Chapter 358 Rich Family
The first high-level plenary meeting in Phoenix has come to an end, and the entire agenda is very short.
However, after the others left, Sunaifa did not leave together, but stayed alone.
Gaode and she still have some things that need to be discussed in secret.
After everyone left, Sunaifa waved his hand gently, and a stream of cold air seeped out. Fine ice crystals quickly climbed along the cracks in the door, sealing the room into a secret room isolated from the world.
"I will only stay for a day or two this time, and then I will leave." Gaode got straight to the point and explained the situation first.
There is a shipyard waiting for him to acquire over the Plantagenet dynasty, and he cannot leave it for too long.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Where did you go through the astral teleportation, and did you encounter any dangers?" As one of the few people who knew about "astral teleportation", Sunaifa was concerned about Gothe and was also very curious about Gothe's experience during this period.
Hongde has always been very frank and trusting towards Sunaifa.
This is actually mutual.
Sunaifa, as the war mother of the Zhenbing tribe, possesses absolutely powerful strength and power, but she can give unreserved trust and support to him who is only a first-level mage and a foreigner. Naturally, he will give the same treatment to Sunaifa.
Hence, Gothe told Sunaifa what he had experienced in the past two and a half months without any concealment, and also revealed his next plan.
"Phoenix lacks too many things, whether it is resources, knowledge or skills. Only by establishing connections with the outside world can we fill this gap."
"But with Phoenix's current size and strength, if we rush to establish contact with the outside world, we will easily be squeezed and exploited and lose our initiative."
"I acquired the shipyard to solve this problem. If I have my own shipyard, I can build my own fleet, and then initially establish a trade channel between Lagos City and Walal Bay." Gothe's eyes flashed, as if he had unfolded a blueprint for the future: "A trade channel in my hands."
"With both ends under my control, risks can be avoided to the greatest extent."
"The scale of the initial trade should not be too large, otherwise it will easily attract the attention of others."
"My king, you have thought carefully." Sunaifa first praised his virtues as usual, his voice was steady and cold, a bit unlike the emotion that should be expected when praising someone.
After getting along with each other during this time, Gaode has actually heard many, many similar words.
For Sunaifah, such a compliment is not "hypocritical", but it is not very "sincere", because it is actually more like a casual mantra.
In layman terms, it is equivalent to the phrase "Awesome, brother" that brothers talk about all day long.
"Acquire shipyards, purchase shops, and manufacture first-level rune structures." Afterwards, Sunaifa turned to the topic and began to take stock of the major things that Gaode would do next.
"There is also the magic potion of [Quick Digging] to purchase," Gothe added: "This spell will be of great use to the construction of Phoenix. I am planning to promote it among the mages in the clan."
The average price of a one-ring magic potion is 40 gorse coins.
"At least 20 spells and potions are needed to barely meet the current construction and production needs."
"Add spells and potions." Sunaifa nodded slightly and quickly sorted out the results: "My king, in order to accomplish these things, the money required is 10,000 gorse coins and above. 12,000 gorse coins is a relatively safe and secure line. If the purchase price is half, then It is necessary to come up with supplies worth 24,000 Plantagenet coins. "
"At the same time, the amount of supplies should not be too large, otherwise you will not be able to bring it back to the Plantagenet Dynasty through astral teleportation." Sunaifa was thinking carefully, frowning, and Gaode was slightly embarrassed.
————It sounds like my requirements are indeed a bit harsh.
"Extraordinary objects in the north are relatively in demand in the Plantagenet Dynasty, and can generally be purchased at a premium of 10% to 20%." Gaode added.
"Okay, I know," Sunaifa seemed to have thought of something. His frown slowly relaxed and he chuckled, "My king, please come this way."
Sunaifa took Gaode to the treasure house of the Zhenbing tribe.
The treasure house is located near the Ice Jade Sycamore Tree, and the entrance is covered by a thick layer of ice crystals.
But Sunaifa just waved his hand casually, and the ice crystal slowly opened like an automatic door, revealing a deep passage.
The inner walls of the passage are inlaid with ice crystals that emit a faint blue light, illuminating the interior of the treasure house.
“Actually, this place is empty most of the time, but since I knew you were in need, I asked my tribe to start paying attention to and collecting extraordinary objects. Now the collection has gradually become richer.” Sunaifa introduced while leading the way.
When entering the treasure house, the first thing that catches the eye is a huge ice sculpture. The sculpture is lifelike of Boreas, the first generation war mother of the Zhenbing tribe.
