Chapter 15 Buying and Selling
With that, Sally naturally had no need to stay in the "Alchemy Thieves" shop, it was sunset, and she had to hurry back to the beer hall, otherwise she would be greeted by the anger of old Schubert.
Sally grimaced at Sugg and slipped out of the store briskly.
"Hmmm......"
The large boss Gerard reached out and turned on several other magic lamps, then came to an equally large chair and sat down, he gasped heavily, then looked at Schug and said, "Mr. Ernst, little Sally likes you very much. ”
Gerald's tone was subtle
But also sincerely.
Xiuge glanced at the big boss, his hand movements paused, and after a while, he nodded, "Hmm...... I know. ”
He does know.
As an ordinary girl who grew up in the wells of the city of Salem, Sally Miranda has a simple and cautious way of looking at things and people, and although she is at the bottom of the chaos of information, she prefers to trust her own judgment through her eyes, which is why when her original body, the unfortunate and poor illegitimate son of the Ernst family, arrives in Salem, she does not cast a direct contemptuous and hostile gaze like the others.
However, the memories inherited by Schug show that the original Schug Ernst was so inferior, although he also had mixed feelings for the young and beautiful barmaid, he never dared to express it obviously, and Schug himself did not have time to deal with the situation after taking over the body.
Although Lin Xiuge, who controls this body, is from a liberal arts background, in some ways, he is always unusually rational.
"If I really want to repay her affection for Schug Ernst, then I'll have to deal with the rest...... If possible, find a way to take her out of Salem City. ”
Xiuge lowered his gaze and sighed helplessly in his heart.
Boss Gerald laughed twice as if he understood something, then raised his fat arm, which was strangled by clothes, grabbed a huge metal cup from the cabinet next to him, and poured it into his mouth a few times.
At this time, Xiuge noticed that the Boss Gerald's legs seemed to be unusually stubby, compared to his exaggerated figure, his two legs were like two pillars grafted onto his body, and it was hard to imagine how such two legs could support such an exaggerated body.
"Hmm...... I have a part of ogre blood. ”
Boss Gerald obviously has the ability to speak without being shocked, he put down the water glass in his hand, and then reached out and clasped a hidden handle on the wall behind him, and with a seemingly easy pull, he pulled the extremely heavy half of the wall away.
It turned out to be a concealed container.
Xiuge estimated the weight of the wall and said, "Are you serious?" ”
"What's there to lie about...... Hahaha. ”
Boss Gerald licked his lips in the light of the magic lamp: "From the ancestral source, I have thirty percent of the Eastern ogre bloodline, which is the ogre in the Eastern world on the other side of the ocean. ”
"Would the Eastern Ogre be any different?"
"Of course there is, of course there is."
Gerald was very interested, and he opened the drawers in the container as he said: "Compared to the ogres on the Rovi Plateau, those eastern ogres are actually not very cannibalistic, since decades ago, several empires in the east signed a treaty of restriction against the ogres, and the ogres no longer dare to attack humans casually, they are now like ...... Just like some humans with a big appetite, while working as soldiers and laborers, while earning living expenses and food, the strength and brain are stupid, and they are very easy to call. ”
Xiuge's expression became a little subtle, he didn't expect Gerard to be so unsympathetic when talking about his ancestors and elders, but when he thought about it, it was normal, judging from the degree of rejection and hostility of humans to other races in Van En, Gerald's words could be regarded as merciful.
"Okay, let's not talk about those things, you said you want incense materials? Which ones do you want? ”
Boss Gerald patted the open drawer next to him: "Let's say okay first, if you need a large amount, then I can give you an additional discount, if it is less...... Well, the discount is naturally small, can you accept it? ”
"Of course."
Shuge nodded, and then said, "But...... In fact, what I want is not those incense materials, but some other alchemical herbs, in addition, I may need to buy some relatively rare and scarce goods, I wonder if you can provide them here? ”
Boss Gerard's words made Boss Gerard stunned, but he reacted immediately, so he pointed to the door of the store: "Go and close the door, there is a sign behind the door, help me hang it out, don't let anyone in." ”
Shuge nodded, and then did so.
He wasn't worried that the boss he had just met and had ogre blood would do anything terrible to him, after all, he didn't feel any hostility towards the other party, and there was no warning in his spiritual world, which had always been extremely sensitive, in the past two days.
Soon, the shop with the "Rest" sign was closed, and Shug was back in front of Gerard's boss.
"Tell me, Mr. Ernst, what exactly do you want?"
Gerald's expression became extremely serious: "Since you used the 'incense material' to deal with little Sally, then presumably the things you need are not ordinary?"
Xiuge shook his head: "They are not very scarce in terms of the type of item alone, but I have strict requirements for the quality of these things. ”
Hearing Shug say this, Gerald was also interested, he patted the container behind him, raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me about it." ”
So, Xiuge read out the names of the items he had "coveted for a long time" one by one.
"The left ear of an adult earth dragon is required to be complete."
"The short-tailed wolf in the jungle has five sharp teeth, and they are all required to have venom glands."
"The rhizome of the juvenile killing vine cannot be broken."
"There are 8 eyeballs of the walking spider, and all of them must belong to the same spider and retain their magic."
"Three vials of the swamp witch's dorsal moss, and their hairs...... Well, that's anyway. ”
As Xiuge continued to report what he wanted, Boss Gerald's eyebrows gradually twisted, and finally, after Xiug almost said "three baskets of fresh hair from the swamp witch", he couldn't help it and raised his hand to interrupt Xiuge's words.
