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Chapter 182 - 182 119 Rare Talent_1

182: Chapter 119, Rare Talent_1 182: Chapter 119, Rare Talent_1 Hudson, feeling his dignity insulted, decisively rejected the man in violet.

Money can be made at any time, but dignity couldn’t be regained…

You get what you pay for.

Three hundred thousand gold coins, all spent on purchasing poor quality weapons, would amount to an excessively large quantity.

Once it leaks out, tracing the source of the weapon production will be as easy as eating and drinking.

There is no law in Alpha Kingdom that prohibits the sale of weapons.

Yet reason tells Hudson, it is better to remain inconspicuous when necessary.

If these guys, with these weapons, cause a significant incident, and the Kingdom investigates and finds them to be from the Mountain Domain, the higher-ups might not reason things out calmly.

“Baron Hudson, don’t reject this proposal hastily.

Since ancient times, one can’t expect to make huge profits without taking risks.

You just need to sell the weapons to Baron Kailet.

You don’t need to acknowledge us at all, or even claim we have never met.”

If there were better options, Longxi wouldn’t travel far to Southeastern Province for this deal.

Most of the weapon production in the Kingdom is in the hands of powerful factions.

Although there are many iron mines scattered among small and medium-sized nobles, the production capacity is extremely limited.

Even with a major mine, no one dares to venture into arms trading.

Hudson is purely an exception.

Outside of the usual weapons business, he has started something new.

Due to the poor quality issues, even though the arms trade in the Mountain Domain seems to be thriving, it doesn’t significantly impact the traditional weapons market.

The Serf Soldiers can use them because they are weak and don’t require high-performance weapons.

If a Knight charges into battle with poor-quality weapons from the Mountain Domain, it would be irresponsible for their life.

One violent collision could cause chips and cracks, and a few rounds of engagement could completely render them useless.

The arms trade in the Mountain Domain has been able to continue to this date because it hasn’t deeply infringed on the interests of those with vested interests.

Now in the Alpha Kingdom, other than those major powers, the only one able to mass-produce weapons and equipment is Hudson, the outlier.

“Sorry, it’s not a deal I can handle.

If you genuinely wish to purchase, you should go to those few!

Three hundred thousand gold coins are a huge deal to me.

But to them, it’s just a regular transaction.

If any accident occurs, they can handle it.

Unlike me, a small player, I must think thrice about any deal over three thousand gold coins.”

Hudson never resisted profitable deals.

But a deal with a sudden order of three hundred thousand gold coins made him shrink back.

If the buyer is willing to break it into smaller orders, Hudson wouldn’t mind getting a share of the bounty.

The productivity of the mining area is still expanding.

If they discreetly complete several small orders, it can be covered up.

Those who engage in this kind of deal must pay great attention to secrecy.

The probability of exposure in the short term is minimal.

If it were discovered in the future, Baron Kailet can take the blame.

With a few thousand gold coin small orders, it’s acceptable not to investigate the buyer’s background.

“Since you are so concerned, let’s assume each order is for three thousand gold coins.

Suppose there are one hundred such deals now, I wonder how long Baron Hudson could complete them?”

Longxi asked with a poker face.

If it needs to be broken down, so be it, at worst they’ll have to set up some cover.

As long as they can achieve their goal, they don’t care how the transaction takes place.

“One year!”

“That’s in the best-case scenario.

If it’s a year with a lot of rainfall, the project might be delayed to a year and a half.

Considering other factors, the actual time will be even longer.

To avoid any complications, this order might take between three to five years.

If you gentlemen are in a hurry and don’t want to cause trouble, I suggest you break the order down and place multiple ones with different suppliers.”

Hudson hesitantly responded.

Pushing out the orders that come to the door, considering this much for the customers, Hudson himself is almost moved.

It’s not that he can’t complete it alone, but reason tells him that it’s better not to hog such an obscure big deal.

If all the arms dealers in the Kingdom partake, it means that all major factions are involved.

Even if the troubles caused are great, no one dares to babble about this issue.

“That’s too slow.

Can you speed it up?

If Baron Hudson can complete the order within six months, we can additionally gift you ten thousand slaves…”

Before Longxi could finish, Hudson interrupted, “Unfortunately, it’s impossible to accomplish.

To forge so many weapons in half a year, one would have to consolidate all the iron mines in the Southeastern Province, and I am not capable of that.

In the Kingdom, no weapons producer can manufacture so many weapons and equipment in half a year unless you can convince several companies to join hands.

As for the gift of slaves, it’s not necessary.

The Mountain Domain labor is currently adequate; we only accept cash transactions.”

As he spoke, Hudson’s tone gradually grew cold.

From the disguised demonstrations of the visitors, it’s clear this business is definitely problematic.

A Northern Border accent + massive weapons purchasing order, favoring poor-quality weapons.

Such obvious flaws were only a step short of telling him that someone intended to cause trouble in the Northern Borders?