Chapter 174: Longevity Elixir
"It's amazing, it's only been a few days that little Erin's heart has been captured."
Claire spread her hands helplessly: "Do you believe me when I say I didn't do anything?" I don't know why Erin fell in love with me. ”
He really didn't do anything, he didn't have that kind of idea at first, he just made fun of the other party, who would have thought that Erin was really interesting to himself.
This is unreasonable, she is just a viscount, she is a princess who will not really believe in any beautiful love stories, or is the king used to her too well?
"You little fox, do you think I can believe what you say?" Sophia looked distrustful.
Then he put on a resentful appearance, looked at Claire and said: "Lord Viscount has a new person and forgets the old one, Lord Viscount doesn't know if he can remember people in the future?" ”
"Why don't you lend me tens of millions, so I can always remember you." Claire isn't used to her either.
This directly stunned Sophia, and asked angrily, "Is there anything else like this?" ”
In the next second, Claire's attitude changed, and she said politely: "Don't make trouble, but I do have something to ask Mrs. to help with." ”
"What's the matter? If you borrow money, don't talk about it, I lost more than 20 million yuan this month. ”
"Madam, can you still lose money in the industry you run?" Claire was a little surprised, in his opinion, even if the country's economy collapsed, Sophia's industry would not be able to lose money. This woman is very shrewd, and losing money will never happen to her.
"I was going to make 200 million, but I only earned 180 million, isn't that a loss of 20 million?" Sophia rightfully said.
After listening to the other party's words, Claire immediately wanted to slap her, damn, how can such words come out of your mouth.
Now the money he earns in a whole year is almost 10 million, and the other party exceeds himself by more than ten times in a month, and sure enough, people can't be compared with each other.
Claire sighed and said, "If I don't borrow money, I'll ask you for news." ”
"Well, what's the news?" Without mentioning the money, Sophia smiled.
"Madame, do you know where there are treasures with a lot of life or potions that can replenish life force?"
Sophia glanced Claire up and down suspiciously, and said, "Aren't you only sixteen years old now?" What do you want this thing for? And isn't your vitality still very strong? ”
"Yes for experiments." Claire made an excuse at random, anyway, the experiments done by the mages needed were very miscellaneous, and it was normal to need things full of vitality.
Sophia nodded without delving into it, and continued: "This thing is there, but you probably won't be able to get it." ”
"How?"
"The potions that can replenish vitality are very tight in the royal capital, and there are only a few masters who can refine them, and the number of potions they can make every year is also scarce, only about three or four doses per year..."
When Sophia said this, Claire understood, and then the other party's words continued: "I understand, once those potions come out, they will be snapped up by those nobles in the royal capital, right?" ”
Sophia nodded, "That's right..."
Generally speaking, a noble family that can inherit for a long time has a strong person who has a pillar, such as the ancestor behind Sophia's family, one of the six great mages of the kingdom and the vice president of the Royal Capital Magic Academy...... This is the key reason that can support their family's constant struggle, and these strong people generally don't take care of things, and they haven't even come forward once after changing several family heads.
But such a large family definitely needs a master, that is, the head of the family in each noble family, so most of the heads of the noble families will focus on running the family, even if they choose the path of a mage who can prolong their lives, they will not be able to go far, at most, they can reach the junior mage stage.
And the lifespan of mages at this stage is only one hundred and fifty years old, which is a few decades longer than ordinary people, so many of them will come to pursue those means to prolong their lifespan after reaching a certain age.
Some directly hand over the family property to the juniors, and turn their heads to devote themselves to practicing magic, but magic is not something that everyone can learn, and it is common to stay in the mage apprenticeship after fifty or sixty years of study, and the white-haired magic apprentices who worked under Isaac in the Academy are living examples.
And giving up the power in their hands, which most people can't do, so many nobles will take another path, that is, to pursue potions or other ways that can prolong their lives. Therefore, the price of medicines that can prolong life has remained high in the royal capital.
"The price on the market now is about five million gold coins per dose, and sometimes the price is higher."
"And your needs are different, for those nobles who are about to die, the potion is his life, you just bought it for experiments, and you may not be willing to pay the price they are willing to pay."
Claire thought for a moment and felt that what Sophia said made sense, so she said, "Then madam, you should lend me some money, I don't have enough money now." ”
Sophia: "......"
"Okay, let's stop making trouble." Claire spoke, "Do you have any news about these potions, lady?" ”
"It's a coincidence that you're asking, there's an auction in Wangdu in a few days, and it just has what you need."
"Is the information reliable?"
Sophia looked at Claire with a puzzled expression, not understanding what he was doing, so she could only respond: "Be reliable, the news that this auction house gave me should not be wrong." ”
"Is the auction house your property too? Then just sell it to me. ”
"Do you really think I'm involved in everything? This is a duke's property, and if the news hasn't spread yet, I can help you, but now at least the nobles in the royal capital know that there is a life-extending potion auction in it, and for the reputation of the auction house, even if I want it, he can't give it. ”
"It's okay, you find a way to give me the whole ticket to enter, and I'll grab it with them myself when the time comes."
"Can you grab it? You can have a cash flow of five million, why don't I lend you some money? Sophia took the initiative.
Claire looked at her suspiciously, she was not happy when she mentioned money just now, but now she took the initiative to mention it, how can this girl be so kind?
As soon as I looked over, I saw Sophia put up five fingers and said with a smile: "I will lend you as much as you want, the interest is five points, and the interest of others is about ten, and I have already given you a very good discount." ”
The corners of Claire's mouth twitched, and she waved her hand and said, "No need, I'll borrow Shane's money, at least he has no interest." ”
"Your words make me sad and make me feel like I'm a woman who loves money."
Claire sneered: Isn't it?
It's easy to talk about anything else, but when it comes to money, Sophia directly turns her face and doesn't recognize people, and I don't know if she was a piggy bank in her previous life, only in and out.
After not getting Claire's feedback, Sophia didn't bother to continue pretending, and said directly: "I have the invitation to that auction, I just happened to have something to do at that time, and when the time comes, you can just go in directly with my post, and I won't take you over." ”
"Thank you, ma'am." Claire thanked.
"You're welcome, why don't you take me on that airship? I'm interested. Sophia smiled.
"Uh...... I took it for repairs and couldn't take off for a few days. ”
"You're hesitating, you're lying to me."
Claire: "...... something, do you have to talk about it?" It's not good for either of us, is it?
"Looks like I didn't get the same treatment as little Irene." Sophia sighed, picked up her folding fan and stood up, "Then I'd better get out of this place that makes me sad." ”
"Madame, go slowly!" Claire sat on the couch and didn't get up to greet her.
"Humph!" Sophia stomped her foot rather cutely.
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