Krober's proposal really surprised Grand Duchess Veronica.
That's a gem. Although it's small in size and is still the original ore, this doesn't have much impact on its value. A normal standard piece of gem equipment is about the size of a fist.
Under normal circumstances, one cubic meter of raw ore can be cut into one hundred standard-sized gems, excluding various labor costs such as processing, polishing, and production.
The profit that a finished magic gem equipment can bring is as high as hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and one cubic meter of raw ore corresponds to more than 10 million gold coins.
This amount of wealth is not small for Grand Duchess Veronica.
Otherwise, she would not have said that this wealth was enough for Krober to squander for hundreds of years.
You know, the accumulation of the Black Feather Island Baron family for decades plus the three pieces of magic equipment is only worth one million gold coins at most. I believe Krober will not be unaware of the value of these gems.
Veronica gave an intriguing smile.
"So, Baron Kroeber, what do you want in exchange?"
There are no gifts without reason, only purposes hidden behind the gifts.
As the ruler of a country, she could naturally see that Krober must have something to ask of her, and that his ambition must be very big, otherwise he would not have put up tens of millions of gold coins as bargaining chips.
Kroeber lowered his head.
"I would like to ask Your Excellency the Grand Duke for a favor!"
Veronica smiled slightly. That's right. Her little Rose has made great progress in the past few months.
"It's not a big deal..."
Krober simply organized his words in his mind.
"I hope that His Excellency the Grand Duke can help me prevent the second New World exploration movement in my country."
The New World Exploration Movement was a popular activity more than a decade ago.
The Black Feather Island where Kroeber is located is one of the islands discovered during the Age of Exploration. The official written name given at the time was the New World Expedition.
As a result, most of the nobles in the east spent money and effort, but they did not find an island. Only a few lucky ones discovered new islands.
But the area is generally not very large.
The entire northeastern coastal area of the Golden Duchy, including Krober's Black Feather Island, has a total of only seven islands.
The Three Daughters Islands occupy three, and the rest are Kroeber's Black Feather Island and the Sunflower Family's Brown Earth Island.
As for the remaining Thorn Island and Dark Ring Reef, their area is not large enough to qualify as a barony, so they are simply divided out as knight territories.
However, the Thorn Family on Thorn Island still has a thorn elf worm, so the family has a stable income.
But there are not even any birds on the Dark Ring Reef. Only a few hundred fishermen make a living by fishing on the island.
Even the lord of that fiefdom usually does not live there, but lives in Qingyu City.
Therefore, the nobles who had invested a lot of manpower and material resources gave up the idea of exploring the ocean and began to cultivate their own territories to restore their vitality.
Now that they have heard that Kroeber has discovered a new island, they will definitely explore new islands again with this as the center.
Therefore, Kroeber concluded that there was a high probability that a second New World exploration movement would begin.
Kroeber was too weak at the time to organize a fleet for exploration, but he had already regarded this ocean as his own territory, so how could he allow others to interfere?
"Tens of millions of ore, and you're just going to exchange this little thing?"
Grand Duchess Veronica didn't seem particularly surprised by Krober's request.
After all, she had been to the blue sea when she traveled, so she naturally knew how much wealth this sea contained.
"Um... If you're willing to help me explore whether there are any new islands around here, that would be great, but would that be a bit offensive to you?"
If Grand Duchess Veronica is willing to help him explore the way, that would naturally be the best, but as a Grand Duchess, how could she be willing to help him explore the way?
Sure enough, as soon as these words were spoken, Grand Duke Veronica rolled her eyes.
This look is very cute.
"If you know it's offensive, then don't mention it. You still want me to explore for you? If I found a large island for you, would you dare to accept it? You're not even an Earth Knight, and you can't even handle being offered an Earl."
Veronica's words almost made Kroeber lose control of his facial expression, but fortunately he persisted and still maintained a noble and elegant smile.
He just mentioned it casually. If the Grand Duke was willing, that would be great. However, even if he refused, he would not be punished given the Grand Duke's current favorability towards him.
"howl!"
A familiar roar was heard, and Griffin flapped his cute little wings and flew towards Krober.
"Griffin? Why are you here? Didn't I leave you on Black Feather Island? And! How come you can fly suddenly?"
Krober was quite surprised by Griffin's arrival. He had clearly placed it on Black Feather Island when he went to Saint Gold Castle.
"Greetings to His Excellency the Grand Duke!"
Following behind Griffin was Hyel, the clerk of the Holy Beast Island appointed by Krober.
He first bowed respectfully to Grand Duke Veronica, and then began to explain.
"My Lord, after you left, Lord Griffin suddenly stopped eating on Black Feather Island for some unknown reason and kept staring at the direction of Holy Beast Island.
We have no choice but to take Lord Griffin to the Holy Beast Island on our own initiative."
Krober touched Griffin's head lovingly, and the soft touch of the fur instantly melted Krober's heart.
"You've been naughty again. As a punishment, you can only eat black feather grass today."
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