Chapter 302 5 transaction
Chapter 302 Five Transactions
In the villa.
Louis took a sip of the liquor, adjusted his sitting position, and said, "Bird Breathing Method and Gray Horse Potion Formula, Count Rhine, your combination of needs is a little...unique."
“But what I want to tell you is that the Zoa Islands are the largest underground market in the entire New World, and even the Old World.”
Louis pointed at the things from all over the place in the villa and said proudly, "Thanks to the strength of Lord Flame Devourer and the heroic fighting of the pirates, we have gathered resources from the two continents. As long as you have gold coins, I can get you not only the breathing method and formula, but also the blood of the imperial family. Of course, this is only effective during the chaos of the empire."
Louis put his hands together, pressed them on the table, looked up and asked, "How about the hunting falcon breathing method? It can be practiced to the peak of the Great Knight. As for the formula of the gray horse potion, it is not a problem at all. The former is 43 gold coins, and the latter is 7 gold coins, a total of 50 gold coins."
Wuhe whispered, "Boss, it's almost the cost price."
Jiang He said calmly: "Continue."
Louis chuckled, "Sir Broken Sword, you killed the Demon Wolf William, your strength has been notarized, I hope our cooperation will last forever. I heard that Caribe Port was reduced to a white land in the eternal black flames, and the owner of this island has a special taste for flames."
According to rumors, the Flame Devourer was once the bloodline of the Flame Royal Family of the previous dynasty of the Stuart Kingdom. Unfortunately, with the passage of time, the Flame Royal Family was slaughtered by the Red Rose Family, and the inherited breathing method was lost.
During his rise, the Flame Devourer collected bits and pieces of breathing techniques, reversed their process, created the Flame Devouring Breathing Technique, and ultimately succeeded in ascending to the throne of the title.
Louis took out a crystal clear round mirror, the surface of which exuded a strong chill.
"A B-level secret treasure of the sea, a frozen round mirror. Sir Broken Swordsman only needs to pour that kind of black flame into it."
"So what about the reward?" Jiang He said.
Louis smiled and said, "I will accept all your goods. I will sell everything you buy at a fair price. My status on this island depends on how much gold coins I can earn, because gold coins can make Lord Flame Eater happy, but in the final analysis, gold coins are just a tool for men."
Jiang He pondered for a moment. He had to consider the possibility that the black flame had been cracked. But then he changed his mind and realized that he did not rely on the black flame to deal damage, and the damage characteristics of the long-burning embers did not involve the vital points.
Rolling black flames suddenly rose up and turned into a river that poured into the frozen round mirror. The black color of the mirror became darker and darker. In just three minutes, the storage limit of this secret treasure mirror was reached.
"That's great, you're practically my friend."
Louis danced around morbidly and shouted at the elf maid to get paper and pen. A transaction contract for 50 gold coins was quickly drawn up and both parties signed it.
Jiang He sat on the sofa and sent a message to the ship through Dawn Intelligence. Half a quarter of an hour later, A Da and A Er led a team of fierce soldiers to deliver a treasure chest containing 50 heavy gold coins.
Money and goods are both in order.
The first transaction is completed.
After being checked by appraiser Lilith, Jiang He gave the Falcon Breathing Technique to Wuhe, memorized the formula of the Gray Horse Potion, and then destroyed it.
"Materials for the Gray Horse Potion, one thousand copies."
"Materials for the Demon Wolf Potion, one thousand copies."
"Materials for the Falcon Potion, one thousand copies."
"A total of 30 gold coins."
The cost of these alchemical potions is only 100 gold coins, but if you buy the finished products processed by alchemical wizards, it will cost more than 1000 gold coins, which is more than ten times the price.
Louis and Jiang He sat in the living room of the villa. As contracts were signed one after another, subordinates from both sides were busy running around. Large amounts of goods and money were transferred between the villa and the ship, and the news spread throughout the archipelago.
The second transaction of pharmaceutical materials is completed.
"4000 New World indigenous slaves."
“22 boxes of various jewellery.”
"1000 tons of spices."
"I can buy them for 80 gold coins."
Louis quoted a normal purchase price.
Jiang He signed and agreed that the total profit from his robbery of Caribibu Port and the looting of the Oak was 200 million gold coins. He spent 80 on the two transactions and currently has 120 million left.
The third round of trading will begin soon.
"8 sets of Panther Knight Construct Armor, 40 gold coins."
Louis didn't believe that the other party had eight great knights under his command. After all, this number was too exaggerated. However, as long as there was money, the Zoa Islands would welcome anyone. As for whether one could safely leave the surrounding waters, it naturally depended on one's ability.
