Chapter 332

The mountain area is rich in animal and plant resources, enough to feed 20000 fast birds. However, what is the use of raising a group of fat birds with fresh and tender meat? Victor needs war birds, not meat birds. According to the physiological characteristics of fast birds, the feed formula designed by imosen can effectively improve their physical quality. But there are some foods in the formula that Randall doesn't have, and there are none in the mountains, such as beef tenderloin and white peas.

Of course, Victor can grow white peas, and Randall collar does not lack cattle and sheep, but the fast bird eats beef tenderloin every day. How many cattle does Randall collar have enough to kill? In fact, not only raising fast birds requires a lot of money, but also maintaining the mercenary Corps is a huge financial burden, not to mention building castles.

Building an army is a major economic problem for any lord. The Lords usually allocated land to the vassals, who provided the Lords with soldiers, horses and armaments. This alleviated the financial pressure of the Lord to a certain extent, and Victor had to solve the problem of military expenditure by himself, but this is precisely the advantage of centralism.

Concentrate limited human, material and financial resources and give priority to solving urgent problems. The administrative efficiency of centralism is far from comparable to that of feudalism.

Economic and military support each other. Both the construction of fast bird Qingqi and candle Castle need huge financial support. Randall has completed the construction of production system, and the material reserve of mountain fortress has reached the peak. Now we should concentrate on improving the construction of smuggling channels.

"The alchemists in the mountain fortress have been practicing mysteries for more than three years. It's a pity to let them continue to engage in production. I'm going to replace them and expand the scale of smuggling caravans. The animal and plant resources in the mountain will not be exhausted. As long as the production facilities here are complete, we can resume production at any time."

Victor said, "from now on, the mountain fortress will be transformed into a training camp, maintaining the scale of 400 people. The alchemy militia and alchemy auxiliary soldiers are mainly trained, supplemented by production. As many recruits I send, so many veterans will be transferred."

"In the first two years, the recruits learned martial arts, tactics and basic life knowledge in the mountain fortress. In the third year, the recruits joined Randall collar as migrant employees to communicate with ordinary people, open their wisdom and obtain a new identity. In the fourth year, the recruits joined Randall militia training camp. In the fifth year, they were the elite guards and elite soldiers of the family. I will arrange them to join the employment camp Legions, or smuggling caravans. "

"Bousso, in addition to mineral smelting and animal training, other production projects in the mountain fortress can be slowed down first. Jack, you are mainly responsible for training new companions."

"Yes, sir." Bousso and Jack said in unison.

Victor walked to the door and said, "take me to the treasure house. I want to see the Saron iron."

The treasure house was on the second floor of the castle. Bousso took Victor's pedestrian through the long corridor and ordered the treasure house guard to push open the heavy fine iron gate. The door shaft rubbed and creaked, and the cool smell came to my face. With a torch in his hand, Bousso went into the secret room and lit the candles one by one to dispel the darkness and cold. Victor entered the treasure house.

Every time he walked into the treasure house, Victor was convinced that he was a rich Lord. The sword, spear, heavy crossbow, standard war crossbow on the weapon rack, a pair of armor of silver ant man, and neatly stacked silver ingots shine brightly under the reflection of candle light. But Victor didn't come to see the weapons and equipment today. The wooden box in Bousso's hand attracted his attention.

"604 grams of Saron magic iron ingots, all here." Cloth rope opens the wooden box and shows the super class materials to the owner.

The palm sized metal ingot has the purest black, like a black hole that can absorb light. There is no reflection. The cold metal touch shows that it is neither charcoal nor stone. Victor took the Saron iron and said to himself, "what's so special about it?"

The alchemist had already said what he knew. Victor decided to test it himself. The breeze wrapped around his palm, turning faster and faster, and gradually turned into dark blue. A surprising thing happened. The Saron magic iron with black smoke absorbed the violent and sharp elements of the void wind like a sponge.

"Eh?!"

Victor waved the blue air in the palm of his hand and carefully looked at the Saron magic iron in his hand. The x-3's meticulous insight did not find any subtle changes in the magic iron ingot, as if it absorbed the elements of the void wind was just an illusion.

Victor tried again several times, and the quality, shape and color of the magic iron ingot remained the same.

"Stand back, you cut a third of the magic iron ingot for me."

Victor ordered the treasure house guard to cut the magic iron ingot and asked several important alchemists such as Bousso, Jack and Renault to retreat out of the treasure house in case of accidents.

"Sir, this is the Saron magic iron you want." When the guard came out of the treasure house, his hand was the cut Saron magic iron.

"Good job, Hans."

Victor took the ingot and looked a little embarrassed. Although there is no essential difference between alchemy and life, Renault and others weigh more in his mind. When Hans returned to his position, his obedience to his master remained unchanged, and he would not care about his master's appreciation or contempt.

The destruction test did not cause an explosion accident, which shows that although Saron magic iron absorbs the element of void wind, its physical properties are extremely stable, which is different from the element affinity of Mithril.

Victor thought about it, threw the magic iron ingot to Renault and said, "put it away. Let's go back to the gold smelting tower and see the king's valuation of the magic iron."

