Chapter 2 Bargaining
How could Charles let go of such a good opportunity, he hurriedly said: "Dear Mr. Magician, I think the value of this shipment is far more than your offer, and I am willing to pay the price that matches it." ”
Ryan thought for a moment and counteroffered, "In that case, you can give me 50 copper coins." ”
Charles listened to Ryan's words, his eyes went dark, and he almost fainted. This magician's temper is really hard to fathom. He decisively gave up his plan to win over Ryan with gold coins, and immediately followed Ryan's words: "Dear Mr. Magician, since you insist on this, then I will buy it according to your first offer." ”
Seeing that Charles agreed, Ryan nodded and said, "Okay, but please give me 200 copper coins." ”
If you don't take the light 2 silver coins, you have to exchange them for 200 copper coins of equal value. Charles took all this as a quirk of the magician in front of him, and he hurriedly asked the apprentice to bring 200 copper coins, loaded them into a brand new money bag, and put them in Ryan's hands with both hands.
Actually, Ryan didn't really care about the 2 silver coins. The reason why he is like this, in addition to cleaning his storage pockets, is mainly to let Allendo know how to buy and sell things and bargain. It's a pity that Charles's flattery made Ryan's plan a complete failure, how can anyone who buys things desperately raise the price?
The reason why Ryan asked for 200 copper coins was because he planned to talk to Alendor about gold coins, silver coins, copper coins, and the exchange relationship between them, and other common sense of life, and not make jokes about not using gold coins, but only copper coins. This is Lane's own personal experience when he was a child, and of course only his parents and Teacher Galib know about it, and no matter how good a friend is, he can't talk about it.
Speaking of that incident, it was actually nothing, Ryan had never seen money when he was a child, and the fur, magic core, and other things that could be sold on the Earth Bear were all sold out, and a total of more than 200 gold coins were sold. It was also the first time that Ryan saw a large pile of shiny things, so he grabbed a handful and played with them. As a result, he thought that the gold coins were heavier than the copper coins, so he threw away all the gold coins in his hand and only took the copper coins.
In fact, Ryan guessed Charles's mind a little bit in his heart, he didn't want to take advantage of others, so he deliberately shouted the price lower and lower, Ryan would never do something he didn't like for a little money.
Now that the thing was sold, Ryan didn't plan to stay, and he led Alendor straight out of the Hammer Equipment Shop.
After Ryan and the two walked away, the apprentice timidly asked Charles what to do with the pile in front of him.
Still annoyed that his plan had not been successful, Charles waved his hand and motioned for the apprentice to take it and dispose of it casually.
Just as the apprentice was holding the pile of broken weapons and preparing to take them inside to dispose of, Charles slapped his head and said loudly to himself: "I'm so stupid, this is a once-in-a-lifetime publicity opportunity!"
He hurriedly called out to the apprentice and told him to put these things down.
Looking at the puzzled look in the apprentice's eyes, Charles smiled proudly and said to him, "If what the little magician just said is the truth, then we can use the weapons of these thieves Scar to conduct an exhibition and auction." Take this long sword that was broken in two, we can say that the fire hammer product is of high quality. If you use the products of our Fire Hammer Equipment Shop, this will definitely not happen, and it can be said that good has defeated evil, so let those fanatical, heroic guys buy and collect. With Scar and the young magician's fame, I'm sure our Fire Hammer Equipment Shop will do even more business. ”
Sure enough, at next month's Victory Day celebrations, the Fire Hammer Equipment Shop used the acquired items to make a big splash, and while spending a sum of money to hire a few bards to vigorously promote the independence of the young mage to get rid of the thieves, it also made everyone who listened to this story faintly feel the importance of the quality of the weapon, don't you see that the scarred long sword was actually interrupted by a thin mage? As a result, the workmanship itself belonged to the fire hammer equipment shop at the forefront of Elfa City, and after Victory Day, the business suddenly improved by more than 30%, which made Charles laugh in his dreams.
Of course, Ryan never expected Charles to use this method of promoting the product now, and he returned to his camp with Allendo, and after a night's rest, the two set off for Giethoorn.
If Elfa is still at the border between mountains and hills, then Giethoorn is on the edge of the South Tarren savannah. This was originally the place where orcs lived hundreds of years ago, and there are few traces of humans here. It was only 200 years ago that the orcs were forced to migrate to the North Tarren savannah, where living conditions were poor, under the attack of Fernando I, and it slowly became a human settlement. From time to time, herdsmen migrate through here and find that the water and grass here are abundant, so they settle down, and gradually form a small town of more than 1,000 people.
