the last gentleman

Chapter 420 The Duke's Chamber of Commerce

Yi Chen's sudden bid made the boss a little confused,
Although he is a rare "candle puppet master", he violated the ban of Lantern City due to illegal oil refining.

Such a sentence almost drives him out,

But he grew up in Lantern City, but he insisted on staying, opened his shop in a remote border town, and went out of the city every day to find raw materials for dolls.
He encountered danger during the search for a certain raw material, and his face was contaminated by a strange substance, which caused irreparable facial trauma. Even so, he still insisted on the original heart of a candle puppeteer.

However, due to the consumption power problem in the border area and the fact that he is not very good at selling, the shop has not been patronized for a long time.

Now suddenly a strange-looking young man came, just after a few words, he suddenly bid to buy the cheapest, oldest doll that even had ignition problems,

This made the boss think for a while whether the old doll had some hidden value that he hadn't discovered.
"Wait a minute, this candle puppet has not been maintained for a long time, and it needs to be repaired before delivery."

"about how long?"

"Half an hour will do."

The boss took the candle puppet back to the workshop in the store, picked up a magnifying glass and checked it carefully, but found no value.

Although this candle puppet was originally made of good materials, after years of use, many parts of the body have been cracked and glued with inferior adhesives. As long as it is not a complete component, it is worthless.

The boss turned the screw a little bit, mended the grease bag inside the puppet and lifted it out again.

"Are you sure you want to buy it? Although a thousand coins is very cheap for a candle puppet, it is not a small sum in itself."

"Boss, you don't seem to want to do business?"

After being said by Yi Chen, the boss didn't say anything more, "Give me the money!"

The two stretched out their fingers at the same time, and when the Greedy Rings touched each other, the top of the treasure box stuck out its tongue and entangled with each other. After a while of transmission, the transfer was successful.

At the same time, the boss handed over the matches that were used just now.
"The starting match is a gift for you. The wick of the doll is a bit old. When you light it, try to stuff the match as deep as possible. In addition, I don't have any warranty period here. If it breaks, I will come to repair it. The price is clearly marked and it will not be black. It's money."

"Row."

When the match was lit, Yi Chen gently sent it into the doll's eye socket very gentlemanly, and then sent it deep with the help of spiritual power.

puppet starts,

The white candle full of ditches appeared on the top of the head again.

"Boss, when I don't need lighting, such as now, can I let her not burn and save a little wax oil in her body?"

"If she doesn't burn, she won't have the strength to move... There is a switch on the cervical spine. This old model can only switch between two modes, one is the current "lighting mode" and the other is the "daily mode". "

"Okay, let me try."

Yi Chen reached out and twisted the third protruding cervical vertebra in the middle, click!

The white candle on the top of the head slowly lowered, retracting the head.

Due to the closed environment of the cranial cavity, the flames were controlled to the smallest size, and only a small amount of light leaked from the eye sockets, occasionally accompanied by wax oil, as if crying.

"Thank you boss, see you soon."

Leaving the candle puppet shop, Yi Chen just asked the candle puppet to follow behind him obediently.

Because this candle puppet was too old and dilapidated, some passers-by ridiculed and discussed it along the way, and regarded Yi Chen as a big injustice for spending a lot of ancient coins to buy a scrap.

However, Yi Chen didn't care about other people's eyes at all. He was even trying to suppress his excitement, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching to suppress his smile as much as possible.

In his eyes, he must have made a lot of money.

On the issue of "dolls", Yi Chen has a basis of experience. After all, the Prophet Yuri of Zion is doing this.

Although the assassination puppets in Gethsemane tend to be anthropomorphic, and the candle puppets here are more functional, they still have similarities in essence.

In the storefront just now, with the perspective provided by Xiaoputao, Yi Chen basically scanned all the dolls,
Indeed, this doll is the oldest model with the most repair marks, and as the boss said, the possibility of damage is high, and it is not even suitable for exploring extremely dark places. It is best to stay at home as a light ordinary maid.

