Duke then entered the three-story wooden house, which was quite spacious inside, equipped with a spatial Witch Array. Just the living room with a fireplace was over a hundred square meters.
From the outside, the wooden house seemed relatively small, but upon entering, its vastness was astonishing.
Matthew walked ahead and introduced various areas to Duke, including the Magic Potion Laboratory, Magic Laboratory, and even a dedicated Meditation Room.
The Meditation Room was equipped with a Witch Array that gathered energy particles, making it more suitable for meditation practice.
The Giant Rock Commerce Association had thoroughly considered Duke's needs, almost covering every aspect. Matthew kept emphasizing that Duke should let him know if anything was missing.
The Giant Rock Commerce Association was so proactive because they were genuinely afraid Duke might leave, so they provided the best conditions possible for him.
"Let's take a look at your Medicinal Garden," Duke said after familiarizing himself with the house.
Matthew led the way and brought Duke to the vast expanse of the Medicinal Garden ahead.
"This area is planted with Moonlight Grass. The environment of the Wood Elf Plane is very suitable for its growth, making its quality and effect much better than usual," Matthew said, pointing to the garden beside them.
Duke looked over, seeing a large patch of Moonlight Grass growing there.
This is a Level 1 Magic Potion Material, whose green leaves emit a faint glow at night, and it needs to be harvested at night.
If harvested during the day, the Moonlight Grass would wither at lightning speed after being picked, but at night it retains its activity, which is quite a peculiar characteristic.
Moving forward, they encountered a herb with leaves bearing droplets of blood, called Dragon Blood Grass, which is also a Level 1 Magic Potion Material.
Duke surveyed the Medicinal Garden, stretching far beyond sight, filled with Level 1 Magic Potion Materials.
A garden of this vast scale holds considerable value when all these magic potion materials are added up, no wonder the Giant Rock Commerce Association takes it so seriously.
However, the part Duke saw was just a fraction; this was just the surface representing the Medicinal Garden area the Giant Rock Commerce Association likely owned.
In the distant mountains, there were more vast medicinal gardens that the Giant Rock Commerce Association had cultivated themselves.
Duke went to take a look, standing on yellow sand and flying in the air, memorizing the positions and areas of these places.
He wasn't planning to make a big deal out of this; he just needed to know it well enough in his mind.
No wonder Black Sail hasn't pursued these forces of the Giant Rock Commerce Association; those medicinal gardens developed in the mountains ultimately belonged to Black Sail anyway, without them having to make the effort to develop it themselves.
Perhaps Black Sail is just waiting for an opportunity; once they have a conflict with these forces someday, they can reasonably take back this land and even make the Giant Rock Commerce Association compensate them.
Duke also saw many Wood Elves working in these medicinal gardens, looking somewhat weary; the daily workload must be quite high.
The people of the Giant Rock Commerce Association themselves do not work; all cultivation, growth, and harvesting in the Medicinal Garden are managed by the Wood Elves.
The role of the Giant Rock Commerce Association's people is to oversee the overall status of the Medicinal Garden, ensuring that the herbs grow and are harvested properly, then record the data after harvesting and hand it over to Black Sail's people, which is Duke.
Black Sail would take a certain percentage of the yield based on these figures.
Throughout this process, the Giant Rock Commerce Association shouldn't even think about secretly hiding some magic potion materials without reporting them; they cannot reduce Black Sail's share through such means.
Because the Teleportation Array leaving here is under Black Sail's control, and every member of the Giant Rock Commerce Association is strictly checked when leaving, and another check occurs when they reach the Elizabeth.
If the Giant Rock Commerce Association were to go too far and hide too much, they would definitely be questioned.
As for the matter of hiring someone to help with smuggling, Duke is unsure if it had occurred previously, but he certainly wouldn't do it.
Perhaps Gordon, who was stationed here before, might have helped the Giant Rock Commerce Association smuggle, but that was Gordon's own affair, and Duke wouldn't address or engage in it.
The Giant Rock Commerce Association never mentioned such matters either, even if they were indeed happening, they wouldn't approach Duke, as trust wasn't strong enough.
"Let's take a look at the Magic Potion Factory," Duke said after understanding the distribution of the Medicinal Garden layouts.
Matthew nodded, then took Duke over several mountain peaks and into a valley.
The valley was quite spacious, but now filled with buildings, and the air was filled with a medicinal scent.
This was the Magic Potion Factory of the Giant Rock Commerce Association, where large amounts of magic potion materials were processed, prepared, packed daily; some materials were refined into magic potions here, while others were processed and stored, then regularly transported away, sent to the Wizard Plane or other planes.
Apart from the Wizard Plane, many other planes also needed these magic potion materials.
The trail of wizards had already spread to many parts of the Endless Plane, with many wizards even being born in those Other Planes, rich wizard civilizations had been established in Other Planes.
The magic potion materials from the Wood Elf Plane were of particularly high quality, thus highly sought after, with many planes ordering potions or potion materials from here.
About thirty thousand people were in the Magic Potion Factory, most were Wood Elves doing miscellaneous work, while only over a thousand were wizards, most of whom were responsible for refining magic potions.
Almost all the products here were Level 1 and above magic potions; secondary potions weren't profitable enough and held little value for the Giant Rock Commerce Association.
Duke held a thick booklet in his hand, detailing the specific situation of various magic potions currently refined by the Magic Potion Factory, with detailed data, including what magic potions were produced each day, their quantities, how much material was used, etc.
He glanced at it, feeling that he could learn many potion refining methods while he was here.
During the learning process, he could use the magic potion materials here for free; even if he wasted a few portions, Matthew wouldn't complain, as these potion materials were insignificant to them.
After Duke gathered information about the Magic Potion Factory, Matthew led him to another Medicinal Garden.
This Medicinal Garden was not owned by the Giant Rock Commerce Association but belonged to Black Sail.
Black Sail's Medicinal Garden was even larger, significantly surpassing the area of the Giant Rock Commerce Association's Medicinal Garden, and that was considering the Giant Rock Commerce Association's own cultivated garden areas.
Most of the land in the Wood Elf Plane was still under Black Sail's control, as they had only leased a small portion for others to cultivate.
For Duke, the focus of this stationed mission is indeed the monitoring of Black Sail's section of the Medicinal Garden.
Black Sail's Medicinal Garden is usually tended to and managed by a group of Wood Elves, similar to the Giant Rock Commerce Association.
Duke needs to periodically check whether the amount of magic potion materials handed over by the Wood Elves is consistent with requirements, ensuring that the planting and harvesting tasks are completed on time and in quantity.
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