……

Matthew turned in his homework honestly.

Margaret swept a few lines, and her eyebrows suddenly trembled.

But see Matthew write—

……

"Making money is never easy, and the fastest way is always to make money.

I'm strapped for money and don't have that much gold.

But I have a lot of knowledge points that I can use to make a fuss.

I asked David and the rest of the Alliance's staff that the ratio of knowledge points to gold coins at fair value was about 1 point to 10,000 gold.

It is strictly forbidden to directly exchange knowledge points for gold coins within the alliance.

But there are at least three ways to monetize a large number of knowledge points:

The first is a mortgage.

The Alliance clearly stipulates that knowledge points cannot be sold, but they can be used as collateral to borrow large amounts of money from the Alliance, major mage towers, or high-level mages.

According to David, knowledge points can lend a large amount of money, and the annualized interest is usually around 6 points.

I can eat the spread by borrowing a large amount of gold coins and lending them to others.

Of course, there is a certain risk of default in this approach, and a more rigorous execution strategy needs to be developed.

The second is the project washing point.

Knowledge points cannot be directly exchanged for gold, but there are always some mages in the alliance who have surplus gold and insufficient points.

I can open a shell project, recruit these mages into the project, and when the project is completed, I can give them a portion of my points by distributing project rewards.

They can also circulate the full amount of gold into my hands by gift or other means.

This way should be the safest.

If the shell project is a violation, I can open a real project with a lot of effort at most.

The defect of washing points through the project is that it cannot be implemented on a large scale, and it can only be done one vote at a time, not to mention the limited efficiency, if a large number of points flow out in a short period of time, it will inevitably have a great impact on the existing point gap.

At that time, the amount of gold that knowledge points can be exchanged for from mages will definitely decline.

Of course, that's all for later.

The third is investment.

In a word, invest in certain spell items with knowledge points, and reap dividends and rewards in the form of gold coins.

Space is limited, so I won't go into it here.

- Matthew's Class Work"

……

"That's how you make money?"

Margaret asked incredulously:

"This is clearly your own way of making money!"

Matthew innocently replied:

"You didn't say that it's a way for everyone to make money."

Margaret looked furious.

The chest of a horse and Pingchuan is hard to be filled with mountains and mountains.

But she soon asked:

"Where did you get all those knowledge points?"

Matthew replied:

"The teacher gave it."

Margaret suddenly showed a look of envy:

"Teacher Ling is so nice."

Matthew asked rhetorically:

"Didn't your teacher give it?"

Margaret sighed:

"Yes, but I spent it fast, you know, I'm a spell nerd, and I've learned a clean arsenal of Alliance spells."

"Lord Suriel is actually very generous, but 100 knowledge points are really not worth spent."

Matthew's expression began to become subtle.

Margaret noticed this:

"You have more than 100 knowledge points? How much did your teacher give you? There won't be 200, right? ”

She stared impatiently at Matthew.

In order to avoid further irritation to her, she can't be too far from the truth.

Matthew had no choice but to reply:

"1000 points."

Margaret suddenly stopped talking.

She looked at Matthew with a very ambiguous gaze, and after a moment, she forcibly leaned on Matthew's shoulder, and forcefully ripped open the shoulder straps of her silk blouse, revealing large patches of snow-white skin.

"Do you still lack a mistress?"

"How about raising me?"

Margaret worked hard to play the role of Silky Eye.

But when I think about the chest, this is a ruthless character who can get into the asshole and blow up the enemy.

Matthew immediately sobered up.

"Lady Margaret, isn't that right? We're still in the classroom. ”

Margaret said with a burning look in her eyes:

"It's class time."

"Really, what do you think of my condition? For the sake of your attendance in my class, I can give you a discount. ”

Matthew was so dizzy by her that he could only try to change the subject:

"Well, why is it a mistress?"

Margaret took a half step back when she heard this, and she looked at Matthew with interest:

"Mistresses are safer, and it's also a win-win way, you pay for me, and the rights and responsibilities are particularly fair."

"It's not impossible if you want to get married, but the league rules don't allow domestic violence."

Matthew said strangely:

"Are you also afraid of domestic violence?"

Margaret nodded:

"Of course."

"I'm always afraid that I'll be too heavy."

Matthew was silent.

"Don't really think about it?"

She stared at Matthew.

"You're short on money?"

Matthew asked curiously.

Margaret nodded her little head vigorously:

"Missing! Very lacking! ”

"Remember when I told you that my path to legend was blocked by money? Because of an experiment, I owe a lot of debt to my teacher and girlfriend. ”

"This experiment is related to whether I can be promoted to a legend, it still has a little funding gap, even if you don't want to support me, invest a little, if I succeed, you can gain the friendship of a legendary mage!"

Matthew asks:

"What experiment?"

"About the development of 'True Alchemy'!"

