Chapter Forty-Eight: Gode

"Your Excellency, can I take a moment of your time?" Just as Morey was about to return to the merchant's house, he was stopped by a goblin as he reached the door.

Unlike the green-skinned goblins that live in the wilderness, this slightly brown-skinned goblin has the distinct physical characteristics of a hot sand goblin.

Even though it was late at night after the auction ended, the magic lamp hanging high on the lintel of the Merchant's House still illuminated the hot sand goblin's features clearly.

The average goblin is about 3 feet or 3 and a half feet tall, but he is 4 feet tall, which is not uncommon among goblins. There are three gold earrings on the pointed ears, which are the hallmarks of hot sand goblins.

The Hot Sand Goblins are the royal remnants of the Goblin Empire, different from ordinary goblins. They have retained a relatively intact heritage of goblin technology, and have established a goblin civilization in the overseas archipelago, the most famous of which is the hot sand port, hence their name.

The hot sand goblins retain the technology line of driving vehicles, and the magic vehicles they produce that can be operated and ridden have a unique style, and are very sought after by some noble children who are not strong, so in the royal capital and key commercial cities on the mainland, you can see hot sand goblins who work part-time vehicle tuners everywhere.

But I haven't bought a vehicle, or is the hot sand goblin no longer satisfied with the role of just a high-level processing factory, and plans to sell vehicles directly?

If that's the case, that's big news. You must know that these magic vehicles are monopolized by those big merchant groups, and even the hot sand goblins who are producers are just making a manual fee.

"May I ask who you are?"

"Gourd. Darkmoon, a former merchant ship owner. The hot sand goblin named Gode clearly mockingly explained his past.

"I don't know if it's because ......" really piqued Morey's curiosity.

"It's just because of the youth and vigor, and the lack of reverence for nature!"

Sao Nian, tell your story!

It's rare to be in a good mood today, and I met someone with a story, and Morey was completely aroused.

In the dining room of the Merchant's House, Gou De drank the ale wine brought by Yao Mi himself, and slowly talked about his past.

Gourd was born in the Darkmoon Clan, a prominent clan in the Hot Sands Goblins. From birth, Goad was instilled with the concept of the supremacy of science and technology, and he did follow his parents' design step by step to become a qualified hot sand goblin.

The third prize of the Goblin Flying Car Competition at the Salt Shahu Station, the winner of the Young Goblin Technician, and so on.

This goes on until he saves a goblin from Treasure Bay Goblin Investment while on vacation at Golden Beach. The white-haired wandering goblin showed Gou De another way of living, the ups and downs of the business world when he was young, and the world when he was old, which was the life he had lived in vain.

The goblins of Treasure Cove are descendants of another group of goblins who inherited the civilization of the Goblin Empire, but they are often rebuked as outliers by the Hot Sand Goblins. Because they believe that time is money, and they have long regarded money as faith.

Gode was opened to another world, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and it was in the rebellious period, so he jumped on a merchant ship bound for Arthur's continent and came to the human world to work hard.

Gourd did have a talent for business, he joined a chamber of commerce, starting as a lowly guy, and quickly rose to the top to become the head of the chamber's branch.

But he didn't have the idea of dying in this large chamber of commerce, and then he resolutely left the chamber of commerce despite everyone's dissuasion. Through the wealth and connections accumulated over the years, Gou De has built his own ocean-going fleet of his own. As a result, these fleets worth nearly 100,000 gold coins were hit by a storm on their first ocean voyage, and all the merchant ships were destroyed by the waves and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Gou De floated at sea for half a month with a broken plank, relying on raw fish to survive, and only then did he successfully wait for a fishing boat to go out to sea.

Then Gourd followed the fishing boat to the Emerald City, and this time he never left the city again. Several years have passed, and with his eyesight, Gou De usually takes over the broker work of the lead trader, and he can also mix food and clothing in the Emerald City.

This time, I heard that a big customer came, and it happened that he became one of Yao Mi's few friends because of his height.