Wuhe personally supervised the delivery of eight sets of Grand Knight's armor onto the ship, while commanding the evil soldiers and villa guards to unload the cargo.
Fourth round of trading.
Jiang He said: "I plan to sell the Oak."
Louis had a strange expression on his face. As one of the three largest merchant ships of the East Falvie Colonial Company, the Oak was very famous. A giant merchant ship of this level could be easily sold at a sky-high price of one million gold coins, and it only took two voyages a year to make a profit. Selling it would be completely unprofitable.
"Excuse me, Duke de York may not be happy to hear this news."
Jiang He insisted on selling it. Now the Dukedom of York was undergoing full-scale war preparations, and it was obviously inappropriate to purchase a giant ocean-going merchant ship. The result of selling it to the Dukedom would most likely be a significant price cut.
Half an hour later, the Oak changed hands.
Jiang He had 180 million gold coins in his hands, which was close to the Dukedom’s annual net income.
Fifth round of trading.
Jiang He took out 150 million gold coins to buy massive amounts of magic steel and knight-level constructed armor.
An apprentice knight equipped with knight-level construct armor is a standard construct knight.
The first-rate knight orders of various nations are composed of Constructed Knights, and are mainly controlled by the great nobles. The two hundred Constructed Knights played an indispensable role in the fact that the Silver Knights, the leader of the Northern mercenaries, were able to hold their position firmly.
To upgrade the evil soldiers into construct knights, including armor, each person needs to pay 5000 gold coins. The huge expenditure of 150 million gold coins only gets you 300 people.
Once the number reaches 500, under qualified command and dispatch, the Construct Knights have the hope of surrounding and killing the Big Knight.
The contract is signed.
Goods and gold coins flowed between ships and villas like water.
After all the transactions were completed, the two men walked out of the villa, and several guards transported the magic steel to the port. Countless pirates along the way were watching the fun. Transactions worth millions of gold coins were extremely rare even in this pirate city.
"I have to remind you that you are not allowed to take action on your own in the Zoa Islands, otherwise you will be an enemy of Lord Flame-Eaterer, but your knights make the pirates nervous." Louis said.
"It's just greed." Jiang He glanced around, "When we set sail, at least five groups of pirates showed up and wanted to die."
Louis laughed and said, "We are all gamblers. The only difference is how rational we are. Those peak knights are unwilling to become mortal enemies with the strong men at the same level. Ordinary and elite knights know the gap between themselves and the peak knights. Only those knight-level captains and pirate groups are ignorant of the world and may unite to attack you. Besides, many people are speculating about your status to kill the magic wolf William."
The two arrived at the port.
The unloading of cargo has been completed, and the resources purchased with large sums of gold coins have also been transported to the ship. The villa guards are counting and escorting the native slaves, and a group of slave traders are standing under a palm tree not far away, fighting desperately for them.
"let me go!"
"Hey, sir, you should pay attention to the impact." "Don't mind your own business! I've already paid for this half-blood dark elf, and I can decide when to use her!"
On the mudflat, a knight-level captain rolled together with a half-blood dark elf native in full view of everyone. Many pirates were so excited that their blood boiled, and the sounds of roars and wolf howls were endless.
"Everyone from the Coyote, come and line up. Everyone gets a share!"
"Long live the captain!"
"Captain, I will follow you for the rest of my life."
"I have mysophobia, can I get in front of you?"
The pirates, like hungry wolves, gathered on the mudflats. For a moment, Captain Coyote became the object of everyone's praise. Among the four thousand natives, some were numb, some were angry, and some were terrified.
"Great! The Nightingale Pavilion is absolutely packed today." Louis showed an exaggerated smile: "Captain Coyote, I have always admired this guy."
Jiang He sipped the dragon blood wine and said, "Generally speaking, forces without order cannot last long."
Louis laughed and said, "This pirate city is a necessary evil. It is a disorderly place in itself."
"Without the Zoa Archipelago, pirates will run rampant on the stormy seas without any rules. Without pirates, merchant ships will not need warships to escort them, and the navies of various countries will lose a lot of extra income."
"We are the black gloves of the great nobles who harvest the lower nobles and merchants. To be honest, 50% of the profits of the Zoa Islands go to the Empire, Stuart and Bourbon Kingdom every year."
"As for those small and medium-sized principalities in the interior..."
Louis smiled contemptuously, "Not worthy of cooperating with the Zoa Archipelago."
Jiang He remained silent. Even this lawless island had a complicated relationship with the Old Continent.
"Look, there are two noble ladies here!"
"Captain, the brothers are waiting for you."
