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Chapter 56 The Pagan Merchant

The evening in late autumn came earlier, before dinner time, the sky was already dark.

Frederick received Mrs. Sophie, who had returned from a long journey across the ocean, in the living room, and at the same time invited Archbishop Victor to accompany him to avoid suspicion.

Madam Sophie looked at Frederick quietly for a while, and said in Rhine with a strange accent: "Not bad."

She was wearing a white robe without any pattern decoration, her head and face were covered with scarves and veils, only her golden eyes and the dark skin of wheat color around her eyes could be seen, her voice sounded devoid of emotion.

Frederick said proudly: "How could I have a problem, and with your help, it would be embroidery on silk."

"I mean my own divination results are good, you can survive this difficulty, I didn't blame you." Mrs. Sophie said coldly, "The relationship between me, Sophie and Ni, is just a pure businessman-client relationship, don't say It's like there's some kind of collusion between me and the heretics."

"Got it, got it!" Frederick's voice sounded coquettish, "Don't worry, I've kept the payment for the seeds this time. I haven't moved a little even if I sold the goldware at home when I'm short of money recently."

As he spoke, he made a gesture, and Tarot put a silver box on the coffee table in front of Mrs. Sophie, which contained some beautiful gems.

The pagan businessman spent two years on a trip to the East. Although he took out the inheritance left to him by Frederick's grandmother Elizabeth for a rainy day, the seeds he brought back were enough to make Frederick sleep. laugh out loud.

Not to mention the Chinese cabbage that can be stored in winter, the chicken feathers that taste good, and the peppers that people love and hate; not to mention the bright red tomatoes, delicious cucumbers, and pumpkins of rich gold.Spring wheat and potatoes alone were enough for Frederick to hand her the box of gems.

The communication between the East and the West has never stopped, but because of the long and difficult journey, the trade is carried out by the locals one by one, so the transmission of news is distorted, and the propagation of crops will be interrupted due to the unsuitable climate and soil somewhere in the middle, so that Sophie Madam dared to use soybeans as a magic medicine to deceive Frederick.

This time Mrs. Sophie has opened up the route between the East and the West, and maybe there will be big business in the future.

Just a question for Frederick, how did this chili, tomato, pumpkin and potato special meow appear in the East? !
Mrs. Sophie didn't know about this either, so she didn't ask.

Frederick decided to give up thinking. Although the geography of this world is somewhat similar to his hometown, the Sahara Desert has become a forest, and a large section of land has grown to the west of here. It is not surprising that there are some strange things.

After Sophie came back, she heard about Wesson's collar. First, she sent people to deliver charcoal in a timely manner, and waited to find out all the rebels in the family before delivering the goods.

Now pay with one hand and deliver with one hand, everyone is happy.

After receiving the final payment, Mrs. Sophie handed over the nautical chart, logbook and what she saw along the way to Frederick as agreed.

Frederick smiled and said, "I think we can continue to cooperate."

Madam Sophie asked, "What do you want to buy?"

"Books." Frederick said, "No matter what kind of book you want."

Madam Sophie narrowed her golden eyes slightly, and asked, "Do you want the book from the Church of Flame?"

Frederick first smiled at Archbishop Victor, and then said, "I'm going to build a library, and I want to collect some official books of your church."

Archbishop Victor was thinking about making money from them, so he said, "If it's just a collection, it's okay, and the church will also give books as gifts."

He thought in his heart, if he and Frederick let each family of the Flame Church in the south have a book, would they give us a canonization? Just thinking about one person being canonized by two churches would be exciting, as well as the Church of the Earth God and the Church of the Earth God. The Church of Nature is even more exciting.

Mrs. Sophie thought about what she wanted to sell in business, so she replied: "Yes, I will introduce an interpreter if necessary."

An idea suddenly popped up in Frederick's mind, or set up a translation court, specializing in translating and publishing books from various countries.

Putting this aside, he still needs a special product from the southern continent.

"I need cotton," said Frederick. "A lot of cotton."

Cotton is easy to sell in the north, and there is no need for weaving, and it can make a lot of money even if it is resold.

Madam Sophie rolled her golden eyes, and said, "I can sell you all the cotton in our Kush Kingdom, and at the same time, I can buy a large amount of cotton from the south and sell it to you."

