The effect of the publicity was even better than Levi expected, but in just half a quarter of an hour, the newly opened Hogg Alchemy Supermarket was already crowded with people.

As one of the three most famous port cities in the entire Jianwan, the wealth and heritage accumulated over thousands of years should not be underestimated, and the people living in Jishui City, excluding those who are struggling and sinking in the dock area, still have some savings, even if not a lot.

At this point, it is already stronger than the bitter Silver Moon Federation.

This means that this is a wide enough market to make Hoag Mining pretentious until the spring after the Midwinter Festival next year.

At that time, as the permafrost melts and the port enters a boom, the market will swell with the flow of people and merchants that has increased more than fivefold.

However, it was also a year later, and if you want to cut a piece of bloody meat under the intricate market in Jishui City, which has long been divided by the major local forces, you have to implement the plan in front of you smoothly.

At the very least, the small goal of the current good start has been achieved.

And the vast majority of intelligent creatures on the surface, especially human beings, generally have a blind herd nature in the long evolution of social life, and seeing that this newly opened alchemy shop is so prosperous, it is natural to be curious.

After seeing those high-quality goods as if they were being cashed out to the people by the discount strength of this joke, the crowd that watched the excitement could no longer hold back, and flocked to the Hogg Alchemy Supermarket.

Two of them came together, and the old man was there with the membership application form, and he was thinking about it

"The membership application form says that from today until the 12th of the harsh winter month (January) next year, the most basic Black Iron membership fee is only one silver coin, and you can receive such free prizes every year with your membership? ”

"Wait, I'll do the math, according to the market value, in the first year of this year, excluding all those messy discounts, just the free fox fur snow boots and some movie-like tickets to watch a drama, add up to about 30 copper thumbs (copper coins, the name originated from Cormier). ”

"I'll see, isn't there anything else to send the Haptus Valley Almanac, the Continental Chess, the Fox Skin Shoulder, and what the hell this water of life is, I'll ask what the hell it is! It's actually liquor, I thought it was a healing potion when I heard the name. ”

"Didn't the clerk just explain that the water of life can also be used to disinfect and heal wounds? To some extent, it can be regarded as a secondary healing potion, right? And these don't seem to be given by black iron, what you said are all preferential rights for silver buyers. ”

"It seems to be ha, how do you look at this membership system, I have a bit of a headache in the head, what black iron, bronze, silver, gold, platinum, gem, god trench, emperor trench star, the most trench king, I will be a goblin, according to this model, if I can spend so much money at one time, I can buy this store, right?"

"Maybe it's just a gimmick, anyway, it's not something that people like us can covet, let's bring some of this gold to my wife and go back to grow some vegetables, I'll see if it's as amazing as they say, if it works, I'll go into him next year and take a hundred pounds to plow my farm." ”

Compared to these calm male consumers, the women in the front desk checkout area are a little crazy, especially the female adventurers and aunts who have some small money on weekdays.

One by one, they were waiting for the checkout with a bunch of goods in their arms, only to be told that there were a lot of special items, and the membership application form had already indicated that each person could only buy one.

To the dumbness of the male customers who were still struggling with their budgets, as the news spread, the female customers were actually caught up in an even more frantic sweep after a brief period of frustration and useless arguments, and basically every special item in the membership they felt they could use would be piggybacked.

In their eyes, these goods are just too cheap!

Even if you don't need it, you can sell it to other sisters and girlfriends.

A discount of this magnitude is simply a long time to see! If the discount is made to such an extent, is it still money? Is it obviously just making money?

At the same time, this alchemy shop called 'supermarket' has a completely different place, that is, this store has only one entrance and one exit, if you go in to shop, you can take what you want directly from the shelves, and then go to the front desk to pay together.

This mode even gives them the thrill of feeling that they are 'grabbing money' with others.

There are also people who wonder what happens if someone hides the goods.

But as several thieves were searched by the clerk for unchecked goods from their bodies, and their memberships were cleared and blacklisted and expelled from the store, the customers were immediately shocked, it turned out that those who were acting as all kinds of 'shopping guides' at the moment were all real?

