Chapter 382 Astrology
After the three artillery squadrons were organized, it was already early July. A dozen days ago, the poisonous aconite planted in the newly opened magic plantation matured in large quantities. The pharmacists used the poisonous aconite as the main material and began to refine a large number of anthelmintics.
With the use of anthelmintics, in just twenty days, the diseases spread by mosquito bites were greatly reduced, and the Harland Territory has mastered a powerful drug with outstanding effects.
According to statistics from the pharmaceutical department, 90,000 anthelmintics can be produced this year.
An anthelmintic has a wide range of uses and can last for half a month. 90,000 anthelmintics are sufficient for land reclamation.
In early July, the Harland Territory has begun summer harvest.
This year, the northern border has been blessed with good weather and good harvests. When Richard led his troops south at the turn of spring and summer, the Harland Territory had a fierce conflict with the orcs in the northern part of the Eagle Mountains. There was even a large-scale orc force going south to attack the grass valley.
However, the northern defense line of Harland was well guarded. Seeing that there was no advantage to be gained, the orcs did not expand the conflict, but chose to retreat with their troops.
Now Harland has occupied the northern foothills of the Eagle Mountains, and the No. 10 military station is about 200 kilometers away from Prilan. This position is equivalent to a nail embedded in the northern prairie, pressing on the waist of the orcs.
The orcs will not give up unless the No. 10 military station is removed and the northern defense line of Harland is broken.
The orcs retreated in spring and summer, probably because they were afraid of alerting the enemy and were preparing to accumulate strength to determine the victory in one fell swoop in autumn.
In early July, Richard once again received an invitation letter from a multinational chamber of commerce. This time, the auction was held by the Sorenheim Chamber of Commerce.
The Sorenheim family was originally a duke family in the Holy Glorious Empire. Unfortunately, a battle for the title decades ago led to the division of the Sorenheim family. Some members fled the Holy Glorious Empire and turned into a merchant organization.
After decades of development, the Sorenheim Chamber of Commerce once again cultivated a legend and developed into a multinational chamber of commerce. This transnational chamber of commerce has been seeking to regain the title, and has a very big conflict with Duke Sorenheim of the Holy Glorious Empire.
Because it involves the internal struggle of the Sorenheim family, the Holy Glorious Empire did not intervene in the name of the official, but the great nobles of the Holy Glorious Empire secretly intervened in the struggle of the Sorenheim family. Both sides have supporters and fierce battles have already broken out.
The location of the large-scale auction held by the Sorenheim Chamber of Commerce is located in Linus Castle. It is said that it was Grand Duke Jonathan who personally invited the Sorenheim family to facilitate this large-scale auction.
The last time the Grant Kingdom held a large-scale auction, there were incidents of killing and stealing treasures and road robbery, which greatly affected the reputation of the two transnational chambers of commerce, Fanxing and Cangqing. Many partners complained, and in order to settle the complaints of the people, the two transnational chambers of commerce spent a lot of effort.
This time, Duke Jonathan and the Sorenheim family promised to protect the participants and endorse the safety of the auction. Grand Duke Jonathan and John Sorenheim, two legendary knights, publicly declared that whoever dared to kill and rob treasures after the meeting, the Grand Duchy of Stannic and the Sorenheim family would fight to the death with him.
Because of the security guarantee and the fact that the Grand Duchy of Stannic was an ally of the Kingdom of Grant, Richard dared to bring a few guards to participate in this auction.
Although he brought a small number of people, Richard still brought the third Warcraft Cavalry Brigade, the second and fourth Lion Duck Knight Squadrons, the first squadron of Richard's direct guard brigade, the first squadron of the Harland Mage Association and other elites to Venus Castle, with a total number of about 550 people.
The Harland Territory has been taming lion ducks for eight and a half years, and the original nine lion ducks have expanded to sixty-five. Now the Harland Territory has organized four lion duck squads, and the number of lion duck cavalry has expanded to forty-three people.
Last autumn, three wyverns were successfully hatched, but it will take twelve or thirteen years for these three little wyverns to grow up.
Because there were elite soldiers on the road, and Richard and Undine carried a lot of food and grass in the space props, they did not need to buy supplies along the way, so they walked very fast on the road. In just eight days, Richard and others crossed a distance of 800 kilometers, and the average daily marching speed reached about 100 kilometers.
