"Knight Commander Kaudrin, find a group of trustworthy knights and take the forest elves to visit Crescent City. Be sure to protect his safety."

"Butler Kruber, go to the newly built Crescent Inn and arrange the best rooms and the best food for them. Make sure they are satisfied."

"Ignini, take your people and have a good rest for a day. We will have a good talk tomorrow."

"Yes, lord."

Ignini had always wanted to visit Crescent City openly, instead of just spying on it from a distance as before.

After Knight Commander Kaudrin took the forest elf messenger away, everyone dispersed and went about their own business.

Selena immediately returned to the inner room to ponder her spell.

Rosen did not rush back to the underground magic laboratory, but sat in the government study outside, patiently waiting for the arrival of his old acquaintance.

Obviously, this old acquaintance was also impatient and rode his horse fast all the way.

In less than an hour, he arrived at Crescent Castle with two guards and a guy whose identity was unknown but who looked like a shrewd businessman.

A few minutes later, the old butler Ah Fu brought the person over.

Two people came.

One was an old acquaintance, the younger brother of the Earl of Alpine County and the Countess of Shire County, Sir Humphrey, whom he met at the Blue Whale Mansion that day.

The other is a shrewd businessman.

Rosen waved his hand to let the old butler close the door, and then released a 2nd-level arcane spell "Sealing Barrier" at the door, isolating the study from the outside world.

Sir Humphrey took off his black bowler hat and placed it on his chest and saluted slightly: "Greetings to the Baron."

The businessman next to him also took off his hat and saluted.

Rosen nodded in return, then opened a bottle of high-end maple wine and poured a glass for each person: "Sir, and this gentleman, the conditions are a bit simple, please feel free to sit down."

There is a high-quality thick cowhide bench against the wall in the study, which is specially used to entertain guests.

The two of them sat down without hesitation. Sir Humphrey smiled and said, "It seems that my sister's Soul Diamond has an effect on the Baron."

Rosen certainly knew what this meant.

"It really has a remarkable effect. It has greatly accelerated my cultivation speed, allowing me to break through to the intermediate level of magic power. At this rate, I estimate that I will be able to break through to the advanced level in at most one year."

The low-level mana was not enough, and it was not convenient to always borrow Selena's mana, so Rosen prepared to "upgrade" to two levels.

As a baron lord, with the support of the precious Soul Gem, it is reasonable for him to have a high-level profession, and it will not be conspicuous.

Sir Humphrey was a high-level wizard himself, and he knew that reaching the advanced level of the third ring was not difficult, so he congratulated him in a formal manner and immediately got to the point.

"Baron, I thought your territory would be in chaos, but now it seems that you have basically settled the civil strife, right?"

Rosen nodded: "About the same. It may take another half a month to finish it completely."

"It was much faster than I thought, but it didn't surprise me. After all, the Baron's winning moves clearly foreshadowed this."

After saying this, Sir Humphrey patted the slightly reserved and shrewd businessman beside him.

"This is Mr. Aji, the most loyal confidant of my Wolfland family. He is also one of the biggest smugglers in the black market of Shire County, specializing in smuggling some scarce and expensive magic supplies to Gaoshan County."

"Earl Robert knew this very well, but this was the Countess's little business to take care of her family, so he kept his eyes closed."

Rosen nodded to show that he understood.

He could feel that this black market merchant was not the main course of the day, but a small dessert given to him by the Jazz.

He could also understand why Humphrey would think this was a sweet treat for him, as he must have thought he was lacking in magical supplies.

But in fact, they are not short of it, and they can even buy raw materials, process them, and export them.

Of course, before he found out the other party's intention, Rosen pretended to know nothing.

He looked interested: "Mr. Aji, what kind of magic supplies can you get?"

When it comes to the ability to eat, Aji immediately starts explaining with confidence.

"All kinds of magic instruments from the Witte Continent, secondary processed intermediate and advanced magic materials, the latest magic books, the latest research papers, important magic intelligence and current affairs news, etc. As long as I think it can be useful to the Earl, I will try to get it in."

"If the Baron needs any equipment, I will do my best to help, but the price will be 10% to 20% higher than the market price in Shire County."

Rosen looked 'suddenly': "Of course I need it."

He actually didn't really need it, because he could find a way to produce it himself, but he did need some obvious "source" to explain the source of the high-quality goods in the territory.

Muradi was a 'source', and now Aji can also be a 'source'.

Sir Humphrey saw Rosen swallowing his dessert, so he continued, "Baron, there is one more thing I want to discuss with you."

Originally, he didn't want to come, because his main purpose this time was to see Earl Robert, but his sister Kalina insisted that he stop by to consult the Baron's opinion.

Thinking that although the baron was young, he was indeed smart, and the princess was also on the island and the journey was not far, he, who should have returned directly to Gaoshan County, took a detour and hurried over.

