Start with Island Lord

"Captain Kaudrin, find a group of trustworthy knights and take the forest elves to visit Crescent City. Be careful to protect their safety."

"Butler Kruber, go to the newly built Crescent Inn and arrange the best rooms and food for them. Make sure they are satisfied."

"Ignini, take your people to have a good rest for a day, and we will talk about it tomorrow."

"Yes, lord."

Ignini has always wanted to visit Crescent City openly, instead of just spying from a distance like before.

After Knight Kaudrin took the forest elves away, everyone dispersed and went about their own business.

Selena immediately returned to the inner room to think about spells.

Rosen did not rush back to the underground spell laboratory, but sat in the government study outside, patiently waiting for the arrival of the old acquaintance.

Obviously, this old acquaintance was also impatient and rode a fast horse all the way.

In less than an hour, he arrived at Crescent Castle with two guards and a guy whose identity was unknown, but who was obviously a shrewd businessman.

A few minutes later, the old butler Afu brought people over.

Two people came.

One was an old acquaintance, the younger brother of the Earl of Gaoshan County and the Countess of Shire County, Sir Humphrey who met at the Blue Whale Mansion that day.

The other was a shrewd businessman.

Rosen waved his hand to let the old butler close the door, and then released a 2-ring arcane "Blocking Barrier" at the door, isolating the study from the outside world.

Sir Humphrey took off his black round hat and put it on his chest and saluted slightly: "Greetings to the Baron."

The businessman next to him also took off his hat to salute.

Rosen also nodded in return, then opened a bottle of high-end maple wine and poured a glass for each person: "Sir, and this gentleman, the conditions are a bit simple, please feel free to sit."

There was a good quality thick cowhide bench against the wall in the study, which was specially used to entertain guests.

At this moment, the two of them were not polite. After sitting down, Sir Humphrey smiled and said, "It seems that my sister's soul gem has an effect on the baron."

Rosen certainly knew what this meant.

"It is indeed extraordinary. It has greatly accelerated my practice speed and allowed me to break through to the intermediate level of mana. At this rate, I estimate that I will be able to break through to the advanced level in at most one year."

The low-level mana is not enough, and it is not convenient to always borrow Selena's mana, so Rosen is ready to "upgrade" to two levels.

As a baron lord, with the assistance of the precious soul gem, it is reasonable to have a high-level profession, and it will not be conspicuous.

Sir Humphrey himself is also a high-level mage. Knowing that the high-level realm of the third ring is not difficult, he congratulated in a formal way and immediately got to the point.

"Baron, I thought your territory would be in chaos, but now it seems that you have basically settled the civil unrest, right?"

Rosen nodded: "Almost. It may take another half a month to completely end it."

"It's much faster than I thought, but it doesn't surprise me. After all, the Baron's winning chess skills have clearly predicted this."

After saying this, Sir Humphrey patted the slightly restrained and shrewd businessman beside him.

"This is Mr. Aji, the most loyal confidant of my Wolfland family, and also one of the largest smugglers in the black market of Shire County, specializing in smuggling some scarce and expensive magic materials to Gaoshan County."

"Earl Robert knows this very well, but this is a small business of the Countess to take care of her family, so he has been closing his eyes."

Rosen nodded to show that he understood.

He could feel that this black market merchant was not the main course today, but a small dessert given to him by the Sir.

He could also understand why Humphrey thought this was a dessert for himself, because he must have thought that he lacked magic materials.

But in fact, he was not short of it, and he could even buy raw materials for processing and export.

Of course, before he knew the other party's intention, Rosen pretended to know nothing.

He looked interested: "Mr. Aji, what kind of magic materials can you get?"

When it comes to eating skills, Aji immediately began to explain with confidence.

"Various magic instruments from the Wit Continent, secondary processed medium and high-level magic materials, the latest spell books, the latest research papers, important magic intelligence and current affairs news, etc., as long as I think it is useful to the earl, I will find a way to get it in."

"If the baron needs instruments, I will try my best to help, but the price will be 10% or 20% higher than the market price in Shire County."

Rosen looked "suddenly": "Of course I need it."

He actually didn't need it much, because he could find a way to produce it himself, but he did need some obvious "sources" to explain the source of high-quality goods in the territory.

Muradi was a "source", and now Aji can also be a "source". ’

Sir Humphrey saw Rosen swallowing the dessert, and continued: "Baron, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you."

Originally, he didn't want to come, because his main purpose this time was to find Earl Robert, but his sister Kalina insisted that he come by to consult the Baron's opinion.

Thinking that although the Baron was young, he was indeed smart, and the princess was also on the island, the journey was not far, so he, who was supposed to return directly to Gaoshan County, took a detour and rushed over quickly.

After seeing Rosen's listening expression, he asked: "Baron, do you know about the news that a safe new route has appeared from the Wit Continent to the north of our Weilan?"

