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Beluga Island.

Factory in the mountains.

In an extremely spacious workshop, there are more than a dozen long magic workbenches.

On one side of the workbench, a lightning-driven craftsman puppet is arranged every five meters.

On the other side, ordinary women sit one by one.

Most of these women are refugees from the Principality of Bosilia, many of whom are single and have no family ties.

They have just walked out of the refugee shelter, with a low social status, no land, and no money in their pockets.

The purpose of coming to the factory is very simple, just to find a place to stay and save some money.

Because the factory provides food and accommodation, and pays wages according to the number of finished products.

As long as you work hard, you can have a pretty good income.

On the workbench, the craftsman puppets and the women cooperate with each other to quickly process and shape the pearl ornaments one by one.

In addition, on average, a magician is assigned to every three craftsman puppets.

These magicians are quite young, generally only in their early twenties, with low magic power and a very superficial understanding of magic.

The only skill they are proficient in is controlling the craftsman puppets around them.

They are the natives of the white sturgeon island who have just graduated from the island magic school. They have a social status above the standard, good magic talent, and some magic foundation.

After receiving formal education and focused practice in the school, their magic power has advanced by leaps and bounds, and they soon broke through the low level.

But they have missed the best learning period, and their thinking is somewhat fixed. It is very difficult for them to do research, so they became special puppet control mages.

The hardworking and skillful female workers, the low-level mages with certain skills, and the craftsman puppets made by high-level mages, when combined together, have exploded with amazing production efficiency.

Batches of medium-quality pearls are quickly transported into the factory, and then become batches of exquisite pearl jewelry leaving the factory.

Just like running water, it never stops.

Of course, these ordinary assembly line products are only used to supply the middle and lower-level markets, and they can't make real big money.

The biggest use is actually to cultivate skilled workers.

The high-end pearl jewelry that really makes a lot of money is all produced by the underground magic laboratory of Crescent Castle.

The best pearls, the most sophisticated craftsmanship, and the best auxiliary materials are used.

Underground laboratory.

Rosen is controlling several craftsman puppets to put the shining pearl jewelry into equally exquisite jewelry boxes.

His wife Selena and mentor Anna happened to be there.

Selena was admiring the pearls, and Anna was also admiring the pearls.

Selena was obviously pregnant.

She supported her lower back with one hand to make herself stand more steadily, and held a string of colorful pearl necklaces in the other hand to appreciate them carefully.

"This is the best quality pearl necklace I have ever seen. Especially the pearls, which are so big, the shape is almost perfect, and the luster is even more dazzling. It is simply a rare treasure."

Her eyes lingered on the strings of pearl jewelry.

Anna paid more attention to the processing technology of pearl jewelry.

Because she has seen too many pearls recently, she is a little numb to the pearls themselves.

"Pearls are indeed very good, but these transparent soft wires and exquisite jewelry boxes are also very beautiful, matching the pearls, just like keeping the pearls in a pool of clear water."

She asked: "Rosen, these new materials are expensive, right?"

Rosen nodded: "They have just been produced and have not yet been put into scale. They are indeed expensive, but compared with the selling price, it is nothing."

He picked up a few strings of unpackaged top-quality pearl jewelry and put them on Selena and Anna, making the two women look happy.

He picked up a jewelry box wrapped in a transparent water film similar to a thin plastic wrap.

"Such a top-quality gold pearl bracelet has always been a family collection of great nobles in the past, and the market price can be sold for more than 2,000 Ogg."

"I am now selling it to the middle agent for 1,600 Ogg, and they will be very happy to take it, and we can make a net profit of 1,500 Ogg."

"Using the lag in the flow of information from various places, as long as all places are launched at the same time, all the pearl agents of Weilan can get the goods almost at the same time."

Selena asked: "Then what?"

Rosen smiled: "Then it has nothing to do with us."

"We have already received the money. Whether they sell it directly or save it and sell it slowly, it is their own choice."

Selena knew that this wave would definitely make a lot of money, but she still had no idea how much.

She asked: "How much do you think you can make?"

"I think at least 1 million Ogg." Anna gave an estimate.

Rosen is the operator of the whole thing. He knows more comprehensive information and his estimate is much higher than Anna's.

But he didn't plan to say it in advance, so he said, "I think so too."

Selena was very happy: "Oh~ That's really a lucrative income."

