Chapter 883: Building a City
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Murphy replied with a smile, "This is the right place for our chamber of commerce." ”
"Then I don't know how Miss Murphy can help us. Brute Hammer asked with a roar.
"We need to look into this before we can draw conclusions. Murphy had no idea what Cook was going to do, how he dared to commit to it.
Cook said with a smile next to him, "Two captains, I have something to talk to Miss Murphy first." ”
"Okay. Vincent replied.
Murphy gave a few words to the steward beside him, and then followed behind Cook with two guards, and the steward behind him was directly busy, and in less than a moment, barrels of wine, magic potions, and even equipment were taken out.
Once inside, Cook asked, "How's it going, have you gained anything?" ”
"It's too difficult to do business, a lot of city equipment, magic potions are the city lord in charge, we went to several cities, either the price given is too low, or simply refuse. Murphy replied complainingly.
Cook said with a smile: "Don't worry, aren't we here, this is the best opportunity to break into Cold Spring City and Gem City, let's lend a hand at this critical time, then our business in these two cities will slowly improve in the future, and take this opportunity to start trade, but now we have a big business." ”
"You're talking about transporting those people back. Murphy asked.
"No, it's kobolds. Cook said why the kobold had come to the surface.
As soon as Murphy heard this, he immediately knew what to do, Cook did not lack food in his hands, not to mention that there was a dimensional alliance, in the territory of the Golden Light Force, there was a lot of food grown by the flower elves, not to mention that kobolds were miscellaneous animals, and there were many huge animals in the ocean.
"If this thing is done well, we can monopolize the trade of kobolds, imagine how much profit tens of millions of kobolds will bring. Cook said with a smile.
After listening to Cook's words, Murphy stood up: "I'll make a plan first, we can't let go of this kind of monopoly trade." ”
Seeing Murphy walk out, Cook looked at Jin Guang and said, "The Jin Guang Chamber of Commerce is named by you. ”
"Words don't count. Jin Guangqian replied angrily.
"Forget it, these kobolds are still useful, but if those guys don't open their eyes, let's go and give them some good looks, come, I've got good wine here." Cook pulled out a bottle of wine.
Jin Guangqian didn't look at it, and directly put his claws up: "Two bottles." ”
"Two bottles, of course. Cook replied.
Jin Guangqian took a look and found that it was indeed two bottles of wine, and they were the best crystal bottles, and there was a layer of frost on the outside of the crystal bottles, and there was also a trace of coldness.
"What kind of wine is this. Jin Guangqian asked in surprise.
Jin Guang Qi didn't wait for Cook to answer, he took a sip directly, and then Jin Guang Qi shouted: "Cool, cool." ”
The next day, Cook brought Holo out, and Holo's unlucky bastard was his turn today, and it was obvious that the strength of his tribe was not very high.
"Holo, do you have any of these stones down there? Cook asked, pulling out a piece of copper ore.
"Much, we have a lot of ore under us, you are copper ore, and we have gems and magic crystals underneath, but those things are just beautiful. Seeing that he was free today, Holo seemed to be in a much better mood and talked more.
"Holo, how many people is there in your tribe. Cook asked again.
"It seems like 200,000. Holo replied.
"Holo, for your sake, I will give you a chance, I will exchange grain with you for all kinds of ores and gems. Murphy listened to Cook's words, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Cook was originally a fair deal, and when he was said like this, he was like a Holo owe favors.
Hollo didn't want to trade, but he was afraid that Cook would turn his face, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll ask the patriarch below to send the gem later." ”
Cook nodded, Hollow shouted on the city wall for a while, and the kobold who picked up Holo below was busy for a while, and all the gems were taken out, and the gems were used as decoration in the kobolds, that is, a good look, and not long after, dozens of gems of various colors were hung up by the guards around Murphy with ropes.
"Murphy, do the math. Cook said.
"A total of 13,000 catties of grain. Murphy opened his mouth and said, in fact, this is only one percent of the value of the gem itself, because there is a magic gem in this gem, 13,000 catties of grain, four copper coins a catty, and only 50,000 copper coins, a few gold coins, the freight is a big head, and the value of the gem is millions of gold coins, of course, Murphy is calculated according to gold coins, and the Sanctuary is calculated according to Yintel, in fact, the currency of the Sanctuary is very chaotic, and the currencies of various races are different.
"Bring the grain down. Cook commanded.
13,000 catties of grain, 50 catties of a bag, more than 200 bags, the same as a hill.
"Alright, Holo, let's have a good deal. Cook put Horo down, then turned and walked away.
The kobold man below was already red-eyed, because when he was carrying the grain just now, he deliberately broke a bag, and the golden corn flowed out, and the fragrance of the grain made the kobold man not far away swallow his saliva.
When Huo Luo saw that Cook and the others had gone up, he immediately pulled out his legs and ran, but after running a few steps, he turned his head and saw that there were only a few people on the city wall, and immediately screamed.
"Wow. When Holo's tribe heard Holo's roar, they immediately rushed up, and more than two hundred bags of grain were immediately emptied.
