Chapter 36: The Statue of the Titans
Downton closed the tome, pretending to be casual and his gaze swept over the bottom of the shelf.
There is no need to worry about admitting mistakes, because among the dilapidated items, there is only one statue of the god carved out of unknown stone, which is completely black, and there are some greasy and dried blood stains.
The length of most of the palm, the thickness of a cucumber, and the type of stone are unknown, but it is clear that it is very old, and two-thirds of it is already covered with cracks, as if it will crumble if you touch it.
The statue depicts a giant with his fists clenched and roaring in the sky, each of its muscles carved very full, full of liliang texture.
"This is the ancient giant stone statue, which has a history of five thousand years, and carrying it every day can slowly strengthen the physique. Grandet was very perceptive, and Downton only took a few more glances before he discovered it, and immediately picked up the stone statue of the giant, and tried to sell it to him.
"Don't you care about that minotaur?" Downton didn't reach for it, but looked at the dusty orc, deliberately showing a curious look.
With Grande's shrewdness, if Downton showed interest in the stone statue, he would definitely be severely pitted.
"A lowly orc merchant who came to sell tribal products. "Grande is deliberately hanging the minotaur, it has been five times, and only by making the other party anxious can he get the goods at a low price.
"This is a good thing, the nobles like it, nine folds, and it really can't be less. "Grandet is obviously not telling his word, if the stone statue really has the magical effect he said, how can it be left here?
"Seventy-fifty off, if it doesn't work, I'll go to another grocery store. Downton turned around without hesitation, looked at the minotaur, and did not look at the idol again, and it was not too late to look at it carefully after buying it.
"You're going to force me to go bankrupt!" Grandet wailed.
"Boss, it's been five days, and you haven't decided yet?"
The minotaur in a shabby leather armor came over, his face was already full of pleading, he had been out for too long, and every day of delay would cost him travel expenses, and some of the goods could not be stored for a long time, they would rot, and they would all be smashed in his hands when the time came.
"Get out of the way, don't you see me talking about business, come back tomorrow!" Grandet has no good temper, humans have a natural sense of superiority over orcs, not to mention a merchant who begs him to buy something.
The minotaur wanted to say something, but he was kicked directly by Grande, so he closed his mouth, but he just didn't get out.
Downton looked embarrassed, the minotaur in front of him was more than two meters tall, with knotted muscles, standing there, like a city wall, one arm, like a giant python, thicker than Grande's neck, but he didn't dare to fight back, and he had to laugh with him.
"You didn't mean to make me ugly, did you?" Downton's face sank, and he left without looking back, "A big business of more than 50,000 gold coins, you don't do it, someone rushes to do it." ”
"Don't go, you wait. Grandet was in a hurry, ran quickly to Downton, stretched out his arms, and stopped him stubbornly, "Eighty-five folds, it can't be lower." ”
Downton breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he deliberately accentuated his tone on the fifty thousand gold coins, that is, to make Grande reluctant to stop himself, otherwise he would leave, and there would be no way to carry out any follow-up jihua.
"Twenty percent off, and then you let me pick three or four more antiques from those shelves. Downton quoted the price and deliberately looked at the minotaur with a look of disgust.
Downton used this expression to steer the topic to the orc, to make Grandet angry with him, and by the way, to distract himself from discovering his true purpose.
"Eight-fold absolutely not. Grandet didn't notice that his words had revealed the focus of his attention, and he didn't care about the antiques.
In fact, these were the antique scraps that Grandet had picked up from traveling merchants from all over the world, and he had long since put away the valuable ones, and put them on the shelves in the hope of getting them back for some gold coins.
"That's eighty-fifty off, but you'll have to give me the Elven carved leaf, well, pick three, no, five antiques. "Downton, like a fool who has been deceived, looked at the leaf that Grandet had introduced, and did not look at the stone statue the whole time.
"Why don't you kill me, one at most!" Grandet raised his voice, his face pained as the ogre pinched his balls.
"Three, or I don't want it. Downton complained, but walked to the shelf, picked up the leaves as soon as possible, and deliberately showed a happy expression.
Grandet leaned over to Downton and began to babble on and on again.
"You still have guests, I won't talk nonsense, these three, if you agree, the business will be closed. After playing with the leaves for a while, Downton looked at the shelves, picked another stone slab, and finally reached for the idol.
Grandet grabbed Downton's wrist with a puzzled expression on his face, a shrewd businessman who instinctively felt that something was wrong.
"What's wrong?" Downton's heart jumped violently, and he held back it so that he didn't show a nervous expression.
