Above the mage!

Chapter 358 Rich family fortune
Phoenix’s first high-level plenary meeting came to an end here, and the entire agenda was very short.

However, after the others left, Sunaifa did not leave with them, but stayed alone.

Gao De had something to discuss with her in secret.

After everyone left, Sunaifa waved his hand lightly, and a stream of cold air seeped out. Tiny ice crystals quickly climbed along the cracks in the door, sealing the room into an isolated secret room.

"This time I will only stay for a day or two, and then I will leave." Gao De went straight to the point and explained the situation first.

There is a shipyard in the Plantagenet dynasty waiting for him to acquire, so he can't leave for too long.

"Why are you so anxious? Where did you go through the star teleportation? Did you encounter any danger?" As one of the few people who knew about "star teleportation", Sunaifa was concerned about Gao De and was also very curious about Gao De's experience during this period.

Gaode has always been very honest and trusting towards Sunaifa.

This is actually mutual.

As the war mother of the Zhenbing tribe, Sunaifa possesses absolutely powerful strength and authority, but she can give unreserved trust and support to him, who is only a first-ring wizard and an outsider. Naturally, he will give the same treatment to Sunaifa.

So Gaode told Sunaifa everything he had experienced and heard over the past two and a half months without hiding anything, and also revealed his next plan.

"Phoenix lacks too many things, whether it is resources or knowledge and skills. We must establish connections with the outside world to fill this gap."

"But with Phoenix's current size and strength, if we rashly establish contact with the outside world, we will easily be exploited and lose the initiative."

"I acquired the shipyard to solve this problem. With my own shipyard, I can build my own fleet and then initially establish a trade route between Lagos and Walar Bay."

There was a gleam in Gaode's eyes, as if he had unfolded a blueprint for the future: "A trade route that is in my hands."

"Both ends are under my control, so risks can be avoided to the greatest extent."

"The initial scale of trade should not be too large, otherwise it will easily attract attention."

"My king, you have thought it through." Sunaifa first gave the usual compliment to Gaode, his voice steady and cold, a little unlike the emotion that should be used when praising someone.

During this period of time together, Gaode has actually heard a lot of similar words.

To Sunaifa, such a compliment is not "hypocritical", but it is not really "sincere" either, because it is actually more like a casual catchphrase.

To put it simply, it is equivalent to the phrase "Awesome, brother" that brothers always say to each other.

"Acquire a shipyard, purchase shops, and manufacture first-order rune structures." Then, Sunaifa turned to the main topic and began to list the major things that Gaode was going to do next.

"You can also buy the magic potion of [Quick Digging]," Goder added, "This spell will be very useful for the construction of Phoenix. I plan to promote it among the mages in my tribe."

[Quick Digging] is a first-level spell. If you want to construct a spell model, you need to take the corresponding spell potion.

The average price of a first-level spell potion is 40 Plantagenet coins.

"At least 20 magic potions are needed to barely meet the current construction and production needs."

"Plus spells and potions." Sunaifa nodded slightly and quickly sorted out the results: "My king, if you want to accomplish these things, the money you need is 10000 Plantagenet coins or more. 12000 Plantagenet coins is a relatively safe and secure line. If the purchase price is halved, then you need to take out materials worth 24000 Plantagenet coins."

"At the same time, the quantity of supplies cannot be too much, otherwise you will not be able to bring them back to the Plantagenet Dynasty through the astral teleportation." Sunaifa was thinking seriously with a frown, while Gaode was a little embarrassed.

——It seems that my request is indeed a bit harsh.

"Extraordinary items from the North are in great demand during the Plantagenet Dynasty, and can generally be sold at a premium of 10% to 20%," Godard added.

"Okay, I understand." Sunaifa seemed to have thought of something, his frown relaxed quietly, and he chuckled, "My king, please come this way."

Silently, the ice crystals that blocked the room retreated, and the door was pushed open by an invisible hand.

Sunaifa brought Gaode to the treasure house of the Zhenbing tribe.

The treasure house is located near the Ice Jade Wutong, and the entrance is covered by a thick layer of ice crystals.

However, Sunaifa just waved his hand casually, and the ice crystal slowly opened like an automatic door, revealing a deep passage.

The inner walls of the passage were inlaid with ice crystals that emitted a faint blue light, illuminating the interior of the treasure house.

"In fact, this place is empty most of the time, but since I knew you needed it, I asked my tribesmen to start paying attention to and collecting extraordinary things. Now the collection has gradually become richer." Sunaifa introduced as he led the way.

When you enter the treasure house, the first thing that catches your eye is a huge ice sculpture, which is a lifelike sculpture of Boreas, the first war mother of the Zhenbing tribe.

The surrounding walls were also made of thick ice crystals. Inside the treasure house were many ice shelves and some storage boxes in the corners.

