Chapter 111: Auction
Imperial Capital, Valoka Chamber of Commerce, President's Office.
Selena looked at her own president, who was her mother, and said, "Mom, what's going on? ”
After Selena pretended to be a liaison from Wickham City and went to Jia Yishang to discuss the licensing of the document, she was very concerned about this matter, probably because she had failed, or because she had made a mistake in judging the value of the pen.
After returning to the Imperial Capital, before the snow snowed in winter, they went to Longgen Academy to discuss with Master Orlando and asked him to help make high-end rune pens.
However, the first visit did not lead to results, and although Orlando liked his students, he did not directly agree to it, but only said that he would consider it. Later, it snowed, and Eunice was not a mage, so she couldn't travel at all in the heavy snow - the academy was still some distance from the imperial capital.
After the beginning of spring, Eunice was about to go to Orlando again to discuss, but she didn't expect Orlando to come to the imperial capital.
Eunice hurried to visit, and now, it was time to return.
Eunice looked at Selena and smiled silently, and didn't stop teasing her until her daughter couldn't help but hold her and shake her.
You see, that's Orlando's reply. Eunice took out the pen and handed it to Selena.
This fountain pen is unpretentious, with a wooden barrel, but the nib part is not wooden, and it feels like a non-absorbent material, which Selena does not recognize. The nib is particularly long, almost covering most of the nib, engraved with intricate patterns, the lines are filled with white metal, and there is a small gem in the middle of the nib, which Selena knows, is a pure ruby.
"What does this pen mean? Do you agree?" Selena felt confused, so she had to think in the best direction.
"Yes. "This pen is a rune pen specially made by the Orlando mage, and it is inscribed with powerful runes that increase the power of copying fire-type scrolls and reduce the chance of failure. ”
"Is this amazing?" Selena didn't know much about rune pens, but felt that this pen was too plain.
"I just listened to Master Orlando's introduction, I think it's very powerful. He said that there was a recent internal auction of mages, and he asked me to take this pen to participate. ”
Eunice didn't know exactly what this rune pen was, but it would be nice to be recommended by Orlando to the auction.
"Auction, haven't you heard of any auctions going to be held lately?"
Eunice corrected: "It's not the auction of the Imperial Capital Auction House, it's the auction within the mage, it's not an invitation, I don't know about it at all." Most of the people who can enter are mages, at least, they are also people who have a deep relationship with mages, and they are introduced by mages to enter. ”
"Just like us?" said Selena, smiling as she lay on Eunice's chest, raising an eyebrow.
She straightened up and asked, "So, should we prepare some goods for auction?"
Eunice rolled her eyes helplessly: "You should say if we should prepare some gold coins and go buy something to come back." Most of our ornaments are aimed at nobles, and they are not worth mentioning in the eyes of mages. ”
Selena retorted: "There are also mages who like our jewelry, especially female mages, who will definitely like gems." ”
"I'll talk about that later, but I don't think a young female mage may have much money to spare, after all, I've heard that mage experiments are expensive. Eunice paused, "We'd better have some gold coins, if only we could buy a few potions that the knights can use." ”
In Eunice's eyes, this is a good opportunity, if there is a stable channel to buy high-grade potions, especially for knights, then it is also a big business to sell to nobles, even if it is not profitable, it can strengthen the relationship with nobles.
There are far more knights than mages - although there are not necessarily many more knights with fiefs than mages. In particular, the knights did not have the means to make potions, and they all relied on buying them from mages.
The group of mages is relatively closed, and most of the potions and other things are sold to acquaintances, the channels are relatively fixed, and the number is not too large, and they are basically monopolized by large chambers of commerce.
Many of these large chambers of commerce have the support of top nobles, and even the shadow of the king in them.
Be sure to seize the opportunity and find a way to participate in this kind of internal auction for mages in a stable manner. Even if you can't develop your own chamber of commerce into a super-large chamber of commerce, it will definitely be beneficial.
After a few days, it's time for the auction.
In the evening, Eunice and Selena sat together in a magnificent carriage, and next to her, Tina rode alongside her.
