Act 44: The Underground Deal in Pragues (Part II) (4,300 words in this chapter)

The interior of the auction house in the Vonlia market is not large, and the cave is like a meter. A small type of theater. Around the central "stage, rows of chairs are arranged in a trapezoidal shape, but these are the seats of the general guests. Surrounding the "theater, the four walls, the big names decorated with silk and satin boxes are distributed one by one. There are three floors, and the box contains a brass clairglass mounted on a mahogany shelf, so that the nobles can carefully examine the goods in the center of the table.

Masako had a way to book a box for Brando, but the young man refused. The purpose of his visit is not to attract attention, as for participation, it is secondary, just to see if there are any unexpected gains.

The group received a number at the entrance, and then took their seats in turn. Brando, though relaxed on the surface, actually had a repeating crossbow strapped to his knight's gown at all times, and the cursed crossbow made by Tamar was pressed into the box with live ammunition. Wait for the unexpected.

Vaynd's hand crossbow is a delicate and ingenious instrument. Its sights are like a box that stands up, and it is difficult for novices to use such small things flexibly. However, Brando's profession as a mercenary gave him the skill to "become familiar with the weapon, a skill that generated in his mind that would allow him to use the weapon like a seasoned mercenary, and he even made a simple aiming device on the ring to calibrate it in actual shooting."

Brando had barely sat down, and before the fair had even begun, a newspaper dressed in a long cloak came to their side and sat down. Masako looked carefully left and right, and then replied, "My lord, the poison dagger and those potions have been sold, and the dagger has been favored by the people of the Brotherhood, don't worry." They were generous, two thousand five hundred tolls with a dagger, and did not ask the seller. ”

When it comes to underground trading, not every deal is made at auction. In fact, most transactions are done privately, and the seller and the buyer enter into a transaction through an intermediary such as a newspaper, and sometimes there are even several intermediaries, so that it is both safe and private, and only a small sum of money is paid for the middleman as remuneration and hush money.

In the gray realm of Pragues, no one has a bigger mouth than these people, and no one has a tighter mouth than these people, and every qiΔ“ is relative.

"Where's the potion?" Brando pretended to be set up by the staff on the stage below, but asked about irrelevant things. He clearly laid down the rules of the trade fair, such as poison daggers and mana potions, which were branded with pseudo-magic, and generally did not put them on the table.

"The potion is a little more troublesome, and the person in charge of the Tower of Stars and Moon has been asking the makers of these potions, and they seem to mean that the method of making the mana potion has not been circulated outside for a long time, and they say this: "The wizards' guild welcomes professional alchemists to settle in Masako, while paying attention to Brando's expression with small eyes.

He wanted to see how Brando reacted, and if the young man found this information useful, he would not be able to compliment him with a few words, and whenever he became more secure in the other group, it would be more reassuring for him.

If Brando feels that the problem is difficult, Masako will feel a thrill of revenge. Although he and the other party can be said to be in the same boat, in addition to taboo and fear, there is also a trace of unwillingness.

It's just that Masako may not have the same thoughts as Antitina, he looked at Brando, hoping to follow the other party, but faintly wanting to see the latter unlucky.

But Brando just shook his head and replied without a trace: "My friend is not interested in this, you better just tell me about the transaction, kneel." ”

It seems that he did not miscalculate, the mana potion in this world is indeed better than in the "Amber Sword." It is much rarer.

"One thousand tols per bottle of potion, a total of thirty thousand tols." Masako didn't put the disappointment in her heart on her face.

Brando nodded, the price of the dagger was twenty-five percent higher than he expected. The price of mana potions was far beyond his imagination, and evening primroses, black mages, and fluorescent moss were just very ordinary magic materials, but at this price, the profit of a bottle of mana potion was more than two hundred percent. It's a huge profiteering.

He immediately classified this thing as a long-term cash cow in his mind. Brando couldn't help but glance back at Roman, if it was a brand of mana potion, it seemed that it was not impossible for little Roman to establish a chamber of commerce.

