"If those powerful mages and mage organizations knew you got this thing, would you still want to live? You can't use it, you can't keep it, you can't afford it, what do you want this thing for? ”

Shepard reprimanded, squirting Henry's face red, but he was powerless to refute, after all, his own strength is ordinary, and it is very difficult to support a small alchemy shop, and the Neiser relic is like a male fan who wants to sleep with his idol for him, and what he longs for is simply out of reach.

"That'...... What if they're gone? Henry was not reconciled.

Shepard sneered: "Go? Where can it go? Looking at their appearance, you know that they have been worried for a long time, except for this opportunity for Bloucester City, where can they get out of it easily and unharmed? And we don't have to care about the fate of this thing, as long as it doesn't fall into our hands, when the time comes, all parties will compete, just look at the strength of the bidder, but let us spread our reputation! ”

As he spoke, he pondered, "But in this case, the auction cannot be held in the city, and if they decide to take it out, they will inform them that the auction will be delayed for two months, and I will build a new store outside the city, and use this place as an exchange." ”

Shepard didn't rush to call the maid to make milk tea for himself, and by the way, let Henry also stay and taste it together, after all, he was also the only mage under Shepard, and he had to rely on him to preside over the alchemy item shop, so there was nothing urgent, so he asked about the situation of the shop by the way.

The small copper stove was filled with pure water and placed on the small stove, the maid who made the tea put the cushion on the ground, knelt by the stove and watched the fire, and the maid who was specially selected to train the tea no matter what her appearance was, her skin was white and tender, and her legs were slender.

Although the salary is not high, it is rare to be relaxed and decent, and naturally there are many civilian families who let their daughters participate in the recruitment of the Earl's Court have other ideas, just look at the girl in front of her who deliberately pulled the collar a little, revealing most of the smooth and greasy sphere, and looked at him with a shy and bold look in her eyes, knowing that this is just human nature.

However, Shepard didn't see it, smiling with milk tea and listening to the mage's report to him, there were two pregnant women waiting to give birth in his back house, and there were also two charming and seductive sisters by his side, and he didn't plan to attack these girls at his fingertips until Lady Lisa and Rachela gave birth to an heir.

Henry, who didn't see the girl's complaining eyes, took a sip of tea, and he knew what was going on in the store: "The biggest sales in the alchemy shop are the usual items necessary for adventure, such as first-aid bandages and disinfectant with medicinal powder, but the most profitable ones are naturally the potions I refined, and a bottle of secondary healing potion can be sold at a price that is not cheap!" ”

Shepard listened with a smile, and suddenly said, "Reduce the price of your alchemy potions a little, and the loss of the difference will be made up by the Earl's Palace." ”

Henry was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and looked at Shepard for a while before he said strangely: "With all due respect, Lord Earl, any nobleman, I am afraid that if you can't sell such an important commodity as alchemy potions higher, your choice will lose a lot of profits." ”

Shepard said lightly: "Of course I know, my friend, but we don't have very famous goods, healing potions and first aid bandages, all alchemy shops can sell these things, although Bloucester City has its own geographical advantages, but it is not enough to attract enough adventurers and merchants to come here, so we need a good reputation." ”

"But my decision will not be so hasty, since I want to reduce some of the profits, of course I have to win back these profits from other places."

Shepard smiled confidently, which made Henry curious: "My lord, can you tell me your plan?" ”

Shepard said without hesitation: "No problem, in fact, it is very simple, I will continue to strengthen the road safety in the territory, we are located in the most convenient location connecting the east, west and north directions, out of the sea route, any caravan must pass through the trade road on the road here, I want to make the Prell Territory a safe and convenient transit station, reasonably set up checkpoints to collect business taxes, try to attract more caravans through here, taxes are the backbone of the lords' economy, I am convinced of this!" A good lord is not about how much business he does, but how much tax he can collect and continue to collect it safely! ”

As a lord and a feudal lord, he stands at the top of the secular class, where do you need to participate in commercial activities, as long as you set up a good stage and maintain order, you can naturally watch your subordinates and others fight on it, and you can collect taxes with peace of mind, drought and flood protection, no matter what the victory or defeat on the stage, you are the winner!

This is like a certain country controlling the economic market in the reality of the previous life, eating big first and then eating small, no matter how much retail investors vomit blood, but the person who controls the stage will make a steady profit!

Such an economic idea made Henry Drake feel incomprehensible, not looking at the profits of trade, but staring at taxes? He was not a good trader, and even the business of the alchemy shop had a special accountant in charge, and it was only because of his status as a mage that he was put in charge of the small shop and received a share of the profits.

Henry gave a few nonsensical compliments, and Shepard saw that he didn't understand the point, so he chuckled and changed the subject, chatting about other interesting things.

We talked until it was getting late, and Henry, who had declined the invitation to dine, hurried out of the exchange, and when Shepard was considering where he should settle his dinner, the servant came in and saluted, "My lord! The two adventurers are back. ”

"Oh?" Shepard was a little surprised, he had heard that the two were leaving, and he thought that these two people were really so stupid to risk their lives and not let go of this thing, but now it seems that they left to retrieve the [Eye of Nether].

"Bring them to me." Shepard groaned and waved the servant away, since the adventurers were already planning to come to see him, they had already made a decision, there was no need to engage in that kind of living room meeting routine, just pull it over and say it.

I drank a belly of milk tea with Henry Drake before, the god clone is not ordinary, no matter eating, drinking and having fun, it is just a pastime, which will repel the maids, and only arrange personal guards to guard outside, Shepard is used to these personal soldiers who have survived the bloody battle, and has asked for personal favors with Count Dures, and the families of these personal soldiers have been converted into free people and received to the territory of Prell, but it was not arranged in Bloucester City, but arranged to Prell Town.

