Chapter 89: Something is wrong with the stepmother, an unexpected order [Please place your first order Ⅴ]
A two-finger-thick black iron chain is firmly tied to the thorn ring of this dark demon dog.
As a monster with enhanced perception.
The devil dog noticed the arrival of the two in advance.
He just remained quiet under Ophelia's comfort.
When she saw her master arriving, she immediately stood up and saluted Chen Xuan.
"Master..."
Chen Xuan nodded and motioned for her to sit down before speaking.
After just over ten water hours, he noticed that Ophelia seemed to have become haggard.
Housework is very grueling.
One can imagine how much pressure she had to endure after killing Harward.
But this is also a problem she cannot avoid.
Especially when preparing to expand the scale of business in the future, we cannot tolerate the existence of troublemakers like Haward.
Plus some of her personal reasons.
Harward must die!
The atmosphere in the private room was a bit dull.
Chen Xuan took out several cans of orange juice drinks from the storage compartment and gave each person a can.
After taking a sip, he slowly spoke.
"Your stepmother is very special."
"Her connivance is indispensable behind Harward's behavior." "
As for your father, I don't know much about it." "
But since he can single-handedly create the Colchicum Merchant Group and become Mage The wealthy people in Tancheng are definitely not stupid people."
Chen Xuan's words were very rude.
He didn't like beating around the bush, especially at this juncture.
This more straightforward conversation slightly eased Ophelia's inner tangle.
What worried her was not Harward's death, but the deeply hidden stepmother-Usula.
From the hysterical words Harward said before his death to Ursula's reaction when old maester Inagio performed the autopsy. Everyone can see that things are not simple.
In addition, the appearance of Moore's green leaves is also very strange.
Ophelia knew the truth.
It was just her nonsense that Moore Greenleaf kidnapped Harward.
In fact, it was Harward who took the initiative to contact Moore Greenleaf and asked them to send excellent scouts to sneak into the caravan station in the West District, attack the temporary alchemy workshop, and steal more than 20 magic tears.
The key points are as follows.
The first is why Harward was able to contact the elusive Moore Greenleaf.
Secondly, how did he make those thugs behave and cooperate with them?
It is difficult to explain the simple employment relationship through money. After all, those guys are not a mercenary team that normally collects money to do things.
Based on the above situation, Ursula Walton, the stepmother who often whispers in her father's ear, emerged.
After being distracted for a moment, she suddenly came back to her senses.
Answered following Chen Xuan's words.
"Master, you are right."
"I also suspect that it was Ursula who did it!"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Ursula Walton, this is her name..."
Ophelia As he spoke, he suddenly raised his eyebrows.
A look of reminiscence appeared on her beautiful and delicate face.
"Wait, your words gave me ideas."
"When talking about my father's journey and the rise of the Colchicum Merchant Group, I have to mention the Walton family in the giant city of Attucks." "
That's Ursula The family is also called the 'Red-haired Walton' family by most people." "
It was with the support of the Walton family that my father opened up a number of specialized trade routes starting from Magtan City. , can the colchicum business group develop rapidly!"
"Before that, that is, before my biological mother passed away, colchicum was just a small caravan." "
I heard from my father that at that time he often went with his mother. Personally serve as a guard to protect the caravan heading to other towns or settlements." "
My mother is a pure-blood elf and an excellent Silver-level mountain ranger!" "
My father was a Silver-level swordsman with superb swordsmanship."
Aoife Leah became more and more enthusiastic as she talked, and she immediately regained a lot of energy.
Memories and self-reports are actually a form of review.
Chen Xuan did not interrupt the half-elf eldest lady's story.
He had plenty of time on this Naraya day, and he also wanted to know the story behind it.
"Your father and your biological mother must have a very good relationship."
He added appropriately.
This sentence once again aroused Ophelia's approval.
"Yes, my father loved her very much."
"But I was still very young at that time and didn't understand the details." "
Even the image of my mother that has long been blurred in my memory came from a piece of crystal." "
In my mind When I was very young, my mother was seriously ill, and even temple baptism and a fourth-level healing spell scroll could not cure her." "
Shortly after my mother died, my father met Yusula."
"Then came the red-haired Wall. The Don family's support of Colchicum."
"After that, damn Howard was born."
Those stories in the future were relatively simple and intuitive.
