Heroes of Silver Moon

After discussing the establishment of the harbor, the room fell into silence. The old king, the Pope of Moonlight, and Simon, none of the three spoke again, killing each other's patience.

In the end, it was Simon who sighed softly, spread his hands helplessly and said, "Okay, what exactly do you want me to do?"

If the stalemate continues like this, I'm afraid he won't be able to get out of this door today.

The old king didn't speak, but the Pope Moonlight smiled and said, "Well, did you really only spend one hundred thousand gold coins to build the Dreadnought?"

Simon's heart skipped a beat and he realized what the two old foxes were thinking, so he frowned and replied, "This data is not accurate. If various expenses are added, the cost price is about 200,000 gold coins!"

The cost counted by the royal family only counts material and labor costs, and there are many hidden costs, all of which are not included.

For example, the materials used for alchemy and enchantment, as well as the employment of many archmages to design and guide the magic circle of the Intrepid.

Simon used a lot of magic cinnabar to enchant the hull of the Intrepid. Even if the manual cost of refining mercury into magic cinnabar was excluded, it would cost at least 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins.

The mercury was accumulated bit by bit by Simon through the creation of matter through the purple light cluster. A battleship of the Intrepid had exhausted his reserves.

Next, to refine the magic cinnabar, you can only spend money to buy mercury.

As for the magic circle of the Intrepid, it is even a big gold swallower.

The magic steel coating is the capital that the Intrepid can rely on low cost to compete with the strength of the seven-masted warship.

But the magic steel must be used by the creator himself in order to show excellent magic power conductivity, whether it is alchemy enchantment or magic circle.

In other words, the magic circle on the Intrepid must also be drawn by Simon himself!

Alchemy and enchanting is fine, after all, Simon is an alchemist by profession, and he also specializes in magic steel enchanting.

Although he was not very familiar with it, under the guidance of his teacher Clifford, he stumbled and was able to complete the enchantment of the hull of the Intrepid.

But the magic circle is difficult. Simon knows nothing about it, and Clifford also has a half-knowledge, so they can only hire an archmage who is proficient in this way to guide them hand in hand.

What is Hands-on Guidance?

That is, the hired archmage said, draw a line here, a circle there, and fill some spell runes in the middle, and then Simon can do it without understanding the principle.

The Intrepid is huge in size, and there are many magic circles to be drawn. If those noble archmages waste so much energy on teaching, they must not lose their money!

It's okay for a great mage to say, but the original intention of the design of the Intrepid is to draw all the top magic circles in the Silver Moon Kingdom.

There are specializations in the art industry, the blast array is a wind-type array, and there are many types of attack arrays. The Dreadnought uses a relatively simple fire-type array, the water-flow array is a water-type array, and so on.

Under the guidance of three or four great mages, 70,000 to 80,000 gold coins will be gone!

Therefore, after calculating all the expenses, the construction cost of the Intrepid is indeed about 200,000 gold coins.

"Boy, you also understand that the Silver Moon Navy cannot be supported by a Dreadnought alone!" The old king squinted his eyes solemnly.

But Simon kept his eyes on the ceiling and ignored him.

If you want him to work, yes!

But if you want him to work for free, or even put money in it, absolutely not!

Seeing that the old king said it was useless, Pope Moonlight also nodded with a smile: "Yes, we need a fleet, a fleet that can reach the first-class level!"

The fate of the Moonlight Church and the Silver Moon Royal Family is closely related to the Silver Moon Kingdom.

If the Silver Moon Kingdom is strong, they will be strong, and if the Silver Moon Kingdom is weak, they will be weak.

It is rare to have such a good opportunity, how could these two major forces let it go, don't forget, Simon is now too deeply involved with these two parties, and there is no possibility of refusing it.

Simon's mouth twitched.

The Pope Moonlight has already spoken, so what can he do as a holy son? Is he going to plot against usurper the throne, kill this old thief in advance, and become pope himself?

So Simon went on to say: "A first-class fleet, you really dare to say... Even if I really have the ability to build it, what about the construction cost? Let me tell you in advance that I can't pay for it! "

If Simon remembers correctly, the construction of the Intrepid and the transformation of the Heroic Singer have all consumed the risk reserves of the Silver Moon Royal Family.

The materials seized from the Sea Clan may be used by the royal family to subsidize the people and attract merchants to do business. In a short period of time, there is no possibility of large sums of gold coins being recorded.

In this case, what does the royal family use to build a first-class fleet?

"This time the entire combined fleet was wiped out. Although the coastal countries are not injured, they can be considered to have suffered heavy losses. Now they are in urgent need of replenishing warships."

The old king said reluctantly: "If we take the Heroic Singer at this time, not to mention too much, 600,000 gold coins will not be a problem!"

The Heroic Singer has accompanied the Silvermoon Kingdom for hundreds of years. It can be said that it is the iconic warship of the Silvermoon Navy, but it can only be sacrificed for the new future of the Silvermoon Kingdom.

A five-masted warship that has been strengthened may sell for 600,000 gold coins even in normal times, not to mention the current shortage of alchemy warships.

It can be said that as long as the Silver Moon Kingdom reveals this meaning, people from other countries will immediately come to bid for it with a lot of gold coins.

Simon still frowned~www.readwn.com~ First-class fleets are not so easy to build.

According to his calculation in his mind, at least two Intrepids, five sailing battleships of a slightly lower rank, and six fast sailing cruisers are needed to compete with the world's first-class fleet.

600,000 gold coins, I am afraid that even the material costs of these warships may not be enough.

"The Church of Moonlight can offer 200,000 gold coins!" Pope Moonlight also said with piercing eyes.

Simon stroked his chin and thought about it. Eight hundred thousand gold coins...it feels almost the same.

"Can!"

Simon nodded and said, "Give it a try. If I need to advance money later, you must pay me back!"

The old king and the Pope Moonlight smiled at the same time, but before they were happy for a long time, they heard Simon say again: "Besides, what should I do with my labor costs?"

It is impossible for him to work for Simon Bai!

There was a glimmer of gloom in the old king's eyes, but he still smiled on his face. With a look that he had expected a long time ago, he took out a stack of parchment and handed it to Simon.

Simon opened it suspiciously, only glanced at it a few times, and his breathing immediately became rapid. He quickly closed the parchment, closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm down his excited mood.

"A very generous price, Your Majesty!" After a moment's delay, Simon opened his eyes and sighed.

The aging king was almost convinced of him, and there was no room for him to refuse the price he offered.

In terms of insight into people's hearts and tactics, among all the people Simon has met, none can match the old king.

If they were a few decades younger, maybe the two sides would have a contest.

It's a pity... the old king is getting old, but he is young!