Chapter 143 Northland Trade

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Most of the Northland witches have special divination abilities.

This makes them often have quite amazing intuition, and they can also vaguely feel some of the future fragments. For example, Sauron only stayed here for a day, and found that the cities in the North seemed to be preparing for war, and it seemed that it had been going on for a while. The food, weapons, important supplies, etc. here are now all under the unified management of the chamber under the High Witch Council. Compared with the belatedness of other places, the response of the Northland is quite quick.

Sauron is also counting the time when the year of turmoil will start!

At the latest, around October this year, the first batch of gods and saints will appear, and now it is almost February. Who can better deal with the turbulent period in the future depends on how well they prepare for eight months. Because once the war between the gods starts, all kinds of divine powers will wreak havoc in the mortal world, and it will be difficult to produce at that time. In addition, the abyss demons invade the material plane, and the purgatory demons will sow dissension everywhere. At that time, the resources of the entire material plane will will be in short supply.

Sauron has been hoarding food, and Viper Island has almost become a big granary!

It can be said that the price of grain on the south coast has basically increased by more than 50% because of his large purchases, and the price of grain is still rising, and it is estimated that it will more than double in March.

Noon the next day.

The pirates under Sauron's command brought back news that the fleet he ordered had arrived at Deepwater Port, but because of fear of Sauron's force, Deepwater Port refused to let Sauron's fleet dock, and urgently notified the High Council of Witches. If it weren't for Gloria's status here, the High Council of Witches would have directly expelled Sauron's fleet. The stronger the strength, the more eye-catching. The fleet that Sauron ordered to bring over threatened to capture a port city, so in the end even with Goliath in the fleet, they could not dock.

"Let them stop near the mouth of the sea."

Sauron took a look at the topographic map of the north, clicked on one of the positions, and then ordered: "Send the first batch of things back first. I am negotiating a deal with the Witch Council during this time, and it may be later." Two days."

The one-eyed dragon standing in front of Sauron bowed his head when he heard this. Immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Excellency, I will ship the first batch of things on board now."

Soon, Cyclops left with a group of people.

Sauron stood in front of the balcony of the wizard's tower and looked at the departing caravan, then turned and walked towards the laboratory. Goliath, who was in the research state, seemed very busy, and they didn't get close much these two days, because Gloria is busy and Soren is busy. Sauron has never been a hypocritical person. Now that he has such a close relationship with Gloria, it would be quite foolish not to use her relationship to seek cooperation from the Witch Council.

The resources of the Witch Council are quite rich!

And they also have something that Sauron is in short supply, and that is a large number of extraordinary equipment.

correct.

Any wizard-like alliance council conducts high-value arms trade, including alchemy weapons, extraordinary equipment, puppet golems, and so on. This kind of trade is hard to buy without relationships.

The heavy footsteps of the clay golem sounded!

The muffled voice of the clay golem came from behind Sauron, and it said, "Your Excellency! There is a wizard named Saruman who wants to see you."

Saruman?

Sauron was slightly startled when he heard the name.

Immediately, he remembered that he had mentioned it to Gloria in the letter. I need a wizard who is proficient in alchemy and can refine large quantities of struvite into high-quality fertilizer. Gloria mentioned it to Sauron yesterday. Someone would come to see him today, but he didn't say his name. Unexpectedly, his name was Saruman. This name is not common in the Northland.

It made him think he heard it wrong!

Sauron nodded gently when he heard the words, "I see. Bring him in."

soon.

Then a clay golem walked in with a male wizard who was not young. He has a gray beard, and his face looks quite old, but the professional level of the wizard is not high, probably only around level 10. This means that his talent is not very good. Not all wizards can make great progress all the way. Many wizards have been stuck on the threshold of the third level all their lives. Otherwise, Gloria's strength was only around the fourth level before, and she would be able to become a member of the High Council of Witches.

There are also many male wizards under the Northland Witch Council, and Saruman in front of him is one of them!

He must be quite young.

Even if he didn't use the special life-extending ritual, his face was nearly sixty or seventy years old with such an old face. Sauron was observing the old wizard in front of him, and the other party was also observing Sauron. From any point of view, this is a wizard who will never be able to advance to legendary strength. Although he is neatly dressed, he looks a little messy, his eyes are tired and bloodshot, and he seems to have not had a good rest for a long time. Part of the damage can be seen, but it doesn't appear to be repaired.

