Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1652 Set a contract function platform
"Yes, yes!" Lord Leisen shouted hastily.

He was so excited just now that he almost forgot about this. Compared with the airship, he actually cared more about the reformation plan of the rough refining furnace.

"However, let's make a contract first, and then talk about this plan!"

With the previous airship plan as a basis, Lord Leisen no longer doubts whether Xia Duo can come up with a plan to transform the refining furnace. He has already asked the other party to talk about a plan first, and he can no longer take advantage of it.

Only by making a contract can this matter be truly determined.

"can."

Xia Duo didn't object. Although he didn't think Lord Leisen would go back on his word, it was more in his interest to make a contract first, but——

"As for the content of the contract, I think it needs to be adjusted!"

"Adjust it?" Lord Leisen's expression changed, as if thinking of the possibility of the other party lowering the price again, he couldn't help asking in a deep voice, "I wonder what Lord Xiaduo wants to adjust?"

"The price, standard mithril at 300 gold coins per pound, can certainly cover most of the cost, but this cannot achieve a win-win situation. I think 350 gold coins per pound is more reasonable."

"It turned out to be a price increase?!" Lord Leisen was very surprised.

And then, Xia Duo continued: "Considering the price fluctuations of Mithril, and according to my speculation, the price of Mithril may rise in the future, and the cost of processing may also increase accordingly. I think that the price should be negotiated once a year. It is also in line with the goal of mutual benefit.”

What Xia Duo needs is a reliable partner who can cooperate for a long time, not a transaction partner who only trades once.

Proactively raising the price seems to be a disadvantage, but he can get a more stable supply of Mithril. If he concentrates on lowering the price, he may be able to take advantage of a lot in the short term, but after this order, can he continue to cooperate?

Even if they can cooperate, it will only make the resentment accumulate.

Xia Duo followed the kingly way, not domineering, and valued public welfare instead of self-interest.

Although the start is solid, the luck is long, just like his hometown, although the inheritance has been cut off repeatedly, but there are always people with lofty ideals to continue, this undoubtedly also has the effect of the concept of kingship.

Putting it into modern times, one-sentence explanation means "representing the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people."

Cooperation is naturally aimed at a win-win situation, rather than one person winning twice. The so-called "justice helps more than wrongdoer" can also be used here.

Lord Leisen didn't expect Xia Duo to offer a loose condition of negotiating once a year in addition to raising the price. This made him a little at a loss as to what to say, and it took him a long time to hold back a sentence:
"Lord Xia Duo, you are really a special person!"

Although he wasn't sure what Lord Xiaduo's purpose was for doing this, whether it was for a win-win situation as the other party said, but at least at this moment, he believed that Lord Xiaduo was a very trustworthy and suitable person for cooperation!

Next, in a friendly atmosphere, the two parties completed the signing of the order agreement.

……

"By the way, Lord Xiaduo, I don't know what is the use of buying so much mithril? Of course, if it is inconvenient, just pretend that I didn't ask."

"I'm going to build a new Mage Tower, and the other is the consumption of the Tower of Time."

Xia Duo is not lying, he really wants to build a mage tower, seeing that this month is coming to an end, and on the fourth day of next month, the Northland Magic Restriction Treaty will take effect.

And his floating city hasn't even built a flight control system yet. Of course, if he rushes, he can still drag the floating city out of the [Azurite Plane] before the [-]th of next month.

But why bother?
Anyway, no matter how fast it is, it is definitely impossible to complete all the work. Rather than dragging it out now to attract attention, it is better to wait until it is completely completed before launching it.

Also, there is the issue of Mythra.

The current one in the blue crystal plane is an experimental type, and of course it can be used in the floating city, but in that case, it will inevitably affect the subsequent output of arcane crystals.

And the output of arcane energy crystallization is related to the efficiency of building 【Mythra】.

In that case, it is better to build a few [Mythra] devices first, so that they can be used as a backup energy center for the floating city, and will not affect the subsequent output of arcane energy crystals, but instead increase.

Anyway, there are a lot of things, and the floating city will definitely not be able to be pulled out before the [-]th of next month.

But on the territory, the capacity of the Tower of Time is close to the limit, and a new batch of apprentices will be recruited at the Midsummer Festival at the end of next month, which requires a new place to house them.

Of course, Xia Duo wants to build a new mage tower, not just to accommodate new apprentices, but an important part of the floating city.

In Xia Duo's design, there will be several floating platforms on the periphery of the spherical floating city, as a functional platform for outsiders to temporarily dock, inspect, or install offensive weapons.

The mage tower he is going to build now is used to pull and anchor these floating platforms, and it is also quite different from the normal mage tower.

It can be summed up roughly—single function, low cost, and simple construction.

But occasionally it is okay to modify a special pull tower that has some functions of a normal mage tower, especially in this case.

Regarding Xia Duo's explanation, Lord Leisen has no doubts. After all, the mage tower that meets the status of a great arcanist does consume a lot, and he often hears about the reputation of the Tower of Time's communication magic weapon in Leisen.

It is completely understandable to buy more Mithril and use it as a strategic reserve.

……

Leaving Lei Senling, the sense of resource crisis that Xia Duo had been lingering in his heart finally retreated. As long as there are no accidents, the first floating city should be stable.

After returning to Severton.

Xia Duo began to prepare for the trip to Zilan Tower two days later. This is very simple, just to make a culture container with cloning.

He has done more than one before, whether it is in the projection plane or in the tower of time, which can be regarded as rich experience.

However, what to do after returning to the southern border requires careful planning. This trip took a bit longer, which exceeded his original plan.

The first is the mage tower, because it is built on the main plane, and most of the super magic operations need to be completed before the Northland magic restriction treaty takes effect.

Of course, overtime is not too important a matter, it is nothing more than consuming his small share of super magic, and he will have to settle this account with the elves sooner or later.

Secondly, it’s not without benefits that the trip took a long time. At least the production of arcane crystals on the blue crystal plane has not stopped. When he returns, he can almost produce the [Mythra] device at the same time.

As for the construction of the flight control system, this is a big project, not as simple as building the [Mythra] device.

But its main trouble is not in the final spell-casting stage, but in the previous link of arranging the mithril components, and this part can actually ask Niya, Eberke and others for help.

For Xia Duo personally, it was much easier.

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(End of this chapter)