Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1188 Housekeeping and Making Money Meeting Communiqué
"No, although the Tower of Time is making more money now, it also costs more. Soon, a large number of apprentices will be promoted to official mages, and the maintenance cost of the Tower of Time will increase significantly.

"In addition, there is also the cost of purchasing magic materials from the Mingshui Chamber of Commerce. If the sales of magic items in the Tower of Time are not good, the mere tens of thousands of gold coins may be the last straw!"

After talking about the financial situation of the Tower of Time itself, Niya expressed doubts about the number of murlocs, "Only two murlocs have been found now!

"Even if there are more fish that slip through the net, at present, it will not have much impact on the territory. There is no need to mobilize so many troops. It will not be too late to clean them up when they increase in number."

Niya's words are well-founded, but Xia Duo still insists on her own opinion. If the number of murlocs is not small, the cost of governance will be many times that of the present.

Moreover, we must also consider possible variables during this period, such as the elves' "good intentions" again. After liberating the dwarves, will they come to liberate the murlocs again?
Xia Duo told Niya about these considerations, and Niya's attitude relaxed a bit, so Xia Duo changed direction and continued to persuade:
"Do you know how much the current Savile Territory development plan costs per month?"

"How many?" Niya asked directly.

She could have searched for relevant information through Tower Ling, but since Xia Duo deliberately mentioned it, she is also willing to listen to Xia Duo's explanation.

"At least [-] gold coins per month!"

"Ah! So many?!"

Niya was very surprised by such a figure. If she remembered correctly, the territory was only given 5 silver coins per day to those who voluntarily participated in the development. How could there be so many gold coins in a month?

Niya roughly calculated that according to the monthly expenditure of 30 gold coins, there would be at least [-] people working for [-] days every month.

The number didn't fit her intuition, or the pioneering facts she'd learned.

So Niya couldn't help but looked at Xia Duo suspiciously, "Could it be that you made up this number casually, right? Just to persuade me to send someone to clean up the murlocs?"

"how come?"

Xia Duo shook his head. Ever since he was able to analyze subconscious information, he no longer lied easily. Even if he wanted to lie, he lied for the sake of lying. It was a selective strategy, and he would not lie for other purposes. original heart.

It can be said that he has basically achieved the unity of knowledge and action now, especially after becoming a senior arcanist, what existence is there for him to lie and deceive against his heart?
"Niya, you ignored the additional expenses of the territory guard during the development period, as well as the consumption of food, tools, and even the cost of casualty compensation. In addition, some senior adventurers also deserve higher wages. Fifteen thousand gold coins a month , this number is actually not much.”

Niya was thoughtful after hearing this, "It turns out that the Tower of Time's stalls are already so big without realizing it!"

"You shouldn't underestimate the potential of the Tower of Time. The problem you just mentioned about the increase in the maintenance cost of the Tower of Time due to the large number of apprentice promotions is actually not a problem. They can bring a lot of benefits themselves. In addition, when I come back from Leisen , I will make a batch of high-quality spiritual talismans—well, it can be regarded as supplementary for the family!"

In fact, if Xia Duo really wants to make money, he has a lot of connections.

Among other things, as long as he spread the word and was willing to serve as a mage consultant for a certain chamber of commerce, even if he didn't do any work, he could only make a name and receive at least a few thousand gold coins every month.

With a little work and extra salary, even higher than the nominal consultant fee, if you work hard, you can earn an ordinary mage tower in five or six years.

This speed of making money is equivalent to earning 3000 million in five or six years on Earth, with an average of more than [-] million a year, which is not too exaggerated.

If you do some private work and extra money, you can make money faster.

Basically, a mage, as long as he reaches the stage of a high-level mage, if he has no grand goals to achieve, he can live a very nourishing life by himself.

Not to mention senior arcanists, even now, with a territory and a mage tower behind, Xia Duo has never worried about money.

Compared with when he just crossed here, he had to care about even a copper coin, his view of money at this time has undergone earth-shaking changes.

"This matter is settled like this. The murloc issue is urgent. When I get it back from Leisen, I will find a way to make some money. I will definitely not let the Tower of Time and Savile go bankrupt!"

"Well, I believe you!"

In the end, Niya was still convinced. In fact, she had already agreed the moment she knew that the development plan from the Savile Territory to the south to the Great Xia Territory would cost at least [-] gold coins per month.

It's just that if you spend another [-] gold coins a month, after you calm down, even if you double it again, you won't feel much pressure.

"Then, during this time, I'll go to the magic mechanic to help!" Niya said suddenly.

Xia Duo was immediately happy. In fact, with the production method of the magic mechanic, one more Niya would not get much improvement.

It's not that Niya, who is a high-level mage and arcanist, is useless at all, but that the products produced by the current magic mechanic only come with some low-level spells, and the production process has been completely broken down. .

In this case, the role Nya can actually play is not fundamentally different from that of a low-level mage.

It is the production line that limits Niya's performance!
Only when the high-level production line is opened in the future will it be time for high-level mages to completely liberate their productivity!
But Niya has this heart, and Xia Duo will not hit her. Recently, Niya has been busy with the research of communication fan locks, and the progress is not satisfactory. It might be a good thing to change jobs temporarily to adjust her mood.

"Then I will first wish the magic mechanic Niya to make a lot of money soon!"

"Hmph, that's for sure!"

Niya raised her head and said rather arrogantly.

……

Time flies, five days have passed.

Xia Duo, who had only returned from Sevington for a few days, set off again, but this time he did not go to Sevington, although he could indeed do so, and even to a certain extent, he should do so.

But he gave up anyway.

He had already rejected the invitation to the Grand Arcanist Joint Meeting. The discussion on the study of demon summoning, if nothing else, should have been rejected this time.

And the interpretation of the Severton Council on the liberation of dwarves had already spread to the southern border through the channel of the Austrian and French Federation the day before yesterday.

As expected, it was indeed a request for Netheril to join the Northland Alliance by Comanthor uniting with the rest of the Northland countries.

Of course, correspondingly, Cormanthor and other countries also agreed to many conditions of Netheril, and solved many problems left over from history.

For example, in the past, Cormanthor often drove the orcs into the territory of Netheril, and the eastern lords were overwhelmed by the disturbance, but there was nothing they could do.

You must know that most of the eastern leaders are inextricably linked with Janik Tower, and even many of them are directly in the Janik Tower camp.

This is helpless, which shows how troubled this problem is.

For another example, in the past, the Comanthor elves often entered the territory of Netheril without permission, and various disputes occurred from time to time.

In most cases, it is humans who end up suffering.

(End of this chapter)