The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Xu Lai planned to build a refining center outside the city specifically for these gold mines.

With 6 tons of gold mine, you can easily earn 20,000 to 30,000 gold coins per ton.

Xu Lai could earn even more if he recruited some senior blacksmiths to turn the refined gold, copper, iron and other metals into fine gold armor and weapons.

The most important thing is that with these things, Xu Lai can not only earn more, but also solidify the reputation of Qingfeng City's specialty high-end equipment.

Moreover, Xu Lai's auction house is already in preparation. By then, specialties from the ocean, fine gold weapons, etc. can be used to enrich the types of his auction house.

Moreover, a specialized refining center can not only refine gold, but also other minerals.

However, the gold mines Xu Lai discovered underground and the crystal mines surrounded by Qingfeng City can directly extract gold coins and crystals.

The minerals on the seabed may be similar to the structures on the earth and require people to dig them.

However, the minerals found on land are similar to wild buildings, which can be stationed and directly produce finished products.

Naga is no longer able to accept the plan given by Xu Lai, but is already thinking of ways to increase production.

There is no shortage of Naga people, but this kind of mineral containing fine gold is too difficult to mine. As long as the problem of tools is solved, there will be no problem.

Of course, the plan given by Xu Lai is not unlimited.

Otherwise, Ren Naga will deliver 100 tons a month later, and Xu will have to pay 100,000 gold coins for every ton?

Not only are you not making money, but you also have to pay back, right?

Xu Lai set the upper limit at 10,000 gold coins per ton, because Xu Lai did not know the quality of the minerals in the future.

If after digging deeper, the gold content increases and the fine gold content decreases, then Xu Lai's actual income will actually decrease.

For Naga, if the monthly output can be increased to ten tons or more, he can get a fixed income of 100,000 gold coins every month.

Before that, they sold it to businessmen in the south, but they could only get 10,000 gold coins.

Ten thousand gold coins may seem like a lot, but that's just for an individual.

Compared to the entire Naga community, ten thousand gold coins is really not enough.

To put it bluntly, recruiting a level 6 Naga from the Naga's lair costs at least 1,600 gold coins.

Thanks to the fact that Nagas are only amphibious, if they bring a mount like the knights, the recruitment price will be doubled, and the Nagas will cry to death.

But even so, the recruitment cost of Naga is not cheap. Although he does not have a mount, he has many arms.

Not to mention 10,000 gold coins, even 100,000 gold coins, for the entire deep sea tribe, can only solve a small part of the urgent needs.

The conditions given by Xu Lai cannot be said to satisfy these Nagas, but rather to make them overjoyed.

In order to express their gratitude to Xu Lai, the Nagas said that they did not need Xu Lai to find anyone to transport him. The Nagas themselves would form a transportation team and escort team.

This is equivalent to helping Xu Lai save manpower and transportation costs. It just so happens that Xu Lai can't find anyone to use now.

After the two parties mutually agreed on the terms, a formal deal was quickly reached.

Xu Lai chose to keep all the goods brought by Naga. The gold mine kept almost 2 tons at the price of 6,000 gold coins per ton.

There are three boxes of mana crystals, two boxes of ordinary crystals, one box of high-grade crystals, and ten top-quality mana crystals that the Nagas insisted on giving to Xu Lai.

Ordinary crystals, advanced crystals, and even the finest mana crystals that are as gentle as jade require a certain amount of time to release all the mana.

The difference is that ordinary crystals can only absorb 100 points of mana per hour, and it takes an average of 36 seconds to absorb 1 point of mana.

Advanced crystals can absorb 300 points of mana within 2 hours, which is equivalent to absorbing 1 point of mana in 24 seconds.

The ultimate mana crystal is the most exaggerated, with a mana reserve of up to 1,000 points, which can be released within 4 hours at the fastest, which is equivalent to absorbing 1 point of mana in a minimum of 15 seconds.

