Su Li certainly welcomed their arrival. As Master Kote said, their merchant association's arrival truly brought a wealth of fortune to the territory and purchased a large number of local specialties.

Besides felling a huge amount of Blood Pine Wood in the Blood Pine Forest, they also procured over forty thousand pounds of Rose Fragrance, virtually sweeping all the apples from the hundred or so fruit trees around the Holy Land, the Starlight Pool.

Just those one hundred fruit trees brought Hesse Territory a profit of 20 Golden Crowns!

One hundred fruit trees only cover a little over an acre, yet no orchard would have a planting area of just an acre.

According to Su Li's plan, the surrounding hundreds to thousands of acres of the Holy area would be planted with fruit trees. By then, at five Copper Coins per fruit, it could bring Su Li a massive profit of two thousand or even twenty thousand Golden Crowns!

Once an industry reaches a profit scale of twenty thousand Golden Crowns, it would be fully mature and give a powerful boost to the territory's wealth.

Until now, they've never witnessed such a massive fortune of twenty thousand Golden Crowns at once.

However, this can't be rushed. Taking care of the orchard is already very tiring, and three farmers can barely manage a ten-acre orchard without being exhausted.

More importantly, the cultivation of these fruit trees is not like grains that can be formed in a year.

If Su Li wants the orchard to yield twenty thousand Golden Crowns, it may take four to five years to achieve.

The real valuable procurement by the West Merchant Association in the Hesse Territory was the industrial goods.

Even in this world, the principle of no industry, no wealth, no commerce, no vitality still holds true.

Industry, even at the most basic level of handcraft, can bring the most direct and massive wealth to a territory.

The West Merchant Association successfully procured 200 sets of Dwarf Armor in the Hesse Territory!

This scale is enough to arm a small Knight Order.

Even an ordinary Baron's Territory might not gather so many sets of Heavy Plate Armor.

This was 200 sets of Fine Level Dwarf Heavy Armor. Any Lord acquiring them could immediately muster 200 shining Elite Knights.

In a battle with a thousand or even five thousand participants, this could directly decide the outcome of the conflict.

An entire Beastman Roar Beast Group of roughly two to three thousand could be shattered by two hundred gleaming Heavy Armored Knights charging into them.

And in an internal war within the Human Empire, the available troops for two Baron Territories would be about one to two thousand people.

If one side managed to buy 200 sets of Dwarf Armor on loan before the decisive battle, the fight wouldn't even be necessary. The opponent would almost surely lose! With Flying Dragons as their trump card, how could they lose?

And such crucial strategic assets were purchased by the West Merchant Association for just 5,400 Golden Crowns for 200 sets. The average price was only 27 Golden Crowns per set.

This was the result of Lauren negotiating with them multiple times. Initially, they were only willing to offer 23 Golden Crowns. The pressure from Half-Elf merchant teams pushed them to raise the price.

Su Li was eager to recoup his funds quickly, planning to use the Golden Crowns to purchase Star Iron Armor from the Dwarves. Otherwise, he would have raised the armor price to at least above 30 Golden Crowns per set.

The arms trade indeed yields enormous profits. Su Li's production cost for such a set of armor, including Dwarf labor, probably didn't even reach 2 Golden Crowns.

This means he has at least a 1000% profit margin.

Of course, the West Merchant Association also didn't lose out as an intermediary. It's said that there's an extreme shortage of military supplies in Marle Castle.

The Empire's southeastern and southwestern fronts are simultaneously facing monster invasions, with smoke rising everywhere, battles fiercely entrenched. Humanity hasn't collapsed entirely, though the losses are severe everywhere. Yet the courage and tenacity of humanity have made the local lords very steadfast, resisting multiple adversities, assembling forces, and planning counterattacks to stabilize the situation.

At this time, military supplies have skyrocketed in price. It's heard that the price of Dwarf Armor has reached a new historical high in Marle Castle, already up to 69 Golden Crowns and 87 Silver Coins per set! Just shy of breaking 70.

If a decisive outcome in either front isn't achieved, the price of armor will inevitably continue to rise, surpassing 70.

This means although the West Merchant Association's profit margin is lower, the absolute profit they gain far exceeds Su Li's. These 200 sets of armor could potentially earn them between 6,000 to 8,000 Golden Crowns in profit!

Aside from Dwarven industrial goods, the territory also has other products like witchcraft items, divine magic potions, monastery outputs, and various workshops' industrial outputs.

One could say the visit of this merchant convoy greatly revitalized the territory's economy, brought more population, more investment, more workshops, and provided a market for the territory's industrial products. The service industry profited immensely, those enticing courtesans, like Enchanting Demons, stripping most of the workers and guards in the merchant convoy of everything.

These men who lick blood from the blade only had a piece of armor and a worn-out sword left, hoping to get a bonus in Marle Castle to relieve their plight.

The key is, after doing all of this, the merchant convoy will leave a hefty commercial tax before departing, greatly alleviating Su Li's treasury shortfall.

How could Su Li not like them, not welcome them?

Seeing Su Li seemed ready to see them off, Master Kote quickly said, "Lord, I have one last important investment to discuss with you on this visit."

Su Li raised his eyebrows and asked blandly, "What?"

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