This is a huge expense.

But it is worth it.

Victoria carefully looked at the one-handed sword in his hand. This is the gift that Gao Wen gave her after the formal signing of the contract. The sword is almost exactly the same as every sabre she saw on the Cecil warrior. The difference is that the family emblem of Cecil was erased on the hilt and replaced with the clan of the Wilder family in the North.

It is very sophisticated, with rigid lines and meticulous patterns, and the surface is almost invisible. As a mass production equipment, it is even better than the weapons of the Royal Knights, and there are thousands of them. The weapon that is exactly the same as it is not bad.

This sense of uniformity made Victoria feel a kind of "power."

This must not be the best weapon of Cecil, because no one will be stupid enough to take out the arms of the bottom of the box for money, but this is at least better than the weapon that Wang Guojun is now at hand. This is enough.

Looking at the eyes of the North Duke, who was holding a one-handed sword into consideration, Gao Wen’s mind could not help but reveal the memory from Gao Wen Cecil. He thought of the first generation of the northern Dagong Snow. Wilder, the powerful mage had a long conversation with Gavin Cecil during his last visit to the South.

At that time, the system of the Duke of the Four Kingdoms was established. The Central Kingdom and the Four Principalities were working together to build Ansu. The Duke of the North asked a question that seemed strange at that time: If one day, the kingdom’s greatest threat is no longer outside. The magic tide, but the four guards of the Duke itself, what should I do?

Snow? Wilde is keen on studying history, especially the aristocratic history of the Gangster Empire. He may have seen some hidden dangers from the four-duke system of the four kingdoms at that time. Unfortunately, Gao Wen of the year, Cecil Didn't give him any answers. Three days later, Gao Wen Cecil died on the battlefield.

Gao Wen came back to God. He looked at Victoria and seemed to ask the question very casually: "Do you think that the crisis in Ansu will end because of the end of the civil war?"

"If we win, then it will," Victoria looked up, as if to state the factual tone. "Wale? Moen is the orthodox heir to the royal family. As long as the kingdom can defeat the rebel army in the east, then the Ansu nobles must Will reunite, as long as the nobility reunited, Ansu will once again become a whole, and the crisis will naturally be solved."

"...I understand," Gao Wen nodded. "So let's go back to the city first."

Victoria blinked, and there was a hint of confusion under the calm face. She felt a slight disappointment from Gao Wen’s subtle expression, but then she felt that it might be an illusion. She looked at the other side and had already left, there was no After asking, I went to the magic guide next to the two steps and pointed to the car and asked: "Duke Cecil, what do you call the magic guide... also sell?"

Gao Wen stopped and looked at Victoria a little unexpectedly, then revealed a smile: "I will sell it sooner or later, but not now, we can't make that much, at least for half a year. And if you want to buy a magic If you are guiding the car, it is best to repair the kingdom road after going back."

Victoria bowed his head deeply: "I will, the road is the lifeblood of the kingdom. When the snow melts, my first thing is to rebuild the kingdom avenue."

After returning to the lord's office, Victoria quickly left and left. She wanted to return to the autumn palace to calculate how much the kingdom army could now pay for the armament, and Gao Wen did not stop at the lord's house. He quickly took the opportunity. Got the magic guide waiting at the door, and ordered the driver to go to the merchant area.

The mechanical vibration came from the chassis of the car. Sitting in the magic car that was slightly beyond the style of the times, Gao Wen sighed softly, and the seat next to him suddenly burst into a shadow. The figure of amber appears from the shadows.

"The female duke seems to be very painful." Amber blinked, though she didn't know where she had been secretly observing it before, but this guy obviously had been wandering around Gaowen. "She is afraid not to be prepared as a dowry." Money is stuck in it."

"That is a lot of money. Even if half of it can be converted by materials, it is beyond the capacity of St. Sunil's treasury. Victoria still chooses to accept it. It seems that she really hopes that this civil war can end as soon as possible. I hope that Wang Guojun can Win as soon as possible."

"There is no soft heart when you don't see your money." Amber opened his mouth. "I really have to go. It is also your junior, and it is also a good person as a nobleman. As a result, you even have a discount. Don't fight."

Gao Wen glanced at the amber and said slowly: "...the kingdom can't save Ansu."

Those gold coins can only be used slowly in the hands of the kingdom to fill the battlefield on the plains of the Holy Spirit. Instead of letting them consume nothing, let them become the gears and levers of the magical industry.

Amber blinked, then touched his chin: "What are you doing now?"

"Going to meet another group of people who can't save Ansu."

The magic car passed through the administrative district of Cecil City, crossed the ring road, and soon came to the merchant area on the west side of the city. It was not long before it stopped in front of a tall new building.

Cecil’s merchant hall is dedicated to the place where the giants are welcome.