Soon after, the smell of grain came from the kobold camp, and some of these kobolds ate it raw, but under the education of Holo Cook, he finally knew that the fried grain was more delicious, but the smell of the grain made the whole camp riot again, thinking that so many kobolds were here, the leaves were eaten clean, and now there is food, and they can do anything if they are hungry.
The next day, an exchange kobold shaman, Cook found that the kobold who came to pick up the shaman below actually prepared the gem, Cook didn't say a word, traded.
This time, I exchanged 50,000 catties of grain, because yesterday's horo tribe didn't take out all the gems, this time it was terrible, and the other kobolds were afraid to trade.
To Cook's amusement, the kobolds traded in a very strange way, this side moved the grain, and the next wave of kobolds immediately surrounded the surroundings, and then put the gems under the city walls, quickly slipped away, and waited hundreds of meters away, waiting until Murphy ordered people to finish the grain, and then these kobolds rushed up and the deal was completed.
The trade continued, and the first one to trade ore was actually Holo, on this day, Holo took a group of hundreds of kobolds, each large and small, hundreds of bags of ore were dumped on the ground, and then Holo held back his fright and waited for Murphy and Cook to come down.
"Good, Holo, we need ore too. Cook patted Hollow on the shoulder.
Hundreds of bags of ore in exchange for a hundred bags of grain, in the eyes of Holo no matter how cost-effective, you must know that mining ore is not as difficult as hunting and gathering food.
This time it's terrible, there are ores being transported every day, Murphy originally wanted to calculate them separately, but that was too slow, so he unified the pricing according to copper ore, you must know that some of them are iron essence, copper concentrate ore.
Vincent and the others opened their mouths wide, these people knew the difference between the price of these ores and grain, and the two glanced at each other, and they both saw each other's helplessness.
Cook, Murphy, and Vincent, and Brute Hammer sat together, Vincent and Brute Hammer looked at Murphy and were shocked, because just now, Murphy proposed to build a new city here, and Murphy invited Vincent and Brute Hammer, of course, mainly to see the soldiers brought by these two people.
"We need to think about it. Although Vincent was holding back the excitement in his heart.
Building a city was something Vincent had never thought of, but now that it was in front of him, Brute Hammer said with some concern: "The distance between us and the dwarf territory is a little too close. ”
This sentence of the Brute Hammer has betrayed the mind of the Brute Hammer, far from the territory of the dwarves, please, you are a dwarf in itself, it is obvious that the Brute Hammer is already thinking about the future city.
Cook looked at the map Vincent had brought out and said, "Either we'll put some more distance on us." ”
"In this way, the kobolds' guardian beast, the Flame Crocodile, will not be a threat to us. Vincent couldn't help but speak.
"Hehe, those guys aren't coming, I'm going to go find trouble with those guys. Cook said with a smile.
Murphy glanced at Jin Guang and muttered to himself, "Even dragons are afraid of this little thing, let alone a wurm." ”
Cook looked at Vincent and Brute Hammer, and then said, "Anyway, our trade is also from the air, so we can choose some areas with steep terrain as long as there is a water source, and don't care about the ground." ”
"But the land in the forest has its own owner. Vincent said worriedly.
Murphy glanced at the two of them and said, "I forgot to say it, this time I brought all the battle frigates." ”
"Combat frigates. Vincent and Hammer glanced at each other.
Cook saw that both of them still looked worried, so he said: "You two, if you don't want to, then forget it, after all, the establishment of a city is not an overnight thing, and the investment is still huge." ”
The reason why Cook said this was mainly because Vincent and Brute Hammer were a little hesitant, and Cook was helping them make up their minds.
"Okay, let's fight. Vincent and Brute Hammer knew that Cook was forcing themselves to take a stand, and they looked at each other before agreeing.
Cook stood up and said, "Alright, you two go and see how many people are willing to follow, and then we'll survey the terrain first." ”
After Vincent and Brute Hammer went out, Murphy asked Cook: "Why do you want to pull them, do we have the strength to do it?" ”
"Hehe, this is our chance to integrate into the Sanctuary, and besides, we are the base camp inside the Hollow Mountain, and this is just a nail outside. Cook said with a smile.
Murphy nodded as if he didn't understand, and then said, "Anyway, I'm just in charge of business." ”
"Rest assured, the two of them will not have time to meddle in the management of the city in the future. Cook made a reassuring look at Murphy.
The next day, Murphy was still in charge of the transaction, Cook, Vincent, and Brute Hammer went to check a few places in advance, but they were not sure, as for the entrance to the underground world where the kobold was located, it was a huge pit more than ten kilometers wide, like a sinkhole.
In the end, the three of them unanimously decided to build a city in a mountain range more than thirty kilometers from the sinkhole, which was covered with snow-covered peaks, a small gentle basin in the middle, and a lake in the middle, surrounded by high mountains as a natural barrier, and on the other side of the basin was a gap, and here down was a relatively steep hillside, and then down was a river, and on the opposite side of the river was a forest.
