"Gold, yellow, glowing, precious gold! With just a little bit, you can turn black into white, ugly into beautiful, and wrong into right. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe humble become noble, the old man becomes a teenager, and the coward becomes a warrior. ”

"When you die, put two gold coins with the head of the goddess of wealth on your eyes, and you can bribe the god of the river Styx to send the souls of the dead who have nothing to rely on to the other side safely."

Sauron knows a lot more about aphorisms like this. So he knows that there used to be a good saying, 'Money is not everything, but no money is everything'.

Zoro walked around the blacksmith's furnace and looked at a longbow with a bright expression, "Very good longbow." ”

A pair of black eyes scanned the 'fat sheep' who entered the door up and down, left the dining table, and stood up, "This bow only costs 5 gold coins. ”

Zoro immediately replied with a surprised look, "5 pieces? Or gold coins? ”

No matter what world you are in, money is an indispensable, magical thing, and the joints can even reach the underworld after death. But in Sauron's view, money is like fertilizer, and if it is not spilled into the field, it is of no use in itself. But even so, he doesn't like to be seen as a fool with a brain in water.

"Are you sure it's not silver?"

Listening to Sauron's angry tone, the blacksmith of the castle of the Green Shade, he put a piece of fat and cheese on a thick slice of bread, and then continued to glance at Sauron's royal coat of arms, opened his mouth and took a big bite, and said as he chewed: "Have you ever heard the adage that if you are stingy with arrows, you can hunt beasts?" So don't think I'm too expensive here, I have to pay taxes to the castle to do business here. This longbow is made of bloodwood from the Shadowlands, so it's worth at least 10 gold. Selling you 5 gold coins is already for the sake of royal blood. ”

In fact, many times, every step of people's life from life to death may be such a cash buying and selling relationship across the counter. And money is but the most wicked of all human inventions, and there is nothing more vile and deceitful than money.

Sauron still held the bow frame with a rounded front in his hand, and his eyes looked at the blacksmith with a full beard, and his voice was quiet and steady, and the words were clear, "The longbow originated in Batlam, and only later reached Dande. And although the color of this longbow is as red as blood, its material is made of elm, hazelwood, and basil wood, and although it has a long range and great power, it is not expensive. It's worth up to 7 silver coins. ”

The blacksmith stopped halfway through his meal, still holding the half-eaten bread in his hand, and with his other hand carefully placed the cup full of water not too close to the table. Then he hurriedly wiped his mouth with his sleeve, "If you really need it, eight silver coins." ”

Zoro smiled and shook his head, "Just look at my height, the longbow is not suitable for me at the moment. If I could, I'd buy the crossbow next to it for eight silver coins. ”

The data on his body suddenly appeared as a black iron first-class archer class, especially if he didn't need hand-to-hand combat, Zoro still cared more about this profession.

The cheapest bow and arrow structure is also very simple, just a bent wooden stick tied to the two ends of the animal tendon is the bow. The range is also very short, about 50 meters, not to mention the lethality, such a bow is only suitable for hunting rabbits.

Therefore, Sauron prefers the crossbow, considering that a farmer may be able to kill an armored Black Iron warrior in just a few hours of practice, which is really unfair to a warrior who has been trained since a very early age and has to go through years or even a dozen years of training to make a professional breakthrough. But the reality is so cruel.

And the crossbow is a variant of the traditional bow and arrow, a ranged weapon that can be mastered with just a bit of training. Compared to regular bows, crossbows are simple and inexpensive to use, but they are much more lethal and more penetrating.

Although the range is insufficient, the melee power can be very effective in shooting through armor, the body of a warhorse, and even cover such as walls.

"Okay, eight silver coins deal. You are Lord Anthony's person, if you need an arrow cluster in the future, you can come to me and buy it, and I will give you the cheapest price. ”

The blacksmith simply agreed to the price, all the more because he finally saw the cross-shaped gold pin. And regretted that he had just seen Zoro as no different from a little paparazzi, and it wasn't until Zoro didn't show any dissatisfaction that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Can you imagine?

In a place like the Green Shade Land, this is also the territory of the Dande Kingdom anyway.

A dignified royal pin has not been as important as a trainer's pin. This also shows that 'the mountain is high and the emperor is far away', and the king's power here is not yet up to the height of an officer.

This made Zoro start to speculate about the intentions of Edie, Prince of Montenegro.

"Stand boy."

Take advantage of the meal time to wander around the castle for a while, and you can meet the apprentice inspector Clover, and I don't know if it's my luck.

Seeing that Sauron didn't answer, Clover stepped closer and asked again, "Don't you have ears, boy?" I told you to stop. ”

Zoro turned slowly, "Hello, Ombudsman. Sauron dared to make sure that his voice was not very low, as long as he was not deaf, he could hear it, but Clover deliberately made a gesture to get closer and pretend not to hear.

Helpless, Zoro could only shout, "Hello, Ombudsman. ”

Clover's swaying shoulders showed that he was enjoying it, but his face was still pretending to be serious, "When will a mere apprentice be able to wander around the castle so freely?" Oh, you actually bought a crossbow, if you know how to use it, I can assign you a mission, there are indeed too many flies in the castle lately. ”

Although those rumors have long established the reputation of the apprentice inspector for his temper and stubbornness. But Zoro's face was still tense with a confused look, he really couldn't understand, why did this Clover, who was already an eighth-stage apprentice and was much older than himself, always like to target a one-stage apprentice?

After thinking about it, Sauron judged that it should be the royal brooch that was to blame.

"Well, Lord Inspector, I heard that you are also from the King of Dande. But compared to the tall and majestic palace, your home is in the lower part of the lower town. I've heard my stallmaid describe how the animals come and go all day long kicking up dust, and the mixed sounds mingle in my ears all day long. Well, he added, every smell, every sight, every sound is uncomfortable and disgusting. He can pee anywhere in every corner. ”

Usually humiliating a person is not only verbal, but also mentally retaliated.