Although they used Warcraft war horses to travel, it still took six or seven hours to march hundreds of kilometers a day, and it was extremely hard to walk every day.
After entering Linus Castle, it suddenly drizzled, and the rain wet the dry air near Linus Castle, making people feel refreshed.
Because of his special relationship with Grand Duke Jonathan, Richard moved directly into Duke Jonathan's villa.
The auction was held on July 19. Compared with the last Starry Blue Joint Auction, the Sorenheim family brought more auction goods, but the items auctioned by the Sorenheim family this time did not require gold coins, but needed to be paid with magic crystals and extraordinary resources.
As for the resources sold by other nobles, the conditions can be negotiated by themselves. The Sorenheim family will only extract 3% of the value of the proceeds, and the Grand Duchy of Stannic will extract 5%.
After extracting the proceeds, the two families will be responsible for protecting the safety of the auction.
Harland Territory is not short of magic crystals. There are a total of 28,000 standard magic crystals accumulated in the Mage Tower. In addition, there are many extraordinary resources produced in the territory, such as Tenghui potions, alchemical bombs, and enchanted armor. In addition, Sophia also took out dozens of medium magic plants that have been planted for more than ten years from the Mage Tower plantation. These dozens of medium magic plants are worth tens of thousands of gold coins in total.
Counting all the miscellaneous items, in order to participate in this trade fair, Richard and Sophia prepared 600,000 gold coins of extraordinary resources. As long as the high-level dragon blood fruit appears, they will grab it even if they pay a high premium.
On July 19, the Sorenheim auction was held as scheduled, and the venue was held at the Linus Castle Opera House.
This place is considered a lucky place for Richard. The Starlight Bottle was picked up here. Back then, Richard only spent 200 gold coins to get two legendary fourth-level treasures.
The Starlight Bottle and the Starlight Necklace are undoubtedly of great help to Richard. It is precisely relying on the deterrence of the Starlight Necklace that the Harland family can become the overlord of the northern border.
The items on the first day of the auction are all regular resources, mainly enchanted weapons, enchanted armor, Warcraft horses, and low- and medium-level magic props.
The Harland family is a duke family, and Richard is a famous heavyweight in a nearby country. There is also a separate box for participating in the auction. An auction box comes with 24 auction number plates, which Richard left for important members and subordinates of the Mage Association.
Although low- and medium-level magic props are no longer useful to high-level magicians like Richard and Sophia, they are very useful treasures for low- and medium-level magicians.
Especially in a magical desert country like the Grant Kingdom, the premium of magic props is very high. Holding a large auction can earn a very high income for the Sorenheim family.
Richard didn't do much on the first day of the auction. He only bought four groups of flame horses, each group of sixty flame horses, and the average auction price was about 1,200 standard magic crystals.
Four groups of flame horses, a total of 240 horses, consumed 4,900 standard magic crystals, and the value converted into gold coins is about 49,000 gold coins.
This batch of Warcraft horses is not a good source. They are resold by the Central Guards of the Holy Glorious Empire. The quality is very good. Because the Warcraft horses are numbered, they can only be sold in remote areas.
Although it is taboo to buy contraband from the Holy Glorious Empire, the Kingdom of Grant is far away, and the Holy Glorious Empire is thousands of miles away from Harland. Richard is not afraid of anyone coming to investigate.
This year, Richard led his troops south, conquered the East Castle, seized 300 flaming horses, and formed the third Warcraft Cavalry Battalion.
Because of the shortage of Warcraft horses, the third Warcraft Cavalry Battalion is very small, with only about 300 Warcraft cavalry.
This time, he participated in the auction and got 240 flaming horses at one time, which is of great help to expand the population in Harland.
Now the scale of the Warcraft Horse Breeding Base in Harland is already very large, with a total of 860 iron-horned horses and nearly 150 flaming horses in the base.
In addition, Harland has three Warcraft Cavalry Battalions. The first battalion is equipped with iron-horned horses. This year, it has been fully staffed, with a total of ten Warcraft Cavalry Squadrons and about 1,000 Warcraft Cavalry.
The second Warcraft Cavalry Battalion has six squadrons, with flaming horses as mounts, and the number of Warcraft Cavalry is 600.
Although the third Warcraft Cavalry Battalion is a newly formed unit, due to Richard's attention, the total force will soon expand to 500 people. This battalion also uses flaming horses as mounts.
