Whatever the problems and episodes that preceded the auction, the auction was a great success.

Seventeen nobles paid a total of 130,000 gold coins to buy forty-two pieces of jewelry, of course, these gold coins were not necessarily cash, and a considerable part of them were traded through territorial income or materials. But this is exactly what Xiao Yan wants, getting all the gold coins at once does not mean much to Xiao Yan, he needs enough food, iron, horses, including skilled craftsmen and so on. In this regard, the actual role that gold coins can play is very limited, and the actual value of gold coins is greatly reduced if you take into account that you need to buy something and even have to go up and down.

Therefore, the compensation of goods is an appetite for Xiao Yan.

He waited in his room for the arrival of the Bishop Gogar and the princess, who had already taken his share of the tithe, but the princess seemed to be a little dissatisfied with her income.

"I need thirty thousand gold coins, and in addition to the thirteen thousand gold coins that originally belonged to me, I also need to make contact with the House of Nobles in order to pass the resolution of Fryman's appointment as Lord of Roses as soon as possible. If possible, add a baron title to Flemann, all of which would require a lot of gold. 10,000 gold coins to buy a baronial title is not expensive, and there are many people in Magdeburg who want to buy a baronial title, you can completely inquire about it. Everywhere there were inquiries about when a title would become vacant, even if it was not hereditary. ”

As soon as Princess Lelia entered the door, she said bluntly, although she was still a little afraid when she looked at Xiao Yan, her identity as a princess finally gave her a certain amount of courage. looked at Xiao Yan. She continued: "The cost of a battalion of female knights is enormous. Thirteen thousand gold coins may not be enough at all, and I have to think about it for the future. ”

Xiao Yan looked at each other calmly, and after seeing Bishop Goger also walk in, he motioned for the princess to sit opposite him. Then he suddenly stretched out his left hand and grabbed the princess's left hand across the table, and before Lelia could shout, Xiao Yan had already spread the princess's hand on the table. Subsequently, Xiao Yan withdrew his left hand. Like the princess, spread your palms down on the table. Before Lelia could question the action, the brown-haired boy suddenly drew a dagger and stabbed it hard at his finger under the somewhat frightened gaze of the princess guard.

With a "grab" sound, the dagger was just between the index finger and the middle finger, and Lelia, who was watching all this, breathed a long sigh of relief inexplicably, but her attention was quickly attracted by Xiao Yan's next move. I saw that Xiao Yan's right hand began to wave continuously, and the dagger that was sprinkled with light kept stabbing between his five fingers, and a series of snatching sounds sounded on the table. As Xiao burns faster and faster. The sound of the table began to thicken, sounding like a squad of cavalry was galloping from a distance. Xiao Yan's right hand kept flying. The speed was so fast that it was impossible for the human eye to see, and the slightest negligence would have pierced the dagger on his finger.

Princess Lelia had already pushed her head away from the table, wanting to look but not daring to look, and she didn't even dare to turn her head to Goger beside her for help. The sound of the guards gasping behind her made the princess even more aware of how crazy the action was in front of her. And what kind of madman should a person who treats his fingers so madly should be.

Xiao Yan's performance didn't last long, and after dozens of seconds, his right hand suddenly stopped, and the dagger was pierced very close to his little finger, which looked like it was standing on end.

"Do you see clearly?"

Xiao Yan looked up at the princess and asked calmly.

The princess nodded repeatedly.

"You see, my territory, my subjects, my assets, are like my hand, only I can control my hand, and only I can bear all the pain caused by failure."

Xiao Yan looked at the princess, grabbed the princess's left hand, which he had forgotten to retract, in the palm of his hand, interlaced his fingers, and placed it flat on the table again. Then he waved the dagger in his right hand and said, "If you want to participate in the management of my assets, or if you want to take what belongs to me from me, be prepared to bear the pain with me." ”

Looking at the panic in her eyes, Xiao Yan smiled and asked, "So, are you determined?" ”

Lelia nodded again and again, and hurriedly shook her head sharply, trying hard to pull her hand out of Xiao Yan's fingers, but with her strength, she couldn't achieve her wish from the hands of the Level 5 Punishment Knight.

"I won't, I won't ask for more, I won't ask for more!"

Seeing Xiao Yan raise the dagger again, the princess finally couldn't bear the pressure, and cried and screamed bitterly.

Xiao Yan smiled slightly, let go suddenly, and watched the princess withdraw her hand as if she had been released, and even put her hands behind her back like a child, for fear that Xiao Yan would make the same intimidation again.