As Gloria said, this is a wizard who is struggling with financial constraints!

Wizards are rich.

But most of the time they were short of money, and even Goliath's liquid funds might not be as much as one-third of Sauron's!

Otherwise, this bitch wouldn't have taken more than 30,000 Kindlers from Sauron when they were making out last night.

She needs a lot of expensive alchemy materials!

But anyone who has dealt with trade knows that the ratio of working capital is actually quite tight. If Sauron did not do business without money, I am afraid that the capital chain would not be as abundant as it is now.

Such a wizard is exactly what Sauron needs!

Because wizards who are too promising are not easy to control, and wizards with advanced potential may not be willing to work under Sauron.

It just so happens that this kind of wizard's professional level is not high, he is not young at the same time, he may not have much ambition to advance to legend, and he has quite a lot of experience in alchemy, and he is the kind of subordinate that Sauron needs.

"They should have told you what happened before they came, right?"

Sauron stared at the old wizard named Saruman in front of him, and said slowly: "Your job for the next three years is to serve me. I will pay you 12,000 Kindler every year, and you will also You can pay a price to exchange spells, knowledge, and materials from Gloria, and she will give you a higher exchange authority."

Wizards' debts are distributed layer by layer.

The expensive cost of spell learning must be allocated to middle and low-level wizards in the end, otherwise the cost of training high-level wizards is too staggering.

The time set by Sauron is three years.

For him, three years is enough, and when the time comes, the wizard in front of him will stay if he wants to. If you don't want to stay, get out.

For a wizard like this who has no possibility of advanced legend, it should be no problem for him to work for a year or so.

"Can."

The old wizard named Saruman stared at Sauron. He was a little confused about the identity of the other party, because Sauron looked like a wizard, but he was obviously as sharp as a wanderer. He might be a part-time adventurer. He bowed his head slightly to show his respect, no matter what angle he looked at. Sauron was able to stand in the Wizard Tower and talk to him, and his status was undoubtedly higher. The middle and lower wizards basically respected the high-ranking wizards.

He nodded slowly and said: "According to the contract, I will go to the overseas islands to work for you for three years, and you will pay me 12,000 Kindlers every year. After three years, I can decide on my own whether to stay or not."

Sauron glanced at him and replied, "Yes."

"If there is no problem, let's sign the contract. You can prepare, we will leave in three days."

Hiring a wizard is expensive.

Although Gloria also knows alchemy. But she must not be allowed to convert struvite for fertilizer.

Saruman in front of him is also a wizard who knows alchemy. Gloria said that he has a good level of alchemy. Such a thing should not trouble him.

When high-quality fertilizers are produced, Sauron will have another source of income, and at the same time, the farming of the overseas islands will also rise strongly.

Basically self-sufficiency will be easy.

Because of the presence of Gloria, Sauron was not worried that the wizard in front of him would play any tricks. So he readily paid half a year's salary. Anyway, after killing the adult white dragon, his value has increased a lot, and he has more funds in his hand, and the goods from the east are easy to sell in the north, so the witches have no way to refuse the exquisite silk and porcelain. No matter in any era, the consumption potential of women is quite astonishing. These wealthy witches can sell hundreds of thousands of Kindlers if they buy them casually.

There are not many things that can be taken away in the wizard tower.

Because although Gloria manages the wizard tower, it is not her private property.

………………

Hiring an alchemist is only part of Sauron's plan.

In addition, he also needs a batch of extraordinary weapons to arm his elite guards. The limit that can be bought on the south coast is precision forged military weapons. There is still a big gap between this kind of weapons and the first-order extraordinary equipment. . Sauron wanted to purchase more than 100,000 Kindler's first-order extraordinary weapons from the Witch Council at one time to arm his pirate army. This kind of +1 extraordinary weapon can only be equipped by the elite legion on land, so whether you can buy it depends on Gloria's right to speak.

Such a large-scale arms deal must be approved by the Witch Council!

According to the current market price, the price of a Tier 1 extraordinary weapon is about two hundred Kindlers. This time, Sauron is going to buy the equipment to arm five hundred elites.

It is estimated that the elite troops in a small city may not necessarily have such a high level of armed equipment.

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