"Mr. Gourd, I don't know how you charge?" Since there was a broker who came to the door, Morey naturally asked about the charge. If you go to Prager by yourself, you will naturally get the best price, but this favor is owed, although it is more expensive to have Goude to lead the way, but the matter of a hammer deal does not involve human favors. Now that Morey is not short of money, he naturally does not owe favors, and it is difficult to repay the debts of favors.

"10 gold coins per day, if the transaction price is not the lowest price, I will refund the difference and commission!" Gourd looked confident.

The commission of 10 gold coins per day sounds high, but in Emerald City it is all about commodity trading, and if the price drops a little, it will save more than 10 gold coins for Morey.

"Happy working together!"

"Thank you for your trust and happy cooperation!"

At the same time, a black bat flew out of the City Lord's Mansion. It flickered left and right as if it were catching flying insects, and kept moving up and down the house until it flew straight into a dark alley.

"Went to the Emerald City? Wait a minute. A figure in a black cloak muttered to himself and gradually disappeared into the alley.

Early in the morning, Morey went downstairs and saw Goude for a long time.

"Morning, Mr. Gourd!"

"Good morning, Baron Morey!"

After a pleasantry, Morey invited Gord to breakfast, but Gord waved his hand and said that he had already eaten, and Morey smiled and did not force it.

Soon Morey had breakfast, took Hyde and Balta, and went with him to the port trade area of the East End to cut and buy supplies.

In addition to changing some working capital, Morey also wanted to buy some standing supplies when he came to Emerald City this time. Consumables such as food, crossbows, bows and arrows, fire oil, and cotton cloth are used in warfare. The Far East is unstable, and it is not wrong to hoard a little more.

Gou De patted his chest and promised Morey that he would help him find a good and inexpensive one.

In fact, it is true, every time I enter the store, when I see Gode, I can see the expressions of the group of guys who receive it. Counting the price, those store managers also calculated repeatedly, for fear of missing any preferential conditions, and it took a long time to give a very preferential price.

If it is really the shadow of a famous tree, this Goude is not boasting.

Seeing that Gord was so familiar with the goods of the Emerald City, in the spirit of the idea that the capable will work harder, Morey put forward new requirements for him.

"Oh? Lord Morey wants to buy a golem? ”

Morey's most important purchase is the Golem Golem, although Prager has promised him to transfer goods from headquarters, but he knows that eggs can't be put in the same basket, and it is good to have one more way.

"Yes, I wonder if there is any place to buy it in this Emerald City?"

"If you want to buy a golem puppet in this Emerald City, you naturally have to find a gold coin auction house, and only this kind of super chamber of commerce has the most sound channels, and the variety and quality can be guaranteed. Hehe, of course, if His Excellency the Baron only buys in small quantities, it is not impossible to find other merchants. Seeing Morey's brows furrowed slightly, Gode's words turned around.

"Old drunkard, are you dead, open the door!"

Arriving at a residential area, Gourd slammed a broken door, causing Morey to worry if it would knock it down.

Ever since Gauder said that there was another way to buy the Golem Golem, Morey followed Gourd to this remote residential area in the Emerald City.

"You shameless goblin, I swear, if you slam my door like this, Daddy Mack will blow your head to pieces with one shot!" The door creaked open, but the barrel of a flare-mouthed dwarven musket was the first to stick out.

"Alright, old drunkard, I've brought you a distinguished guest!" Goud, however, did not seem to see the musket pointed at his head, and casually pulled the barrel of the gun away, introducing Morey to the scruffy, drunk, one-eyed dwarf.

Old Michael looked at Morey and Hyde warily before putting away his musket.

"Come in!"

Walk into this dilapidated dwelling and bypass a black-painted wooden wall, but inside there is a cave.

The latest model of the Empire's military communication crystal, the wilting potion banned by the Green Thorn, and even Morey saw an elf imprisoned in a crystal ball.

With just one sweep, he found a lot of prohibited items, worthy of a black market merchant.

