MTL - The Dragon Princess Who Traveled Through Another World-Chapter 24 greedy businessman

  Chapter 24 The Greedy Merchant

   In the past two days, Charlie often locked himself in the castle's study.

  Sometimes when Annie went in to deliver tea, she would see her earl master walking around anxiously in the study.

  Besides, the desk in the study room is full of sheepskin scrolls that were written, painted and altered.

  Annie glanced at it occasionally when she was serving tea, and there was a simple town planning map drawn on it, which was constantly altered, and it could be seen that it was a very careful drawing.

  She didn't know what the Earl was dissatisfied with. In her opinion, this was already an excellent living environment for those villagers.

  The title written on these parchments is: "Parchment of Beira City Planning and Construction".

  Annie's little heart was beating violently.

  Obviously, coming to such a remote and harsh place did not dampen Earl Violet's ambition.

  Since the mercenary squad collectively (ignoring someone) took the oath of allegiance, Charlie is a little restrained in doing things.

  If it's just the 'business cooperation' model she originally proposed, she won't have any burden.

   But those mercenaries, no, now her first supporters, they swore allegiance and entrusted their lives.

  Inexplicably, Charlie shouldered a heavy burden on his thin shoulders. She not only thought about herself, but also took on the responsibility of her followers and the 98 lives of Bella Village.

   Therefore, she becomes more cautious before making every decision.

  Immersed in the development of the territory, he couldn't extricate himself from the planning of leading the younger brothers to develop together, which caused Charlie to ignore the arcane practice.

   After pampering their precious apprentice for a few days, Melami and Capa finally couldn't take it anymore and rushed into the study to drag him out.

   And, Charlie received a 'violence warning' from her red robe mentor.

  A 'Fire and Chestnut Punch', Charlie covered his head in pain, and tears welled up in his green eyes under his messy hair.

  I believe that if the red-robed arcane teacher wants to teach his students a 'lesson', it can be more than just a few simple words of oral education.

  Charlie, who didn't want to be hanged by Myramie and used arcane bombardment, could only make a timetable under the gaze of two arcane instructors.

   It is planned above that there will be a 2-hour course with the tutor of Melami in the morning.

   In the afternoon, I will take the class of Kapa tutor for two hours.

   Moreover, spend no less than three hours a day on self-studying the knowledge of arcane arts.

   Don't worry about teaching materials.

  Because the mentor of Mylamy kindly re-cleaned up the study for his dear apprentice Charlie.

   All the books left by the last owner of the castle were thrown into the cellar by him.

  The old and moth-eaten bookshelves are filled with densely packed arcane-related knowledge books.

  All are 'friendly sponsorship' by two knowledgeable arcane instructors.

   Immersed in the knowledge of the arcane ocean for two days, Charlie's level of knowledgeable scholar has achieved a "zero breakthrough".

  From the previous duck eggs, Shengsheng has been filled to level 1.

  Although the two arcane instructors didn't say anything, their hearts were already turbulent.

   Two days to become a first-class polymath, which is unheard of on the entire continent.

   But fortunately, with the previous series of "surprises" as a foreshadowing, the two mentors will not be too gaffe in front of Charlie.

   Learning without practice is boring, even arcane art.

  After all, the erudition of arcane arts covers too much, and it is not as interesting as Charlie thinks. Sometimes she has to listen to her mentor to instill some knowledge in her, which is absurd when she uses the knowledge of her previous life.

  After discovering Charlie's amazing talent, the two arcane instructors became even more 'intensified'.

  If it is said that the teaching was "cramming ducks" before, then it will be "filling the sea" afterwards.

   Seeing that Charlie was about to be forced to stand up and resist, finally, a message came from Bella Village, which rescued Charlie from suffering.

  Annie knocked on the door of the study.

  The red-robed arcanist Myramie in the study stopped the 'reclamation-style education' that spit on Charlie.

   "Ah! Come in!"

  Charlie is very happy that someone can come in at this time to interrupt the eloquent and eloquent Melami tutor, so that her dizzy brain can 'cool down'.

  Annie walked in, and before Charlie could speak, Myramie asked first, displeased.

   "Didn't I tell you that you can't come in and disturb me during class?"

  Annie's little face suddenly lost all color, and she was pale with fright.

  She is still very afraid of the two arcanist mentors, and this is something Charlie can't change no matter how hard he tries.

   "...Yes, I'm sorry, Your Excellency Myramie..."

   "Mentor, Annie is not a girl who can't tell the difference. She must have something important."

   When the baby disciple opened his mouth, the picky old man could only calm down, but he didn't forget to fly a "eye knife" at Annie.

Annie shivered, but she still stammered, "...That's right, someone from Bei-Bela village said, yes, what the master ordered last time, such as, if the merchant group comes, come to the castle to inform .”

   With a bang, Charlie thumped the table with both hands.

   Shocked both Myramie and Annie.

   "Oh! I almost forgot what I was waiting for! But it's here, these profiteers!"

  …

  Pliushkin is the leader of a small wandering merchant group.

  A year ago, his business group was still on the verge of bankruptcy and disbanded, and it was in danger, but the **** of fate finally favored him.

  Pearls produced in the down-and-out Xiaohai Village are sought after by the nobles of the Holy Platinum Empire.

  A string of milky white necklaces, each pearl the size of a fingernail, can sell a string of 350 gold coins among those noble ladies.

