Chapter 51: A Visit from a Trading Partner (4K+)
Black Rock City, the back hall of the Witte House.
"Sardin! Saltin! Saltin! Damn Saltin!"
Baron Adair's angry shouts resounded throughout the room. His fat body jumped up and down in the room, constantly removing the vases and fruit plates on the table. , books and other things were thrown on the ground.
The tables and chairs were also overturned by him, and the whole room was in a mess as if it had been plundered by jackals.
The servants hid at the door and looked at each other. No one dared to go in and persuade the master not to go mad.
Baron Adair vented for a while, standing there, panting heavily, his face red, looking extremely angry.
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and an old man wearing green clothes slowly walked into the room.
When the old man saw the scene in the room, he frowned slightly, pointed his finger in the air, and a chair leaning on the ground suddenly returned to its original position.
The old man leaned on the chair at a more comfortable angle, slowly took out a snuff bottle from his arms, and took a strong puff.
"Father."
Baron Adair calmed down his anger, greeted the old man, picked up a chair from the side, and sat on it in an orderly manner.
"Tell me, what's going on?" the old man said with an indifferent expression.
Baron Adair took out a bottle of rejuvenation potion from his arms and said with an aggrieved look: "I just wanted to sell this potion, but who knew it would end up like this. The mercenaries hired twice with high salaries were all sold out, and the deputy store manager Lei Ksar is also dead."
The old man took the bottle of rejuvenation potion, smelled it, and said with a smile: "Just for such a bottle of gadgets, you gave away so many gold coins and lives?" Baron Adair said with a look on his face
. Frustrated, he said angrily: "It's all Lord Sardin. He's so cunning. He deliberately pretended to be weak, but who knew he was actually a first-level magic knight!" "Then who is to blame? Isn't it because you didn't do a good job in the market
? Research?" The old man said disapprovingly: "I have taught you many times that shopping malls are like battlefields. No matter what business you are doing, you must not do it rashly without a thorough understanding. In this situation, I, from the House of Witte, Where is the face?"
"Father, what should I do next? Please teach me." Baron Adair looked at his father with hopeful eyes.
"What can we do? There is plenty of business, so just smash it. Your father and I have done a lot of business in our lives." The old man said nonchalantly.
Baron Adair said with a look of reluctance: "Are you going to let that damned Lord Sardin go like this?" "
Rob, I've told you many times, when doing business, don't act out of emotion!"
Seeing that his son was still stubborn, The old man's tone became stern: "That's a first-level magic knight. What do you want me to do? Gather people and kill him at a huge cost, just for these broken potions, broken potions?" The old man said, and put his
hand As soon as he lifted it, the potion flew flatly back into Baron Adair's arms.
"Killing is not difficult. The key is to have benefits." The old man taught earnestly: "What's the point of doing something without benefits? As the son of a businessman, you must have a business vision. Don't just show off your strength and fight. Out of touch with the essence of a businessman."
Seeing his father's anger, Baron Adair sobered up a little and had to lower his head and said: "Father, I..." "
Over the years, I have left the business of the store to you, and look what you have done. Like. Buying and selling by force, cheating and abducting, using coercion and inducement. If you continue like this, sooner or later you will offend everyone." The old man's tone became more and more severe.
Baron Adair was a little unconvinced and defended: "But father, didn't you always do this before?" The
old man's tone was stagnant, and he coughed awkwardly and said: "That was when my career was just starting, so I had to take some precautions. Bloody. Now that we are all decent people, you are even more noble as a baron. You must have a noble mind."
Baron Adair chewed his father's words and did not understand, so he had to ask again: "Then what should we do next? Do it?"
"It's very simple, make peace with him. Let the other party not be on guard against us. At the very least, they won't retaliate against us and cause unnecessary trouble." The old man said solemnly: "Write a letter in your name and tell Lord Saltin, all of this is Rexxar's personal doing. He is the temporary deputy store manager of our store and has nothing to do with the Witte House. We are all friends and we can continue to cooperate in the future." "Yes
. Is it necessary?" Baron Adair muttered, and then said dejectedly: "I know, father."
Seeing his son so useless, the old man wanted to say something else, but in the end, he just shook his head and continued: "Your eyes Be wider. The evil orcs have already breached the Grizzly Bear Fortress, and I guess the war will soon spread to the Volo River Valley." When Baron
Adair heard this, he suddenly became worried and asked, "Will that be harmful to us? Does business have an impact?"