A box of crystals contains about 60 crystals, and the final price of mana crystals is set at an average of 1.5 gold per point of mana, which is equivalent to a mana crystal worth 150 gold.

One box of ordinary crystals is worth 9,000 gold, and two boxes are worth 18,000 gold.

The price of high-end crystals is slightly higher. Xu Lai paid 2 gold coins for each point of mana. One box is 36,000 gold coins.

Including 2 tons of gold mine rough stones, as well as 5 boxes of deep-sea pearls, top-grade corals and other materials, the total obtained in this transaction is less than 100,000 gold coins.

Although there are not many gold coins, the Nagas are very satisfied.

After all, this time it was just a trial transaction, and the entire team brought nothing except the goods in Emilia's space ring.

According to the agreement, 200 gold coins were exchanged for one unit of crystals. The Nagas took away a total of 400 units of crystals and a total of 20,000 gold coins.

In fact, the Nagas' goods did not amount to 20,000 gold coins. However, they gave away 10 of the top-quality mana crystals worth 2,000 gold each. Of course, Xu Lai couldn't be stingy.

In addition to crystals and gold coins, Xu Lai also gave other gifts, such as the sword seized from the orc sword master, the double sword used by the Wolf Fighters, etc.

Especially the sword master's sword. The two female sword masters beside Emilia almost jumped out of their eyes with longing eyes.

However, this was the sword. To be fair, Emilia didn’t give it to anyone and stuffed it into the space ring.

As the host, after the two parties jointly drafted a provisional agreement, Xu Lai naturally invited the members of the Naga mission to the castle for a banquet.

At the dinner, Xu Lai also invited officials from Qingfeng City to accompany him.

But except for Su Ya, Lazi, Wei Yihong and others, none of the officers newly appointed by Xu Lai showed up.

Reina not only conducts actual combat training during the day, but also does not miss it at night.

If Xu Lai hadn't given the order, Reina would probably have to wipe out all the bison around Qingfeng City before she came back.

It was rare for Qingfeng City to have a visitor, and Xu Lai originally wanted to entertain them for another day. Anyway, neither the refining center nor the auction house required him to build it himself.

However, Emilia expressed that she wanted to take back the drafted agreement as soon as possible.

Even though Emilia is the daughter of the patriarch, she does not have the right to sign on behalf of the patriarch. Even if she signs, she will not be recognized by others.

Therefore, in order for this agreement to be effective, Emilia had to take it back and ask her mother to review it.

If the leader of the Naga Deep Sea Tribe is not satisfied with this agreement, everything Xu Lai and Emilia have negotiated can be overturned.

Of course, overturning these agreements will not have any impact on Xu Lai. At most, he will earn less.

Compared with Qingfeng City and the Deep Sea Tribe, one is the icing on the cake, and the other is a timely help. It is self-evident which party is more important to this agreement.

In the past, the Nagas were jointly lowered by southern businessmen, so they had no choice but to swallow their anger, otherwise they would lose their only trading partner.

But if it were Xu Lai, he would not pay attention to these businessmen unless he couldn't survive.

They seem to be united, but in fact they are very fragile to each other.

It is easy for them to make a fortune together, but if neither of them can make a fortune, the so-called alliance will soon collapse.

Moreover, even without comparing it with these southern businessmen, the price Xu Lai offered was very conscientious.

If it were any other businessman, with Naga's low profile, how could he still make money?

But there is no need to say these words to these Nagas.

When the Nagas were about to leave, Xu Lai took the Holy Light Knight Guards and personally sent them out of the city.

Even though there are only a few of these Nagas, their combat power is not weak at all. As long as they don't deliberately cause any trouble, there will definitely be no problem in returning home smoothly.

After watching the Nagas walk away, Xu Lai immediately stopped the smile on his face.

There is another important reason why Xu Lai did not retain these Nagas.

Last night, Xu Lai's magic message stone suddenly lit up, and he received a signal for help from the Lord of Martell, Jimmy Martell.

