Werewolf wizard

In the reception room of the castle, delicate vases of gardenias were artfully arranged on the raw wood table, filling the room with a fragrant aroma.

Facing the pleading look in Old Tarik's eyes, Sou Nan pondered for a moment. Allowing the Storm Royal Family to suddenly collapse, and then having that little b*tch, the blind nun, take credit, seemed to bring not only no benefits but also drawbacks to himself.

At least, as long as the royal family existed, the 21 military districts of the Storm Kingdom would still maintain a feudal order.

After considering it, Sou Nan said, "I don't want to use Storm Gold Coins to repay the debt."

Old Tarik swallowed hard, his heart tightening with apprehension.

He was afraid Sou Nan would make some outrageous demand, such as repaying the money with coins of lower gold content.

Now, the Storm Royal Family was beset by internal and external troubles, so even if Sou Nan repaid with thirty thousand gold coins of relatively low gold content, he couldn't say anything, only offer a few mild complaints.

In this era, each country had its own currency, and the quality of the currency was measured by its gold and silver content.

Some merchants even carried a small scale with them, specifically to calculate the gold and silver content of the currencies being traded.

Therefore, in this era, the mind and knowledge required to do business were indeed quite complex.

Sou Nan tapped the table with his finger and said, "The net weight of a Storm Kingdom gold coin is 5 grams, and the gold content is 50%."

The monetary system and the gold coin system both originated from the Eastern Human Empire.

The mainstream gold coins of the Eastern Human Empire were very stable, having remained unchanged for thousands of years, with a net weight of 4.5 grams and a gold content of over 90%.

The current weight and gold content of Storm Gold Coins were enough to show that the country's economy was failing. The gold content was too low, the currency value was insufficient, and the economy was not stable enough.

Sou Nan said, "I don't have that many Storm Gold Coins. So, can I directly pay you the equivalent weight in gold as the gold content in thirty thousand Storm Gold Coins, a total of seventy-five thousand grams, which is 0.075 tons of gold?"

"If that's acceptable, I can pay you right now."

In the reception room, Old Tarik was stunned for a moment.

He looked at Sou Nan in disbelief. He hadn't expected Sou Nan to be so straightforward and give him so much gold directly.

Where did this Earl Peter make such a fortune!

That was the weight of an adult male in gold.

In a sense, this was even more generous than directly repaying with Storm Gold Coins.

After all, the monetary value of Storm Gold Coins was limited, and it would take a lot of effort to extract the gold from them and recast it into currency.

But 0.075 tons of gold was solid hard currency.

0. 075 tons of gold was exactly what the Storm Royal Family needed to solve their immediate crisis.

If Sou Nan could really produce so much gold so quickly to repay the debt, even if it took several times longer, it would be a very fortunate thing for the Storm Royal Family.

A young man in Tarik's entourage suddenly excitedly said to Tarik with a beaming face, "I didn't expect Earl Peter to be such a good person."

Sou Nan glanced at him.

Tarik smiled at him, then said to Sou Nan, "Earl Peter, even if you take a little more time to transport the gold, we can wait."

Sou Nan looked at the sky outside. He had an appointment to study the Philosopher's Stone this afternoon, so he said, "No need. My style of doing things is not to waste time."

"I have my own business this afternoon."

"Let Warwick take you to collect the gold."

This gold was just about half a day's worth of mining from the super-large gold mine in the Rye Underground Domain.

With that gold mine, Sou Nan wouldn't have to worry about money for a long time.

"By the way, when you go back, I will arrange for Bloom and a few of my soldiers to help you return," Sou Nan stood up, and Tarik immediately stood up as well to show respect to his host.

Sou Nan said, "After all, this is the gold I'm returning to you. If it's intercepted on the way, I'll feel uncomfortable. That way, we'll be even."

"If you want to borrow more money..."

