Chapter 362: Rich Family Foundation

The first plenary meeting of Phoenix's high-level officials was declared over, and the whole agenda was very short.

However, after others left, Su Su Su Nai Fa did not withdraw together but stayed alone.

Gao De and she still had some things to discuss in secret.

After everyone left, Su Su Su Nai Fa waved her hand gently, and a cold air seeped out. Fine ice crystals climbed along the door gap rapidly, sealing the room into an isolated secret room.

"I will only stay for a day or two this time I come back, and then I will leave." Gao De went straight to the point and explained the situation first.

On the Goldfinch Empire side, there was still a shipyard waiting for him to acquire, so he couldn't leave for too long.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Where did you go through the astral portal, and did you encounter any danger?" Su Su Su Nai Fa, as one of the few people who knew about the "astral portal," was very curious about Gao De's experience during this time while caring about Gao De.

For Su Su Su Nai Fa, Gao De had always been very frank and trusting.

This was actually mutual.

Su Su Su Nai Fa, as the War Mother of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, possessed absolutely powerful strength and power, but could give him, a first-rank magic user and an outsider, unreserved trust and support. Naturally, he would give Su Su Su Nai Fa the same treatment.

So Gao De told Su Su Su Nai Fa about his experiences and observations in the past two and a half months without any concealment, and revealed his next plan by the way.

"Phoenix lacks too many things, whether it is resources, or knowledge and skills, it must establish contact with the outside world to make up for this gap."

"But with Phoenix's current size and strength, if it rashly establishes contact with the outside world, it is very easy to be squeezed and exploited, losing the initiative."

"I acquired the shipyard to solve this problem. With my own shipyard, I can organize a fleet myself, and then initially establish a trade route between Lagos and Valaer Bay."

Gao De's eyes shone with light, as if unfolding a blueprint for the future: "A trade route in my hands."

"Both ends are under my control, which can minimize risks."

"The scale of initial trade should not be too large, otherwise it will easily attract the attention of others."

"My King, you have considered it thoroughly." Su Su Su Nai Fa first praised Gao De as usual, her voice steady and cold, not quite like the emotions that should be praised.

During this time of getting along, Gao De had actually heard many, many similar words.

For Su Su Su Nai Fa, such a praise, not to say "hypocritical," but it really didn't have much "sincerity," because it actually felt more like a casual catchphrase.

To put it popularly, it is equivalent to the sentence "Awesome, brother" that brothers often hang on their lips.

"Acquiring shipyards, purchasing shops, manufacturing first-rank rune constructs..." Afterward, Su Su Su Nai Fa entered the topic and began to take stock of the major events Gao De was about to do.

"And buying 【Rapid Excavation】 spell potions," Gao De added: "This spell is very useful for Phoenix's construction, and I plan to promote it among the magic users in the tribe."

【Rapid Excavation】 is a first-circle spell. To build a spell model, you need to take the corresponding spell potion.

And the average price of a first-circle spell potion is 40 Goldfinch coins.

"At least 20 spell potions are needed to barely meet the current construction and production needs."

"Plus spell potions..." Su Su Su Nai Fa nodded slightly and quickly sorted out the results: "My King, to accomplish these things, the money needed is over 10,000 Goldfinch coins. 12,000 Goldfinch coins is a relatively safe and stable line. In the case of halving the acquisition price, that is to take out supplies worth 24,000 Goldfinch coins."

"At the same time, the quantity of supplies cannot be too much, otherwise you cannot bring them back to the Goldfinch Empire through the astral portal..." Su Su Su Nai Fa was thinking and considering earnestly, her brows locked, while Gao De was slightly embarrassed.

—Hearing this, his requirements were indeed a bit harsh.

"Supernatural objects in the Northern Realm are relatively tight in the Goldfinch Empire and can generally be sold at a premium of 10% to 20%," Gao De added.

"Good, I know," Su Su Su Nai Fa seemed to have thought of something, her locked brows quietly relaxed, and she smiled lightly: "My King, please come this way."

Silently, the ice crystals that sealed the room had retreated, and the door was pushed open by an invisible hand.

Su Su Su Nai Fa took Gao De to the treasure vault of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe.

The treasure vault was located near the Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong, and the entrance was covered by a layer of thick ice crystals.

However, Su Su Su Nai Fa just waved her hand casually, and the ice crystals opened slowly like an automatic door, revealing a deep passage.

The walls inside the passage were inlaid with ice crystals emitting faint blue light, illuminating the interior of the treasure vault.

"Actually, it is very empty most of the time, but since knowing you have needs, I have let the clansmen start to pay attention to and collect supernatural objects, and now the collection has gradually become rich," Su Su Su Nai Fa led the way in front while introducing.

Entering the interior of the treasure vault, the first thing that catches the eye is a huge ice sculpture, carved with the first War Mother of the Enduring Zhenbing tribe, Boreas, lifelike.

