Ever since receiving Wu Lai's birthday gift, the thing Tina does most every day is miss Wu Lai.

The carriage sent by Woolley greatly satisfied her vanity, especially when she rode slowly in the main street of Seneca City. By the way, the person who used this carriage most frequently in Greendo Manor was not Tina, but Lady Leah, because her vanity was even greater than Tina's.

The Winter Festival soon arrived in Seneca City amid the clanging sounds of chiseling and pounding of the ground at the White Stone Building expansion site. The day after the Winter Festival, perhaps because the actions of Archon Anthony before the festival stimulated or reminded some nobles, they sent their stewards and confidants one after another, without informing Woolley, to transport a large amount of building materials such as chiseled stone bricks, wood, and lime powder to the White Stone Building site. When Gauguin, who heard the news, asked about it, their answers were very much like what they had agreed to beforehand -

"I am the steward of the XX family. I am here on the orders of my master to deliver these materials. I will serve as a small assistant. If your master asks, you are from the XX family..."

All the visitors said such things, and behind them were dozens or even dozens of fully loaded ox carts.

Gauguin immediately reported the situation to Wu Lai.

Wu Lai pondered for a long time after listening to this, and then said: "Count the number of materials they sent, the standard market value, and then bring them to me. Also, if they like to send them, just let them send them."

"Okay, Master Wu Lai." Gauguin left with peace of mind.

"Did they make a lot of money from them recently? They actually came here to show their goodwill?" Wu Lai thought to himself after Gauguin left. His guess was almost right, because the fact was just as he said, he made a lot of money from these nobles recently -

After Consul Anthony purchased horse harness for the second time, three nobles from the Seneca city-state who were quick to seize the opportunity jointly ordered a thousand war horses wearing "God-given horse harness". After Woolley urged the armory to work overtime and finally completed the order, two more nobles from the city of Catti came to order five hundred sets of "God-given horse harness" - they even offered a price of twenty-five gold coins per set, on the condition that they did not want Woolley's war horses because they had their own stables.

After Woolley "reluctantly" agreed to the deal, good news came from the woodworking shop - nobles from outside the Seneca city-state had begun to come to order carriages.

Upon hearing the news, Wu Lai suddenly had a thought: "Did I underestimate the purchasing power of these nobles?" As a result, the price of the custom-made carriage increased by 30% the next day.

"Master Wu Lai, there are too many orders for carriages and the woodworking workshop cannot complete them on time. Should we add some manpower?" Gauguin asked tentatively.

Wu Lai shook his head. "That's not necessary. I can't let the woodworks keep making carriages. I didn't let it exist to make money. You have to ask Klee to get the coppersmith slaves as soon as possible. The armory has been expanded and it's urgent to recruit more people."

"Okay." Although Gauguin said this, he felt a little regretful in his heart. The current woodworking workshop can produce ten to eleven carriages every month, and can easily sell more than 2,800 gold coins. If it is expanded to a scale where the output is equal to the orders, the woodworking workshop alone can easily make more than 10,000 gold coins flow into Master Wu Lai's pocket every month. But Master Wu Lai said that it is impossible to make carriages all the time. Why is this the case? Gauguin couldn't think of it, and didn't dare to ask. Even if he asked, it would be useless, because Wu Lai was unwilling to explain so much, or rather, he was unwilling to explain verbally.

At the end of the New Year, after much trouble, Klee finally completed the task assigned to him by Woolley - buying twenty-four skilled coppersmith slaves for the expanded armory.

On the night when the slaves arrived, Wu Lai personally handed a blueprint to the three coppersmiths in the armory, Toustin, Tielun and Wusi, and then said very seriously: "I need you to make the things on this blueprint as soon as possible. At the same time, you must ensure the production of horse harnesses and carriage components."

"Don't worry, master. There's no problem." Sting nodded quickly in response.

After Wu Si pondered over the blueprint for a while, a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes: "Master, this doesn't seem to be a complete piece?" Sting and Tie Lun were startled when they heard this, and hurried over.

"Yes, it's just a bunch of parts. You just need to ensure the production and quality." Wu Lai nodded approvingly at Wu Si.

Tie Lun suddenly hesitated, then laughed a few times with embarrassment, and asked hesitantly: "Master, you, you didn't agree to, um, that thing last time..."

Wu Lai was startled, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't worry, you pervert, I will keep my word. In half a month at most, Butler Keli will buy 'companions' for the three of you. But you also know my rules, so I don't need to repeat them, right?"

"No, no, master, we remember clearly, 'Do the job well before making any requests'!" Sting replied quickly.

"Well, very good." Wu Lai said with a smile, then turned around and left with Gauguin. However, he sighed in his heart and muttered to himself, "Oh, it's not easy to be a slave owner. You have to work hard to make money, and worry about these guys. It's really tiring."

The day after the end of the New Year Month, all the walls, ditches, foundations and areas that needed to be compacted and filled of Baishi Building were completed. All that remained was the construction of the main part and auxiliary facilities. Compared with those that had already been completed, this would undoubtedly be much simpler and faster.

