Early in the morning, Brand, who woke up from a specially arranged stone house, went out to see Andre with a bright smile on his face like the morning sun. As he had promised yesterday, this peculiar brunette young man would be his best guide until evening.

It's just that he can't quite understand that yesterday this seemingly warm-hearted good man just made himself pay some silver shields for everyone in the tavern and his own guards. The cup of green amber was exchanged for those simple minotaurs and dwarves who enthusiastically helped them carefully put the goods into storage. As for that eye-opening interracial feast...... Most of them also went into the stomachs of the guards, and the benefits that fell directly on Andrei were really very limited.

What is it about him that makes him so gracious?...... Maybe that's why he's so popular in this town!?

If Brand knew the true identity of this good Samaritan, he would probably understand that a part of all his expenses in this town would eventually become a figure at Andre's disposal, that is, the town's taxes.

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After a brief wash, André took the human merchant and his escort for a simple but memorable breakfast. At the behest of the young guide, Brand spent two silver coins on a forest duck. Compared to yesterday's consumption level, to be honest, human businessmen are a little distressed, and it is said that this unkind price is due to the statutory tax increase.

However, everyone tasted the flavorful pasta with bud grain dough wrapped in crispy duck skin and a rich sauce. There are also the pale yellow, fragrant and crunchy konjac pancakes, and the unknown noodles with duck bone broth and duck offal in a large bowl of lo-mei noodles.

The rest of the journey didn't need so many guards, and Brand was left with only the most dedicated and experienced captain of the guards. The others each handed out a few silver coins, and they went to have fun on their own.

In order to prevent these energetic fighters from getting bored and causing trouble everywhere, Andrei even introduced them to a few temporary jobs with decent income.

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The first stop that the Son of the Abyss arranged for the human merchants he valued was the Blue and White Workshop, which had just entered the stage of large-scale production.

The huge mixing pit is full of inconspicuous white porcelain base material that has been carefully proportioned by experienced dwarven stonemasons. The plaster-like blanks rotate rapidly on water-powered wooden discs made by the elves' skilled carpentry. Skilled elven carpenters have been building millstones powered by the water of the Emerald River for thousands of years. With the help of this delicate tool, each rough embryo produced by the dwarven masons had a standard shape that was rounded and plumped to near perfection.

After drying in the shade, a delicate fairy painter will depict a simple and beautiful pattern on it with a blue glaze of unknown color. After a series of inexplicable processes that Bland found, the final firing in a high-temperature porcelain kiln presents a smooth and white background, bright and delicate glaze, reflecting a luster like a natural jade, but it is a fine artistic treasure made by mortal hands!

"I don't know what you think of the quality of the 'blue and white porcelain' created by our dwarves and elven craftsmen?" Andre confidently asked the young merchant whose eyes were already straight.

"Creations from the hands of elves are always so fascinating, I just don't know their price......"

"Rest assured, my friend, as you are the first guest from the human city-state. This monumental first price will be based on the same internal price we used for the sale of the Elven Kingdom. The small ones are one or two silver guilders, the medium ones are five silver guilders, and the large ones are about twenty to fifty depending on their size and weight...... If you have a need, you can also make some specific requests to our craftsmen. Of course, this requires a certain deposit!"

"Can I make a selection now?" In Brand's eyes, these delicate artifacts, as long as they reached his homeland safely, would never be worth less than those fine silver objects that cost a few gold coins. If it can be sought after by the upper class, its profits can even reach tens or even hundreds of times the cost!

So much so that the agitated human merchant overlooked the obvious problem that a seemingly ordinary half-elf could determine the price at which these artifacts would be sold, such a very obvious anomaly. The price of these things is obviously not something that ordinary people can make!

When he was trying to find out the exact price of these artifacts from the older dwarves in charge of the workshop, they were still vague.

"Please don't get excited my friend, you think that's all the goodies, there's more surprises to discover!" Successfully arousing the interest of the human merchant, Andre squinted his black eyes and smiled as pure and harmless as a goblin who had just received a double bonus.

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Accompanied by a clanging noise, the red-glowing iron furnace emits an unbearable scorching scorching breath, just like the hell and volcanic craters depicted in the most popular fantasy travelogues of young people!

"Andhrari's forging has once again made a brave and practical innovation in the centuries-old tradition of the dwarves, and our craftsmen can swear by their clan that nothing in iron is like the finest in our workshops, except for precious equipment made of magical materials. ”

André handed the human merchant a sharp, two-handed sword and motioned for him to try it out on the stake in front of him.