The items on the shelves are of various styles, including minerals emitting various lights, some mysterious animal bones, or some strange parts of earth creatures.

In addition, there are some magical plants placed in transparent ice crystal boxes.

"And it just so happens that the Frostwolf Clan and the Hammer of Winter just paid a ransom some time ago to redeem their war mothers, which greatly enriched the inventory of the treasury." As he spoke, Sunaifah had already come to a shelf, took down an ice crystal box through the mage's hand, and handed it to God.

"This is specially prepared for you."

Prepared for me?
Gao De took the box curiously. Inside was a pale rhizome shaped like a human finger bone. He could vaguely see blood-red juice flowing slowly under the weak light, as if pulsating with life.

He opened the box.

A faint smell of blood wafted into my nose.

The touch of this piece of rhizome was icy cold, yet it also had a strange warmth. Gao De held it in his hand, as if he was holding a strange object made of ice and fire.

"What is this?" Gao De asked in surprise.

"Wolf Blood Ginseng is one of the 'ransoms' that the Frostwolf clan used to redeem their Warmother. It is a specialty of the Frostwolf clan. In their clan, Wolf Blood Ginseng is also an extremely valuable item."

"So far, Wolf Blood Ginseng has only appeared in the Frostwolf Clan."

"The people of the Frostwolf clan not only regard the snow wolf as a ferocious beast, but also as an indispensable and loyal partner."

"So when the snow wolf grows old, if it still has strength left, the Frostwolf clan will provide it with food and shelter until it dies naturally. If food is scarce, they will hold a ritual slaughter for the old snow wolf."

"Wolf Blood Ginseng is a strange magical plant that grows beneath the land where the Frostwolf Clan performs ritual slaughters."

"It grows in extreme cold and absorbs the blood of snow wolves. The juice contains powerful and pure magic that is different from that absorbed. After consumption, it can enhance the magic power of the eater."

"I thought you might need this, so I added this when I asked for the ransom."

"It's a good thing they want to redeem their own War Mother, otherwise the Frostwolf Clan would be reluctant to give up the Wolf Blood Ginseng. After all, they don't have much of this stuff themselves." Sunaifah smiled slyly.

Enhance the power of Dharma. Good stuff!

"It is indeed what I need. It's thoughtful of you. Thank you." He put the wolf blood ginseng back into the box and then solemnly held it in his arms.

"It's my duty." Sunaifa responded, and at the same time, through the magician's hand, he took out ten ice crystal boxes from the shelf deeper in the hall and handed them to Gaode.

The box is transparent, so the contents are clearly visible.

Each box contained five leaves made of ice crystals. "These are the fallen leaves of the Ice Jade Wutong tree!" Gao De was stunned for a moment, then reacted instantly.

When the Ice Jade Wutong tree was upgrading, all its old leaves fell off, as many as three or four hundred pieces. Sunaifa then ordered his people to collect them all.

"Yes, when the Guardian God Tree was upgraded, it shed a total of 360 leaves, which is exactly the number in one year. Here are 50 of them."

Drinking the Ice Jade Sycamore Leaves soaked in water has the magical effect of enhancing the spiritual power of a mage. For a mage, its preciousness is even greater than that of the magical plants that enhance magical powers.

There is absolutely no such thing as a purchase price cut in half for such treasures. They may even be sent to auction for bidding.

When Gaode drank Ice Jade Wutong Water for the first time, his mental strength increased from 100 to 132.

Of course, for higher-level mages, the effect of Ice Jade Wutong Water in increasing mental power will be smaller.

For a fourth-ring mage like Sunaifa, an increase of 3 points of mental power might be considered good.

Therefore, Ice Jade Sycamore Leaf is most suitable for first-level mages and in a sense can be equivalent to a first-level potion.

But the price certainly cannot be calculated like this, because it can permanently improve the basic attributes of the mage.

Therefore, its value is almost equivalent to a higher-level extraordinary equipment. The price of a piece of Ice Jade Wutong Leaf is about three hundred broom coins.

Fifty pieces of ice jade sycamore leaves, that is fifteen thousand broom coins.

The unit price is high, the size is small, and there is no problem in selling it. This is not an ice jade sycamore leaf, it is clearly a golden leaf!
The problem that Gaode was worried about was solved instantly.

To be honest, for most forces, treasures like the Ice Jade Wutong Leaf would never be resold. They would be kept for internal consumption, or used to barter with other forces in exchange for treasures that they would not sell.

Because many treasures cannot be bought with money, the Ice Jade Wutong Leaf is one such thing.

Gaode and Sunaifa both understood this principle.

But they understand priorities better, and in the current situation, they can't care about these things.

Moreover, Ice Jade Wutong Leaves are a renewable resource, so it is not unacceptable to use some of them for emergency purposes.

"With these, the Harland Shipyard will be in our pocket." Gode said with satisfaction. Everything is moving steadily in the direction he planned.

