As the largest timber merchant in Red Leaf City, Valen's daily life is not far behind that of the aristocracy.

In fact, strictly speaking, he is not only doing business in Red Leaf City, he also does business in many cities in the Falling Mountain Range, but he has spent more time in Red Leaf City in the past year.

The situation in Momiji City has not been very good recently, and originally Valen was going to evacuate in the next two days, but after discovering a new food in Momiji City, "instant noodles", he smelled a business opportunity and decided to stay here temporarily.

Early in the morning, Valen put on his clothes under the service of the servants, and Shi Shiran came to the hall.

A parchment scroll has already been prepared, on which the finances of this period are recorded.

After looking at it for a while, Valen's brows furrowed slightly.

His current business in Red Leaf City had started to lose money, which was faster than he expected.

As it stands, he loses 10 silver coins for every extra day he stays, and while 10 silver coins are nothing to him, this is the beginning, and it's not a good feeling to lose money for nothing.

"Knight Marlo said that the new lord of the castle is going to hold an event, and I don't know when it will be, so it would be nice if it could be done as soon as possible......"

Valen was very interested in that instant noodle, but he was not sure that he would be able to buy it, if he didn't buy it after ten days and a half months in Red Leaf City, the money he lost every day would be a bit painful for him.

"It's hard!"

Valen sighed, then said to the servant:

"You go get some meat in the kitchen, I'm a little hungry."

"Yes, dear master."

Most of the people in this world don't have the habit of eating breakfast, and naturally Valen doesn't have either, but he is a big businessman with a certain amount of assets, with his own exclusive chef, who can provide him with food at any time when he is hungry.

Not long after, a small pot of boiled meat in salt water was respectfully served by the servant.

Salt is very precious to people, but it cannot be missing, ordinary people may eat salt very accurately, a thumb cap size salt can eat for two days, but Valen is different, he is very extravagant to cook a small pot of pork with a few grains of salt.

A pot of pork, without any side dishes or seasonings except for some salt, the greasy fat of the white flowers made Valen appetite great.

In the absence of outsiders, Valen didn't have to deliberately maintain his demeanor, he held the meat with both hands and ate it.

The servant standing beside him had a throbbing throat, and every now and then he made a very small swallowing sound.

Meat is not cheap in the first place, coupled with the recent situation in Red Leaf City, the price of meat has been rising, and this servant has not tasted meat for a long time.

"Ah, comfortable! Hiccup~"

Valen, who had eaten with a mouth full of oil, burped, and he felt that after eating this pot of meat, his head was much clearer.

After Varun had finished eating, the servant wiped his hands for Varun before bringing down the basin with only salt water, which naturally could not be thrown away, and could be used when cooking at noon.

Well-fed and well-fed, Valen opened the parchment again, but before he could look at it, the voice of the servant outside the door came to the news.

"Master, the people from the City Lord's Mansion ask to see you."

Hearing the three words of the City Lord's Mansion, Valen's eyes lit up and he quickly got up.

"Please."

Led by the servant, a young man dressed in coarse linen walked in.

"Hello Lord Wa and Valen, I am on the orders of the City Lord to invite you to participate in the auction of Red Leaf City tomorrow afternoon, please be sure to come, this is an invitation."

The young man looked a little nervous, as if it was the first time he had done such a thing, and he took out a small wooden plaque carved with intricate patterns and handed it to Valen.

The wooden plaque is the size of a palm, and one side of it is engraved with the words "Invitation to the Red Leaf Castle Auction". The other is a stick figure of a castle.

Hearing that there will be an auction tomorrow, Valen was a little surprised, especially since this invitation is quite interesting. Valen picked up the small wooden card and played with it in his hand, and he couldn't put it down.

Then it occurred to him that yesterday the knight of Marlowe had told him that the lord of the castle was going to hold an event, and now he thought that it should be this auction.

After seeing the instant noodles, he had no doubts that the lord of the castle would be able to hold an auction.

Valen rolled his eyes, then asked:

"Hello Your Excellency, may I ask what items you said about the auction, can you disclose them?"

If it was really instant noodles tomorrow, he was sure to take it, after all, among the merchants in this Red Leaf City, it seemed that he was the only one who had been in close contact with instant noodles and knew the magic of instant noodles, even if he was no longer hungry now, but when he thought of the taste of instant noodles, he still drooled a little.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency, but I don't have the right to know."

The young man shook his head.

"That's a shame......"

Valen is a pity, but it doesn't have much impact, after all, he is one of the biggest merchants in Red Leaf City, even if it is a merchant of the same level, he has to give him a thin face in front of Valen, and when the time comes, they can still fight hard with themselves.

"Lord Valen, the news has arrived, I'll leave first—ah yes, I almost forgot!"

The young man slapped his head, he was just a slave before, although he had been trained for a day, but for him, who could only do some coolies, such a difficult thing as passing the word was still almost a problem.

"Oh?"

In Valen's surprised eyes, the young man reached into his arms and took out a small cloth bag.

"This is a small gift from the city lord to your Excellency, I hope you will open it, and he also said that it is recommended that your Excellency prepare more gold coins, otherwise you may not be able to compete with others in the auction house."

The young man put the cloth bag in Valen's hand and left.

Valen was aroused, what is so mysterious, he has to open it himself, and let himself prepare more gold coins? Afraid of competing with others?

Valen is the largest timber merchant in Red Leaf City!

What is it that he can't compete with?

If you can bid a gold coin for a bowl of instant noodles, you know that Valen is not bad for money!

Valen had never underestimated the Lord of the City, but he felt that he was being underestimated by the Lord of the City.

With this strange feeling, Valen opened the cloth bag.

"Huh? What is it? ”

Inside the cloth bag was a handful of white crystals, about a small spoonful.

Valen pinched a few grains and looked at them in front of him, and found that although the crystal was small, it was crystal clear, and it was very white, without any variegation, and it looked like some kind of ore? Jewel? But that's a little too small.

Valen subconsciously put it on the tip of his tongue and licked it, this is his way of identifying something, I believe that the city lord does not need to harm him on this.

A faint salty taste filled his mouth, causing Valen's eyes to widen suddenly.

"Salt? This turned out to be salt! ”

This kind of salt is completely different from the salt he has eaten, not to mention the appearance, the taste alone is not comparable, this snow-like white salt has no strange taste, only a simple salty taste, unlike the salt that Valen has eaten, it has both saltiness, astringency, and even bitterness.

Swallowing the salt in his mouth a little reluctantly, Valen knew that he had really prepared some more gold coins, and if this "snow salt" was sold, he would be more than the only one willing to buy it.

As long as this snow salt is sold to other nobles, I believe that no nobleman will refuse, and it will definitely be profitable!