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Chapter 89 Something wrong with the stepmother, an unexpected order 【Please order Ⅴ】

The two-finger-thick black iron chain was firmly fastened to the barbed ring of the dark demon dog.

As a monster with enhanced perception.

The magic dog noticed the arrival of the two in advance.

Just kept quiet under the comfort of Ophelia.

Seeing her master coming, she immediately stood up and saluted Chen Xuan.

"Owner…"

Chen Xuan nodded, motioning for her to sit down before speaking.

After only ten water clocks passed, he noticed that Ophelia seemed to be haggard.

Household chores can be very grueling.

It is conceivable how much pressure she will bear after killing Harward.

But this is also a problem she can't get around.

Especially when preparing to expand the scale of business in the future, the existence of shit-stirring sticks like Howard cannot be tolerated.

Plus some of her personal reasons.

Howard must die!

The atmosphere in the private room was a bit dull.

Chen Xuan took out several cans of orange juice from the storage compartment, and shared one can with each of them.

After taking a sip, he spoke slowly.

"Your stepmother is not simple."

"Her connivance was integral to Howard's actions."

"As for your father, I don't know much about it."

"But since he can single-handedly create the Colchicum Merchant Group and become a rich man in Magtan City, he is definitely not a stupid guy."

Chen Xuan's words were very blunt.

He didn't like to beat around the bush, especially at such a juncture.

This relatively straightforward conversation eased the entanglement in Ophelia's heart a little.

It wasn't Howard's death that worried her, but the stepmother, Ursula, who had hidden her so deeply.

From Howard's hysterical words before his death to Ursula's reaction when Maester Inaggio performed the autopsy.It can be seen that things are not simple.

In addition, the appearance of moiré green leaves is also very strange.

Ophelia knew the truth.

It was just her nonsense that Moore Greenleaf hijacked Howard.

In fact, it was Howard who took the initiative to contact Moore Greenleaf, and asked them to send excellent scouts to infiltrate the caravan station in the West District, attack the temporary alchemy workshop, and robbed more than 20 magic tears.

The key points are as follows.

The first is why Howard can contact the elusive Moore Greenleaf.

Secondly, how did he get those thugs to cooperate with them?
It is difficult to explain the whole story of the purely money-employment relationship. After all, those guys are not a mercenary team that normally collects money to do things.

Based on the above, Ursula Walton, the stepmother who often whispered in her father's ear, surfaced.

After being distracted for a moment, she suddenly came back to her senses.

He replied following Chen Xuan's words.

"Master, you are right."

"I also suspect it's Ursula's fault!"

"Oh, forgot to tell you, Ursula Walton, that's her name..."

Ophelia raised her eyebrows suddenly as she spoke.

A look of reminiscence appeared on the beautiful and delicate face.

"Wait, your words gave me an idea."

"Speaking of my father's history and the rise of the Colchicum Merchant Group, we have to mention the Walton family in the giant city of Atax."

"That's Ursula's family, also known by most people as the 'Ginger Walton' family."

"Father received the support of the Walton family and successively opened up multiple franchised trade routes starting from Magtan City, which allowed the Colchicum Merchant Group to develop rapidly!"

"Before that, before my biological mother passed away, Colchicum was just a small caravan."

"I heard from my father that at that time, he and his mother often acted as guards in person, protecting caravans going to other towns or settlements."

"My mother was a pure-blood elf and an excellent Silver Mountain Ranger!"

"Father was a silver-level swordsman with superb swordsmanship back then."

Ophelia spoke more and more vigorously, and immediately recovered a lot of energy.

Memories and self-reports are actually a form of review.

Chen Xuan didn't disturb the story of the half-elf lady.

He had plenty of time this Naroa Day, and he wanted to know the story behind it.

"Your father and your biological mother should have a good relationship."

He added just right.

This sentence once again aroused the approval of Ophelia.

"Yes, my father loved her very much."

"But I was very young at the time and didn't understand the details."

"Even the image of my mother, which has long been blurred in my memory, comes from a photo crystal."

"When I was very young, my mother was seriously ill. Even the temple baptism and the fourth-order healing spell scroll couldn't cure it."

"My father met Ursula shortly after my mother died."

"Then came the support of Colchicum from the red-haired Walton family."

"After that, damn Howard was born."

The stories that follow are relatively simple and intuitive.

Since Ophelia was still young, she learned many details from her father, Ansetus.

