[Chapter 357: Winter Alchemy Workshop Warehouse]
In addition to the visitors such as Kael’thas Sunstrider, Magni Bronzebeard, Antonidas, and Daelin, there are also people like Rhonin who will be stationed in Winter City.
After today, Rhonin will officially replace Jaina as the diplomat of Dalaran in Winter City.
But Jaina will not return to Dalaran or Kul Tiras, because she is still the representative of Kul Tiras in Winter City, especially after Jaina’s father Daelin Proudmoore saw the two steel battleships (the newly transported Missouri and the Skyfire-transformed Belfast) anchored in the Winter City naval port, he hoped to strengthen the relationship with Winter City so as to buy the blueprints and related manufacturing equipment of this steel battleship.
Magni Bronzebeard was also very interested in such a “beautiful”, “delicate” and “huge” mechanical creation, but Ironforge is located at a high altitude and there is no sea outlet around, so he is not particularly eager for battleships.
But when he saw a large number of experimental weapons and equipment in the Winter Alchemy Workshop, he became excited.
Tanks, wheeled armored vehicles, tracked armored vehicles, quadrupedal vehicles, etc., these things are all experimental products made by Leonard, Howard and others. In addition to satisfying some of their fantasies, they are also made as a technical reserve.
In fact, even David is not sure how many strange things are made in the Winter Alchemy Workshop. Anyway, if it doesn’t come for a while, there may be more new things.
David even saw a humanoid mecha similar to Iron Monger, and…
“Look at this beautiful big guy, these two long and thick gun barrels are really art!” Magni Bronzebeard saw a tank and his eyes were about to spit fire. He looked back and forth several times and even climbed up to admire it up close. Unfortunately, many places were obviously not completed. The armor of the turret was not installed, and the inside was even more messy.
David saw the tank’s appearance and the name popped up in his mind, but he still looked at the sign next to it that recorded various information: “Red 2 Apocalypse Heavy Tank, equipped with twin 120mm guns and multi-functional missile launchers…”
The engine has been replaced many times, and it can use diesel, batteries and crystal engines, with energy shields, new composite armor, etc.
But for various reasons, this prototype has not been completed.
“What a waste, such a beautiful tank, why don’t you finish it quickly?” Magni Bronzebeard really wanted to drive it for a while and feel the actual combat power of this metal behemoth.
This idea obviously cannot be realized immediately, and the Apocalypse tank in front of him doesn’t even have an engine installed.
“Because the technology of Winter City is updated too quickly, the previous engine is outdated.”
Howard, who was standing by, was the chief engineer of Winter Alchemy Workshop (self-proclaimed), and when a large group of “famous people” came to visit, he spontaneously served as a tour guide.
When Magni Bronzebeard expressed dissatisfaction, he was also responsible for explaining the reason – this tank was made by him, and it was indeed Howard who had to explain why it was not completed.
“Is that so? Our technology is updated too fast, which caused so many test machines to fall into a stagnant state?”
David stood aside and whispered to Leonard, and Leonard also honestly sold his friend out.
“Although there are factors in this regard, the more important reason is… there are too many things in Winter City that will distract Howard’s attention.”
Howard has lived for so many years, and this is the first time that he has been worshipped as a “strong man” instead of being regarded as a freak, a otaku, or a weak chicken. This makes him like Winter City very much, and he has long decided to live in Winter City in the future.
When that time comes, he can also give himself some “strengthening” to make himself bigger and more powerful, attracting more beautiful girls.
“It seems that you have adapted to the life in Winter City.”
“Yes, this is simply a dream city.” Leonard can’t close his mouth every day now. The world and characters that once existed only in fantasy have really appeared in front of him, and he can also make some “interesting” things into real objects here at will.
In addition, his body has become better, and he can learn a lot of magical and advanced knowledge. They are now living a dream life.
They all cherished this opportunity, so everyone kept their original life in tacit understanding to avoid the secrets from being leaked and causing trouble.
After a while of visiting, Magni Bronzebeard said that there were many things in Winter City that the dwarves were very interested in. If possible, they hoped to have a deeper exchange and trade with Winter City. The dwarves were all very interested in
new rifles, individual grenade launchers, new artillery, missiles, tanks, and even humanoid mechas.
Not only the dwarves were interested, but Kul Tiras, Dalaran, and Quel’Thalas were also very interested in these equipments in Winter City.
