my age of magic

Chapter 1446 250. Private Auction 2
After I cast [-] unidentified black magic crystals, there was almost no waiting time, and this private auction officially started.

After the maid asked me about my reserve price, she left with a dozen or so unidentified black magic crystals on the tray, and returned shortly after, bringing news of the first lot in this private auction. It is a stone slab with ancient giant characters found in the ancient ruins. According to the information, this stone slab is incomplete, and the ancient giant characters on it are also incomplete. Strictly speaking, there is only one complete character on it.

I didn't expect that the first lot in the private auction would be so weird. Alia and I took a piece of information about the slate and read it carefully. Alia and I have no interest in it. A maid said she would not participate in the auction.

This kind of ancient ruins has now become a kind of culture in the Grimm Empire. People call this culture archaeology. There are many archaeologists and magicians in the imperial capital who have good personal relationships. Some ancient fire magic runes were found on the Internet, and because of this, the fire magicians of the Grimm Empire are far better than other magicians. The main reason is that the inheritance of fire magic in the magic guild of the Grimm Empire is the most sound.

The maid told us that we were not interested in the first lot, so she took out the information of the second lot that had been prepared. The second lot was a set of exquisite tea sets. It is said that this is an imported product from the world of elves. The elves are the race that knows how to enjoy the most. The most peculiar thing about this set of sets is that it can gather morning dew to make tea. Drinking a cup of tea made from this set of sets every day can regulate the body's functions. Drinking morning tea for a long time can even make people feel better. longevity.

When Aliya saw such a set of elf tea sets appearing at the auction, she asked the maid with a flat face, "What's the starting bid for this set of tea sets?"

Seeing Alia's question, the maid said to Alia without much thought: "The owner of this lot has set the reserve price of this lot at [-] black crystals!"

"At this time... the price can be so high?" Aliya frowned, and then said: "I want to bid for this set of tea sets, so I just bid at this reserve price."

The maid hurriedly wrote a line of small characters under the information of the second lot, and then asked Alia: "Since you are interested in this set of lots, do you want to take a closer look at the tea set?"

I fully thought that Aliya would agree, and then I followed Aliya to see what kind of tea set was worth [-] gold coins.

But Alia shook her head casually, and said to the maid: "What's so interesting about a set of elf tea sets? Let's move on to the next lot..."

The maid quickly walked out with the parchment, seemingly submitting the bidding price for the second lot from our side to the above.

A set of elf tea sets can be exchanged for five sets of magic patterns, which made me deeply feel the extravagant aristocratic society in the imperial capital.

Alia probably guessed some thoughts in my heart, she leaned into my ear and whispered with a smile: "Since you have become a Marquis of the Grimm Empire, no matter what, you always need to join the circle of upper-class nobles , the best way to enter this circle is to try this kind of life, not to mention that you have been promoted to Marquis, and I haven't given you a gift yet."

"Buy me a set of tea sets with five hundred magic spar? I think it's better to forget it. I think it's more realistic for you to give me five hundred magic spar directly." I murmured to Alia in a low voice.

The smile in Alia's eyes was more obvious, and she complained to me in a low voice: "You have been promoted to Lord Marquis. According to the past practice, you are fully qualified to manage a city. It is said that no matter the spider silk workshop in your hand or the symbol Wenban Workshop brings you so much income every day, and you are the biggest winner in this Hierro plane war, why are you still so stingy?"

Arya is right, the Rune Workshop and the Silk Reeling Room bring me a very steady income every day.

So I told Alia what I planned in my heart: "Although I am a marquis now, I just don't have my own territory yet. I borrowed the green valley forest from Weissman. Although the nominal owner wrote I mentioned my name, but that is the territory of the ancient tree spirits. I want to have a piece of land of my own on the plane. The most direct way is to form a knight order of construction. According to the "four three three" of the Grimm Empire Convention', to carve out a territory."

