Chapter 321 Return
The caravan stayed in Tanit for four days and sold more goods than in the previous tribes. At the same time, they bought specialties such as sandworm skins and dried sand eel meat that the rainforest people liked at low prices.
Before setting off, Harold received goods sent by Babel and Thea.
What two beautiful and generous ladies!
Harold packed the gifts happily. Of course, these were his extra income and did not need to be registered.
After leaving Tanit, the caravan spent more than two months passing through other tribes in the heart of the desert before officially embarking on the return journey.
More than a month later, the caravan arrived at Kavi's tribe. Their library had been completed, and Kavi, Badawi and the tribal leader argued endlessly about the furnishings in the library.
"I've already told you that books should be sorted and placed on the bookshelf! It's inconvenient to sort them out if they're left on the table." Kavi yelled, "You'd better assign someone to be responsible for the book registration. These books are not cheap, right?"
"But we don't have so many books. Isn't it a bit redundant to do this?" said the tribal leader with some embarrassment.
"I have thought about this issue in advance. Mr. Badawi said that your two neighboring tribes have also bought some books from certain channels. Wouldn't it be good to share what you have? If everyone around knew that a library was built here, they would be willing to come here to study!" Kavi vowed.
"Well... okay." Kavi's words brightened the eyes of the tribal leader who was still hesitating. After thinking for a moment, he decided on this plan.
"The biggest difficulty of this project is actually convincing the client. Harold, you have no idea how much I wasted my time talking. Fortunately, it's all over. This is the first library in the desert!"
After finishing these trivial matters, Kavi collapsed in Harold's tent exhausted and didn't want to get up. It was not until he talked about his own achievements that his tone became lively again.
"Go back and tell senior Elhaisen that 80% of the books in that library are his works. I think this library can be directly named 'Elhaisen Works Collection'." Haroldt said with a smile.
"Ah?! Now that you mention it..." Kavi seriously thought about the feasibility of this matter.
"But let's forget it now. It's easy to be targeted." Harold said implicitly.
Kavi looked disappointed. That’s right, now is a critical period. He actually found this idea interesting.
Two months later, the caravan returned to Aru Village, where Kusela and his mercenaries had been waiting for a long time.
When they first arrived, they gave some of the poor quality food collected from the "Legacy of the God-King" headquarters to the local villagers. With Harold's letter of introduction, Candice quickly accepted them and allowed them to store all their belongings at the village head.
Before the caravan members arrived, Kusela released the news of the auction. In theory, everyone could participate, but because the auction was held in Aru Village, many people who came to participate were blocked outside the village by Candice.
Aru Village, Village Chief's House
"I'm sorry, I have to do this for the safety of the village." Candice poured Harold a cup of tea and briefly told him some of the things she had done recently, including verifying the identities of people entering the village, expelling suspicious people, etc.
"I understand. It's all for the village." Harold nodded.
"But it may cause you considerable losses. Although those who enter the village are trustworthy, they are all honest people, so they are not very wealthy." Candice sighed.
Harold shook his head, smiled and lowered his voice: "I chose Aru Village as the auction site because of this consideration. This auction is actually a benefit for our 'own people', and we can take the opportunity to add a few 'allies'."
Kawi, who was sitting nearby, couldn't help but prick up his ears. What "benefits"? Oh...you mean giving the mercenary friends you know a chance to buy goods at a low price?
Kavi realized that he had discovered Harold's true purpose and drank his tea contentedly.
"So that's your plan. I'm relieved." Candice nodded. "I will work with other guardians to maintain order then."
Harold thanked them, "Thank you for your hard work."
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Under Candice's arrangement, the auction went on in an orderly manner. Almost every villager in Aru Village was present. Most of them did not bid, but as they heard the prices of the goods being raised again and again, they were also excited and could not help but gasp and shout, which added to the atmosphere.
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"The next auction item is a mechanical component from ancient times. Looking at the patterns on it, it might be a creation of the gods! The starting price is 10 Mora!"
"10 Mora!" Seeing the familiar mechanical components, Kavi stood up excitedly.
Surprisingly, after he shouted the price, the scene suddenly became much quieter, and many noisy discussions turned into whispers, but neither the cash-strapped mercenaries nor the wealthy businessmen seemed to have any intention of following the filming.
Kavi was confused for a moment, then he was filled with excitement. He suddenly felt confident that he could take a picture of this component.
Originally he had prepared 10 million Mora and was mentally prepared to spend half of it, but judging from the current situation, it seemed that he could get a great bargain.
"10 Mora, is there anyone willing to bid?!"
The host was a former member of "Ahmar's Beard". The moment he heard Kavi's bid, he knew that the auction of the item had come to an end. He asked twice symbolically and started the countdown.
"10 Mora once!"
"10 Mora twice!"
"make a deal!"
Hearing the word "deal", Kavi finally felt relieved.
"Harold, I got it!" Kavi excitedly shared his joy with his junior.
"Still at such a cheap price, it seems that our big merchants have been emptied of their pockets by the first few shipments." Harold also looked very happy. He asked, "Senior, what do you plan to do with it?"
"You'll know when the time comes. The day after tomorrow... No, I'll let you see it tomorrow!"
Kavi kept it a secret, as he had been thinking about it for several months, and the final product would definitely surprise his junior classmates.