The dinner was drawing to a close, but I didn't hear Bud's offer for the supplies, and I was still unsure.Although I have a rough idea of the total price of these materials, the prices in the imperial capital are much higher than those in El City.I touched the purse, and there was a crisp crash of gold coins inside.After thinking about it in his heart, the gold coins in the money bag must be enough, so he lowered his head and wiped the oil stains on the corner of his mouth with a napkin, and asked him, "What about the price?"
How many coins do I have to pay for these supplies?
”I looked at Bard, and I'm afraid Louis didn't know much about this, so I might as well ask Bard directly.Bard glanced at Louis hesitantly.Louis smiled heartily and said: "This kind of goods is nothing to the Mensa family, these goods are not even up to one-tenth of the annual loss of goods in the imperial capital airport warehouse, I can calculate these materials in the annual material loss, in this way, there is no additional cost, so it can be completely free." ”"It's a no-no, it should be a formal deal.And I can afford to pay for it, I think it's going to be a long-term deal, I can't keep taking your stuff for nothing, these goods are not a small amount. ”I rejected Louis's offer to get the goods free of charge.The men and women at the table looked at me in amazement.They didn't seem to understand why I was reluctant to accept Louis's gift, and they probably thought to themselves: Isn't this a pie-in-the-sky lucky thing?
Even Noah next to me secretly poked my arm and said to me in a low voice: "Jijia, you are stupid, why don't you want to accept such a good thing?"
For Louis, this material is just a drop in the penny, he has a lot of money, just take it for you!
”I stubbornly shook my head.Noah glared at me vaguely, and continued to persuade: "You don't have family support behind me, you are a commoner magician, you don't have a family background, and there will be a lot of places to use money in the future, and the territory that symbolizes this title will not bring you any benefits, you need to start from scratch by yourself, even if you have such a sum of money now, but there are still many places where you need to use money, aren't you inspirational to become a master?"
Don't you know how much money Mingshi burns?
”The female assistant behind him also sneered and said: "Fool, just accept it for you, for Louis, this material is nothing, and our monthly grain transaction volume for the logistics supply of the Vaschi Plane Legion is at least hundreds of thousands of catties!"
”Louis sat in his master's seat, and he said to me with a soothing expression: "I know that as a new baron, you will have a barren territory, and that territory will have some people under your jurisdiction, and maybe they are in trouble, I guess these supplies were bought for them!"
It's a little bit of support for your fledgling business, and it will continue until you have a piece of abundant land and some revenue from your realm, and that support will automatically end. ”"I have the power of magic, I can support myself, and this involves the dignity of a magician, I don't want to see Noah in the future, I can't help but feel that I am a head shorter than him, we are friends, we should be equal to each other, compared to the friendship between us, I think the money spent on those materials is nothing, even if Noah didn't take me to the Emerald Bay Trading House today, I will go back to other trading houses to buy these supplies."
I didn't want to bend over five buckets of rice, so I said, "So, please calculate the value of those goods according to the rules of the trading house, friends are friends, and business belongs to business." ”Noah was slightly touched by my words, and he didn't think that I would refuse the gift of the Mensa family that Louis represented.He sat quietly in his chair, his brow furrowed slightly, and for a moment he fell into deep thought.Bard has his eyes on Louis, a close confidant of Louis who will insist on carrying out Louis's will."
Well, I respect your decision, and if you regret it, you can always come to me, and my promise will always work."
There was a kind of appreciation in Louis's eyes, and he said cheerfully.Then Louis said: "But for the sake of a friend, I will convert the original price of these goods, and you will not refuse it, right?"
”I smiled and said, "I accept your wishes." ”With a look of satisfaction on his face, Louis instructed Bard, "Then, Bud, please help Jijia calculate how much he will pay us!"
”"As you command, Baron Giga is to pay eleven gold coins for this transaction, plus fifty-one silver coins."
For these data, Bard almost blurted out.I also often buy these supplies in El City, the orcs don't have any talent for growing crops, they are better at grazing, hunting, fishing, gathering, but they are very fond of eating wheat cakes and broth, so every quarter I will buy some food from the trading houses, open a portal and transport it to the underground caverns, this part of the cost is usually paid from the sale of herbs and magic copper metal ore, so there is no burden on me.The prices in El City are far cheaper than those of the Emperor, and these materials are all calculated together, and they cost about twelve gold coins.So it was clear to me that Bard was almost reselling those supplies to me at the original price.I had a very busy day, not only did I buy the supplies I needed, but I also got a piece of precious leather, and I felt very happy.On the contrary, Noah, the initiator, is still complaining that I should accept the supplies that Louis sent me.I smiled but didn't explain.With one hand carrying the sealed box containing the royal squid leather, I walked out of the Emerald Bay Trading House with Noah, and Louis took the female assistant and Bard to the gate.At the bottom of the stone steps was a magical caravan with a silver appearance, and two sturdy black horses pulled the carriage.This kind of war horse with rare dragon bloodline is the most commonly used horse by knights on the battlefield, it is stronger than the Gubolai horse in three aspects: endurance, sprint, and weight, and the war horse ridden by the elite iron cavalry of the empire is this kind of black scale horse, and the two scale horses snorted restlessly in front of the carriage.On the way out, Louis kept telling Noah and me to calm down and study well at the Royal Academy of Magic, I didn't expect the majestic and mighty Louis Knight to have such a delicate side, and those earnest entrustments flowed into my heart like a warm current.On the folding wooden table in the luxurious carriage, there were also some exquisite refreshments, probably because we were worried that we would not have enough dinner, which showed the careful and thoughtful nature of the host."
