Chapter 700

"Projects ranging from 30 million to hundreds of millions of gold shields!"

Blestein's eyes were round and round, as if they were about to protrude from the eye sockets, against the thick fiery red beard on his face, it looked very funny, and he said in surprise: "Ren, are you kidding me?"

"Yes." Ren replied.

The dwarf's expression suddenly froze, as if he had fallen from the sky into the abyss in an instant, and he felt an infinite sense of loss in his heart.

"I just said, how could there be a project of hundreds of millions..." Blestein muttered, seeing Ren's face with a half-smile, he suddenly shook his whole body, and realized that Ren was not joking. Even his voice trembled a little, he grabbed Ren's arm and hurriedly asked, "What project? Is it a floating city?"

Apart from Floating Void City, he couldn't imagine any project that required so much money.

But the dwarves don't know how to build a floating city, at most they can start with it.

"It's not a floating city." Ren shook his head with a smile. "I'm going to build a brand new big city that belongs entirely to me. In the future, the urban area must be able to accommodate at least one million residents."

"A city with a population of one million doesn't need to invest so much money?" Blestein was a little puzzled. He is an expert in this field, and he quickly calculated the approximate cost, which would not exceed 20 million gold shields at most.

"Because the location of the city is quite special and far away." Ren replied.

"Where?" Blestein vaguely guessed.

"New continent, Shield Island."

The dwarf's first reaction was the same as Master Oroin's. The failure of Wezeland Floating Void City was well known to everyone, thinking that Rennes wanted to rebuild Xinxiang City.

Ren categorically denied it, and briefly stated his plan.

Blestein listened carefully, thinking about it in his mind.

According to Rennes' plan, such a large city would require 20 to 30 million gold shields to be invested in even the most crude infrastructure, and the construction period would be very long. The initial stage alone would take more than five years. If it is fully completed, it will take twenty years Not even thirty years is enough.

This is definitely an unprecedented huge project, and it is rare in the history of dwarves.

All the stonemasons' guilds in Lava Castle were dispatched, and they couldn't handle such a big project, so they must invite people from other dwarf kingdoms to assist.

Of course, the rewards are also amazing.

He has cooperated with Renn twice, and the salary standards are different. Generally, the salary is agreed according to the difficulty of the project. The difficulty of building a city is not great, but considering that he is working in a dangerous new continent, there must be corresponding risk compensation, at least Get one-third of the input cost.

If calculated by 30 million gold shields, it would be 10 million gold shields!

Even in the third era, the most glorious period of the dwarves, the mason guild of Lava Fortress never received a single project worth tens of millions of gold shields.

And probably more.

The attraction of gold to dwarves is fatal. Whether it is gold, mithril or pure gold, the hobby for precious metals flows in the blood of all dwarves.

Blairstein's breathing became short of breath.

He tried very hard to keep calm and asked, "Ren, can you afford so much money?"

"Before the construction of the city started, I paid one million gold shields in advance." Ren said lightly, "After the start of work, pay the wages on a regular basis every month. If the money doesn't arrive, you can stop working to ensure that the dwarves craftsmen will not lose. Details The details of the remuneration will be discussed after you confirm that you will take over the project."

Such a sincere condition made Blestein no longer have any doubts.

In his mind, he already had the answer.

If he just builds a city on the Empire or the Old Continent, Blestein can agree immediately, but if he wants to go to the dangerous New Continent, which involves the lives of thousands of dwarves, he cannot make the decision alone, and must obtain the consent of the King of Lava Fortress.

Blestein thought for a while, and said cautiously: "I have to go back to Lava Fort to discuss with His Majesty the King before I can reply to you."

"please hurry."

Ren had expected this situation a long time ago and said, "Whether you take over the project or not, my plan will start as scheduled. I will wait for you for ten days at most."

The implication is that if there is no reply within ten days, he will find another construction team.

A sense of urgency suddenly arose in Blestein's heart.

Dwarves are the best architects and craftsmen in the world, but there is not only the dwarf kingdom of Lava Castle, but also the four kingdoms of "Mountain", "Single Peak", "Mithril Palace" and "Valley of Nine Peaks", all in In the mountains of the world, the five kingdoms are not only brothers but also competitors.