Rosen raised his eyebrows slightly. He had known that this new route would definitely bring huge waves, and he had already made some plans.

In fact, he and Mulady have maintained close correspondence, which records the latest situation surrounding the new route.

Sure enough, within half a month, the earls in the north of Weiland had been alarmed.

He smiled and said: "Of course I know, this matter will be of great benefit to me. Of course, it will also be very beneficial to the northern counties of Weiland."

Sir Humphrey was a little surprised. He originally thought that Rosen had been immersed in organizing his barren island and had no time to pay attention to him.

Now that you know, you can get down to business.

His face turned a little gloomy.

"What's worse is that Aaron, the Duke, and the continental earls from the southern coastal counties of Welland also know about it."

"These guys don't see the benefits of our northern island dispatch, so they send pirates desperately to new routes and rob merchant ships when they encounter them."

Sir Humphrey became more and more angry as he spoke, and couldn't help but slap the armrest of the chair hard, making a loud 'bang' sound.

“It’s okay for others to rob it, but when the southern counties rob it, the Duke actually robs it too!”

"It's just blatantly stealing money from the pockets of our northern counties. Aren't you afraid that we will snatch it back from the mainland?!"

Rosen also knows that this is just the beginning, and there are not many official pirate ships from all forces.

But this bonus window is closing quickly, and it is estimated that the new route will be completely scrapped in a month.

Seeing Jazz's cheeks turning red with anger, Rosen consoled him: "Why is Jazz so angry? Aren't they always robbing him?"

There is no reliable navigation these days, and ships have to stay close to the shore for fear of getting lost, so every ship that goes to the northern county has to be scraped with a layer of oil and water from the southern county.

This has always been the case since the establishment of the Principality of Weilan.

Jazz let out a long sigh: "Mother Nature, it was the emergence of the new route that made me lose my composure."

He looked at Rosen: "What do you think of the new route, Baron?"

Rosen crossed his fingers on the table and tapped his little finger on the table: "No matter what, at least the shipping time for Levander and Kao to the north has been shortened."

It was originally going to go around Yalen, but now it goes directly across the ocean, which directly saves one-third of the shipping time.

"As for other benefits, we can't see them for the time being. Unless...our northern counties can control the two midway supply islands on the new route, establish military ports on the islands, and defeat the Aaronic Lion Fleet at sea."

Sir Humphrey smiled bitterly.

"Aaron has the largest navy in the Natural Alliance, with more than 150 warships of all kinds. How can we defeat them at sea?"

It is difficult to build naval warships these days. The wood needed for the keel of the warship must be old oak that is more than 100 years old, which is very difficult to harvest.

The Lion Fleet, composed of 150 warships, was the Armada of this era and could walk sideways on the sea.

Therefore, he felt that Rosen's words were almost like a dream.

Rosen spread his hands.

"What I mean is that there is no good way. Currently, the other party is using nominal pirates to blockade, and they have already retained their last dignity."

"So, in the current situation, we just have to accept reality."

Of course, Sir Humphrey also knew that. Now that he heard this, he completely gave up. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh and cursed: "What a son of a bitch, Southern County!"

He hated the southern earls more than Aaron.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard Rosen saying to Aji: "Mr. Aji, if our Paddlefish Island produces some magical items, can you help me sell them to the northern inland counties?"

Aji was startled: "Baron, what are your magic items?"

"Mainly various low-level finished instruments."

While talking, Rosen took out a low-level lightning amulet from his desk drawer and handed it over.

"It's a magic weapon of similar quality."

In fact, to a certain extent, the blockade of new routes is not entirely a bad thing for Rosen, it is even a good thing.

Because this means that the market competitiveness of finished magic weapons from the Wit Continent has been greatly weakened because of the high price, and he has also greatly benefited from the high price.

For example, the price of this low-level lightning amulet produced locally in the northern counties is more than 160 Oggs, but the CIF price imported from Aaron to the Broken Gold Terminal is only 120 Oggs.

This means that as long as Rosen sells for less than 120 Oggs, he will definitely be able to sell it.

But his production cost is only 8 Oggs.

So why are the prices of self-produced products in northern counties so high?

First, because the expensive refining equipment is controlled by Witte Continent, there was a big wave of oil and water at the beginning.

The second is that the technology is backward and the production efficiency is low. If they don't sell it at a high price, the northern weapon refining mages will directly lose money.

If the earls hadn't deliberately increased customs duties and forced the market price of imported magic weapons to the same level as the local ones, the weapon refining industry in northern Weiland would have declined rapidly.

Look at Aji again.

He looked over and over at the low-level lightning amulet and found that the level of refining was very high, the lightning power was very stable, and the appearance and craftsmanship were also very exquisite.

"How much does the Baron plan to sell it for? How many units will he sell?"

