As soon as the "midnight night" passed, the adventuring group did not care about resting and moved according to the plan.

"Where do we start?" Leo scratched his head and asked tentatively, "Uh, why don't we go to the city first?"

Nana, who was usually unusually obedient to Leo, was unusually obedient this time, and resolutely refused: "Don't think about me, Leo, if Isenas has any plan, we will do it." ”

Leo stopped, and looked at Nana, who had inexplicably become firm, and was stunned.

Nana turned around and tugged at Leo's hand, "What's wrong, Leo?"

"Ah, I just think you're a lot more handsome all of a sudden. ”

"How can anyone use handsome words for girls. Nana grabbed Leo's hand and dragged him towards the city's residential area. "I think we should ask the residents first. ”

"Makes sense. Leo said casually, but he thought about Nana's changes.

Although Nana seems to have recovered from her low mood, the previous personality of being at ease with what happened to her is no longer visible in her, and now Nana is more energetic than ever. That should be a good thing. But Leo's instincts made him vaguely worry about Nana.

His clairvoyance perception ability was originally an amplifying aid to amplify intuition, and after many changes, he now has the ability to see through most changes in matter and energy.

Today, however, Leo's abilities seem to have changed again, and in Nana, he can always see a hint of blue light and shadow change into a hint of golden red light.

Leo looked away from Nana's body and looked at the people around him.

He can also see these inexplicable colors in these ordinary residents, but the colors on these residents are far less pure and intense than those on Nana.

What does this thing represent?

Leo was so intrigued that he took the time to glance at himself in the mirror as he passed by a clothing store, only to his disappointment, which was unremarkable and colorless.

Maybe it's because healers can't heal themselves, Leo comforted himself.

"Anyone?" Nana knocked on the open door of the grain store.

"Here. A young man came out from under the counter. "What is needed?"

"The caravan is going to lie down for a long way, and prepare some food here. ”

"I don't know how much?"

"We have more than 200 people, and we will travel for about a month, will you do the math?"

The young man's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he picked up a piece of paper to write and draw: "If you eat one kilogram a day, you will need about six tons of grain for thirty days." Of course, if you have a lot of good players in your team, six tons may not be enough, so you need to consider it at your own discretion. ”

"That's a good calculation, give me another ten tons. ”

"Forty-two copper coins for one kilogram of barley, you bought more, count you forty copper coins, a total of forty gold coins. ”

Nana was shocked, covered her small mouth with her hands, and exclaimed, "Why is it so expensive?"

"Our house is already cheap, and if you go to the shop in the center of the city, their special refined wheat is more than twice as expensive as ours. ”

"But along the way, the most expensive one is only twelve copper plates, and you can buy a kilogram. ”

"This is Steff, the only wonder of the world, and everything is more expensive. ”

"But it's also too expensive. Nana first felt heartache, then looked at the young man suspiciously, and said, "No, I have to go to other places to ask, what if you see that I am young and easy to bully, and you want to make a fortune on me?"

The young man waved his hand and said, "Then go and ask, I see several people like you every year." If the price of the store you choose is not much different from mine, you must choose our store. ”

Nana turned her head to Leo, only to see Leo nod slowly.

"Well, if the price is right, we will come back. ”

Nana bowed, and Leo turned and walked out of the grain store.

"Where did you learn this etiquette? It looks like the same thing. The acting skills are also in place. Leo asked with interest.

"I've seen a lot in the Golden City, so I've naturally learned a little bit. Nana spun around and made some more moves. "This is a greeting gift, this is a parting ceremony, this is an apology. How's that, like?"

"Like a Duchess studying drama. Leo said with a smile.

However, in his worried eyes, Nana's color had an extra touch of purple.

Nana grinned and put her arm around Leo, "I've worked so hard to deal with the store, what did you get?"

"The store's account book for three years, including purchase records, shipments, and revenues. Unfortunately, I didn't have the memory of Isenus, and I only kept track of the general ledger for three years and the income and expenditure for each month of the year.

As Nana spoke to the shopkeeper, Leo confined his Sanctuary ability from a few kilometers to a radius of a few meters, and in this strong penetration mode, Leo found the thick ledger under the counter, and saw the handwriting on the ledger without turning the page.

"That's good. Nana stood on tiptoe and kissed Leo on the cheek. "My Leo is amazing. ”

Leo dumbfoundedly touched the place where Nana had kissed with the tip of his finger.

"The price of grain here is really expensive, and these people who sell grain make a lot of money. Nana muttered.

"Actually, they don't make much. Leo said subconsciously.

"Haven't you made much money?" Nana snapped her fingers and counted carefully: "They can earn an extra thirty copper plates per kilogram of grain, how much grain can they sell in a year? At least a few hundred gold coins can be earned in a year." ”

Leo shook his head and said, "I have looked at their account books, and their purchase price is also very high, at least thirty copper coins per kilogram of grain. ”

"How come, if the purchase price is so high, how can the people of Inari be so poor?"

If the family in Inari really had such a high price of barley, they would not even have to take out a few pieces of dried fish to make up the number when entertaining guests.

"Because they buy from the duke and the church. ”

Leo sighed and said, "I probably understand what's going on with the deformed prices here. ”

The church and the dukes had requisitioned grain from the faithful and the lords, and it was impossible for them to sit idly by and watch the barley grow moldy in the storehouses, nor to build so many storehouses to store it, so they sold it to the craftsmen who lived in the cities.

In order to make a living, people in the city have to raise the price of their handmade goods to compensate for the high price of food. The rise in prices for artisans has led to others having to raise their prices.

The culmination of this series of price increases naturally went to the duke, who enjoyed all the luxury, and the duke once again chose to raise the price of grain in order to satisfy his own luxury.

It's a vicious circle, the more elaborate and extravagant things are, the higher the price, and that's why there are a few gold coins to stay in a tavern for one night.

Leo, who had figured this out, sighed and said, "Let's go, now that we know all the paths that the grain has traveled, we should probably complete the plan in a different way." ”