Frederick frowned slightly, and asked, "What's the price?"

The Kingdom of Kush is not a small country. If the border can smash the Rhineland Alliance into a pig's head, such a large amount can support itself to death.

Naturally, they don't have to worry about selling their cotton, so there's no need to hang themselves here.

Madam Sophie made an offer, and said simply and clearly: "Steel and elemental steel."

Frederick said depressingly: "The current production is insufficient. You know that we need a lot of tools to open up wasteland recently."

Madam Sophie said, "I want the exclusive right to sell the Southern Continent."

Frederick thought for a while, and replied: "I have no problem here in principle, but I can't help other people who bought it from me and resold it to the south."

"And I can't meet the needs of the entire southern continent. Ore, coal, and magic crystals are all in short supply."

"It's okay." Madam Sophie said, "Hayreddin will handle the first problem, as long as you don't sell it to other countries in the south."

"Second question, I can export ore, coal and magic crystals to you."

After Frederick heard her mention the name of the famous southern pirate, he didn't care about it. He didn't want to get involved in the bloody storm behind it.

Presumably the Southern Continent is not peaceful either, and buying so much steel is likely to prepare for war.

After thinking for a while, he said: "This year's cotton will not be able to catch up with the maturity, and our production is not enough. Let's start this business from the cotton maturity season next year."

Mrs. Sophie thought about it, and now that both sides are out of stock, she agreed.

She then asked again: "Do you want a griffin?"

Frederick still shook his head and refused: "No, don't think I don't know that guy is afraid of the cold. How many nobles in the north have been tricked by you."

"Of course, if you are willing to sell winged unicorns, I will definitely buy one or two hundred."

Archbishop Victor was surprised to find that Mrs. Sophie's beautiful golden eyes could roll her eyes.

Unicorns are very common in the southern continent. Their status is the same as that of horses, and their price depends on the breed. In the north, they are mostly rare breeds with magical talents bought by nobles. At the same time, unicorn waists are popular as "men's gas stations".

But the winged unicorn is different. It is a rare magical beast on the mainland that can domesticate manned flight, and it is a strategic material.

Such monsters include the Griffon in the south, the Flying Deer in the Dark Land in the North, the Hippogriff in the West, the Giant Eagle in the East, and the Fire Dragon that lives in the mountains hundreds of kilometers south of Wessen Territory.

These monsters have their own characteristics. The winged unicorn flies fast, but its low defense is not suitable for attacking the enemy; the griffin is fierce, but it is afraid of the cold and can only live in the south; Can be active in winter in the north and the south; hippogriffs are easy to tame, but have a low IQ upper limit and are easily impulsive; giant eagles fly high, but are difficult to breed artificially, and the number is limited; fire dragons have high skills and defense, but they need magic equipment to cooperate To be domesticated.

They also have one feature in common - they eat a lot.

One or two hundred fasting winged unicorns can eat Frederick until he can only eat meat once a month. If the meat-eating dragons can eat it, he can eat grass roots.

Only a powerful country can afford to raise such monsters on a large scale, and ordinary nobles don't have to think about it.

Moreover, if Frederick wants to buy a unicorn, it is equivalent to buying a car, depending on whether it is a van or a sports car. Buying a winged unicorn is equivalent to buying the most advanced fighter jet. Madam Sophie will not sell a single one.

Once again, Frederick's hopes fell through without incident, and he could only buy some pack animals to fill the gap in the territory.

The manor's kitchen originally prepared a roast pig for Victor, just to entertain Madam Sophie.

Madam Sophie still did not take off her veil while eating dinner, but this did not affect the meal and telling everyone about the East.

Richard Nall, Katie and Victor were amazed at the local customs in the distance.

When the dinner was about to end, Psyche, who had been silent all the time, suddenly asked Madame Sophie the name of a person, which sounded like Li.

"You know him?" Madam Sophie was startled, "I have dealt with him before, and he is now the admiral of their country."

"His death star is gradually becoming brighter, and it has not been a few years."

"He has a daughter who is about the same age as Baron Wesson. She grew up at sea and has a promising future."

Psyche just calmly raised his glass to toast her, thanking her for the news.

Mrs. Sophie told stories in the manor all night, and left with the fleet the next day after purchasing a batch of Wessen Territory specialties.

(End of this chapter)