Margaret's eyes lit up and she said:

"You already know about the Fei Capital series of spells, and you also know that my signature is the True Transfiguration, this experiment is to combine these two fields, I want to turn ordinary matter into gold, in order to maintain the huge consumption of the Fei Capital series of spells!"

Sounds really funny.

If Matthew had spare money in his hand, under Margaret's repeated requests, he might really relent and agree to invest.

But he's really a poor ghost now.

Ultimately.

He could only look at Margaret with helpless eyes, and then explained earnestly:

"I'm sorry, I'm just a young mage who just joined the Alliance, and I really don't have any gold."

"As for the knowledge points, those are all given by my teacher, I am not sure if there is a limited use for this part of the knowledge points, and at present, my way of making money only exists on paper, and it has not been converted into actual gold coins."

Margaret stared at him with wide eyes:

"So you admit that you're fooling me with your homework?"

"Do you want to be punished?"

"Get on your knees!"

Matthew's eyes rolled, and he said on the spot:

"But it's time for the end of class."

……

It was still early to leave the Crucible House today, and Matthew thought about it and decided to go to the Lord's Mansion to touch the fish for a while.

Walking into the office hall, sure enough, Loren and Zeller were still pulling.

These two are not low in negotiations, the two sides have been talking for more than ten hours, and it seems that it is still difficult to negotiate any results in the short term.

Matthew and Rhaegar exchanged glances.

The latter said to Matthew:

"This morning, there was news from the Red Earth Mountain, they want to form an alliance with us, and the negotiation site is set in the golden fertile Barley City."

Matthew sneered when he heard this:

"Isn't that their territory?"

Rhaegar nodded:

"That's exactly what I wrote back to them, and I strongly demanded that the negotiation site be made at the West Valley Farm, which is not far from the South Trading Post."

Matthew asked solemnly:

"You're going to form an alliance with them?"

Rhaegar shook his head:

"Of course not, they obviously don't really want to form an alliance with us, and this negotiation is just a mutual test."

Matthew pondered:

"Need my help?"

Rhaegar quipped:

"Isn't that too much of a hassle for you? I've heard that the illegitimate children of big people are not so easy to be and the pressure is usually very high. ”

Matthew gave him a blank look.

At this time, Zeller and Lorrain stopped in unison, and Mrs. Wesley handed each of them a cup of tea, and it was not difficult to see from the empty cups next to them that they had been fighting for a long time in the early morning.

Matthew smiled and asked them:

"Is there any progress in the negotiations between the two of you?"

Zeller took a sip of ginger water and cleared his throat:

"On the premise of equality and respect, we have fully exchanged mutual opinions."

Matthew said with some regret:

"That means nothing was discussed?"

Zeller also said helplessly:

"Your friends are making a lot of offers."

Hearing this, Luo Lan immediately raised his hands:

……

"It's not that I'm asking for a price, all the prices are given to me by Alena herself.

That's what she wants, and there are only two ways to reach a cooperation between the two sides.

One is that Rolling Stones will send out an army, which must not be less than thirty elites.

This elite must go to Deep Blue Harbor in the shortest possible time, and stay there in the future.

Alena demanded command of this force.

As a gift in return.

She will marry Judy to Rhaegar.

A new trade route will also open up between Deep Blue Harbor and Rolling Stone, and she promises that Rolling Stone's caravans will be exempt from all taxes and fees if they ship through Deep Blue Harbor's cargo terminal.

There are also a lot of preferential policies, I can't remember, but those are all minutiae.

The second way to cooperate is for you to directly send a large army to quell the rebellion in Deep Blue Harbor for her, and resist the invasion of Lion City by the way.

In return, she will marry Rhaegar herself, and give half of the ownership and income rights of Deep Blue Harbor to Rhaegar herself.

At that time, Rolling Stone Town and Deep Blue Harbor became one with each other, and they became a family.

But for Matthew's sake, I can give you more details.

Alena wasn't just talking to Rolling Stone, she was also talking to another nobleman in the Azure Isles and the Lion City.

Rolling Stone's side is her preferred partner, but she doesn't plan to pin all her hopes on you.

If you procrastinate any longer, I'm afraid she's already in someone else's bed. ”

……

Zeller and Rhaegar looked at each other.

The latter said calmly:

"If that's the case, Rolling Stones will give a small gift to Lord Alena's wedding ceremony."

The meaning of this sentence could not be more obvious.

Lady Alena's proposed method of cooperation was unacceptable to Rhaegar, and after a few days of careful consideration, he was basically about to refuse the other party.

This is undoubtedly the right decision.

Matthew was pleased.

Although Rhaegar usually looks unreliable, his mind is still very clear at critical moments.

Loren apparently understood, too.

He smiled with relief:

"In that case, I'll let Judy play for two more days and throw her back to Deep Blue Harbor."

"My mission is accomplished!"

"Now, for Matthew's sake, we're a family - do you want to hug one?"