The surrounding walls are also made of thick ice crystals, and there are many ice shelves inside the treasure house, as well as some storage boxes in the corners.
The items on the shelves are of various styles, including ores that emit all kinds of light, some mysterious animal bones, or some strange parts of earth-line creatures.
In addition, there are some magic plants placed in transparent ice crystal boxes.
"And just recently, the Frostwolf Clan and Winter's Hammer just handed over a ransom to redeem their War Mother, which greatly enriched the inventory of the treasure house." As he spoke, Sunaifa had already come to a shelf, removed an ice crystal box with the hands of a mage, and handed it to Gothe.
"This is specially prepared for you."
Prepared for me?
Gothe took the box curiously. Inside was a pale rhizome shaped like a human finger bone. The bright red blood-like juice could be vaguely seen inside, flowing slowly in the dim light, as if it was pulsating with life.
He opened the box.
A faint smell of blood assaulted his nostrils.
The touch of this rhizome was cold and biting, but it also had a strange warmth. Gothe held it in his hand, as if he was holding a strange thing intertwined with ice and fire.
"What is this?" Gothe asked in surprise.
"Therefore, after the snow wolf gets old, if it has enough energy, the Frostwolf clan will provide it with food and shelter until it dies naturally. If food is scarce, a ritual slaughter will be held for the old snow wolf." A strange magical plant that grows under the land where the Wolf clan members perform ritual slaughter. "
"It is born in the extreme cold and grows by absorbing the blood of snow wolves. The juice contains powerful and pure magical power that is different from absorption. After eating, it can increase the magical power of the eater."
"I think you should need this, so I specifically added this when issuing the ransom."
"Fortunately, what they want to ransom is their own war mother, otherwise the Frostwolf clan would be reluctant to take out the wolf blood ginseng. After all, they don't have much of this thing themselves." Sunaifa smiled slyly.
What a great thing to increase your mana power!
"It is indeed what I need. Thank you for your thoughtfulness." He put the wolf blood ginseng back into the box and received it solemnly in his arms.
"It should be." Sunaifa responded, while using the hands of the mage, he took out ten ice crystal boxes from the deeper shelves and handed them to Gothe.
The box is transparent, so the contents in the box can be seen clearly.
Each box contains five blades made of ice crystals.
"These are the fallen leaves of the Bingyu Wutong!" Gothe was stunned for a moment, and then reacted instantly.
When the Ice Jade Wutong was advancing, all the old leaves fell off, and there were three to four hundred leaves. At that time, Sunaifa ordered people to collect them all.
"Yes, when the patron saint tree is upgraded, it sheds a total of 360 leaves, exactly one year, and here are fifty of them."
Ice jade sycamore leaves soaked in water and drunk have the magical effect of improving the spiritual power of the mage. For the mage, they are even more precious than the magic plants that increase the mana.
Such a treasure will never be purchased at half the price; it will even be put up for auction.
Gaode drank the Ice Jade Wutong Water for the first time, and his mental power increased from 100 to 132.
Of course, for the more advanced the mage, the effect of Ice Jade Wutong Water on increasing mental power will be smaller.
For a fourth-ring mage like Sunaifa, it may be considered good to be able to increase his mental power by 3 points.
So, Ice Jade Sycamore Leaf is most suitable for a first-level mage, and in a sense it can be equivalent to a first-level magic potion.
But the price is definitely not calculated like this, because it can permanently improve the basic attributes of the mage.
Hence, its value is almost equivalent to the extraordinary equipment one level higher. The price of an ice jade sycamore leaf is about three hundred gorse coins.
Fifty ice jade sycamore leaves are fifteen thousand gorse coins.
The unit price is high, the size is small, and you don’t have to worry about getting rid of it. This is not an ice jade sycamore leaf, it is clearly a gold leaf!
The problem that Gaode was worried about was solved in an instant.
To be honest, for most forces, treasures like the Ice Jade Sycamore Leaf will never be resold. They will keep them for internal digestion or barter with other forces in exchange for treasures that they will not resell.
Because many treasures cannot be bought with money, and ice jade sycamore leaves are such a thing.
Both Gothe and Sunaifa understand this truth.
But they understand the priorities better, and in this situation, they can no longer care about these.
Furthermore, the ice jade sycamore leaves are renewable resources, so it is not difficult to accept part of the emergency supply.
"With these, Harland Shipyard is in the bag." Gothe said with satisfaction, everything is moving steadily in the direction he planned.
“There is a ready-made ketch in the Harland Shipyard. After successfully acquiring the Harland Shipyard, I will recruit crew members to go to sea as soon as possible.
