Arcane Lord

Returning to Giles Tower, Shado first contacted Niya and informed her of the arrival of the territorial fleet and his imminent departure, and then asked her to help contact Belera.

Niya did not agree immediately, but asked the reason, "What are you doing with Belera?"

"Talk to her about something."

"What are you talking about?"

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Xia Duo was a little strange. No matter what she did to Niya before, she never had so many problems. What happened today?

However, there was nothing ulterior motives about what he was looking for Belera, so he said it directly:

"I want to talk to her about the mercenary fleet, and the Severington Council sent troops to clean up the underground passages. You should still have an impression. I think this may have an impact on maritime trade. Isn't the Belera family a shipbuilder? , there may be an idle fleet that can be hired to transport the people of Daxia.”

"That's it! Then I'll contact her right away!"

After interrupting the interrogation, Niya touched her cheek, quickly stood up and went out to find Belera in person.

…

On the other side, Xia Duo was not idle either. He continued to contact Jabas and his son and informed them to go to the port to board the ship and prepare to return to the territory.

Not long ago, he had just received the remains of the ancient magic weapon restored by Jabas. The structure was indeed very sophisticated. Although it did not have any magical power, he was already looking forward to it.

However, studying this may be more difficult than deciphering Felder's spell book. Shado has temporarily added it to the list to be studied, and will study it when he has time.

Shado still attaches great importance to Jabas. He has decided that when he returns to the territory, he will let Jabas and his son explore the ancient ruins where the mysterious clay tablet was discovered.

In the future, Xia Duo is even planning to recruit more experienced senior adventurers to explore the territory, and maybe even more ruins will be discovered!

…

After a while, Niya sent a message and asked Chateau to meet in a reception room on the public floor of Giles Tower, saying that Belera had arrived.

After receiving the news, Xia Duo immediately set off and arrived at the agreed meeting place.

When he saw Belera, Sha Duo only thought about why Niya asked so many questions just now. Of course, it might be that he was overthinking it - Belela was a female mage. There were so few female mages that Sha Duo had never thought about it before. Ignore Belera's gender.

What he just spoke was Netherese. If he was speaking Elvish, then he might be able to remember Belera's gender. After all, Elvish names contain gender and other information.

"Niya, Master Belera, I've kept you waiting for a long time."

"It's okay, we just arrived." Belera smiled slightly, very decent and generous, "Master Shaduo, Master Niya just told me, do you want to hire my fleet?"

"Yes, if there is a spare fleet."

"There should be no idle fleet now, but it's hard to say about the future." Belera frowned. Although she resisted her father asking him to take over the territory, she still had a certain understanding of her own industry.

Some time ago, the Severnton Council announced the military operation against the underground passage, which indeed made her a little worried. Once the underground passage was proved to be safer than the sea route, maritime trade would shrink a lot.

It will even weaken the influence brought by the shipbuilding industry in her own territory. At this time, even if Belera no longer thinks about her family, she can't help but plan for her family.

"Master Xia Duo, uh - Lord Xia Duo, my father gave me a caravan when I came of age. I haven't paid much attention to it these years. There are about 5 ships left. I can let them serve you. , I just don’t know how much Lord Xia Duo can offer?”

When Xia Duo heard this, he did not answer immediately, but thought about it carefully.

The only risk on the sea route is actually a section of the fjord close to the dwarf city of Askel. The winds are high and the waves are rough, and there are even sea monsters. Sailing is often very risky.

Although the underground passage connects Denzo and Netheril, the starting point of Netheril is not in Severton. If you want to go there, although the land route is possible, it is still not as convenient as the sea route.

Even if everyone uses underground passages in the future, boats will still be used in the past.

And Belera wants to stop the Chamber of Commerce's ship for him to use. Although the Chamber of Commerce may not necessarily be shut down, it will definitely cause a lot of trouble for the caravan to transform and completely abandon the sea route and go all overland.

Although he would pay for the employment fee, it was not necessarily comparable to the losses caused by those troubles. This was clearly a favor. Xia Duo thought about it and did not refuse after all, but he still proposed to increase the employment fee.

"Mage Belera, I am willing to hire your fleet at twice the market price. In addition, I also ask you to help contact the idle fleet in Severton. Within this year, the more the better!"

Humans are social creatures. No matter how powerful they are, unless they completely eliminate emotions, they will always have likes and dislikes, joy and anger, love and hatred, love and hatred, and this will interweave a complex interpersonal society. Human exchanges are indispensable. waived.

However, Belera refused Xia Duo's double employment salary. She said, "I am preparing to try to transform the chamber of commerce and open up land trade routes for my family. If those crew members had not worked for me for many years and paid a lot, I would have They all want to sell the fleet directly. Now let them run some inland shipping, which is regarded as a reward for them. You don't need to pay more commission for this.

"As for what you said about contacting other fleets, I can only say that we will do our best."

Since the other party said so, Xia Duo no longer insisted. It would be good to pay less anyway. "Thank you so much, Master Belera."

Afterwards, the two chatted for a while, and Belera left on the pretext of having something to do.

There were only two people left in the reception room, Xia Duo and Niya. Seeing Nia purse her lips and look like she was hesitant to speak, Xia Duojin asked: "What's wrong? It seems like she has something to say to me. , If you want to say it, just say it!”

"Uh-" Niya smoothed her hair and looked at Xia Duo with a little dodge in her eyes, "I just thought about it. This matter shouldn't be hidden from you. When you didn't come just now, Belera and I After talking for a while, I agreed to help her contact Conifera City.

"Although Hiboden is famous for being good at shipbuilding, their specialty is actually a kind of spice that can relieve the fatigue of casting spells. In the past, it was shipped to Askel and then sold to the Ellan elves. Now they want to expand to Cormanthor. trade.”

"..."

Xia Duo wanted to roll his eyes. He knew that a pie would not fall out of nowhere for no reason and hit him on the head. Even because of Niya's status, it was impossible for him to pay for it in vain.

It turned out to be waiting for him here!

If Nya had discussed it with him in advance, he could actually ask for more, because fleets and the like could be found anywhere, especially since he had become an arcanist, a member of Netheril's ruling class.

If he comes in person, he won't be able to find a fleet, but it's just not as convenient as going through Belera.

But without the help of Savile Leader, the spices from Shiboden may not be able to enter the Comanso market. At least it would be uncomfortable to get stuck at Savile Port.

Of course, in actual circumstances, it is impossible for Savile Territory to use its advantageous position to block others at will.

But overall, both parties can benefit from this transaction.

Belera made up his mind to try the underground passage trade route, and at the same time obtained the channel from Comanso.

On the Xia Duo side, they got the fleet, and even the Saville Territory, which seemed to have received no benefits, as a channel merchant, was actually able to use the spices of the Xiboden Territory to increase its own influence.

In addition, this transaction itself has also strengthened the connection between the southern border and the mainland. In the future, there will be more interests involved, and perhaps they can develop into allies.

In fact, they both belong to the Giles Tower camp and are natural allies, but their relationship is just a matter of distance.

…

After comforting Niya, Sha Duo proposed to leave, "We will contact you later with the communication tool. I will go back to the ship first."

"So urgent?"

"There are so many new residents, I'm a little worried."

"Oh well."

After bidding farewell to Niya, Shado replenished some food at Giles Tower before leaving Giles Tower.