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“Baron Hudson, don’t get excited yet.

Having the formula does not mean that you can make the original liquid of life.

Since Master Kemboy invented the Essence of Life, through the research and improvement of successive generations of alchemist masters, there are not only 1,000 but also 800 recipes for the Essence of Life.

In order to keep it secret, the unique refining techniques of alchemist masters have been added to these formulas.

If there is an error in any part of the process, it will be impossible to refine it successfully.

Although you are also a magician, you are probably just getting started with the study of alchemy, right? "

Getting started with alchemy, this is definitely the biggest compliment.

In fact, Hudson didn't even understand what alchemy was.

It is not yet known whether other branches have relevant knowledge about collection. Anyway, there are no relevant records for this branch of his family.

Even if he had relevant knowledge, Hudson didn't think he could master it with just a few glances.

If alchemy was so simple, I'm afraid all magicians would change their profession to alchemists. Great alchemists would really make money.

Just prepare some magic potion and you can sell it for a big price. It is much more popular than the priest's healing magic.

"Baron Kettle, are you just telling me this? To tell you the truth, I am really not good at alchemy.

But this does not mean that the Koslow family cannot hire a master alchemist.

As long as there is a formula, even if we lack the refining techniques, we can still spend a lot of money to research it.

You should know what the Essence of Life means to a family like ours! "

Hudson said expressionlessly.

Without discounting, if there really is such a thing, it is not a matter for his team.

There are so many branches of the Koslow family. If everyone acts together and shares the costs, there will definitely be a lot of resources that can be mobilized.

“If that’s the case, then I’ll just say it straight.

A year ago, during an operation deep into the Orc Empire, I accidentally obtained a piece of parchment, which recorded the formula for refining the original liquid of life.

When I was in the North, I checked with my family's alchemist, and I could confirm that the formula was authentic.

However, the formula is missing a corner, missing some content of smelting the magic core. If an alchemist master takes action, this won't be a problem.

The key is the secret method, which is passed down orally and is not recorded on it.

If your family is willing to spend money on research, I think it can still be done.

If Your Excellency the Baron has a way to help me get out of the trouble of the July Meeting, there will be no problem in handing over the formula to Your Excellency.

But the problem is that you can't do it now, so what can I gain by giving you the formula?

Don't try to threaten me. At this point, I don't know when I will be sent to see the Lord of the Morning! "

It was originally a good deal to discuss, but unfortunately, Baron Kettle's last addition instantly ruined the atmosphere.

Hudson was left speechless. Are he that kind of person?

When was he threatening someone when discussing business?

It's a pity that this cannot be explained. Once discussed, it becomes darker and darker.

“If it is an intact formula, coupled with the matching refining techniques, it will definitely be priceless.

Now there is a lack of supporting refining methods, and even the formula is incomplete.

Your Excellency said that only the part for smelting the magic core is missing, but the formula is incomplete. Who knows if there is any other information recorded on the missing corner?

With this incomplete formula, who knows if a complete formula can be released?

Even if it can be done, how much will it cost?

Everything is unknown.

The ultra-high risk reduces the value of the formula. Now I can only offer 20,000 gold coins, or some equivalent, to take a gamble! "

Hudson said solemnly.

Obviously, this level of gambling is not easy for him.

Compared with the expenditure on purchasing the formula, the investment in later research and development is the real bulk.

The most important thing is that the Koslow family does not have its own alchemist master, so it can only ask others for help, which will cost even more.

“This little gain is nothing compared to the risks I take.

For this incomplete prescription, I narrowly escaped death. Even after I left the Northland, the Orc Empire did not withdraw the wanted order against me.

In addition to 20,000 gold coins, I also need your Excellency to coordinate and help me replace the scattered fiefdoms together.

If you come up with a complete recipe, please make a copy for me! "

After hearing Baron Kettle's conditions, Hudson rolled his eyes.