The surrounding walls were also condensed from thick ice crystals, and the interior of the treasure vault was placed with many ice shelves, and there were some storage boxes in the corners.

The items on the shelves were of various styles, some were ores emitting various lights, and some were mysterious animal bones or some strange parts of earth-vein creatures.

In addition, there were some magic plants, placed in transparent ice crystal boxes.

"And it just so happened that the Frost Wolf Clan and the Winter Hammer just handed in a ransom a while ago to redeem their war mothers, which greatly enriched the inventory of the treasure vault," while speaking, Su Su Su Nai Fa had come to a shelf, took down an ice crystal box through the mage hand, and handed it to Gao De.

"This is prepared specifically for you."

Prepared for me?

Gao De took the box curiously. Inside was a pale root shaped like a human finger bone, and one could vaguely see the bright red juice like blood inside, flowing slowly under the faint light, as if it were beating with life.

He opened the box.

A faint smell of blood rushed to his face.

The touch of this root was cold to the bone, but it carried a kind of weird warmth. Gao De held it in his hand, as if holding a strange thing intertwined with ice and fire.

"What is this?" Gao De was surprised.

"Wolf Blood Ginseng, one of the 'ransoms' for the Frost Wolf Clan to redeem their war mother, is a specialty of the Frost Wolf Clan, and it is also an extremely precious thing in their clan."

"Wolf Blood Ginseng has only appeared in the Frost Wolf Clan so far."

"The people of the Frost Wolf Clan not only treat snow wolves as fierce beasts but also regard them as indispensable loyal partners."

"Therefore, after the snow wolves are old, if they have the spare capacity, the Frost Wolf clansmen will provide them with food and shelter until they die naturally. If food is scarce, they will hold a ritual slaughter for the old snow wolves."

"Wolf Blood Ginseng is a strange magic plant that grows on the land where the Frost Wolf clansmen perform ritual slaughter."

"It grows in extreme cold, relies on absorbing the blood of snow wolves to grow, and the juice contains powerful, pure, and easy-to-absorb magic power. Eating it can increase the user's magic power."

"I think you should need this, so when I opened the ransom, I specifically added this."

"And fortunately, what they wanted to redeem was their own war mother, otherwise the Frost Wolf Clan would not be willing to take out the Wolf Blood Ginseng, after all, they don't have much of this thing themselves," Su Su Su Nai Fa smiled cunningly.

Increasing magic power... good stuff!

"It is indeed something I need, you have a heart, thank you," he put the Wolf Blood Ginseng back into the box and then solemnly received it in his arms.

"Should be," Su Su Su Nai Fa responded while taking ten ice crystal boxes from the deeper shelves through the mage hand and handing them to Gao De.

The boxes were transparent, so the contents were clear at a glance.

Each box contained five leaves condensed from ice crystals.

"This is... leaves that fell off the Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong!" Gao De was stunned for a moment, then reacted instantly.

When the Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong was upgraded, all the old leaves fell off, totaling three or four hundred, which were all collected by Su Su Su Nai Fa's order at that time.

"Right, when the guardian god tree was upgraded, a total of three hundred and sixty leaves fell off, exactly the number of a year, and here are fifty of them."

Drinking water soaked with Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong leaves has the miraculous effect of improving the magic user's mental power, which for magic users, is even more precious than magic plants that increase magic power.

Such treasures do not exist at half the acquisition price, and they will even be sent to auctions for bidding.

Gao De drank Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong water for the first time, and his mental power increased from 100 to 132.

Of course, for higher-level magic users, the effect of Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong water on increasing mental power is also more minimal.

For a fourth-rank magic user like Su Su Su Nai Fa, it might be considered good to increase mental power by 3 points.

Therefore, Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong leaves are most suitable for first-circle magic users, which can be equivalent to first-rank magic potions in a sense.

But the price certainly cannot be calculated this way, because it can permanently improve the magic user's basic attributes.

Therefore, its value can almost be equivalent to a higher-rank supernatural equipment, and the price of one Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong leaf is about three hundred Goldfinch coins.

Fifty Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong leaves, that is fifteen thousand Goldfinch coins.

The unit price is high, the volume is small, and there is no worry about selling, this is not Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong leaves, it is clearly gold leaves!

Gao De's worrying problem was instantly solved.

To tell the truth, for most forces, treasures like Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong leaves are definitely not sold, but kept for internal digestion, or taken to other forces for barter, exchanging treasures that they will not sell.

Because many treasures are actually not buyable with money, and Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong leaves are such a thing.

Gao De and Su Su Su Nai Fa both understand this truth.

But they understand the priority even more. Under the current situation, they can't care about these.

And Ice Jade Bingyu Wutong leaves are renewable resources, and it is not unacceptable to sell a part of them for emergency.

"With these, Harland Shipyard is in the bag," Gao De said with satisfaction, everything is steadily moving in the direction he planned.

"There is a ready-made two-masted sailboat in Harland Shipyard. After successfully acquiring Harland Shipyard, I will recruit crew to go to sea for the first time."