And they are all stories that have been pieced together and restored many times.

There are too many key elements missing.

But anyway, after she told it in full.

Chen Xuan also thought that Ursula's origin was very strange.

Howard is already disgusting enough, but now he has multiple vicious stepmothers.

Each of these guys is a stumbling block for Chen Xuan.

While trying to start anew, he also had to find a way to deal with Ursula.

Even if there is no Ophelia, as long as Chen Xuan wants to develop steadily in this state city, sooner or later there will be a game and collision of interests with her.

Domination is his highest respect to the other world.

He doesn't intend to be just a simple businessman.

In particular, Chen Xuan knew that he could completely solve the threat of monster crypts in the area while strengthening Goldfinger by devouring the rose key fragments in the crypts.

This is the real basis for him to hope to establish a stable territory.

So for Magtan City, he has ambitions.

Chen Xuan crossed his hands under his chin and asked a key question again.

"What has Ursula been doing all these years?"

"How is her relationship with your father?"

This question made Ophelia show a thoughtful look.

After pondering for a while, she slowly opened her mouth.

"Ursula's daily schedule is probably to go shopping on the blue jay street in the first circle."

"It's the most luxurious commercial street in the city."

"Sometimes I will go to the library on the same level and stay for a few water clock hours."

"In addition to riding horses with other ladies in the city..."

"Her schedule is relatively fixed."

"As for Ursula's relationship with my father, I don't quite understand either."

"I always feel that they are hiding some secrets between each other."

Ophelia's answer made Chen Xuan thoughtful.

His intuition told him that there must be something strange in it.

He took a swig of his drink and tapped the table with his palm to bring Ophelia back to his thoughts.

"Go back and investigate about Ursula."

"Don't hire scouts, just find a way from inside Axo Manor."

"She has lived in the manor for so many years, and there will always be traces left in the living room, study room, bathroom and even the kitchen."

"In addition, if the Colchicius West Caravan can no longer be controlled, then we will form our own caravan."

"By the way, how many crowns did you earn in these two Naroya days?"

Chen Xuan talked about the business, and at the same time gave Ophelia new inspiration.

When talking about making money, she patted her forehead and took out a cash box about half the size of a shoebox from the cloth bag behind her.

Opening the cash box, there were forty or fifty dark gold coins, dozens of mithril coins, and a small amount of black iron coins in it.

She had already gone to the currency exchange bank in advance to exchange for a large amount of currency that was more convenient to carry.

"Master, this is the net profit of the past two Naloa days."

"Except for the 23 magic tears stolen by Moore's green leaves."

"The remaining 85 magic tears are all sold, plus the income from sparkling sweet water and bicycles."

"After deducting taxes and caravan sharing, the net income is 49405 crowns."

"There is also a reward of 10710 crowns for Moll's Green Leaf advanced by the city hall."

"Total total: 60115 crowns"

Counting what was left before and the more than 3 crowns collected from Moore Luye, Chen Xuan had a capital of nearly 12 crowns.

This money is enough for him to do many things.

Including the collection of magic skills and magic crystals that record various elemental magics cost money.

And the current amount of money is only the proceeds from his two rounds of limited trade.

If he built his own caravan and shipped the goods freely, he would definitely make a lot of money.

In the worst case, give Molei a [-]% discount, which can completely make those cross-city merchants steal their heads.

Ophelia put the cash box in front of Chen Xuan respectfully,
She was wearing a slim ranger suit, and she was in the private room, and she didn't put on a pocket coat.

Therefore, the tight waist and two big melons are changing with the ups and downs of every movement.

While looking at Ophelia with admiring eyes, Chen Xuan took out twenty dark gold coins from the cash box.

"You keep this money and use it to prepare the caravan."

"You can pay double the salary to recruit all the outstanding talents you know!"

"The faster the action, the better, I still have a lot of magic tears to shoot!"

Seeing that Ophelia only took away five dark gold coins, she said calmly.

"Master, I also made a lot of money in these two agency services."

"Five more dark gold coins are enough to complete the formation of the caravan."

"People are only part of the equation..."

"Extra preparations are required for driving, drawing horses, and stationing."

"By the way, master, I have a few things to report to you."

Ophelia returned to her original focused appearance, and asked for instructions with a focused expression.

Chen Xuan played with the remaining dark gold coins, and nodded casually to signal her to continue.

At this time, a dark gold coin suddenly slipped from his hand.

