Chapter 824: Chapter 824: Another New Business
“Look, they’re flying.” People outside observing quickly saw the cavalry taking off.
After all, they were not ordinary ground cavalry. The military base on the ground couldn’t conceal their figures. As long as they flew up, they could be observed quite clearly from a distance.
Some people made gestures, which were signals they had agreed upon in advance.
Seeing these gestures, they knew it was their own people.
And through different gestures, they could convey some simple orders in the air.
“The training speed is so fast, as long as they adapt to some intense maneuvers, they can fight in the air directly.” Soon, they noticed something was off, the adaptation speed seemed too fast.
One should know that if an air force is trained normally, the coordination between mount and knight, and even the understanding of commands, is quite troublesome.
This is why Sky Knight training takes at least three years because it’s truly difficult.
But what they saw in front of them completely overturned their imaginations, even though they had never seen other Sky Knight training scenes. However, some things weren’t secrets, and everyone could find out.
“Maybe, this is the special trait of Duke Xuanwu.”
A Great Mage, and a Great Mage rising so quickly, it was truly amazing.
Initially, many people did not believe Zhao Guang had a large number of mages and alchemists behind him, now they believed it. Otherwise, how could he be so magical, when other mages they had seen weren’t ?
“Look quickly, how are those flying so high.”
“Such terrifying destructive power, throwing things down from the sky, what exactly is that.”
They certainly knew about throwing things from the sky, it was the simplest combat method. However, limited by carrying capacity, they couldn’t throw much, and the destructive power didn’t seem this exaggerated.
They exchanged glances without expression, but soon enough, everyone gathered at Xi Fei’s office.
“All of you came together, is there something you need?” Xi Fei looked confused.
“Uh, we want to know, what is that thing that explodes?”
“That’s a simple bomb, there are different models and prices here.” Xi Fei was well-prepared, or rather she knew they would come to her after seeing it.
The profit from armor was not much, but these consumables were truly the big money-makers.
Lately, with the large-scale territorial development, the expenses were quite high. Not only involving massive livestock purchases, but also acquiring a substantial number of skilled slaves, or rather hiring various talents at high compensations.
With such spending, even the profit speed of Xuanwu Territory was nearly balancing out.
If they couldn’t increase new sources of income, the development speed would surely stagnate.
Moreover, for upcoming constructions, Zhao Guang planned to use methods from Earth, which means incorporating reinforcement bars. Therefore, the iron ore in his territory might not be enough, requiring external procurement.
The most crucial aspect was his territory was undergoing changes due to the Magic Network, Zhao Guang didn’t want to touch the minerals here.
With the transformation facilitated by the Magic Network, various metal ores here might turn into Magic Metal Ores.
In that case, their value would be much higher. Outside, such things were nearly impossible to find. Even if purchasable, the price would be unimaginable, however, now his territory seemed capable of producing them.
Xi Fei certainly knew of the territorial circumstances and would find ways to source funds.
They couldn’t solely rely on acquiring steel from Earth, otherwise, as the amount needed became more, everyone would notice something amiss.
If something goes wrong, the steel market might be thrown into chaos.
When others saw these bombs, their emotions fluctuated. Although the price wasn’t high, the usage frequency was substantial, accumulating to a high price.
Once used on a large scale, every deployment might burn money.
However, thinking that others had them while they did not, was certainly a very dangerous situation.
And these bombs, they didn’t need to be dropped from the air, they could also be thrown from the ground.
If assisted by equipment like catapults, the attack effect might be even more explosive.
Suddenly, someone spoke: “Uh, can you manufacture Knight Armor, I want to purchase a batch.”
The price of traditional Knight Armor was very high, but it seemed the prices here in Xuanwu Territory weren’t so high. Hearing this, even Xi Fei was a bit surprised, didn’t expect such requests too.
In the past, Zhao Guang had already sold some armor, but strictly controlled the number.
Xi Fei immediately communicated with Zhao Guang through a contract, after knowing this, Zhao Guang thought for a moment and said: “Sure, but it can only be regular steel armor, any amount is available. As for the price, just half of their traditional armor price.”
Compared to the Floating Fish Armor, this price was, in fact, very high, but there were so many cavalrymen worldwide.
Although some were aggrieved, seeing the price and quality, they reluctantly nodded. Currently, inside the Empire was chaotic, and all lords were increasing their strength.
If one’s strength wasn’t enough, who knew when the chaos would swallow them up.
The recent chaos had produced many bandits and marauders. Some were quite strong, and as nobles, they all needed a powerful army for protection.
Now with new business opportunities, their territories would have large-scale surplus exports again.
Zhao Guang thought for a moment, and simply commanded Xi Fei to purchase a large amount of Magic Materials.
These Magic Materials were to be used for modifying the warriors. His Magic Warriors were about to be introduced.
With previous research, Zhao Guang felt it was almost time to proceed. “To say, the stronger the physique, the better, regular Beastman and Lizardmen are more suitable than humans.”
Zhao Guang looked at a set of rune structures he just designed, thinking silently.
“Never mind, perfect it first, then recruit publicly.”
It was always done this way before, was fairness necessary, this was their own choice. After completing this, his spiritual power would undergo immense refinement, approaching the next step increasingly.
Just as Zhao Guang was about to complete it, another matter interrupted his road to perfection.
“What, the Elves came, so fast.” Originally thinking with the Elves’ working efficiency, arriving this year would be good enough, didn’t expect the speed to exceed his imagination.