Except for 20,000 gold coins, which is the easiest, the remaining two are very difficult to complete.

Helping coordinate territory replacement sounds simple, but if it is really implemented, it will be a big trouble.

The third item is even more non-negotiable. Copying it sounds simple, but in fact it is purely a loss of blood.

Hudson has no way to explain its high R\u0026D investment to other investors in exchange for the sharing of results.

"impossible!"

“It is simply impossible to come up with a complete formula without countless experiments.

If it were simple, your family would have done it long ago, so why bother using it to benefit me?

Such an investment is also not something that the Mountain Territory can afford, and the entire Koslow family may not be able to afford it either. I have to recruit people to share the risk.

Unless you are willing to contribute the formula for free, or are willing to spend money on it, we can continue to talk if we cut off the third item. "

Seeing this scene, Baron Keterai also secretly complained.

The life liquid formula is indeed priceless, even if it is incomplete, it is still valuable, but it is difficult to get rid of this thing!

Families with purchasing power don’t need this thing. The families who need it can’t afford it.

Although some middle-level nobles with shallow foundations also need this thing, they don't have many young people, so the gap in life liquid is not big.

I won’t outsource one for ten or eight years. It’s completely cost-effective, so why spend a lot of money on it?

Including Keterai's own family, they gave up research and development considering that the input-output was not proportional.

There are few families like the Koslow family that have both needs and purchasing power in the entire Alpha Kingdom.

"I don't need the formula, but if your family researches it, you must sell it to me at a fair price in the future."

Baron Kettle fought hard.

If he hadn't felt threatened and urgently needed to increase his strength, he wouldn't have risked selling this thing.

When looking for Hudson, in addition to looking at the Koslow family's willingness to buy, the more important thing is credibility.

The entire southeastern province knew that Baron Hudson meant what he said. When doing business, you should be fair and honest. Once you sign a contract, you will never break it.

"no problem!

But let me make it clear first that if the materials for refining the life liquid are too rare, I cannot guarantee the quantity.

Moreover, these life essences you obtain are only for your own use and are not allowed to be sold to outsiders.

This is also a tacit understanding between the major forces. I think you will not knowingly cause trouble for yourself. "

Hudson agreed casually.

This kind of strategic resource is not meant to make money. No matter how huge profits he made, he would not dare to sell it.

"good!"

As Kaitley's words fell, it was announced that the transaction was officially completed.

Twenty thousand gold coins are naturally free of charge. Mr. Hudson is not so heroic that he can take out twenty thousand gold coins at any time.

If we really do that, the territory's cash flow may soon run into problems. Making an IOU is the way to go in trading.

As for whether to pay in cash or use product deductions in the future, it depends on Baron Kettle's own choice.

According to Hudson's debt experience, more than 90% of creditors will choose discounted goods to pay off their debts.

"95% off" was his greatest sincerity to his creditors. You can enjoy the same discounts no matter you purchase any product from Shandi Ling.

Unfortunately, Mountain Territory currently only sells ironware products, and other industries cannot even see their sprouts. This greatly limits the consumption desires of creditors.

After sending Baron Kettle away and looking at the life liquid formula in his hand, Hudson found awkwardly that he couldn't understand it.

Professional magic terms, in his opinion, are just like the unique words of a certain industry in the previous life. Except for people within the circle who can understand it, everyone outside the circle is confused.

He stretched out his hand to wake up the sleeping cub lying behind him, and waved the parchment in front of Uncle Bear's eyes for a few times. As a result, Bear Stearns looked at him like he was looking at a fool.

In an instant, it became clear to Hudson that he had done something stupid. His master's knowledge is limited. As a pet bear, how can he be highly educated?

If it weren't for the awesome ancestors of the Earth Bears who left them precious inherited memories, these lazy guys would probably be able to turn themselves into pure illiterates based on their style.

These secret magical terms were all born in the past few hundred years and are not in the inherited memory. Naturally, Bear Stearns was as confused as Hudson.

