Chapter 38: Rich People
"Vidi, where did the sword in your hand come from?"
Vidi heard the voice, turned around, and saw his grandfather, the current prime minister, the Duke of Windsor, standing behind him. "It was given to me by the Seventh Prince." Vidi likes this one-handed sword very much. It is not only beautiful, but also of high quality. Although the performance of this sword has not been tested, it is definitely a top-notch work in terms of blade, edge, hardness, and toughness.
"Seventh Prince? Why give it to you?" Windsor thought of this question very sensitively.
Vidi looked at his grandfather and roughly understood his thoughts. "In order to thank me, the Seventh Prince invited him to listen to the concert of the Tian Music Band and promised to give me a weapon he made by hand."
"Made by hand?" Windsor looked at the sharp and beautiful one-handed sword in Vidi's hand. He was not a novice in appreciation. He had a considerable level of sword appreciation. This one-handed sword was not only gorgeous and generous, but also of very high quality. It would cost at least tens of thousands of gold coins to buy it, and it might not be guaranteed to reach the same quality. It is estimated that several masters on the mainland would have to pay more than 10,000 gold coins to buy it. Not at this level, right? "Can you tell me more about it? His Highness Cage can make weapons by himself?"
"Yes, last time I took His Highness to the auction, His Highness bought a hill dwarf, and has been working on the blacksmith furnace, wanting to make a weapon by himself. Last time I invited His Highness to listen to Tianyin's concert, His Highness was refining iron by the blacksmith furnace, and he promised to give me a weapon he made by himself. This sword has His Highness's seal, it should be his work." Vidi pointed to the seal engraved on the sword and said.
"You have been in contact with His Highness for so long, what kind of person do you think His Highness is?" Windsor really couldn't believe that as a dignified prince, His Highness actually made weapons by himself.
"Your Highness is a rather strange person, and it is completely hard to see through him. He never lets people know what he is thinking, and he is very friendly to everyone. If I have to describe him, I think His Highness is more like a businessman than a prince, and His Highness is very interested in everything. He does it as soon as he thinks of it, and never hesitates." Vidi thought for a while and said. "Another point is that I think His Highness is a person who does not like power. Until now, he has not leaned on any power, not even the Thirteenth Prince."
Windsor fell into deep thought. Was it because he did not know enough or was His Highness a simple person? "What is His Highness's personality like?"
"He will definitely do what he said, and he attaches great importance to promises. He is not only indifferent to fame and fortune, but also does not care much about money." Vidi thought about it and felt that Cage should be this image.
"Oh~" This is the first time that Duke Windsor has heard such an evaluation of a royal family member. Is it true or false that he is indifferent to power? As long as they are royal family members, no one is indifferent to fame and fortune. "Why do you think he doesn't care about power?"
"His Highness has a very good relationship with everyone, but he never participates in power struggles, and never fights for any rights. Even in the casino and the polo club, the board of directors are controlled by major forces. His Highness only gains benefits from it and never participates in management. He never participates in the management of the various undertakings under His Highness, but always orders others to do it, or lets others do it. His Highness has not established his own armed forces and power until now. His guards are still assigned by the palace. They officially became his guardian knights a year ago. Now His Highness also There is only one guard. "
Vidy's words made Windsor fall into deep thought. From these superficial points of view, His Highness Cage is indeed not interested in his career development, and the profitable industries in his hands have been completely divided among the major forces. Vidy was not right about the guard force. Cage also has a powerful guard force, that is, the magic bear. On the surface, it is House who attracts the attention of the major forces, but in fact, everyone ignores that there is a magic bear beside him. For the patriarch of the big family, the Duke of Windsor has a very clear grasp of these, and he also fully understands that Cage's strength is definitely not what is on the surface. There is also his golden eagle, which is very powerful in terms of guard force. However, from all the signs of Cage, he is more interested, rather than focusing on a certain career.
"How much have we made from the business with His Highness the Seventh Prince recently?" Wendy will not be responsible for business matters. These are all handled by the family members. Vidy is the representative pushed out.
"In the past two years, the income has been about 20 million gold coins, which is a net profit of 20 million." Vidy added.
