Arcane Lord

It was already late at night, but on the second floor of the backyard of a store in the east area of ​​Savile Town, President Hans and others who had just left Derrick Manor gathered together again.

After dismissing the servants who came to bring some food and drink, President Hans closed the doors and windows himself, and the three of them sat around a flickering candle.

Looking at the floating flames, the three of them seemed to see their future destiny. After a long time, President Massa of the Slavin Chamber of Commerce suddenly said:

"You two, do we really want to tie all our wealth to the Daxia Territory, which doesn't even have a single citizen?"

"Then what else do you want? Competing with several chambers of commerce under Derrick for food in the Saville Territory?" President Fleck of the Shining Gold Chamber of Commerce shook his head and said disdainfully, as if he was mocking or self-deprecating.

"The Savile Territory has been developing for so many years. If it weren't for the orcs, it would have expanded abroad a long time ago. Small chambers of commerce like ours are not as close as other people's cronies, and we don't have the background and strength of foreign chambers of commerce. If we participate rashly, we will only be eaten to our bones. None left."

President Fleck's words seemed to resonate with the other two presidents. President Hans slapped the table and said bitterly with a sense of resentment:

"That's right. Even without the development, our life would not be easy. Some time ago, people from the Plantagenet Chamber of Commerce were caught for smuggling grain. It had nothing to do with me at first, but the tax officer still charged an extra two hundred yuan as an excuse. A gold coin. If I hadn’t mentioned that I knew Lord Derrick, it would have been more than two hundred gold coins.”

"Two hundred gold coins?" The other two people also shook their heads.

Two hundred gold coins was nothing to them, but this behavior of constantly deducting money made them feel uneasy. It would be okay if they completely leaned on Derrick.

But who can become a businessman without extraordinary ambition! If you are not desperate, who would be willing to submit to others!

If they could invest in a new territory, maybe they could become someone like Derrick!

After all, they are mature businessmen. After each of the three complained, they began to discuss how to coordinate and allocate supplies. The three chambers of commerce were in different fields and could form a closer alliance to deal with possible risks.

…

On the other side, somewhere in the Green Pearl Forest, the elf Fenowita was sullen and angry with the family guards. He just arrived in the Green Pearl Forest tonight, but he did not hear any good news from the family guards——

Many great mages have appeared in the human territory, and there are great arcane masters behind them. The development plan of the Saville Territory is a foregone conclusion;

The guard members searched almost the entire Green Pearl Forest, but found no clues about the Stardew Scepter, and it was unlikely that they would find any clues in the foreseeable future.

Fenowita was fully thinking about finding the Stardew Scepter for his family, but in this situation, he felt that his arrival was superfluous.

"Why are you not talking? The clan leader has long been sure that the Stardew Scepter is in the Green Bead Forest. Even if it takes so many years to dig up every inch of the land, it should be found! Are you sure you are really elves and not goblins?"

Fenowita was so angry that even the goblin said such words. An elf in the guard with a slightly unruly face could no longer tolerate it and stood up and retorted:

"The patriarch will know if we have any intentions. It's not your turn to talk to us yet. The patriarch's order is for us to cooperate with you. Let us see what you can do? Honorable Archmage Fenowita!"

Although the last sentence was an honorific, the deliberately changed tone made it full of sarcasm, even though several members of the guard repeated it again.

Fenowita's face was red with anger, and he wanted to teach them a lesson, but all the guard members in front of him were related to him, and the most unruly one was the youngest son of his grandfather's father's brother.

In terms of seniority, Fenowita still calls him uncle!

The furthest thing from the others is the husband of a distant aunt of his. If he really takes action, the family may be in trouble again!

If it disturbs the only high-level mage in the family and even affects that person's time in the world, it would be a huge sin.

"snort!"

Fenowita took a deep breath, and without looking at his little uncle's annoying face, directly ordered the captain, "The search mission cannot stop. Tell me where you find any doubts, and I will go and check it myself."

"Yes!" The captain responded calmly. Although he was a close confidant of the clan leader, he did not have any special treatment for the clan leader's younger brother.

Hundreds of years of long life have long made him see through everything. What he pursues is just the family's prosperity. If Fenowita is not the most promising person in the family to become a high-level mage, he will not even say a word. .

"By the way, the humans are also keeping an eye on it, I suspect——"

Fenowita didn't say the rest of the words, but the captain who had been searching for the Stardew Scepter for these years understood the meaning behind it.

He nodded, pointed to an elf who was left to explain to Fenowita, and then left quietly with the other elves.

As soon as the guards left, Fenowita threw out a plump green seed, and then triggered the magic network. In a short time, the seeds took root and sprouted, growing into an exquisite wooden house.

He called to the remaining guard member, "Come in and talk."

"yes."

The two then talked softly, the wooden house isolating everything from the dark forest.

…

Tower of Time.

After returning to his residence, Xia Duo immediately sat down at his desk, writing and drawing. Before taking a break, he had to make a simple list for territory development.

Such as the quantity and type of the first batch of personnel and materials, the number of people needed later, development steps, problems encountered in the process, the first profit point, etc.

Xia Duo would think about this whenever he had free time these days, but he had never written down a plan on paper. Tomorrow he would discuss development matters with Mrs. Patty, and he had to make all preparations.

It wasn't until late at night that Xia Duo went to rest.

…

Early the next morning, the first thing Xia Duo did was to check last night's development list to see if there were any deficiencies, or to reconsider the ones that were found to be unrealistic.

After checking it roughly, he put it away and put it away.

In the afternoon, Xia Duo put away the four magic scrolls he had made during his free time in the morning and hurriedly left the mage tower.

In order to rush for time, he just cast magic and summoned his mount when he went out, and arrived at Mrs. Patty's house in a hurry.

Mrs. Patty and a steward from the Liaton Chamber of Commerce were already waiting for him.

As soon as he came over, Chateau asked: "Is that Leiden priest here?"

"I'll send someone to invite you right away." Mrs. Patty waved her hand, and the housekeeper who had been prepared left directly.

And Mrs. Patty continued: "Sir, this is Manager Arman of the Liaton Chamber of Commerce. He will follow up on the development of the Daxia Territory at any time."

"Yeah!" Xia Duo nodded and noticed the stack of documents in Arman's hand, which looked like some accounts. He saw a poor elf text at the top, which was "Great Xia Territory".

"What is that? Show it to me!" Sha Duo stretched out his hand.

Arman did not dare to refuse. He glanced at Mrs. Patty first and saw that she had no reaction. He quickly handed the document to Sha Duo: "Sir, this is a development plan I made, and the purchased Partial list of supplies.”

Chateau received it in his hand and took a closer look. The first page was the "settlement allowance" for the 20 freedmen that Mrs. Patty mentioned yesterday.

It's not much. One person only needs 20 gold coins to change these 20 people from Savile subjects to Daxia subjects. Of course, the 20 people can't get these money, they are collected by Savile.