"Of course it does, but it's a positive impact." The old man said with a smile on his face: "Compared with daily trade, the wealth created by the war is the real huge profit. Now the evil orcs are pulling the battle line So long. They are in great need of food, salt, ironware, and all kinds of magic supplies. Only by selling things to the people who need them most can you get the maximum profit." "You mean, doing business with evil orcs?"
Adair The baron's eyes lit up, and then he asked worriedly: "Are there risks?"
"Humph, the greater the risk, the greater the profit." The old man sneered: "Everyone is doing this kind of business, and we are not the only ones who are the enemy. . What can you achieve if you look forward and backward? This is big business. If you focus on these bottles and jars of small potions, how much can you achieve?" "Yes, yes. Father, or are you thinking in the long term
? You have thought it through." Baron Adair
"That's right." The old man smiled slightly and said: "However, although I have reconciled with Lord Sardin on the surface, I still have to keep an eye on him secretly. If you offend me, the House of Witte One day, Baron Adair will have to pay the price with his blood!"
Baron Adair's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he slapped his thigh and said: "Yes, pretend to reconcile first, and then kill him when he is not paying attention. One blow!"
Seeing that his son finally listened, the old man was very satisfied. He stood up and said, "Okay, let's clean up this place. We must maintain the dignity of a nobleman." As he said that, the old man stood up and walked gracefully
. Leave in a hurry.
Baron Adair stood up and sent the old man off respectfully, thinking silently in his heart that he didn't know when he would find the opportunity to kill Lord Saldin.
"My lord, another lord has sent ten maids!"
In the Saldin Manor, Old Barron took a letter and rushed into Lomo's studio.
Romo was developing a new potion. He glanced at Barron and said, "Don't be too excited and accidentally knock over my beaker." "
Yes, yes." Barron immediately stopped and carefully put the letter on the on the table.
"I'm too lazy to read. Please help me see what's inside." Luo Mo said without raising his head.
"Okay, sir!"
Barron tore the letter open, read it over, and said with a happy face: "It's our neighbor to the west, Lord Allen. He first congratulated you on your promotion to a first-level magic knight, and then said that he could approach us The fruit grove in the manor has been returned. In addition, ten maids have been sent to you."
After reading the contents of the letter, he said with an air of dignity: "That forest belonged to our manor decades ago. They occupied it. Now we have to return it obediently." When Luo Mo heard this, he was
slightly Nodding, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
There are mature apple trees planted in that forest, which is a good economic benefit.
"Including today's letter, six lords have already written to express their congratulations to you. They have also sent many servants and gifts. My lord, your reputation now far exceeds that of your ancestors. Your father is under Jiuquan. I rest in peace." Barron choked with sobs, sincerely proud of his master.
"We are still far from the great achievements created by our ancestors. Okay, let's get down to business. How many people are there in Zhuangzi now?" Luo Mo asked.
Barron raised his face, thought for a while, and said: "A lot of people from Shaker Town came here in the past few days, and they are all willing to be your bankers. In addition, some refugees have defected, and there are also gifts from various lords. Now There are already 675 households, with a total of 1,742 people. My lord, you can be considered a mid-level lord."
Hearing this number, Luo Mo sighed slightly and said, "This is a thousand There are more than seven hundred mouths to open."
Nowadays, the trade channels for alchemy products have not yet been opened, and the gold coins accumulated before are basically used to make water altars.
With such a large population increase in a short period of time, the food in the warehouse is no longer enough.
Still, Lomo believes the more people, the better. After all, population represents productivity.
As long as the trade in magic products can be carried out normally, the high profits it brings to support these people will not be a problem.
Thinking of this, Luo Mo said: "Next, you have a very heavy task. You must open up all the land between the headquarters manor and the soul-splitting manor. Connect these two places into a large area, and 40% of the land must be used to grow herbs. "
In addition, some of the young people from the new arrivals will be recruited to join the militia. As the territory becomes larger, the number of guards must increase accordingly. The training of knights cannot stop." "Leave it to me, sir.
" !" Barron patted his chest and said: "The winter wheat planted a year ago has now entered the harvest period. With this batch of grain, it is enough to feed so many people. Don't worry about this." "It's just that the first few
days After God has distributed bonuses and pensions to the knights and militia, there are only more than a hundred gold coins left in the library. I'm afraid it will delay your magic training and alchemy." "Yeah" Luo Mo nodded and said:
" You don’t have to worry about this. The matter of the Witte House has been solved for the time being, and the permit has been obtained. In the afternoon, Elliot will bring his security captain to talk to me about this matter. Before, we only had the rejuvenation potion to bring profit. . Now, the trade of combat medicine will also be put on the agenda. This is a big deal." "
Then I can rest assured." Barron nodded happily.
