White sturgeon island.

Factory in the mountains.

In an extremely spacious workshop, there are more than a dozen long magic workbenches.

On one side of the workbench, a lightning-driven craftsman puppet is placed every five meters.

On the other side sat ordinary women.

Most of these women are refugees from the Principality of Bosilia, and many of them are single and have no family ties.

They had just come out of a refugee shelter, had a very low social status, no land, and no money in their pockets.

The purpose of coming to the factory is simple, which is to find a place to stay and save some money to support myself.

Because the factory provides food and accommodation, and pays workers based on the number of finished products and piecework.

As long as you work hard, you can have a pretty good income.

On the workbench, the craftsman puppets and the women cooperated with each other to quickly shape each pearl jewelry.

In addition, on average, there is a mage assigned to every three craftsman puppets.

These mages were all quite young, generally in their early twenties, with low-level magical powers and a very superficial understanding of spells.

The only skill he is proficient in is controlling the craftsman puppets around him.

They are native people from the White Sturgeon Island who have just graduated from the Island Magic Academy. They have a social status above the standard, good magical talent, and some magical foundation.

After receiving formal education and dedicated practice at the academy, his magical powers improved by leaps and bounds and he soon broke through the low levels.

But they have missed the best learning period, and their thinking has become somewhat stereotyped, so it would be very difficult for them to do research, so they became specialized puppet control mages.

The combination of hardworking and skillful female workers, low-level mages with certain skills, and artisan puppets made by high-level mages, has produced amazing production efficiency.

Batches of high-quality pearls are quickly transported into the factory and then transformed into batches of exquisite pearl jewelry leaving the factory.

Just like running water, it never stops.

Of course, these ordinary assembly line products are only used to supply the middle and lower-level markets and cannot make real big money.

Its biggest use is actually to train skilled workers.

The high-end pearl jewelry that really makes the big money is all produced in the underground magic laboratory in Crescent Castle.

We use the best pearls, the most sophisticated craftsmanship, and the best auxiliary materials.

Underground laboratory.

Rosen was controlling several craftsman puppets to put sparkling pearl ornaments into equally exquisite jewelry boxes.

His wife Selena and mentor Anna happened to be there too.

Selena was admiring the pearls, and Anna was also admiring the pearls.

Selena is visibly pregnant.

She supported her lower back with one hand to make herself stand more steadily, and held a colorful pearl necklace in the other hand, admiring it carefully.

"This is the best quality pearl necklace I have ever seen. Especially the pearls, which are so big, with almost perfect shapes and dazzling luster. They are simply rare treasures."

Her eyes lingered on the strings of pearls.

Anna is more concerned with the processing technology of pearl jewelry.

Because she has seen too many pearls recently and has become a little numb to pearls themselves.

“The pearls are really nice, but these transparent cords and the exquisite jewelry box are also very beautiful. They match the pearls, just like keeping the pearls in a pool of clear water.”

She asked, "Rosen, these new materials are expensive, right?"

Rosen nodded: "We have just started production and have not yet reached scale. It is indeed quite expensive, but compared to the selling price, it is nothing."

He picked out a few strings of unpackaged top-quality pearl jewelry and put them on Selena and Anna, making the two women look delighted.

Then he picked up a jewelry box wrapped in a transparent water film similar to a thin plastic wrap.

"Such a top-quality gold pearl bracelet has always been a family collection of great nobles. The market price can be sold for more than 2,000 Oggs."

"I'm selling it to middlemen for 1,600 Oggs now. They'll be very happy to take it, and we can make a net profit of 1,500 Oggs."

"By taking advantage of the lag in the flow of information from different places, as long as all places launch it at the same time, all of Weilan's pearl agents can get the goods at almost the same time."

Selena asked, "And then?"

Rosen smiled: "Then it has nothing to do with us."

"We have received the money. Whether they sell it immediately or save it and sell it later is their choice."

Selena knew that she could definitely make a lot of money this time, but she had no idea how much.

She asked: "How much do you think you can earn?"

"I think it's at least 1 million Ogg." Anna gave an estimate.

Rosen is the operator of the whole thing. He has more comprehensive information and his valuation is much higher than Anna's.

But he didn't plan to say it early, so he said, "I think so too."

Selena was very happy: "Oh~ That's a really good income."