Then asked: "How long will it take to earn it?"

"About three weeks, after all, it takes time to distribute the goods in advance."

In the following time, a large amount of pearl ornaments flowed out of the Sturgeon Island through different channels.

Mercury Bay in the north.

One by one, the pearl ornaments were packed in simple wooden boxes, sent to flat-bottomed cargo ships and speedboats, and transported to various smuggling points.

At the dock, the supervisors repeated the lord's orders over and over again.

"The lord has ordered that all these ornaments be used to exchange for supplies, real supplies!"

"Don't think about selling them for money, the northerners have no money in their pockets!"

"Don't take them carelessly. These things are worthless. Go to the factory waste area when you have time. There are plenty of them there!"

The Sturgeon Harbor in the south.

Late at night.

Batches of mid- to high-end pearl ornaments were loaded into higher-quality wooden boxes and put into the rear cabin of the speedboat.

Then, these speedboats quietly set off at night, crossed the Wind's Rest Strait, and headed for the Shire County across the sea.

But they did not go to the Broken Gold Harbor, but found an agreed landing point on the shore and quietly handed over the goods to the overseas agents of the Island Intelligence Bureau.

Most of these pearl ornaments are mid- to high-end goods, with good pearls, high craftsmanship, and small size.

They will be quietly transported by intelligence agents to pearl agents in various counties of Weilan.

There are differences.

For mid- to high-end pearls sent to the northern counties, both cash and materials are accepted.

For pearl transactions sent to the southern counties, only cash is accepted.

One hand pays the money, the other hand delivers the goods.

And for several weeks, similar pearl transactions continued.

During the entire transaction period, various transaction information ran around Weilan quickly with radio waves, coordinating and cooperating with each other.

Just like a high-level beast with an advanced nervous system and fast reaction, it violently devoured the low-level beast of Weilan Giant Island, which was large but slow to react.

This situation lasted for about three weeks, which was almost exactly the same as Rosen's estimate.

Three weeks later, almost all the pearl ornaments made by the White Sturgeon Island were shipped at high prices.

The delivery of materials in the Northern County was still a little delayed, and many materials had not been received.

But the cash in the Southern County had all flowed back to the White Sturgeon Island.

It was all cash, and the deposit certificates were all exchanged for gold currency.

When the preliminary statistical report was sent to Rosen's government study, Rosen looked at the numbers on the report and couldn't help but curl up his mouth.

That night, in the bedroom, Rosen shared the good news with his wife and mentor.

He sat lazily on the thick leather recliner, crossed his legs, and gently recited an amazing number.

"Northern County received various cash, materials and population, with a total value of 2.2 million Ogg, including 650,000 Ogg in cash."

"In addition, it also includes 89,600 mountain people, with an average price of 10 Ogg."

It is equivalent to buying a person for 15,000 on Earth, and human life is really worthless.

"A total of 70,000 low-end pearl ornaments, 12,000 mid-range pearl ornaments, 1,300 high-end ornaments, and 120 top-quality ornaments were spent."

Anna was sitting in front of the dressing mirror and taking off the hair accessories. She was shocked by the scale of the transaction and felt strange: "Didn't we agree to sell only 50,000 mountain people? Why did we sell so many more?"

Rosen smiled: "Maybe the northern lords have become generous?"

This shows that the lords of the northern county were impoverished by his wave, and they were reluctant to sell materials for pearls, but they wanted pearls, so they sold more mountain people.

Of course he accepted it, because his territory still lacked a large number of farmers willing to grow potatoes in the mountains.

After these mountain people came, they were given land, fertilizers and potato sprouts, and the production of mountain potatoes would soon explode.

Rosen continued reading:

"Southern County sold 16,600 mid-range pearls, 8,000 high-end jewelry, and 900 top-quality jewelry, with a total income of 3.6 million Ogg."

"The harvest was all cash, plus the income of Northern County, it is 4.25 million Ogg."

Even if we don't mention the huge amount of material income, Rosen also exchanged pearls for 42.5 tons of gold from the giant island of Veran.

This number is astonishingly large.

Selena was eating snacks, and she couldn't help covering her forehead when she heard it: "Oh, the Veran people are really greedy for vanity."

She witnessed the entire pearl transaction and knew that pearls are just beautiful limestone beads, but they actually exchanged them for precious gold.