Behind a window on the second floor of the building, the young aristocrat with short brown hair quietly watched the movement on the street. After seeing the magic car approaching, he stepped back and left the window.

There are a few other people in the room, who are dressed in fine silk or velvet clothes, with brooch or mechanical pocket watches, all look like businessmen, but from their extremely vigilant and fierce eyes and gestures, It can be judged that these people are not just as simple as businessmen.

One of them saw the young brown-haired man leave the window and stood up and asked: "Young master, what's the situation outside?"

"Don't worry, it's him," the brown-haired young man nodded and said quietly. "With only one follower, you should come up soon."

A few people in the room relaxed slightly, then came to the door near the brown-haired young man and waited quietly.

After a while, footsteps came...

In the room of the merchant's hall, Gao Wen saw the special guests.

In the past three days, he has let Victoria and other kings visit the market, visit the streets of the city, visit all the arranged places, and he is not idle. What he is doing is to contact these special guests. .

The door was closed behind him, and Gao Wen looked at the brown-haired young man in front of him and nodded slightly: "The Marquis of Berk, it seems that you have followed my advice and did not run around."

The eldest son of the young black-haired young man, Silas Loren, Becky Loren bent down and saluted Gao Wen as a younger generation. Others also bowed, and after the ceremony, this was just over twenty. Young people who have reached the middle ages can't help but say: "It's not good to stay in the room."

"It’s more trouble to leave the room," Gao Wen took amber and sat down on the sofa in the middle of the room, watching Belk Loren, who also sat in front of his own eyes. "The heirs of the Duke of the East appeared in the city of Cecil. This is not a good signal, and I believe that Victoria will be happy to take this opportunity to make Silas Loren lose his beloved son and you can beat her."

Berk slightly moved awkwardly. Although he wanted to control his expression, his efforts in this area were obviously not as good as those of Victoria: "You received the messenger sent by Wang Du in the lord's house, but let We are hiding between businessmen, is this... expressing your attitude?"

Gao Wen couldn't help but laugh. He looked at the young man in front of him. Belk is a good boy. He is polite, talented and smart. But obviously he is too arrogant and inexperienced. He is not very capable of mastering the skills of dealing with people, but Considering his age, there is no way to compare him to the Duke of the North: "Frankly speaking, the so-called Wang Guojun and Dong Jingjun are the same in my opinion. It is not necessary for the junior fight to call the parents out. Wrong, but considering the geographical location, the connection between the South and the Holy Spirit Plain is obviously much stronger than that of the East, and their visit has been published since long ago."

Speaking of this, he paused and then said: "And as for you... I have a limited trust in you, this is only in the love of Anthony Loren."

"Excuse me, but you will see it sooner or later, we really want to save this kingdom," Belk said with a serious face. "The aristocrats who indulged in peace in the plains of the Holy Spirit are not aware of the crisis. They I can't see the changes in Tifeng, and I can't see the changes in the world. They only know the feast of the night and the last copper coin in the civilians, but we know

"Tifeng is reforming the land system, is promoting education, is developing technology, reorganizing the army, opening up new land, their civilians have been able to eat meat once a week, and our people have not enough black bread in winter. Even Ansu It’s hard to catch up with Tifeng now, and our only way out is to quickly bring Ansu’s power into the hands of a powerful new king, and let Tifeng avoid it, even if it’s only ten years or even five years, we There are still opportunities..."

Gao Wen interrupted this passionate young man: "Edmund is your 'powerful new king' in your mouth?"

"Prince Edmund has vision and appeal," Berk Loren said very earnestly, and there is no lack of admiration in his tone. "He tried the arable reward law, the road construction bill, the commercial bill, and the farm system in the east. All have produced results, as long as the Holy Spirit Plains will send a good aristocrat to take a look, they will also realize who is the qualified king, but they obviously do not dare."

It seems that the young Marquis did not know the connection between Prince Edmund and the end of all things. I don’t know that the truth about the death of Francis II may be that he is acting superbly, deliberately pretending not to know?

Gao Wen didn't care if Berk knew or didn't know anything. He patiently waited for the other party to finish. Then he nodded. "I probably know some because I know this. I am willing to try to give you some trust. Only the merchants of the Principality are allowed to go to the east to establish a trade route. You know, I have been lying in the grave for seven hundred years, and the people I know who I trust are basically gone, even for anyone and power in this era. I have to re-understand the people of the past friends."

Belk sat on the sofa and unconsciously rubbed his index finger knuckles. This seemed to be the subconscious movement when he organized the vocabulary: "Yes, my father and I understand this... Mr. Cod left us I was deeply impressed that the pharmacy he brought was exactly what we needed. My father sent me over, and it was just to talk to you about this..."