"Let's build a bridge over the river, this is the first line of defense, and then build a winding road along the hillside, directly to this position, the gap in the basin, and then build a city wall at least fifty meters high, preferably all with molten iron, this is the first step to be completed, after the city is built, the surrounding high mountains must be built to build anti-aircraft fortresses, and on the side of the missing point, a huge smelting plant will be built to provide metal products for the whole city construction. Cook said, pointing to the blueprint of the city he had been drawing for two days.
"Goo. ”
"Coo-goo. ”
Vincent and Brute Hammer both swallowed their saliva, just that small basin is a hundred square kilometers, as for the gap in the basin, it is also two kilometers wide, and there are winding mountain roads more than 3,000 meters high, bridges spanning more than 200 meters, and more than a dozen air defense fortresses on the surrounding peaks.
Vincent glanced at Brute Hammer and Cook and said, "I don't understand anything, I'll just be in charge of the guard." ”
"Okay, but I need at least 50,000 regular troops in a year. Cook nodded.
"What about me. Brute Hammer was a little dissatisfied with Vincent's statement, and asked angrily.
"Brute Hammer, I think you need to be responsible for this smelter, and there is also a bridge that spans more than two hundred meters, I am going to build it all of fine iron, directly across the past, as well as winding mountain roads, the construction of the city wall, by the way, there is also a huge sluice on this side of the lake, which will be used to store water, build a five-hundred-ton water flow forging machine, and the surrounding fortress, as well as the road leading to this fortress from the city, you are responsible for all of this. Cook said a lot.
When Brute Hammer saw the blueprint of the bridge designed by Cook that spanned more than 200 meters and was built with all the fine iron, his saliva was about to flow, and when he heard that there was still a 500-ton water forging machine, he couldn't wait to kiss Cook twice, and then he was dumbfounded when he heard that he was in charge of such a big mess.
"As for the money, I'll figure it out. Cook saw Man Cui's dumbfounded face, and finally said his own thing.
"Okay, but I need at least 100,000, no, 150,000. Hammer exclaimed excitedly.
"No, it's just enough to need 30,000 people, don't forget, we have kobolds, there are so many kobolds, we can use them vigorously." Cook replied with a smile.
The next thing is the relocation, in fact, there is nothing, but more than 20,000 people, only more than 10,000 people are willing to follow Brute Hammer and Vincent, and the rest are ready to build an outpost in the same place, it is conceivable that this place will definitely be valued by some people, and then build a city, with water, place, and good defenses.
The fleet of magic energy spaceships made more than a dozen trips back and forth, not only transporting a large number of people, but also a large number of building materials, and the kobolds rushed to the new place one after another when they heard that Cook had changed places, but the kobolds' small short legs took at least a month, and in this month, Murphy waved a large amount of orders to and from various cities.
All kinds of tools and instruments were transported back one after another, as well as hoarded grain, smelting factories began to be set up, seeing a ton of crucibles, the brute hammer was very excited, the ore was crushed and smelted, countless dwarves, gnomes were constantly busy, and Vincent came to Cook every day to ask for someone.
Cook had to recruit people in various cities, and he was very busy anyway.
With the arrival of the first kobolds, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the kobolds were still scared at first, but some of them were very hungry, after participating in the labor for a day, they could not eat all the food, and they could save a part, only a few on the first day, but thousands on the second day, tens of thousands on the third day, and finally the kobolds were hired more than 150,000.
The kobold took the tools, and after a rumbling explosion of engineering bombs, began to clear the stones, Cook implemented a contract system, the winding mountain road continued to extend, the piers on both sides of the bridge were slowly raised, and the ore collected by countless kobolds was purchased and then entered the smelter.
"A little to the left, a little to the left, over, over, okay, that's all. Cook watched as the magic spaceship was hanging a bridge skeleton made of dozens of tons of fine iron, and as the smelter continued to smelt, the bridge components were made out one by one, and then they were placed.
The gnomes, the dwarves are busy, shouting, the bridge deck Cook is ready to take the use of ironwood, the kobolds have collected a lot of ironwood, the funniest thing is that the thirty kilometers from the entrance sinkhole of the underground world to the river on the other side of the river have been divided up by large and small kobold tribes, and large and small camps have been established, and the kobolds have piled up the collected ores, magic plants, and other things in the camp, and a certain number of them will come to the bridgehead to trade, and there is a simple trading point at the bridgehead.
"Gollum, Gollum. "A small cart full of ore slowly entered the trading point under the pull of a gopher, this is the latest from the smelter, first there are kobolds who are unwilling to trade, but when some kobolds find that they are not as many as one of them, this kind of ore truck sales immediately became popular.
"Cook, what's the matter, hurry up, I'm still busy. Brute Hammer said urgically, Vincent was also impatient, obviously the two of them had a lot of things.
"I think we need to issue currency. Cook spoke, and when Vincent and Hammer heard Cook's words, their faces became solemn at the same time. (To be continued)