Seeing Rosen's listening expression, he asked, "Baron, do you know about the news that a new safe route has appeared from the Wit Continent to the north of Weilan?"

Rosen raised his brows slightly. He had known that this new route would definitely bring huge waves, and he had already made some contingency plans.

In fact, he and Muradi had been maintaining close correspondence, which recorded the latest situation surrounding the new route.

Sure enough, within less than half a month, the earls in the north of Weilan had been alarmed.

He smiled and said, "Of course I know. This matter will be of great benefit to me. Of course, it will also be of great benefit to the northern counties of Weilan."

Sir Humphrey was quite surprised. He had thought that Rosen was busy tidying up his barren island and had no time to pay attention to him.

Now that you know that, let’s get down to business.

His face looked a little gloomy.

"The bad thing is that Aaron, the Duke, and the continental earls of the southern coastal counties of Weilan also know about it."

"These guys can't bear to see the benefits of our northern islands, so they desperately send pirates to the new route and rob any merchant ships they encounter."

Sir Humphrey became more and more angry as he spoke, and he could not help but slap the armrest of the chair hard, making a loud "bang" sound.

"It would be fine if other people were robbing, but the southern counties were robbing, and the Duke was robbing too!"

"They are simply blatantly stealing money from the pockets of our northern counties. Aren't they afraid that we can take it back from the land?!"

Rosen also knew that this was just the beginning and there were not many official pirate ships from various forces.

But this bonus window is closing quickly, and it is estimated that the new route will be completely abandoned in a month.

Seeing the Jazz's cheeks flushed with anger, Rosen consoled him, "Why are you so angry, Jazz? Aren't they always fighting for it?"

There was no reliable navigation in those days, and ships stayed close to the shore for fear of getting lost, so every ship that came to the Northern County had to be skimmed by the Southern County.

This has been the case since the founding of the Principality of Vilan.

The Jazz sighed deeply, "Mother Nature, it was the emergence of the new route that made me lose my composure."

He looked at Rosen: "What do you think about the new route, Baron?"

Rosen crossed his fingers and placed them on the table, tapping his little finger lightly. “Anyway, at least the shipping time for Levender and Kaa to the north has been shortened.”

Originally we had to go around Aaron, but now we can directly cross the ocean, which saves one third of the shipping time.

"As for other benefits, they are not visible for the time being. Unless our northern counties can control the two intermediate supply islands on the new route, build military ports on the islands, and defeat the Aaronic Lion Fleet at sea."

Sir Humphrey smiled wryly.

"Aaron has the largest navy in the Natural Alliance, with more than 150 warships of various types. How can we possibly defeat them at sea?"

Naval warships are difficult to build these days. The wood needed for the keel of a warship must be old oak that is more than 100 years old, which is very difficult to obtain.

The Lion Fleet consisting of 150 warships was the invincible fleet of that era, capable of marching sideways on the sea.

Therefore, he felt that Rosen's words were just like a dream.

"What I mean is that there is no good solution. At present, the other party is using the nominal pirate blockade to retain their last face."

"So, under the current circumstances, we can only accept reality."

Sir Humphrey knew this, of course. After hearing this, he completely gave up. He couldn't help but sighed and cursed, "What a son of a bitch, Southern County!"

He hated the southern earls more than Aaron.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard Rosen say to Aji: "Mr. Aji, if our White Sturgeon Island produces some magic items, can you help me sell them to the northern inland counties?"

Aji was startled: "Baron, what is your magic item?"

"It's mainly various low-level finished magic tools."

As he spoke, Rosen took out a low-level lightning amulet from the desk drawer and handed it over.

"It's a magical instrument of similar quality."

In fact, to some extent, the blocking of new routes is not entirely a bad thing for Lawson, it may even be a good thing.

Because this means that the market competitiveness of finished magic tools from Witt Continent has been greatly weakened due to the high prices, and he has also greatly benefited from the high prices.

For example, this low-level lightning amulet, the price of local production in the northern counties is more than 160 Ogg, but the landed price when imported from Aaron to the Broken Gold Wharf is only 120 Ogg.

This means that as long as Rosen sells it for less than 120 Ogg, it will definitely be sold.

But its total production cost is only 8 Ogg.

Why are the prices of the northern counties so high? One reason is that the expensive refining equipment is controlled by the Wit Continent, and a large amount of money was taken from them at the beginning.

Secondly, the technology is backward and the production efficiency is low. If the products are not sold at a high price, the Northern Refining Mage will suffer a direct loss.

If the earls had not deliberately increased the import tariffs and forced the market price of imported magic tools to the same level as the local ones, the tool-refining industry in northern Weilan would definitely have declined rapidly.

Look at Aji again.

He looked at the low-level lightning amulet over and over again and found that the level of refining was very high, the lightning power was very stable, and the appearance and craftsmanship were also very exquisite.

"How much do you want to sell it for, Baron? How many?"

