Phoenix Grand Lord

After using 2 gold coins to buy more than 20 damaged rune stones, Luo Wei walked into a shop with a signboard of "Elmo's Magic Materials".

The space in the shop is not large, and the shelves are filled with various bottles and jars, which contain colorful magic element materials.

These magic materials are used to forge magic equipment, prepare magic potions, enchant weapons and equipment, engrave rune stones, and the basic element materials required for awakening and changing jobs.

They are also the materials that Luo Wei needs to repair rune stones.

Everything in the Regan world is irradiated by the "magic explosion" of the last era, so whether it is magic beasts, mineral herbs, or even humans, dwarves, and half-elves, they all contain rich magic element affinity.

The higher the level of magic beasts and items, the purer the magic elements they contain.

After a series of complex refining, these magic elements can be roughly divided into fire magic elements, ice magic elements, electric magic elements, wind magic elements, poison magic elements, earth magic elements, and extremely rare life elements and arcane magic elements.

The rune stone that Luo Wei just sold at a high price was activated because of the addition of level 2 magic toxins, which generated the amplification effect of "spell attacks have a chance to produce toxic damage".

Therefore, if you want to repair the rune stone and sell it for money, you must buy basic magic element materials.

However, this "Elmo's Magic Materials" store only has level 1 materials, and there are no arcane elements and life elements to sell.

After all, River Valley Town is only the town-level territory of the Viscount. If you want to buy more advanced materials, you have to go to the county-level territory of the Earl at least.

The prices in this small shop are fair. In addition to the most common fire magic element materials, 2 gold coins per small bottle, other magic element materials are 3 gold coins per small bottle.

Luo Wei thought about it, and then bought 4 bottles of level 1 fire magic elemental materials, and 2 bottles of level 1 magic elemental materials of other systems.

A total of 23 gold coins were spent.

Although it was a bit expensive, these elemental materials could earn at least 2,000 gold coins.

After leaving the "Elmo's Magic Material" store, Luo Wei was not in a hurry to infuse and repair new rune stones.

Although the Phoenix Power in his body has reached the level of an Ash Sequence 2 apprentice, the "Mianshijinjin" consumes a lot of energy and cannot be used again within 1 day.

Moreover, Luo Wei didn't want to sell too frequently at the beginning.

Repairing rune stones at a small cost and selling them is indeed a good way to quickly accumulate capital.

But if you want to complete capital accumulation in this world, you must have strong strength.

After all, the lord is not a businessman. If you run your territory with a pure businessman's mentality, then the territory will soon become a delicious cake that everyone can take a bite of.

In the world law of the survival of the fittest, only hegemony is the only way for the lord to rise.

All the construction and operation of the territory are essentially for hegemony or anti-hegemony.

It is naive to think that you can survive peacefully by just farming and selling goods.

Luo Wei has been very clear about this since he came here.

What's more, if you sell rune stones every day, the price of rune stones will be quickly lowered, and it will also be noticed by the vested interests of the High-level Magician Association.

Luo Wei is already on the task list of the Assassin Brotherhood. If he messes with the Magician Association again, it will be really exciting.

Therefore, Luo Wei's plan for himself is to sell, but the number of rune stones to be repaired cannot exceed 5 per month.

As for the remaining rune stones, Luo Wei plans to study them carefully to see if they can be improved and used to improve the infrastructure of the territory.

After a short rest, Luo Wei continued to go to the slave market deep in the market.

Although there are nearly 100 serfs in Meilin Valley, most of them are old, weak, women and children. According to the statistics given by Bachelor Durdi, there are only 38 young and strong serfs in Meilin Valley Manor who are capable of high-intensity work.

There are many mouths to feed in Meilin Valley Manor, but there is still a shortage of regular labor - this is also the pit dug by my dear stepmother.

Meilin Valley Manor is about to start a large-scale construction, and labor is the most important resource.

In the long run, Luo Wei needs to train a serf army that can quickly mobilize and form combat effectiveness.

In the future, the confrontation with the Marigold Territory and the Purple Forest Territory controlled by my stepmother will definitely become more and more direct, and even after returning to Meilin Valley Manor this time, preparations must be made.

It is expensive to buy a mercenary army, and mercenaries have little loyalty.

