Chapter 79: Joints
"Miss......" Eric picked up a newspaper from the newsstand, pretending to be a pedestrian buying a newspaper. He lowered his felt hat and secretly surveyed his surroundings. After confirming that the old woman selling the newspaper was dozing, she quietly greeted Anne with whispering magic: "Robin wants to see you...... He said that the heroes of the ancients were willing to help find the evil cultists and demons who attacked the Blue Cathedral. ”
Anne didn't expect that she was thinking about how to get these ancient heroes to help her deal with this trouble, and they actually offered to help. But...... They're obviously overdoing it.
But whatever their purpose, they can only be found at the moment.
"Where's Robin?"
Eric turned his way to Anne and said, "He's in the bookstore across the road...... and after that, Eric threw a copper cord into the moneybox of the newsstand and walked away with the newspaper.
Anne glanced across the road and saw where the bookstore was. A shop facing the street, through the glass window on the hinged door, you can see that there are many books inside.
Picking up all the newspapers she had read from the newsstand, Anne took out a silver dollar and threw it into the cash box. The sound of the silver dollar was different from that of the copper rope, and the old woman, who had just been napping, immediately opened her eyes. She saw a silver coin lying on a pile of copper plates in the money box, and then she saw a slender lady in a formal suit walking across the road with a newspaper.
Knowing that she had met a rich man, the old woman shouted to Anne's back, "Thank you...... Honorable Miss, may the God of Light bless you...... May your family be happy. ”
Anne, who was walking towards the bookstore, couldn't help but smile self-deprecatingly when she heard the old woman's blessing.
As a child of the Whitehead family, he is destined to be unhappy and happy.
Pedestrians on the streets come and go. By this time, word of the attack on the Blue Cathedral had gradually spread, and everyone knew that there was a soul-eating demon lurking in the city. The rhythm of the city, which was already high-tempo, has accelerated again...... No one dares to stay outside for a long time, and if there is no need to go out, everyone is used to staying in their familiar environment when they are afraid.
Even they know that nowhere is safe.
Anne pushed the door open and walked into the bookstore, throwing the newspaper in her hand into the wastepaper basket next to the door.
There is no clerk to greet ...... Only the owner of the bookstore, a middle-aged man with shaved eyes, sat behind the counter. The counter was piled up with some old books, and he was looking at one of them, and when he saw Anne come in, he just smiled politely and continued to look at the old book in his hand.
"The books here are all self-selected ......," said Robin, who saluted Miss Anne like a gentleman who had come to strike up a conversation, "and of course you can ask Mr. Jill if you don't know where the book you want is." But now Mr. Jill is a bit busy, and he has just collected some old books that need to be sorted and priced.
My name is Robin. Beautiful young lady, what type of book are you looking for, I am more than happy to serve you. ”
"Thank you, Mr. Robin......," said Anne, smiling and nodding to Robin, as if she had seen him for the first time, "there are so many books here, and I'm trying to figure out how to find the one I want."
Do you know where the "Selected Poems of Awangso" is? ”
"It's definitely on the poetry shelf, and I just seem to have seen it. Miss, please come with me......" Robin winked at Anne and walked towards the inside of the bookstore, where the shelves were filled with old and new books. There are historical biographies, anthologies of poetry, and a lot of miscellaneous books.
After the bookshelves blocked the view of the bookstore owner, Mr. Jill, Robin whispered to Anne, "Miss...... Eric should tell you that I'm new ...... Young Master Liang offered to help us find the evil cultists who attacked the Blue Cathedral, as well as the demon.
They have the ability to take out the guys who are causing panic in Saloyan. ”
Miss Anne asked, "These ancient heroes won't help us in vain, will they...... What conditions did they propose. ”
Robin said the quote that Da Liang had given him: "One hundred thousand gold pounds for an evil cultist, two hundred thousand gold pounds for a demon, a total of four hundred thousand gold pounds...... Miss, I know that this price is really high, and I have tried my best to make Young Master Liang cheaper.
But he insisted on the price.
If you think it's too high, I can talk to him again......"
"No need, if he wants 400,000 gold pounds, he will give him 400,000 gold pounds......" Anne did not hesitate in the price, and the current situation of Saroyang did not know what would change every day it dragged on. Compared to the pressure that the empire was facing, 400,000 gold pounds was nothing. After Anne decided to give the money, she asked, "When will they be able to deal with the evil cultists and demons?" ”
Robin had already found the "Anthology of Awangsuo's Poems" from the bookshelf, and after handing it to Anne, he said, "What does Master Liang mean...... Get paid first and then work. His men were all ancient heroes, and in the ancient age of magic, they often dealt with otherworldly beings such as demons, and they knew how to find demons and how to kill them.
It shouldn't take too long. ”
Anne looked at the anthology of poems in her hand and replied, "You go and tell Young Master Liang that you will kill the evil cultists and demons within five days, and I will add another 100,000 gold pounds to him." ”
With that, Anne walked out with the book. Robin quickly picked up the two novels he had selected earlier from the bookshelf and quietly handed them to Annie, "Miss...... These two books, you can help me finish them together. The price of goods in Salo Yang is not a little higher than that of the empire, and my little salary is not enough to spend. ”
Anne looked at the names of the two books and chuckled, "Okay, I bought it...... Remember to give it back to me after reading it. 400,000 gold pounds, I will arrange for the Imperial Bank to prepare this money, and you can take Young Master Liang and transfer the money directly.
As a reward of 100,000 gold pounds, I will give him in five days after I have seen the corpses of evil cultists and demons.
As for your salary...... Double, with an additional gold pound field allowance per week. The money is paid for by the Whitehead family's estate in Salo Young, you know where to get it. ”
The business of 400,000 gold pounds was successfully completed, his personal salary was doubled and there was an additional field allowance, and he had an income of more than four gold pounds a week.
However, if you want to make Young Master Liang again, you will get 400,000 gold pounds in the account, and there is a bounty of 100,000 gold pounds waiting to be taken.
The realm of making money is not a little bit worse, and Robin is even more determined to be a little brother.