Before ascending to God, be a good lord

Chapter 111 109. A real robber never gives you a chance to bargain

"Gah~~~~" As the brass-colored metal handle automatically turned downward, the brown-red wooden door with four pieces of crystal glass turned inward 90 degrees.

A wide semi-circular hall welcomes Rand. There are 4 dark marble pillars on the black and white grid floor, and the bookshelves on the fan-shaped walls extend from the ground to the roof.

"The old mage's bookstore is really magnificent." Rand walked into the middle of the hall, and there was a circle of hardcover books neatly stacked on the round table.

""The Returned Gawain"?" Rand opened a book, judging from the title, it was a legendary biography,
Flipping through the translucent title page, I entered Dou Qi, and the page changed from translucent to a colorful painting. A gray-haired knight in silver armor held a sword and looked into the distance.

After reading two more pages, it was all about the travel and management of the knights and friends.

Rand put the book back on the round table, which was full of best-selling novels.

On the precious Sunday morning, Rand had wandered around several bookstores, but he still didn't see his favorite book: the book of magic knowledge.

The biographies of knights, mages, lords, knights and elves, mages and mermaids, lords and succubi are all the same routine, and after a few glances, I am no longer interested in reading it.

Lant couldn't find what he needed in several bookstores, so he went to the one that looked the biggest, trying his luck.

For Rand, what he needs to buy most now are magic goblins and books on magic knowledge. However, these two kinds of books are strictly monitored by the nobles in the process of market circulation. The total amount that a viscount of Rand can buy very limited.

The third place is all kinds of materials for casting spells and drawing magic circles, the fourth place is Warcraft meat, which has no consumption restrictions, and the last is grains, clothing and building materials that have nothing to do with magic. These materials are priced in silver coins and belong to bulk thing.

Others, such as river boats, alchemy items, etc., just buy them when you see them.

"My lord? What do you want to buy?" A non-magic man ran over from the corner. This was the first time Rant saw a shopping guide for a non-magic man in the commercial street of the demon possessor.

"Books about magic, not these biographies, but books that introduce magic knowledge." Looking at the non-magic man in front of him, Rant felt the contempt of the other party.

"My lord, that kind of book is not easy to find, but you are right to come to us, please come with me."

"This is?" Following the shopping guide to a corner on the second floor, Rand saw a box of waste paper.

"My lord, don't look at these old books, but they are all very useful magic books"

Rust stains, water stains, insects, creases, and curls, Rand looked at the "books" in the box and fished out a book. Each of the dozen or so pages of parchment was scribbled on several times.

"How much is such a book?"

"These books have been continuously studied and summarized by several generations of magicians, and have condensed the wisdom of several generations. Each book only needs 20 gold coins"

"20 gold coins?" Rand's eyebrows were twisted together, and he couldn't help thinking, "If the barbarians had talents like you, they wouldn't come to the Dragon Kingdom to rob them."

"My lord," although Wumozhe quoted the robbery price, he was still flattering, "I see that you are a noble man, I don't know what lord you are?"

"Running Horse" Rand replied casually, and then scratched in the "waste cardboard box", trying to find a relatively complete one.

"Oh, you are from the Eastern Kingdom?" The largest branch of the Benma family is an independent marquis on an island in the east of the empire. This marquis title has the right to run for the throne of the Eastern Kingdom. When the shopping guide heard that Benma took it for granted that Rand was from there.

"No, Northwest, Benma Plain," Rand reported himself.

"Ah? Then, do you still need these books?" In the eyes of the clerk, there are no magicians on the Galloping Horse Plain, and there is no need for magic books at all.

"You are so lenient," Rand felt a little unhappy, and looked back at the clerk with a little more hostility in his eyes. "I'm a viscount, I can't even buy a book?
What are you doing here?Dare to ask my identity? "

"Of course not, my lord, please wait a moment." The shop clerk who had sweaty pores all over his body ran away quickly, and Rand even heard a "plop" when he went downstairs.