According to Jimmy, after the negotiation between Aini and him broke down, Aini began to launch a desperate attack regardless of the casualties of his own knights.

Jimmy, who was also at a loss, was well prepared. The catapults from both sides fought against each other for several days. The city wall was smashed down during the day and repaired overnight at night.

In contrast, Count Ani's preparations were not sufficient, and the number of slings and ammunition were not sufficient.

You can also take advantage of the expansion at the beginning to hit more and less.

However, Jimmy can constantly replace the damaged catapults, but Count Ani can only watch his catapults being destroyed one by one.

Even though Martell's city wall had been broken open before the catapults were completely destroyed, the infantry always held the gap under the cover of the opponent's ballistae and a large number of shooters.

The fighting between the two sides lasted for two days and just ended at night yesterday.

Jimmy didn't dare to rest, so he directed the farmers to repair the city wall overnight. In the magical world, as long as there are enough materials and manpower, the city wall should be repaired in two or three days.

Even if it can't be repaired overnight, at least part of the gap can be repaired first.

Therefore, Count Aini is also seizing the time to transport more catapults and ammunition from the rear.

At the same time, Count Ani, as the siege party, even though he has the attribute bonus of the hero, Jimmy uses his own knight as a hostage and takes advantage of the city wall bonus.

The siege side suffered far more casualties and lower morale than Jimmy's side.

However, the Martell family's castle has been surrounded by Count Aini.

As long as Count Ani spends some time, strengthens the training of his soldiers, and gives out more rewards, his morale can be boosted again.

Jimmy's side was besieged. Even though Jimmy had stockpiled a large amount of food and ammunition early, under such a siege, morale recovered very slowly and could not rise to the highest point at all.

Jimmy is just an ordinary nobleman with no hero attribute bonus. He can barely support himself by relying on universal treasures, battle flags and the natural advantages of his own castle.

Jimmy told Xu Lai that he was still too optimistic before and did not expect that Count Aini would actually go on an expedition in person.

Count Ani, who went on a personal expedition, could provide a large number of attributes to the soldiers even if he did nothing.

Coupled with the ultimate leadership skills, the morale of Ani's troops may exceed our own during the next round of attack.

With lagging attributes and lower morale than the opponent, once Count Aini's catapult is in place and breaks through the city wall again, Martell Castle will inevitably fall.

Of course, Jimmy can also retreat to the inner castle, where the walls will be stronger.

It's just that the inner castle area is smaller, and the number of catapults is far less than that of Aini, which means it can last for a while longer.

Facing Jimmy's request for help, Xu Lai told him sternly that support would definitely arrive, and it would definitely be before Count Aini launched another attack.

Jimmy, who was blocked, didn't know about the military parade in Qingfeng City, and Xu Lai didn't say much.

As long as Jimmy knows that Xu Lai is willing to support him, his heart will be at peace.

Because Jimmy knew that Xu Lai's cavalry was powerful, not to mention that Xu Lai also had an angel army.

So even if Xu Lai only brought a few hundred people to support him, Count Aini would still dare to expose his catapult troops when there were enemies on the outside.

But if heavy troops are sent to protect the catapult, they will have to suffer a lot of additional losses when fighting Jimmy.

As for the troops led by Martell, as long as they see reinforcements appearing outside, their morale will surely recover quickly.

It is said that if there is no army that must be saved, there is no city that must be defended.

The army led by Martell could not see reinforcements, so they must be desperate. In this case, there was no way to restore morale.

But as long as they see the reinforcements, even if the number of reinforcements is small, there will be hope in their hearts.

In addition, they are guarding their own city, and there are taverns, brotherhoods and other buildings inside to increase morale, and the chance of breaking the city will be infinitely low.

The siege by Earl Ani's army certainly made the soldiers and civilians of Martell Territory despair, but his own consumption was also very huge, and the logistical pressure was not small.

As long as Xu Lai watched from the outside, Count Aini's logistics troops would not dare to approach unless Count Aini's cavalry could drive away Xu Lai's cavalry.

