I became the ancestor of the blood clan

Li De looked at the magic bats that disappeared out of sight, straightened his wrinkled blue mage robes, and walked out of the woods slowly.

On the main road outside Green City, the caravan who were forced to stay overnight on both sides of the road because they missed the last time to enter the city in the evening saw a scene that surprised and frightened them.

A master mage in robes was walking alone at dawn, and behind him was a giant translucent hand holding an oak box.

This weird scene made the guard knights who were still on vigil vigilant.

Master mages are definitely rarer than nobles. Any mage travels with a crowd, and the scene of such a person walking out of the woods really makes them feel intimidated.

So anomalous.

Li De took a flat look at the several groups of merchants stationed together, and didn't react much when he saw the vigilant and fearful faces of the guards.

The mage's robe on his body and the mage's hand behind him all showed his identity.

In this world, a mage is a representative of power and mystery. It would be abnormal for these ordinary merchant guards to see him and not react.

It's still a little early now, and the city gate will not open until after dawn and when the sun rises.

At least there is still a half-day time.

Need to find a place to rest.

Li De glanced at several caravans from the corner of his eye, and on the wide grass on the right side of the road, a caravan on full alert caught his attention.

More than 20 carriages have obvious signs of battle, and even a few have been half-destroyed.

Many wounded were sitting around the fire, and even if the strong smell of blood was covered by medicinal herbs, it couldn't escape the blood race's keen sense of blood.

Unexpectedly, he saw a very familiar flag in the caravan.

Two golden ears of rice are intertwined and sewed into a beautiful pattern with gold thread by the dexterous maid.

Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce.

Li De narrowed his eyes slightly and stopped in his tracks.

Chapter 21 Chamber of Commerce on the verge of bankruptcy

In his memory, the territory of the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce was within the range of the Scarlet Mage Tower, and the other party would pay him 5 Jinpuke every month as a shelter fee.

An acquaintance.

Under the watchful eyes of several other small caravans, they walked to the residence of the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce, and Li De could clearly feel the relief of the surrounding guards.

Because the sky was still very dark and the caravan hadn't set off yet, the guards of the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce's night watch were on alert.

Seeing Li De standing still, the group of guards suddenly felt dizzy.

What does this mage master want to do?They had already encountered robbers once on the way, so would they encounter another nightmare at the gate of Green City? !

A squad leader of the guard wearing gray leather armor gritted his teeth and walked up to Li De, a little vigilant and full of apologetic smiles.

"My lord mage, what do you need to tell us?"

Li De looked at him with a flat face.

"I am the master of the Scarlet Mage Tower"

This sentence instantly let the team leader breathe a sigh of relief. He knew about the Scarlet Mage Tower. The Jinmai Chamber of Commerce would hand in the protection fee to the other party every month, and he accompanied him several times.

Although I haven't met the real owner of the mage tower, I believe that the other party must have an impression of the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce.

"Master Li De, it is my honor to meet you. The Jinmai Chamber of Commerce is very happy to serve you. I will ask someone to call the vice president. Wait a moment."

His name is naturally no secret in the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce.

Li De nodded, but did not refuse.

In this world, mages and nobles undoubtedly stand at the top of the pyramid. For this group of businessmen, let alone a captain of the guard, even the president of the chamber of commerce is not qualified to sit on an equal footing with Li Deping.

Li De turned his head and looked at the more than 30 horse-drawn carriages of the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce around. It can deliver goods of this scale at one time. It seems that the strength of the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce is not bad.

But it's a pity that more than half of the goods on the carriage were empty. I don't know if they were robbed by robbers or lost halfway.

Some asked curiously.

"What is the main business of your Jinmai Chamber of Commerce? All these goods have been robbed?"

The team leader shook his head, his face was a bit depressed, "We mainly deal in cloth and food. The orcs in the south broke through the border defense line. The caravan encountered a group of plundering orcs on the way, and the caravan suffered heavy losses..."

"That's right, Your Excellency Li De, the loss of the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce this time is the biggest since our establishment. We were robbed by the orcs of all the cloth and food that was transported to the border to support the soldiers."

A middle-aged man in luxurious business clothes came to Li De with a wry smile. His blond hair and shrewd brown eyes were particularly impressive.

"Lord Li De, this is the president of our Jinmai Chamber of Commerce, Laurent Orlando"

"You go down first, wake up the caravan, and prepare to return to the city immediately. I will accompany Lord Li De."

"Yes, President Laurent"

Li De looked at Laurent Orlando in front of him and nodded slightly. He had seen this man before, in the memory of the ancestor of the blood clan.

Moreover, the other party's reputation is not bad, and their business ability is also considered to be top-notch.

"Hello Laurent, I wanted to find a caravan to rest for a while, and then return to Green City after sunrise, but I didn't expect to meet the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce.

I am deeply sorry for what happened to you, but the suffering will always pass, and I believe that one encounter will not make the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce fall."

The ancestor of the blood race spent most of his time in Green City studying magic, and didn't care about other things at all.

Therefore, Li De's understanding of the business community in Green City is blank, and he plans to contact Laurent to learn about the market from the side.

To buy a large amount of food this time, he must cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce, and he doesn't have so much energy to buy it by himself.

A bit of surprise flashed in Laurent's eyes, as if he didn't expect the indifferent mage to be so approachable.

"Your Excellency Li De, although hope is always there, this time the good luck is not with me."

After finishing speaking, he shook his head, not wanting to continue the topic, and reached out to signal the tent in the middle of the caravan.

