Late at night, when most of the residents of Ascatla fell asleep, Zuo Si escaped from the social interactions in Ascatla's upper class society and returned to the Mage Tower.
Although he himself does not like such banquets.
But since the moment I chose to accept the title of "Special Advisor to the Council of Six" and became the master of Amn, I have to bear some responsibilities.
And as the person who personally started the colonial era of the world, Zuo Si believed that he had the obligation to control and guide it from going out of control.
What's more, the Maztec continent is not as primitive and backward as America in the Age of Discovery.
Not only does it have its own civilization and country, but there are also a considerable number of gods and spellcasters.
The main reason why Cordell and his golden mercenary group were able to successfully attack so many villages and towns was that the local indigenous residents had never seen such a large ship and had never experienced a large-scale attack from the sea, so they were beaten
Caught off guard.
By the time they reacted, this group of brutal bandits had already landed and started burning, killing and looting, causing chaos throughout the city and streets. They were overwhelmed before they could even organize resistance.
If there were to be a head-on war, the professional army from Faerûn would certainly have the upper hand or win a few victories.
It won't take long before the huge casualties and the supply lines across the ocean will drag it to collapse.
Especially the humid, dense and muddy tropical rainforest is definitely the worst nightmare of marching.
Therefore, no matter what the reason is, maintaining peaceful and stable trade between Amn and the Maztec continent is the most ideal way to gain wealth.
After all, any smart person understands that large-scale plunder cannot create any wealth, and will also cause huge damage to production and markets. It is also unsustainable.
"Have you dealt with all those troublesome matters?"
Seeing Zuo Si walking out of the portal, Wilmes lazily turned over on the pile of gold coins.
She has not left her lair under the mage tower for more than half a year. She enjoys the attentive service of kobolds and goblins every day. She seems to have neither energy nor vigilance, and is basically a "waste dragon".p>
"Well, it's all done. I have reached an agreement with the six-member Council of Amn. From now on, I just need to wait for Bernard to send the profit share on time." Zuo Si replied casually.
"How much share can I get?"
As soon as money was mentioned, Wilmes suddenly became bright and energetic, with naked and undisguised greed shining in his two lava-like eyes.
"The exact amount is not yet known, but after deducting the cost of building a port city, it should be no less than 1.5 million to 2 million gold coins per year."
Zuo Si directly gave a rough estimate.
Because the share he gets is not only the profits from the Chamber of Commerce trade, but also part of it comes from the taxes collected by the Six-person Council of Amn from ships heading to the New World.
"How much...how much?!"
Wilmes instantly slapped his huge head over and sprayed two golden sparks from his nose to show the dragon's inner unrest.
To be precise, if she can remain calm after hearing this number, then she is not worthy of being a greedy and evil red dragon.
"One and a half to two million gold coins. What, is there any problem?" Zuo Si raised his head and looked at the other person with a half-smile.
Wilmes' breathing suddenly became heavy, with an expression of envy and jealousy on his face. After a full minute, he gritted his teeth and cursed in a low voice: "Damn! Damn! Damn! Why can you always find ways to make big money easily?
How to get gold coins?"
Zuo Si responded meaningfully: "Because knowledge is wealth. When you master enough knowledge, you can make money as easily and happily as me. By the way, during the time I left, nothing happened in the underground area you were responsible for.
Is it a mess?"
"What trouble could possibly happen? Except for those half-dragon babies who made a fuss for a while when they were just born, most of the time it was quite peaceful. Oh, by the way, Ashtelance laid three eggs not long ago.
, is currently being incubated. It will probably be used to strengthen my power in about half a year."
When he said these words, a cold and cruel expression appeared on Wilmes' face.
Not only does she have no sympathy for this captive fellow, but she often bullies, tortures and abuses him, forcing him to submit to her and getting some kind of twisted and morbid pleasure.
Fortunately, this guy is a female dragon, otherwise if he were a male, he would most likely be imprisoned, trained, etc. every day.
Zuo Si had long been accustomed to the evil degree of the red dragon in front of him, especially when the target of violence was another red dragon. He was not moved at all and just nodded lightly.
"Then take a good look at these three dragon eggs. After half a year, I will come back to help you perform the corresponding magic ceremony."
"No! It's not just these three! I will continue to keep Ashtelance pregnant! Laying eggs! Pregnancy again! Laying eggs again! It will completely become a fertility machine exclusively for me!"