Then he asked, “How much time can I earn?”

"About three weeks. After all, it takes time to distribute the goods in advance."

In the following period, a large amount of pearl jewelry flowed out of the White Sturgeon Island through various channels.

Fishman Bay in the north.

Each pearl ornament was packed in a simple wooden box, loaded onto flat-bottomed cargo ships and speedboats, and transported to various smuggling points.

At the dock, the supervisors repeated the lord's orders over and over again.

"The lord has ordered that all these accessories be exchanged for supplies, real supplies!"

"Don't even think about selling it for money. Northerners don't have any money in their pockets!"

"Don't take anything carelessly. These things are worthless. Go to the factory scrap area and pick them up when you have time. There are plenty of them there!"

Sturgeon Harbor to the south.

late at night.

Batches of mid- to high-end pearl jewelry were packed into higher-quality wooden boxes and placed in the rear cabin of the speedboat.

Then, the speedboats set off quietly at night, crossed the Wind's Rest Channel, and headed for the Shire County across the sea.

However, he did not go to Suijin Harbor, but found an agreed landing point on the shore and quietly handed the goods to the overseas agents of the Island Intelligence Bureau.

Most of these pearl jewelry are mid- to high-end products, with good pearls, high craftsmanship and small size.

They will be secretly transported by intelligence agents to pearl agents in various counties of Veran.

There are differences here.

For mid to high-end pearls sent to Northern County, we accept both cash and supplies.

Pearl transactions sent to Southern County are only accepted in cash.

One hand pays the other hand receives the goods.

And over the course of several weeks, similar pearl transactions continued.

During the entire transaction period, various types of transaction information flew around Weilan via radio waves, coordinating and cooperating with each other.

It was like a high-level beast with an advanced nervous system and quick reactions, violently devouring the large but slow-reacting low-level beast of Weilan Island.

This situation lasted for about three weeks, which was almost exactly what Rosen had expected.

Three weeks later, almost all the pearl jewelry made on the White Sturgeon Island was shipped out at high prices.

There are still some delays in the delivery of supplies to the Northern Counties, and many supplies have not yet been received.

But all the cash in Nanfang County has flowed back to the White Sturgeon Island.

When the preliminary statistical report was sent to Rosen's government study, Rosen looked at the numbers on the report and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.

That night, in the bedroom, Rosen shared the good news with his wife and mentor.

He sat lazily in the thick leather recliner, crossed his legs, and whispered an astonishing number.

"Northern County received various cash, materials, and people, with a total value of 2.2 million Ogg, including 650,000 Ogg in cash."

"In addition, there are 89,600 mountain people, with an average price of 10 Ogg."

It is equivalent to buying a person on earth for 15,000 yuan. Human life is truly as precious as grass.

"The total expenditure was 70,000 low-end pearl jewelry, 12,000 mid-range pearl jewelry, 1,300 high-end jewelry, and 120 top-quality jewelry."

Anna was sitting in front of the dressing mirror, unpacking the hair accessories. She was shocked by the scale of the transaction, but also felt strange: "Didn't we agree to only sell it to 50,000 mountain people? Why did they sell so much more?"

Rosen smiled: "Maybe the northern lords have become more generous?"

This shows that the lord of the northern county was impoverished by his wave and was reluctant to sell supplies for pearls, but he still wanted pearls, so he sold more mountain people.

Of course he accepted it, because his territory was still lacking a large number of farmers willing to grow potatoes in the mountains.

After this group of mountain people came, they were given land, fertilizer and potato sprouts, and the yield of mountain potatoes soon exploded.

Rosen continued:

"Nanfang County sold 16,600 mid-range pearls, 8,000 high-end accessories, and 900 top-quality accessories, with a total income of 3.6 million Ogg."

"The harvest was all cash, plus the revenue from the Northern County, that's 4.25 million Ogg."

Even without mentioning the huge amount of material income, Rosen also exchanged pearls for 42.5 tons of gold from the giant island of Weilan.

This number is staggeringly large.

Selena was eating snacks and couldn't help but cover her forehead when she heard this: "Oh, the people of Weilan are really greedy and vain."

She witnessed the entire pearl transaction and knew that pearls were just beautiful limestone beads, but they were exchanged for precious gold.