I think these people are really stupid.

Anna was shocked again: "I remember that the Duke's annual income is only over 10 million Ogg, right?"

Rosen nodded: "About 11 million Ogg."

The problem is that the Duke of Dawn's more than 10 million Ogg is income, and he will spend this amount every year to maintain a balance between income and expenditure.

The 4.25 million Ogg cash that the White Sturgeon Island exchanged for this time is basically pure profit that can be freely used.

So it can be used to do many big things.

Rosen smiled and said, "It's just this wave of profit. Of course, this money is indeed not a small amount."

Selena began to worry: "Ryder will notice it!"

Rosen nodded: "He will notice it, but not immediately. It will probably be a month before he finds out about us."

His total profit from this wave of pearl trade is 5.5 million Ogg.

Weilan has 25 counties and more than 30 million people.

It is equivalent to earning 220,000 Ogg from each county, and each Weilan person handed over 2.8 kren of silver coins on average.

It is just like receiving a huge war reparations.

Such a large-scale flow of wealth will certainly cause huge disturbances to Weilan's domestic market.

For example, the Northern County.

Grain, wool, minerals and other materials produced in the Northern County were bought in large quantities by the White Sturgeon Island.

The market goods are scarce, so the price will rise significantly.

But the buyers of the supplies from the Northern County are not only from the White Sturgeon Island, but also from the Southern County and Aaron.

The buyers will certainly feel the price increase and will naturally investigate.

This investigation will naturally lead to the White Sturgeon Island.

After all, the scale is really too large.

But why didn't the Duke notice it immediately?

Because of this pearl trade, Rosen relied on the power of the emerging bourgeoisie.

In the Witt Continent, this new class has gained some voice, and no one dares to look down upon them.

But in Weiland, this class has just emerged and is not yet taken seriously by the ruling class.

The nobles despised them and called them 'mud-legged merchants', 'nouveau riche' and 'vulgar country bumpkins'.

Naturally, I don’t bother to understand them at all.

As a result, the information was delayed, and the delay gave Rosen more and longer preparation time.

But Anna still clearly felt the seriousness of the matter.

"Rosen, are you ready?"

What to prepare?

Against the Duke, of course.

Because this thing is to take money out of the Duke's pocket, and half of it is taken out!

No one can bear this.

In the face of such huge interests, all legal contracts are false.

When the Duke noticed it, he had one and only one reaction, and that was to take the money back by force.

Rosen nodded: "It's almost ready."

While talking, he read a new document, but it was a report from the Navy Department.

"There are 200 fish-man nemesis ships and 5 medium-sized black stone gunboats have been built."

"30,000 Murloc Diving Soldiers, 2,000 Murloc Diving Mages."

"Finally, there are 1,000 banshee scouts."

This is the latest naval power, but of course it is far from enough to compete with Aaron's Lion Fleet in a decisive battle in the ocean.

But it is completely enough to fight against the storm fleet coming north from Dawn City, or adding some lion warships coming from afar.

Now that you have money, all investments on the island have increased significantly, the biggest of which is shipbuilding.

Intense shipbuilding!

In Rosen's plan, the construction plan for 20 improved Blackstone battleships has begun!

But strength alone without endurance is not enough.

Selena then asked: "What if the island is blocked from external trade routes?"

Rosen smiled and said: "Currently there are 500,000 tons of grain stored in the island's grain depot, as well as countless kinds of fabrics, ores, and black stones."

"Most importantly, we can open a new trade route to Levend."

The new route is far away from the control of Aaron and Dawn City, so there is no need to worry about being blocked by them.

As long as Paddlefish Island itself can withstand the blow, it will be able to continuously obtain supplies from Levend and even Kaa through the new route.

"And in the North Weilan Sea to the west, we have the strongest naval power and can always trade with the Northern County without fear of blockade."

Hearing this, the two women felt relieved, and at the same time they both had an epic feeling of being part of a turbulent history.

And there is a sincere sense of reverence for the manipulator behind all this.

Anna laughed: "I want to see the Duke's reaction now."

Selena also felt a little happy, and she imitated the Duke's appearance.

"Ryder would have been furious, slammed his hand down on the desk, and yelled, 'What a bastard.'"

Rosen laughed loudly, and then said: "Then, let's quench the Duke's anger at sea."