Jia Lan predicted that there might be panic buying and hoarding in the first year.

  However, from the second year onwards, as long as the supply of potions can be sustained, the annual order volume of these large city-states is expected to be reduced to one-tenth of the original level or less.

  "Since the new equipment is still in the research and development stage, the output of potions cannot be greatly increased in the short term. I will try my best to speed up the development of potion production equipment, but it is expected to take at least two to three months before it can be officially put into use."

  After thinking for a moment, Jia Lan shook his head and added: "Although we cannot meet the other party's order requirements at one time, we can still accept the order."

  "I suggest that the first batch of deliveries be made at 1％ of the order requirements of each city-state. I believe this move can alleviate their anxiety to a certain extent."

  When talking about the deadlock with the Apothecary Guild, Jia Lan pointed out that the forces behind the other party have begun to intervene in the conflict between the two sides.

  Although he has tried his best to deal with it by seeking allies such as Clifford and the president of the Adventure Guild, the potion problem seems to have no solution for the time being.

  President Clark expressed his helplessness and turned to discuss the second matter: "In the Civil Affairs Council, our power has always been difficult to compete with the Golden Power Society, which has the advantage of discourse power."

  President Clark emphasized that the Golden Power Society is a powerful organization hidden behind the scenes of major city-states. Its members include all kinds of upper-class people, and its history can be traced back to the ancient times before the Apocalypse Calendar.

  He explained to Jia Lan that although the current Golden Power Society is essentially unrelated to the Golden Power Society before the Apocalypse Calendar, the means and organizational structure it adopts have inherited the style of the pre-civilization.

  The Golden Power Society gains power by controlling huge wealth, and then gains more wealth by manipulating power. This is its most fundamental mode of action.

  The Golden Power Society has infiltrated almost all city-states in Zilargo County, and there are a large number of its members in the councils of each city-state, so it is also called the "Dark Council".

  President Clark pointed out: "At present, the Jinquan Society has begun to put pressure on our mercenary guild through various channels. We can still deal with small issues such as the ban on the sale of weapons, equipment and resources."

  "However, they manipulate the city-state laws to create various unfavorable situations for us, such as tax increases, personnel restrictions, weapon restrictions and behavior restrictions, in order to force us to surrender and hand over the management of the medicine business to them."

  Due to the industry characteristics and historical background of our mercenary guild, politically, we absolutely cannot confront the Jinquan Society head-on, otherwise it will bring great public pressure to the mercenary guild, and may even cause ordinary people to boycott the entire mercenary industry.

  Clark looked at Jia Lan seriously: "If we don't try to solve this problem, I'm afraid our mercenary guild will not be able to last long in this regard! We can only choose to compromise with them and give up some of our interests. In serious cases, we may even have to hand over the production rights of medicines."

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  When President Clark mentioned the Jinquan Society of the "Dark Parliament", Jia Lan smiled.

  Finally, in this era, he heard of a force related to the former civilization.

  As President Clark said, the history of the Golden Power Society can be traced back to the "ancient times" before the Apocalypse Calendar, that is, the "dawn era" before the great destruction of civilization, which was also the era in which Jia Lan lived.

  In fact, the history of the Golden Power Society is much longer than people of this era know.

  In Jia Lan's era, it was already a powerful organization that controlled the underground world of the Kingdom of Zilargo.

  Unexpectedly, more than 1,700 years have passed, and the Golden Power Society has not been buried deep underground with the earth vein explosion and the previous civilization. Instead, it has continued to this day and continues to thrive on the land of Zilargo County.

  Perhaps the current Golden Power Society has no direct blood relationship with the Golden Power Society of the previous era, but Jia Lan believes that the current Golden Power Society should be inherited by some members of the Golden Power Society of the previous era.

  Otherwise, their organizational structure and methods of doing things would not be so similar.

  After sighing for a while, Jia Lan smiled and asked: "Is the power of the Jinquan Society so huge?"

  "Power and wealth are the most powerful weapons of the Jinquan Society!" President Clark said, "I believe you know a little about the social environment of Zilargo County. You should know that there are no "nobles" in the traditional sense in the entire Zilargo County."

  President Clark and President Clifford looked at each other and nodded carefully: "Since the Federation era in the 13th century of Apocalypse, Zilargo County has always adopted the political management model of the "city-state parliament system", and there is no so-called king or royal family."

  "Even if some city-states in Zilargo County are controlled by powerful lords, these lords who call themselves "city lords" are at most the heads of powerful families, not nobles."

  President Clark frowned and said: "However, although these powerful families do not have the identity and name of nobles, the power, wealth and force they possess make their status no different from that of real nobles."

  "Although not recognized by traditional nobles, under the operation of the Gold Power Association, there is still a set of aristocratic system in the society of Zilargo County, which is called the 'golden power aristocracy'. The titles of these gold power aristocrats are not measured by the size of the territory and the strength of the military force in ancient times."

  President Clark said disdainfully: "It is based on the amount of wealth and the influence controlled. The original noble title is operated by them as a special 'title'."

  "That's right! Don't underestimate these gold power aristocrats. Although they do not have any noble power, they do not have to fulfill any noble obligations."

  "To the society of Zilargo County, they are a group of greedy parasites who only know how to ask for but not how to give back! Their harm is even greater than those domineering nobles!"

  President Clifford nodded and echoed: "As long as you join the Gold Power Association and donate a sum of money to the Gold Power Association, you can get the title of a gold power aristocrat, and thus join this huge circle of interests to share the wealth."

  "The sixteenth-level inferior gold title almost covers the small landlords, small manor owners, small businessmen and other people at the bottom of society in Zilargo County;"

  "And the tenth-level middle gold title has become an important means for them to lure other members of the power system to join;"

  "As for the highest five-level high gold title, it is exclusive to the senior members of the Gold Power Association, and it is impossible for latecomers to get involved."

  "It can be said that the tentacles of the Gold Power Association have penetrated every class and every group in Zilargo County. You can imagine how huge their power is!"

  President Clifford looked at Jia Lan who was listening carefully: "The reason why we can compete with them now is that the Gold Power Association is still a little afraid of the mercenary guild behind Clark and the Eternal Hammer Auction House behind me in the Pan-Continental region."

  "Secondly, there are also certain factional struggles within the Gold Power Association, which have not yet been launched; thirdly, the pharmaceutical industry is just an insignificant one among the many industries controlled by the Gold Power Association. What we did did not touch the fundamental interests of the other party..."