321. Master Hercules
Old Kui'an joined the Void Duchy, which was a good thing for both the Void Principality and Old Kui'an.
The inheritance of forging skills, this is not a casual thing, and if you can use this highly professional term, then this inheritance must at least be handed down in the chaotic era. In that war-torn era, demonized weapons were like ordinary weapons today, they were all made in batches, and basically even ordinary soldiers could use bronze demonized weapons.
However, with the end of the chaotic era, the stability of the continent's power structure, and the exhaustion of various precious resources, so in addition to the problem of craftsmanship, there is also the problem of raw materials in the manufacture of demonic equipment. Even if it is to make a bronze demonization weapon, it will require at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of gold coins, and this is only the cost price, Sean has spent some energy and time before ordering a gold-grade demonization weapon for the Pan-continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance, of course, the materials he asked for were three times.
This is perfectly normal for alchemists: no alchemist can guarantee to forge a demonic weapon in one pass - except for Sean.
So in fact, Sean was greedy for the other two pieces of demonic equipment that were enough to make zuò gold grade. It's just that he didn't use these equipment to make gold-grade demonization equipment, but handed them over to Kaidi to practice and make a batch of bronze and silver-grade demonization equipment, which can be regarded as completing the capital accumulation of the Void Principality in the early stage. Later, after selling these demonization equipment to the Pan-continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance, he had the first start-up capital for the purchase of demonization equipment.
But after the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance turned around, Sean's current demonization equipment forging materials are mainly purchased from the Savage Lands. Even if it is purchased from other territories or chambers of commerce that are not part of the Chamber of Commerce Alliance. Because of the journey and transit, the price is also much more expensive. In this way, the profit that can be earned is not too high, after all, the demonization equipment produced by the Void Principality is not very high-quality. Alternatives to other alchemist blacksmiths can always be found on the mainland, but they don't have the high production of the Void Duchy and the steady output of two or three pieces per month.
It's just that these are all based on the acquisition of stable materials, and once there is no source of these materials, then even if Sean forms a large-scale forging team, there is nothing he can do. And now because of the limitations of materials, it is now difficult for the Void Principality to forge demonic equipment above the silver grade, and the highest quality is only a powerful bronze-level demonic weapon. Although the selling price cannot be higher than that of silver, if the Void Principality sells it itself, then there is no need to give others commissions or intermediary fees. In terms of pricing, it is completely up to the Void Duchy itself.
There is nothing more lucrative than the sale of demonic equipment, not even the exclusive equipment of magicians and all kinds of alchemical potions and magic potions.
Sean wrote a letter to Old Quinn and asked him to bring it to Neil in Void City, and Neil would arrange the rest of the matter.
No one knows better than Neil, who manages the affairs of the entire realm, how much the Void Duchy is now subject to economic constraints. Although the addition of Old Kuian cannot give the Void Principality any benefits for the time being, but will pay for his next exercises, in the long run, Old Kuian has played a great role in the future of the entire Void Principality.
As long as there is a stable source of materials, the Void Principality will be able to produce two gold craftsmen in the future.
Now the entire Miracle Continent. There are no more than thirty craftsmen who can create gold-grade demonic equipment - after all, this is a real world, not a game. Later in the game, players who practice the blacksmith sub-job will not have a problem rushing to the level of a goldsmith as long as they have enough materials.
Old Quian quickly packed his things. He only left two people in this blacksmith shop, and the other apprentices were taken with him.
Of these two people, one is his grandson Little Kuian. One is the middle-aged man who came to the front desk to be in charge of cashiering.
The old Quian blacksmith shop had been rooted in Roma City for a long time, when the old Quian suddenly left with a group of apprentices. Naturally, it attracted the attention of a certain Cheng dù. After all, one-seventh of the commercial tax in Roma City was supported by the old Quian blacksmith's shop, which was a lot of money for any city lord. No one will give up lightly. But there is no valid reason, and you can't detain the other party, especially if Old Kui'an is going to Void City.
Now in the aristocratic circle of the entire Ryan Kingdom, the Void Principality gives them the impression that it is like a magical beast, and no one knows when this magical beast will burst out and hurt people.
Money is important, but there is another premise for this, that is, there is a life to spend.
If even your life is gone, then what do you want so much money for?
