Chapter 313: Advancement
After talking with Sanders, Richard signed the contract overnight.
Sanders had prepared the terms of the transaction in advance and handed the potion prepared in the space prop to Richard, and the potion formula and the alchemical bomb manufacturing drawings were exchanged.
After the transaction was completed, the commodity fair continued.
At this year's commodity fair, in addition to providing more alchemical bombs, Harland County also placed scorching ray guns on the booth.
Although this weapon is not as cost-effective as the chain gold bomb, it is much stronger than the explosive arrow and is still a very good magic prop.
Although there are relatively few scorching ray guns on the platform, Harland County will only sell 200 this year, which is still welcomed by the nobles of the northern border. Although the price of the scorching ray gun is very high, the price is 120 gold coins each, and it is also snatched by the nobles. This time Richard personally came forward and sold these 200 scorching ray guns to Duke Edward.
As for Duke Edward, he did not need to produce cash, but took out 200 iron-horned horses in exchange.
Using these 200 iron-horned horses, Richard plans to continue to expand two Warcraft squadrons.
With these two hundred iron-horned horses, Harland has six iron-horned horse squadrons, and the number of Warcraft cavalry has reached 600, exceeding the two dukes of Gis and Duran in the south.
If the warcraft horses in the breeding base are used in a warlike manner, the number of Warcraft cavalry in Harland will exceed 1,000. More than 1,000 Warcraft cavalry can already pose a very serious threat to the orc army.
However, Richard will naturally not do anything to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs. The number of Warcraft horses in the breeding base is close to 700, and 50 to 60 Warcraft horses can be replenished every year.
According to the number of Warcraft horses sold by Duke Edward every year, the number of iron-horned horses in the Warcraft breeding base controlled by Duke Edward may exceed 3,000.
The Warcraft horse farm controlled by the royal family is no less than that of Duke Edward, and the Warcraft breeding base controlled by the Jonathan family is also extraordinary in scale. In addition to the Warcraft cavalry trained by nobles of all sizes, the total number of Warcraft horses in the Grant Kingdom is no less than 30,000. If this force can be gathered, it will be a trouble for the Orc Empire.
It's just that the feudal kingdom has serious internal friction and mobilization ability is also average. It can't concentrate its strength and seems to be no threat.
If the nobles of all sizes agree, the Grant Kingdom can also mobilize a lot of power. In the past, Duke Brener commanded the Grant Kingdom army and defeated the million-strong orc army. The main force alone was as many as thirty legions.
In addition to the arms trade, the civilian commodity market in Harland has expanded a bit. Although many nobles are dissatisfied with the outflow of gold coins, they are powerless to change the monopoly of goods produced in Harland.
On November 15, the fourth commodity fair ended successfully, and Richard was finally able to relax a little.
With free time, Richard sorted out the potions traded with the Dawn Church and prepared to distribute them to the members of the Harland Mage Association.
The Dawn Potion is the iconic magic potion of the Dawn Church, which has been invented for more than 400 years.
This potion is relatively mild and can increase the probability of magic apprentices advancing. The price of a Morning Light Potion in the market is more than 100 gold coins, and it is a very popular super magic product.
The potions used by magicians are so expensive, more than three times the price of potions used by warriors.
Starry Sky Potion, Frost Potion, and Arcane Potion are all potions that enhance magic power. After taking them, they can reduce the time of meditation, and the effects are also different. Elemental Affinity Potion is more expensive, which can improve the elemental affinity of magicians in small amounts, and is very helpful for magicians with average elemental affinity like Richard.
Holy Light Potion is a magic potion invented by the Church of Light. Over the years, the potion formula has spread to the hands of major forces in the Dawn Plane. This potion is relatively domineering and can be used to break through major bottlenecks.
Because it is a potion specifically for magicians, the price is much higher than that of Life Evolution Potion. Even the Dragon Vein Boiling Potion refined by the Jonathan family does not have such a high cost.
According to the market price, the price of a Holy Light Potion can often reach 17,000 to 18,000 gold coins. Most of the time, there is still no market for it, and it can only be exchanged with equally precious resources.