Although there were many arcane golems in Silvermoon City, Kael’thas felt that these weapons in Winter City could enhance the combat effectiveness of the arcane golems.
Although the powerful firepower would cause great damage to Silvermoon City itself, it would not care so much when it came to the crisis.
Imagine if the arcane golems in Silvermoon City had such fierce firepower, could the Scourge still pose a threat to Silvermoon City?
If I remember correctly, the Lordaeron Legion relied on artillery units to destroy most of the undead of the Scourge.
Prince Kael’thas simply ignored Arthas, the biggest threat in the Scourge. After all, in the eyes of the proud genius mage Kael’thas, he himself was also a powerful spellcaster. Even if he could not match the combined strength of Fording, Mograine and a group of strong men, it should not be a problem to hold Arthas back.
After his troops destroyed most of the undead of the Scourge, what threat could Arthas, who was left alone, pose?
Thinking this in his heart, Kael’thas seriously discussed the arms trade with David.
In this way, several major forces that came to visit Winter City, including Dalaran, all wanted to buy some weapons from Winter City. This made David very speechless. Why did they only focus on weapons and equipment?
Is it true that Winter City only has weapons? Are they looking down on others?
In fact, in the eyes of these people, Winter City is indeed only advanced in weapons, and there is nothing special about other things. As for the many conveniences in life, for these high-level officials, nobles, and leaders, it is just so-so.
In addition, there are more realistic reasons for these people to buy weapons.
The Kingdom of Lordaeron, or the entire Alliance, has officially decided to jointly send troops to Northrend. In the next six months to a year, the member states of the Alliance will make various military preparations for the expedition.
Weapons are naturally the top priority!
It can be said that everyone is rushing to buy new weapons, mainly for the upcoming expedition to Northrend.
“Is that so…”
It is definitely unrealistic to let Winter City produce on a large scale, and it is also very troublesome to transport them to Azeroth.
However, the model of cooperating with the dwarves, with Winterforge providing the technology, and then the dwarves manufacturing in Ironforge and providing it to the entire Alliance army, is much more feasible, and the Alliance countries are more receptive to this plan.
As for how to pay the bill?
The price is clearly marked, and the corresponding amount is paid according to the quantity required by each company. The settlement can be made with all resources such as gold coins, ores, and medicinal materials.
The Ironforge dwarves responsible for manufacturing and Winterforge who provide technology will share these incomes.
In short, the more it is built, the more income Winterforge will have.
Considering that David does not need the currency of Azeroth, what he wants are various ores, medicinal materials and other resources, and all the gold coins are left to Ironforge.
After discussing the business, these bigwigs from Azeroth dispersed one after another. Next, they will stay in Winterforge for a few days, look around the scenery of Winterforge, and see if there is anything else that will interest them.
As for discussing other transactions with David? That will be discussed in private, not in this kind of public negotiation where a group of people get together.
Until this time, David had time to greet Sylvanas Windrunner who had just decided to join his army. He
also greeted the mage Rhonin who had just come to Winter City as a diplomat and his wife Vereesa Windrunner.
“Welcome to Winter City.”
He shook hands with the mage Rhonin and nodded to Vereesa, the younger sister of the Windrunner family. David welcomed the arrival of the two in his heart, which was considered to increase the combat power of Winter City in a roundabout way.
With Darion Mograine who replaced Renault Mograine, the number of elite combat forces in Winter City remained at a very high level.
However, it would take some time for the mage Rhonin to “recover” his peak combat power, and even with Jaina’s guidance, this was still an unavoidable situation.
But it did not mean that Rhonin was a weak chicken that could be slaughtered at will during this period. After all, Rhonin was still a close combat expert who liked to wear plate armor and was very good at swordsmanship.
“If you need anything, you can come to me directly at Castle Glamorgan.”
After greeting these two and Darion Mograine, David still couldn’t relax, because he had another task to complete as soon as possible:
discuss the new equipment of the Knights of Tiran with Tony Stark and others to see if there are any ready-made options?
However, Tony was not in Winterfell at this time. Instead, Harry, Leonard and others were there. David went around in circles and found that he had to go back to the alchemy workshop again.
Fortunately, it was not a wasted trip. After stating his requirements, Leonard, Howard and others immediately gave a lot of suggestions, and even some real objects could be used for display.
“How many weird things have you made?”
“Uh… Actually, there are not many.”
(End of this chapter)