"What do you need, this guest?" Unlike those enthusiastic market merchants, this old Mike has such a cold feeling even when introducing the goods on display.

This shows great confidence in your own goods, even if it is such a cold face, you don't have to worry about not buying it.

Morey really didn't feel left out in the cold, because his attention was all on the goods. Morey even felt the urge to bring all the goods home because the prices were so impressive.

The two most sold items in the market, military crossbow arrows and leather armor alone, are a full third lower than those outside.

And in this store, if these goods are needed in large quantities, they can even be delivered directly to the door.

Not to mention the venom that can bring down dragons, all kinds of spell scrolls that shine with magical brilliance.

Easily holding back the urge to chop his hands, Morey asked for information about the golem. I don't have much liquidity, of course, I want to buy the goods I need most.

"Golem puppet." Hearing Morey's request, Old Mac showed a thoughtful expression for the first time.

"Old drunkard, you can't be without here!" Gourd scoffed.

"Humph!" Old Michael glanced at Gode, turned around and walked to the black cabinet behind him, and took out a projection stone.

"The golem puppet that the guest wants, we really don't have it in stock in our store right now. However, if we're willing to wait three days, we can borrow a Golem from the side. ”

After saying that, Old Mike had a little projection stone, and several golem puppets of different styles slowly appeared in the air.

Morey took a closer look, from the wooden golem made by the apprentice to the commonly used stone golem and iron golem, and the price was still very favorable.

For example, the value of the Iron Golem is only 100,000 gold coins, which is close to the price of Morey's order for a stone golem in the gold coin auction house, which makes Morey very excited.

"Just this Iron Golem puppet!"

Seeing that Morey directly chose the most expensive Iron Golem, Old Mac nodded and didn't say much, but a smile finally appeared on his cold face.

"Guest, the rules in our store are different from those in those stores outside, you have to pay a 50% deposit first."

Morey looked at Gode and found that the goblin, who had always wanted to bargain, also nodded at him, it seemed that this was indeed the rule.

After handing over the deposit, Old Mac gave Morey a polished platinum coin, and the deal was completed.

Three days later, as long as Morey sent someone to take this platinum coin to any tavern in the Emerald City to spend it, someone would naturally tell them the address of the golem.

Gou De didn't know the background behind the black market merchants, but he knew that there were often goods sold here with the army's mark erased, and the people of the Emerald City never dared to make trouble here. So when he learned that Morey needed a golem, the first place that came to his mind was this place.

On the third day of the auction, Morey didn't go because he had to go with Gou De to see the goods he was buying, and he missed a big scene.

It is said that a Vientiane card appeared at the auction that day. It is said that in the end, it was unexpectedly auctioned at a high price of 290,000 gold coins, which was taken by a wealthy merchant of the Dragon Wing Islands.

The Dragonwing Islands are said to have an ambiguous relationship with dragons, and although they are not well-known in the business world, they always come up with large sums of gold, so some speculate that they may be the spokesmen of some dragon in the human world.

After the Longyi maritime merchant got the Vientiane card, he left Hong Kong and went to sea on the same day, and it seemed that he was also afraid of the wealth and wanted to return as soon as possible.

The Vientiane Card Set is a set of artifacts, and although they have been dismantled, as long as they are labeled as artifacts, even a stone can be sold for gold.

Vientiane Card (Joker): Get a power boost or two more Vientiane cards.

This is the specific information about the card that Morey spent a gold coin to inquire about, although Gourd said that 20 silver coins would be enough to send the bartender away.

In addition to a chance to increase the strength of this joker card, it is more important to get two cards. Vientiane cards are said to have both risks and gains, and they can either make you destitute and lose your life, or make you rich overnight and increase your strength.

Moon cards can make wishes, fate cards can change fate, throne cards can get a castle out of thin air, and minister cards can ask unknown beings for advice.

Although Morey also wants it, the sky-high price of 290,000 gold coins is not something he can hope for now.