This time, Lou Gao did not take Qin Yuan to the Forging Room, but to the association's reception room.
Lou Gao smiled. "Mr. Qin, I had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai. Hehe, is your earlier offer still on the table?"
"If we join you and manufacture the Soul Tools you provide, how will the profits be divided?"
The Blacksmith Association's reluctance to attach itself to any faction ultimately came down to its meager profits.
Their profits were already scant, and if someone took a cut on top of that, they could work themselves to the bone all year and barely earn anything. Besides, the Blacksmith Association was a loose-knit organization to begin with. If they could not make money and their members' hearts scattered, the association would cease to exist.
Qin Yuan said, "Once you join the Golden Saber Shop, you'll form a new department within the shop. For now, we'll call it the Blacksmith Department. The situation on the continent is uncertain. Calling it the Soul Tool Department would draw other factions' attention and cause unnecessary trouble."
"Making Soul Tools widely available won't be easy. President Lou Gao, bring your disciples and some capable grandmasters from the Blacksmith Association together to form an initial research team and study soul tool technology."
"Only once you understand it thoroughly can you teach the technology to others. As for the other blacksmiths, they'll continue their usual work for now. I can secure military equipment orders from the Heaven Dou Empire for you. Naturally, you'll need to deliver the required quantities and quality."
Military procurement was a juicy slab of meat to begin with.
The Blacksmith Association had taken similar orders before, but those had passed through layer after layer of subcontractors before reaching them, with middlemen swallowing most of the