Hearing Sean's words, Olga breathed a sigh of relief.
But something quickly occurred to her, so Olga said to Sean:
"Your Highness Sean, please wait a moment!"
Then, Olga ran towards the truck pulling goods behind them.
Not long after, Olga came to Sean with a small piece of stone stained with white powder:
"Before we left last time, you asked me to go to the desert behind the coastal plateau. When we got there, we found a lot of white powdery stones half a meter underground, which were very similar to the saltpeter you described.
So, I brought it over for you to see if it’s the saltpeter you need.”
Sean took the stone and squeezed it, and the stone immediately broke into powder.
Sean has seen saltpeter. In addition to ten thousand gold coins, the contract signed by the dwarf strongman Merlin Thaurissan and Sean also included a total weight of one ton of steel, sulfur and saltpeter.
Olga brought back a powdered stone that was exactly the same as the saltpeter Sean had seen. It was indeed saltpeter!
So Sean quickly asked:
"Olga, are there large reserves of saltpeter under the desert you mentioned?"
Olga thought for a while and replied: "It should be quite big. I will dig a big pit every one or two kilometers according to your instructions. I can dig saltpeter one or two meters underground."
After hearing Olga's words, Sean was immediately overjoyed.
So, there is a large area of ​​saltpeter mine under this desert. This is the treasure that Sean dreams of!
But thinking that the territory did not have enough manpower to mine, Sean said to Olga:
"That's it! Olga, I'll hire your mercenary group to help me collect saltpeter. We can sign a three-month contract first."
"Yes, yes, it's just a matter of price...can you afford it?" Olga extremely doubted that Sean couldn't afford it.
After all, he had been living in Hetan Town some time ago and had seen that Anduin had no money to pay workers, but instead issued a large number of IOUs.
So Olga was very doubtful about Sean's ability to repay the loan.
When Olga mentioned money, Sean immediately laughed:
"Don't worry when it comes to price! I earned so many gold coins from Yoen City a few days ago, which is enough to pay you."
As Sean spoke, he made a "six" gesture to Olga.
"Six hundred gold coins?" Olga nodded: "You can earn 600 gold coins in just ten days. You are really a business wizard! But this money is not enough for your territory, right? Why do you have extra gold coins to pay us?
"
"Can't you guess more?" Sean wiped his sweat.
"Could it be six thousand gold coins?!" Olga's expression became solemn.
Their Flame Cross mercenary group has one Silver-level member, twenty Bronze-level members, and nearly a hundred Black Iron-level members. Their total monthly income is only about 1,300-1,400 gold coins.
If you exclude the team members' salaries and various expenses, it would be a blessing to be able to save 200 gold coins a month.
Could it be said that His Highness Sean earned half their annual income in just ten days? How is this possible?!
"No, no." Sean smiled and shook his head.
Olga felt a little more relaxed.
But Sean's voice came to him again:
"Actually, it's sixty thousand gold coins."
Hearing Sean's words, Olga suddenly felt a surge of energy and blood, and blood burst out from the wounds on her body that were about to clot:
"How is this possible?! Sixty thousand gold coins!? Have you emptied the River Family's treasury?! No, no! There is no way the River Family's treasury has so many gold coins!" Olga yelled.
But in her heart, Olga already believed Sean's words.
After all, Sean just said that the goods and slaves he purchased in Yoen City were jointly escorted by three major mercenary groups.
If the three major mercenary groups could join forces, this batch of goods would be worth thousands of gold coins.
...
Not only was Olga stunned by the amount of gold coins, but the mercenaries around him were also stunned and speechless.
The entire mercenary team kept hearing the sound of "dang, dang" weapons falling to the ground.
After a while, a mercenary beside Olga woke up from the shock, rolled his eyes, and said in Olga's ear:
"Boss! Hetan Town's defense capability is almost zero now. Why don't we grab this gold coin..."
Halfway through the words, the mercenary was kicked out by Olga and fell to the open space a few meters away, rolling around in pain.
Olga said to the mercenary coldly:
"Wood, you will no longer be a member of our Blazing Cross! Go back to Jon City and find old Charlie, and he will settle your wages for you."
After finishing speaking, Olga smiled apologetically at Sean and said: "Your Highness Sean, ignore his crazy words, let's continue talking about business!"
Olga was not blinded by the huge amount of gold coins; his sense of smell was very keen.
If Sean really returned to Hetan Town safely with 60,000 gold coins, then there must be powerful forces behind him!
Otherwise, facing such a huge piece of fat, the River family would have already eaten it. How could it be their turn?
So Olga looked at Sean with more and more submissive eyes.
.....
Sean looked at the mercenary Wood who fell to the ground, saw the unhappiness on his face, and said with a smile:
"If you are not convinced, you can go to the administrative hall to find Windsor. He has recently broken through to the Silver level and is looking for someone to discuss with him."
Before Wood could speak, Olga shouted loudly: "What?! Windsor has broken through the silver level?!"
Olga couldn't believe her ears. When he saw Windsor for the first time, he only had black iron steps.
In less than a month, Windsor's strength has been on par with him? Will he suddenly become a gold-level powerhouse in the future?
"Fortunately, I didn't do anything bad to Windsor before." Olga said thankfully in her heart.
Sean patted Olga on the shoulder: "I think your injury is quite serious. You go find Anduin to treat the injury. We will also discuss collecting saltpeter. I won't go in."
"Okay, Your Highness Sean." Olga bowed to Sean respectfully.
Sean nodded and walked towards the west.
Looking at Sean's retreating figure, Olga fell into deep thought.
In the past, he prohibited Sophia from approaching His Highness Sean, but now that Sean's power is rising rapidly, he is no longer afraid of Zude from Shuisong Town.
So now should we let our daughter get close to His Highness Sean? But now, with His Highness Sean’s strength, can he still value his daughter?
Olga suddenly felt regretful.
...
...
After saying goodbye to Olga, Sean headed towards the west road, preparing to go to the mill.
Before going to the mill, Sean also went to the place where Lucy and the dwarves made iron.
The dwarves surrounded Lucy and kept asking her about forging knowledge, but no one paid any attention to Sean.
Chapter completed!