The sheep here produce very good quality wool, which is spun into wool and shipped to various parts of the continent. In addition, it can also provide 500 war horses for the empire every year.
Originally, the town had no name, but it was a local custom that when camping, every herdsman would set a stake with sheep's horns on it outside the door of his tent to drive away evil spirits and seek peace, so it was called Giethoorn Town.
After two full days of walking, Ryan and Allendo had seen the smoke of Giethoorn in the distance. This was the first time Ryan had left the mountains and came to the edge of the prairie.
Although Giethoorn was only on the edge of the prairie, far from the endless grandeur of the middle of the prairie, it was still extremely shocking to Lane. At a glance in his hometown of Dense Fog Town, there are only endless mountains, where is there such a scene in front of you?
Ryan walked briskly on the soft grass, listening to the whistling sound of the wind blowing in his ears, looking at the white clouds fluttering in the sky with the wind, and his heart also felt a lot more open, it was really a pleasure to live in such an environment.
Alendor has been walking the continent of Eslar for five years, and has also gone deep into the South Talon Grassland, so he naturally saw a lot of the scene in front of him, he calmly remembered a very critical question, and hurriedly reminded Ryan: "I thought that Giethoorn Town is similar to the vicinity of Elfa City, and there are relatively lush jungles, but I didn't expect it to be an endless grassland, so in this grassland, how do we solve this gang of thieves?"
Ryan was reminded by Allendo to find out the seriousness of the matter, and thought that this time he could still use the terrain to carry out a sneak attack while the thieves were unprepared, use fireball magic to kill and injure the thieves, and then team up with Allendo to clean up the remaining thieves, but he didn't expect that this was a large plain with almost no jungle. It is said that this gang of thieves owns horses, so they can go around in circles with themselves on this wide grassland, and they and Alendor are only two people, and they have no horses, how to get rid of this gang of thieves?
The two discussed for a long time, but they didn't come up with a good solution, so they had to plan to go to Giethoorn Town first, find the mayor who issued the task, and first have a detailed understanding of the specific situation.
When Ryan and Alendor appeared in Giethoorn's field of vision, several young people in charge of guarding in the town immediately shouted to stop the two of them from moving on, and only after Ryan loudly revealed his identity and origin did he open the thick wooden door and let Ryan and Alendor walk in.
Under the suspicious gazes of more than a dozen young men armed with wooden sticks, Ryan and Alendor were questioned repeatedly. When Ryan's patience was about to be lost, the dozen or so youths stopped interrogating, and one of them led Ryan and Alendor through the gray tent to the largest black tent in the middle of Giethoorn.
Ryan and Alendor followed behind the young man, taking a closer look at Giethoorn.
Giethoorn is surrounded by a barrier made of large wooden stakes, which are more than one person tall to protect against the threat of wolves. The townspeople live in grey tents set up in the town, and the spacing between the tents is so small that only one person can barely pass through.
Next to each resident's tent, there is a sheepfold of various sizes, which is surrounded by more or less Talen sheep, some of which are hundreds, and the few are only a dozen. The smell of sheep fills the air throughout Giethoorn.
On the other side of the tent, there is usually a stable, and Ryan roughly counted that a household has at least five horses, and that the whole town of Giethoorn has more than 5,000 horses, which is not a small amount.
In addition, there were tall haystacks near almost every tent, and Ryan asked the young man who was leading the way what this haystack was for, and the young man looked at Ryan coldly and did not speak.
The abundance of tents, sheepfolds, stables and haystacks makes the whole town of Giethoorn seem very crowded.
In the middle of Giethoorn, there is a large clearing where a tall black tent stands alone, completely different from the crowded scene of other herders.
A chubby middle-aged man stood at the doorway of a large black tent, dressed in ornate clothes made of white wool, in stark contrast to the four gray-clad attendants behind him. In addition to this, the chubby middle-aged man seemed to have a somewhat gloomy face.
Seeing the appearance of the middle-aged man, the young man who came with Ryan hurriedly walked over and whispered a few words in the middle-aged man's ear.
The middle-aged man listened to the young man's words, nodded, and said to Ryan in a loud voice, "Hello, welcome two adventurers to Giethoorn. The contemptible man is the mayor of Giethoorn, Jeril."