Mage Joan

"Mr. Master, I am relieved with your words!"

Mr. Popper breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his voice, with a secret expression.

"There is gossip that Mr. Frody is the investment agent of Governor Winthrop and his wife, and most of the money he makes in the financial market falls into the pockets of the Governor and his wife."

"In other words, Am Frody is just superficial, privately it is just a ‘white glove’ of the Governor." Holden sneered casually.

Mr. Popper shrugged, noncommittal.

Qiao An glanced at Hailar and was startled to see her holding her cheeks in her hands. He could roughly guess what she was thinking.

When chatting on the boat, Hailar once revealed one thing. Before her mother died, she not only suspected that Francis Messinger and Am Frody had jointly murdered her husband, but even suspected that the husband’s previous employer, Earl Winthrop, was the mastermind of the entire conspiracy. The purpose was to kill people and avoid him. The shameless deeds entrusted to Aaron Green are revealed.

However, Mrs. Nanna did not describe in detail the "dark history" of Earl Winthrop in the suicide note left to her daughter, and it seemed that she did not want her daughter to pursue this potential culprit.

Qiao An could only think that Mrs. Nanna was worried that Earl Winthrop was too powerful, and for the sake of her daughter's safety, she did not want Hailar to conflict with the "Emperor of the Earth" in the Jotunheim colony.

Joan can understand Mrs. Nanna’s entangled mentality, but with his understanding of Hailar, if Earl Winthrop really instigated Mesinger and Frody to murder Aaron Green’s main messenger, the stubborn Hailar, Knowing that he was "touching an egg against a rock", he would never give up seeking revenge on Earl Winthrop.

"For Am Frody, the slave trade and financial speculation are nothing more than sideline businesses. His main business to make a fortune is to run a magic crystal refinery, and the way he does this business... how to say, Very weird!" Mr. Popper said, shaking his head.

"Specifically, what is the weird method?" Holden asked Mr. Popper curiously.

"To start a magic crystal refinery, according to common sense, it must first have a factory building with a processing workshop, machinery and equipment, and a warehouse for storing raw materials. It must also hire technicians and a large number of workers to purchase large quantities of coarse crystals as raw materials. Investment can start."

"Am Frody is different. His factory does not have a dedicated workshop. It is said to be set up in the warehouse in the backyard of his manor. Even the raw materials used in the factory are different-raw stones are used directly instead of Coarse crystal!"

"Using the rough stones mined from the magic crystal mine to directly process high-purity industrial magic crystals?" Even Qiao An couldn't help but move slightly.

"Yes, Mr. Mage, Am Frody did it!" Popper said with confidence.

"If this is the case, Frody Manor should have a complete set of machinery and equipment from processing rough stones to purifying industrial magic crystals. Then he should hire a lot of workers, otherwise this complex process will not work at all, and all these industries The equipment needs a steam engine to provide power. Doesn't Frody's house roar from morning to night, and the entire estate is shrouded in industrial waste gas?"

Qiao An asked in surprise.

"The weirdness is here, Mr. Master, Frody Manor does not employ workers, nor does it have huge and complex machinery and equipment. This factory is completely operated by Am Frody and a few trusted servants around him. I don't see the roar of the steam engine, nor the smoke and dust generated by the calcined ore, it's quiet like... an ordinary country manor."

"How about the output of Magic Crystal in Frodi's factory?" Qiao An asked.

"The annual output of industrial magic crystals is not less than 500 pounds, which is equivalent to a large refinery employing 300 workers and using coarse crystals as raw materials!" Mr. Popper replied sternly.

"I just can't figure it out. It takes at least 50,000 tons of ore to refine 500 pounds of industrial magic crystals. What magical method did Frodi use to quietly refine 50,000 tons of ore into industrial magic crystals." Qiao An Frown.

"In fact, this is one of the famous'ten unsolved mysteries' in the city. Many of Mr. Frody's colleagues also want to uncover this mystery. Unfortunately, so far they have not been able to do so. People doubt Mr. Frody. Mastering a mysterious'alchemy', using this secret technique, you can directly turn ore into magic crystals, just like turning stones into gold!"

Is it really?

Joan was dubious.

Orthodox "alchemy" is actually a rigorous discipline that studies the nature of matter and the laws of chemical combination. In the eyes of the general public, the legendary alchemy that "turns stones into gold" is nothing but the tricks of swindlers. .

For example, Qiao An can turn stones into gold by using "advanced creation art", but this does not permanently change the nature of matter. Once the spell time limit expires, gold will still turn back into stone.

It is precisely because of his deep understanding of these scams that Qiao An has reservations about Mr. Popper’s speculation. He does not believe that there is really some kind of "alchemy" that can directly purify the ore into magic crystals-at least "demonstration" and other engineering spells. Uncertain, because he has tried it himself.

Of course, Qiao An will not forget the motto that Moriarty’s tutor often said: “When an authoritative scholar believes that a seemingly absurd possibility does exist, he is often correct; on the contrary, when When an authoritative scholar believes that a certain possibility absolutely does not exist, this assertion is usually wrong."

Regarding the secret of Am Frody's smelting of magic crystals, it is too early to make a statement. Qiao An secretly decided that it is necessary to find an opportunity to sneak into Frody Manor for a secret investigation, seeing is believing.

With regard to Am Frody, Mr. Popper's story ends here.

Next, Hailar asked him casually, but he knew Joseph Adams.

"Miss, is the Joseph Adams you mentioned, a lawyer from Midgard?"

"That's Mr. Adams. He is an old friend of my father. It is said that he moved to New Avalon only last year and opened a law firm. In this unfamiliar place, business might hardly pick up." Hailar sighed.

"You guessed it wrong." Mr. Popper looked weird. "In fact, Mr. Adams has become a well-known celebrity lawyer in the city recently because of a case. You should be worried that his business is too busy. How could there be no business!"

"Oh? Tell me, how did Uncle Joseph become famous in New Avalon?" Hailar asked excitedly.

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