"One is to send Miss Aisha and Anna to the Northern Realm, and the other is to transport some craftsmen and wood and other supplies that the Northern Realm currently lacks."

"At the same time, the Northern Realm also needs to prepare some resources that can be stably supplied as return cargo, transported to the Goldfinch Empire for sale, and then use this income to build more boats and buy more supplies to transport to the Northern Realm, such a positive cycle, initially establishing a trade route," Gao De said slowly.

Trade that exchanges what is needed, realizes the optimal allocation of resources, and can inject a steady stream of power into Phoenix's development.

"Valaer Bay also needs to hurry up and build a usable port. It doesn't need to be too big, and it doesn't need to be too formal, just enough,"

The port is the gateway connecting the Northern Realm and the outside world, and it is the key hub of trade. Although it does not need large-scale construction at present, it must have a port that can meet basic needs as soon as possible to prepare for the upcoming trade.

"No problem," Su Su Su Nai Fa agreed, then hesitated, and asked for confirmation: "Are Miss Aisha and Anna very important?"

"Very important," Gao De confirmed.

"They are the fallen princesses of the Duchy of Sidian... of course, this identity is not important, what is important is the talent of these two people."

"First is Anna. Although she is young, her talent in runology is amazing. I will teach her runology myself. If possible, I hope she can serve as the chief of runology in Phoenix's Ministry of Education in the future."

Gao De must find a way to promote the new runology system constructed by Mentor He Xi, and Anna is the most suitable person Gao De has seen so far.

Her talent in calculation is born to learn this.

"As for Miss Aisha... according to my preliminary understanding, this is a princess who is well-known. She received royal education from childhood and is proficient in politics, diplomacy, economy, and even military knowledge, and has unique insights and outstanding talents in management."

"During her father's reign, she actively participated in the handling of national affairs, whether it was the people's livelihood construction and planning in the Duchy of Sidian, or diplomatic negotiations and trade exchanges with neighboring countries, she was involved and was highly praised by the people of the Duchy of Sidian."

"This kind of talent is very important for the current Phoenix."

"Will people with such status and experience be willing to join us? To outsiders, we are aliens," Su Su Su Nai Fa raised her concerns.

"They will, as long as they come to the Northern Realm, it is equivalent to getting on our chariot, and they will naturally do their best,"

Gao De confirmed: "Their country has been destroyed, and now they are still being chased by the people of the Duchy of Evga, fleeing everywhere. The Northern Realm can provide shelter for them, so how can she have other thoughts?"

"If there is no shelter in the Northern Realm, her own life is hard to protect."

"And once they come to the Northern Realm, their fate is tightly bound to us. The better Phoenix develops, the more stable her status will be, and the higher her value will be."

"Therefore, from the perspective of interests, Miss Aisha will also go all out. She is a smart person and knows what to do," Gao De continued, his logic clear.

"My King, you are calculating and planning," Su Su Su Nai Fa "praised" again with a flat emotion.

"By the way, help me prepare some meat chunks of high-rank earth-vein creatures, preferably third-rank or above," Gao De suddenly remembered another thing.

This is food prepared for Tuanzi.

Capybaras can successfully grow into second-rank creatures as long as they eat enough high-quality food containing magic power and blood energy during the growth period.

If you want to upgrade again, the resources required will double, and the difficulty is extremely high.

After all, high-quality food containing magic power and blood energy is not cheap.

First, hunting earth-vein creatures is not an easy thing. They live in the wilderness and are powerful. Hunting them requires a lot of energy and bearing huge risks.

Secondly, not all earth-vein creatures are edible. Some earth-vein creatures contain highly toxic substances in their bodies, or their meat is rough and difficult to eat. Even if you spend a lot of energy hunting them, they cannot be used as food.

Only those specially selected earth-vein creatures with tender meat and no poison can be used as food.

Finally, it is also very difficult to transport the corpses of earth-vein creatures back to the city.

This is not how many earth-vein creatures you hunt, you can bring back how many corpses.

Magic users go deep into the wilderness, often needing to carry a large amount of equipment and supplies, and the burden itself is not light.

Therefore, it is very likely that a magic user spends two or three days deep in the mountains and forests, kills a small group of earth-vein creatures, and finally, because of the burden problem, can only spend another two or three days bringing back one of the corpses of the earth-vein creatures.

The combination of these three leads to the extremely high value of the flesh and blood of earth-vein creatures, which is generally only enjoyed by nobles, not to mention feeding beast pets, which is too extravagant.

But for Gao De, this is a small problem that couldn't be smaller.

The Enduring Zhenbing tribe has nothing else, but the flesh and blood of earth-vein creatures is really not lacking.

The Enduring Zhenbing tribe has powerful ice-born magic users as hunters. First-rank earth-vein creature flesh and blood are not even looked at. The starting point is second-rank creature flesh and blood, absolutely letting Tuanzi enjoy the top treatment that only "Capybara Kings" have.

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