Since Ophelia was still young at the time, she learned many details from her father Ansetus.
And they are all stories that have been pieced together and restored many times.
There are so many key elements missing.
But no matter what, after she told it completely.
Chen Xuan also thinks that the origin of this Yusula is very strange.
Harward is disgusting enough, but now he has multiple vicious stepmothers.
Every one of these guys is a stumbling block for Chen Xuan.
While trying to start a new business, he also had to find a way to deal with Ursula.
Even if there is no Ophelia, as long as Chen Xuan wants to develop steadily in this state city, sooner or later he will have a conflict of interests with her.
Domination is his highest respect for another world.
He doesn't intend to be just a simple businessman.
In particular, Chen Xuan understood that he could completely eliminate the threat of the monster crypt in the area while strengthening the golden finger by devouring the Rose Key fragments in the crypt.
This is the real basis for him to hope to establish a stable territory.
So he has ambitions for Magtan City.
Chen Xuan crossed his hands and rested his chin, and once again raised a key question.
"What has Yusula been doing all these years?"
"How is her relationship with your father?"
This question made Ophelia look thoughtful.
After pondering for a while, she slowly spoke.
"Usula's daily itinerary is probably to go shopping on the Blue Jay Street in the first circle." "
That is the most luxurious commercial street in the city." "
Sometimes he also goes to the library on the same circle to spend a few hours. Water clock time."
"Besides, she rides on boats with other ladies in the city..." "
Her schedule is relatively fixed."
"As for the relationship between Yusula and my father, I don't know much about it." "I
always feel that they love each other . What secrets are hidden there?"
Ophelia's answer made Chen Xuan thoughtful.
His intuition told him that there must be something fishy in this.
He took a long sip of the drink and tapped the table with his palm to bring back Ophelia's thoughts.
"Go back and investigate about Yusula."
"Don't hire scouts, just find a solution from within Akso Manor." "
She has lived in the manor for so many years. The living room, study room, bathroom and even the kitchen are all... It will leave traces."
"In addition, if the Western District Caravan of Colchicum can no longer be controlled, then we will form our own caravan." "
By the way, how many crowns did these two Narayas earn? "
Chen Xuan talked about business, and at the same time gave Ophelia new inspiration.
When they talked about making money, she patted her forehead and took out a money box about half the size of a shoe box from the cloth bag behind her.
Opening the cash box, there were forty or fifty dark gold coins, dozens of mithril coins, and a small amount of black iron coins.
She had already gone to the currency exchange bank in advance to exchange for large-denomination currency that was more convenient to carry.
"Master, this is the net profit from the past two Naroa days." "
Except for the twenty-three magic tears stolen by Mor Luye."
"The remaining eighty-five magic tears were all sold, plus the small bubbles. Income from sweet water and bicycles."
"After deducting taxes and caravan shares, the net income is 49,405 crowns." "
There is also a bounty of 10,710 crowns for the More Green Leaf advanced by the city hall." "
The total is: 60,115 crowns."
Counting With the remaining money and the more than 30,000 crowns collected from Moore Luye, Chen Xuan had nearly 120,000 crowns in capital.
This money is enough for him to do many things.
Including collecting magic skills and magic crystals that record various elemental magics, you need to spend money.
The current amount of money is only the income from two rounds of limited trade.
If he built his own caravan and shipped goods freely, he would definitely make a lot of money.
At the worst possible outcome, I'd give Demon Tears a 10% discount, which would definitely give those cross-city merchants a head start.
Ophelia respectfully placed the cash box in front of Chen Xuan.
She was wearing a slim-fitting ranger uniform and was in a private room. She did not put on a robe.
While Chen Xuan looked at Ophelia with admiration, he took out twenty dark gold coins from the cash box.
"You keep this money to prepare the caravan."
"You can offer double the salary to recruit all the outstanding talents you know!" "
The sooner the better, I still have a lot Magic Tears can take action!"
But seeing Ophelia only taking away five of the dark gold coins, she said calmly.
"Master, I also made a lot of money from these two agencies." "
Another five dark gold coins will be enough to complete the formation of the caravan."
"Personnel is only part of the preparation work..."
"Driving cars, drafting horses, The station must make extra preparations."
"By the way, Master, I have a few things to report to you."
Ophelia returned to her original focus and asked for instructions with a focused expression.
