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The Duke couldn't help but look into those eyes again, trying to find some clues in the man's mind, but alas, all he got was a blank ...... When they met, the light in the room seemed to brighten up, too, but that silver color only gave him a headache

"It's an interesting thing, but, as you mentioned earlier, it's a gift and a sample, and I can understand that you're going to sell it as a commodity and sell it to me?" he sighed after a pause.

"Are you interested?" said Edward

From the beginning of the moment, His Royal Highness the Duke seemed to have shown enough patience, no matter what Edward said, he always looked like he was lacking in interest - Edward must admit that this middle-aged man who kept coughing incessantly, as if he was suffering from tuberculosis, was really a difficult guy to deal with, and his mental barriers, whether with the help of magic props or after a long period of exercise, were as tough and unusual as that strange woman, although not as strong as a mountain, but also made Edward unable to guide or influence lightly

But that's the end of it

Without the need for any psychic powers, the psychic warlock could detect a fleeting waver in the other person's expression......

Armor, weapons, and equipment were far less restrictive than in the world he remembered, but on the other hand, if a knight lacked armor, he would still be killed by a kobold's crossbow, and on the battlefield a group of heavily armored soldiers rushed into a group of unarmed peasant soldiers, then it meant the beginning of a disaster......

Therefore, as a lord, a duke who occupies the most vast land in this country, and a general who has experienced the baptism of war, if he is afraid of a batch of fine and cheap armor, then he will either have something better to replace him, or he will have occupied all the land, and is ready to enter Kuma and put Nanshan with his sword to consolidate the unity of the country

"Very well equipped indeed"

Coughing lightly twice, the Duke replied slowly: "However, Your Excellency, Viscount, I would like this gift more than me or my old friend, Count Zizilon, after all, he is closer to Blayhawk than me, and a little more nervous, don't you think he is a more suitable buyer for the transaction?"

However, this answer obviously will not satisfy the psychic mancer

"You've always had such a sense of leisure...... His Excellency the Duke is a funny joke."

Staring at the other party's blue-gray eyes, Edward snorted:

"However, I suspect that His Excellency the Earl would not think so, and even if he had such equipment, how many soldiers would he be able to find suitable to use them?Otherwise, why would he have been at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Blackhawk for many years?Of course, he has been able to survive between the two dukes' domains for so many years, and has frequently released provocative words to Blackhawk, I am afraid that it is not only because the quality of gin in his territory ranks first in the kingdom, is it not only because the quality of gin in his territory ranks first in the kingdom? As for courage...... Courage is not much different from madness if you don't have enough wisdom to support it."

"The so-called Hatland family's privileged earl's domain...... I might as well say it clearly, I'm not optimistic" After a pause, he continued to speak: " The Hulun River may indeed be a natural line of defense, but whether a river can really become an insurmountable moat I think, Your Excellency the Duke, you know much better than me to consider the problem from the perspective of geopolitics, this county, which is less than one-third of the area of the Black Eagle Territory, is still alive today, it is probably simply because there is a buffer zone between the two dukes' territories, and whether it is Blackhawk or Rytger, as long as they are well prepared, they will definitely be willing to ......"

A soft knock on the door interrupted his words, and a maid pushed the door open and brought something: "Your breakfast, Lord Duke"

"Got it, put it here, don't you see that I have a guest?"

"A small sin deserves death, but my lord, Madame's order to me is that you must eat on time, otherwise, she will let me ......"

"Okay, I see, that's rude......"

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency," complained to the servant, and the Duke turned to Edward and smiled helplessly: "I've not been in good health, so I'm a little stricter about the time requirements for food, but if you don't mind, why don't you have some breakfast?"

Breakfast?

Edward's eyes became a little strange when he crossed the window, a glimmer of morning glow that had just stained the sky red, and then landed on the plate

Is that...... What's it?

Well, it was supposed to be an apple, at least from the outside, but now the thing was soaked in a basin of water and there was a little bit of heat, apparently cooked, and as for the red, red, green, and green things next to it, the red one should be an orange, and the sand date and the green one were probably some kind of vegetable?

As an honorable foodie, Edward didn't mind eating fruit for breakfast, supplementing vitamins and water, and was a good choice for those who stayed up late, but a lump of boiled fruit...... Whether or not calories destroy most of the nutritional value is another matter, but to put that boiled and soft stuff in your mouth is something that only the folks at Citigroup can do!

"Speaking of which......" he smiled reluctantly and shook his head at the maid, "Your Excellency, your illness...... Has it always been?"