With Ren's ability, it is not difficult to contact other dwarf kingdoms.

"I'll be right back to Lava Castle."

Blestein turned around and left, thinking that the huge wealth of 10 million or even more than 30 million gold shields would never be allowed to slip away from his hands, and he must persuade the king to agree.

Ren watched him step onto the teleportation array, even ignoring the dwarf craftsman who was finishing up the school.

Shortly after.

More than two hundred dwarf craftsmen finished all their work, and Ren opened the portal for them, passing through Glamorgan Castle and Fort Vajra, and finally teleported back to Lava Fort.

A team of Ultramarines and two teams of Spearwing Knights begin to move into Aix Combat School.

More than 100 school employees who have already been hired have also been sent to the school. They include both ordinary people and superhuman beings. They are responsible for the basic necessities of life of the students.

"Ren, come here."

Ren, who was transporting the school's teaching tools and household items to Aix through the Nebula Ring, heard the teacher's message.

He used the badge to open the portal to the top of Wedzeland Tower.

"teacher."

Ren greeted, but did not see Master Oroin.

Anse Wodos sat on the large sofa and pointed to the opposite position. After Ren waited, the faint smile on his face faded, his expression became a little serious, and he asked:

"Ouroin told me that you are already planning to build a city on Shield Island?"

Ren nodded frankly, "Yes."

"Would you be too anxious?" Anxi Wodas sighed, "Madera's lesson is still in front of us, and it hasn't been long before."

Speaking of Speaker Madera, his eyes dimmed a bit, "Although Wezelan's strength has recovered a bit in the past few years, and its momentum is at its peak, you and I both know that Wezeland's overall strength is still better than before. It’s not bad, and the debt pressure has only been reduced. If you build a city now, Wezeland can’t give you enough support in terms of combat power or economy.”

Because Rennes had previously revealed the idea of ​​building a city, Anse Wodos was not surprised.

He just didn't expect it to start so soon.

"Teacher, most things can't be done until they are fully prepared. As long as you are sure, you should execute it decisively. The sooner the better." Ren is confident about this.

Anse Wodos' eyes flashed, "How sure are you?"

"Seventy percent." Ren replied.

"It's so high..." Anse Wodos was greatly surprised. Building a big city in the New World is by no means an easy task.

He originally thought that Renn's 30% certainty was very high, but he didn't expect it to be 70% sure.

Seeing that the teacher was thinking, Ren continued: "Teacher, there are actually two reasons that pushed me to speed up the pace of building the city."

Anse Woldas raised his eyebrows, beckoning him to speak.

"The first point is that opening up a new continent is a huge feat. It is a great feat to expand the territory of the empire, especially on the east coast. The Abraken region and Shield Island are territories with the best geographical conditions. If they are successfully occupied, they will have great potential. The symbolic meaning. This is also of great significance to me personally, and it will be the most eye-catching achievement when I run for the consul in the future, so that the imperial parliamentarians will support me and vote for me."

"Gnaeus still has 13 years left in his tenure, so I must build Gotham City within 13 years and reach a certain scale, so that it will be convincing."

Ryan confided his true thoughts to others for the first time.

Anse Wodos nodded slowly. He supported Rennes in running for the imperial consul. Indeed, as Rennes said, successfully building a city on Shield Island is the best campaign booster.

Expand the territory and expand the territory.

Most of the imperial councilors are nobles or lords, for them, there is nothing more attractive than this.

"The second point." Ren's expression became more solemn, "I crossed the Karnold Icefield not long ago, and found that the number of undead army of the Scourge has increased greatly. They are increasing, and their strength is getting stronger..."

Anse Wodos' face changed slightly, "The Lord of Death got the Necronomicon."

"That's my guess too." Ren nodded.

At the beginning, the Necronomicon, an artifact hidden in the Wezeland Tower, was snatched by the Lich Sazastan. Sazastan's strength was no less than that of the Death Lord, and even stronger.

However, no one expected that the Necronomicon finally fell into the hands of the death lord Ersaz.

The Holy Soul Lich's personal strength may be even stronger.