"Stop!"
Gerald's big face had been twisted into a ball, and at this moment, he finally felt a little bit like an ogre: "Mr. Ernst, are you sure you need these things?" How do I think you're here to entertain me? ”
At this moment, Xiuge felt a huge sense of oppression rushing across his face.
The image of the other party is somewhat similar to that of "Zhen Guanxi", but unfortunately he is not Lu Tishi, so he naturally can't withstand such a momentum.
So he hurriedly waved his hand: "Of course it can't be, do you think I'll be such a boring person?" This is only the first time we have met today, and I can't risk being cut in two by you to provoke you. ”
After listening to Shuge's words, Gerald finally calmed down.
He pulled out a notebook from a corner of the container, and then pulled out an old magic pen: "Repeat what you just said...... If I haven't finished speaking, I'll go ahead and I'll need to jot it down before I can check it off in the warehouse. ”
After saying that, he glared at Xiuge again: "I hope you really aren't entertaining me!" ”
"Absolutely not."
"But I have to tell you, I only need to buy some of them, I don't have to have all of them, and the budget is capped at about three universal gold coins, do you think it's acceptable?" ”
"Three Universal Gold Coins...... Three universal gold coins. ”
Gerald muttered and repeated it twice, then nodded, "Yes, but if that's the case, I'll cut out some of the things you listed, because they don't cost more than a few gold coins can solve, not to mention some of the items in them that are on the edge of contraband." ”
As he spoke, he used his magic pen to make two vigorous strokes on the notebook, and then picked up the notebook to show it, and Xiuge noticed that the two that had been crossed out were "the complete left ear of the earth dragon" and "the eyeball of the walking spider".
"Come on, Mr. Ernst, go on, what more do you want?"
"There are quite a few, I'll report them in one go?"
Gerald nodded: "Say!" ”
Quite the momentum of a slaughterhouse owner.
Then a series of strange terms popped out of Shuge's mouth, and Gerald's expression became extremely subtle as he listened to these tricky things.
In the end, Shuge still reported everything he could think of, including such strange requests as "a basket of fresh hair from a swamp witch" and "a set of ornaments for the orthodox female nobles of the Waters Kingdom".
Even the well-informed Gerard's face inevitably became distorted after hearing these two things.
Gerald put away his notebook, glanced at the young man in front of him who seemed to be very serious and innocent, and then said, "Mr. Ernst, with all due respect, some of these things cannot be counted as incense materials, nor can they be used for alchemy, or even as collectibles. ”
He swallowed, then continued, "Of course, if it's just your personal fetish...... Well, I could have found a way to find them for you, but are you sure you need them? I don't want to ruin my store's reputation. ”
"I'm sure, Mr. Gerald."
Xiuge squeezed out a smile: "If you can, I can also raise the budget to four or even five universal gold coins, and within this range, no matter how many things you make up that meet the conditions, I will still accept them." ”
"Okay, if you have money, I'm not even as good as a giant-eared goblin!"
Gerard pulled the container on, and then tucked the notebook into the waistband of his trousers: "Mr. Ernst, you can go, I'll go check the warehouse now, and if I find anything that meets your requirements, I'll pick it up...... Tonight, I'll pull things to the old Ernst house, and we'll trade face to face. ”
"Deal, Mr. Gerald."
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Before leaving Small's shopping street, Xiug made a special trip to take a look at the "Dragon's Horn" shop that had made a noise last night, this shop was much larger than Gerald's "Alchemy Thief", which not only sold incense, alchemical herbs, but also a lot of magic items for daily use.
In the shop, Shug smelled a somewhat unpleasant smell, similar to the feeling of the sewer smell he remembered, and the clerk had apparently failed to find the source of the smell, so they used a lot of incense in the store, making the whole store smoky and unbearable.
After confirming that there was no other sign here, Xiuge hurried in the direction of the old mansion.
He rarely has a good mood now, human beings are always like this, as long as they can still see the light and hope in the difficult situation, they can always move forward.
The feedback given by Gerrard's boss made him look forward to the evening contact, which felt like those gamers in the previous life who had finally saved up enough resources and were ready to "go big".
With that, Schug returned to the Ernst family house with a vision of his future and a can of minced mashed potatoes for dinner.
Sitting at his desk in his bedroom, Hug regained his composure, and after a moment of careful reflection on the news that the mage Vilyn Ernst had revealed to him during the day, he picked up his pen and wrote quickly on the blank manuscript paper.
Of course, he didn't want to seriously write something to stir up emotions for the Philip lord, but then he felt that he needed to go to the Pax office again, and if he didn't have the finished manuscript in his hand at that time, it would not be easy to knock on the door of the Philip guy's office.
"To be honest, this kind of thing is much easier than what I usually write, anyway, there is no logic and evidence, and it is okay to vent and make up along with emotions."
The more he wrote, the more he couldn't help but shake his head, and he felt a little sick to his stomach when he looked at it.
Time passed little by little, and just as Xiuge was about to end his foul-smelling article, he heard a carriage slowly stop in front of the gate of the old house, followed by a heavy knock on the door.
In order to prevent the door of the old mansion from being destroyed by Gerald's exaggerated strength, Xiuge had to put down the manuscript that was about to end, put on his trench coat and walked downstairs quickly, and after he reached out to open the door, Gerald's huge figure and feminine face appeared in front of Xiuge.
"Mr. Ernst, get ready to receive it!"