The alchemy tower is 70 kilometers away from the mountain fortress. Victor rode the fast bird and arrived at the hill camp in less than four hours. The cave * * spring in the upper camp is gurgling, cool and comfortable, and Victor connects the tower spirit in his consciousness.

"King, I'm coming."

"Your Excellency, welcome back to the gold smelting tower." The king responded immediately.

"Report the soul fire and capital status of the alchemy tower." Said Victor directly.

"The total amount of soul fire in the alchemy tower is 12380 points, the remaining soul fire is 1250 points, and the remaining capital is 3800 gold sol."

Victor nodded and motioned Renault to put the Saron magic iron on the element extraction table, "king, evaluate its value."

"203 ksaron magic iron is worth 162400 gold sol. Sir, do you want to extract it?"

"Don't worry." Victor pondered for a moment and said, "in the will side of the alchemy militia, the priority of Saron magic iron is much higher than the secret silver. I remember that each gram of secret silver can be exchanged for 2800 gold sol, and each gram of Saron magic iron can be exchanged for 800 gold sol. Its value is equivalent to a fraction of the secret silver. Do you have any explanation?"

"There is no relevant content in my will side, but I have my own inference. Do you want to hear it, my lord?"

"Say."

In Victor's consciousness, the king said, "the secret silver points to the knight, and the purpose of Saron magic iron is unknown. It has no direction at present. Sir, can 2800 gold sols buy a gram of secret silver? Or is the knight willing to buy secret silver at this price?"

All the silver Knights of the York family have secret silver weapons, but only Forrest Viscount York and count tellandon have secret silver armor. If kinsol can buy secret silver, silver Knights will never be stingy with gold coins, but the real price of secret silver depends on the financial resources of silver knights.

At least 60g of Mithril is needed to make a pair of Mithril armor. According to the price of 2800 gold sol, a pair of Mithril armor is worth 160000 gold sol. Whether the Silver Knight accepts the price or not, Victor believes that they will use all available funds to buy a set of Mithril armor, which means that his family's luck will be weakened.

A rational Silver Knight will not put the family's finances in a dilemma for the sake of secret silver armor. 80000 to 100000 gold sol should be a more reasonable price. From this point of view, the alchemy tower's valuation of secret silver is somewhat false, and this false high is reflected in the Saron magic iron.

The application prospect of Saron magic iron is still unknown. The price of 800 gold sols per gram reveals the desire of the gold smelting tower for it. Viktor hesitated for a while. He thought for a long time and finally said, "king, extract Saron magic iron. I need alchemists now."

"As you wish."

Mysterious runes emerge in the void and rotate slowly around the element extraction table. Victor watched Saron's magic iron gradually rainbow in the light and couldn't help asking, "king, where are the gold coins and materials I sacrificed?"

"Your Excellency, you have asked this question seven times, and my answer is the same every time. I really don't know the deep secret of the alchemy tower."

"I think you're hiding something from me." Victor said with a gloomy face, "you are different from Renault. Renault is dull, but he doesn't have the conversation skills like you."

"I'm different from an alchemist." The king replied, "but I am as loyal to you as they are. To be exact, I am more loyal to you than them."

"Why?" Victor smiled sarcastically.

"Your Excellency, you will never betray yourself."

Victor frowned and said, "what do you mean?"

"My Lord, the Alchemist is loyal to you because I am you!"

"Hehe, are you kidding?! you know all my memories, but my understanding of you is very limited!" Victor couldn't help but say something. His sharp voice startled himself.

"King, you are from x-3. You are an artificial intelligence program! You are not me!" Victor yelled in his heart.

"My Lord, the artificial intelligence in x-3 lurks in the depths of your consciousness. It is precisely because of the differences in the will side that your soul peels off me." Said the king.

"The will side consists of memory, emotion, cognition and subconsciousness. There are things in your will side that don't belong to me, so you're not me." Said Victor coldly.

"The soul has soul fire besides the will side." The king explained: "Sir, have you noticed that the total amount of soul fire in the alchemy tower is 12380 points. If the alchemy creatures are fully produced and occupy 12380 points of soul fire, whose soul fire is maintaining my soul?"

"You... You mean, my soul fire?" Victor's shocked thoughts were confused.

"My Lord, your spiritual attribute should be 15 points. Because I occupied 1 point of soul fire, it became 14 points." The king explained: "compared with your will side, the artificial intelligence of x-3 is basically insignificant, but this is the difference. The alchemy tower peeled off part of your soul and gave birth to the tower spirit combined with the will side of the alchemy tower. But from the root, I am a fragment of your soul."

"The soul fire of alchemy creatures revolves around your soul fire. They remember your soul fire characteristics, so they are loyal to you. Sir, you don't have to worry that I will betray because I am a part of you. Your limited understanding of me is actually limited to the alchemy tower, but I also don't know the alchemy tower, so I can't answer many of your doubts."

"All right." Victor rubbed his forehead and asked, "then why are you hiding?"

The king replied, "you haven't asked... According to the rules, I must answer your question, but if you don't ask, I have the right to keep it. Now you ask, my answer is..."

"I'm afraid and eager."