleport, excavate and stealth.

On the other side of Bloodgit City, teleportation, flight, and stealth are prohibited. ”

On the side of Blood Gorge City, although there are also worries about digging into the ground, relatively speaking, the number of flying monsters is far higher than that of the digging monsters, and the threat is greater, so naturally the larger one is preferred.

As for the option of monster guards, Gavin ignored them directly.

Both cities will have large populations in the future, and they will have their own guards, so there is no need to waste precious power on them.

"In addition, I also need to conduct a field survey to prevent accidents when the spell is cast." Raymond made a new request.

"No problem." Gavin readily agreed, "I'll be with you." ”

In the future, he will have to cast the mist enchantment here, and this trust must be given.

An additional advantage of having Raymond cast the Mist Enchantment is that the other party is the lord of a city, and he can run away from the monk, but he can't run away from the temple, especially when the two sides are about to have a lot of entanglements of interests.

What the two have just finalized is just the general tone of cooperation and a deal involving relatively large interests.

When it really unfolds, there will definitely be more trade points between them than these.

For example, the huge cattle, which are produced on the Giant Plains, are not found in the city of Ritabun, and after seeing their dragging power, you will definitely be excited.

For example, the equipment on the Retawen light cavalry is very hot for Gavin, and if the goblin wolf cavalry can also be equipped, they will be light and heavy, and they will be used as dual-purpose troops.

Instead of directly picking up the equipment on the Ritabun light cavalry, they handed it over to the city of Ritabun to tailor their own.

The possibility of outsourcing is very small, and the greater possibility is that Rhetta Bun City has its own production line.

Even if it is outsourced, it is temporary and small batches.

Whether it's for cost, safety, or to avoid being manipulated, this kind of thing has to be developed and produced in-house.

These detailed and trivial transactions will be handed over to the specific person in charge of the local area, and slowly negotiate with the person in charge of Ritabun City to form a stable cooperative relationship and model.

This matter is not achieved overnight, but takes time to precipitate.

On the tenth day after the battle, Gavin returned to Bloodgap with Shanoba and her Blackwing Guard.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have thought that half a month ago, this was still a wasteland entrenched by an orc tribe." Shanoba couldn't help but sigh, "Every time I follow the lord's side, I feel like a dream, because the changes of a lifetime often don't take more than a few days, but unfortunately, there will be fewer opportunities like this in the future." ”

This kind of exclamation came from the bottom of her heart, and she found that her life could be divided into two stages.

One was before he met Gavin, and one was after he met Gavin.

Although the time of the latter is only one-twentieth of the former, the degree of change is completely reversed, and the latter is dozens of times that of the former.

Looking back on the old axe village in Iwadi now, it seems like a distant past, not more than half a year ago.

What triggered her emotion was not only the new round of transformation of Dwarf Statue City, but also the impact of the construction of Blood Gorge City.

Looking down from the air, the visual impact is particularly strong.

The entire Blood Canyon has been cleared out and leveled into a huge square covering an area of more than ten square kilometers.

Rows of caves, embedded in the surrounding blood-colored mountains, dense, like beehives, could not be counted at a glance.

The terrifying speed of construction and the ingenious construction method have made the city begin to take shape, and all that remains is to slowly renovate and maintain.

"On the contrary, in the future, you will not follow me less, but more, distance is not a problem, there are several dragon-turned kobold warlocks under your command who have opened the teleportation ability, and I also expect you to form a powerful air force for me, ready to be called by me." Gavin involuntarily glanced at the Blackwing Guards behind the two of them, all of them were big kobolds who had turned on the dragon.

They are influenced by Shanoba, and they all grow black dragon wings similar to Wyverns, and their tails have also become Wyvern Thorn Tails, which also have toxin attacks, but they are weaker than Shanoba and real Wyverns.

Whether it is a tall body or a newborn thorntail, they have a strong combat ability of Biord, and combined with the crash tactics of the Mind Bullet, this will further make up for the lack of air combat power.

"The lord has already helped me lay the foundation so well, if I can't make any achievements, then I won't have the face to see the lord." Shanoba patted her full chest and promised, "Next, I am going to take advantage of the situation to march into the Giant Run Mountain Range, dig out all the kobolds there, and join our ranks." ”

"Our name has now been played, especially your special ability is very helpful to the kobolds, so when you gather the kobolds of other tribes, you can change your strategy appropriately, instead of learning from the dragon oak collar, all the kobolds will be relocated to the dwarf statue city, but in those kobold tribes, directly collect tribute, reward dragon blood elixir, and then hold a dragon conference, I believe that this combination of punches, no kobold can resist your charm, Then you take advantage of the situation to help these kobolds solve the surrounding competitors and let them have more living space, what will happen next, I don't need to say more, right? Gavin took the opportunity to call Shanoba.

Nothing is set in stone, especially if you have different circumstances and abilities, and Shanoba and her Dwarven Statue City don't necessarily have to emulate Dragon Oak Territory.

Gavin concentrated the population, mainly to facilitate his own mass mobilization of kobolds for his own use.

And Shanoba will start a serious rule here, gathering all the kobolds in one city, which is scattered over a large area of land, and reproduces faster on its own.

Even if he really needs to mobilize kobolds from Shanoba in the future, it will only mobilize the most elite, not ordinary kobolds.

Shanoba itself is not stupid, in the past few days, it is more like Gavin has opened up the second vein of Rendu, and his skills in all aspects have increased greatly, and he continued to walk down Gavin's train of thought: "In this way, those kobold tribes will be transformed into kobold villages loyal to the dwarf statue city, and when the time comes, the dwarf statue city will not be a lonely city, but a kobold kingdom with a huge kobold allegiance, and the process of self-development and expansion of these kobold tribes is the process of our power development and expansion, We must encourage those kobolds to carry out large-scale annexation and expansion in my name, in the name of my lord.

We can even draw the elite from those kobold tribes and join them in the Dwarf Statue City, no, no, not to be transferred, but to join the Dwarf Statue City as a gift like the Dragon Oak Mother Tree, where they can gain more power and resources, and in the future, they can even dock with the Dragon Oak Collar and send the elite of the elite to the Dragon Oak Mother Tree to receive a more sacred baptism, and leave their own soul mark on the Dragon Oak Mother Tree. ”

In the end, Shanopa's eyes were already shining, because she clearly felt that the situation she was talking about was no longer simply the expansion of a city and a place, but the expansion of a kingdom.

And it's not an unattainable dream, it's within reach.

(End of chapter)