The correct way to open the elf

Chapter 44: The Worried Grand Mage

Even if the two of them do not intend to make money from their own clan, the Helmer clan and the Bronze Hammer clan will surely increase their status among the halflings and dwarves.

But they also faced a problem, that is, their people did not have enough money to pay them to purchase salt. Like the elves, the halflings and dwarves were rich paupers with good abilities but a lack of gold coins.

Among them, the dwarf kingdom is relatively better because of its professional miners and blacksmiths. However, the halflings who follow the elves to make a living are the real poor.

"Don't worry, the two clan leaders, we will calculate according to this value, but we can barter when the time comes. Don't worry, it is impossible for your people to go without salt."

Feng Yu had been in the camp for such a long time, and he had only seen the goblin-style gold and silver coins that Nicole brought for him to see. Those were left by Anthony for trading with any merchants who might appear here.

As for the other people in the camp, haha, they were so poor that two goblins came in and a couple left crying.

The weight of a goblin silver coin is about 20 grams, and its purchasing power is equivalent to 200 yuan on Earth. It can buy a pound of poor quality salt, and half a pound of high-quality salt.

An ordinary farming and herding family on the continent of Green can earn about ten to twenty silver coins a year, which is equivalent to two to four thousand yuan on Earth.

If all this money was used to sell salt, it could buy 20 kilograms of low-quality coarse salt.

An average family of four needs about 20 grams of salt a day, which is about 15 kilograms a year. If they save a little, 10 kilograms is enough. In other words, half of their income is spent on buying salt.

Feng Yu couldn't help but sigh at the cruel hearts and ruthlessness of the human leaders.

Even this price is the selling price among humans. When it comes to the dwarfs and elves who have been driven out of the continent, the selling price of the goblin merchants is basically doubled.

As a super code dog, Feng Yu is very sensitive to mathematics. He combined the number of workers they employed when they were young with the actual situation on his side and calculated the approximate cost price of hiring workers to produce salt.

The price he offered to Dick and Allen was twice the cost price, but even so, the price Allen and Dick's people paid for the salt from the goblins was twenty times higher than from Feng Yu.

But there is another problem here, that is, the salary Feng Yu offered them was at least three times higher than their current theoretical income, which means that if they work for Feng Yu, they can get salt that is more than sixty times cheaper.

The salt they buy now is low-quality coarse salt, but the salt produced in Feng Yu Salt Field is refined salt, which is the kind of high-quality natural mineral salt that can be compared with the nobles' consumption. Even the goblins don't have this kind of salt.

In other words, even if it is ordinary refined salt, if they cooperate with Feng Yu and put in the same amount of work, they can get more than a hundred times the benefits.

Of course, this is only the calculation when working in the salt fields, but even if they no longer work in the salt fields, the dwarfs and elves can at least eat special refined salt that is forty times cheaper.

Allen and Dick thought Feng Yu's method was very good, because Feng Yu had already helped them a lot. In addition, the secret recipe for making salt was provided by Feng Yu, and they could also get affordable salt, so naturally they had nothing to say.

As for the private discussion, Feng Yu did not mention the elves and Anthony did not respond. They were too lazy to care about this matter. It was someone else's family affair!

After Dick and Allen left, Anthony looked at Feng Yu and said, "Do you know that if the news of salt production leaks out, there will be war here?"

"Guarding the Lengshui River, can it be that the elves are still no match for the humans?"

"There aren't many elves left to sacrifice. The elf warriors in this camp are half of the adult elf warriors of the entire elf tribe. As for the mages, most of them are junior mages. There are only six senior mages. As for the magicians, there were originally two."

Anthony paused here, and when he saw Feng Yu's expression change, he continued, "As for my situation, I haven't hidden it from you. I can't use my full strength right now."

"Will the great mage of mankind go to war for the salt mines?"

“Basically not. A Grand Mage at this level will not participate in conventional wars unless he completely gives up on himself, especially now that the Mage Saint has fallen and the elves still have two Grand Mage Masters.

They are unlikely to appear here in order to advance or seek benefits and avoid harm. A Grand Mage needs a certain state of mind, and if it is not necessary, they will not attack ordinary people."

Feng Yu curled his lips: "Then what are you worried about?"

"We only have less than 3,000 combat forces here, including the warriors organized by the dwarves. The large human mercenary groups have nearly 10,000 soldiers. Do you understand?

Even if the human regular army does not take action, their mercenary group can make us..."

Anthony didn't say anything more, but Feng Yu knew what he meant. He just curled his lips and said, "We'll know whether it works or not after we try it."

Anthony stared at Feng Yu and said, "Is there no one who won't die in a war? Do you think the elves have a population of over one billion like your country?"

Feng Yu did not show weakness and said, "So, you give the wealth you created with great difficulty to the goblins and continue to buy expensive salt?"

Anthony sighed and said, "It would be great if we could transport the seawater to the Long Moon Forest to dry salt."

Feng Yu smiled and said, "I was a little surprised at first. Why is this camp so shabby? You would rather stay in the tent and meditate than build it. I told you about transporting timber by river, but I haven't seen you take any action so far.

Now I understand, you don't intend to stay here forever, right? !
This camp is just built by you elves to prevent small groups of human mercenaries or adventure teams from entering the wasteland and invading the Misty Moon Forest. You are not planning to build a cattail city here, right?
I calculated based on what Nicole said about the history of the continent, and it seems that the plane war that happens once every ten thousand years will not be long, so there is no need to stay here at all, because this is the edge of the ancient battlefield and the location of the largest plane channel in the last plane war.

The Moonlit Forest won't be like the camp, right? You elves still have to run. Go east and hide in the Snowtop Mountains with the help of the dwarves, or cross the Snowtop Mountains and enter the Meteorite Mountains, which is one of the dragon's activity areas. Maybe you can get help from the dragons.

Going west, you can enter the northwest mountains deep in the deciduous forest, because there is no intelligent life living there yet.

Perhaps you can also go north into the Coldwind Steppes and live with the orcs there, if the orcs are hospitable.

You elves have been running around since you left the Elf Forest. I wonder why you don't develop the vast wilderness?

Do the elves need shipbuilding technology to cross the ocean? I know a little bit about it. Maybe you can hide in other continents."

(End of this chapter)