Chapter 384: The Disposal of Potions

Shanlin Town.

After several population migrations last year, the number of people living in this small town has now exceeded ten thousand.

Looking down from the air, the construction team has erected many large factory-like dwellings; these are temporary residences.

Some who have settled steadily in Shanlin Town have already applied to the Village Chief of their respective villages for a "homestead" to build their own houses.

Compared to two years ago, the bustling atmosphere of this small town has clearly increased.

After Luoning flew over Wubei Territory and arrived at Shanlin Town, he went straight to the Ironwood Workshop.

After several expansions, the current Ironwood Workshop has a huge warehouse and several factory buildings.

Under Luoning's guidance, William allocated the personnel and processed and assembled the ironwood according to an assembly line method.

In order for the Ironwood Workshop to earn more money, Chahaer, after consulting with Wilson, also supplemented the personnel here in several batches; what Luoning saw when he arrived were all busy figures.

Although working here is tiring, the pay is relatively higher.

Now that the grain production in Wubei Territory has increased, merchants occasionally come here; they have money in their pockets and can also buy many things.

"Lord!"

Seeing Luoning appear at the Ironwood Workshop, the workers involuntarily put down the work in their hands and worshipped him enthusiastically.

"You have all worked hard."

Luoning waved at the crowd, and after a simple greeting, he had someone call William over.

Although William's level is not as good as Master Dan, the categories they are responsible for are different.

One is in charge of ironwood production, and the other researches new things and organizes production.

Now that there are more people in the Ironwood Workshop, William, as the manager, is also living a very prosperous life.

He cherishes his current life very much, so he respects Luoning from the bottom of his heart.

"My Lord, if you have anything to do, you can just send someone to summon me."

He led Luoning to a relatively cleaner lounge, "There is a lot of dust in the Ironwood Workshop; it makes us feel bad that you, in your nobility, have come here in person."

Luoning laughed, affirmed the other's performance, and then stated the purpose of his visit.

Now he has a batch of very high-quality concave-convex lenses in his hands; what he needs to do next is to build tubes for the objective and eyepiece to adapt and assemble them, thereby making a telescope.

William had never done such a thing, so Luoning drew a rough schematic diagram and carefully explained the production process and the final effect.

After all, William is a craftsman, and this thing is not complicated; he understood it as soon as he heard it.

In the case of not needing to use ironwood, the difficulty of processing is not great, and he immediately guaranteed to Luoning that he would definitely produce results within seven days.

After leaving a concave lens and a convex lens, Luoning got up and left.

As soon as he returned to Zhaozebao, he heard the good news of Luogena's breakthrough.

The effect of the Auxiliary Enhancement Potion was so good that it surprised Luoning a little.

"My Lord, the ten bottles of 'Advanced Enhancement Potion' that were prepared have had one bottle consumed by Luogena, and there are nine bottles left, all here."

Aierlong handed over the tray carrying the potion bottles, "I don't know how you plan to handle the rest?"

Luoning picked up one of them and looked at it; the red liquid seemed somewhat ominous.

"It seems that the only Advanced Knight left in Wubei Territory is the one named 'Damon', right?"

"That was last year's matter, my Lord."

Aierlong shook his head with a smile, "Recently, many more people have come to seek refuge. After I had Ruige screen them, I kept two Advanced Knights, four Intermediate Knights, and six Primary Knights."

He added: "The number of professional knights in Wubei Territory is now thirty-three; we can almost form three Knight Squads!"

Although Luoning felt surprised, he also felt it was reasonable.

His reputation has already spread; the sons of three Viscounts have come to Wubei Territory, and since this place does not only take in noble descendants, many professional knights who want to "start a business" will choose to come here to try.

Although there are Advanced Knights joining, Luoning does not want to give these potions to them directly.

The loyalty and ability of these people have not yet been verified, and bestowing an Enhancement Potion that costs hundreds of gold coins is really too wasteful.

"Can Intermediate Knights use them?" Luoning asked.

"Yes, but they must be diluted. One bottle of Advanced can be diluted into about three bottles of potion suitable for Intermediate Knights."

"Then dilute them, and give Tangmu, Huoen, Kelami, and Babulin several bottles each. As for the others, if they want them, they can buy them with the salary I pay them. For internal personnel, give them a discount for now, fifty percent off."

Luoning laughed: "But tell them in advance that whoever dares to resell them will not only have the illicit money recovered but will also be held accountable; the light punishment is imprisonment and expulsion, and the heavy punishment is execution."

Aierlong nodded.

Taking the Advanced Potion as an example, even at fifty percent off, it would still cost more than one hundred gold coins; relying on the salary of an Advanced Knight is completely insufficient, and they might have to pull some money from relatives and friends.

But it is worth a gamble; after all, once promoted from Advanced to Bronze, the annual income will increase fourfold, and the cost can be recovered in one year.

"Should we make potions suitable for Bronze and Silver Knights? Generally speaking, one Fury Flame Grass can make ten bottles of Advanced Potion, but Bronze and Silver can only make three bottles and one bottle respectively."

The cost is different; the key is whether Luoning wants to cultivate more middle-level personnel or make the high-level strength stronger.

Luoning pondered slightly; he is not lacking in top-tier combat power among his subordinates, and the middle level has new personnel joining, it is just that the high level is a bit lacking.

The two discussed it and decided to produce potions of different levels according to the quantity of Fury Flame Grass in a ratio of 5:4:6.

"I will have an income of 500,000 gold coins soon, and the territory is not short of money. So, we should try to consume this batch of potions internally."

Aierlong was shocked.

He had always thought that the speed of making money through Magic Potions was the fastest, but he did not expect Luoning's speed of making money to be faster than his.

Just by going out once, he gained 500,000 gold coins.

"This is the Magic Spirit Spring and Star Shine Grass for making the Awakening Potion."

Luoning threw the two materials to Aierlong, and the latter's eyes immediately lit up.

"My Lord, your efficiency is so high that it makes me ashamed."

He felt a bit inferior: "Although you brought the magic materials, I have not yet successfully made the inscribed container for making the Awakening Potion."

The Awakening Potion requires not only the power of light but also a container engraved with special inscriptions.

Aierlong tried several times, consuming some Magic Crystals and a small amount of Mithril, but none of it succeeded.

After all, this was a memory only obtained at the Archmage level; he had never done it in his previous life and had no experience to draw upon.

"It is fine, failure is the mother of success; I believe you will succeed."

Luoning encouraged him: "It just so happens that we can take advantage of this time to have Ruige select more people under nineteen years old with strong physical constitutions for training, and pick out those suitable for using the Awakening Potion."

He prepared to establish a promotion channel in the Wubei Territory, allowing ordinary people to have a path to follow in the way of martial force.

However, the Awakening Potion is different from the Enhancement Potion; it is destined not to be consumed too much within the Wubei Territory, as the cost is there after all, and only by selling it externally will it not result in a loss.

Luoning is neither a spendthrift nor a benevolent lord who seeks no return.

Those who successfully awaken after taking the Awakening Potion are required to sign a contract with him; to say nothing else, at the very least, they are not permitted to leave the Wubei Territory to serve others. (End of chapter)