Sean saw this better than anyone else, so he didn't go to help old Kui'an out of the siege. He believed that Old Kui'an had been able to stand tall in Roma City for so many years, and even the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance had not been able to get any benefits, and he must have his own means of superiority.
So Sean still stayed in the blacksmith shop, chatting with little Quian.
However, Xiao Kui'an obviously had to be a little restrained, after all, he didn't know Sean's identity before, so he still didn't care, but now that he knew Sean's identity, he couldn't do the same attitude as before anyway.
Sean sighed helplessly in his heart: after all, he was not the one who founded the country with him, and there was no way to maintain a normal mentality.
In fact, with Sean's current status and identity, as well as a series of feats in founding the country, except for those followers who laid the foundation with Sean today, even those who came to vote in the later stage or those in the Barbarian Federation could not maintain an equal mentality with Sean. And even these people can't, let alone the nobles of the Ryan Kingdom and Xiao Kui'an, who are not even squires.
For a moment, Sean was not interested, he knew that continuing to stay here would only make little Quian and the apprentice more uncomfortable.
"By the way, do you know a guy named Hercules?" Sean thought about it and decided to find an excuse to leave.
Bess only said that Hercules was in the area of the Roma steppe, but the area around here was very vast, and it was not immediately possible to find it, so he just asked casually, preparing to use this as an excuse to leave here. The reason why he came to Roma City was purely to take on the Bronze Body's mission, as long as the task was received, he would leave here quickly, and he did not intend to make any stay here in Rom City.
"Hercules?" Xiao Kuian frowned and thought for a moment, "There seem to be two or three of them in Roma City with this name, can you make it clear?" ”
Hearing Xiao Kui'an's words, Sean was stunned for a moment, should he let his blind cat run into a dead mouse, right?
So, Sean didn't care about saying anything more, and immediately opened his mouth to describe the characteristics of Hercules in his memory.
"Oh, there really is such a person in Roma City." Xiao Kuian clapped his hands suddenly, "That young man always has an old man-like tone and attitude, he lives in Dongcheng District, which is a rich area, and I don't know where this young man got so much money, it is estimated that it was left by his ancestors." …… However, I heard that the city lord wanted to find him trouble, and it seemed that he wanted to make a mistake, but then he didn't know what was going on, and the matter was over, and now few people in the city dared to provoke him. ”
Hearing Little Quin's words, Sean's mind was like a lightning bolt at this time.
At this moment, he finally remembered why he thought Hercules looked familiar!
This Hercules is the initiator of the Sanctuary Quest!
When I was first in the game, players located in the Southern Continent basically had to start the Sanctuary quest from Hercules. It's just that he's just a quest starter, as long as he completes a small quest he assigns, he will ask the player to find the Four Great Ascetics, and only at this point can he really start the Bronze Body quest. So Sean remembered the four great ascetics, and he remembered the opening part of the mission, but he just didn't remember Hercules.
Who would remember a character who was just playing the show?
In the entire Sanctuary mission, Hercules only appeared once at the beginning, and there was nothing related to him after that.
But now it seems that it is clear that this Hercules is not simple.
Being able to make Bess feel tricky, and being the initiator of the Sanctuary Quest, these few points alone are enough to prove Hercules' strength.
Sean didn't mean to stay here any longer, he quickly said goodbye to Little Quian, and then got up and walked towards Dongcheng District. For this Hercules' residence, since Sean has already remembered it, then he also knows that the other party lives there, this is one of his tasks, if he doesn't know, then he has really played this game for so many years.
A short time later, Sean arrived in front of Hercules' residence.
It is a separate courtyard.
It can be seen that the rich people of Rûm are quite good at enjoying life, and there are twenty separate courtyards on this street, and it is not a problem for two or three hundred people to live in each courtyard. However, this is not the focus of Sean's attention, he noticed that these courtyards have their own personal guards, although the number of people does not seem to be very large, but these people all have the level of upper bronze, and a few of them are still lower silver, which is almost comparable to the general viscount family heritage.
Could it be that the people who live here are all nobles of Lane?
Otherwise, how could the Count of Rûm allow these people to have private guards in their own city?
However, Sean only glanced at it, and with his current level of strength, even if all these people were on it together, they would not be his opponents. So he knocked on the door of Hercules' courtyard directly, and then said, "Master Hercules, are you there?" (To be continued......)
PS: Because there are some temporary things today, it may not break out, I'm sorry, I strive for four more compensation.