Joey remembered Carl's reminder.
For the next few days, I've told Catherine and Medes not to show up in the tobacco field.
However, on that morning, Leggins, who hadn't visited the smelter in a long time, came to visit again.
"Dear Mr. Joey, how have you been?"
Leggins habitually pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, which hadn't slipped off, and asked Joey very politely, seemingly still unaware of Joey's identity.
"Thank you for your concern, Lekins. I'm fine!"
Joey had already taken a precaution. After all, Leggins had already made contact with the orcs, and Joey, unaware of what they had discussed, felt it was better to be cautious.
"That's good!"
"I didn't mean to bother you, but I've run into some trouble lately and need Mr. Joey's help!"
Leggins looked like he was asking for help, which piqued Joey's curiosity.
"You want my help? I don't know how I can help?"
"Mr. Joey runs such a large smelting furnace, so there must be a lot of ore for forging weapons, right?"
"You need ore?"
"No, no, no, I need some materials to forge weapons, preferably smelted steel plates and iron blocks!"
"Oh? How much do you need?"
Joey became increasingly curious. The procurement of weapons in Sandstone City shouldn't be under Leigh's jurisdiction, so why was he asking him this?
"Enough materials to forge about three thousand weapons."
When Leigh said this, he himself seemed unsure of himself.
It's important to understand that the materials needed for around three thousand weapons are simply a pipe dream for Sandstone City at its current state.
Leaving aside the minerals buried in the surrounding sand, transporting them from other places would also be a considerable expense.
"so much?"
Joey looked troubled. Although he did have the materials, he didn't intend to give them to him easily. Three thousand weapons could be used to launch a coup in Sandstone City.
Although Joey didn't know who Lykins was making all these weapons for, since he had come to him, it must have been done behind the city lord's back; otherwise, he wouldn't have been in charge of it at all.
"I know there are quite a lot, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered you!"
Leaks' expression turned obsequious, clearly indicating that he really wanted these materials.
"I don't know when you'll need it, so I can prepare accordingly!"
Joey already had the materials in his fanny pack, but he didn't want to flaunt them; he understood the principle of keeping one's wealth hidden.
"So, you really have it?"
Leigh's eyes lit up, as if he had heard some excellent news.
"It takes some time to prepare; there really isn't any right now!"
"Oh, I see! I just want things to get better and better; the fee isn't an issue!"
After saying that, Leaks immediately brought a large sack behind him to Joey's front.
"This is the deposit!"
Seemingly worried that Joey might change his mind, they had prepared the deposit well in advance.
Joey glanced at the sack; if it contained gold coins, there must be at least 1,000 gold coins inside.
Not only did Leigh take out all the rent he had originally paid, but he also took out a lot from his own slush fund. It seems that after getting these materials to forge weapons, he is definitely going to pull off something big.
"this……"
Joey pretended to decline for a moment, but then Leggins immediately turned and left, not giving Joey a chance to refuse. However, after he had walked a short distance away, he turned back to Joey and said, "Mr. Joey, I hope this deal is something only you and I know about!"
Joey wanted to give him an OK sign, but worried that he wouldn't understand, so he just said yes instead. Only then did Leggins leave satisfied.
Bang!
Joey threw the sack full of gold coins in front of the bearded man, and many of the coins spilled out.
He could have just put it in his pocket, but he wouldn't miss such a good opportunity to show off. The saying "don't flaunt your wealth" only applies in front of Leigh Kings; in front of the bearded man, he had to show it off.
"Joey, where did you get so many gold coins? This is enough for Martha and me to smelt for a long time!"
The bearded man's voice trailed off as he spoke, seemingly worried that others might hear him.
"That's from Leigh Kins!"
"Huh? Didn't we rent his land and give him gold coins in return?"
The bearded man was even more puzzled.
"I just negotiated a deal with him; I'll sell him some of the weapon-making materials I've been smelting over the past few months!"
"Wow, you found a sales channel so quickly?"
Just a few days ago, the bearded man was complaining to Martha that there was more and more material to be smelted, and he was worried that he wouldn't be able to sell it!
There were simply too many. Apart from gold, silver, and copper, he couldn't imagine where else so many smelted products would be needed if they weren't being used in the military.
"Who am I? I'm Joey Brown, this is just normal!"
In his previous life, he was a salesman, which actually fits his original profession.
It seems that my previous job wasn't a waste of time; working for myself now is pretty good too.
"Yes, yes, yes, Joey, you're the best!"
The bearded man was undoubtedly the most enthusiastic supporter.
Seeing so many gold coins, Martha realized that Joey was indeed amazing. Since meeting Big Beard and Joey, her life had become more and more hopeful.
"Captain Joey, I never knew you had a knack for business!"
Medes also came over at this time. Although he had received decent treatment during his many years of service in Saibanda, the current situation was that Saibanda was gone, he was penniless, and had endured a long period of hardship.
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