Zeller sorted through his papers, silent.

Rhaegar silently held up the weekly of the League and read it intently.

Only Matthew smiled at Lorain.

However, the distance between the two people is relatively far, and it is not convenient to hug.

Lorain didn't care, he sat lazily on the couch and comfortably rested his legs on the table in front of Zeller.

The latter raised an eyebrow, still silent.

"Any interesting news?"

Lorraine asked Rhaegar.

Rhaegar hated being disturbed while reading the newspaper, but out of politeness, he replied in a muffled voice:

"I just saw an interesting news that a group of gnolls attacked the camp of the Lion City's army, and the gnolls were simply old, weak, sick, and vulnerable, and there were less than twenty of them, and as a result, they caused attrition in the Lion City army, guess what?"

Lorraine replied:

"I guess there was a soldier who got drunk and mistook the gnolls for a bear goblin, and then he forced himself to get to the base against the will of the other party, and finally bent his back because of his drunken and violent behavior, and was killed by the gnoll in shame."

Rhaegar frowned:

"How do you know? And it's exactly the same as the news content, I'm not mistaken, this is the Union Weekly that just arrived today. ”

As he spoke, he also deliberately looked at the front page and confirmed the date.

Luo Lan smiled:

"Any other news?"

Rhaegar glanced at it for a moment and muttered:

"There is a more interesting fundraising information, specifically, there is a senior mage of the Seven Holy Alliance who is raising funds for her experimental project, with the goal of 100,000 gold coins.

The mage claimed that she was willing to share the results of her spell research with investors when it was done.

Guess what she's studying? ”

Rhaegar didn't finish.

Lorraine replied fluently:

"That must be 'true alchemy'!"

"I also know some historical information about this mage, in her last round of experiments, she used real alchemy to successfully refine a pile of sand into gold worth 100,000 gold coins."

Real alchemy?

Isn't that Margaret!?

Matthew asked with interest:

"Isn't she very successful? Why does she seem to be short of investment? ”

This time, without waiting for Loraine to answer, Rhaegar had already thrown out the burden first:

"Because her broken experiment cost a total of one million gold coins before and after!"

"Hahaha!"

Rhaegar looked overwhelmed.

Luo Lan elegantly picked up a cup of tea, took a sip lightly, and then asked:

"Isn't there any other exciting news?"

Rhaegar frowned and swept through the newspaper.

Half a minute later.

He was pleasantly surprised:

"Huh? My favorite author has a new work! ”

"You won't guess the name of this work this time!"

Despite that being said.

But he still looked at Lorain nervously.

This time, however, Loren just drank his tea to himself and didn't say a word.

Rhaegar breathed a sigh of relief, then a smug expression.

He greeted Matthew, who leaned over curiously, and found such words on a large board of the supplement.

……

"Rainforest Fever: My Must-Tell Story with the Necromancer is a sneak peek!

Author: Deep Blue Harbor First Affectionate.

Semi-autobiographical masterpiece!

Best Booking of the Year!

Produced by veteran playwrights!

One of the 10 books you can't miss this summer!"

……

There are also a lot of reviews from book reviewers, all of which are full of praise, and I feel that a lot of money has been spent.

Matthew's cheeks were hot.

Rhaegar glanced at the text and said with some surprise:

"Matthew, the protagonist of this work actually has the same name as you! That's too much of a coincidence, isn't it? ”

Luo Lan on the sofa couldn't help but stretch, and his smile carried a hint of embarrassment:

"I didn't expect to meet readers who like me here, and this can't be said to be a coincidence."

Rhaegar looked at Loraine, then looked down at the newspaper in his hand, and suddenly he understood everything.

The next moment.

There was an emotion called disillusionment in his eyes.

The atmosphere in the office was slightly awkward.

Rhaegar was completely off the newspaper.

He looked at Loren with a complex and twisted gaze.

Matthew coughed:

"So the content of the League Weekly is relevant to you?"

Lorraine affirmed:

"I'm one of the senior contributors to this newspaper and one of the key sources. Generally speaking, if the reason in a report is "an unnamed authority", that's basically what I provided. ”

"You know what I'm capable of, the grapevine works well for feeding the League Weekly, and they're willing to pay a premium for it."

Matthew looked envious.

Immediately.

He asked curiously:

"And can you catch the gossip near Rolling Rock now?"

Lorraine closed her eyes and stared.

His ears twitched slightly.

A moment later.

He opened his eyes, snapped his fingers, and said in a half-chanted manner:

"There you go.

An unpopular grapevine.

There was a disheartened druid.

Turned into a kitten.

He was playing with the white cat.

But they didn't know that the white cat was the enemy.

She was a spy sent by the Blight Order.

She came with bad intentions.

Get close to the kittens.

Just to win the first opportunity to occupy the oak forest......"

didn't wait for him to finish singing.

Matthew swooped out.

……

(End of chapter)