I just think these people are so stupid.

Anna was shocked again: "As I recall, the Duke's annual income is only a little over 10 million Oggs, right?"

Rosen nodded: "About 11 million Ogg."

The problem is that the Duke of Dawn's more than 10 million Oggs are his income, and he spends this amount every year to roughly maintain a balance between income and expenditure.

However, the 4.25 million Ogg cash that the White Sturgeon Island received this time was basically pure profit that could be used at its own discretion.

So you can use it to do a lot of great things.

Rosen smiled and said, "It's just this wave of profit. Of course, this money is indeed not a small amount."

Serena began to worry: "Ryder will notice!"

Rosen nodded. "Of course they will notice it, but not right away. It will probably be a month before they find out about us."

His total profit from this pearl trade was 5.5 million Oggs.

Weilan has 25 counties and more than 30 million people.

This is equivalent to earning 220,000 Oger's money from each county, with each Vilan handing over an average of 2.8 kroner of silver coins.

It was like receiving a huge war reparations.

Such a large-scale flow of wealth will certainly cause huge disturbances to Weilan’s domestic market.

For example, Northern County.

Grain, wool, minerals and other materials produced in the northern counties were bought up in large quantities by the White Sturgeon Island.

Goods are scarce in the market, so prices will rise significantly.

But the buyers of supplies from Northern County are not only from White Sturgeon Island, but also from Southern County and Aaron.

Of course buyers will feel the price increase and will naturally investigate.

With this investigation, you will naturally find the source of the problem on the White Sturgeon Island.

After all, the scale is too large.

But why didn’t the Duke notice it immediately? Because in this pearl trade, Rosen relied on the power of the emerging bourgeoisie.

In the continent of Witt, this new class has already gained some say and no one dares to look down on them.

But in Weilan, this class has just emerged and is not taken seriously by the ruling class.

The nobles despised them and called them "mud-legged merchants", "upstarts" and "vulgar country bumpkins".

Naturally, I completely disdain to understand them.

As a result, the information was delayed, and the delay gave Rosen more and longer time to prepare.

But Anna still clearly felt the seriousness of the matter.

"Rosen, are you ready?"

What are you preparing for? To fight the Duke, of course.

Because this is taking money out of the Duke's pocket, and half of it is taken at once! No one can stand this.

In the face of such huge interests, all legal contracts are false.

When the Duke found out, he had only one reaction, which was to take the money back by force.

Rosen nodded: "Almost ready."

As he spoke, he began to read a new document, which was a report from the Navy Department.

"200 Murloc Nemesis ships, 5 medium-sized Blackrock gunboats have been built."

"30,000 Murloc Divers, 2,000 Murloc Diver Mages."

"Finally, there are 1,000 Banshee Scouts."

This is the latest naval force, but it is certainly not enough to compete with Aaron's Lion Fleet in the ocean.

But it is completely sufficient to fight against the Storm Fleet heading north from Dawn City, or to add some Lion warships coming from afar.

Now that they have money, all investments on the island have increased significantly, the largest of which is shipbuilding.

Fierce shipbuilding!

In Rosen's plan, the construction plan of 20 improved Black Stone warships has begun!

But strength alone is not enough without endurance.

Selena then asked, "What if the island is blocked from external trade routes?"

Rosen smiled and said, "Currently, there are 500,000 tons of grain stored in the island's granary, as well as countless cloths, ores, and black stones."

"Most importantly, we can open a new trade route to Levender."

The new route is far away from the control of Aaron and Dawn City, so there is no need to worry about being blocked by them.

As long as the White Sturgeon Island itself can withstand the attack, it will be able to obtain a steady stream of supplies from Levender and even Kao through the new route.

"And in the North Weilan Sea to the west, we have the strongest naval force. We can continue to trade with the Northern County without fear of a blockade."

After hearing this, both women felt relieved, and at the same time had a sense of epic being in the midst of turbulent history.

And I have a sincere sense of respect for the person behind all this.

Anna laughed: "I am now somewhat curious about the Duke's reaction."

Selena was also very happy, and she imitated the Duke's appearance.

"Ryder would have been furious, slammed his hand down on the desk, and yelled 'What a jerk!'"

Rosen laughed and said, "Then let's put an end to the Duke's anger at sea."

(End of this chapter)