Our Miss Roman, of course, noticed Brando's gaze, and she couldn't help but raise her little eyebrows, fold her hands in front of her chest, and praise without reservation: "Half of a hundred thousand, Brando, just like you say!" I knew Brando could do it! ”

"The best is yet to come, Miss Roman." Charles sat down behind Brando and replied with a smile.

"No, Charles, you may be mistaken! Our merchant lady is just trying to remind me that the 100,000 tors are her principal. Brando looked at the table below and said with an unchanged face.

The eldest lady of the merchant seemed to be told that she was in her heart, but she did not feel embarrassed at all, but like a little fox who had taken advantage of it, she covered her mouth and smiled proudly.

Antitina, who was beside Charles later, couldn't help but raise her eyebrows slightly when she saw this scene, she was born in a noble family, and tens of thousands of tor's cash was not unprecedented. But it's impossible for Brando and Roman to talk and laugh freely, and it's completely inappropriate.

After all, although her family background was once considered solid, it was nothing more.

Therefore, this scene fell in her eyes, but it confirmed from the side that although the young knight lord came out alone, his family must not be simple.

However, this daughter is obviously wrong, Roman has no concept at all, Brando has handled millions of dollars in the game, these petty fights are naturally not in his eyes, but if you insist on saying what background he has, it is impossible to say.

In the circular theater, the lights in it suddenly dimmed. The group turned around, only to notice that the surrounding staff had extinguished half of the torches on the four walls. It looks like the trade fair is about to start

The pacing lowered his voice and said, "If it's in the box, this." It's time for the auction list to be sent to the nobles. Is there anything you want, sir? ”

"I don't know yet."

Brando watched the light on the central platform light up, "Speaking of which, did they trouble you after that?" ”

Pacing shook his head: "As you expected, it is a well-known thing that you and Mr. Bartoum coerced me to go to Squirrel Street that day, and after the people of Tester came to see me, I said that I didn't know you."

"Sounds like you're not happy?" Bartom teased.

"Don't dare." Masako now understands Bartomu's status clearly, and naturally he is not as inferior in front of him as before. He looked at the platform below and changed the topic: "Speaking of which, what is the psychological price of your sword, Lord Lord." In my opinion, it was a perfect work of art. "Just the old old mouth... 8 fisherman's concave body clams! Knowing that he was talking about the brass-level magic martial arts made of dwarven swords, he thought for a moment and estimated, "At least 100,000 to 150,000 Thor." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Antisuena behind him softly said, "Ah, ah." Everyone was stunned, and when they turned around, they saw the nobleman's daughter blushing and waving her hand: "Hug, sorry, it's okay." ”

She couldn't help but gently press her chest so that her heart wouldn't beat too fast. The girl's light blue eyes flashed with a bright and witty light, 150,000 tors are one hundred and fifty Eruin small gold coins, she is aware of Brando's financial situation as a staff member, it can be said that they came in empty-handed, but in the blink of an eye, they have a fortune comparable to the life savings of some small nobles.

200,000 Thor, even if you buy a knight collar in the remote countryside, it is not impossible.

In the eyes of a girl like Antizyna, who was born into an aristocratic family and had a fixed mind, money should be invested in further reproduction in order to be called liquid wealth, and she had been so obsessed with her own designs that she had lost her fortune, but it was impossible for a wise man to make the same mistake twice in the same place.

She quickly calculated what 200,000 Thor could do. With so much money. Whether it is a business activity or upward development, it seems to be an open road, and she expects that with such a sum of money, she can increase the value of it by 30 percent in as little as a year.

But then she frowned again, she recommended herself as Brando's staff, and the young knight did not object, but it is hard to say whether the other party will let her do whatever she wants with such a large sum of money.

But Brando saw the changing look on the face of this new subordinate of his own, and couldn't help but ask, "Miss Antijuna?" ”

"What?" Antitina was stunned for a moment and looked up.

"You're thinking about our funding?" Brando asked. Antijuna's face flushed slightly, but she immediately returned to normal. The girl nodded earnestly. He replied, "Yes, as a member of your staff." I feel compelled to consider this question."