Immediately, he took out another letter from his arms, his face became a little serious and said, "Speaking of the Witte House, they also sent you a letter." "
Oh?"
Luo Mo was a little surprised. He stopped what he was doing, took the letter, unfolded it and read it.
After reading, Luomo showed a contemptuous smile on his face and said: "The temporary deputy store manager used the same old and broken tactics. Do you really think I am a fool?" "They won't come back to cause
trouble, right?" Barron asked with some worry road.
Luo Mo shook his head, a little noncommittal, and ordered: "Tell Vincent and Qiao Si that the training cannot stop for a moment. Soul Splitting Castle and Headquarters Castle are forbidden areas, and they must be guarded. No other people are allowed to enter. Although They wrote to ask for peace, but we can't take it lightly."
"As you command, my lord!" Barron said immediately.
After Barron left, Lomo also left the studio and came to the living room.
He opened the heavy curtains on the floor-to-ceiling windows and looked out the window.
On the training ground, the knights and militiamen were sweating profusely; in the distant fields, George was organizing farmers to harvest wheat.
Further away, a large number of young people are working tirelessly to open up the land. They turn over the soil, clean up the weeds, fertilize and irrigate.
Looking around, these are our own lands and our own people.
And everything they do now will be turned into gold coins in the future, which will be used to improve their magic skills.
However, it will still take some time for it to be realized.
It takes nearly 2,000 gold coins to advance to the first level of Shadow Mage Knight, but currently he only has more than 100 gold coins left.
Where is the best place to go to make some extra money?
Thinking of the upcoming arrival of Elliot and his security captain Job Alex, he would discuss the trade of magic products with them soon. I wonder if they would bring any surprises to me.
At Lando's Pier between Volo City and Saldin Manor, security captains Job Alex and Eliot Eric each rode a tall horse and looked impatiently at a mountain road on the left.
Behind the two of them stood three richly dressed nobles, two men and one woman, all riding high horses.
Their servants were waiting not far away in carriages. The carriages seemed to be full and their tracks were deeply sunk in the mud.
Viscount Oudolf, who came from the north of the river valley, frowned and said dissatisfied: "Why hasn't Baron Lando come yet?" "
So many people are waiting for him, he really has a face." Pei Bona, a trainee mage who also came from the north, was also cold. He snorted.
She is a rare female mage with a pair of very beautiful blue eyes that are touching when looking at her.
This time she came here on behalf of her father to discuss trade cooperation with Luo Mo.
"Why don't we go first? Lord Saldin will be impatient after a while, which makes us look rude." Ian, a nobleman from Volo City, suggested.
"Mr. Alex, let's go, don't wait for him." The last nobleman spoke.
"Okay, that's all."
Job and Elliot looked at each other and had no choice but to signal the team to set off.
This time they chose four nobles to participate in the trade with Romo, all of whom were good friends with Count Martin.
This was specifically requested by Lomo.
Lomo's idea was simple. He didn't understand these nobles in the Volo Valley, so Martin's vision was of great reference value.
After all, Old Martin himself is an upright man, and the people he has good friends with are probably not much different.
Of course, nothing is absolute. Luomo can only do a preliminary screening through this method.
While the trade team was marching to Saltine Manor, Ian said: "Elliot, I still can't believe it. Is Lord Saltine really an official French knight? I checked his file and found that he I am only 24 years old this year."
"I am also a little confused. As a genius, my father was already 30 years old when he was promoted to a first-level magic knight." Trainee mage Pei Bona also expressed doubts.
She has been trying to break through the apprenticeship over the years, and she knows very well how difficult it is to become an official magician. I can't believe that a 24-year-old can achieve this achievement.
Viscount Oudorf said in a deep voice: "There is nothing to doubt. You can tell from his record against Baron Nora alone. Moreover, I know some of the past events of the Sardin family. They are not ordinary people."
"Perhaps Baron Nora was defeated because of the bonus of the potion." Pei Bona analyzed.
Job interjected at this time and said: "That further illustrates the power of Lord Saltin's potion."
He came here to facilitate the transaction and would advertise the combat potion whenever he had the opportunity.
"That's true." Pei Bona chuckled: "But if there is a chance, I would like to try Lord Saldin's strength." As she
spoke, her beautiful blue eyes looked into the distance, as if imagining this. What a young and promising Lord of Sardin should look like.
The chapter was reviewed and posted late.
So I just posted the two chapters together
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