However, because it is the oldest model, and even one of the earliest candle puppets made by the boss,

The effort spent on this candle puppet is definitely the highest. Yi Chen can see the details of the key links of this old-fashioned puppet at a glance. All the parts are polished by hand.

From the traces of polishing hundreds of times, it can be seen that the boss was the first to pursue the determination of the candle puppet master, but this determination has been worn away with time and reality, just like this candle puppet is dilapidated.

The most important thing,
"Old-fashioned" doesn't matter to Yi Chen at all. When he sees the brain grooves on the surface of the white candle rising above the candle puppet's head, he can be sure that the candle puppet has a healthy brain.

As long as the brain structure is complete, it can be innovated through learning, and Yi Chen's epileptic brain can just endow him with the ability to seek knowledge.

Now is not the time for enlightenment because of being exposed to the glimmer of light and being watched by unknown people.

【The Duke's Chamber of Commerce】

As the largest chamber of commerce group in the old world, almost all cities in the old world welcome the arrival of the duke, which not only brings huge traffic to the city,

Even after the Duke leaves, the entire city may be blessed by the transaction, and some kind of luck-related disease will take root and spread among the cities, improving the luck of the entire city and developing brilliantly.

is also like this,

Except for a very small number of special groups that have nothing to do with transactions, such as the Abbey of Pain, most of the Old World beings like, respect and love the Duke of Garrizon, who lives in the castle throne room.

The City of Lights also vacated the largest and best-conditioned East District in the Central Trade Street as the venue for the Duke.

In the area of ​​the venue, there was not a single staff member of the Lantern City, not even the most basic lamp head security guards.

The reason is very simple, because the duke does not need to consider security issues when he sits in the town. Anyone who dares to make trouble in the duke chamber of commerce will eventually be exchanged for an equal proportion of gold, coins, wood, etc. and stored in the chamber of commerce warehouse.

As soon as Yi Chen walked into the Central Street, the street was already crowded with people before he even got close to the East District.

"Is the Duke's influence so great... How can I get in?"

Although Yi Chen wanted to line up honestly, it would take three days and three nights to reach the interior of the chamber of commerce according to the speed of the queue.

Just when I was thinking about what to do, a passage suddenly opened up between the queues.

A member of the Chamber of Commerce wearing a golden mask and well-dressed came out and came to Yi Chen with a gesture of bowing and inviting.

"Dear Mr. William, we have already sensed your aura, and we have come here to guide you to the interior of the chamber of commerce. As a high-quality customer of the Duke, you will enjoy special personal trading privileges."

As soon as this remark came out, all the sick people in the street looked at Yi Chen, at this unknown figure, full of envy and even jealousy, and some even secretly recorded their appearance and breath to prepare for a big gamble in the future.

When it was introduced to the Eastern District by the Chamber of Commerce personnel,

A dazzling array of temporary shops with various styles and attributes of the old world are built here, which is very similar to the "large market" in life.

Yi Chen followed the staff all the way to the center of the East District. A huge temporary auction building has been built here, and the treasure auction will officially start tonight.

The Duke himself is resting in it, and he will personally preside over the auction.

Even standing outside, you can hear the huge snoring accompanied by the collision of various gold, silver and jewels.

When Yi Chen stepped into the empty auction building, he was immediately attracted by the piles of gold and jewelry on the booth.

At the same time, the snoring stopped.

As the jewels slid, the duke's fat body sat up,

When he saw the arrival of an acquaintance, Yi Chen, the two golden front teeth in the Duke's mouth also showed with a smile,
The [Du] and [Ke] printed on the front teeth are so familiar.

"Duke!" Yi Chen bowed his head immediately.

"William, you've made great progress~ Compared with that kid Yuehen, you're basically not behind... The structure of the crazy brain is also quite perfect, and there are many new things. It's really a complicated commodity."

Yi Chen was attracted by a name in the Duke's words, "Moonmark? Does the Duke know his current situation?"

"That kid met me once two months ago and bought something he dreamed of, or something I specially prepared for him... He has already stood in a higher position."

(End of this chapter)