"Is this coughing...... I've been coughing for more than twenty years, fortunately it's not good but it's not too bad, I'm used to it" The middle-aged man smiled slightly, didn't mind, and didn't shy away from scooping a spoonful of fruit puree: "Some medicines prescribed by mages can temporarily suppress the time of four or five hourglasses...... Otherwise, I wouldn't even be able to sleep...... Unfortunately, the power of that medicine is so powerful that people get a little dizzy after taking it, so I can only use it once a day."

Asthma platinum or neuropathic bronchial disease

The magic of this world can cure almost all diseases, from plague to missing arms and legs...... Therefore, there are very few real patients in this world, even if they are born with deformities or something, as long as they cut off the crippled place and then do a regeneration operation, they will be cured, so like this Lord Duke, who has been tossed for more than 20 years at a time, I am afraid that there is only a congenital nervous system problem

"When it comes to coughing, I have a recipe...... Well, the method, can suppress cough a little"

After a pause, the psychic warlock smiled: "If you have pears here, then, use the juice they squeeze, add an appropriate amount of lily roots, dates and sugar to boil together until they are viscous, and then put honey and drink it with about two tablespoons and a cup of hot water every day, it is not difficult to find this thing, and the effect is not bad."

"Oh?" the Duke's gaze froze, "Sure enough, the spellcaster is always so knowledgeable, well, Lena, do you remember what His Excellency the Viscount said?

The maid obediently turned away, but when the door to the study was closed again, the Duke of Greenland stopped eating

"Let's go on, Your Excellency," he said, glaring at the Psychic Warlock, "May I understand that you think that Blackhawk is ready?

This old fox

Edward cursed in his heart—now that Swan Castle had fallen, the only city in the southeastern direction that stood in the way of Blackhawk was called Burgundy—and the other party naturally meant to point out the most likely path for Black Hawk

And from this point of view, the initiator of this military disaster is actually the ** master apprentice who is following the good path

However, if this weakens his momentum, then Edward is not the skinner Edward

"Or, soon, as far as I know, there's a little bit of a problem with Blackhawk's grain transfer......" one of the men smiled quietly, as if the other had said something completely out of business, "as for the Southwest...... Hehe, Lord Duke, you're joking again, southwest, but it's Burgundy, I don't think Braehawk would rashly challenge the authority of the academy even if he wanted some results, right?"

It's Ai's identity as a mage master's apprentice, obviously not for decoration

"So, if such armor is sold, how much do you think its production can reach?"

Finally began to turn the conversation to the core, and it was clear that the duke had already made a decision...... Edward nodded and bought a small pass: "Well, if you're interested, I can increase the production volume, but unfortunately, one batch, at least ...... Well, at least a month."

"A month?" the middle-aged man muttered, "It's not very fast."

"No way, you know, my territory is grass-created, and there are not enough people...... A thousand pieces of armor, it takes a lot of manpower just to assemble them, and there are problems such as forging as a large head, as well as the collection of ores......" The telemancer began to calculate with his fingers unconcerned: "Also, it is not easy for the Adamantite Vein to melt,"

"Please wait a minute"

Sure enough, the duke rarely interrupted the other party's ramblings: "You say, a thousand? is that what you call a batch?"

"It's Ai or I can add it a little, but then I'll have to work overtime" The cunning someone spread his hands and reflected them in his eyes, and the other party's undisguised surprise made the corners of his mouth hook up an inconspicuous smile

Actually, of course, more than that

If the large hydraulic press made by those old guys starts to be used, it can press at least four sets of armor blanks at a time, even if the forging of steel plates is a little slower, but at least 100 sets can be baked in a day...... However, this problem can certainly be solved perfectly after the large wire drawing machine is opened, and it is not a difficult technology, if it is more smooth, Edward thinks that the amount of armor that can be produced in a month in his territory must be at least ten times the number negotiated

"Then, it seems that I will ask my old friend Count Zizilen how many gold coins are needed for such armor?" The shock in his eyes subsided slightly, and the Duke muttered - it was clear that Edward had dispelled his last scruples, providing a thousand sets a month, which was enough to arm an elite medium-armored cavalry, and even in a battle, this force was already a significant force

What's more, this armor can save a lot of forging time and manpower and material resources, and can paralyze the opponent, and receive all kinds of advantages of the effect of surprise soldiers, so he can't ignore it

However, at this point, the initiative has completely reversed

"You should know that although I am only an apprentice, whether it is gold or platinum, to me is nothing more than some real material pressed into a small cake" Edward laughed, "So, I need something else, but please forgive me, I haven't thought about this aspect yet."

He stood up and bowed slightly: "Fortunately, there is still plenty of time, so Your Excellency Duke, I think, I need some time"

"A thousand sets of pure gold armor and weapons?"

As the young man left his study, the Duke stretched out his index finger and tapped a tinkling sound on the pure gold armor

Shaking his head, the middle-aged man said to himself: "But the purpose of this little guy is really that simple?

