"The research of magicians requires a lot of funds. Tops can at least be solved with runes. Some problems cannot even be solved with runes."

Tops smiled apologetically, but did not flinch.

Although he is weak and does not like to be competitive, he is very serious about his research field. Even if he knows that it will consume a lot of unknown runes, he cannot give up.

"Of course, the decision is yours," Tops said, "but if you want to do research, this is necessary."

"Must..." Wuming showed great reluctance.

He took out a bag of runes and counted the numbers inside sadly.

After several months of accumulation, the money in his pocket was only over 200,000 runes.

In fact, with the increase in employees, especially employees such as Kaidan mercenaries who are not engaged in production but only exist as bodyguards, the proportion of unnamed runes has been reduced.

This time a large piece of it deflated, causing unexplained pain.

And what did Topps say - apply for fifty thousand runes first.

First!

In other words, we don’t know how much it will cost in the future.

No wonder there is only one magic academy in the whole border. The cost is too exaggerated.

Wuming took out 50,000 runes from his wallet, stuffed it into another bag, and sent it out with trembling hands.

Just as Topps reached out to take it, Wuming retracted his hand.

Wuming stared at Topps:

"Where are you going to use these runes?"

When Tops heard this, he knew he was familiar with this. He often did the reporting of research funds in the college.

In fact, the reason why he is so depressed is because he is unwilling to exaggerate his research and is unwilling to submit some non-magical consumption as a funding application to the academy.

Topps broke his hands and asked the unknown number for money:

"This kind of protective barrier is directly driven by runes. In order to test its performance, a large number of runes are needed;

"If you want to optimize the performance of the protective barrier, you need to reconstruct the array emblems and lines, which requires tools and raw materials, including a large amount of pyroxene. The price of pyroxene is very high, especially in Nimgefu. It is not like this here.

Lienia is rich in pyroxene, but the output of the mines is very little..."

Topps spoke eloquently, and Wuming couldn't find any fault with it. Sure enough, there was no waste at all.

But who is Wuming? He is a businessman - at least he claims to be so.

He still found a way to save money in Topps' description:

"You need pyroxene, right?"

"Yes, I am a pyroxene magician after all, and many theories are based on pyroxene magic." Tops said.

He touched his bald head and suddenly smiled:

"What am I talking about? Is there any magic that doesn't require pyroxene... Although it's not possible..."

Topps muttered something and suddenly fell into deep thought.

Wuming didn't let Topps continue, he snapped his fingers:

"Yes, that's it, pyroxene - we don't need to buy it, we can mine it ourselves."

Patch smiled: "Are you going to expand new business again? Are you planning to open a mine yourself?"

"Why not?" Wuming tightened his grip on his money bag, "You know, I learned one thing from my short life as a blacksmith."

"What?" Patch asked.

"There are limits to a blacksmith's ability." Wuming said seriously, "No matter how superb my blacksmithing skills are, I will still be unable to operate due to lack of forging stones. Forging stones are brought by faded people, and then ask me to forge them. Once

The Faded Ones can't come up with enough forge stones, so there's nothing I can do."

Although it was just to avoid spending money at first, the more Wuming talked about it, the more he felt that his idea made sense:

"Our other services have made the faded ones too comfortable, and they have never realized this problem - we can mine it ourselves! As long as we provide mining stones, the faded ones can become stronger, much stronger!"

Se Lian said: "But there are almost no owners in the mines, right? These mines that produce forged stones are almost without exception, and they are all in the hands of the kings."

People in the border area have lost their appetite and generally no longer need salt. The Ailei Church is close to the coast, so salt can be mined with confidence.

But the rights to mine ore were still in the hands of the lords.

Anvils are so rare in the wild because almost all kings suppress outsiders from developing metal skills.

They also know that the power of weapons is more reliable than a well-trained body, so they strictly control the flow of forging stones.

"Don't be afraid." Wuming shook his finger, "We have Hyde. He is a lord and should have mining rights."

Patch expands the map:

"Is there a mine over there at Hyde Fortress?"

Everyone looked at the demi-human.

These demi-humans all live near Hyde Fortress and like to dig into caves. They should know it best.

The demi-humans all shook their heads.

"There are mines in Morn City." A hybrid raised his hand.

The other hybrids nodded:

"Some of our companions are still working hard in the mines."

"Moen is good. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Greg can't control it." Wuming said.

With extensive thinking, Wuming quickly found his target, which was the Morn Tunnel in the Weeping Peninsula.

Se Lian asked: "Are there pyroxene in those mines?"

The hybrids thought hard for a long time and said:

"There is, that kind of blue stone that can explode."

Se Lian shook his head: "Pyroxene of that quality is not good. It is too unstable. It can only be used as a weapon, but cannot be used for research."

"The Morn Tunnel in the Weeping Peninsula has its value." Patch picked up a piece of returning bone, "We have this, and there is another mine we can consider."

Wuming's eyes lit up: "My good brother Patch, are you going to take action?"

"Remember when I went to Galid before, did you say I went fast? I have a shortcut, there is a portal that leads directly to Galid, and the other side of the portal is in a mine, where there are a lot of radiance.

Stone crystal mine. And Galid’s mine—no one owns it.”

The return bone fragment rotates on Patch's fingertips:

"It's a one-way portal. It couldn't be used originally, but now we have the means to open the portal to come back anytime and anywhere - it's time to make a fortune."

Yes, the strategy book directly uses Haida as her real name. But it should be a problem in the strategy book. After all, the city lord calls his daughter Irena.
Chapter completed!