But is this possible? Count Aini's most elite cavalry were all hung on the city wall by him.

In just the past two days, Count Aini himself had killed many people, otherwise the morale of Aini's troops would not have dropped so quickly.

For Xu Lai, he didn't want to wait any longer. In the past few days, he had deliberately publicized Count Aini's assassination against him, which had already accumulated enough public outrage.

Although the public anger has not had time to spread too far from Qingfeng City, at least Xu Lai is not without any excuses.

In addition, the collusion between Count Aini and the orcs has been widely spread. If Xu Lai really wants to send troops, he will not worry about the pressure from the temple or the empire.

With this series of foundations, Xu Laicai dared not hesitate to give Jimmy a reassurance without any hesitation.

Moreover, he called Roland in front of Jimmy that night and ordered him to call Reina and others back.

Although Jimmy didn't know who Reina was, he understood Xu Lai's order to assemble the troops.

Although it is possible that this was Xu Lai's trick, but if his Martell territory fell, what good would it do to Xu Lai?

Could it be that by relying on Jimmy and delaying Count Aini for a day or two, Xu Lai and his Qingfeng City could become stronger?

So there is no need for Xu Lai to deceive Jimmy, not to mention that Jimmy is the first indigenous noble in the world who is willing to stand on his side.

Just as the Nagas left Qingfeng City, Reina had already brought her troops back to the temporary camp that was still under construction.

And this time, not only Reina's Qingfeng Legion, but also Wang Chao's logistics troops were asked to assemble together.

Everyone in Qingfeng City knew that Xu Lai was going to make a big move.

"Lord, the entire army has been assembled."

After Xu Lai looked at the distant figures of the Nagas, Tahan, who had not appeared in front of Xu Lai for several days, appeared in front of Xu Lai again.

Seeing Tahan, Xu Lai asked with a slight smile:

"How's it going? I've been staying at Rena's place for the past two days."

Tahan is still the same as before, not very talkative.

"Well, everything is going well. Yan Feng, Joseph and I are old partners. Although Nalu just joined, he is brave in battle and obedient."

Xu Lai rolled his eyes. If the leaders of modern society heard this, they would probably ask Tahan to step aside. Changing the leadership would have no impact on you at all, right?

Of course, because Tahan was Xu Lai's recruiter and could see his loyalty points clearly, he didn't think too much about it.

"This time, we should fight separately. I need you to have the ability to think independently.

You should listen to what Reina says, but if it conflicts with your own safety and the safety of the cavalry unit, don't hesitate, I will support you in everything. "

Reina's loyalty value is not low now, and there is no need for people to deliberately trick Xu Lai.

But Xu Lai was worried that Reina didn't know the status of people like Tahan in Xu Lai's heart.

Maybe she thinks that for the sake of victory, everyone can be sacrificed, but Xu Lai won't do it.

In the entire Qingfeng Legion, the most important thing to Xu Lai is Tahan and the knights he leads.

Even if all the other troops were killed in battle, Xu Lai would not feel too distressed. Given enough time, he could still replenish troops from the market and various recruitment buildings.

These knights alone cost Xu Lai a lot of effort.

"I understand!" Tahan responded with his hands raised.

Xu Lai shook his head helplessly and stopped talking nonsense. He followed Tahan around Qingfeng City and ran towards the gathering place of the main camp outside the city.

The large-scale gathering of the two troops also attracted a large number of onlookers.

Only this time, they were no longer allowed to get close. The paladins used their bodies to form a wall, sealing off the onlookers.

Xu Lai was galloping all the way. When he saw Reina and others standing at the forefront in the distance, as well as countless people standing on tiptoe outside the city, he silently glanced at Roland.

Roland understood, took out the Neptune Flag that Xu Lai had given him long ago, and silently assembled it.

The horse galloped, a wingless dragon floated in the sky, and an ice-blue young dragon spread its wings on Xu Lai's shoulders. (End of chapter)