Noah, Jijia!"
Louis stood on the stone steps and shouted to us who had already slipped into the carriage.Reaching out and pushing open the window, Noah and I poked our heads out.The carriage that was about to start came to an abrupt halt, the two scaly horses were really well-trained, and the emperor was also a seasoned and experienced veteran, and the carriage and the leather whip in his hand were like an extension of his body."
If you like, let Ella and Tasha go to the academy to take care of your food and daily life!"
After Louis finished speaking, he glanced deeply at the female assistant beside him.The female assistant's face turned red at this moment, and she stood beside Louis with some uneasiness, not knowing if her name was Ella or Tasha, obviously the implication of this Louis was to give this female assistant to me.But how dare I accept such a gift, at present, I don't even know how to face those personal maids around Ying Li and Qi Ge, and I don't want to have any other troubles besides this.Even if I had a slight affection for the female assistant before, it was simply a lust attraction between men and women, I didn't want to be dominated by my own desires, and before I accepted the coming-of-age ceremony, if I did too much in this regard, I would be called a lewd or a womanizer by those who did good things, and my reputation would be affected, and it would be a lifetime affair, and a nobleman should have noble character and conduct.Before I could refuse, Noah shook his head like a rattle, and there seemed to be some complaint in his tone: "Louis, we need to concentrate on studying magic at the Royal Academy of Magic, don't make a mess!"
”Louis didn't expect Noah to be the first to refuse, this is not like the Noah of the past, he looked at Noah in surprise.Then that inquiring look came back at me, and I immediately nodded my head like garlic, indicating that I and Noah were thinking the same thing.In fact, I was secretly complaining, my own affairs have not become clear, and I dare not cause any more trouble to myself.At present, there is nothing more important to me than awakening Sister Guoguo's soul sealed in her new body, I had a nightmare a few days ago, that is, Sister Guoguo's water elemental spirit suddenly awakened the primary wisdom, and the newly born divine consciousness directly devoured Sister Guoguo's soul fragments, and the last trace of Sister Guoguo in this world disappeared, which is what I am most worried about.Then I had to go to Taton on the Hiero plane to visit Caterina, and the redhead who was less daring than a rabbit joined the barracks and became a female warrior in order to avoid the decree of the Empire that adult women at the age of twenty-five must be married.There is also a big mess in the Xinliu Valley, now the orc village is already in the bottleneck of the development period, at this moment this small orc village in the Xinliu Valley needs some fresh blood, because they also need to reproduce after all, and new orcs need to join in, I should go to find the underground slave black market in the imperial capital, behind the prosperity of every city, there are hidden traces of oppression and exploitation, I want to rescue those orc slaves who were illegally captured.The magic caravan was about to depart, and the neighing of horses outside the carriage brought me from my contemplation.Coming out of El City, without horses to help me deal with the magical herbs and copper ore produced in the Valley of the Willows, I have to dispose of the materials that have been hoarded in the warehouse myself, and now is a good time to establish a solid relationship with the Emerald Harbour Trading House.Especially now that the magic herbs on the market have become so in-demand, the price has tripled almost in a week.At this time, the Emerald Trading House happened to have a change, and a whole boatload of low-level potions was looted by the people of the Dark Arts Hermitage, but this batch of magic herbs was the main ingredient for making healing potions, and the Duke of Mensa's Constructed Knights urgently needed this batch of healing potions on the front line, if this thing was messed up, it would have a great impact on Louis's reputation, and it could be seen that Louis should be the first heir to the Mensa family.I made a bold decision at this point, I wanted to work with Luis on a deeper level.I poked my head out of the window and shouted, "Louis!
”Then I pushed the door open, and I got out of the car.The female assistant looked at me in astonishment, thinking that I had changed my mind, and there was a twinkle of unease in her eyes, which clearly told me what she was thinking: she preferred to stay with Louis.However, it is clear that they have all misunderstood.Under everyone's astonished gaze, I walked up to Louis, confronted him, and unfolded a scroll of magical parchment, which contained a list of some elementary magical herbs.I said to Luis, "When I left El City, I brought a batch of magic herbs from El City, which has been stored in the warehouse next to the academy, and I think there are some low-level magic herbs that you might be able to use now. ”Louis squinted his eyes as he looked at the list of materials, his eyes as sharp as knives, and there was finally a hint of excitement on his resolute face carved in stone.His posture was no longer so calm and free, he lowered his head slightly, carefully looked at the table of contents on the parchment scroll, and then his eyes revealed an irrepressible joy.He reached out and grabbed the parchment scroll tightly, and asked me with some excitement, "Is this true?"
You can't lie to me, I'm not in the mood to take such a big joke. ”"Of course it's true, when your wagons carry the grain to me, you can take all the herbs you need with you, so that you don't have to make a flight on the chariot.But before that, you need to give me a purchase list, and I will prepare it in advance according to your needs!
”I touched my nose and made up a random reason and said, "I haven't said it before, it's because there is a buyer for these herbs and they are negotiating the price, but since you need these herbs, I can push the herbalist over there." ”I hadn't talked about magic herbs before, because I was afraid of trouble.After all, those herbs were still hoarded in the underground caves of Xinliu Valley, and it was necessary to let the orcs move into the rented temporary warehouse overnight when it was needed.