However, the death lord controls all the death knights in the world, leads a large number of Scourge legions, is better at large-scale wars and killings, and can exert the terrifying power of the Necronomicon.

This is bad news for Allenius.

"The death lord has obtained the artifact, which can continuously summon the army of undead from the abyss of the underworld. Every day, the strength of the Scourge is stronger."

Ren said with a heavy face: "There is also Ikeon, the eternal god of the Netif demons. He has also accelerated the pace of conquering the whole clan, and no one can stop him."

"The longer it drags on, the worse it is for us."

"So, we must drive a nail into the New World to contain these two abyssal forces."

"These two forces are not monolithic. Shield Island is right at the junction of the Karnold Ice Field and the Eastern Plains, and it is backed by the Falling Star Ocean. There is no need to worry about it. As long as we can gain a firm foothold on Shield Island, it is equivalent to inserting their gaps." , like a sharp sword against the back, making them dare not act rashly."

After Ren finished speaking, he watched Anse Woldas's reaction.

Anxi Wodas pondered for a long time, but still hesitated, shaking his head and said: "Your starting point is very good. But have you ever thought about the risk, with the power of one city, can it resist the siege of the two abyssal forces?"

"If you don't try now, it will only be harder in the future."

Ren replied firmly.

Seeing that the teacher's mind was a little shaken, he continued his efforts and said softly: "Teacher, Gotham City will be the best bait to catch the Xinxiang Floating Plateau. The only chance to avenge the wizards of Wedzeland."

Anse Woldas couldn't help being moved, and this reason finally moved him.

"good!"

"I will fully support you in building a city on Shield Island." Anse Wodos stood up and said, "I can't give you financial support. But I will allow Wizards of Wezeland to go to Shield Island in their own name and help you build a city , but you have to pay for it.”

"Thank you teacher, money is not a problem." Ren had a smile on his face.

With the participation of Wezelan wizards, the confidence in building Gotham is even greater, and I will play the banner of Wezeland aboveboard to attract more potential allies and investments, as well as extraordinary people from the New World.

"pity……"

Anse Wodos shook his head and said regretfully: "What you want to build is a city of your own, otherwise I will propose in the Supreme Council that the empire will officially allocate funds and dispatch legions to build Gotham with the power of the whole country. It's all good."

"Forget it." Ren refused decisively.

He is selfish, Gotham City can only be his own private territory and must have absolute control. Once the imperial government intervenes, the nature will change, and even the achievements of the government will be shared.

Anse Wodos naturally understood this, but he just tried a little bit and gave up when he saw Renn's resolute attitude.

He waved his hand.

Ou Luoyin appeared from the void, looked at Renn with a smile and said, "Since Anxi decided to support, then I have no hesitation."

"Grandmaster!"

Ren was startled at first, he didn't realize that Master Oroin was hiding nearby.

Then I was overjoyed.

It turned out that Master Ou Luoyin was listening to the conversation between himself and the teacher. He agreed before, but he had to decide the level of support based on the results of the interview with the teacher.

Now it seems that Master Oroin will fully support him!

Two holy soul wizards above level 30, and the elder Titan who promised to fight, with these three, Gotham City's top combat strength is enough to confront the Scourge and the Deathknot. Halfway through.

The top combat power above the holy rank is what Renn is most worried about, and now he can rest assured.

He has absolute confidence in the extraordinary legion below the holy rank.

In addition, there is a deeper factor. Master Oroin and the teacher advance and retreat together, which is equivalent to expressing his position. He has already voted for the Modu faction!

In this case, the Mordu faction has six votes in the Supreme Council!

Although there is only half of the parliament, it is still unable to fully control the parliament, but according to the principle of majority votes, any proposal will never be passed without the consent of the Modus.

Even if the Nether faction and the Balance faction unite, there are only six votes.

Only one vote away, the Mordu faction will be able to completely control the Supreme Council, and then seize the power of the empire!

Ren couldn't help thinking, should Raistlin choose three relatively simple nine-ring spells without sticking to "time stop", and promote the Archmage to the Supreme Council as soon as possible, forming a pattern of seven votes to six votes, and directly let Modu Pi has an absolute advantage?