Rosen gestured with his fingers: "If it can be sold, I will give you 110 Oggs each. And I currently have 300 of these finished products on hand."

Aji almost jumped up on the spot when he heard this: "How can it be so cheap? Baron, where did you get the goods?"

He did not think that this product was produced on Paddlefish Island, and subconsciously thought that the other party also had smuggling channels.

And similar magic tools, the lowest price at Broken Gold Wharf has been fluctuating around 120 Ogg.

Now, the baron sells it for 110 Ogg, and he goes directly to Broken Gold Port to sell it to local black market merchants, making 10 Ogg immediately.

These 10 Oggs are just 60 kilometers of safe waterway.

Rosen smiled mysteriously: "Mr. Aji, I naturally have my own channels for purchasing goods, but this doesn't seem to be something you should ask, right?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm talking too much."

Aji pointed to the low-level lightning amulet in his hand and said: "If other amulets are of similar quality, I'll take all 300."

After receiving the goods, he certainly won't sell them in Shire County, because he won't make enough money.

He plans to take this batch of good goods to Gaoshan County and give it to the Earl of Gaoshan County to sell, selling it for more than 170 Ogg to earn excess profits.

Rosen smiled: "Of course it's the same quality."

Aji asked again: "Baron, do you have any other goods on hand? It's better to have higher-level ones."

The low-level lightning amulet is almost the most common defensive magic weapon. It is low-level and the spell energy is cheap.

Although it has a large civilian market, it can't be sold at a high price.

Rosen shook his head simply: "This batch of goods is the only one at present, and it will be similar in the future. I can't get high-level goods."

"Ah." Aji was a little disappointed.

Rosen shrugged: "The supply market of high-level goods has always been controlled by the Wit Continent, especially the Aaron people."

"They are staring at this piece of fat meat. My channel suppliers are neither capable of making it nor dare to sell it."

Destroying someone's money is like killing their parents. Now the White Sturgeon Island has little self-protection ability. If it directly grabs the fat meat in the mouth of Aaron, it will really attract the Lion Fleet.

So, Rosen plans to open up the lower-level market that the Aaron people don't look down on, and first take the road of "surrounding the city with the countryside" to accumulate strength.

Aji understood and sighed: "What the baron said is right."

Then asked: "How does the baron plan to collect the money, cash, magic materials, or?"

Rosen said without hesitation: "All kinds of ways are needed. But the main thing is materials, preferably various primary materials produced in the northern county."

Primary materials are various raw materials, which are the most scarce things on the island.

After saying that, he sighed deeply again: "For a barren island like mine, foreign trade is very important, but the Duke gave me a trade ban."

At the end, he sighed helplessly again.

"Let the Duke eat shit!"

This was said by Sir Humphrey.

It can be seen that the knight has a very bad temper.

Humphrey felt that he understood it.

The baron's smuggling route of cheap magic tools is most likely related to a big shot in Dawn City.

This person is definitely not the Duke, because the Duke hates Princess Dawn.

It may be Master Shahram.

Sir Humphrey, who thought he had figured it out, said: "Baron, since the Duke doesn't care about the lives of our northern counties, we don't need to care about his ban."

"As long as you can get good and cheap magic tools, we will eat as much as you can. Then, just make a list of supplies and we will find a way to transport them to you."

This is what Rosen wanted: "Sir, you are so straightforward!"

"Since the Sir is so straightforward, I will also give you a definite answer. There are also big figures in the south who are very dissatisfied with the Duke and think that the Duke is a coward without any guts!"

"So Therefore, someone is willing to secretly support my wife, and my wife is a woman with a strong character. "

"She hates Aaron, and has never forgotten her people!"

Speaking of this, Rosen pointed to the south and said bitterly: "He wants to be a dog for outsiders all the time, stealing the rice bowls of his own people everywhere, making everyone live a bad life."

"But my wife wants to stand up as a person, and wants her own people to stand up as people together!"

Humphrey believed this, because he personally experienced the night of the Blue Whale Mansion and heard Princess Chenxi swear a sacred oath with his own ears.

At that time, he was shocked and wanted to do something big.

I thought that Princess Chenxi would be wiped out by the dangerous environment when she arrived at the White Sturgeon Island.

But I didn't expect that the princess not only had a strong character, but also had such strong action. Not only did she break through the fourth ring in magic, but she even contacted the power of the south.

Princess, I'm afraid she can succeed!

So, Rosen's few words made his blood boil, as if he had returned to his young and passionate youth.

He clenched his fists tightly and waved them vigorously: "Baron, you're right! We in the Northern County have had enough of that wimp!"

"When the time is right."

Rosen immediately signaled for silence: "Sir, don't be impulsive. You need strength to do anything big. When you don't have enough strength, it's best to keep a low profile."

Humphrey nodded repeatedly: "Right, right, I was reckless!"