One is to send Elsa and Anna to the North, and the other is to transport some craftsmen, wood and other materials that the North is currently lacking."
"At the same time, the northern border also needs to prepare some resources that can be stably supplied as return goods and transport them to the Plantagenet Dynasty for sale. Then the income can be used to build more ships and purchase more materials to transport to the northern border. In this way, a trade route is initially established." Gaude said slowly.
Only through exchange of needed trade and optimal allocation of resources can we inject continuous power into the development of Phoenix.
"Over Valar Bay, we must also seize the time to build a usable port. It does not need to be too big or formal, just enough."
The port is the gateway connecting the northern border with the outside world and a key hub for trade. Although large-scale construction is not currently required, it is necessary to have a port that can meet basic needs as soon as possible to prepare for the upcoming trade exchanges.
"No problem." Sunaifa agreed, then hesitated, and then confirmed: "Are Elsa and Anna very important?"
“Very important.” Gao De affirmed.
"They are the subjugated princesses of the Principality of Zidian. Of course, this identity is not important. What is important is the talents of these two people."
"First of all, Anna. Although she is young, her talent in runes is astonishing. I will teach her runes myself. If possible, I hope she can serve as the chief runes director of the Phoenix Ministry of Education in the future."
Her talent in calculations makes her a natural candidate for learning this.
"As for Elsa, according to my preliminary understanding, she is a well-known princess who has received royal education since she was a child. She is proficient in politics, diplomacy, economics and even military knowledge, and has unique insights and outstanding talents in management."
“During her father’s reign, she actively participated in the handling of national affairs. Whether it was the construction and planning of people’s livelihood in the Principality of Xidian, or diplomatic negotiations and trade with neighboring countries, she was involved in everything, and was highly praised by the people of the Principality of Xidian.”
"This kind of talent is very important to Phoenix at the moment."
"Would people with such status and experience be willing to join us? To outsiders, we are aliens." Sunaifa raised his concerns.
"Yes, as long as she comes to the north, it is equivalent to getting on our chariot, and she will naturally do her best."
Gothe affirmed: "Her country has been destroyed, and she is still being chased by the people of the Principality of Russia and is fleeing in all directions. The north can provide them with shelter, so how can she have other thoughts?"
"Without the protection of the North, she would not even be able to protect her own life."
"And once they come to the North, their fate will be closely tied to us. The better Phoenix develops, the more stable her status will be, and the higher her value will be."
"So, from the perspective of interests, Aisha will also go all out. She is a smart person and knows what to do." Gothe continued, clearly and logically.
"My king, you have left no stone unturned." Sunaifa said another "praise" in a calm mood.
"By the way, help me prepare some pieces of meat from high-level earth-line creatures, preferably those with level three or above." Gothe suddenly remembered something.
This is the ration prepared for dumplings.
As long as the capybara eats enough high-quality food containing magic power and blood during its growth period, it can successfully grow into a second-ring creature.
If you want to advance to a higher level, the resources required will increase exponentially, making it extremely difficult.
After all, high-quality food containing magic power and vitality is not cheap.
First of all, hunting leyline creatures is not an easy task. They live in the wilderness and are powerful. Hunting them requires a lot of energy and huge risks.
Secondly, not all leyline creatures are edible. Some leyline creatures contain highly toxic substances, or their flesh is rough and difficult to eat. Even if a lot of energy is spent hunting them, they cannot be used as food.
Only those leyline creatures that have been specially selected and whose meat is tender and non-toxic can be used as food.
Finally, it is also very difficult to transport the edible corpses of leyline creatures back to the city.
This does not mean that you can bring back as many corpses as you hunted and killed.
Mages often need to carry a large amount of equipment and supplies when going deep into the wilderness, and the load itself is already heavy
Therefore, it is very likely that a mage will spend two or three days going deep into the forest and killing a small group of earth-line creatures. In the end, due to the problem of load-bearing, he can only spend another two or three days bringing back the body of one of the earth-line creatures.
The combination of these three means that the flesh and blood of earth-line creatures is extremely valuable. Generally, only nobles can afford it, let alone feeding it to pet animals, which is too luxurious.
But for Gothe, this is an extremely small problem.
The Zhenbing Tribe has nothing else. There is really no shortage of flesh and blood of earth-line creatures.
The Zhenbing Tribe has a powerful ice-born mage as a hunter. The flesh and blood of first-level earth-line creatures cannot be seen without even a glance. Starting with the flesh and blood of second-level creatures, Tuanzi will definitely enjoy the top-notch treatment that only the "Capybara King" can have.