Lord of Arcane

Chapter 2109 Seeking cooperation in resource management
After leaving the Golden Autumn Garden, Xia Duo returned directly to the Floating Void City, but in the afternoon, there was another news from the elves, saying that Istria, the chief advisor to King Helian, had invited him to meet.

If it was other advisors, Xia Duo could not see him at all, but it was difficult for him to refuse the invitation of Istria. Of course, this was not because of the title of the chief advisor of the other crown king, but it was actually more like an honorary title.

In fact, Istria was not a follower or subordinate of King Helian, but the leader of the Yeerlan mage who was on an equal footing with King Mian or even had a more detached status.

This is the position of arbitrator under the new system of Yeerlan similar to that of Iolum in Netheril. The title of chief advisor is just a means for King Helian to respect or win over the other party.

In fact, Istria also has a place in the Council of Elders of the Elland High Trees, but they are regarded as "Honorary Elders".

An elf with this identity wanted to see him, so of course Xia Duo couldn't miss him at will. Obviously, this was the real "entertainment" from Ye'erlan, similar to Coranie's invitation when he was in Cormanthor.

After briefly thinking about the elements that the other party might mention after the meeting, Xia Duo set off from the floating city.

And different from the high-profile Pegasus guard of honor at the banquet yesterday, this time Ye Erlan specially prepared a curtain flying car that can avoid the sight of ordinary people, and there is no detour in the middle, starting from the floating city and going straight to the palace.

After a while, Xia Duo sat opposite Istria, and through the decorations on the walls around this reception hall, he noticed that more than one elf was observing him with the help of magic.

Combined with the identity of Istria on the opposite side, it is not difficult to guess that it should be the crown king of Helian and the representative of the parliament.

Because it was a private meeting, Xia Duo didn't intend to go around with the other party, and asked straight to the point: "Master Istria called me here, what advice do you have?"

"Lord Xiaduo, although I have known your appearance for a long time, but the moment I saw you with my own eyes, I was very surprised by your youth. With such an existence in Netheril, it is hard not to develop and grow. !"

Although this kind of commercial flattery is a bit redundant, it is indeed useful to Xia Duo, and it also relaxes his slightly confrontational mentality.

Then Istria said: "The main reason for inviting Lord Xiaduo to meet privately this time is that after discussing a few things with the council, King Helian agreed that it would be more appropriate to find you. Of course, there are also some selfishness in this .”

"Master Istria, please speak up!"

"First of all—" Istria paused, as if communicating with observers outside the living room, before continuing:
"It's the issue of the devils. Now the devils have become the biggest threat to the Northern Alliance. Ye Erlan hopes to have a deeper cooperation with Netheril on the issue of the devils."

The issue of demon descendants is a commonplace in the elven country. Xia Duo was not surprised that the first thing the other party talked about was this, but his trip did not represent Netheril, so he also gave a very official attitude:

"I will convey Ye Erlan's opinion to the Seven Towers. Based on my understanding of the demons, the Seven Towers should be happy to accept such cooperation."

Although the Seven Towers are still uncertain, they have already determined that the demons may threaten the security of the entire world, and they intend to carry out more cooperation with the countries of the Northland within the framework of the Northland Alliance. If Yeerlan's request is not unexpected should be satisfied.

"The second thing also involves a major crisis in the North, that is, the abnormal climate. Although the grain production in Yeerlan has not been affected at this stage, it is hard to say what the future will be. Cyril gets the Seed of Yerevan and the Blessing of Cold Resist."

Istria said without changing his face that he was worried about the future reduction of food production. Xia Duo was a little surprised by this. He thought that the elves protected by the mystic would not care about the cold-resistant seeds researched by Master Yerevan!
However, it is not difficult to understand if you think about it carefully. No one can guarantee how far the climate anomalies in the Northland will develop in the future. Mysuo can certainly maintain a certain planting environment, but if there is a big difference between this environment and the outside world, The efficiency and durability of the mythal will be affected.

In other words, it will be more energy-efficient and cheaper to plant hardy seeds (and possibly heat-tolerant seeds) when the time comes.

Not to mention the blessing spell, even if it is not just used for research, it is pure profit, especially when the elves are better at the field of life, it is not surprising that Xia Duo will one day complete the improvement of this spell.

At that time, it may be that Netheril seeks help from Yeerlan or other elven countries.

After thinking about it for a while, Xia Duo didn't express his point of view this time, but only said that he would convey Yeerlan's opinion to the Seven Towers, and Istria also expressed his understanding of this.

……

Then we talked about the third thing, which was also somewhat beyond Xia Duo's expectations——

Ye'erlan intends to renegotiate the Mithril Agreement of the Three Kingdoms with Netheril and Danzo.

But you must know that the original Mithril Agreement of the Three Kingdoms has been changed before and after the establishment of the Northland Alliance. This time, Ye Erlan wanted to renegotiate the Mithril Agreement. Xia Duo almost subconsciously thought that Ye Erlan wanted to move his mind on the export of high-quality Mithril .

You must know that in the past, the source of high-quality mithril in Netheril was not only the excavation of archaeological remains, but the biggest source was Ye Erlan, or more precisely, the Moon Horn family where Hilda Lanna belonged to.

Although Netheril already has the technology to extract mithril, and domestic mithril mines are no longer restricted by the Mithril Agreement of the Three Kingdoms, most of the high-quality mithril still needs to be imported.

Now that Yeerlan's internal changes are a foregone conclusion, a centralized regime is unlikely to allow the Yuejiao family to continue to monopolize the lucrative trade of high-grade Mithril, although the previous Yuejiao family must have obtained the permission of most upper-ranking families.

However, strategic resource control is also one of the important processes of centralization reform, and it is impossible to let a family monopolize it all the time.

Xia Duo had expected this for a long time, but this day came so quickly, even though he had already mastered the mithril refining technology, including the continuous purification of high-grade mithril.

However, the source of his mithril is not self-produced, but purchased from other territories or chambers of commerce. Once Yeerlan makes a decision that is not conducive to the import of high-grade mithril from Netheril, it will definitely affect the secrets in Netheril. silver price.

This is very obvious, once Netheril cannot get a stable supply of high-grade mithril, it will seek self-production, and the production of high-grade mithril will consume a lot of mithril itself, and this is inevitable .

It's just that it will decrease with the improvement of refining technology and craftsmanship!

Under such circumstances, how could Xiaduo not be affected, unless Netheril found a few super-rich ores that could not be used up for hundreds of thousands of years, or used its own mines.

The former is unrealistic, while the latter is not willing to part with him, so he wants to keep it as a strategic reserve.

"This reality—"

Xia Duo sighed in his heart, it was just like the slang in his hometown, "it will rain, and my mother will get married".

(End of this chapter)