Chapter 353: The God of Wealth of Bloodmoon City
"Nine more Druid greenhouses? At least three million gold coins worth of orders?"
"And you want two elemental forges? That's another one million gold coins!"
"Where does he get all this money?"
Lady Annie, the city lord, widened her eyes. Her eyes nearly turned into the shape of gold coins, filled with disbelief.
Without showing any emotion, 343 glanced at her and reported matter-of-factly:
"Bay Territory has rescued a total of 345 villages, reclaimed 54 towns occupied by orcs, and swept through 20 castles as well as 4 small cities."
"Just from what I've seen, they've accumulated wealth of around six million gold coins."
"The bounties Bay Territory paid to soldiers and adventurers alone amount to 1.2 million gold coins!"
Licking her lips excitedly, Annie's mind was full of glimmering gold coins.
She rolled her eyes thoughtfully and asked:
"I've heard the orc army is almost wiped out?"
343, naturally understanding what shady idea the city lord had in mind, glared at her and retorted:
"Don't even think about it. Bay Territory has almost cleared the periphery."
"The rest are all contracted out to the adventurer groups."
"Unless you're planning to delve into the center of the Karl Plain. But unless you mobilize the Blood Moon Knights, the other soldiers can't handle it..."
"The Blood Moon Knights can't be deployed, and the personal guards are too few..."
Clicking her tongue, Lady Annie helplessly scratched her head, messing up the hairstyle that 343 had just tidied.
She grunted in frustration, her gaze shifting unpredictably, plotting something unknown.
Worried she might come up with some crazy ideas, 343 quickly changed the topic:
"Besides these two big orders, Bay Territory is also planning to construct an elemental energy pool. They are providing their own legendary elemental crystals and mithril, so I plan to charge 2 million gold coins."
Another 2 million gold coins?
Instinctively turning her head, Annie, who had been uncertain moments before, excitedly praised 343:
"Hahaha, well done! That way all the gold coins belong to us, hehe..."
"I need to hurry up and get to work; I can conduct more experiments..."
Seeing the city lord switch back from money-making mode to her workaholic self, 343 inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.
Bay Territory might not need Bloodmoon City, but Bloodmoon City certainly couldn't do without Bay Territory now.
This was the god of wealth for Bloodmoon City!
No one wanted to return to the days of tight budgets.
After dealing with the city lord, 343 immediately arranged tasks for the other spellcasters in the mage tower.
Since the workload for these three orders was significant, 343 also had to contact another mage tower.
Some of the low-profit but tedious orders were handed over to them.
343 had learned a crucial way of doing business from cooperating with Bay Territory.
Don't hog all the profits; if everyone earns, the pie gets bigger.
Sure enough, as soon as 343 made contact and explained her intent, the other party immediately agreed.
Even more unexpectedly, the other party made no mention of past unpleasantness and instead acted quite warmly.
343 hesitated for a moment but eventually kept her demeanor neutral, handing over roughly 200,000 gold coins worth of orders.
However, the other side seemed even more enthusiastic, eager to chat in detail.
Moreover, they showed no sign of probing, behaving very sensibly.
343 didn't want to overthink it, to avoid unnecessary worries.
She had a vague feeling that as long as Bay Territory continued to develop, Bloodmoon City could gradually escape its current predicament.
This seemed to relate to Bay Territory's development strategy as well.
Everyone could make money...
After arranging the large orders, 343 returned to her room, happily diving into her liquid energy pool.
Feeling her mind extraordinarily active, 343 blissfully picked up a small notebook, sketching and writing at a rapid pace.
The notebook contained many complex mechanical blueprints. As she wrote and drew, she couldn't help but mutter:
"If I improve the efficiency of the low-level harvesting golem by 10%, I can get a modification reward of 10,000 gold coins..."
"If I improve it by 10%, I get 10,000 gold coins. So why not improve it a bit more all at once?"
"Hehe, if I make the results good enough, wouldn't I earn a lot of gold coins at once?"
"Bay Territory has fewer people now, and a shortage of talent; in the future, I might not get such a chance."
"I need to speed up..."
"Gold coins... gold coins..."
With her eyes glowing red, 343 continued calculating, letting out a chuckle every time she overcame a difficulty.
Isn't it said that people become like those they associate with?
The Silvermoon River Wilderness.
No, it had already been officially renamed the Silvermoon River Plains.
Crowds of kobolds were busily digging ditches, piling up road foundations higher than the surrounding areas.
The massive compactor golem compressed the dirt dug by the kobolds, pressing it firmly.
Behind it, a large carrier golem dragged a steel carriage.
Dumping lines of ash and gravel, it paved the flattened road.
A simple dirt road was thus constructed.
About ten kilometers to either side, other dirt roads were being built.
"Unfortunately, fully embracing industrialization takes too long."
"But with magic as a power source, we can take a shortcut..."
"Once the elemental energy pool is completed, Bay Territory will have a somewhat limitless power supply..."
Matthew withdrew his gaze and continued flying with Yaya towards the main battlefield of the Karl Plain.
The current priority was further enhancing the soldiers' combat power!
Matthew didn't want to miss the two unique abilities of the orcs!
If he missed this opportunity, finding an orc warlord or above wouldn't be easy.
At this stage, Matthew had no intention of venturing deep into the Wild Plateau.
There were many eerie and terrifying things there!
As soon as Matthew arrived at the battlefield, the orc army began their assault.
Right on schedule!
But it was this punctuality that convinced Matthew that the mastermind controlling the orcs was very likely among the orc army.
Matthew didn't act rashly; he and Yaya hid in the dark clouds, carefully picking their targets.
"See that? The stronger the orc, the greater their survivability."
"Although the number of orcs has almost halved, those remaining are all elite. This may be their experience in activating those two abilities..."
"Of course, unless they can defy the mastermind's orders, they are definitely doomed this time!"
Matthew was already aware that the Karl family had summoned reinforcements from the Servington Council.
The Empire's Eighth Legion was on its way here!