Sou Nan thought for a moment, recalling that the Deep Blue Wizard had a legacy hidden in the capital library of Storm Fortress, and said, "I want your capital library of Storm Fortress. If you're willing to sell me that library and the books in it."

"You can name a price."

Anyway, Sou Nan had heard that the current Storm Royal Family was so poor that they had begun to dismantle the aluminum roofs of their palaces and the precious metal decorations of monasteries and churches, selling them to merchants from the Platinum Commercial Republic to repay debts.

The merchants of the Platinum Commercial Republic then sold these goods to other nobles who could afford them, under the guise of royal products.

Tarik was indeed interested. "I can make the decision for the royal family regarding this."

"Can we exchange the capital library for seventy... no, fifty thousand Storm Gold Coins?"

Sou Nan didn't hesitate. "Yes."

Anyway, with the gold mine in the underground world, gold wasn't so precious to him anymore.

In contrast, the famous capital library of the Eastern Human Empire was said to be all-encompassing. Even though the Storm Kingdom and the Platinum Commercial Republic had damaged, destroyed, and sold many of the books after conquering that city, the existing books were still considerable in number.

Moreover, there was a clear possibility that the legacy of the Deep Blue Wizard existed within.

That legacy was clearly worth more than fifty thousand Storm Gold Coins.

In the reception room, Old Tarik saw that Sou Nan had agreed so readily, and for a moment, he felt that he had asked for too little money.

But since the words had already been spoken, he couldn't take them back.

Otherwise, if he angered the Peter family, he would have gained nothing.

Old Tarik bowed to Sou Nan, a bow to a superior noble. "Earl Peter, thank you for your generosity."

"This batch of gold is too important to the Storm Royal Family. It's simply our lifeline."

With this batch of gold, the Storm Kingdom could recruit mercenaries from the west and north. Within the Holy United Empire, the Iberian Peninsula, and the cold lands of the north, there were a large number of mercenaries who could be bought with money for their military power and services.

Therefore, Old Tarik felt that Sou Nan's action had saved the Storm Kingdom.

However, Sou Nan felt that this was a win-win situation, and he wasn't at a disadvantage. Moreover, allowing the Storm Royal Family to exist for a longer period of time was also good for him.

Sou Nan said, "Warwick, you go and arrange these matters."

"After a while, I will go to Storm Fortress to take back the capital library that belongs to me. I will arrange for people to move the capital library to Maple Leaf City. The royal family shouldn't have any objections to this, right?"

Tarik and the young man beside him exchanged glances. Tarik said, "No objections, that's just a library."

"Although some scholars study in it, those people are of no use to the current Storm Kingdom."

"The Storm Royal Family welcomes the arrival of the Earl."

This was the Storm Lords' usual way of thinking, despising scholars, advocating force, neglecting administration, and valuing the army.

Sou Nan said to Warwick, "Borgia has come to our territory again. I need to see him."

Sou Nan had just learned of Borgia's arrival from the wolf pack effect.

It seemed that he had to deal with him, since he was the bishop he had supported.

Borgia was clearly very dependent on Sou Nan now, especially since the werewolf guards had blocked countless assassinations for him.

The werewolves' super hearing and super sense of smell could listen to a person's heartbeat, perceive a person's emotional changes, and hormonal changes in the body, in order to determine whether there were assassinations and conspiracies.

Therefore, with the protection of the werewolf guards, Borgia basically had no chance of being assassinated.

Hearing Sou Nan mention Borgia, Old Tarik and the young man beside him were obviously surprised. Old Tarik asked Sou Nan very politely, "Earl Peter, are you talking about Borgia Frederick?"

Old Tarik was thoughtful.

During this period, he had indeed heard about the extraordinary relationship between the Achaean Pastoral District Church and the Peter family.

But he didn't expect the relationship between the two to be so close.

Their next stop was the Achaean Peninsula.

He didn't expect them to run into the bishop of the Achaean Pastoral District, who had come to visit the Peter family.