There was a sudden noise on the mudflat. The violinist and the pianist looked pale. They both had fair skin and were not as rough as the wind and sun from sailing on the sea, which was very different from the ordinary natives.
"I'll offer 105 gold coins. I want the higher one."
"210 gold coins. I want both."
The pianist looked at the miserable situation of the indigenous dark elves not far away, and her whole body was trembling and weak. Compared with modern civilization, this scene was too barbaric and primitive, and she would rather die.
Click!
The commander in the native team suddenly broke free from his restraints. The deaf-mute old crew member helped him open the shackles, left the key and walked away quietly. As soon as he regained his freedom, he hurriedly untied the restraints on his teammates on both sides.
"Someone escaped!"
The evil soldiers watched coldly, the deal was done, it was none of their business whether the natives fled or not, unless their boss gave the order.
Several guards rushed forward with scimitars in hand, while more onlookers were just watching the fun. Since they were not even apprentice knights, the noise they made could not be considered a disturbance, but just fun at best.
Louis said with interest: "What a lively man, Tataka, go and get two hounds."
"Yes." The guard leader turned and left.
Suddenly, music started playing on the beach.
The rhythm is brisk and the tempo is orderly.
The singer sang the lyrics nervously, "Once there was a ship sailing out to sea, its name was Oak, the howling wind made its bow sink, blow, blow, kill my bully brother."
The guitarist was playing the guitar with sweat all over his forehead, the pianist's fingers were trembling as he stroked the hand-held piano, and the violinist found that there was no room for him to intervene and could only focus on the ending notes. From a professional perspective, this ensemble was undoubtedly terrible.
Many pirates found it interesting and nodded along with the rhythm. Several guards stopped. Musicians, like chefs, were in short supply on the sea.
"I'll buy this little band for 500 gold coins."
"550."
"600 gold coins, any higher will be unprofitable."
The bidding suddenly became noisy. It was obvious that the musicians' prices were much higher than the noble ladies'. Moreover, these guys' instruments were very novel. They might be new to the upper class.
"It's quite interesting." Jiang He said.
Louis waved his hand when he heard that.
When the largest underground businessman in the Zoa Islands showed his attitude, the bidding came to an abrupt halt. This was the territory of the Flame-Eaterer, and his confidants held great authority.
Jiang He stepped forward, and the pirates saw the red moon mark on his forehead and made way for the Broken Sword. The Coyote crew who were still queuing on the mudflat looked at each other. The first mate and the boatswain carried away the captain who was blocking their way. This was the fierce man who destroyed the port, killed the magic wolf, and hanged the prince.
Seeing the crowd disperse, the five-member band played even harder, and the singer almost went out of tune. The young man they met in the cabin a few days ago seemed to be a very important person.
Louis smiled and said, "Music, something both popular and elegant. This small orchestra costs roughly between 700-730 gold coins. It would be a loss to sell it as an ordinary native."
Jiang He touched his chin. The five newbies had a very strong will to survive, in other words, they were afraid of death. There was really no entertainment on the boat except playing cards. It didn't seem like a burden to raise five parasites who could play various musical instruments and sing. All in all, everything depended on his thoughts.
“These five guys are not for sale for the time being.”
Louis spread his hands. To him, a few hundred gold coins were just an afternoon tea.
The conductor almost shed tears. Although the captain had no intention of freeing them from slavery, it was already very good for them to stay. According to the natives who shared the same trough, only those who were carefully selected could become noble servants, and the best that could be done by others was to pick cotton on the plantation for the rest of their lives.
The captain still had 30 gold coins in his savings. Jiang He took out one-third of it as salary for all crew members, and gave another one-third to Wuhe to purchase necessary military supplies.
The entire crew had a day off.
This does not include the five lowest-ranking slaves.
"Ada, I leave these five to you. In non-wartime, the playing time is no less than 16 hours a day."
"clear."
The expressions of the five-member band all changed slightly.
Jiang He returned to the boat and pulled Zhuang Ya out of the kitchen. While the evil soldiers were working hard, she was eating voraciously, with her cheeks puffed up like a hamster.
"Boss, the largest port colony in the central part of the kingdom has issued a wanted order for us. The Navy Headquarters has publicly demanded that Duke De York punish us and compensate us. The two sides had a bloody conflict in a border town in the north, resulting in hundreds of casualties." Ah Er came over to report.
Jiang He took the wanted order. His current reward was 50000 gold coins. Because of his identity as Count of the Rhine, the looting of the Oak greatly intensified the conflict between the Chaotic Corridor and the royal family. This result should be within the Duke's expectations.
"After setting sail, continue to plunder merchant ships."
"clear."
(End of this chapter)