Chapter 230: Purchasing at Half Price
“Turado, my territory is still in the construction phase. I need a large amount of materials and workers. I hope to purchase a batch of goods from the Gnome Mineral Company.”
“No problem. Mr. Tyrant, please follow me. In order to express my gratitude, I will give you the greatest discount this time.”
Soon, following him, Lorne arrived near the Gnome warehouse and opened its shop.
Although Tully had already confirmed that he wanted to join the Cold Desolate Dragon City, the gnomes were not construction workers. Compared to buildings, they were more valuable in design.
Therefore, Lorne needed to buy some construction robots.
These robots were high-level goods. Owning them would cost a lot.
Lorne chose 1,000 intermediate robots, each worth 10,000 Gnome Reputation Points.
Then, he bought 5,000 basic robots, each worth 2,000 Gnome Reputation Points.
These robots will do the basic work of transporting materials and building.
As for supplies?
There were enough ancient rocks in the Cold Desolate Dragon City that could satisfy most of the construction.
However, Lorne still needed to buy a batch of rocks.
This was because the previous Cold Desolate Dragon City was the city of the dragons. Other than buildings made of huge rocks, there were only some ancient totems that he could not understand. Clearly, such an environment was not suitable for humans to live in.
Lorne had to build a batch of human-style buildings on the foundation of the Cold Desolate Dragon City. Those large dragon buildings could be used as stylistic buildings in the city. The rest had to be redesigned.
Therefore, he had to buy a large amount of conventional rocks and wood.
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Category: Material
[Ordinary Wood]: Price: 1 silver coin per unit.
[Ordinary Rock]: Price: 1 silver coin per unit.
[Ordinary Steel]: Price: 5 silver coins per unit.
[Ordinary Crystal]: Price: 10 silver coins per unit.
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Ordinary wood and stone materials were considered cheap supplies. They only cost 1 silver coin.
However, there were many materials needed for construction, especially for a large city like the Cold Desolate Dragon City. The materials needed would be even more terrifying.
Lorne did not think that his money could buy all the resources. He could only buy them according to the cost of materials in the Cold Desolate Dragon City.
According to the planned construction speed, 10 million units of wood and 10 million units of stone, plus 2 million units of steel, should be able to support it for a period of time. At the very least, they could complete a small area of buildings.
In addition, he needed to buy a batch of glowing crystals. The lighting project in the city was also a resource-consuming place.
Lorne bought 400,000 glowing crystals. They would be installed in various places in the city to bring light to Cold Desolate Dragon City.
In addition, he needed a large number of magic crystals.
These magic crystals were an important resource for the operation of magic circles and robots. He also needed to buy a large amount.
Then, with the addition of other miscellaneous resources, the total value had already exceeded the horizon.
“Mr. Tyrant, the supplies you bought cost a total of 24.5 million Gnome Reputation Points and 700,000 gold coins.” Turado calculated.
Hearing this total price, Lorne felt a headache.
Although he made a lot of money, he also spent a lot of money. 700,000 gold coins was earned by him after a week of hard work in the event, but in the end, he spent all of it.
That was not all. The most important thing was the 24.5 million reputation points. This was the truly expensive expenditure.
Fortunately, he had accumulated enough resources. Otherwise, he could not afford to spend so much.
While Lorne was sighing, the nearby Turado continued, “Because of this book you published, I can obtain an important project in the company. Therefore, I want to give you enough in return for this deal. How about this, Mr. Tyrant? I’ll use the privilege of the higher-ups of the guild to give you a 50% discount. You only need to pay half the price for all the goods.”
50% off?
Lorne was overjoyed.
The funds on him could only buy these resources.
However, if Turado gave him a 50% discount, wouldn’t he be able to double the resources?
“Alright, please double all the items I have just chosen. Additionally, I want another 10,000 magic crystals!”
At this moment, there was no need to be polite.
Lorne did not care much and took out all his savings.
He paid 18,500 Dragon Race’s Night Pearls and 700,000 gold coins.
These Night Pearls were obtained from the Dragon Tomb of the Cold Desolate Dragon City, and they were all used to pay for the purchase. 700,000 gold coins had also been spent at this moment. Other than a huge amount of resources on him, there was no money left.
“It’s such a pleasure working with you.”
Gnome Turado smiled happily. Although the price of this transaction was relatively low, most importantly, he had obtained a large number of Dragon Race’s Night Pearls. This was a resource that the Gnome Mineral Company urgently needed.
Lorne happily put all the goods into the Dragon’s Treasure Vault. With these more than 20,000 robots, the basic maintenance work in the Cold Desolate Dragon City should be completed. After the construction was completed, they could also turn into patrolling guards to protect the city. It was killing two birds with one stone.
“Alright, I’ll be leaving for a while. I’ll return when the Purification Crystal is completed.”
“Alright, Mr. Tyrant. Please take care. At the same time, I hope that you can cooperate with the Gnome Mineral Company for a long time.”
After greeting Tully, Lorne took out the return scroll.
There was still a day to create the Purification Crystal. During this period of time, he planned to find the Alchemist Association’s Guild Leader, Doge, and try to rope him in to join the Cold Desolate Dragon City. At the same time, he would check on the business situation of the shop, ‘Dragon One’.