Twenty million, such a huge number, equal to the annual fiscal revenue of five fourth-level cities (the imperial capital is a fifth-level city). Even the prime minister who stood at the top of power was surprised by this number. If calculated in this way, then Cage's income from all industries is at least hundreds of millions of gold coins, and this is still an incomplete estimate. Oh my God, how did he come up with these ideas. Windsor was surprised by this number. This is only two years of income. As time goes by, Cage's property will further expand. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as rich enough to rival a country. He got such a large fortune without thinking. If he wants to make money, it is estimated that if he is given ten years, he will be the richest man on this continent. If such a person can inherit the position of king, how powerful the country will become is imaginable. It is really a pity.
"Vidi, you must maintain a good relationship with His Highness the Seventh Prince in the future, and keep in touch with all parties. You must not be biased towards any party. If there is a conflict, do not intervene in the middle. Manage the family business well. Do you understand?"
It was the first time that Vidi saw Windsor say something so seriously and solemnly, so he responded very respectfully. "Yes, Grandpa."
Windsor thought for a while and continued, "There is one more thing. If you can help His Highness the Seventh Prince in business, you must take the initiative to help. As long as it is His Highness's business, you must try to join in."
"Yes." Although Vidi did not understand why his grandfather was so biased in helping Cage, as a person, he was still willing to contact His Highness. His Highness was a very good person. He played with the one-handed sword in his hand, and his mind had already flown away.
Cage is now making a weapon for himself, which no one has ever seen. It is the Longquan sword that he saw in his previous life. Although there are many types of swords in his previous life, Longquan is just one of them. Others include Juque, Tai'a, Zhanlu, Yuchang, Songwen, etc. Longyuan is Longquan. The characteristics of the sword are toughness, sharpness, hardness and softness, can be stretched and bent, can be danced and stabbed, beautiful shape, cold light, and exquisite patterns. Longquan sword has always been the first choice of Shangfang sword, and its characteristics can better show the character characteristics of a gentleman.
The blade of Longquan sword is about 1.2 meters long, the sword stem is about 0.08 meters wide, the sword tip is about 0.03 meters wide, the sword spine is about 0.1 to 0.8 centimeters (the maximum thickness of the sword body), and it becomes thinner from the hilt to the tip of the sword. The sword head is flat and triangular. It is very rare to ensure its excellent performance at this thickness, so it is more difficult to synthesize the material. Its basic processes are divided into refining, forging, shoveling, filing, engraving, copper inlay, cold forging, quenching and grinding.
First of all, refining is a big difficulty. If you want to ensure both toughness and hardness, it is very troublesome. The two are contradictory and can only reach a balance. In order to obtain good performance, Cage used the best material in the world, heavy chromium, to be added to the refining process, and at the same time, mithril to increase toughness was added. In addition to increasing hardness, the addition of heavy chromium also has the characteristics of large mass. Mithril is not only a tough material, but also has considerable hardness. It is a very rare material on this continent. In order to ensure the reliability of material synthesis, Cage even used his own magic power to refine weapons and remove impurities in the materials. When no one was around, Cage even used all his strength to refine the sword, concentrating all his strength on the sword to remove impurities such as silicon and carbon for the sword.
Cage spent a lot of time and effort on the engraving of the weapon. It is a very difficult technical job to micro-carve magic circles on the sword, and no one else can help him with this. Cage engraved a very complex magic circle on the sword, which is immune to many kinds of magic power, and added a circle to absorb free magic. In this way, in addition to helping the sword to be immune to magic, it can also upgrade and repair itself, and achieve this goal through the power of magic. At the same time, he micro-carved several magic circles on the hilt to trigger big moves, such as the fire dragon technique of the fire system, the meteorite falling from the sky of the earth system, the freezing of the water system, etc. He spent all his energy to create a sword that can only Cage is not absolutely sure whether he can use the super weapon that he can use, but he will spend all his efforts to make it. The front part of the hilt is made into a Jiaozi head, swallowing and spitting out the sword body. The tail of the hilt is engraved with the ancient Chinese dragon. The hilt is gold-plated and made completely according to Cage's hand lines. Because of the need to carve the magic circle, Cage also spent a lot of effort to fill the material. Especially the use of micro-carving, the energy spent is very large. Cage even made a grinding wheel by hand, and made a magnifying glass with crystal for micro-carving, striving to achieve excellence.
The materials of the whole sword cost nearly 200,000 gold coins, and the whole process of making the sword took a full three months. The sword body can only get a better shape through continuous forging. The whole process was completed by Cage himself. When the cold and powerful Longquan Sword was made, everyone was shocked by it. This type of sword that has never appeared in this world has brought everyone a completely different feeling. In addition to shock, there are also shocks.