Chapter 52 Trade Procurement
(Adjusted status, quit smoking, woke up early today, feeling very energetic. Two updates today.)
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The room was a little stuffy.
Sauron stood up after looking at the nautical chart for a while, and then opened the window to blow the cold wind.
It is not an easy task to find a suitable development point, because many large guilds with tens of thousands of people failed in order to expand overseas. These are all professionals, and because they died three times before reincarnating in Styx, they are less afraid of death than the natives in the plot, but even so, there are many failures.
You can imagine how difficult it is to develop overseas!
The difficulty is only one of them, because Sauron not only wants to expand overseas, but also wants to take this opportunity to grow stronger in response to the coming of the saint catastrophe. So the geographical location he wants to choose is even more special. Not only must he deliberately avoid the large number of indigenous people, but he must also be able to avoid the sphere of influence of the Amazons. Otherwise, these two powerful forces would not allow him to rise, even if he had the status of the three major pirate kings, it might not be useful, because it was impossible for pirates to defeat the army on land.
The bitter cold wind blew for a while.
Sauron beckoned and ordered, and a maid came in with a basin of clean water. He washed his face and moved a bit, then continued to observe the nautical chart, and remembered the location of the town and port that had successfully resisted the attack of the aborigines in his memory. Draw it out. These places all have inherent advantages, and one or two of them have advantages in mineral resources. Although Sauron did not have long-term overseas activities, he still has a very impressive memory of the locations where he successfully established town power at that time.
"Here! . . . here! . . . and here! . . . "
Sauron took a quill to paint and change. Seven or eight positions had been marked on the nautical chart, and they were basically on the coastline. Many locations are relatively remote. Don't underestimate the nautical chart in his hand. The value of this thing is actually quite astonishing. There is no satellite positioning in this world, and the nautical chart is manually drawn bit by bit. Maybe for Sauron, who is one of the new pirate kings, this nautical chart is just a matter of order, but for others. Especially for those merchants who run sea freight, this nautical chart is worth a thousand dollars!
The terrain of the Gulf Islands and various safe routes are not drawn above.
At the same time, it also records the exploration of the deep sea area by pirates for hundreds of years, as well as the distribution of dangerous creatures in the nearby sea area, and also records the activity areas of a small number of marine intelligent creatures.
It can be said that this nautical chart, even if it is 5,000 Jindler, there are merchants who are willing to buy it!
Sauron naturally wouldn't sell it.
Information in this era is amazing wealth, and he wants to monopolize the interests of the overseas islands. How could it be possible for other people to get involved in the exploration. At present, the overseas trade on the entire south coast is with the Amazon region, and they deal with the group of Amazon women, so their profit is only about three times. However, if one can trade with the natives, the profit of the transaction can reach five times or even ten times more, and some simple gadgets may be exchanged for gold from the natives.
Dang bang block!
There was a slight knock on the door. The people outside seemed to be very cautious, knowing that Sauron was thinking about something important, and a little afraid to interrupt his train of thought.
"Come in."
Sauron put down the quill, turned around and took a look, and said, "How is the matter going?"
The one who entered was a strong man with a scar on his face. A scar on the side of his face and a scar on his forehead. There is also a scar on the chin, and just by looking at it, I feel that this guy is very fierce and has a lot of combat experience. His nickname was 'Scarface', and he participated in Sauron's battle to kill the Swamp King. He was also the pirate leader who was promoted later. His subordinates controlled a large ship and two small boats, and recruited about seventy or eighty subordinates.
Sauron is expanding the size of the pirates recently!
He recruited all the gangsters from all walks of life, from all walks of life, from all walks of life, and from all walks of life. At present, he has nearly 1,500 pirates under his command, and among them, there are about five or six hundred people who are directly under his orders. This world has no choice but to pull out tens of thousands of people, because ordinary civilians are not very useful, and the men recruited by Sauron are at least thugs who have received more than five years of militia training. The weakest of these thugs can also bring down three ordinary adult men with his bare hands.
As for high-level professionals, it is better not to think too much.
The high-level professionals in this world are all managers of one side, and at worst they are all at the level of small bosses. Sauron only has two fourth-level professionals under his command, and the highest level of other occupations is 12, which is about the strength of the third level. . So far, no spellcasters have been recruited, and the wizards are usually very hysterical, and it is not easy to meet each other, so Sauron does not have much expectation for them. There are ways for spell casters to make money, and it is basically impossible to join a pirate force, because being a pirate is too dangerous.