"Your Excellency, please rest in my tent for a while, and return to Green City together after sunrise."

Li De nodded slightly and did not ask any further questions. After thanking him, he followed the other party to the central tent.

The space is not too big, with woolen carpets, bread on a small table, and a half-rolled quilt next to it, obviously where Laurent just rested.

The two sat down, exchanged some polite words, and Li De took the lead to ask questions.

"President Laurent, I would like to ask how much is the current grain price in Green City per pound of Copper Poke?"

Laurent looked at Li De a little strangely, a mage asked this kind of question?

When will these high-ranking mage masters care about food prices?Even if all the civilians starved to death, it would not be their turn to starve.

"Your Excellency Li De, although I don't know why you care about this issue, I have to tell you some bad news.

This year, because the orcs launched a war in advance, a large amount of food on the border was plundered by the orcs before they were harvested.

So this year's grain price is the highest in the past five years.

Now the price of a pound of wheat has doubled to 8 copper poukes, and as the winter months approach grain prices are likely to exceed 10 copper poukes.

Goddess of Life, I'm afraid the civilians on the frontier will have a hard time this winter."

After Laurent finished speaking, his face was serious, and there was some unbearable eyes.

Once food prices rise, civilians will undoubtedly be the first to be affected. He can already foresee that many people will starve to death this winter, many, many.

From Laurent's simple words, Li De felt the oncoming blood and sadness. The people who suffer the most in war are always the civilians.

But this is not something that he, the ancestor of the blood race, can control. He shook his head and began to think about another thing.

One Gold Poke can be exchanged for 100 Silver Pokes and 10000 Bronze Pokes.

The income of an ordinary person in Green City is only 10 silver poke a month, and they have to support their families. It can be foreseen how much the impact of rising food prices will be on ordinary people.

1 gold puke can be exchanged for 10000 copper puke, and the price of grain is 8 copper puke per catty. One gold puke can buy about 1200 pounds of grain.

Rongguang middle pound is a unit of measurement, and the weight is not much different from a catty.

1200 lbs, saving some enough to feed two families of three for a year.

The 2000 gold pukes he brought out can be exchanged for the rations of tens of thousands of people for a year.

This batch of grain is undoubtedly enough for his farming plan in the castle.

As long as it lasts for a year, no, even this winter, after the spring of next year, the fertile land behind the castle will be enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people.

The only problem now is that he needs to purchase this huge batch of grain.

It can be foreseen that due to the wars launched by the orcs in the southern border, the price of food will continue to rise in the future. Since the price has not yet reached the limit, the purchase of food must be completed as soon as possible if the food is still available in the market.

"How much food does the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce have? I have a business to discuss with you, and I need a large amount of food."

Laurent's eyes lit up when he heard Li De's words, but his expression fell again in a blink of an eye.

"Lord Li De, Goddess, our Jinmai Chamber of Commerce is about to go bankrupt, and we have no capital to buy it."

Li De was stunned.

"Bankruptcy? It's just a loss of goods, let alone cloth and food."

Although there were a lot of cloth and food for the thirty carriages, they were far from precious.

Such a big chamber of commerce can't afford even one loss?

Laurent shook his head, his eyes filled with despair.

"We contacted a seller at the border, they dug up a mithril vein, and produced a sufficient amount of mithril ore.

You know that mithril is a precious alchemy material, as long as I transport it back to Green City, I will definitely make a lot of money.

But this batch of ore needs a full 1200 gold pukes. For this business, I sold most of the goods of the chamber of commerce to raise enough, and I also owed [-] gold pukes to the Green City chamber of commerce.

But... damn orcs, one day I will crush them one by one and drag them to the gallows"

Needless to say, Li De can think of the details. He finally got a chance to make a fortune, but he didn't expect to meet an orc.

"So, I'm sorry, Mr. Li De, the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce ceases to exist after sunrise, and I can't do your business."

bankruptcy?Thinking of the good reputation of the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce in his memory, Li De was not disappointed after pondering for a moment, but was moved in his heart.

Maybe this is a good opportunity.

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"No, Laurent, maybe we still have a chance to cooperate"

Laurent looked at Li De with some confusion, how could he have a chance to cooperate even if he was bankrupt?

Suddenly, as if thinking of something, he said excitedly, "Lord Li De, do I also have the talent of a mage?

Goddess, doesn't it mean that the older you get, the weaker your spellcasting talent will be?

Could it be that I'm the magic genius that troubadours talk about?Lord Li De, I am willing, I am willing to be your apprentice"

Li De has black lines on his face, and your appearance is still a mage's talent.

Your current beggar talent is definitely the strongest, just wait until you go bankrupt.

"No, Laurent, don't think about it as a mage, the goddess of magic is not a magnanimous god"

"Compared to magic, I am more inclined to continue to hand over the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce to you"

Laurent was obviously disappointed again. I really don't have magic talent?

Li De's words made him a little stunned again, and continued to hand over the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce to him?

"Lord Li De, are you saying that you want to invest in our Jinmai Chamber of Commerce?

Goddess, your vision is enough to make the Goddess of Wealth admire..."

Laurent felt a sense of happiness as being chosen by the Goddess of Wealth. A powerful mage even in Green City wanted to invest in his chamber of commerce.

This is simply something more exciting than his magical talent.

"No, Laurent, you're thinking too much"

Li De's slow words made Laurent's mood in the cloud drop instantly, as if the last straw had been cut off.