"Let's change to something else, these three are not for sale. "Although I had found someone to identify them before and proved to be scrap, looking at Downton who liked them, Grandet was unsure.
Stingy, shrewd, suspicious, this is the label of Grande, the first merchant in the West.
"You think I'm a countryman who hasn't seen the world, so just fool me, don't? Downton deliberately threw away the antique and roared at the orc, "Hey, stand away, the smell of your body has smoked me." ”
The minotaur blushed, clenched his fist, and gave up.
"I'm sorry, he's suspicious, so he can only use you to divert the target. Downton scolded the minotaur loudly in his heart, he had already shown a look of disgust just now, so the scolding at this time did not seem abrupt, "Look down on the postman, I must make a lot of money in the future, go to the Imperial St. George's School of Magic to study, live in this broken country, and be treated as a dirt bun wherever I go......"
Downton's loud and loud words of college, country, and dirt buns, as well as angry loud complaints, are all instilling a subconscious in Grandet, that is, his knowledge is barren and shallow.
"What was I worried about, this kid is a country postman who has never been out of Sequoia County, how can he recognize priceless antiques? Suspicious people are easily influenced by words, and when Grandet thinks about it, he feels that the three antiques are worthless.
"The orcs are all poor ghosts, you do business with them, and it is estimated that you are also a small merchant who does not have much money, how can you afford to buy real magic antiques, these must be fakes, yes, that's it, I must have been deceived by you. Downton cursed and walked out the door, unsettled.
I have long heard that Grande is doing business very darkly, but Downton used to be very poor and had no chance to deal with it, but now that he has talked to him, he understands that he can earn at least six thousand gold coins with a twenty-fold discount of materials, and he is not satisfied.
"The big business of 50,000 gold coins, I shouted casually on the street, and those grocery store owners rushed to trade with me, I was stupid enough to be angry with you. ”
If it weren't for the fact that Homer was an encyclopedia, he wouldn't have let himself buy a god for no reason, and Downton really wanted to leave, and it would be a big deal to waste some time and go to a few nearby towns to resupply supplies.
"Wait, the deal is set. Grandet quickly grabbed three antiques, ran to Downton, and thrust them into his arms.
"Don't, it's annoying to see an orc. Downton's face was disgusted, and he wanted to push Grandet away.
"It's all my fault. When the words of fifty thousand gold coins hit his ears, and when he saw Downton leaving, it was as if he saw Kindland flying out of his pocket with small wings, and he couldn't sit still for a moment.
"Get out of the way!" Downton was stubborn, but the struggle was noticeably less, "Don't stop me from going shopping." ”
"Why are you still stunned? Why don't you get out of here, and scare my honored guests. Grande moved the minotaur and was also using it to pay attention to the topic, "I have the most complete goods in this store, so I will buy it here, and it is decided, eighty-five percent off, these three magical antiques will be given to you, and the transaction will be established." ”
Grandet had planned to use another antique to dispel Downton's anger, but he was so stingy that he couldn't say anything.
"Within an hour, send what I want to the south exit of the town, otherwise the transaction will be invalidated. Downton glanced at Grandet, not daring to touch the stone statue more, dealing with such a cautious, shrewd, suspicious fellow, it was really necessary to be two hundred percent spirited.
"It must be delivered, but the freight?" Grandet was really stingy to the extreme, and capricious, his eyes were aimed at the three antiques in Downton's hand, and he subconsciously reached out, wanting to get it back, and find someone to identify it again.
"Of course you pay. From here to the entrance of the town, it is a wide street, but the distance of two hundred meters does not need to pay for the freight at all, if Grandet refuses again, even if he can't buy the statue, he will not be here to supply supplies.
"Okay, okay, I'll pay. Grand's suit softened, and after glancing at the antique regretfully, he roared at the minotaur, "Don't you get out yet, don't you see that I'm busy?"
Coming down the street, Downton opened the tome and wrote an inquiry.
"What the hell is that broken stone statue? Also, don't let me deal with suspicious misers anymore, it's torture. "Downton has never been a door-picker, or he wouldn't have asked for compensation after Hannah and Fanny used the magic stone, but in the face of Grande, he really didn't want him to make his own money.
"You are dead, it is the Titan Statue, an altar relic made by the Giants, if you have to give a standard, it is a legendary ornament that surpasses the perfect level, at least worth 30 million Jindelan. ”
Looking at Homer's Demon Flame style, Downton's hand shook, and he almost burst his eyes, just such a tattered stone statue, how valuable is it?
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