Merlin, with its infinite life, has outlived any known intelligent life in the world.

You must know that even the giants, who are known for their longevity, only have a lifespan of eight hundred years, and the intelligence level of the giants is generally low, most of them live alone in the inaccessible mountains, and do not deal with other races, and the long years are not much different from them.

But Merlin is different, as the ancestor of the magician, he has been active in human history since the time of Roland, and although he did not personally participate in the two magical wars, his figure has always loomed.

Merlin himself does not have much ambition and interest in wealth and power, but in order to cover up his existence, he still did some side jobs to avoid the pursuit of the temple, and there are some things that he may not pay much attention to, as far as wealth is concerned, everyone has to spend money as long as they live, and Merlin is no exception, he originally likes to have fun, especially in the early days, there are still a lot of residual humanity in him, and he has also gone through a period of drunken days, so in order to balance expenses, he did make some investments at that time, although he did not spend too much energy on itYet these investments have snowballed over time.

Another example is his intelligence network, the current intelligence network of the Magicians Association was built by Merlin, but later, with the retreat of the original group of old people, the principals of the Magicians Association began to notice the abnormality on his body and secretly launched an investigation against him, Merlin did not resist, and took the opportunity to break away from the Magician Association by means of fake death, erasing the traces of his existence, and at the same time took away some of the intelligence talents he cultivated, and established his own intelligence network.

Then there's the Saint Laurent Brothers' School of Magic, now known as the Siamers Academy, which has been the home of Merlin for a long time......

All of these things come together to form Merlin's private power, and no one knows how big this power is, Merlin's name has always been at the top of the temple's wanted list, but for more than 900 years, the church has never done anything about him.

However, managing a force of this magnitude is not an easy task, and Merlin is notoriously lazy, so it is obviously impossible for him to take a fixed time every day to sit down and quietly check the accounts and deal with trivial matters, in fact, he just sets up a framework, and the rest of the actual management part will be handed over to a special person to deal with.

Claire once said that there are four people who are the most important in the latter's power system, one is responsible for protecting his safety, one is in charge of intelligence, and one is responsible for managing his wealth, in addition to the Saint Laurent Brothers Academy of Magic, it also needs a principal, all four of whom can be regarded as his students, and Claire played the role of a guardian by Merlin's side back then.

And now Rob estimates that the man in front of him with the mask of a white crow is the wealth manager of the four.

Merlin snapped his fingers, "The game of Monopoly is very simple, you will see a map that restores the real business environment of Gudris, you will each get the same amount of chips before the game starts, and then all you have to do is accumulate as much wealth as possible in a limited time." ”

"How do you accumulate wealth?" Lolo asked.

"How do you make your money?" Merlin asked rhetorically. Well, for the sake of you all newcomers, I'll give you a hint first, there are many commercial establishments in the city we live in, such as baths, which can make a profit by charging entrance fees, and your bakery can sell bread to make a fortune, if you are confident enough in your luck, you can also go to the casino to gamble money, in short, I don't care what means you use to make money, after 200 rounds whoever has more money will win, as for the other rules, please explore on your own in the game, rest assured, I will ensure the fairness of the game as a referee。 ”

"Fair, but you made this game, and your people should already be familiar with the rules, right?"

"There is no such thing as absolute fairness, and there are two of you, so you have a better chance of winning. Merlin grinned, "We're going to get started if we have no other questions, and I'm not going to answer any more questions about the rules unless we have to." ”

When the three of them walked in front of the square table and sat down, Merlin took out a piece of array disk from his arms, and after activating the magic array above, a miniature map of Gudris appeared in front of the three of them, but there were no names of streets on it, only functional buildings, and next to it was a dense list of all goods and prices.

"It should be noted up front that this list of goods changes every five rounds, in the first round, each of you has a hundred gold coins, and then ask the three of you to choose the location you want to go to in turn, and each turn I will roll the dice to determine the order of your actions, which number do you prefer?" Merlin asked Lolo.

"I don't care. ”

"Okay, I'll be randomized. Merlin set the numbers for each of them, rolled the dice, and said to the crow, "You act first in the first round." ”

The white crow man nodded, "Gray dwarf blacksmith shop, buy five hundred catties of fine iron." ”

"You spend a total of twenty gold, and your turn is over. The Fox Masked Man took the corresponding gold from the Raven Man, but gave him an item card with pig iron written on it, and turned to Luo Luo, "It's your turn next." ”

With the white crow man taking the lead, Luo Luo also probably understood some of the gameplay of this game, which feels like a commodity trading game, buying first and then selling, and making money according to price fluctuations.

But her intuition tells the girl that this game is not as simple as it seems, and before she understands all the rules, she decides what the other party does to be on the safe side, which is a bit of a scoundrel, but Lolo is very clear about her position, she knows that business is not her strong point, so her purpose is just to entangle her opponent and increase the odds of winning for her companions.

So the girl said, "The gray dwarf blacksmith shop, I also want to buy five hundred catties of fine iron." ”

As a result, she later listened to the fox mask, "The purchase failed, and the fine iron in the gray dwarf blacksmith shop has been sold out." ”

Luo Luo was stunned, "Why?"

"Because there are only five hundred pounds of fine iron in the gray dwarf blacksmith's shop. The fox masked man blinked and said leisurely.

"Are you cheating?" Lolo frowned, "If it's up to you whether you have the goods or not, then how can we win this game." ”

"As I said before, I won't answer any questions about the rules after the game starts. Merlin smiled, "If you don't have anything else to do, your turn is over." ”

(Isn't Double 11 a festival for us to participate in dogs, why has it gradually evolved into a couple clearing the shopping cart to show affection...... Contemplation)

(End of chapter)