As she spoke, she looked at Roman with a little unconfidence, after all, as Brando's nominal fiancΓ©e, she seemed to have more say in this regard.

But the merchant lady was smiling, as sweet as ever.

Brando looked thoughtful after hearing this, and he looked at the others before replying, "If you have an idea, I'll divide this money in two, yours,"

Before he could finish his sentence, Antitina looked incredulous: "Mr. Knight, are you serious?" ”

Brando nodded as a matter of course, it was his "Amber Sword." The habit of being the head of the regiment has always been to use people without suspicion or to test a person's ability through guΓ² laissez-faire.

The girl took a breath and nodded seriously: "I will definitely put this money to good use for you, Mr. Knight, I have already thought of a plan that can increase the value of this money in a short period of time"

Brando interrupted her and said, "No, I'm giving you this money to sue you." I'll leave little Roman to help me make money, and Miss Antitina. I want you to help me with the money."

"With money?" Antitina was stunned.

At this time, the bell of the trade fair below jingled, and Brando, as he turned his head, replied, "You'll soon understand, of course." If Miss Antitina is interested, she might as well help our businesswoman refer to it, she has a big plan for the future! ”

Brando's first thought was about the territory, if Little Roman established a chamber of commerce, it would not be suitable to be connected with the territory on the surface, if so, he would need a steward.

Now that Antituna volunteered, he was happy to sit back and enjoy it.

"Big plans?" Antitina was stunned, she really couldn't think of this "businessman's lady" who seemed to be full of energy all day. What kind of plan will there be, Brando wants to hand over the responsibility of making money to such an eldest lady, and she still has some things to dissuade, but it is not easy to interject for a while.

But she immediately let go of this thought, because suddenly she remembered something.

The girl's eyes lit up slightly, and she immediately connected the things that the merchant lady had been pestering her about the festivals held in Prague over the years, and she almost immediately sorted out the general outline of the whole thing in detail.

She thought about it carefully, turned her head to the side and whispered to Charles, "Mr. Charles, where was Madara's army before you entered the city?" ”

"It's been almost half a month since I stopped in the Dragos area," Charles replied casually. He was stunned for a moment, and immediately asked again, "You thought of it?" Miss Antitina? ”

This wizard apprentice couldn't help but be a little amazed, just from a sentence to deduce the cause and effect of the whole thing, it seems that the staff that the lord is looking for is really not an ordinary person.

"Miss Roman's plan is small, if it works, the profit will be at least eighty percent or more!" Antijuna couldn't help but look at the businesslady who was talking and laughing with Brando, as if she recognized the other side of the other party for the first time.

"Miss Roman used to calculate twice as much." Charles replied.

"That's because I haven't calculated the channel," Antitina gritted her teeth secretly, feeling a little hit by her confidence. She thought about it for a while, and said seriously, word by word: "But if we work hard, because Mr. Masako is here, even if it reaches ten percent, it is not impossible."

Of course, Brando in front of him didn't pay attention to the whispers of his two subordinates, because at this moment, the auction of the main event of this underground trade fair had already begun, and what he did not expect was that the first item aroused his interest.

The parchment scroll lay flat under the light. It has a small ancient contract written on it in the elemental language of the four clans. Its four corners curl slightly upward. It was because the magic of the four elements of wind, earth, fire, and water drove the edge of this mana scroll to bend towards Fengyang

This scroll, which is stored in order to open the way for those who are not gifted with the utmost to the elemental realm. Many nobles used such things to open the door to the magical world for their children.

There is no doubt that it is worth a lot of money.

But for Brando at the moment, this thing is even more expensive than a thousand gold.

Because in his eyes, it has only one name:

"The element pool opens the scroll,

Fourth, I went out to do medical insurance today, and I ran for a long time, and I came to do it before I was sad, today because of the delay in time, today on this chapter, tomorrow, I will compensate you with more code words

The thing about the monthly pass,I'll ask for it tomorrow.,Now do mobile phone authentication to send a monthly pass.,You can try the monthly pass.,If you have it, keep it first.,Let's see my table tomorrow.