Evil will not deceive you

"What, Your Highness?"

Li Ke looked around curiously, but he didn't find anyone related to princes and princesses.

To be precise, there is no good person around here at all.

Fan Cleef looked at Li Ke's confused look, and his smart little head started to spin again. He quickly understood what Li Ke meant, and then adjusted his posture.

After all, this kind of question goes without saying.

"It's nothing, Mr. Li Ke, I'm just a little confused."

Van Cleef coughed twice. On such a sensitive issue as his boss's life experience, if you know it, you know it. It is more serious not to talk nonsense.

"That's really rare."

Li Ke looked at Van Cleef with some curiosity. It was really strange for a thief leader to admit that he was confused, but Li Ke didn't think much about it. He just pointed at the workers who were queuing up.

"Can you still recruit some more craftsmen? There are still not enough manpower for construction now. The wages and treatment are the same as those of the first batch."

"This... ok, I can bring over five hundred people."

"Five hundred people, can't there be more?"

Li Ke sighed.

It's still too few. The people Van Cleef brought last time were only a few hundred people, but now there are still only a few hundred people. Stormwind City couldn't have been built by more than a thousand people, right?

There must be many workers who have not joined the Defias Brotherhood, and Van Cleef's family definitely has more than a thousand people.

Fan Cleef did not speak. In fact, if his identity was not so sensitive, he could have suggested that Li Ke openly recruit migrant workers.

But unfortunately not.

It's okay for him to work under this false identity in Li Ke's territory. No one will say anything. If his true identity is revealed, at least Li Ke will not be able to use him officially.

The most important thing is that they won't be able to recruit many real craftsmen. There is a high probability that they will recruit some unemployed vagrants who can only work as farmers.

Moreover, if all the backbones are drained out in one go, what he says will be worthless among Defiad, so he must leave some people behind. In fact, when the town gets on the right track, he will still grow. Time to leave this town and lead the vengeful Defias Brotherhood in action instead of just being a stonemason.

"I'm afraid not, Master Li Ke. You know, we need a Defias thief as a target, but no matter how loose the target is, there must always be something solid to support it. And, I'm afraid we also need Some weapons..."

"It's simple. I have made corresponding preparations. Probably by the end of this month, we can start forging the weapons you need. By the way, do you prefer two-handed swords or spears?"

Li Ke waved his hand and didn't care about it at all.

How much iron can it cost to arm a Defias rogue?

As long as the lathe and mold are ready, the entire armor manufacturing process is really the same as playing. Although you can’t play with precious customization, but——

He can definitely wear plate armor of three sizes, large, medium and small. He can just make luxury things like hand armor himself. He is not crazy enough to prepare hand armor and movable boots for all Defias thieves.

This kind of work that requires complete customization can be left to other blacksmiths.

As for things like breastplates and leg armors, what can I say?

Don't underestimate the machine!

"Not only weapons, but also plate armor and other things, I can prepare for you."

Li Ke generously said that there was nothing to worry about.

"ah?"

Van Cleef was stunned for a moment and did not react, because his mind was still on the matter of a set of sophisticated armors being able to be exchanged for a set of castles, but he completely forgot one thing.

Li Ke has a complete steel industry chain, as well as workers who can use magic to create lathes and molds. As long as the iron ore output is sufficient, output is not a problem at all.

Moreover, the materials in the illusion, such as fine gold and mithril, also make metal processing quite simple.

When Nefarian sent the technical team of a thousand people through the portal in batches and sent a large amount of mineral deposits, he was already thinking about the fine gold and mithril milling tools.

I even want to study alloys of the two.

"Not only that, I can also provide you with a large number of iron arrows, but you need to prepare the specific arrow shafts yourself. Oh, we can also provide feathers, but most likely they will be chicken feathers."

Li Ke shrugged. Although the chicken farm has not been built yet, Twilight believers have already begun large-scale breeding. Moreover, the original farmers themselves raised chickens, ducks and geese, and they would just buy some when the time comes.

"Are you serious? No no...Fake, you really can!"

Van Cleef's first reaction was disbelief, but he immediately came to his senses.

Li Ke can really do it!

He thought of the production process of those screws and nuts he had seen. With just a few changes, a variety of arrows could be produced!

As for arrow shafts and the like, it is not a problem at all. In a lumberyard with a circular saw, the arrow shaft only takes a day or two. The best thing is to ask Li Ke's craftsmen to make a special machine for cutting wooden shafts. Just a lathe! Even he Van Cleef can design it now!

And if this is the case, then the cost of these originally very expensive things will...

Becomes very cheap! Even except for those who can forge magic armor, other blacksmiths may even lose their jobs!

"…………"

Fan Cleef was speechless for a moment. He suddenly discovered that his world view and some of the values ​​​​of this world really needed to be changed according to Li Ke's ideas.

Van Cleef's hands were trembling a little. He didn't quite understand why Li Ke only stayed here for a few days, and the production of steel became a level that he couldn't understand. And soon after, the production of cloth also soared to a level that he couldn't understand. Degree.

Then, immediately afterwards, he could see that the production of armors and weapons would soar to a level that could drive everyone desperate and crazy.

Seeing Van Cleef trembling, Li Ke smiled and spoke.

"Don't say that, Van Cleef, you know I can do it. Let's do this. I will give you two thousand one-handed swords, two thousand iron guns, plus one hundred thousand arrows, and three thousand sets of armor, and How about five thousand sets of armor-piercing iron plates? Oh, you may not know what armor-piercing iron is. I'll make it up for you later and you'll probably understand. It's just using ropes to thread the iron plates together to form a set of armor. Yes. Come on, Grayson, do the math for me, how much will this cost us?”

Grayson flipped through his notepad before speaking.

"If you want it now, it will cost about 6.2 million gold coins. After all, a set of plate armor only costs 2,000 gold coins. But wait until the end of the month when Walli's power station is repaired and your engine industry is built. If these things are manufactured... about five thousand gold coins will be enough, Mr. Li Ke. Of course, this excludes labor and the cost of building a factory. If labor is included, according to the wage standard you set... it will be about eight thousand. gold."

Grayson's fluttering words made Van Cleef's heart roar wildly.

What kind of monster did I follow!