When Sophia advanced, she did not use potions. Richard was more confident in himself and could advance without using potions. However, if the Holy Light Potion is stored in a special magic bottle, it can be stored for sixty years. Obtaining this potion can enhance the foundation of the Harland family.
Indeed, as Sanders said, the chips that the Dawn Church is willing to pay are far more sincere than those of Grant and Jonathan. Although the Harland Territory did not lose money in the transaction with the two nobles Grant and Jonathan, the two nobles gained more benefits relatively speaking.
This transaction with the Dawn Church is a real win-win situation.
The value of more than one hundred potions alone is more than 300,000 gold coins, and the formula of the potion is also a priceless treasure. For the Harland Territory, it may be more valuable than the method of making alchemical bombs.
Although Sanders is in the northern border like Richard, he has the intelligence network of the Dawn Church to use, and can receive intelligence from other areas of the Dawn plane, and the news is far more informed than Richard.
When Richard came back from Losa Basin, he had no idea that a religious war had broken out in the Holy Glorious Empire. After all, the distance was too far, and there were no telegraphs or telephones to use, so the news spread very slowly. In addition, the local nobles blocked the way, so it might take a year or two for ordinary nobles in the Grant Kingdom to hear the vague news.
Having received intelligence in advance, we naturally have to make some preparations to avoid being involved in religious wars.
After getting more than a hundred potions, Richard is ready to distribute the remaining potions, except for the Holy Light Potion and the Elemental Affinity Potion, so that the territory magicians can exchange them with merits.
After Richard became an earl, he can legally be granted hereditary vassalage, and the war merits of Harland Territory have become equally useful.
After more than ten years of accumulation, some people have accumulated a lot of merits. Soros, who has the most merits, chose to become a vassal of the Grant Royal Family. Roland, Martin and other veteran captains have also accumulated four or five great merits. These people are not far from being granted a title. If they are willing to become vassals of the Duke of Harland Territory, hereditary territory is also something Richard should consider.
However, the magicians in the territory are basically cultivated later, and their merits are relatively small, so being granted a title is not something they should consider. Especially for high-level magic apprentices, their combat effectiveness has not yet been formed, so it is naturally difficult to make merits and exchange for morning light potions.
The system in Harland Territory is different from other regions. Even if you have no merit, as long as the conditions are met, you can borrow merit from the territory. Many high-level warrior apprentices relied on the borrowed merit to exchange for Tenghui potions and successfully advanced.
Now Harland Territory has accumulated 23 high-level magic apprentices, and 12 potions are naturally not enough. In addition to the six magic apprentices who have already made merit, the Mage Association selected the six with the best foundation from the remaining 17 high-level apprentices, borrowed merit and bestowed the Morning Light Potion.
With the help of the Morning Light Potion, Harland Territory added seven magicians at one time. Including these seven newcomers, the number of formal members of the Mage Association has exceeded 40.
After the Starry Sky Potion, Frost Potion, and Arcane Potion were placed on the exchange window, they immediately caused a sensation among the magician community.
More than 30 magicians wanted to grab this precious potion, but this potion that enhances the magic upper limit is very valuable, and it takes one medium merit and six small merits to exchange one. It is difficult for a first- and second-ring magician to have enough military merits. Only a few magicians with outstanding military merits can exchange for a few.
Those who are eyeing these potions are mainly the backbone and senior members of the Harland Mage Association.
Capeson is a newcomer. Although he is very envious, he does not have many merits and can only stare blankly.
It has been the third year since Roentgen came to the Harland territory. He has participated in two wars and has accumulated one great merit and four medium merits by offering his meditation method. He exchanged for three magic enhancement potions at one time.
It is not that Roentgen is reluctant to give up his merits, but the Mage Association stipulates that a third-ring magician can only exchange for three magic enhancement potions at most, and Roentgen has reached the upper limit.
Heath, Butler, Anne, and Adrian all have enough military merits. Although Adrian rarely goes to the front line, he has research results and will be rewarded with merits. In addition, saving people in the war will also be meritorious. Although he has the least merits, less than one great merit in more than ten years, it is enough to exchange for three magic enhancement potions.
After the five three-ring magicians exchanged for magic potions to enhance magic, Annie and Butler successfully broke through the bottleneck and advanced to become four-ring magicians.