   And when he is in the market, he will buy food for livestock, ground bran, and chaff powder.

   Mix these two kinds of cheap livestock feed into a bag of 'grain', so that the cost of a bag of 'flour' is only two copper coins.

  A carriage with two pack horses can hold 250 catties of goods. If you pump the pack horses and squeeze them hard, a cart can hold 300 catties, which is about 6 bags of ‘grain’.

  He went to Beilahai Village and would not send too much food, because Pliushkin didn't want to feed those humble villagers of Xiaohai Village.

   Only hungry animals will work hard, and they can only be fattened pigs when they are full.

   Therefore, every time he does business, he will only transport ten carts of grain, and he will run once every three months.

  The cost of 10 carts of such grain is only 120 copper plates.

   With one hundred and twenty copper coins, he can exchange for at least 90 bags of pearls!

   A bag of pearls can be picked and picked to process at least 3 necklaces worth 350 gold coins!

  Such huge profits are enough for Poliu Heekin to live a life as luxurious as that of a great nobleman.

  The only shortcoming is that he is just a commoner of humble origin, even if he is rich, he is not a respectable nobleman.

  But, it doesn't matter, his daughter is about to marry the heir of a great nobleman, and he finally...

  The fantasy came to an abrupt end because of the stagnation of the carriage.

  Pliushkin's fat head hit the window of the carriage with a 'duang'.

  He dismantled the door of the carriage and cursed, "Damn it! Your driving skills are not as good as those lowly beasts like half-orcs!"

  However, his words were frightened when he saw the 4-meter-high earth and stone city wall in front of him.

  Pliushkin, who was cursing loudly, hiccupped and looked at the city wall for a long time, speechless.

   "...I saw a ghost!" The skinny old man driving the carriage muttered.

  Come here three months ago, you still don’t have this ghost thing, right?

  The accompanying mercenaries also looked at each other in blank dismay.

   I don’t know why, but Pliushkin’s heart suddenly began to be drummed for this time’s merchant...

  I always feel that the closed Atsugi city gate in front of me looks like a huge mouth that wants to choose someone to bite.

  He swallowed his saliva and walked up to the carriage driver who was driving for him.

   "Go and call the door!"

  There are not many villagers in Bella Village, and almost every household knows Pliushkin.

  The young man who guarded the gate climbed down from the watchtower, and he ran to Old Tom's house in a hurry.

   Immediately, another group of people quietly ran from the back door of Bella Village to the Reef Castle to report the news.

  Pliushkin, who was beating his heart, was really unwilling to just make this trip in vain.

   You know, his ten carts of broken grain to feed the animals are worthless, but the mercenaries he hired to **** him all the way here were actually hired with gold coins.

  When he thought of the high commission set by these bandit-like mercenaries, he couldn't breathe with heartache.

   Fortunately, the city gate opened at last, and Old Tom welcomed Pliushkin in with a smile.

  Bela Village has undergone earth-shaking changes not only in the towering city walls, but also in the appearance of the villagers.

   Well, in midsummer, they won't be able to wear the newly made wolf fur warm clothes at home. After all, the first thought of the poor and frightened people is to hide them quickly when they have something good.

  For fear that someone will **** it away from them.

  However, it is difficult to conceal that the villagers of Beira Village have become more energetic and energetic these days due to the improvement of food.

  Seeing that all the villagers have gained at least a circle of fat, Poliushkin was afraid that some of his colleagues had also discovered the secret here and 'competed' with him. The fat businessman broke out in a cold sweat in fright.

  While wiping his plump face with a white silk handkerchief, he began to question Old Tom without showing any signs.

   "Ah, my dear friend, see you in March, the changes here really scare me to death!"

  Old Tom would have liked to brag to everyone he knew about their great and heroic lord.

   "Ah! That's because we have a heroic, benevolent, noble, yet wise lord here, Lord Priuschkin."

   Right after Old Tom finished speaking, with a bang, the gate of Bella Village was closed tightly again.

  The loud closing sound of the door, for some reason, frightened Pliushkin into a shiver.

  The bad premonition in his heart once again urged him to leave here immediately.

   You can look at the ten members of the mercenary team you hired, and look at the villagers who are still unarmed.

  The fat businessman had a hypocritical smirk on his face, "Oh! I really hope to have the chance to meet this noble lord who is so praised by you."

   "Let's get back to business, my dear friend, this time I transported a few more bags of food, as you wish, I am a very exhausted draft horse on this journey, so..."

"I also know your difficulties, but this time the price of grain will have to go up. This time, three bags of pearls can pay back one bag of grain. Although the **** draft horse is too old to be reused, it can still be sold. 20 gold coins, in the market."

   "If you can't work, eating meat is good."

   "In order to help you get rid of the hungry and poor life, you see, I can't let me bear the loss myself, right? My old friend?"

   "I believe that you who are kind-hearted will not let poor Poliu Xijin lose money in business, otherwise, next time no kind-hearted people will come to your place to deliver food, right?"

  Old Tom was at a loss, and Plyushkin was aggressive while observing his face.

   Fortunately, just when old Tom was about to let go, he remembered the unimposing back that once stood in front of all the villagers.

Old Tom took a deep breath, and sincerely said to Priuschkin: "We will not disappoint any friend who helped us, but please wait a moment, Master Priuschkin, I will discuss these matters with the villagers. communicate."

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