Savis and the others all smiled, and Yue Nu quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Gale's open scheme succeeded, giving Azshara immense face, and seemingly granting her 40% of the shares. But in reality, the 10% head tax would only leave a small portion, and it was uncertain if this 10% share would even remain once the Kaldorei population increased.
Besides that, 20% of the national treasury would not enter Azshara's pocket. The entire nation needed to operate, which required large expenditures of gold coins, and this money would be spent sooner or later.
Therefore, only 10% would truly reach Azshara's hands.
Of course, one person holding 10% of the shares was still a very large amount. According to Gale's estimation, the annual profit generated by these eight mines would be at least 50,000 gold coins. If the mining went smoothly, it could even reach over 200,000 gold coins.
Receiving 5,000 to 20,000 gold coins annually was also a considerable income.
Savis and the other Royal Mages were also very satisfied. They did not care about the 10% shares 'bestowed' upon all nobles; they focused on the remaining 30% shares. Multiple factions had already united: Savis's faction, the Gale-Farodis faction, and the military faction represented by Yue Nu, with each faction earning 10% of the profit.
This year's project had been decided: the reconstruction of Zul'Saroth.
Since the Kaldorei Empire had incorporated Zul'Saroth into its territory, it could not allow Zul'Saroth to retain its trollish style. Tearing down and rebuilding all of Zul'Saroth's structures was imperative.
However, the immediate priority was to mine the eight open-pit mines.
Yue Nu took the lead on this matter, representing the military faction. Savis sent Tulan as his representative.
Gale did not step forward himself; he summoned Sethonis and three Mages. He put Sethonis in charge of mining affairs and assigned him to the mine as an engineer.
Sethonis was a bit reluctant; through Arcane Absorption, he had been continuously improving his talent. He believed that if he continued this way, he would definitely be promoted to Archmage.
Gale agreed with his idea; not to mention him, even a pig, if it consistently used Arcane Absorption, could become an Archmage after a thousand years. But Sethonis's talent truly wasn't there, so Gale could only compromise, promising that he would definitely make him an Archmage.
Sethonis received the promise and then moved into the mine.
Mining open-pit mines was not very easy. Mages could quickly mine ore using Arcane. But how could Mages become lowly miners? And regular soldiers and logistics troops all had their own work. So, the mining had to be entrusted to troll slaves.
Yue Nu directly dispatched 3,000 old trolls, assigning them to the mines. To expedite the mining, Sethonis created many large machines that allowed these old trolls to easily dig for ore.
Since the old trolls were, after all, old and weak, Yue Nu immediately deployed the Second Legion and Third Army to march eastward and capture more troll slaves.
With the mine going into production, Gale also began to research how to 'acquire' the other eight open-pit mines. Besides kryptonite and nether iron, he had already identified the types of the other six mines. Three were of very high value: arcane crystal Mine, Thorium Mine, and obsidian mine. The remaining three were of relatively lower value: iron ore, silver ore, and gold ore.
If he could get these eight open-pit mines, Gale would be as rich as a nation. In the future, when crafting equipment, many materials would not need to be purchased externally.
Incorporating the locations of the eight open-pit mines into the magic map, Gale thought of a method.
There was a high peak in the middle of these eight open-pit mines. If a Mage Tower were built on this peak, and then an Arcane barrier was erected to encompass these eight mines, it would work.
But how to maintain an Arcane barrier covering an area of a hundred miles?
Gale's gaze fell upon the eternal holy grail.
That's right, only the Well of Eternity could provide such powerful energy. Later, the High Elves used the Sunwell to establish Quel'Thalas, and the Nightborne used the Nightwell to envelop Suramar; it was all based on this principle.
However, this would require him to build a large eternal holy grail or a new Well of Eternity.
Gale didn't have a detailed plan right away, but he could start by building the Mage Tower.
So, he found Yue Nu, "Your Excellency, Legion Commander, I plan to build a Mage Tower in the Redridge Mountains."
Yue Nu asked, puzzled, "Didn't Her Majesty grant you a Mage Tower already?"
Gale said helplessly, "But it's in Sin'dorei, and I don't know when I'll be able to return. I just happened to discover a ley line node in the Redridge Mountains. Building a Mage Tower there might not compare to the Mage Tower in Sin'dorei, but it will be enough for me to gather a large amount of magic power. It will be a long time before the great war restarts, and I want to use this time to advance to Archmage."
He took out a communication crystal and handed it to Yue Nu.
"I will entrust the logistics troops to Navoli. He has enough talent to ensure that the logistics troops do not make mistakes. As for me, I will be in seclusion with my Mages in the Mage Tower. After I advance to Archmage, I can also teach them."
Gale wasn't asking for leave; he was informing Yue Nu.
"If there are any urgent matters, you can use it to contact me."
Yue Nu thought for a moment, "Alright! I hope you can advance to Archmage as soon as possible."
"It will be very soon!"
Gale smiled and turned to leave. He knew that Yue Nu didn't stop him because he was wary of his business methods. If he interfered with the mining company or the reconstruction of Zul'Saroth, he could stealthily siphon off large amounts of profit.
Kaldorei were not skilled in business, and Gale could easily outwit all Kaldorei with a few business tactics.
Gale called Meijia and Metri. Gale was very optimistic about Metri's future, and Metri genuinely admired Gale, so he transferred to Gale's command.
The Proto-Dragon carried the five Mages to the top of the peak. Metri was responsible for summoning Earth Elements to create stones, and the other three Mages were responsible for stacking the stones.
Under Gale's command, the Mage Tower quickly took shape. Gale took out the eternal holy grail, extracted Arcane Energy from it, and wove a giant ether spirit around the Mage Tower. Under the confinement of the ether spirit, Arcane Energy continuously washed over the walls of the Mage Tower. According to Gale's wishes, the stones gradually merged into one, and then connected with the peak.
If one didn't understand Arcane, they wouldn't be able to tell that the Mage Tower was built by stacking stones.
Gale descended from the air and looked at the four: "Gale's Tower is complete. Your task now is to compile the notes I've organized during this period into spellbooks. And each of you will copy one Elemental Spell Codex. During my seclusion, these spellbooks will be your main study material."
"Yes, sir!" Excitement gleamed in the eyes of the four.
They could also create epic spellbooks now!
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