However, Brand was very self-aware and handed the weapon reflecting the cold light in his hand to his captain of the guard, who quickly danced the sharp weapon in his hands with a steady pace and skillful twisting force, and cut three pieces of wood with smooth cross-sections from the stake. The whole process can be called in one go without any obscurity, so it can be seen that both the user and the weapon are equally good.

Looking at the blade of the longsword, there was hardly any damage or flaw.

"Good sword!" the captain of the guard said earnestly as he stroked the blade of the sword with his fingers.

"For you! human boy. The dwarven blacksmith said happily.

Occasionally, dwarves who are stubborn enough not to accept guest bargaining can also have moments when they are outrageously generous. For example, the moment when someone slaps a sycophant into their heart...... When they give away the finished products of the workshop as public property, they also have to pay for the cost of work.

Andrei took a random piece from a pile of finished scabbards and handed it to the captain of the guard, who was still a little excited.

At present, the products of the workshop are mainly based on standardized standard equipment. The elven rangers preferred lighter and more nimble one-handed swords, short swords, and daggers, while the dwarves were accustomed to heavy weapons such as hammers and axes—swords were almost always unsalable, and perhaps had to be sold to orcs...... The premise is that they must be well maintained until the day they open for sale.

Who said dwarves don't settle accounts!?

"Remember to wipe the oil frequently. The Children of the Abyss kindly added.

All the mass production equipment in the forging workshop is made of high-carbon steel. Compared to artifacts such as brass, although they have many outstanding advantages over physical properties, they also mean that they are more susceptible to corrosion.

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"Let's take a look at this again!" Andre handed out the delicate slender blue and white porcelain vase in his hand.

"Didn't we already see the porcelain this morning?" said Brand, a little puzzled.

"You open it and take a look. ”

When you remove the wax seal near the cap, you will be greeted by a rich aroma that does not make you feel greasy.

"What is this?" the young merchant thought the smell was familiar.

"The soap you used yesterday was added to it, and it is extracted from at least two kilograms of pure herbal ingredients. The formula is derived from the essence of thousands of years of traditional skin care of elves!It can make the skin delicate, supple and delicately fair, and one bottle is enough to solve most skin problems!" The Children of the Abyss quickly introduced in seductive language, "Do you think they will be favored by those ladies of status?"

"Uh-huh......" Brand muttered in anguish, adding another item to his purchase list.

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Then they saw Andrari's silk clothes, like André's shirt. And then there's the beautiful succubus whose name is Livia, who seems to have a lot of prestige here, and whose slit embroidered cheongsam simply shows off all the beauty of the female body. However, given the seemingly high status of the other party in this town, Brand did not dare to play any untimely and crooked ideas. Even if she was more eyeless than the seductive goblin in the bathhouse yesterday, the young merchant could only secretly envy the lord of the small town who was said to be very blessed.

Then there are Andrari's sauces, which André admits are not suitable for long-distance transport and sales, as the high temperatures on the road can have a subtle impact on their quality. However, it is very suitable to add some fun to life on the go.

Then there is the special distilled sake, which is said to use a very new and special process. They are far more mellow than those made in a short period of time, and at a much cheaper price than those that are old - although Brand can feel the inadequacy of white amber compared to the age of the flowers, as a non-expert, he can't tell what exactly is wrong with Andrari's amber range.

He could even assert that for the more short-sighted, white amber was the best they could taste in their lives. What's more, the price of a small jar of such fine wine is less than half a silver coin! If it weren't for the fact that there were so many accidents that could have occurred during long-distance transportation, the young merchants would have wanted to exchange all their goods for the distilled spirits here!

The thought that it would not be long before they would have to go through a long journey of more than two months forced Brand to dispel this urge in his heart. Among the human city-states, the price of grapes of similar quality is at least ten silver coins, and those varieties that are obviously more mellow in taste are even more coveted by the wealthy, and even if you don't count the top-quality goods that cost hundreds of gold coins, the price of the inferior products of slightly inferior quality in the famous wineries is also in gold coins.

There are also the most popular items of the elves, such as sandalwood combs...... Brand felt that he had so much to procure that even the two wagons he had were no longer able to meet his skyrocketing needs!

So the young human trader, after much deliberation, made a wise decision that he was going to stay in Andrari for a while. Patiently sell the various furs exchanged from the orc tribes along the way for a slightly better price, and by the way, add some orders to the various workshops of Andrarui, and preferably buy a sturdy carriage or two from the elves......

In short, Brand had already realized that he had too much to do before dinner time for the day, and he had to use the free time of the evening to plan well.

If he dealt with one thing after another, the young human merchant estimated that he would probably not be able to leave this small but extremely prosperous town in half a month!