Most people originally thought that they were at most just mage apprentices at the Drawing Water City Magic Academy, or even ordinary clerks wearing magic robes to create gimmicks.

Since they are real mages, some of their small methods naturally can't hide from the mage's surveillance.

That's too rich, isn't it?

With the 'mage' watching, if it is discovered, the membership will be cleared and the store will be denied, and the remaining customers will naturally be much more honest.

But what they didn't know was that it wasn't the mages who were in charge of monitoring, but Levi had installed several cheap 'Surveillance Eyes' directly in the shop and had two ordinary Hogg employees keep an eye on them.

At that moment, an apparently frustrated adventurer suddenly let out a roaring cry of rage in front of the weapons zone

"WTF?20 silver coins!! the price of a long sword of the same texture is actually twice as much!

This cry of resentment naturally aroused the curiosity of other customers, especially those who were also adventurers.

The sword of 20 silver coins was simply an incredible price in the eyes of these low-level adventurers.

Because in Jishui City, no, in the entire Northland, a long sword that has been professionally forged and has a standard texture has always been maintained at the price of 1 calamity coin (gold coin), which is about 42 silver coins.

Of course, there are also the kind of broken copper and iron that can be exchanged for a few silver coins, most of them are 'archaeological', and they are so corroded that you may be able to curl the blade by cutting a few goblins.

Even in the eyes of the ancestors of the people of Jishuicheng, the sword was not only a weapon, but also the key to a man's family and bloodline, and the right of the gods to confront nature and defend themselves and their families!

However, with the development of the northern land and the development and improvement of blast equipment and metallurgical technology, the production cost of the sword has also decreased, and in terms of socially necessary labor time, the time to make an ordinary sword bar is shorter than before.

By the 11th century of the Vale calendar, it was no longer too difficult to own a sword, and by the early 12th century of the modern era, the price of a new sword was not so high.

Therefore, not only princes and nobles, but also ordinary citizens could own swords and carry them for self-defense during their travels.

Of course, in some important places, commoners were not allowed to wear swords, only nobles could, but not because swords were expensive and ordinary people could not afford them, but because they were the privileges of nobles.

And the long sword is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, a sophisticated weapon from the hands of a dwarf master, and the price can even increase several times or even dozens of times.

As for the armor, it is even more expensive.

A pair of well-textured armor may be worth about fifty calamity coins.

Therefore, most of the city-states are armed with intermediate forces, and the total value of a warrior's equipment is often between 60 and 100 Disaster Coins.

As for the body plate armor, it is often exclusive to the noble knights, and a set of hundreds of calamity coins is a common thing, and this kind of body armor is often regarded by them as a family heirloom, and even as a symbol of noble inheritance.

And the vast majority of people at the bottom may not be able to earn a set of plate armor wealth in their lifetime, which is really terrifying.

Then, after the adventurer's cry as if he had discovered a new continent, people in need of weapons and defenses instantly rushed to the city like flies attracted by poop.

What's more, there was a guy who was obviously dressed as a merchant and ran away with a stack of long swords, and was naturally told that he could only buy one piece per person.

But the small businessman was obviously not discouraged, and it didn't take long for Levi, who was sitting on the second floor drinking tea and watching the excitement, to receive a report from the clerk

"Boss, some people have started hiring people to buy weapons and armor in our shop, and they are buying them outside the store. ”

Levi waved his hand as expected, "It's okay, let him take it, this is a reward for smart people, as long as the store follows our rules." ”

"Boss, the adventurer's final payment?"

"Forget about deducting five, give it to him, tell him, next time his expression will be more natural, and he will act too much. ”

After saying this, Levi glanced out the window at the long queue of people who had already formed at least a mile on Third Street, and said to himself with a smile

"The bait has been thrown, and now, the bull ghosts and snake gods in Drawing Water City should be ready to move, right?

"Oh~ And dear Lord Kelben, don't let me down.

"Well, now my colleagues in the entire Jishui City will think that I am an iron man who has come to scatter coins. ”

Thinking of this, Levi couldn't help but smile brightly.

From the windowsill shone into the shadow on the ground, a mouth full of hideous fangs.

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