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Sean now has not only one of them under his command, who has been officially promoted to the middle level of the silver smith. Rak, and he also has a team of blacksmiths made up of hundreds of dwarves, goblins, and gnomes. These people are now in important positions in the Void Principality, and they are in charge of all the facilities of the research institute and the arsenal, basically including the improvement of the shock shield, the development of new armor, etc., but more often, they are involved in the forging of demonic weapons.
With such a highly professional team, the Void Principality is now able to successfully produce three to five Bronze Demonized Weapons or two Silver Demonized Weapons per month. However, the level of demonization is not high, it is basically a small effect and a medium effect, and only once a fluke has a strong effect, but even this has allowed the Void Principality to collect tens of millions of pan-continent gold coins in the past few years - these are the fundamental reasons why the entire Void Principality has been able to fight the war until now.
Of course, this is mainly because the Void Duchy and the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance are in the honeymoon period, and all the demonized equipment produced is sold by the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance - in fact, such a stable output is much stronger than the legendary fire hammer, so the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance has a stable demonized weapon sales route, basically both sides are in a win-win situation.
It's just that when Anno's death was discovered by Sean, and the people of the Pan-continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance were also involved, he didn't care whether this was the intention of some people in the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance, or the meaning of the alliance's high-level leaders, he directly caught them all. In this way, the relationship between the two sides has officially broken down once again - anyway, the Pan-continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance has also obtained the franchise of the teleportation magic array, whether it is necessary to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Sean. It doesn't matter anymore.
If Sean can steadily produce gold-grade demonic equipment, then the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance may choose to swallow his anger.
Silver and bronze only. It is not enough to make the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance bow its head.
As a result, the Void Principality now has a backlog of dozens of bronze and silver demonic weapons - after the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance blocked the Void Principality's trade routes. The Void Duchy's current trade business can be said to be struggling. Basically, those chambers of commerce that have the ability to eat so many demonic weapons must be organizations that have joined the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance, and those who have not joined can only eat one or two pieces at most, and the bargaining price is a bit outrageous, so Sean simply doesn't sell it.
Neil had also thought about finding an agent before, but unfortunately the Void Principality's foundation in terms of trade and economy was still too thin. Compared with the military and generals, it already has a level of heritage comparable to those old kingdoms. It's just that everyone knows that they want to feed so many generals, armies, and strong people. This cost is not small, if it weren't for the fact that these people have all followed Sean to fight so far, and now Sean is still alive and well, the Void Principality would have collapsed from the inside.
So, here at the old Quian blacksmith shop, Sean found a good agent.
He didn't wait too long outside, and soon little Quian came to invite Sean in, but this time he was much more respectful, and he no longer had the casual and bold appearance he had before. And the person in charge of guarding the shop pù was another apprentice. He is much older than Little Kui'an, and he should be an old apprentice who has followed Old Kui'an for some time, and being able to let an apprentice manage the cashier is enough to prove that Old Kui'an trusts this apprentice.
Follow behind little Quinn. Sean walked through the movable door and came to a courtyard.
The courtyard is small in size, but it is very small and chicly decorated. He even opened a spring to bring the water from the cold spring to the fire on the other side of the courtyard. A cold pool is formed, which allows the blacksmith to quickly cool down the blacksmith without having to go far.
Sean glanced at it casually. Then I found that the facilities in this blacksmith workshop are very complete, and the layout is also very reasonable. There are five furnaces alone, and there are as many as ten anvils, and although there is only one cooling pool, the space is quite large, even if seven or eight people are surrounded by cooling work at the same time. When Sean came in, there were more than a dozen people who looked like apprentices working, and they were wielding hammers and striking the blades with a very strong rhythm, and the sound of clanging was unexpectedly forming a unique tune.
A hint of surprise flashed in Sean's eyes, this was actually a blacksmith shop with forging inheritance skills.
Only those with relatively old forging techniques can produce a super rhythmic sound like a tune when striking iron.
"Lord Sean?" An old man who seemed to be in great spirits greeted Sean.
The old man's physique, like a violent bear, was actually a whole circle bigger than Xiao Kui'an, and his muscles were full, and it could be seen that his strength was obviously not low. He was different from ordinary blacksmiths, that is, this old man not only had gray hair, but also did not shave off his beard, as if he was afraid that others would not know his age, and his eyes were not cloudy at all, but full of a kind of sharpness.
"I am." Sean nodded.
"How?" The old man was not polite at all, and asked directly, and the look of distrust was particularly obvious.
Sean didn't talk nonsense, he directly flipped his hand and took the real Black King in his hand.
The old man's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he reached out to get the Black King, and Sean didn't remind him. Sure enough, the moment the old man picked up the Black King, the whole person's body sank suddenly, obviously carelessly and did not accurately estimate the weight of the Black King.