And it is very cost-effective to train a force that can work and fight and belongs to oneself from scratch.

With the mentality of selecting high-quality "bell ringing" militia, Luo Wei stood in the crowd of slave buyers and secretly opened the feather insight.

Although these slaves only had white light, the brightness of the white light was also graded.

Luo Wei selected 12 strong male slaves according to the brightness of the white light and paid 23 gold coins.

The price of a strong male slave was twice that of an ordinary slave.

The reason why only 12 were bought was not because he was stingy with the money, but because among the entire batch of slaves, only these 12 people met Luo Wei's standards for establishing a "bell ringing" army.

When these 12 slaves were bought, their expressions were numb, and no one dared to think about what fate they would face.

After the transaction was completed, Luo Wei temporarily deposited these slaves with chains and shackles in Fat Jimmy's grain trading house.

Then, Luo Wei went to the recruitment office to recruit craftsmen.

It is much cheaper to hire a craftsman than to buy a strong slave.

The monthly salary of an ordinary craftsman is about 1 silver coin to 10 silver coins, which is about half a gold coin.

The monthly salary of a skilled craftsman will naturally be higher, and there will even be some additional conditions, but generally it will not exceed 15 silver coins.

In addition, the hired craftsmen often bring their families, and their families can usually work as short-term servants, cooks, or errand servants, and the wages of the families will be calculated separately.

This is not a problem for Luo Wei at all. Luo Wei hopes that these craftsmen will bring their wives and children with them.

Luo Wei cleared his throat, "I am the lord of the manor under the jurisdiction of Zilin Territory! I need 3 senior carpenters, 1 senior bricklayer, 1 senior stonemason, and 1 senior blacksmith! Long-term work, food and accommodation for the whole family! Starting from 15 silver coins per person per month, and there will be rewards for good work!"

Wow!

All the craftsmen in the recruitment office surrounded Luo Wei.

Starting from 15 silver coins per person per month, and there will be rewards for good work - this young lord must be recruiting craftsmen for the first time, so generous!

The craftsmen also noticed the Zilin family emblem on Luo Wei. Zilin Territory is a relatively prosperous territory anyway, and working in Zilin Territory will definitely not be bad!

So, the craftsmen sold their abilities to Luo Wei one after another, and the competition on the scene was very fierce.

Luo Wei narrowed his eyes slightly and secretly activated the feather insight.

"You, you, you, you, you... and you."

Luo Wei pointed at the six carpenters, bricklayers, stonemasons, and blacksmiths with the strongest individual white light brightness.

The six craftsmen who were named were overjoyed, while the others who were not favored could only shake their heads helplessly and disperse.

Luo Wei originally planned to recruit a carpenter, but since he was much more wealthy than expected, he naturally had to recruit a few more to speed up the infrastructure construction.

"I will give each of you 5 silver coins as a deposit. You go back and pack up your work tools, bring your family and belongings, and gather outside the Valley Town after dinner. We will set off overnight."

"Yes! Sir! It's an honor to serve you!"

The craftsmen excitedly took the shiny silver coins from Luo Wei and went home to prepare.

After the matter of recruiting craftsmen was resolved, Luo Wei went to the food store to buy enough food for the return trip.

12 slaves also need food and drink, so they need to buy more ready-made black bread.

Then, Luo Wei went to the farm tool store again and bought 50 farm tools, 30 fishing nets, 20 woodcutting axes, and asked the owner to give him 10 skinning knives.

Since he was planning to establish a bell-ringing army, it was necessary to buy a large cast iron bell.

There were too many things to buy, so Luo Wei simply went to the carriage shop and bought a four-wheeled carriage.

In this way, not only could food and farm tools be loaded into the carriage, but Luo Wei himself could also sit in the carriage on the way back, emptying himself and concentrating his mind anytime and anywhere.

Luo Wei simply counted and found that he still had 67 gold coins left.

Even if he reserved money for buying 20 carts of food and transportation next month, he would still have 7 gold coins left.

This trip to River Valley Town was beyond expectations!

As the sky was getting dark, Luo Wei went to the tavern for a simple dinner, then drove the newly bought four-wheeled carriage, took 12 slaves and supplies such as the bell, and went to the town to gather.

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