Originally, he wanted to find Baron Kettle to translate, but in the end, Hudson held back.

You still need to save face. Anyway, it was just a verbal note, I didn’t pay any money, and I wasn’t afraid of buying fakes.

…

"Father, uncles, how much do you know about July?"

Instead of rushing to mention the formula of life essence, he first paid attention to the July meeting. It was not because Hudson couldn't distinguish the priorities, but because of practical needs.

The incomplete life liquid formula can be studied at any time, but something will happen in July, and it is very likely that it will be right around the corner.

Without a little information, he, the supplier of the July Meeting, was really unsure.

“This organization is very mysterious. It was born a hundred years ago, and no one knows its internal structure.

However, I once found records about this organization in a note left by my great-grandfather.

It seems that the founders of this organization are a group of orphans of northern nobles who are unwilling to lose their foundation. The original purpose of its creation was to take revenge on the five wealthy families in the North.

At that time, there were still people who wanted us to join, but the ancestral land was lost, the people of all branches were panicked, and there was a lack of people in charge of the clan, so the matter fell into nothing.

These are all materials from a hundred years ago. They have gone through many vicissitudes of time. The people who founded the July Society have long ago done so.

Now this organization may have undergone qualitative changes long ago. If you just want to seek revenge from the five wealthy families and regain the lost foundation, there is no need to shout slogans to subvert the kingdom. "

Knight Shien's words awakened Hudson. If the Koslow family can survive, other northern nobles who have lost their inheritance will definitely have survivors.

In addition to the part of these people who went south, some insisted on staying in the north. The marriage relationships between nobles were complicated, and it was not difficult to find a relative to defect to.

Even if someone sneaks into the ranks of the five major families, Hudson will not find it strange.

If those slave traders are the descendants of nobles who lost their foundation in the past, then their current behavior is understandable.

Back then, the five major families used the help of orcs to destroy their family businesses.

Now they are carrying forward the practices of the five major families, and also using the power of the orcs to take revenge on the five major families, which makes perfect sense.

If analyzed this way, then the Koslow family should still stand with them. Only by overturning the rule of the five major families in the North can it be possible to regain the ancestral land.

Just think about it in your mind, but if it were to be implemented, Hudson would still firmly oppose it.

It is easy to start a war but difficult to end it. Without enough strength, if a war is triggered rashly, it will definitely be the Alpha Kingdom that suffers.

The five major families in the North may collapse, but the nobles and nobles in the kingdom will not want to get any favors. Maybe at some point, they will be forced to shed blood on the battlefield.

Even if he won the battle and took back his family's ancestral land, Hudson would not want to be neighbors with the orcs.

Resisting the invasion of orcs cannot be achieved by the efforts of one lord or one family.

All the nobles in the Alpha Kingdom can only be passively beaten if they work together. Only when all the countries in the mainland join forces can victory be possible.

In this context, no matter who is stationed in the North, the situation is particularly embarrassing.

“People from the July Meeting have been secretly purchasing weapons and equipment from all over the kingdom recently, and they strongly demand that only low-quality weapons be purchased.

The Shanshan Territory alone has received enough orders to arm 30,000 troops. Judging from the size of some custom-made weapons, they do not look like they are for use by human soldiers.

I suspect that these weapons are intended to be smuggled into the Orc Empire, specifically for use by the vassal races under the five royal families.

If the inference is accurate, then the Orc Empire is beginning to prepare for war. At least one of the five royal families is preparing to invade the south. "

Hudson said worriedly.

When the Orc Empire invades the south, the five royal families do not all go out together. Only all-out war will take place.

Sometimes one family comes, sometimes two families come, and how many people come depends entirely on their mood.

Every time they invade the south, they drive countless cannon fodder from vassal races into the vanguard. Rather than specifically invading the south, let alone consuming the excess population in the country and robbing them incidentally.