The production speed of the armory was also accelerated. After Sting, Tielun and Wus were rewarded with a female slave, all the craftsmen worked harder because Gauguin told them that Master Wulai had more female slaves waiting for them to exchange for excellent work performance.

In early March, Wu Lai refused to accept any new carriage orders and announced that he would only sell the "God-given Vehicle Equipment" set from the beginning of next month. According to him, this set of vehicle equipment, which cost 200 gold coins, also came with a detailed carriage structure diagram. Any carpenter with decent skills could easily imitate it with this structure diagram. The only problem was that this kind of carriage must be equipped with the "God-given Vehicle Equipment" produced by Wu Lai's Armory to achieve its comfort.

Pompeii was probably the only one besides Woolley who knew the real name of this so-called "God-given vehicle equipment", because Woolley once mentioned it in a casual chat between the two. Pompeii ultimately failed to understand why this vehicle equipment that seemed to be designed for comfort was called a "suspension shock absorption system", but he always believed that the appearance of this vehicle equipment was due to the revelation of the gods.

Because this is what Wu Lai told him himself. By the way, in the just-concluded temple New Year ceremony, Pompey was promoted to a middle-level priest by the high priest Mikoyan. According to the normal procedure, he would have to wait at least another four years to leave the sequence of lower-level priests.

Pompey sincerely thanked Wu Lai in joy, because he knew that his promotion was due to Wu Lai's strong support. But guess what Wu Lai said? He smiled and lowered his voice and said, "Take the first step. The road ahead may be more difficult. If you are ready, I will continue to clear the obstacles for you."

Pompey was surprised at this answer.

But the nobles of Seneca City were even more surprised by Woolley's decision to refuse the order for the carriage. A carriage was clearly sold for 300 gold coins. Why would he give up the opportunity to turn a pile of wood worth no more than one gold coin into 100 gold coins? - Wasn't the "God-given carriage" only sold for 200 gold coins?

This seemed like a business opportunity! So, the nobles who had already shown goodwill to Wu Lai with building materials approached Wu Lai in the shortest possible time. Their words were once again surprisingly consistent - if Wu Lai insisted on leaving the woodworking industry, then they would be willing to continue making these magical carriages.

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Finally, Woolley agreed "very reluctantly". As a result, within less than half a month, eight woodworking workshops specialized in making "magic carriages" emerged in the Seneca city-state. They all used the "divine vehicle tools" and drawings provided by Woolley, and even expanded the business of custom-made carriages to the entire Assyrian territory. Fortunately, Woolley had more than one style of carriages. Of course, this was also a small move made by Woolley to avoid too fierce competition - he designed a total of 16 carriage styles.

In the month of April alone, these eight woodworking workshops manufactured and sold 215 carriages. While they were happy about earning gold coins from the nobles of other city-states on the second floor, they finally understood why Wu Lai rejected the order - 215 sets of "God-given Vehicle Equipment" were sold within this month, which was more than 40,000 gold coins!

"Woolley is really good at making money!" A good friend of Lady Leah exclaimed when visiting Glendo Manor. "There are definitely no more than three people like him in the Assyrian territory. Just wait and see, maybe his reputation will spread throughout the Assyrian territory soon."

After hearing this, Mrs. Leah immediately had the urge to force Wu Lai to marry Tina.

While Lady Leah was chatting with her friends, Doggie got into a rage in his official residence. After smashing everything within his sight that was easily smashed, he slammed the door in anger and got on the "magic carriage" that he had customized two months ago, and went to the official residence of Archon Anthony.

The reason why Doji was angry was simple. Wu Lai's wealth and fame had risen to a level that made him wary. This meant that he could not retaliate against Wu Lai as he had previously planned, because not only would Wu Lai now be sure to attend the city-state nobles meeting in July, but he also seemed to have eight more allies - the owners of the eight carriage workshops.

"Your Excellency Archon, I have read the attendance list for the city-state nobles' meeting that you issued. It is perfect. It not only balances the aristocratic families and the emerging nobles, but also reflects your extraordinary demeanor." Doji said with a smile.

Anthony nodded and smiled: "Please continue what you want to say, Officer Doji."

"I was very surprised to see a name, um, Wuleglindo, Your Excellency the Archon. Although I have to admit that his wealth has reached the basic requirement for attending the meeting, his age, um, seems too young. I am afraid he will find it difficult to understand the significance of the city-state meeting..." Doji tried his best to make his tone sound official.

"No." Anthony interrupted Doge. "Tribune Doge, I think I understand why you came to me for this. I have no interest in what happened between you and Ulegrindo, but I must make it clear to you that Ulegrindo's attendance at the Seneca City-State Nobles' Council was not only a recognition of his wealth and reputation, but also because of the attention paid to him by General Shuman, the commander of the Second Assyrian Legion."

"General Xiuman?!" Doji stuttered, thinking how could this be possible.

"Yes, it's General Shuman. You will understand the reason later." Anthony said arrogantly, "If you don't have anything else, I'm very sorry, I'm very busy."