I did not accept James' help and did not go to the Manda plane to open up territories, but this does not mean that I do not want to open up territories, especially after I became a marquis, I am more eager to have a piece of land corresponding to my identity, to open up It is inevitable to form a Construct Knights in the territory.

After becoming a marquis, I have the right to form a knight order, but I haven't figured out what kind of knight order to form yet.

I said to Alia: "Whether it is to form a Constructed Knights Order or to open up territories on the plane, these things require a huge investment in advance."

Alicia used to be the wife of Colin Babington, and she knew these things very well. She asked me, "So you're still developing a territory on the Hierro plane?"

I leaned on the sofa, put my hands behind my head, stretched my body and said: "There must be a new territory, but this territory will not be any part of the southern part of the Black Forest."

Aliya still knows a little about the territory of the small town of Trum that I own, so she asked me: "But to the north of you is the territory of the Duke of Samoyed, and to the south of you is the territory of the ancient tree elves. , your town of Trum is completely caught in the middle, where are you going to open up your territory?"

I told Alia some of my recent thoughts: "I want to continue walking to the south. The marsh sea in the south of the Black Forest was once an ancient battlefield of the ancient tree elves, and this area is also owned by the ancient tree elves. The traditional sphere of influence, it is said that the southernmost end of the Swamp Sea is called the Hot Sand Dam, which is the end of the Swamp Sea, and you can reach the Great Rift Valley after crossing the Hot Sand Dam, and the passage connecting the abyss is said to be in the Great Rift Valley Somewhere, my next expedition plan is to cross the swamp sea to seal the connecting channel in the Great Rift Valley, and I also want to cross the Great Rift Valley and take a look at the opposite side of the Great Rift Valley, according to the ancient war tree Elder Dirham It is said that the other side of the Great Rift Valley was originally a forest. It is said that with the root system connected underground by the ancient tree spirits, the trees can be more or less connected, but it does not feel any similar activities over there. sign."

"So you want to open up the unknown area south of the Great Rift Valley in the plane of Hierro?" Aliya asked worriedly. Sealing the transmission channel is not a trivial matter. In the teleportation channel in the Vala Valley, the Grimm Empire dispatched the two armies of the north and the south. In addition, the Royal Knights and the Constructed Knights under the command of the leader of the Aix Army in Qiyan City also participated in the battle one after another, and they successfully sealed the Vala Valley. The transmission channel allows the Mohist Constructed Knights to escape to support wars on other planes.

Seeing the flustered look on Alia's face, I knew that the matter of opening up territory on the plane left a huge shadow in her heart, and Colin died because of it.

So I had no choice but to comfort her and said: "I just have such a plan for the time being. As you know, I don't have the energy to do it right now. There are many things I have to do, and the most important thing right now is Strange Rock City in winter." During the trip, I also plan to further immigrate to Xinliu Valley. Now Xinliu Valley is all wasteland. Although there is no sunshine and the seasons change in that place, it can enjoy the glow of time. The growth of plants is no problem at all. Xinliu Valley The weather in Willow Valley is also considered to be good. I plan to build a large-scale production base. There is a large pasture over there to develop animal husbandry. Those female half-orcs may never learn to grow wheat, but it should be possible to let them herd sheep in the meadow. As for planting this This kind of thing, I think the Yero natives in the Black Forest are very talented, they have an innate affinity for plants."

Speaking of Xinliu Valley's development plan, this made Aliya's nervous mood relax.

She didn't care about the private auction that was going on, and she sat on my thigh with a long court gown, put her hands around my neck, breathed into my ears, and said softly: "Okay!" Well, I don't know that you think so much, but I support your development in Xinliu Valley. In addition, there is news that you asked me to buy half-orc female slaves for you a while ago. This kind of thing is not like buying magic herbs. You can unscrupulously sweep a large number of goods in the magic market of the imperial capital. As long as you can afford the price, no one will control how much you buy. There are still certain restrictions on buying slaves in the Grimm Empire. If you buy too much, many forces will come together overtly and secretly. The investigation, whether it is the law enforcement team of the Magic Union or the Royal Gripen Knights representing the backbone of the royal family, is very sensitive to these matters. However, as long as you avoid trading in the slave market, private transactions can still be avoided These things happened."

