"This is even with the Three Empires still continuously sending us rare metals for contract processing."
Xuan Ziwen pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "But you know as well as I do, compared to the Sun Moon Empire, the Three Empires are just impoverished peasants planning to overthrow the landlords. It's already impressive enough that they can scrape together some rare metals to make cannon shells. They really can't cough up much in the way of top-tier rare metals."
"If it weren't for you kid making two trips to the Sun Moon Empire and making a fortune, many of our current researches would probably have been forced to grind to a halt by now."
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