Mo Bei and his party followed Conrad, walked through the courtyard and corridor, and came to a garden built on the top of the attic.
The group walked on the spiraling suspended walkway and climbed to a high platform with a pavilion and a fountain. They couldn't help but sigh again at the majesty of the inner city architecture.
This garden bathed in morning light even gave Mo Bei the feeling of entering the sunwell highlands.
Virgil was sitting at the small round table in the pavilion, eating the snacks and fruits prepared by the servants without any scruples, and looking out.
As soon as he saw Conrad, he wiped his mouth with one hand, stood up holding the round table with the other hand, walked towards him with a slight stagger, and said:
"You~~ tell me about the fluorite, what's going on now?"
He still had some pronunciation and stuttering in his speech, but he did not conceal the situation he had mastered and went straight to the topic.
If Mo Bei and the others hadn't preconceivedly thought that this kind of person could not be a fuel-efficient lamp, they would probably have been deceived by the appearance of this fat man who was greedy, curious and without any scheming.
Blake had a relatively objective evaluation of these great nobles:
Eat people without spitting out bones!
"So well-informed?" Conrad asked with a smile, walked over to the small round table and sat down.
"Haha, I'm not as smart as you, but you still have foresight." The fat man complimented with a smile, sat down opposite Conrad and continued:
"You also know that I'm not ugly when I eat. You eat meat, and I can drink some soup! Alas... I really can't afford to burn this gem. Since... it has been rising since it was opened for synthesis. price."
Although he stutters a bit, Virgil's way of speaking is straightforward and he explains things properly. If you don't know him well, it is indeed easier to have a good impression of him.
But his purpose and appetite are definitely not as simple as he said. Re-dividing interests after realizing certain layouts is commonplace for these people.
As for the gem price issue he mentioned, Mo Bei and others understood it after hearing it.
The yield of originally broken or cracked gems is not low, and few career changers use them for inlaying. After all, the inlaying process is irreversible. If there is a piece of equipment worth inlaying, it is better to use higher-end gems as much as possible, so those scattered gems are basically used to drive the magic circle or make scrolls.
Later, when it could be synthesized, it was used more and more for long-distance transmission and visiting relatives and friends. With the huge increase in consumption, not only the loose gems, but also the high-grade gems became more and more expensive.
"I'm afraid I won't be able to eat this meat for a while... It's out of our control over there. Let's not talk about it for now. Do you know how bad our reputation is there?" Conrad poured a glass of wine and pushed it. He walked to Virgil and said.
"Then..." Virgil held the wine glass with both hands but did not drink, nor did he answer the self-evident question. He just made a long note and waited for the next step.
"Don't you understand the situation in the Spider Forest...Those things can't be killed at all..."
"You want to give them reinforcements? Then...will it break the balance there?" Virgil asked in a low voice.
balance! ?
Suddenly hearing this word from Virgil's mouth, Mo Bei's brows jumped suddenly and his heart was churning.
"There is never a balance that does not swing, and there is never anything that is free. Fluorite is crucial, so I hired a thousand mercenaries and headed to the Spider Forest." Conrad said.
"One... a thousand? You, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, are you, are you, are you, are you?"
Conrad smiled and said nothing.
"Then... Then I can't just wait to drink soup... Don't worry, we have formed a verbal alliance on this matter." Virgil said as he poured a glass for Conrad and picked up his own cup. Cups want to clink.
"When the first batch of fluorite is shipped to Alcanas, we will drink this cup again." Conrad pressed the foot of the cup and pushed it forward. He could only drink the antiseptic liquid.
"Hey..." Virgil tapped Conrad with his fat finger with a huge emblem ring, smiled slyly, drank it all in one gulp, then stood up and said:
"Then, I won't bother here anymore, I'll go back and prepare. By the way, you... you said the Chamber of Commerce and Trade..."
"With such a big movement, can they sit still?" Conrad looked at Virgil thoughtfully and said.
A few big forces can influence the whole body. Such a large-scale action will inevitably attract the attention of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Their mining in Alcanas is no less than that of Conrad, and they will definitely also have a headache in terms of smelting consumption. question.
Virgil's motive was by no means a clear sense of justice, but rather a reluctance to let Conrad's side take the lead. He said he was helping, but in fact he was preparing to fight for a share of future resources.
Therefore, those in the Federation of Commerce and Trade would not let these two great nobles divide the resources of the Spider Forest, and would definitely find a high-sounding reason to get involved.
And this is exactly what Mo Bei and the others expected to see.
Deploying as much of the armaments of Kaltim City as possible will weaken the power of Belial, the King of Lies. In addition, it will also be of substantial help to the situation in the Spider Forest.
They sent 70% of the mercenary guild's manpower to Asila, plus the Iron Wolf Guards and numerous adventure teams. The one that really took the lead was the Kurast Seaport side.
As for the Holy See, he has no way to influence this force for the time being. They have no property in the mining city. As long as they maintain the rule of the kingdom, they will be able to stand. He can only find another opportunity to explore their background.
"Haha, that's what I thought too!" There was no embarrassment on Virgil's face, and he smiled and left with his entourage.
Mo Bei and others remained on the high platform, reviewing the conversation just now while standing behind the railing and looking around.
In the early morning, the light was just right, and there was no hot wind or dust blowing up in the wilderness around Kartim City. It was the time of day when the view was clearest.
The dry and barren wilderness is covered with rugged black rocks, interspersed with cliffs and deep valleys, extending northward to a hazy sky, where is the land of strong winds.
To the south, you can see mottled greenery, gradually connecting into one piece, until it connects with the rainforest.
The most eye-catching thing is definitely the suspended waterway that stretches to the end of the sight. Countless towering huge stone pillars lift a crystal-clear river to the same height as Kartim City. It is not an exaggeration to call it a miracle, because it is really It's hard to imagine the construction process.
This suspended waterway also uses towering rocks as support in the middle, or a river channel is dug out on the high ground to connect it. Although it is as straight as possible, it is inevitable that there are some twists and turns.
A number of sentries and small village buildings can be seen along the waterway, guarding this vital lifeline while maintaining a path deep into the wilderness.
The road turned due north about forty or fifty kilometers away, leading to Alkanas and the Land of Gale, which was where they would set foot next.
Compared with the inner city, the buildings in the outer city can only be described as simple. The area is several times larger, and it is somewhat similar to Lu Gaoyin. After all, the two countries facing each other across the sea have many similarities. Deep origins.
It is said that there are also a large number of human ruins in the vast but dry and barren northern continent. This reminded Mo Bei of the many ancient ruins under the dry highlands. He was a little confused about the criteria for the ancestors to choose settlements. Was it for penance?
And why are there no records preserved about these ruins?
The city of Kaltim is not only divided into two parts: the inner city and the outer city. There are also countless simple and dilapidated shacks built on the rugged mountainous land outside the city.
Mo Bei took out his telescope and found that these sheds were made of a wide range of materials, including wooden boards, leather, cattail grass, linen, and even huge animal bones.
They are crowded together, or stacked on top of each other, or even hung outside the mountain cliff with simple supports, looking chaotic.
And because it is filled with a strong atmosphere of life and traces of maintenance and repairs, people can also feel that this cherished home has an extremely simple beauty.
But people who live there probably don’t have this perception. .
There is the slum of Kaltim City, home to more than half of the population. They are also the creators of this prosperity, but they have never been given the power to choose.