"Ding!"

It fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Ophelia, who was standing beside him, immediately bent down without thinking about it, trying to pick up the coin.

The angle happened to be facing Chen Xuan.

The half-elf's skin has a clear texture.

To sum it up is "thin" and "transparent".

Without the restraints of the conservative Beastmaster's hunting suit.

Chen Xuan saw the real turbulence

At close range, it is clearly visible.

Sitting on the other side of him, the cat girl Rebecca gave a "meow purr purr" insignificantly.

Like a kitten purring when it wakes up.

This is a small way to express the jealousy in her heart.

But this little episode is over soon.

Ophelia, who has a bold and lively character in her bones, didn't care about this situation.

Maybe it's because she didn't want to guard against Chen Xuan and the cat girl.

Or character influence.

Who knows?

Ophelia picked up the dark gold coin and gently threw it back into the cash box.

He also brushed back his loose blond hair.

After organizing the language a little bit, he continued.

"The first thing is the ritual investigation request for the monster crypt."

"The price tag of 1000 crowns is only enough to issue two commissions for bronze-level adventurers."

"So I added an extra 1000 crowns, and issued a total of four investigation commissions for different caves around Magtan City."

"According to the situation I inquired at the Adventurer's Guild a water clock ago, there are already three commissioners who have gathered the number of people and officially set off. It is expected that the results will not be available until the next Naroya Day at the earliest."

"The second thing is that in the early morning, a dwarf blacksmith from the blacksmith association in the city sought an interview with the person in charge at the caravan station in the West District. I happened to be there at the time."

"His name is Jason Ironfurnace, and he wears the emblem of a third-rank blacksmith."

"Without saying a word, I bought the three bicycles in the backlog."

"And said that there will be a big order in the future."

"The Blacksmith Association of Magtan City intends to purchase at least [-] bicycles from us!"

"I made an appointment with him to meet at the association in three Naloa days."

"At that time he will give me an accurate answer."

"The last is the diesel that drives the production of Little Sweet Water... The diesel generator has stopped running due to the lack of strange-smelling oil, and there are still a lot of sweet water syrup and gas tanks left."

Chen Xuan was quite satisfied with the half-elf lady's ability to handle affairs.

She is even willing to contribute money to do things, and she is very conscious of being a slave.

It's not so much a kind of slavishness, it's better to say that the ability in her bones makes her always strive for perfection when doing things.

Nature cannot be taken away, nature cannot be deceived.

The entrusted matter is actually a supplementary measure to the evil disaster information.

After Chen Xuan solves the matter of self-built caravan in the city and improves his strength through practice, he will go to the Eya Forest in person to find out whether the crypt mentioned by the succubus is really hiding his strength and offering it secretly. sacrifice.

On the contrary, he was a little surprised by the purchase intention conveyed by the blacksmith association for bicycles at the end.

Didn't expect that the most knowledgeable person is actually a colleague in another world?
If the other party really intends to purchase in large quantities, he is very willing to ship.

Regardless of whether the Blacksmith Association has other channels, anyway, Chen Xuan can make a steady profit by wholesale according to the price.

With hundreds of [-]-bar bicycles, he can contact the factory directly.

We negotiated over the phone and the Internet, and then paid for the factory to transport the bicycles to Tianhai City through logistics.

Then just find a remote warehouse and you can receive the goods.

For Little Sweet Water, he plans to sell it as finished bottled Coke.

This will save time and effort.

Practice not only reveals the truth, but also exposes existing problems.

As for the Coke dispensing machine and the diesel generator, they can be brought back to the courtyard directly.

At that time, photovoltaic panels and energy storage power sources will be used to form a power generation system.

Form another set of standby electric power system again with generator.

"Thank you Ophelia."

"You are a manager with great potential!"

Chen Xuan said sincerely that the performance of the half-elf lady is indeed worthy of his encouragement.

Ophelia blinked.

Her brows and eyes were raised like a crescent moon, and she smiled very sweetly.

Nothing soothes the heart more than a sincere compliment.

After talking about the business, Chen Xuan took the arms of the two girls and asked them to sit beside him.

Immediately afterwards, he took out four brand new Beretta M9 pistols from the storage compartment and put them on the table!

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　The update is over, the total number of words in the five chapters: 21446 words.

　　Diligent Bug has successfully completed the promised update.

　　As for the follow-up update volume, the results of the first order will be reported tomorrow.

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