Now Harland leads the Warcraft Cavalry Team, and the number of flaming horses exceeds that of iron-horned horses, but in the Warcraft Warhorse Breeding Base, iron-horned horses are still the main ones.
After the first day of the auction, Richard directly found the vice president of the Sorenheim Chamber of Commerce, hoping to exchange four groups of flaming horses for four thousand alchemical bombs. After personally checking the power of the alchemical bombs, the vice president of the Sorenheim Chamber of Commerce happily accepted it.
On the second day of the auction, basically some precious potions were auctioned, and the finale was three magic snake potions. This potion is a famous high-level potion in the Dawn Plane. After taking it, it can increase magic power by about 30 points.
After the appearance of the magic snake potion, it immediately caused a sensation. The high-level magicians among the nobles all made their moves, and finally three magic snake potions were snatched by the wealthy Grant Mage Association.
The auction price of a magic snake potion was actually hyped up to about 56,000 gold coins.
The value of the magic snake potion is not much different from that of the high-level Styx potion, which shows that the potion that can improve mental power is rare.
Richard and Sofia did not make a move after the magic snake potion appeared because they were preparing to refine the legendary Styx potion. With the resource point of the princess's tomb, they still have the opportunity to hunt more undead creatures, so Wendini, Wendy and others are not worried about not having potions to improve mental power.
The upper-level people of the Harland Mage Association did not make a move to compete. Although the middle-level magicians were willing, their own financial resources were far from enough.
At the potion auction on the second day, only Wilde bought an eighth-level Holy Spirit Heart potion, ready to use it to break through the bottleneck.
Wilde had not been in Harland territory for long, and the gold coins he had accumulated were far from enough, but he had participated in many battles and had accumulated a lot of merits.
According to the standards of the Kingdom of Grant, one great merit can be exchanged for a treasure worth 10,000 gold coins. Wilde paid two great merits and four medium merits, and asked Richard to exchange the Holy Spirit Heart Potion for him.
Considering that Wilde had already integrated into the Harland territory, married a new wife in the territory, and had a child, Richard did not hesitate and readily agreed to Wilde's request.
After the potion auction ended on the second day, the third day of the auction soon arrived.
The auction on the third day was more messy, with all kinds of things.
After auctioning more than 20 treasures, it was almost noon, and the auctioneer held a thick magic book and introduced it to everyone.
"This auction item is the finale of today. This book is a rare magic book that introduces very precious astrology. As we all know, the inheritance of prophecy spells is very rare and valuable, and it is rarely left outside. This magic book has been identified by us as a treasure from ancient times. It not only records the precious knowledge inheritance, but also is a valuable antique. The starting price is 6,000 standard magic crystals."
Listening to the auctioneer's introduction, Richard saw the heavy magic book on the booth. Seeing this magic book, Richard had a familiar feeling.
He saw this thing at the first auction he attended more than ten years ago.
Unfortunately, the Harland family was very weak at that time. Richard remembered very clearly that this magic book fell into the hands of the Linus family of the Stannic royal family at that time. The auction price was only about 10,000 gold coins.
More than a decade has passed, and things have long changed.
The Linus family was defeated and expelled by the Jonathan family. Now he has become the Duke of the Kingdom of Ryan and is struggling to gain a foothold in the Kingdom of Ryan.
I don’t know what twists and turns this original magic book fell into the hands of the Sorenheim family.
Although the auctioneer of the Sorenheim family introduced it very hard, the value of this magic book is also very high, and the starting price of 60,000 gold coins is not very high, but the scene is very deserted, and there is not even a sign.
After a while, a young servant walked up to him and whispered a few words to the auctioneer, and the auctioneer nodded in sudden realization.
It turned out that more than ten years ago, the great nobles of Stanik joined forces and had already mastered the inheritance of the Starlight Mage. The auction price at that time was not high. After the great nobles bought it, they would copy each other, plus breathing methods, astrology, experimental records, etc., and the price they paid was only about a few thousand gold coins.
The participants in the auction this time were mainly nobles from Stanik and Grant.
The heavyweight nobles of Stanik mastered the inheritance of astrology, and of course there was no demand for auction. Although the great nobles of the Grant Kingdom had needs, they also knew the whole story and were unwilling to be taken advantage of.