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Opal walked briskly out of the jewelry store.

"I used to think you were joking with me - the gods have seen such mysterious spells in the world!"

Mo Shi laughed a few times.

The sound seemed to come from the inside of the ear, and the opal could clearly hear how the air was flowing through his throat and the tip of his tongue.

"Where are you now?"

"In ......," he walked into an alley, "in Chipping City." ”

"Is it convenient to chat?" Mo Shi quickly asked. Still, the tone is as informal as ever.

"Yes. But it would be more appropriate in the evening. ”

"It's rare that the experiment is successful, so I have to say a few words. Mo Shi's tone was brisk, "How's it going?"

"I sent you a letter when I arrived in Chipping City, but unfortunately you were faster than the letter. Opal replied succinctly and frankly, "The situation is not good, and there is no progress for the time being." ”

Mo Shi pondered for a moment.

But he didn't go on with it, and it was evident that he thought it better to talk about it in the dead of night.

"It's not going to be good on my side either. By the way, I'm back to my old job of teaching now. ”

"...... in the royal palace"

"Yes, I'm now in charge of teaching poetry and law to the two princes! It was a disaster, I was exhausted every day, but I kept my professional standards and didn't annoy the prince for the time being—for that I had to practice smiling every day. ”

"I can imagine how you keep your temper in check. ”

They began a real pleasant chatter that only stopped for a moment when the opal was too hungry to stand it.

At night, Opal returned to Mor Amethyst's quarters, and he sat at his desk watching the flames of the oil lamp, waiting for Mostone to cast his wonderful spells.

Soon Mo Shi appeared in his ears.

This time, Mo Shi went straight in: "What did you and Longtail find out in Chipping City? By the way, did you have dinner?"

"Eat. ”

"I had a sweet pie for dinner! Duna made it herself, it tastes very good, I will treat you to it when you come back." ”

"Good, good ......" Moshi's concern and study of food is also one of his gradually revealing qualities, Opal smiled and sighed, "I was staying at Mr. Morr's house, and Longtail went to the mines. ”

"Mor Amethyst?"

"Yes. ”

“...... Not bad. Did you meet him?"

"I didn't tell the teacher anything. It's just that he happened to be in Chipping City. Opal explains, "During the rainy season, the weather is suitable, and most of the Heyal in the Falling Star Mountains will go to the city. ”

"All the nobles are cutting the city in the summer?" asked Mo Shi repeatedly.

"Yes, until the end of August. And at the end of the year, during the small 'Nuo Spring Festival', the leaders of the territory will enter the city. It's a custom here on the side of Falling Star Mountain. ”

"Then if we are quick enough......" Mo Shi seemed to think something, "by the way, you just said that Long Tail went to the mines?"

"Yes, we split up. Ideally, he would find the gold mines, and I would be able to find the mint. ”

"Okay. I'll try to get in touch with him later. ”

"Huh, so you cut his hair too?"

Moser had cut Opal's hair several times on the grounds of experimentation. At the time, Moshi hadn't yet begun to study sound transmission magic, but Opal knew that many spells relied on body peels to connect the caster to the caster—often for cursed spells. Opal trusts him, so he takes and experiments as he pleases.

"On this," replied Moshi, after a pause, "you are both in moulting at this time of spring. ”

Moshi cleverly avoided the part that embarrassed him—he had found the hairs on the leather gloves that had stuck to them due to static electricity, and the young man's fur was a shiny, healthy brown, and he had collected them.

"So you didn't have his consent, and if your voice suddenly sounded, he would have been frightened. ”

"Haha, that's a lot of fun, and I'm looking forward to it. ”

It's a pity that the light topic ended quickly.

Moshi's voice began to grow slightly hoarse, and Opal knew it was exhaustion from the use of magic. So they had to get to the point quickly.

Moser asked Opal for his opinion on the current situation.

Opal was quick to tell him what he had found and what he thought: he had recently taken on the task of helping the Amethyst family of Mor with a purchase, and pretending to be a master to buy gemstone ornaments, and he had collected a number of gold and silver coins in the market to take a closer look, some of which did seem strange, but he had not yet been able to fully figure it out.

Minting coins, especially gold coins that are identical to those issued by the Central Dynasties, is no easy task. Of course, it won't be as difficult as forging modern pen and paper.

The gold coins of the Kingdom of the North, with the head of the ancient golden lion king on the obverse, or a profile portrait of a person specially minted by other kings (these coins may only be minted during the first three years of the king's reign, so there are not many of them), and on the reverse is the image of a ring (empty wheel) entwined with vines.

The number of details is not small, and the test of the craftsman is also increased, and even in the current process environment, it is difficult to drill such a detailed mold without mastering the use of magical skills such as hardening and softening.

The Cutting Color City is famous for its jewelry craftsmanship, and there are many skilled craftsmen, and it has innate technological conditions.

"So you think the mint is most likely inside Chipcut. ”

"I'm holding this view for the time being. ”

"The King's greatest resentment lies in the collusion behind Goldmane and the Scales family. I think you need to pay special attention to those who come from the Scales Lands. Can you make out their accent?"

"Yes, I can roughly distinguish the utter sounds. I'll pay more attention to that later. ”

"I'm sure Goldmane and Scales must have befriended because the gold mine was between their fiefdoms - I'll try to contact Longtail tomorrow to tell him about that and let him check it out in the Border Mountains. ”

Despite knowing that the other party couldn't see it, Opal subconsciously nodded in agreement.

"Also, if gold coins want to flow into the market, they will have to be an opportunity. ”

Mo Shi spoke quickly, and he thought about the question.

Because the Snowwalker social structure is simple and low-level, it is easy to infer that "I have two ideas for the time being. First, they may spend high prices to buy food, charcoal, or ore from the citizens, and then sell them at low prices to achieve the purpose of money flowing into the market and the market is not short of goods, and second, they may directly and covertly support local merchants and provide large sums of money in the form of 'loans'. ”

"In other words, I need to investigate merchants or servants who have made sudden and large purchases. ”

"Also, send me some of the gold coins you've obtained—a closer look may reveal signs of a forgery. Now that I know your address, I'll send you some more money as well. ”

Opal understands the importance of money, so he doesn't pretend to be polite.

"If the Goldmane family had planted ear threads in the city to keep an eye on all outsiders, they might have discovered that I had come at your behest. ”

Mo Shi pondered for a moment.

"Just try to be careful. We don't have much time, and the king wants the crusade to be justified, but he won't be patient for long. Too much time will only drain his interest in me. ”

"Yes, I understand. May God bless you, Moshi. ”

"May God bless us. ”

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