Mage Joan

"Oh! Dr. Vader, a genius scholar at Midgard University, it's a great honor to be able to appreciate your visit!"

Mr. Hodge did not wait for Klein's introduction, he recognized Joan's identity and smiled forward to meet him.

"You are too much, Mr. Hodge."

Joan shook hands with the enthusiastic president of the Royal Mining Company and declined the cigar.

Mr. Hodge asked him to sit down and ordered the servant to bring coffee, order a thick cigar on his own, and sit on the sofa opposite Joan and Klein across the coffee table. He took a sip of cigar and slowly exhaled thick smoke.

Joan held up the coffee cup and observed Mr. Hodge’s big nose through the hazy smoke, thinking of the image of a fire dragon spitting smoke on a humorous comic, and he couldn’t help laughing.

"Dr. Vader, I don't want to hide it. I entrusted Mr. Klein to invite you to the mine this time, just to use your extraordinary wisdom to investigate the theft of crude crystal warehouse." Mr. Hodge was straightforward and explained his intentions.

Joan nodded: "I heard that two warehouses were stolen and two tons of coarse crystals were lost."

The so-called "coarse crystal" refers to the intermediate product of magic crystal rough and industrial magic crystal.

Most of the raw crystals of magic crystals mined in the mining area are impurities. The raw stones are washed, crushed, calcined, distilled and a series of rough processing processes, and the product obtained is "coarse crystals".

High-grade magic crystal ore, on average, can only extract 1 ton of crude crystals per 100 tons of rough stone, and coarse crystals have to go through a series of more complex alchemical purification processes to extract 1 pound of industrial magic crystals.

Severe water shortage in the abyss mine area, coupled with lack of light, lack of materials, and inconvenient transportation, is not suitable for building a magic crystal refining factory in the abyss. The rough rock dug out of the pit usually only undergoes some relatively simple rough processing, smelting the rough stone into rough The crystals are stored, and when they accumulate a certain amount of output, they are transported to the surface world. They are further processed at the refinery in the port of Midgard, and finally purified as industrial magic crystals.

Because of this, although the mine area has rich reserves of magic crystal mines, the raw stones mined are piled up like mountains, but it does not produce industrial magic crystals, and the final product is coarse crystals.

Although the purity of coarse crystals is not as good as industrial magic crystals, it is more valuable than raw stones. According to the market price, each ton of coarse crystals is equivalent to 10,000 gold Durga.

Most of the indigenous peoples of the underground world do not have the technical strength to smelt magic crystals, but dwarves, drows, stone giants, or underground gnomes have also developed a set of rough crystals and even rough crystals. High purity magic crystal process.

The mining area not only produces coarse crystals, but also purchases coarse crystals from various underground groups. Over time, coarse crystals have become one of the universal currencies in the underground world, and the relationship with magic crystals is equivalent to silver coins to gold coins.

"Dr. Vader, the first burglary happened six days ago, when an alarm came from Warehouse No. 3 that night, when the security guard arrived, the safe in the warehouse had been smashed open, and the 1 ton of crude crystals in stock disappeared. !"

"After just two days, the cunning thieves once again sneaked into the mine at night. This time they aimed at warehouse No. 8, and even the magic alarm was not triggered. Without knowing it, they would steal a whole ton of coarse crystal. There are no traces left to trace!"

Mr. Hodge sneered, his eyes flashing with anger.

"This is where things are going. I am already intolerable to the arrogance of thieves, and I am also deeply disappointed with the security measures in the mining area."

"The next day the warehouse 8 was stolen, I told Ms. Grey Bird in person, if there were any similar cases, I could only think that she and her family were not competent for the job, and I had to dismiss them, and find another family that was more reliable. Security contractor."

"Ms. Grey Bird assured me that the mining area will never lose even a pound of coarse crystals. At present, she has no words."

"The stone blind barbarian mercenaries guarded against all ten warehouses in the mining area. On the night before yesterday, they finally prevented the thieves from stealing in warehouse 5, but unfortunately they failed to capture the thieves on the spot, and finally let the cunning thieves slip away. "

Mr. Hodge sighed regretfully.

"The conflict that happened in warehouse 5 the night before yesterday, I heard from the Grey Bird that the thieves were obviously blocked by the stone blind barbarian security team in the warehouse and there was no way to escape, but all of them disappeared in a blink of an eye. No trace, it is said that there are no traces to trace." Joan couldn't help but suspect that the thief was good at teleporting spells.

"I don't know this. Dr. Vader, we invite you to uncover the heavy fog that hangs over this series of bizarre thefts."

Mr. Hodge stood up, pacing with a cigar, and his smoky face was particularly gloomy.

"Mr. Vader, we must not disclose what we are talking about here today."

"Do not hide from you that since the burglary, I have tried my best to block the news, lest the case be exposed."

"In case the news leaks, it not only damages the reputation of the Royal Mining Company, but it also worries me because it has caused panic in the public and caused turmoil in the Magic Crystal futures market. , Even if I cut off my head!

Joan was creepy!

During the first period of time when he came to the mining area, he did not think it was a big deal for the two tons of coarse crystals in the lost area of ​​the large mine, and even felt that Mr. Hodge’s reaction was too fierce and made a fuss.

However, at this moment, after listening to Mr. Hodge's open mind, Joan suddenly realized that he was still too young and thought the question too simple.

It is true that the loss of two tons of coarse crystals is nothing compared to the huge assets of the Mojing mining area. However, as long as the case is not cracked one day, the thieves are still at large and the warehouse is still at risk of being stolen.

What's more terrible is that the news of the theft of the mining area will be magnified by the newspaper media and become an explosive bad news once it spreads, prompting the capital market to make an emergency response.

If only the Royal Mining Corporation’s bonds and stock prices were affected by the negative news, it would not be a problem. However, now is the critical period when the imperial cabinet issues gold banknotes and fully promotes currency reform. The credit of gold banknotes mainly depends on the collateral. It is the assets of the Royal Mining Company. If the Royal Mining Company broke a scandal at this critical moment and undermined the confidence of investors, the imperial gold banknotes will also be jointly impacted and become eclipsed, and may even cause the currency reform to be stranded, which triggered The vicious chain reaction will involve political struggle and even all aspects of the national economy, and the consequences are unbearable!

Even if we don't consider the overall situation of national economy and people's livelihood, Qiao An will never forget that the 1 million real gold and silver that he lent to his tutor have all been converted into gold notes!

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