Alone against the invasion of an orc royal family, the Alpha Kingdom would not give up. Encountering two orc royal families, they were able to barely cope with the situation by sitting in a fortress for defense.

If there are more, please seek help quickly!

Not to mention fighting, he couldn't even defend. They can only trade space for time, resist step by step on local battlefields, and delay time to wait for reinforcements from various countries.

“Don’t worry too much about this kind of thing, you can find out that the kingdom’s senior officials are not fools either.

The July meeting also lost its mind.

Purchasing ordnance is easy, but transporting so many weapons and equipment to the Orc Empire is not that simple.

Whether it is the kingdom's garrison or the five major families in the North, they will try their best to intercept it.

In addition to paying attention to ordnance, you can also pay attention to changes in the grain market. On the eve of each war, food prices will rise.

There will always be a gang of traitors who will try their best to transport supplies to the Orc Empire. Some nobles in the kingdom also turned a blind eye to this for their own benefit. "

Baron Redman said indignantly.

Judging from his expression, it was as if he wanted to kill the gang of traitors and the greedy nobles who ignored the interests of the human race.

It was particularly embarrassing for Hudson on the side. If judged according to this standard, he is definitely one of the greedy aristocrats.

There is no way, arms sellers are not good people. The general environment was like this, and he also learned to be bad.

If you look at the major arms dealers in the country, you can see the booming business, and none of them refuse these orders that come to their doorsteps.

"Okay, Redman.

Being angry with those people has no meaning other than being angry and damaging your own body.

Whether and when the Orc Empire will invade is not something we little people are qualified to ask.

Even if a fight really breaks out, it will be those guys from Beidi who will have a headache first. Maybe this battle will be a turning point for the family to regain their ancestral land.

First, according to our established plan, we will find ways to get more life liquid and train as many knights as possible to enhance the family's strength. "

The eldest Fede Knight persuaded.

As people get older, their focus becomes different. For Feide Knight, the biggest dream is to take back his ancestral land in his lifetime.

No matter which branch he got it from, as long as he could plant the flag of the Koslow family, that was his lifelong wish.

As soon as the topic went off the rails, everyone started discussing the recovery of their ancestral land, making Hudson feel like an outsider.

This kind of deep-seated attachment to the ancestral land is not something that Hudson can understand. The only thing he could do was nod from time to time to show that he supported the recovery of his ancestral land.

Participate in the discussion and you won’t have to. It wasn't that Hudson was slacking off, it was actually everyone's strategic plan, which was so rough that it left people speechless.

Perhaps it would be more appropriate to make a wish under the statue of the Lord of the Dawn rather than discuss it.

After everyone had finished discussing, Hudson slowly asked: "Father, uncles, are there any alchemy masters you are familiar with?

Or for other branches, it’s okay to have connections in this area. But it must be absolutely reliable without any mistakes. "

"Why are you asking this? Do you want to learn alchemy instead?"

Baron Redman asked with concern.

After finally raising an outstanding son, he didn't want to see Hudson fall into the pit of alchemy.

In the circle of small aristocrats, there is a saying that has been circulating: "Magic will ruin three generations, but alchemy will ruin a lifetime."

In short, these two gold-swallowing professions are not within the reach of the poor.

Although the Mountain Territory is developing well, it is still heavily in debt, and Hudson has nothing to do with wealth for the time being.

It's just a matter of becoming a magician. It's a gift from Warcraft. You can't just take advantage of it and be good.

But Hudson's astonishing monthly expenses still shocked Baron Redman, and completely stopped him from having his children learn magic.

Hudson is capable and can withstand a huge pit. If we fall into another trap, it will be hard to say.

"Just this morning, I accidentally acquired a fragment of the life liquid formula. Most of the contents are complete, but the part about smelting the magic core is missing.

I would like to ask a reliable alchemist master to help translate it, and by the way, calculate how much investment is required to restore it..."