These pro-soldiers also know to be grateful, although many friends and comrades-in-arms died in the encounter and breakthrough after crossing the river, they are still loyal, Shepard has plenty of money, so he gave these pro-soldiers a batch of high-quality military products customized with experienced blacksmiths, wearing sweat-absorbing and comfortable linen shirts inside, and then a well-made leather armor made of cooked leather tanning, and a painted half-body armor outside, which looks majestic, and knows that it is an elite soldier at first sight.

Coupled with weapons, shields, belts, tights, and leggings inlaid with iron plates, the value of this set of equipment alone can make many civilian knights drool with envy, and it is impossible to equip a large area, even if Count Prell, who spends money like water, only gritted his teeth and equipped his forty-two personal guards, and the other guards have no outer half-body armor, counting the weapons and equipment given to knights, etc., and forcibly scrapped half of the windfall that Shepard had gained along the way, which is the accumulation of more than ten generations of the earl family!

So when the two adventurers came again, although there were no city guards eyeing them, they were replaced by murderous earl guards, which shocked them even more, you must know that these people all survived the war, crawled out of the mountain of corpses and blood alive, and the few with better talents have greatly increased their strength, and they are about to break through the intermediate level to become senior professionals.

The civilians are all three nos that even kobolds can't beat, and they are not worth mentioning; Low-level professionals are rotten on the streets, especially the war class, which is the main force of the aristocratic private army and the regular army, and also accounts for the majority of the adventurers; Intermediate professionals can hold positions in the military, and there are few intermediate professionals in the ordinary adventurer squad; The senior professionals are the most special, and the senior masters are all guests of the great nobles or go to play by themselves, and the war officers are also military combat leaders and high-level leaders.

With such a comparison, you can see the value of Shepard's personal guard, and it is no wonder that the two adventurers were taken aback, walked into the room uneasily, and respectfully saluted Shepard, although the etiquette was very simple and awkward, but the attitude was very in place.

Shepard didn't care about any of this, but said casually, "Since you're back, have you made up your mind?" ”

The captain of the adventurer hurriedly said: "Yes! Lord Earl, we have decided to ask your auction to auction this [Eye of Nether] for us, and please help us hide your identity! ”

The adventurer's captain made a look, and the female adventurer on the side took out a box full of magic patterns with some reluctance and anxiety, but this is an enchanted box made by a mage, which has no special effect, but is most suitable for placing some magic materials that need to be carefully stored, and the built-in magic shielding function is sometimes used to store some special things.

For example, this time, the female adventurer took out the magic key and opened the box, and a strange magic fluctuation immediately emitted out, Shepard's face changed, and with a wave of his hand, he silently shielded the room, locking the magic fluctuation firmly here.

"Why did you just open it? Aren't you afraid that this magic fluctuation will attract some people's attention? He whispered at the adventurer, and his majesty, which was not very obvious, suddenly revealed, making the two adventurers, who knew that they had done something stupid, not dare to say anything.

Shepard glanced at them, and knew that they couldn't be blamed, after all, those who could sense magic fluctuations were not weak hands, and none of these adventurers knew that this Nether relic was actually releasing magic fluctuations, if it weren't for the crooked beating and shielding it with an enchanted box, these people would probably be killed halfway.

Seeing that the earl in front of him waved his hand and set a spell for the room, people immediately noticed the difference, the adventurer captain's mouth was bitter, and his heart seemed to have fallen into the abyss, for fear that this old man would turn his face and kill people, he watched the earl walk to the box and observe the Neiser relics in it, and he didn't mean to kill for a long time, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Where does Shepard care about the mind of the adventurer, and he didn't intend to take it by skill, but looking at the relics of Nether that are not common in games in the previous life, it feels very subtle, this magical and beautiful magical creation is the purest artificially made, and [Nether's Heart] and [Nether's Brain] are the three core items that every Floating City must have, although he has also been to the ruins of the Floating City since he crossed over, but it has long been emptied, and he will not leave such a striking and precious relic for himself to fish.

This creation that exudes a mysterious magical luster makes people can't take their eyes off, especially Shepard is a true god clone, and his spiritual power is amazingly powerful, and he has long been aware of the boundless power in it, even if this power cannot be used, it will make everyone who sees it feel intoxicated, and even indulge in it and can't extricate themselves, and want to take out the power in it.

The temptation of power comes from the nature of all life, even the gods can't avoid it, Shepard was out of his mind for a long time, suddenly woke up, and closed the enchanted box!

"Smack!"

This time the force was too great, and the sudden sound startled the two adventurers, they could not detect the power in the relic, only attracted by the mysterious magic luster, it turned out that the earl was fascinated, and he was not prepared for him to suddenly close the box.

Shepard took a few deep breaths, feeling a little terrible that he had been aroused into greed, but fortunately, he was no longer an ordinary person after all, but a righteous god who ruled the rules and authority of the world, and was worshiped by thousands of people, and his aura was very unimaginable.

After such an episode, Shepard was also a little interested, and waved his hand casually: "If you have no opinion, this thing will stay with me from now on, if you want to regret it, it's too late to take it away now." ”

The two adventurers glanced at each other, and couldn't say anything remorseful, and Shepard didn't care when he saw this: "In this case, I can leave after going back and making up the procedures for you, and when the day of the auction comes, you will naturally have a seat, and for the sake of your commodity, I have decided to postpone the auction house for two months to strive for a higher value!" Do you have any opinion that I will allow you to withdraw three hundred gold coins from the Earl's Court for your living expenses during this time, and that they will be deducted from the total amount of the auction at that time?" ”

With such generous conditions, the adventurers have not seen it for so many years, where can they have any opinions, they can only sincerely thank the earl, and seeing the impatient look on the earl's face, they reluctantly left the exchange together.