But this purpose is too simple, not like the way of thinking of a spellcaster

......

"Edward, what are you doing again? Did you sneak out with that black-skinned melon last night?" I said, do we need to speed up a bit, or the Arestalller gang will ......?"

"Shhhhh......h

"What did you buy the duke for? Are you sure what you gave him would allow him to exchange more than 20,000 people?" the little girl was stunned, and lowered her voice incredulously

"I estimate that two thousand sets of armor are about the same...... It's not a big price, but the most important thing is that I can satisfy his own ambitions."

Of course, a duke is naturally ambitious - if there is no thing called ambition or ideal, then he may not be able to stay in such a position for more than ten or twenty years Although the Fernandez Dynasty has the support of the ** division tower, it is impossible to collapse with a bang, but even so, around Romandy, this fat and plump piece of meat is still an irreplaceable bait in the hearts of every lord

Not to mention the rest, the territories that won't attract the attention of the mages

"Ambition?" the little girl snapped her eyes as if she didn't understand, "But are you sure he'll trade the half-elves for the broken armor you made......?"

"What kind of broken armor, that's pure gold armor, besides, that's what he needs most now"

"How do you know? Oh, what spell did you secretly cast on him?"

"No, a duke, how could I be allowed to cast a spell casually?" The little face that was close at hand, red from just waking up, and its green eyes blinked, so that Edward couldn't help but reach out and pinch the tip of her nose: "It's just a guess based on common sense......"

"I'm going to kill you!" The little girl slapped his hand away, grabbed him with her backhand, and screamed: "Either sue me, or answer my question, did you sneak out with that black-skinned melon last night?"

"Alright, my eldest lady...... Actually, it's because the gang said that they were going to send the half-elves to open the mines, didn't you hear that?"

"And then?" the half-elf nodded, but then it suddenly dawned that he didn't understand: "What does mining have to do with that guy's ambitions?

"The purpose of this rumor is meaningless, but the means are worth scrutinizing" Edward's gaze circled around, "Think about it, why not go to the wood, not to do hard labor, but to mine?"

It doesn't matter if it's a real hypothesis to throw half-elves into the mines for hard labor - no lie is worthless, because it often includes a little bit of truth, which is said to be one of the devils' aphorisms......

Due to the limitations of the technological level of this era, it is impossible to do things such as a few hundred meters of deep mines, and can only rely on those shallow surface ores, but fortunately, there are not many things that need to be mined, usually gold, silver, copper, iron, and other metal minerals, plus some stones

But first, gold and silver belong to the rare mineral veins controlled by the state, in order to prevent the private minting of gold coins from disrupting the economy and causing inflation, these things must be under the unified management of the royal family, planned mining, and even the copper mine as a daily necessities must be partially controlled, of course, if a duke is willing, it is not impossible to mine more, but in that case, a large inflow of currency is naturally other territories, and the private minter is tantamount to plundering and kidnapping the economy of all places, so all the great nobles will not allow this situation to occur, unless the initiator is sure to confront the whole country, or immediately stand on his own

"Well, the rest of the ore is stone or iron ore, but the former can only be related to large buildings by and large, so the only option left is the latter...... But with such a sudden increase in manpower, the ore produced is not for the sake of piling up good-looking," the psychic explained, "What do you think they do?"

"For those civilians?"

"What a merciful statement...... Edward exclaimed, "but the eldest lady, they are not me, and it is impossible to improve the living conditions of civilians more pragmatic and common sense than the answer used to produce weapons and armor"

"You guy...... It's really cunning, you can think of these things with a lie?" thought for a moment, and the half-elf shook his head incredulously

"It's not that I'm cunning, it's just that you don't like to use your brains"

"I hate it, I'm talking like a stupid person!" Miss Half-Elf pouted dissatisfiedly: "You guy, wouldn't it be better to just say that you would use the armor to change people with him?"

"That's not good, I didn't drink the water of the Ganges, why did I go up to the pole and rip people up?"

In this world, there has always been less charcoal in the snow, and there are many stones in the well, and there are requests from others, but it is far better than equal transactions...... In other words, the exchange is negotiating with people, and you must not show your hole cards to others, otherwise, if the other party does not open his mouth, how much is it to the ancestors and ancestors?

By extension, no matter what your purpose is, you must first take the initiative, dazzle the opponent's eyes with some conditions, and then inadvertently flick the hook - just look at the classic example of Emperor Pu and Cumlet, a free Admiral Gorshkov saved a Russian aircraft carrier manufacturing industry, and even if he knew that he was going to be squeezed out of oil, the buyer had to pay obediently......

So although he didn't dare to call himself a master, Edward would never put forward his real request in the first place