"We talked about this issue two days ago," Gao Wen nodded. "I know what you mean. You have a huge drug gap, so you not only want to order a large amount of alchemicals, but you also want to buy a factory. Equipment, I also want Cecil to train you to train a group of people who operate the machine... To be honest, you are asking for a lot of things."

"We have no choice," Berk Lauren said.

The young Marquis knew that what he was asking for was a sensitive "technical fundamental" that was difficult for the Duke of Cecil to agree to. However, before the departure, Prince Edmund explained to him the necessity of all these alchemicals. The things that survive or die in the military cannot be always controlled by people. Only by letting the east have the production capacity, can we ensure that we will not fall into a passive situation after the sudden interruption of the supply of pharmaceuticals in the south.

The negotiations two days ago were the deadlock on this issue, but today the Duke of Cecil has come again, which means that there is still some talk about this issue.

Gao Wen quietly thought that it seemed to be very entangled and hesitant. The amber next to it couldn’t help but say: "Our machine is only costly to study. It is knowledge, but it can't be bought with money... ..."

Gao Wen sneaked a thumb on Amber, his face full of seriousness: "But the East is always part of Ansu."

"But if we help them build the factory, they will go back and learn the technology directly, not only do they produce it, but also do not allow our syrup to enter the country?"

Berk immediately said: "I swear by the family blood, the East will not do such a violation of the spirit of the Cavaliers, Prince Edmund explained before I set off, we set up our own factory just to prepare for the unexpected, we still It is an alchemy agent that needs to be in the South."

Gao Wen did not believe in Edmund’s promise, but he nodded in trust and said: "I want to believe in you."

Then he turned his head again: "But I want to protect the interests of the South and protect the interests of my business loyalists. So if I want to establish a pharmaceutical factory in the East, I have a condition: the businessman I must design must be associated with you. Building a factory."

“Jointly building a factory?”

"Yes, half of the cost, build together, manage the factory together, and the benefits should be equally divided. The business representatives in the South will protect the core technology from leaking in the process, and will also provide technical guidance to you. This is me. The biggest concession that can be accepted."

Belk indulged, then got up and talked with a few people around him in a low-key and quick way.

After a moment, he returned to his seat: "...I agree, on this matter I can represent the will of my father and Prince Edmund."

Gao Wen smiled: "Good, then we have to recalculate the price..."

When the final price was estimated, the young Marquis fell into horror.

"so much?!"

“Isn't this normal?” Gao Wen spread his hand. “If it is easy to establish an alchemy factory, I don’t have to hesitate to do so today. And I have more than one factory to help you build. The quantity of the first batch of alchemy pharmacies you want to buy is equivalent to the sum of the traditional alchemy pharmacies produced in the entire past three years. Think about the price of traditional alchemy pharmacies, you will find that the current price is nothing. It is."

"This...this is true," Belk once again rubbed his knuckles and his face looked distressed. "But... frankly, the price is a bit more than we expected."

Gao Wen said faintly: "This is because you have made requests outside the plan."

He then proposed a method that was previously described by Victoria: using materials to offset half of the cash.

However, this time, Berk still showed a very difficult appearance.

After all, the east is only the east. Although the army is strong, the proportion of the extraordinary in the army is much higher than that of the kingdom. However, from the perspective of the area of ​​the territory, the population and the output of resources, it is impossible to occupy the plain of the Holy Spirit. - The Ogure tribal country is compared to the kingdom army supported by the trade line.

Obviously, their "paying ability" is very problematic.

Negotiations seem to be deadlocked, but Gao Wen suddenly broke the silence: "There is still a plan."

The young Berk immediately raised his head: "What is your plan?"

“In the southwestern part of the East, near the triangle intersection of the South and the Dark Mountains, is there a section called the 'White Sand Hills'?” Gao Wen said slowly and unhurriedly, “It is said that iron and copper are produced there. There are a small number of magical crystal veins."

“Would you like a white sand hill?” Belk widened his eyes and then immediately shook his head. “I forgive me for refusing this. It’s not yet developed, but it’s a long-term mineral deposit in the east, and it’s also A valuable territory in the east. It is too expensive to exchange a piece of permanent land for temporary alchemicals and factories."

"I don't plan to ask for it," Gao Wen interrupted Berk. "I only exploited it for five years. The south was exploited in the white sand hills for five years. Then there is still yours. According to the current situation, this civil war is in five. How can it be over after the year, when all the dust settles, we can just start to enter a new era."

Looking at the serious expression on Gao Wen’s face, the future successor of Dongjing, the young Marquis of Berk hesitated for a moment.

Five years...

He got up again and quickly discussed with his accompanying consultants and his subordinates.

After a few minutes, he returned to Gao Wen again.

It should not be mined.

"We agreed."