But this old man is not simple.
Because the Black King dragged the old man's body to sink, but before he touched the ground, he was already lifted up by the old man. It's just that he's okay to hold it, but if he wants to wield this Black King at will like Sean and Nolo, it's really a bit overwhelming.
"Sure enough, it's the Grand Duke's weapon!" The old man let out a sigh of amazement, "What a perfect weapon...... Whether it's weight, or sharpness. Really...... It's just not comparable to the fakes I've made. …… The chill emanating from this is probably a lot of blood. ”
"It's still a work-in-progress." Sean smiled.
"What!?" The old man let out an exclamation. The look at the Black King looked incredulous, "This ...... How is this possible......"
"In terms of quality. Actually, it's already very good, but I'm not satisfied yet, so I ...... He can only be considered a half-finished product. Sean smiled,
"Him?" The old man keenly noticed that Sean's use of the word was not "it", but "he".
The meaning of this is completely different.
However, Sean didn't intend to explain, although the old man's face was a little reluctant, and it seemed that he wanted to study it for a while, but he still had to return the weapon to Sean: "I'm sorry, Lord Sean." I am old Quin, the owner of this blacksmith shop. …… I'm sorry for copying and selling your weapon. But I think you should too, those guys from the Pan-continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance before ......"
Copying a Grand Duke's weapon can be big or small.
If Sean really makes a fuss, then it is not impossible to demote Lao Kui'an's family to slaves, and even their shop pù and everything in the shop pù will belong to Sean. But if Sean doesn't plan to pursue it, then there's nothing wrong with that. Even Count Råm could not come to the trouble of the blacksmith's shop, for he had no valid excuse.
When the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance tried to swallow this shop before, it went to Count Rohm, but unfortunately Count Rohm couldn't find any excuse. So the matter can only be put on hold for the time being. Originally, they could have written to Sean and informed him that they would have found an excuse to take the store. It's just that the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance and the Void Principality are also in an unpleasant situation, and they also want to swallow this shop privately. That's why no letter was sent to the Void Duchy.
As a result, I didn't expect that Sean would suddenly come to Roma City in person. And discover these absurdities in the realm of Lane today.
"I can understand that." Sean nodded, "I'm not here to talk to you about this, though. ”
"I know." Old Quin's expression also became serious, "Lord Sean, do you want us to help you sell those demonic weapons......
"It's not about me, it's up to you to act as an agent." Sean smiled, "To be honest, I appreciate your craftsmanship, but after seeing your layout here, I know one thing, you are a family with a legacy of forging skills. …… It stands to reason that you should also be able to forge demonic equipment......"
Hearing Sean's words, Old Quian showed a look of shock, but quickly shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Forging those high-quality equipment is already my full strength." If you want to forge demonic equipment, how can it be so easy, not to mention that we don't have so many gold coins to buy materials...... Forging a bronze demonized weapon, to say the least, is hundreds of thousands of material costs, which is ...... Let's not eat or drink to make money, and we can't make it up for ten years. ”
Hearing Old Quin's words, Sean understood a little.
This demonic equipment is made from scratch, and the materials needed are cheaper.
Not to mention the flame lion fangs in Alfred's hand, let's just say that Rena's flame spear was shattered, and Sean still grabbed a lot of materials from the Gray Shadow Black Market before getting it, if it was a purchase, it would definitely not be possible to build it without one or two million. Moreover, not every forger has Sean's level and experience, like the professional team of the Void Principality, it is possible to practice nearly ten weapon materials every month, which is also a large expenditure.
And how much does a blacksmith shop earn per year?
After thinking about this, Sean simply became interested in solicitation. This grandfather and grandson have a legacy of forging skills. Rak's help is also not small, if they let each other learn from each other, and then Sean will provide materials to practice, maybe they will really be able to create gold-grade demonic equipment, if it is really successful, then it doesn't matter if there is a pan-continental chamber of commerce alliance or not, Sean can completely open his own auction in the Void Principality.
In this way, the Pan-Continental Chamber of Commerce Alliance will no longer be able to pose any threat to the Void Principality in terms of economy and trade!
Thinking of this, Sean was not polite, and directly said his thoughts to Old Kuian.
As for Lao Kui'an, he was also a very high-spirited person, and when he heard Sean's words, the two sides immediately hit it off, he didn't even plan to ask for this shop, and he was going to move directly to Sean's principality. It's just that Sean came to find an agent, and what he liked was the reputation of Lao Kui'an's old store, so at Sean's request, Lao Quian finally agreed to give the store to Sean, and Sean sent someone to take care of and sell it. (To be continued......)
PS: Tomorrow will break out, don't say anything.