Chen Xuan played with the remaining dark gold coins and nodded casually for her to continue.
At this time, a dark gold coin suddenly slipped from his hand.
"Ding!"
It landed on the ground with a crisp sound.
Ophelia, who was standing next to him, immediately bent down without thinking, trying to pick up the coin.
The angle happened to be facing Chen Xuan.
The half-elf's skin has a translucent texture.
To sum up, it is "thin" and "transparent".
Without the constraints of the conservative hunting attire of an animal trainer.
Chen Xuan saw the real turbulence
clearly visible at close range.
Rebecca, the little cat girl sitting on the other side of him, purred inaudibly.
Like a kitten purring when it wakes up.
This was a small way to express her jealousy.
But this little episode ended quickly.
Ophelia, who has a bold and lively character at heart, did not care about this situation.
Maybe it was because she was not on guard against Chen Xuan and Little Cat Girl.
Or maybe it’s the influence of personality.
Who knows?
Ophelia picked up the dark gold coin and gently threw it back into the money box.
He also picked up a handful of loose blond hair.
After organizing his words a little, he continued.
"The first thing is about the ritual exploration commission for the monster crypt." "
The price of 1,000 crowns is only enough to issue two commissions for bronze-level adventurers." "
So I added an additional 1,000 crowns, and issued a total of four Investigation commissions for different caves around Magatan City." "
According to what I inquired about at the Adventurer's Guild a water clock ago, three commissions have already gathered the number of people and officially set off. It is expected that the next one will be obtained as soon as possible. The result will not be available until Naraya Day." "
The second thing was that in the early morning, a dwarf blacksmith from the city's blacksmith association sought an audience with the person in charge at the West End Caravan Station. I happened to be present at the time."
" His name is Jason Ironfurnace, and he wears the emblem of a third-level blacksmith." "He
bought three bicycles in the backlog without saying a word."
"And said there will be a big order in the future."
"Magtan City Blacksmith The association intends to purchase at least 300 bicycles from us!"
"I made an appointment with him for the three Naroa to meet at the association in the future."
"He will give me an accurate answer then."
"The last thing is the diesel that drives Xiao Tian Shui's production... The diesel generator has stopped running due to lack of oil with a weird smell. There is still a lot of Tian Shui syrup and gas tanks left."
Chen Xuan was quite satisfied with the half-elf lady's ability to do things.
She is even willing to pay for things and is very conscious of being a slave.
Rather than saying this is a kind of servility, it is better to say that she is capable in her bones, which makes her always strive for perfection when doing things.
Nature cannot be taken away, nature cannot be deceived.
The entrusted matter is actually a supplementary measure to the demonic disaster information.
After Chen Xuan solves the problem of building his own caravan in the city and improves his strength through practice, he will personally go to the Eya Forest to find out whether the crypt mentioned by the succubus is really a place to hide his strength and secretly offer sacrifices. sacrifice.
On the contrary, he was a little surprised by the last purchase intention conveyed by the Blacksmiths Association for bicycles.
Unexpectedly, the most knowledgeable person is actually a colleague from another world?
If the other party is really interested in purchasing in bulk, he will be very willing to ship.
Regardless of whether the Blacksmiths Association has other channels, Chen Xuan can still make a profit by wholesale according to the fixed price.
With hundreds of 28-bar bicycles, he could contact the factory directly.
Negotiate remotely over the phone and online, and then pay the factory to use logistics to transport the bike to Tianhai City.
Just find a remote warehouse to receive the goods.
As for Xiao Tian Shui, he plans to sell it as finished barreled cola.
This will save some time and effort.
Practice not only produces truth, but also exposes existing problems.
As for the Coke dispensing machine and diesel generator, you can take them directly back to the courtyard.
At that time, photovoltaic panels and energy storage power sources will be used to form a power generation system.
Use a generator to form another backup power system.
"Thank you for your hard work, Ophelia."
"You are a manager with great potential!"
Chen Xuan said sincerely. The performance of the half-elf lady was indeed worthy of his encouragement.
Ophelia blinked.
His eyebrows were raised like crescent moons, and his smile was very sweet.
Nothing is more soothing than a heartfelt compliment.
After the serious talk was over, Chen Xuan took the two girls' arms and asked them to sit next to him.
Immediately afterwards, he took out four brand-new Beretta M9 pistols from the storage compartment and placed them on the table!
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