It wasn't until the knock on the door that Aliya sat back in her original place.

The maid walked in from the outside at this time and took out the third lot. This time it was a set of three leases in the civilian area of ​​the sixth block of the Imperial Capital. I think the owners of these three leases should live in the Imperial Capital. The charterer or the charterer, but seeing that the owner of the lot took out the deed to buy, it is probably another nobleman who was squeezed out of the imperial capital. In the Green Empire, once many nobles lose their power, the first thing they do is habitually It is to sell all the properties in the imperial capital, and then run to the countryside in desperation to become a local rich man.

It was obvious that Aliya had no interest in this, and the fifth lot was a valuable oil painting. Unexpectedly, Aliya also offered a reserve price.

The next five or six lots in a row, except for the high-level magic pattern structure, are some magic herbs. Although these things are some popular items in the magic market in the imperial capital, they are useless to us, so we all Choosing to give up, the maid was also very patient and asked us to choose carefully. Finally, at the back, Alia saw that someone actually sold a set of warehouse deeds in the center of the airport town.

The airport town at the foot of Mount Mazzaro has now become the largest material transfer station of the Green Empire. Some land in the central area of ​​the town has long been worth every penny, and the price of the land in the imperial capital is not much different. This piece at the auction The land is close to the airport not too far away. Although the location of this warehouse is good, the reserve price at the start of the auction looks very beautiful. The price will be increased by [-]%, and a high price of [-] magic crystals will be directly offered.

The maid who was standing aside and taking notes heard the price quoted by Alia, she opened her mouth in surprise and confirmed to Alia again, then quickly wrote it down and handed over the parchment.

Later, I was lucky enough to meet someone who actually auctioned thorium. Although thorium is not as rare as krypton gold, there is not much stock in the market. I need a lot of thorium to make holy silver crossbows. After a few sweeps in the imperial capital, the price of thorium in the imperial capital's magic market has remained high. Moreover, although the imperial capital is large, the circle of the magic market is only that big. If there is a little trouble, it will be known to everyone. A few days ago, even Earl Connard of the South Wind Legion asked me about purchasing Thorium.

I answered truthfully. Obviously, Earl Connard already knew about the undead army on the Pai Plateau, so he gave me a rare thumbs up when he heard me say that he would make some holy silver crossbow bolts to support the orc tribe. , praised me and said: Much better than those short-sighted lords in the imperial capital.

I knew that if I hadn't held the arms transaction certificate between Prince James and the orc tribe that Prince James had applied for, I would have been invited to drink tea by the Imperial Intelligence Agency long ago.

As Thorium was out of stock several times in a row in the imperial capital magic market, the price of Thorium in the market not only rose, but also became more and more difficult to buy.

In the past few days, I was wondering where to buy the next batch of thorium. I originally wanted to go to Louis Mensa and the young master of the Mo family to exchange some magic crossbow bolts, but now I met at a private auction, so I gave it to someone The price was 50.00% higher than the reserve price. I didn't expect that the seller had a lot of stock in his hand. He actually divided the thorium in his hand into ten shares and sold them separately. I also gave a 50.00% premium to the latter. clap into hands.

Seeing our two generous gestures, the maid lost her original calmness and became more cautious when facing us.

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When it was my turn for those unidentified magic crystals to participate in the auction, we changed from bidders to owners. This feeling is very strange. As someone sent in magic parchments in the corridor outside, I finally understood Where did the price written by the maid on the parchment go? It turned out that it went directly to the owner of the lot. Looking at the auction prices on the anonymous parchment, the maid indicated that I could make a choice, and of course anyone could choose. do not choose.

(End of this chapter)