The situation had reached an impasse.
Though resource development could bring in a handsome profit daily, developing resources was not as simple as touching one's upper lip to the lower.
If one wished to develop resources, slave labor was indispensable, yet apart from slave labor, the mining of such mineral resources also required the assistance of alchemy machines.
For these deep-seated mine veins, just the rental cost for the necessary alchemy machinery was a major expenditure.
And the most laughable part was, he might not even be able to rent them.
Such behemoths weren't something one could simply lease upon request—the Merchant's Guild needed a sufficient foundation of power to qualify for renting such large alchemy machinery.
And so, things had come full circle.
Richard tentatively asked, "Master, have all the other mine veins already been approved?"
