When the events in Thanhausen came to an end, the caravan had recovered after a few days of rest, and they celebrated with joy after receiving the reward paid by Barnett I, and then set out on the eastward journey.

From the city of Thanhausen, the caravan will pass east through the lands of the Kingdom of Philingen and enter the southern part of the Kingdom of Biberach, the neighbor of the Charles family, and then go south into the territory of Charles's grandfather, Duke Redkin, and then continue east to the sea, take a boat to the Knowledge City, and from there take a boat along the coastline to reach the territory of the elves before the New Year.

Along the way, there were two more passengers in the caravan who accompanied the caravan eastward, twelve-year-old Alfred Hufen, the son of a grain merchant, and his mother, Madame Hufen, who were sitting in the caravan bus, and their destination was the intellectual city at the mouth of the river.

Alfred will be studying at the Zhongguan Village College of Applied Arts and Sciences there from next year, and he will go there early to familiarize himself with the environment.

His ancestors were knights on the northern border of the Bischberg Kingdom, but since his grandfather's generation, he has no talent to be a knight, and his martial arts and magic skills are barely strong, and he can only rely on his ancestors to maintain the title of knight. By the time Alfred arrived, he was the last generation to pass on the knighthood, and if he didn't make any progress, then his children would have to be commoners.

Like many people like him, Alfred's father chose to go into business. Fortunately, he has a talent for business and has earned a lot of money for himself and his lord. His lord hinted to him that if he could still make money for himself, then it was not impossible to consider continuing to canonize knights.

In order to find a reliable assistant and to inherit the title, the elder Hufin decided to send Alfred to the Knowledge City to learn about business.

In order to establish a good relationship with this legendary caravan and increase the knowledge of Alfred, the elder Hufin did not let his wife and children go south and take a ship to the City of Knowledge like everyone else, but let them follow the caravan all the way.

Since the elder Hufin was acquainted with the second leader of the caravan, Aarfred's movement in the caravan was quite free, and he could sometimes ride his own horse around the caravan.

And his favorite thing to do is to talk to Charles, who is the same age as himself.

It was close to noon, and after Charles and Halcara had finished learning the Elvish for the day, Alfred found him again.

Alfred rode his horse to the cooking cart and said to Charles on the roof of the car, "Charles, are you and I okay?"

Charles smiled, "Say it." ”

Alfred cleared his throat and said, "A long time ago, a rich man said to a down-and-out merchant that I have a basket of fish and a fishing rod for you, which one do you choose?"

"Charles, if it were you, what would you choose?"

Charles smiled and did not answer directly, but asked Elizabeth, who was also sitting on the roof of the car: "Sister, which one will you choose?"

Elizabeth smiled and stroked Charles's head and said, "I'm the rich man." ”

She was right, the origin of the story was that she asked Aubrey this question when she met Aubrey with a failed business. Later, Aubrey's answer satisfied her, and she supported Aubrey, and then the caravan was born.

Charles asked, "What did Aubrey answer back then?"

Elizabeth recalled, "He said that if he only chose a fishing rod, he might starve to death before he caught the fish, and if he only chose the fish, he would only delay the starvation time, so he chose both." ”

Then Charles turned to Donio, who was sitting in the driver's seat of the carriage, and asked, "Donio, what will you say?"

Donio immediately replied: "Are you stupid, I'm a chef, of course I want to make fish into grilled fish and sell it." ”

Charles asked Halkala again, who took out a medicine bottle from his waist bag and shook it, "I just have to pour it into the water and the fish will eat." ”

Alfred shuddered.

Charles was speechless at Halcara, and then he asked Alfled, "Is there a river where the story you are talking about, is there a lot of fish in the river, is there a city or town nearby?"

Alfred was stunned for Charles's question, and subconsciously replied: "There is a river, there are many fish in the river, and it is next to the city." ”

So Charles said, "I chose to have fish." ”

"I sold the fish to buy a fishing rod and hired some children to dig the bait, and then I took the rod and the bait to the river, and the person who rented my rod paid the first fish he caught, and he could exchange the first fish for a corresponding amount of bait. ”

"That way, I can get in front of all the anglers every day and take the fish to the city and sell it for a good price. ”

After hearing this, Alfred rode on his horse and pondered, he had just wanted to show Charles what he knew about the story and the little truth in the story, but the answer he received was all beyond his expectations.

The elf princess, who is petting Charles's head, can ask someone else to help her catch the fish, the chef Tonyo can turn the fish into a grilled fish that can be sold for a higher price, and the apothecary elf can use his knowledge to obtain the fish in the river more easily through other methods, and Charles's approach is ...... Alfred always felt that there was something in it, but he hadn't figured it out yet.

At this time, Alfred decided in his heart that he must study hard after he arrived at the Zhongguancun College of Applied Arts and Sciences, and strive to understand the mysteries.

Charles looked at the thoughtful Alfred and smiled, then said to him, "Alfred, how about I tell you a story too?"

"Yes!" Alfred nodded in agreement.

Charles said, "A little kid asked a big businessman, 'How did you get the hundredth Orray in your life?'

"When I was ten years old, I picked up a dinar next to an apple orchard. ”

The kid asked, "So you're going to go to the apple orchard and buy apples and sell them?"

"Guess what the big merchant answered?"

Alfred thought for a moment, then replied, "Shall the merchant tell me how he made a little bit of money selling apples?"

Charles shook his head, "The big merchant said that he took nineteen dinars of his pocket money and exchanged it for one oret with his father in addition to the one he had picked up, and then all his pocket money was exactly enough for one hundred ores. ”

"Ahh

After a while, Alfred, who felt that his brain had died, went to the bus to ask his mother for clarification.

Elizabeth tapped Charles' head, "It's full of fallacies." ”

Charles held his head and shouted wrongly: "You can't blame me, this is my father's thing, who asked my great-grandfather to give him so much pocket money before." ”

Then Charles smiled helplessly, this is also the characteristic of his family, his father's grandfather spent money to train his father to become a businessman, and his own grandfather trained him in the direction of scholars, and the tradition of their family generation of businessmen and scholars is maintained.

In the bus, Alfred told her mother about what had just happened.

Madame Hufen said to her son, "Alfred, do you know which of the richest nobles north of the river is?"

Alfred shook his head.

Mrs. Hufen said: "There is a saying among the merchants that the two richest human nobles on the continent are the 'North and South Double Sugars,' and the North is talking about the Maccaden family, which mainly sells maple sugar. ”

"Oh!" said Alfred's mouth wide.

Mrs. Hufen continued: "Seven years ago, there was a 'Fool's Gold Storm' in the Kingdom of Bischberg, and the price of Fool's Gold was constantly rising wildly. The previous Earl of Maccaden, who was passing through the royal capital, said that this would lead to a catastrophe, and he left the capital in a hurry the next day. There were countless businessmen involved in the hype at the time, and only a few, including your father, chose to quit in time after hearing the judgment of the Earl of Maccaden. Later, as the Count said, disaster came, and countless merchants lost all their money, and only those who withdrew in time, including your father, made a fortune. ”

Mrs. Hufen touched her son's head, "The Earl of Maccaden is one of the few merchants full of wisdom, and if you can learn something from Charles, even if you can't understand it now, then remember it first and then understand it slowly, it will benefit you immensely." ”

Alfred nodded to the side.

Charles then regretted that he had nothing to pretend, and as a result, a hench who always told him to tell stories was glued to him.

Moreover, Alfred's father and Aubrey have an old relationship, and he is a guest of the caravan, so it is difficult for Charles to drive him away.

What if he gave a bad review of the caravan's service because of this, it would be strange that Aubrey didn't stew Charles.