"Your Mightiness."
Scarface carefully handed over a stack of scrolls, and said in a deep voice, "I took people to the City of Fortune and bought them from a secret magic store as you ordered. There are a total of twenty-seven spell scrolls. The wizard inside said that you can get a discount if you want so many at a time, and you spent a total of 26,500 Kindler."
Speaking of this, Scarface wiped the sweat from his forehead a little, and continued: "The batch of goods from Viper Island has been sold, and those cunning businessmen are willing to take the initiative to raise the purchase price a little because they are in awe of your reputation. 50% of the listed price is purchased. So this time we brought back 21,500 pieces of Kindler."
He carefully handed over a list, and then couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.
That's a lot of money.
Twenty goldlers are one pound, and twenty thousand goldlers are one thousand pounds of gold.
He had never seen such a large sum of money before, and if it wasn't for the ruthlessness of Sauron in his heart, he even wanted to steal part of it secretly. But this thought only appeared for a while, and then he gave up on it, because Sauron is now one of the three pirate kings, and he thinks that he has a better future working under Sauron, so there is no need to lower his status in Your Excellency's heart. . Last time, there was a person who stole goods secretly and was hanged on the mast after being discovered by Your Excellency.
"very good."
Sauron picked up the list and glanced at it, and then glanced at the thin man behind the scarred face. The guy shook his head slightly, and a smile appeared on Sauron's face: "You did a good job! Take someone to get 500 coins Kindler, this is for you, go out and have some fun and relax. We'll be out to sea in a while!"
Naturally, he would not let these subordinates mess around, and every leader had his eyeliner beside him.
If Sauron expands overseas, his connection with the mainland will inevitably be weakened, so he needs to prepare a lot of things, including the spell scrolls he needs to learn in the future. This thing is really too expensive, it costs hundreds of Kindlers at every turn, and high-level spell scrolls with five rings or above sometimes cost seven to eight thousand Kindlers. Although Sauron is rich, he doesn't have enough money to buy whatever he wants. It is not easy to spend about 30,000 Kindlers to buy spell scrolls.
Unless he completely abandons the situation on the south coast, he will have to allocate funds to maintain it.
This batch of spell scrolls is enough for a while!
Sauron doesn't have the energy to replace any extraordinary equipment for the time being, because this item is too rare and too expensive. He didn't even wear leather armor because he needed to cast spells, and his needs for other equipment were mainly concentrated on the most expensive rings, jewelry, accessories, belts and so on. This kind of equipment costs tens of thousands of Kindlers at every turn, and it is quite difficult to buy. How can he have so much money and time now.
You don't have to worry about running out of money!
This is still a coastal area. If you go to the city of wizards, you can get a wizard on the street with a net worth of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands, and a slightly more powerful master is worth hundreds of thousands. In the City of Wizards, let go of your purchases, even if you have a million Kindlers, you can spend them in minutes. [One wizard tower. 】
Sauron naturally didn't have the ability to go to the city of wizards to spend, so he didn't think about buying those legendary equipment with scary prices for the time being.
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Scarface couldn't help showing a hint of surprise when he heard Sauron's reward. Although 500 Kindlers wasn't a lot, it was a small fortune for him. He casually sent one or two hundred Kindlers to his men, and then took them to drink and have fun with women, and finally he could swallow two or three hundred Kindlers by himself when he came back. In the pirate industry, the boss eats meat and the younger eats soup, and the underlings live a life of drunkenness, as long as they have wine, meat and a little money to find women.
He nodded respectfully, then turned to leave.
Sauron put down the shipping bill and glanced at the map, frowned and said, "Wait a while to see One-Eyed Jack, and ask him why the batch of precision forged military weapons I need hasn't been delivered yet?"
"Tell him to send it within three days, or throw him into the sea to feed the sharks!"
Scarface stopped when he heard the words, and then turned his head with a grin on his face. He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips and said, "Don't worry, Your Excellency! I'll go over and have a look right away, and I guarantee that the batch of weapons will be delivered within three days."
Sauron nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand and said, "Very good, let's go."
"Yes." Scarface nodded respectfully.
The strength of Sauron's pirates was a little weaker. Although many pirates had good combat experience and were brave when fighting, they lacked accumulation after all, and needed to rely on equipment to improve their combat effectiveness.
This batch of finely forged military weapons counts!
……………(to be continued ~^~)