The two have been three-ring magicians for more than four years. Their talents are also better than the other three. Normally, they are not far from advancing. After using precious magic potions, they have successfully promoted successfully.
In addition to Annie and Butler, the Harland Mage Association already has a seven-ring, a six-ring, a five-ring, and two four-ring mages, finally getting rid of the dilemma of two or three big cats and kittens.
Although Wendy has been promoted to the fifth ring for a short time, after exchanging five magic potions to enhance magic, she has also reduced the meditation work by about one year. Although the speed of meditation using potions is fast, it is actually a little unstable. Besides, the Harland Mage Association does not have so many resources to use.
Thirty-six magic potions to enhance magic, twenty-three were exchanged, and the remaining thirteen were left to Richard and Sophia.
Richard's advancement to the sixth-ring magician also took four years. Through the attribute panel, Richard knew that it would take about two years to advance. In recent years, Richard has not made any major contribution to magic research, and the feedback from meditation is very average. Although he presided over the invention of the steam engine, it has little to do with magic, and he did not create any new magic, nor did he make any new discoveries about the nature of magic.
Richard is already a sixth-ring magician, and his magic power is extraordinary. The effect of using magic enhancement is far less than that of three-ring magicians such as Annie and Butler. According to the prompts on the attribute panel, the effect of a magic enhancement potion is only equivalent to his meditation for fifteen days.
After using six magic enhancement potions in a month, the progress of meditation is equivalent to an increase of three months.
On the contrary, the element affinity potion has made a significant improvement to Richard's qualifications.
After a detailed examination, Richard's element affinity is the highest for the soul element, followed by the light element. His element affinity for the earth element and the wind element is very average. The highland meditation method absorbs the wind element and the earth element, so the effect of Richard's meditation is relatively average.
Richard has the three views formed in his previous life, and it is difficult to understand the study of soul magic. The most suitable magic profession for him is to become a holy light mage.
If he were in a magic organization with a complete heritage, a talent like Richard should learn the Holy Light Element Meditation Method, and his progress would be faster.
Unfortunately, when Richard started learning magic, he had no one to rely on, and no magic mentor to guide him.
The Harland family prospered in William's generation and achieved a class leap, but it was still difficult to find a magic teacher for Richard to learn magic.
At that time, he finally found a meditation method from the Stob family, so he naturally practiced happily.
Sofia's elemental affinity is the water element, followed by the wind element, and Wendy's elemental affinity is the earth element.
Among the three people, Wendy is actually the most suitable for the Highland Meditation Method.
Sofia's compatibility with the Highland Meditation Method is slightly better than Richard's.
In fact, although Sofia's social class was higher than Richard's, there was actually no difference in learning magic.
The Stob family accidentally discovered the magician inheritance, and it was also impossible for Sofia to provide good conditions for learning magic.
Sofia also had no choice but to choose the Highland Meditation Method to practice. The only thing that Baron Stob was better than William was that he could spend a sum of money to send Sofia to the Markholm Magic Kingdom, so that she could get formal magic training and lay a better foundation than Richard.
There are eight kinds of element affinity potions. Richard and Wendy shared the earth element affinity potion, and shared the wind element affinity potion with Sofia.
Richard and the other two used 24 element affinity potions, and the remaining 48 element affinity potions were all treasured by Richard in the Starlight Bottle.
Anne and Adrian, who have a close relationship with Richard, both used the Highland Meditation Method to practice. This meditation method absorbs wind and earth elements. Unfortunately, the wind element affinity potion and the earth element affinity potion have been used up.
Although some people can use other element affinity potions, their relationship with Richard is very ordinary. Richard certainly will not use this precious potion on outsiders.
Compared with the Holy Light potion, the element affinity potion has a shorter shelf life. Even if a special magic bottle is used, it can only be preserved for about half a year.
There is no suitable candidate in Harland Territory, and the remaining element affinity potions can only be exchanged with other magician organizations.
After using the twelve high-level potions, Richard's elemental affinity improved immediately, and his meditation speed increased by about half.
Based on Richard's innate mental strength and magic resistance, his magic aptitude has finally been upgraded to the upper level, comparable to Sophia and Butler.