"Good, so, what's yours is yours, mine is mine, we'd better confirm that. Don't misestimate your position, and don't shift everything to someone else's head. To have your own monastery, to have your own knights' camp, you have to have your own pay, and you just want to take it off my head, that's not a good thing for you. ”

Lelia sobbed and didn't dare to continue talking, the arrogance she had just entered had vanished in the blink of an eye, and if she could, she wanted to get out of here now instead of looking at the boy in front of her, who was more like a demon.

Xiao Yan was not interested in continuing to ramble with Her Royal Highness the princess, but turned his head to look at Bishop Gogeri, who was smiling and smiling, but the corners of his eyebrows were constantly beating, and asked, "What are they?" ”

"Enough food for 400 people to survive the winter, brown bread and some ale. As for the rest of the cargo, it is almost scheduled to be taken over in Württemberg in February. Only the food is readily available, but are you sure you can fit it? ”

Xiao Yan frowned slightly, although this amount was not amazing, it seemed to be a bit too much for his cane.

"I need to hire people, but there are too few people willing to cross the Black Forest with us in the winter."

"I can provide 15 people on my side, and if you want to take care of them, you don't have to come back immediately, even if you cross the Black Forest."

Hearing Goger's reminder, Xiao Yan nodded and said, "That's really grateful, but even if you add 15 people, it's still a very troublesome thing if you don't have a suitable carrier." ”

"Do your calculations accurately, each subject can carry an extra part of the weight, and the rest of the food can be exchanged for jewelry or gold coins, as long as you can cross the Black Forest, you can go to Württemberg to buy food after the winter has passed."

Xiao Yan nodded again, and the two began to leave the princess aside, discussing the issue of food and supplies as if no one was around. The princess, who felt that she was left out, finally couldn't help but speak: "You let them deliver in Württemberg, but the jewelry has been given to them a long time ago, if they don't pay that fee, won't this transaction fail?" ”

Xiao Yan smiled slightly and said, "No, I think you made a mistake. The aristocrats, including Archduke Henry, did not buy jewelry. To be exact, they paid so much to buy a title. The most pious title, and this title is ultimately manifested by the completion of the transaction. If they are unwilling to pay the rest of the fee and complete the deal, then the most pious title on their heads will be removed. All the nobles who were willing to pay the rest of the fee would rush to ask for the title, and not only the nobles, but also the big merchants would be very interested. ”

Seeing that the princess was a little dazed, Xiao Yan didn't have the patience to continue teaching the princess, he just said: "Okay, you just need to remember that the original price of these jewelry was only worth 10,000 gold coins at most, which is still the result of an overestimate." But now you have thirteen thousand gold coins in your hand, which is enough for you. As a princess, you need to think more about how to build a women's knights' camp and a women's church school as soon as possible, rather than sitting here and thinking about a few extra gold coins. ”

Being reminded by Xiao Yan like this, Lelia was rarely angry, she nodded again and again, and when she heard Xiao Yan and Goger's conversation gradually coming to an end, the princess suddenly asked, "When are you leaving?" ”

"Tonight, we have been delayed for a long time, and the harshest hour of winter in the Black Forest has arrived. We had to climb the hardest mountains as quickly as possible. ”

Xiao Yan said this, and after seeing the cardinal nodding, the two stood up at the same time, and it was only at this time that Xiao Yan found that Her Royal Highness the princess did not move. He asked with some surprise: "What, Your Highness still has something?" ”

"No, I just want to do it a little longer, then, see you in Württemberg."

"Haode, Your Highness, we'll see you in Württemberg."

After the two finished speaking, Xiao Yan and the cardinal turned and strode away, leaving Lelia alone in her chair. After a moment of silence, the princess leaned forward and stretched out her left hand, trying to put it back where it had been placed.

After a moment of silence, the princess slowly stretched her hand forward, touching the craters that Xiao Yan had pierced with a dagger. She touched the pits with her hand, the broken ballast of the trees slowly crushed under her fingers, and some of the ballast stuck to the princess's fingers, causing bouts of slight pain.

Xiao Yan and Bishop Goggle quickly walked to the warehouse, where there were already 15 tall humans with the same hoods standing, they didn't say a word, and looked at Xiao Yan quietly.

Xiao Yan didn't have any nonsense about these mages who had begun to fall, he just said, "Okay, let's go." (To be continued......)