Kevin's choice seems like a very wise decision, but he is a businessman after all and doesn't know everything, so he overlooks an important point. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The difficulty of refining the potion was far greater than he had estimated.

In order to solve the problem of potion refining, Kevin did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to invite herbalists from all over the world, but the result made him very disappointed, more than half a year has passed, they use the wood in the elven forest to refine the potion, the effect is not even one-tenth of the potion made by the Hepburn family, the competitiveness in the market is extremely poor, even if you use one-tenth of the price of the competitor's potion, you can't sell it, so after a conversion, Kevin sadly found that it is more cost-effective to make medicine than to resell wood directly.

In order to prevent the wood from falling into his hands, Kevin turned around and found the agent of the Hepburn family to renegotiate the sale of the wood. But the agent of the Hepburn family is not stupid, he knows very well the situation of Kevin lifting a stone and shooting himself in the foot, and knows that Kevin has no other way to go now. Therefore, knowing that Kevin is fine, the price he gave is only half of the previous one, according to this price, after removing the previous cost, Kevin's business is a little difficult to even protect the capital, how can he agree, so he proposed to buy at least twice the price. The two sides come and go, bargain, and have not reached an agreement. Kevin tried his best to make the other party give in, but the other party was also an old fox, just didn't give a penny, Kevin was angry and almost wanted to find another buyer, but because of the relatively large amount of goods, other merchants couldn't swallow it, and the goods that were favored by the Hepburn family, other businessmen didn't have the courage to take over at all, and the matter was deadlocked for a while, and Kevin's anxious hair was about to turn white.

Just as Kevin was looking for a way to break the deadlock, Steven's men approached him, and at first he thought Steven wanted to know about the progress of the timber sales, but he rushed to Steven's house to find out that it was about refugees.

Isa's relationship with himself, coupled with the distant relative of Mayor Aple, made Kevin unable to refuse, and he had to put aside the matter of the timber business, think about it seriously for a long time, and finally really came up with a good idea for Isa.

The solution is very simple, that is, to give the refugees handout porridge and eat three meals a day. But there is a rule that all those who want to receive the porridge must queue up in advance, and when everyone is busy queuing, there is no time to make trouble.

Isha was overjoyed when she heard this, this was indeed a good idea, but then she frowned again, she is not short of money now, but she is short of food, so many refugees consume food every day is not a small amount, where to get so much food?

Unexpectedly, Steven patted his chest and promised that he would solve the food matter, and he did not break his promise, and the food was in place a few days later. The soup kitchen was located right in front of the Levens weapons shop, where Isha and the others lived every day, and Captain Hackitch was in charge of keeping them safe. Mayor Aple also coordinated the transfer of some people from the security team to maintain order in the queue. The magic weapon store is simply closed, anyway, Alan is not there, the store is also a showroom, playing a role in publicity, but the weapon store, now it has already become famous and world-famous, and there is no need for any publicity at all, and even some customized orders, Steven is unwilling to accept it, because the last time the magic array ordered by the Hepburn family was delivered on time, within two months, the agent of the Hepburn family came to the door again to order more of the same magic array, and the price increased by fifty percent.

Now, as long as the Hepburn family is satisfied, the magic weapon store can make money every day, and this operation is both worry-free and profitable, why not?

Of course, Steven was happy to be able to make money, but this feeling of happiness did not last long, and he realized that he had enough money, or could not spend it at all, and making more money now would not make him feel more satisfied, and if he wanted more satisfaction, it was no longer possible to rely on money alone.

What is it that makes a rich man more satisfied?

Status!

Stevening confessed that he was rich, at least in the ancient city of Okugu, except for the Ogu family, he was no longer poor, and in the foreseeable future, his net worth would still grow rapidly, but he had no status. He and Selena rode down the street together, and many people would salute Selena, but few people knew him except for the curious gaze.

And money can't do everything, just like he can buy any luxurious courtyard at the foot of Mount Ogu with money, but he can never buy a castle on the mountain, including raising food for Isha this time, he is not short of money, but he can't buy so much food, he can only turn to Selena for help, and then take a part of the grain from Hollanster's hands in a borrowed situation, and wait for Alan to come back, and he can return it to them immediately, because Alan once promised to bring food back, this, Steven has confidence in his brother-in-law, he will definitely do what he says。

Not to mention Celina, even compared to Kevin Borg, his status is much worse, only some merchants are respectful in order to be able to order from the magic weapon shop, and if Alan announces the closure of the magic weapon shop one day, then he will lose even this only bit of status.

How to improve his status? is a question that Steven has been thinking about lately. He thought about it seriously for a while, and finally came up with an answer:

There are two ways to improve a person's status, one is to prove that you have the bloodline and heritage of a certain big family or big person, and the other is to build a strength that everyone has to respect you, even if it is as heinous as Bols, but when his name is mentioned, people will inevitably have awe in it in addition to hatred.

Needless to say, bloodline and inheritance, Steven from a small mountain village, even if there is a heritage, who will know?

So the rest is the strength of one way to go, and the strength is divided into two kinds, one is my own strength, if you are a famous swordsman or great magician in the mainland, or even if you are a regional powerhouse, then you have the corresponding status, like brother-in-law Allen, that belongs to this one, the other is the power you have, the simplest example is the emperor of Boothman Roland, who is a waste himself, but he represents the Higg Empire.

Therefore, Steven has been thinking about whether to establish his own power recently, although he has money, but this matter is not so simple, he is in the ancient city of Ao, everything is under the nose of Holland, the established power will cause the suspicion of the old fox, and the established power is small and useless. So the best way to do this is to wait for my brother-in-law Alan to come back and discuss it with him, but before that, I can make some preparations.