When he said these words, Wilmes' tone was chilling, like a demon crawling out of the bottomless abyss.
Such words made Zuo Si's mouth twitch inadvertently: "It's up to you. In addition, remember to keep an eye on all dragon-born creatures and don't let any of them escape. When they grow up, I will
It’s of great use.”
"No problem, this is as easy as eating and drinking for me."
Wilmes agreed without hesitation.
As a female red dragon in her prime of physical condition, she is born with a powerful bloodline suppression power against half-dragon creatures.
Not to mention resisting, the latter didn't even have the courage to raise his head and look at her.
What's more, many of these half-dragon creatures under the mage tower are hybrids of animals and domestic animals. Their intelligence is not very high in the first place. At best, they are only a little smarter than wild beasts. Most of the time, their behaviors succumb to primitive instincts.
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"In view of your good performance recently, I brought you some gifts from another world. I hope you like them."
With that said, Zuo Si took out a bag of shining diamonds from the pocket he carried with him and threw them over.
Wilmes, who regards wealth as his life, immediately caught it with his front paws, opened it and poured it into his palm to observe carefully. After about ten seconds, he asked in an uncertain tone: "What's going on with these gems? They obviously don't look like anything."
Question, but there is no certain amount of magic energy fluctuation?"
"Actually, I'm not sure what's going on. But you can keep them in the lair and tell me after there are energy fluctuations. If these diamonds can really be used as casting materials, then we can
I’m going to make a fortune.”
After saying this, Zuo Si ignored Wilmes' reaction, turned around and disappeared at the top of the stairs leading to the upper floor.
No need to ask, he knew that these diamonds were brought from the warehouse of a secret jewelry smuggler on his way home.
Mainly I want to test whether the gems on the earth can be used as casting materials.
But now it seems that these gems have no magical properties at all, and cannot even be used as containers to store spells, so they are recycled and thrown to the greedy red dragon.
Wilmes didn't mind it, so he put the diamond back into the bag and threw it into an inconspicuous corner of the treasure pile, planning to wait a year or two before opening it and taking a look.
Because the dragon's concept of time is completely different from that of mortals, the almost six months since Zuo Si disappeared out of thin air was like a blink of an eye to her, and there was nothing special about it.
In contrast, Wilmes has developed a strong interest in another world, and even considered whether he could grab a handful to slightly increase his total treasure.
But these have nothing to do with Zuo Si.
Anyway, it is absolutely impossible for him to let an evil red dragon full of destructive desires enter the world that he has reserved as a refuge in emergencies.
Not to mention a freewheeling guy like Wilmes, even the relatively rational lichs were not taken into consideration.
Just when Zuo Si arrived at the upper area of ​​the mage tower, Jeffrey, who had been studying spells, potions and other knowledge for a day, immediately came to the door and reported in a slightly excited tone: "Your Excellency, according to the ideas you provided in your notes
, we have successfully restored some of the magic spells in that world into complete spell structures. If nothing else, we will soon be able to transform them into Faerun's spellcasting methods."
"Oh? What about the spell level?" Zuo Si asked with interest.
Jeffrey hurriedly replied: "Judging from the several spells restored so far, most of them are between zero and four rings, and many of them were invented to make daily life more convenient.
This is not very practical for low-level mages whose spell slots are relatively tight.
In particular, there are dozens of cooking, seasoning, cleaning and other spells that have no conversion value at all.
However, there are also a few spells that are powerful enough to reach the seventh, eighth, ninth, or even higher levels.
But these magics are usually very difficult to restore, and it may take months or even years of repeated attempts.
Among them, Li Fire, which uses magical energy as fuel and is extremely malleable, has many similarities with Arcane Fire.
I think we can fully exploit this characteristic of being difficult to extinguish and develop it further, such as giving it sanity and self-awareness to make it some kind of powerful legendary spell.
In addition, space movement spells such as Floo Powder and Apparition require special magical environment support, and are theoretically difficult to be compatible with Faerun's Magic Network.
Finally, it’s about the magic wand, a special equipment that can greatly simplify the preparation time for spell casting and enhance the caster’s perception of magic.
According to the research results of me and Vanessa and others, this technology can be applied to staffs or canes, allowing the holder to cast spells faster than the opponent."
"It sounds good, but please keep it confidential. Don't reveal it to outside members for the time being, and don't put it in the list of redeemable rewards." Zuo Si solemnly warned.
To be continued...