Lord of Arcane

Chapter 219 Countdown

The feeling of waiting for the news is extremely long, but this matter will always have a result.

That day, Xia Duo confirmed the supplies provided by the lord from the town hall. As soon as he returned to the mage tower, he heard some apprentices talking about the expansion of the territory.

Xia Duo casually grabbed an apprentice with "Booz" written on his clothes, and asked, "Apprentice Boots, you just said that the mage tower will send mages to the Green Pearl Forest for rotation?"

"Yes, Master Mage." The apprentice named Buzz was suddenly asked by an official mage, and his expression was a little nervous, but he relaxed after realizing that it was Xia Duo.

With admiration in his eyes, he said respectfully: "Lord Xia Duo, not only official mages, but also apprentices have received recruitment tasks, but the number of places is very small."

"You know me?" Xia Duo asked suspiciously.

"Yes, I once heard Edric tell about your lord's deeds. In that arcane contest, your lord defeated a foreign mage. We all admire you!"

"Yes, yes, me too!" Several apprentices beside him also echoed.

Although Xia Duo had a good mental quality, he still couldn't help the corners of his mouth curl up when he was praised in person. After a few words of encouragement, Xia Duo returned to the residence in a double good mood.

Now that the Tower of Time has prepared for the rotation of mages, it means that the elf mages did not attack the spellcasters who entered the Green Pearl Forest.

Of course, it is also possible that the elf mages only attack mage apprentices, but the probability is very small, and besides, Xia Duo is not a mage apprentice.

Now the development of the Great Xia collar has really entered the countdown.

……

The next day, Xia Duo first went to the Liadon Chamber of Commerce to find Alman, who was in charge, and learned from him that the recent material transfers of the Savile Land were very frequent, and it looked like he was going to do a big job.

"Yarman is in charge, how many people have been recruited?"

Xia Duo asked about the recruitment situation of the people almost every day, but the number of people recruited every day was getting less and less, but because of the decreasing number, he was also very concerned.

What is the essence of a territory, there is a saying on earth that can be well described, "If the land is lost, all the land will be lost; if the land is lost and the land will be lost, all the land will remain."

The lords of Netheril valued territory more, but Xiaduo valued people more. Only people can create productivity. When used in the magic world, only the more people there are, the more spellcasters will appear.

Hearing Xia Duo's question, Steward Arman, who had long been accustomed to it, skillfully flipped through a stack of documents, and said cautiously: "My lord, due to the development of the Savile Territory recently, there are fewer and fewer manpower available for recruitment, isn't it? Everyone has the courage to fight from scratch regardless of everything."

"How many people are there? Say!"

"After my lord left at noon yesterday, I recruited two more people. I haven't reported the ones recruited today, but—"

"Understood." Xia Duo understood what he meant, that is, maybe not even today!

Xia Duo frowned, and muttered to himself: "Two yesterday, plus the ones recruited before, there are only 56 in total. Not to mention the development of such a large territory, even building a small village is impossible!"

If he is a great arcanist now, as long as he goes to the mainland and shouts casually, not to mention tens of thousands, at least thousands of people can be fooled!
Unfortunately he is not.

"Yarman is in charge, and the recruitment cannot be stopped." After thinking for a while, Xia Duo still mentioned the slave, "Is there any special channel for the Liaton Chamber of Commerce to get people?"

"Your Excellency means—" Arman meant something.

"That's what you think! Is there any?"

"My lord, the Liaton Chamber of Commerce has never run this kind of business." But seeing that Xia Duo was unmoved, Arman gritted his teeth and said, "I can think of a way."

As one of the main managers of the chamber of commerce, Arman is well aware of the current situation of the Liadon chamber of commerce. The elves suddenly couldn't get in touch. Today's chamber of commerce is just an empty shelf with gold coins and no real industry.

Although he didn't understand why Mrs. Patty took such a big risk to invest in a territory with nothing, but since he had already decided, he could only do his best.

"Very good!" Xia Duo nodded in satisfaction. He was becoming more and more interested in Yarman. During this period of time, he was responsible for all the connections between the Liaton Chamber of Commerce and Xia Duo.

Serious, responsible and methodical in handling affairs, it would be even better if you can get Daxia collar.

As soon as the voice changed, Xia Duo asked another key question: "By the way, Arman is in charge, is the ship I need ready?"

"My lord, it's impossible for the local chamber of commerce to sell ships, and it's unrealistic to rent them. Mrs. Patty has already arranged for someone to go to Shiboden to buy them. The shipbuilding industry is developed there. If everything goes well, you should be able to go to Savile in a few days. Got it."

Alman took out a few more pieces of parchment and handed them to Xia Duo in a calm manner. "The crew has been recruited. They are all locals of Savile, and the captain has experience in going to sea."

Xia Duo picked it up casually, and didn't pay much attention to it. These people are unlikely to join the Daxia collar, they can only be regarded as hired workers.

"Hmm—" Xia Duo's casual flipping stopped suddenly, and he turned to the previous page again in disbelief. After making sure that he read it correctly, he closed the document again.

"Arman is in charge, this captain named 'Owen' is almost 60 years old this year, right?"

A 60-year-old captain is rare even on Earth, let alone a 50-year-old Netheril with a long lifespan!
And judging from this information, this Captain Owen is just an ordinary person, Xia Duo doubts whether he can still board the ship at this age!
"My lord, this Captain Owen is a bit old, but I guarantee that he is qualified for the job of a captain. Besides, it is not so easy to find a captain who is in his prime!"

Yarman also expressed some dissatisfaction in his words. The Liaton Chamber of Commerce has never been engaged in water transport trade, and it is impossible to recruit normal captains. Even this Owen was found by him after a lot of effort.

How could you just deny it like that!

"Okay, I believe in you, just this Owen!"

According to Yarman's consistent and reliable performance, Xia Duo didn't question any more. Anyway, he was going to meet that Owen anyway, and what was fake could not be true.

He actually hoped that this Owen could really continue to work, otherwise, it would be troublesome to find the captain again!

……

Next, Xia Duo looked at the latest bill again, and the series of numbers had already made him a little numb.After leaving the Liaton Chamber of Commerce, Xia Duo went to the military camp.

It took so long to get a group of soldiers supported by Lord Saville, in fact, to save money. Although the Lord supported his group of soldiers, Xia Duo had to pay the wages himself.

Not only salary, but also food, lodging, training, equipment, etc., are all his responsibility. Calculated to maintain a team of 10 ordinary soldiers, it takes at least 20 gold coins per day.

It has been almost half a month since the deal was concluded with the lord. If the soldiers were taken first, hundreds of gold coins would be lost.

But now that the territory development has the confidence, the only thing left to do is the arrival of the ship, then the team of soldiers can be brought back first, and get acquainted with it by the way.

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