Lord of Arcane

Chapter 214 The First Batch of Manpower

After the banquet, there will be a formal negotiation and negotiation. With Derrick present, Xia Duo can't suppress them as a mage, and the other party dare not fool Xia Duo with his expertise.

Originally, this was a mutual willing cooperation, and most of the issues were discussed in just a few words. Among them, the most critical price and stability have also been reached.

Seeing that the contract was about to be signed, they froze on one issue.

"Three, this exclusive clause is absolutely impossible." Xia Duo said coldly.

This has already touched his bottom line, let alone the limited strength of these three chambers of commerce, even if they are strong, Xia Duo would not agree to the so-called exclusivity clause.

There is a saying in my hometown, "Tai Ah upside down, give others a handle", it is extremely unwise to entrust all the material affairs of the territory to these three chambers of commerce.

Besides, he has already signed a cooperation contract with Mrs. Patty, so he can't go back on his word!

If you go back on this, you will probably be blacklisted by the Lord of Radiance immediately!
Xia Duo's attitude is firm, there is no room for compromise, if it is successful, it will be successful, if it is not successful, let it go, anyway, it is not a loss to have a free meal tonight and a bottle of elf fruit wine.

The scene froze like this. At this time, Derrick, who was the middleman, came out to smooth things over. He had a lot of contact with the mages, so he knew that once the mages made a decision, it was difficult to change it.

"It's okay to remove this item, but all the delivery of materials and personnel must be settled on the spot, and the money and the goods must be settled." President Hans of the Hans Chamber of Commerce made such a suggestion.

What the two parties discussed before was that Xia Duo, in the name of a pioneer and a mage, has a certain credit limit, and within this limit, he can withdraw materials at will.

Wait for the territory to make a profit before repaying.

But all of this is premise-exclusive!
But now that the exclusivity clause is removed, settlement must be made on the spot. This is too realistic, Xia Duo frowned, but if it can guarantee that there is money and goods, then it is acceptable.

Xia Duo is considering whether to advance part of the gold coins from Mrs. Patty to settle with these three chambers of commerce, or transfer the channels of these three chambers of commerce directly to Mrs. Patty.

The latter is less hassle, while the former is probably safer.

After a little hesitation, Xia Duo still decided to hold it in his hands first. When the trust between Mrs. Patty and Mrs. Patty improved in the future, or when he became stronger, it might be a good choice to leave it to her.

The presidents of the three chambers of commerce here were waiting for Xia Duo's reply, and Xia Duo didn't want to be too entangled, so he agreed directly.

Although it is now settled on the spot and both money and goods are settled, it is still necessary to sign a contract. Xia Duo needs to ensure the stability of the input and output of personnel and materials.

Stability is relative, and Xia Duo must also ensure the monthly purchase volume.

Xia Duo roughly calculated that if he organizes 100 ordinary people and 20 guards to go to 20 foreign lands, the monthly food expenses will cost at least thousands of gold coins!
Of course, for the market price calculated here, in actual development, part of the food can be obtained from the forest on the spot, let’s count it as half.

Others, such as buying serfs, recruiting workers, guards, etc., are all gold-swallowing beasts, and once the development machine is activated, what awaits Xia Duo is either success in development and huge profits, or complete failure and bankruptcy.

In fact, Xia Duo was quite uncertain. He decided that once he started to develop, he must borrow a lot from Mrs. Patty, and even if he got acquainted with these three chambers of commerce, he would borrow a lot.

As long as they are locked up, Xia Duo can feel more at ease. Anyway, his worst outcome is failure in development and no money.

He should continue to be a mage.

Becoming a pioneer and obtaining a territory is an unexpected joy, and a mage is his job.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo Dun felt broad-minded, and signed the sacred contract with the three presidents and Derrick. Derrick was the witness and supervisor of the Lord of Radiance's accident.

"Three presidents, happy cooperation!"

"Master Xia Duo, no, Lord Xia Duo, happy cooperation!"

Several people looked at each other and smiled, and the tense atmosphere before was instantly mellowed a lot.

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After leaving Edric's house, Xia Duo did not return to the Mage Tower immediately, but stopped by Mrs. Patty's house on the way, and told him about his cooperation with the three chambers of commerce.

Although Mrs. Patty was surprised that Xia Duo had found three collaborators so quickly, she smiled confidently when she heard the names of the three chambers of commerce.

"Master Xiaduo, the Liaton Chamber of Commerce has already organized the first batch of personnel, when will you be free to take a look?"

"So fast?!"

Only two days have passed since the last signing of the contract. Xia Duo was very surprised to organize a group of people so quickly, "How many? Who are they?"

"The first batch was only 20 people. They were all free people in the town. They lived in poverty. It was difficult for them to get ahead in Savile. They all wanted to start from scratch in Daxia."

"Okay!" Xia Duo immediately gave the big cake, "As long as the territory is successfully developed, everyone will be rewarded, whether it is fields, gold or silver, or even their descendants who want to learn magic, I will give them the opportunity."

This kind of people who participated in the development all the way and have a certain degree of initiative, if nothing else, will be Xia Duo's hardcore supporters.

They pinned everything on the development of the territory, and on Xia Duo. Naturally, Xia Duo would not let them down, there must be big cakes.

Moreover, Xia Duo's development is different from Savile's next development. Daxia's development starts from scratch, and as long as he persists, he can see hope.

Most of the ancestors of Savile's great figures were ordinary people who pioneered with the first generation of lords. Although Xia Duo is not as good as a great arcanist, as long as there is hope of successful pioneering, he can attract people.

Mrs. Patty continued to introduce, "One of these people is a cobbler. His craft is not bad, but his management is not good, he owes a lot of money, and even the shop left by his ancestors has been sold out. Most of the others are porters on the dock. workers, and some people have been adventurers."

"By the way, there is also a priest of the Lord of Radiance. I heard that the Liadon Chamber of Commerce is recruiting people to open up new territories. That priest volunteered to participate."

Priest?Asking to participate?Xia Duo frowned. He didn't dislike the temple or the teachings of the Lord of Radiance, but Xia Duo was a little uncertain about letting the clergy of the Lord of Radiance get involved so early.

"What is the priest's name? Did you say what purpose he has?"

"The priest called himself Layton, but he only said that he wanted to participate in the development, and he didn't say any other purpose." Mrs. Patty explained.

But her explanation made Xia Duo even more confused, so she asked again, "Can I get in touch with him? Can I make an appointment to meet him?"

Xia Duo is still cautious about the people in the temple. After all, standing behind them is the god father. If he doesn't know the purpose of the other party, Xia Duo will find it difficult to feel at ease.

"The priest of Leiden said that he can go to the temple to find him, and he won't leave anytime soon!"

Xia Duo looked up at the timing rune on the top of the mage tower in the west, and found that it was almost 9 o'clock in the evening, so he said goodbye:

"In that case, Madam, please help me make an appointment with him tomorrow afternoon.

"At that time, we will discuss the specific development plan. Madam should have prepared in the past two days. It is too late today. I will go back to the Mage Tower first, and we will talk about it tomorrow."

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(End of this chapter)