Rosen pointed with his finger and said, "If you can sell it, I'll give you 110 Ogg each. I currently have 300 of these finished products on hand."

Aji almost jumped up when he heard this: "How can it be so cheap? Where did you get the goods, Baron?"

He did not think that this product was produced by the White Sturgeon Island, and subconsciously thought that the other party also had smuggling channels.

For similar magical instruments, the lowest price at Broken Gold Wharf has been hovering around 120 Oggs.

Now, the Baron sells it for 110 Oggs. He gets the goods and goes directly to Broken Gold Port to sell them to local black market merchants, making an immediate profit of 10 Oggs.

These 10 Augers only add 60 kilometers of safe waterway.

Rosen smiled mysteriously: "Mr. Aji, I naturally have my own channels for purchasing goods, but this doesn't seem to be something you should ask, right?"

"Yes, yes, I was too talkative."

Aji pointed at the low-level lightning amulet in his hand and said, "If the other amulets are of similar quality, I'll take all 300 of them."

When the goods came in, he certainly didn't sell them in the Shire because he wouldn't make enough money.

He planned to take this batch of good goods to Gaoshan County and give it to the Earl of Gaoshan County to sell it at more than 170 Ogers to earn excess profits.

Rosen smiled: "Of course it's the same quality."

Aji asked again: "Baron, do you have any other goods on hand? It would be best if they were of higher quality."

The low-level lightning amulet is almost the most common defensive magic weapon. It has a low level and cheap spell energy.

Although the private market is quite large, it cannot be sold at a high price.

Rosen simply shook his head: "This is the only batch of goods available at the moment, and it will be similar in the future. I can't get the high-end goods."

"Oh." Aji was a little disappointed.

Rosen shrugged: "The supply market of high-end goods has always been controlled by the Wit Continent, especially the Aaron people."

"They are eyeing this piece of fat meat very closely. My channel suppliers are neither capable of producing it nor dare to sell it."

Stealing someone's money is like killing their parents. Now the White Sturgeon Island does not have much ability to protect itself. If it directly tries to grab the fat meat in Aaron's mouth, it will really attract the Lion Fleet.

Therefore, Rosen planned to develop the lower-level market that the Aaron people looked down upon, and first take the path of "surrounding the city from the countryside" to accumulate strength.

Aji understood and sighed: "The Baron is right."

Then asked: "How does the Baron plan to receive payment, cash, spell supplies, or?"

Rosen said without hesitation: "We need all kinds of methods. But mainly supplies, preferably various primary supplies produced in the Northern County."

Primary supplies are various raw materials, which are the most scarce things on the island.

After saying this, he sighed deeply again: "For a poor island like mine, foreign trade is very important, but the Duke gave me a trade ban."

At the end, he sighed helplessly again.

"Let the Duke eat shit!"

Sir Humphrey said this.

It can be seen that this knight has a very bad temper.

Humphrey thought he understood.

The Baron's smuggling route of cheap magic weapons is most likely related to a big shot in Dawn City.

This person is definitely not the Duke, because the Duke hates Princess Chenxi.

It might be Master Shahram.

Sir Humphrey, who thought he had figured it out, said, "Baron, since the Duke doesn't care about the lives of our northern counties, there is no need for us northern counties to care about his ban."

"As long as you can get some inexpensive and high-quality magic tools, we will eat as many as you can. Then, just give us a list of supplies, and we will find a way to ship them to you."

That’s what Rosen wanted: “Jazz is such a joy!”

"Since the lord is so straightforward, I will also give you a definite answer. There are also some important people in the south who are very dissatisfied with the Duke and think that the Duke is a spineless softie!"

"So, some people are willing to secretly support my wife, and my wife is a woman with a strong personality."

"She hated Aaron and never forgot her people!"

At this point, Rosen pointed towards the south and said bitterly, "He wants to be a dog for outsiders forever, stealing our own people's food and making life miserable for everyone."

"But my wife wants to stand up and be a human being, and she also wants her people to stand up and be human beings together!"

Humphrey believed this because he had personally experienced the night at the Blue Whale Mansion and heard Princess Dawn swear a sacred oath with his own ears.

He was so shocked at the time that he wanted to do something big.

It was originally thought that Princess Chenxi would be forced to give up her vows when she arrived at the White Sturgeon Island due to the harsh environment.

Unexpectedly, the princess not only had a strong character, but was also very capable. Not only did she break through the fourth ring in magic, she even contacted the power of the south.

Princess, I’m afraid it will work! So, Rosen’s words made his blood boil, as if he had returned to his youthful days of youth.

He clenched his fists tightly and waved them vigorously: "The Baron is right! We in the Northern County have had enough of that wimp!"

“When the time is right.”

Rosen immediately signaled for silence: "Sir, don't be impulsive. To do anything big, you need strength. When you don't have enough strength, it's best to keep a low profile."

Humphrey nodded repeatedly: "That's right, that's right, I was reckless!"

(End of this chapter)