Tina grew up in the Chamber of Commerce since he was a child, although he did not have a fiefdom, but he was indeed a real knight, and with the equipment that Eunice equipped him, the idle knights were not opponents. The last time I went to see Jiayi, it was Selena who he escorted, and although the name is very delicate, he is a man from Angzang.
"Go to the Mage Guild. Eunice said to the coachman.
Selena asked, "Mom, is the auction held at the Mage Guild?"
Eunice nodded, there was no better place for a mage gathering than the Mage Guild.
There are usually not many people in the Mage Association, usually there are three or five formal mages presiding over and taking a few apprentices, but usually there is only one official mage on duty, and the rest of the mages are doing their own business, and the mages themselves are also very busy.
The association is mainly used for mages to communicate, and mage's publications are sold here, and some urgent letters can also be sent using the association's internal circle. Sometimes some tasks will be issued to find some rare materials or something for the mage, or some powerful monsters, which need to be dealt with by the mage.
The Mage Guild had little presence in the Imperial Capital for most of the time, as they were not involved in the internal affairs of the Empire. And there are not many associations, within the empire, there are only mage associations in the imperial capital and a few large cities, and there are no other places, such as Wickham City.
The main reason is that the number of mages is too small, and after you set up a mage association in many places, there may not be as many mages outside as there are resident mages in the association.
However, although there are not many resident mages in the Mage Association, and the magic strength is not very powerful, absolutely no one will make trouble in the Mage Association.
First, the association has at least purple-robed mages who have arranged magic arrays, and the protection is very powerful, especially here in the imperial capital, it is said that there is a legendary mage who has stayed here and arranged a powerful magic array, and those who dare to mess around will not see the sun the next day.
Moreover, making trouble in the Mage Guild is simply a slap in the face of all mages, and no mage will spare the troublemakers. The Mage Association is a service organization with no real power and no conflict of interest with the mage, so all mages will consciously safeguard the interests of the association.
Soon, the Mage Guild arrived, and Eunice took out the invitation and took Selena and Tina to the basement hall.
The reason why it is called the basement is only because it is built underground, but it is not dim, and under the light of the magic lamp, it is as bright as day.
Eunice: They weren't the first, there were already a lot of people inside, and they were sitting around chatting quietly.
Unfortunately, most of Eunice didn't know him.
Selena sighed and said, "There are already so many people, and it's so extravagant to use so many magic lamps." ”
The layout of the venue is similar to that of a dinner party, with 4 or 5 people sitting around a table, not like a lecture hall. The participants also participated in the meeting with their original faces, and there was nothing to hide their identities with cloaks covering their faces.
Anyway, it was also held in the Mage Association, and most of the participants were mages, and if they were robbed as soon as they went out, the face of the association would be lost - at least out of the city.
"Yes. Look over there, it was Zilmo, the vice president of the Memphel Bo Chamber of Commerce, and I didn't expect them to come too. It is said that their chamber of commerce is connected to many mages. Eunice said.
Memphelbo is the name of the imperial capital of the Silver Sword Empire, and it can be named after the imperial capital, which can be imagined, and the relationship between this chamber of commerce and the upper echelons of the empire can be imagined.
Qi Ermo was chatting with a few people, and looking at the way he smiled, you could understand that the identities of the rest of the people were above him.
"Not only Memphelbo, but also the Acorn Chamber of Commerce, that woman I have seen, is from the Acorn Chamber of Commerce. Selena pointed to a graceful woman on the left side of the room.
I don't know if there is any tacit understanding, the people from the two chambers of commerce are not sitting in the same area.
"That's Cera. Eunice glanced at it, "He is the president of the Imperial Capital Branch, and it is said that his skills are very superb. ”
"Shall we go say hello and get to know each other?" asked Selena.
Tina, who was next to her, followed them all the time, and she didn't say a word until now.
"Forget it, now they are busy getting to know the mage and broadening their relationships, so I don't think I have the time to strengthen a small chamber of commerce like ours. Let's find a place to sit down first. ”
After saying that, he took the two of them to find a table and sat down.