After a while, a demon possessor who seemed to be only a sorcerer's apprentice came over. The apprentice looked very respectful but not flustered.

"My lord, I'm sorry to let our servants disturb you. Our home is His Excellency Lanlong's store. It is your request to ask book buyers where they come from. I was in the back just now. I was not able to come out to pick you up immediately. Please forgive me."

"Are there any better-looking books here?" Rant held up a few pages of paper and looked at the apprentice mage.

"Go back to your lord, it's gone. Books with better quality are usually rewarded to the offshoots of the family." The mage apprentice saw some hideous faces of Rand. It was not the first time he received nobles, but it was the first time he felt fear.

"However, my lord, I have an imperial version of the magic apprentice textbook here, and the quality is slightly better than yours." After speaking, he took Rand down to the counter on the first floor, and took out a book that looked like the cover was a little damaged .

"General Knowledge of Magic... the sixth edition" After Rand took the book, he first saw the damaged cover and large water stains on the book

"Department of Education of the Imperial Capital, printed by the Emperor of God in 947" After opening the book, what I saw was a catalog, chapters, and drawings similar to the textbooks in my hometown, as well as drawings of magic plants and utensils.

The paper of the book is strong and the printing is fine. There is even a copyright page at the end, with the year and batch of printing. Only a very mature compilation and printing system can print such books in large quantities.

"How much"

"40 gold coins"

After a few minutes of silence, the mage did not back down. Lante estimated that this was the greatest sincerity offered by the other party, so he could only happily pay the money and leave.

The price of 40 gold coins is enough to buy a small yard in a civilian area, or food for one or two days in the Rand territory.

Now I only bought an old textbook from decades ago. After running across the Galloping Horse Plain for two months and looting countless tribes, Rand met a real bandit, and the other party didn't even give him a chance to bargain.

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The commercial street in Wangdu is naturally more than twice the size of the market in Maned Wolf City, and there are quite a lot of categories.

For example, the shop selling Warcraft meat alone occupies half of the street. The shops are sold according to elemental attributes, such as fire, ice, and life. There are very few earth-type creatures here. It made Rand, who used to use steel bristle pigs and mudflow crocodiles as the only source of monster meat, feel helpless.

The same is true for magic equipment. Except for the apprentice's equipment store, other stores are either based on occupation or attribute. Different equipment stores may have overlapping businesses, but they all have their own characteristics.

The apprentice equipment store that Rand went to first, there are mostly wooden swords and shields; the magician apprentice also has specimen display boxes of level 0 and low-level magic plants, and some simple magic props and materials. The quality of the materials is uneven , The price varies from high to low, so that Rand even has the illusion of being in a flea market.

Not only apprentice supply stores, Rand walked into every store in the commercial street and looked at them one by one. While looking at them, he could only lament that magical products were indeed very expensive.

The cheapest alchemy items with 1 magic pattern start from 2 gold coins; for 2 magic patterns, at least 5 gold coins.

Knight weapons or equipment made of ordinary materials usually start at 50 gold coins. The leather armor with iron armor that Rand used to wear before can be sold for 120 gold coins here; pure iron armor costs 250 gold coins; if it is magic pattern weapons and equipment, it is more expensive up.

At this moment, Rand really wanted to use the space ring to secretly trade between Maned Wolf City and Dragon Tooth City.

But in a magical world, breaking a promise would cause the gods to spurn him. No matter how short of money Rand was, he couldn't engage in such small tricks.

Since Iron Armor is not very good at making money, Rand wants to try to let Wendy set up a magic item workshop, first produce some relatively simple and rough magic equipment, and then continue to expand production.

Walking on the commercial street, Rand was thinking about a plan to sell Wendy's labor for money. If Rand was Viscount Bob or Baron Huck, then this plan would be perfect.

But now Rand is the biggest force in the entire southern part of the Benma Plain, and it really makes Rand feel ashamed to entrust the food and drink of 4000 people in the entire territory to a few girls.

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