“There is a ready-made two-masted sailing ship in the Harland Shipyard. After successfully acquiring the Harland Shipyard, I will immediately recruit crew members to go out to sea.

One is to send Elsa and Anna to the North, and the other is to deliver some craftsmen, wood and other materials that the North currently lacks."

"At the same time, the North also needs to prepare some resources that can be supplied steadily as return goods and shipped to the Plantagenet Dynasty for sale. Then, we can use the income to build more ships, purchase more materials and ship them to the North. In this way, we can establish a preliminary trade route in a positive cycle." Gode said slowly.

Only through mutual trade and optimal allocation of resources can we inject continuous impetus into Phoenix's development.

"We also need to hurry up and build a usable port in Varar Bay. It doesn't need to be too big, nor does it need to be too formal. It just needs to be sufficient."

The port is the gateway connecting the North with the outside world and a key hub for trade. Although large-scale construction is not needed at present, it is necessary to have a port that can meet basic needs as soon as possible to prepare for the upcoming trade exchanges.

"No problem." Sunaifa agreed immediately, then hesitated for a moment and asked again to confirm: "Are Elsa and Anna important?"

"Very important." Goder affirmed.

"They are the princesses of the fallen Principality of Xidian. Of course, this identity is not important. What is important is the talents of these two people."

"First, Anna. Although she is young, her talent in runes is amazing. I will teach her runes myself. If possible, I hope she can become the head of the rune department of the Phoenix Education Department in the future."

Gaode must find a way to promote the new rune system constructed by mentor He Xi, and Anna is the most suitable person Gaode has ever met.

Her talent in calculations meant she was born to study this.

"As for Elsa, according to my preliminary understanding, she is a well-known princess. She has received royal education since she was a child. She is proficient in politics, diplomacy, economics and even military affairs. She has unique insights and outstanding talents in management."

"During her father's reign, she actively participated in the handling of state affairs. Whether it was the livelihood construction and planning in Xidian Principality, or diplomatic negotiations and trade exchanges with neighboring countries, she was involved in all of them and was highly praised by the people of Xidian Principality."

"This kind of talent is very important for Phoenix right now."

"Will people with such identities and experiences be willing to join us? To outsiders, we are outliers." Sunaifa expressed his concerns.

"Yes, as long as she comes to the North, it means she is on our chariot, so she will naturally do her best."

Gao De affirmed: "Her country has been destroyed, and now she is being chased by the people of the Principality of Ovoga. She is fleeing everywhere. The North can provide them with shelter. How can she have other thoughts?"

"Without the protection of the North, she would have difficulty saving her own life."

"And once they come to the North, their fate will be closely tied to ours. The better Phoenix develops, the more stable her position will be, and the higher her value will be."

"So, from the perspective of interests, Elsa will also go all out. She is a smart person and knows what to do." God continued, speaking clearly.

"My king, you have planned everything out." Sunaifa praised him again calmly.

"By the way, please prepare some meat from high-level earth vein creatures for me, preferably above the third ring." Gao De suddenly remembered something.

This is the ration prepared for the dumplings.

As long as capybaras eat high-quality food that contains enough magic power and blood during their growth period, they can successfully grow into two-ring creatures.

If you want to move up to the next level, the resources required will increase exponentially, which is extremely difficult.

After all, high-quality food containing magic power and blood is not cheap.

First of all, hunting underground creatures is not an easy task. They live in the wilderness and are very powerful. Hunting them requires a lot of energy and huge risks.

Secondly, not all ground vein creatures are edible. Some ground vein creatures contain highly poisonous substances, or their meat is rough and difficult to eat. Even if you spend a lot of effort to hunt them, they cannot be used as food.

Only those earth vein creatures that have been specially selected, have tender meat and are non-toxic can be used as food.

Finally, it was difficult to transport the edible corpses of the earth creatures back to the city.

It's not like you can bring back as many corpses as you kill.

When mages go deep into the wilderness, they often need to carry a lot of equipment and supplies, which is already a heavy load.

Therefore, it is very likely that a mage would spend two or three days going deep into the mountains and forests, killing a small group of earth vein creatures, and finally, due to the problem of carrying weight, he could only spend another two or three days to bring back the body of one of the earth vein creatures.

The combination of these three factors results in the blood and flesh of underground creatures being extremely valuable. Generally, only nobles can afford to enjoy them, not to mention using them to feed pets, which is too luxurious.

But for Gaode, this is a problem that cannot be any smaller.

The Zhenbing Tribe may not have anything else, but it does have plenty of flesh and blood from underground creatures.

The Zhenbing Tribe has powerful Ice Mages as hunters. They won't even look at the flesh and blood of first-ring earth creatures, and start with the flesh and blood of second-ring creatures, which will definitely let Tuanzi enjoy the top treatment that only the "Capybara King" can have.

(End of this chapter)