my age of magic

Chapter 1535 85. Transactions among nobles
The second time I met Marquis Ludwig Aston was at the autumn hunting fair held by the third prince Eric.

The Angibald royal family circled nearly a thousand hectares of mountain land on the northern slope of Mount Majaro to form a huge hunting ground. Prince Eric found a natural hot spring in this mountain land and built a castle at the source of the hot spring. A dedicated hunting estate.Every autumn into the best hunting season in Mount Majaro, Prince Eric will hold such a hunting party. Prince Eric will invite friends to the manor for a two-day hunting event. This year, Yingli and I received Eric Prince's invitation.

The hunting ground is on the northern slope of Mount Majaro. If you take a magic caravan from the southern mountain pass through the hero’s road to the port town by air, and then go around the mountain road at the foot of Mount Majaro from the airport town to the north slope, it will take at least five days. Itinerary, but if you ride a horse over the northern mountain of Majaro, you can reach Prince Eric's manor in just one day.

The classes at the Royal Academy of Magic are very busy recently. In order to avoid the wrath of the magic teachers due to missing classes, Ying Li and I chose to cross the North Slope Mountain Road to the manor of Prince Eric the day before the hunting rally. Horses are not suitable for walking between mountain paths, so we chose to ride the rare argali in the imperial capital. This is one of the favorite mounts of the dwarves. King Stan, one of the seven monarchs of the dwarf kingdom, once gave it to Zhan Mushi's ten argali sheep are now kept in the animal pen of the lakeside manor.

Argali is a very docile animal. After being domesticated by the dwarves, it becomes a very suitable mount for walking in the mountains.

Yingli, Helena, Becky, Katerina, and Ella and I, a group of six people, took a magic caravan and passed several manor castles in the first block to the crater of Mount Majaro before dawn At the foot of the north slope, we changed to riding argali at the foot of the mountain, and found two guides to take us along the mountain trail to cross Mount Majaro. It took us a full day to reach Prince Eric's mountain north Poe's estate.

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Dusk on the northern slope of Mount Majaro is about an hour later than that of the Imperial City. Standing on the northern slope, the red sun in the distance no longer disappears on the top of the mountains, but gradually sinks below the horizon. Spectacular views can only be seen from the outer slopes of Mount Majaro.

Prince Eric's manor was built on the northern slope of Mount Majaro, where firs and red pine trees with a height of 80 meters grow. Each of these giant trees requires five or six people to hold hands to encircle them. Live, there are no weeds in the mountains, but clusters of low trees and shrubs, you can always see blueberry trees and lantern fruit trees in the woodland, and of course there are many vines, growing on the old bark of giant trees With some lavender moss, there are almost no large carnivorous beasts in this woodland. Beasts such as brown bears and gray wolves have almost been cleaned up by members of the Royal Knights. There are only some animals suitable for hunting such as pine boars, elk and roe deer. Captive in a hunting ground.

When riding argali through the forest, I saw some pheasants flying out of the bushes in the forest from time to time, and after flying hundreds of meters between the giant trees, they got into the bushes in the distance.

This is the first time Ella has left the imperial capital. This little orc girl is wearing light leather armor, carrying a delicate alloy bow, and her quiver is filled with feather arrows. The hook of the saddle was on, and I talked to Becky excitedly along the way, occasionally talking about life in the Imperial Warrior Academy, and occasionally talking about El City when I was a child, or Kalanzo told her Pai Plateau in memory.

"One day, I will go back to that plateau and take a look at that big snow mountain." Little Ella always vowed like this.

The mountain on the north slope is not too steep, because there are guides who are familiar with the place to lead the way, and the paths chosen are all safe and safe shortcuts, so the journey along the way is not too hard.

The manor of Prince Eric was built at the source of the hot spring. It is a complex of brick and wood structures. Several independent attics are built along the hillside and distributed beside the steam-filled pool.

If it is summer, it is estimated that there will be a lot of mosquitoes, ants and poisonous insects here, but after late autumn, these mosquitoes either burrow into the soil for the winter, or freeze to death in the cold wind.

Among the princes of the Angibald royal family, only the third prince Eric particularly likes to hold some balls, as well as such activities as hunting gatherings. Ying Li and I walked into the manor, and Prince Eric also brought the servants Greeted from the main building, he walked down the steps quickly and came to Yingli and me, with crow's feet in the corners of his eyes because of his smile, wearing a white shirt and sheepskin vest, standing straight in front of us, he smiled at me and Ying Li said: "I thought you would take a horse-drawn carriage to detour from Mount Majaro, so that you can enjoy some scenery along the way. The scenery outside Mount Majaro is also beautiful this season."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, supported Yingli's arm, and let her jump off the mount steadily. At this time, a servant ran over to take the reins from us.

"There are always magic classes that have to be taken at the academy, and this shortcut is also a very good experience." Ying Li leaned against Eric and said softly.

Prince Eric walked up to me, gave me a high-five, and said very familiarly: "It will take a while before dinner is ready. We are making a hunting plan for tomorrow. Do you want to consult together?"

"Okay!" I said.

Prince Eric asked the servants to take the girls of Ying Li to a separate small attic to rest first. The women couldn’t wait to take a hot bath after a long day’s journey, and then change their clothes to rest. Prince Eric pulled into the living room of the main building.

As Prince Eric walked into the room, he found that there were many young nobles sitting inside. Some members of the royal family had only met once at the Harvest Festival celebration, and some young nobles were chatting in the room, and some Sitting at the chess and card table playing cards, the servants carried trays full of wine, Prince Eric walked into the room, and was dragged by several nobles to the front of the sand table model, and I walked along with him. I'm discussing tomorrow's hunting route, and I'm not familiar with this mountainous area, so I just listen to these nobles discussing.

The waiter brought a tray with various alcoholic drinks to me, and I chose a glass of golden cider in it. It is not because I like to drink it, but because among these alcoholic drinks, I am most familiar with golden cider , At the same time, this is also a unique habit of northerners. I don’t know when golden cider has become a drink that symbolizes the identity of northerners. Many people in the empire have a subjective impression: all northerners Both love golden cider.

Looking around this luxurious living room, there are some hunting trophies hanging on the left wall. Among them is a brown bear fur that looks like it has been around for a long time, and an elk skull with strong antlers. There were also a magic hand crossbow and a javelin made of iron and wood hanging on it. Holding the wine glass, I walked to the fur of the brown bear, and reached out to touch the fangs exposed from the open lips of the brown bear's head. sharp.

At this moment, Marquis Ludwig Aston appeared next to me. He was still very well dressed as when we met for the first time, with one arm around his chest and the thumb of the other hand scratching Looking at the neatly trimmed beard on his chin, his eyes fell on the brown bear fur on the wall like mine, and he said: "Nowadays, you can't find such a large brown bear on the northern slope of Mount Majaro. All the dangerous elements are covered by the knights." After clearing it out, the biggest potential danger in this mountain forest is the steep mountain."

I turned my head and looked at Ludwig Aston Marquis standing beside me, and said to him calmly: "Marquis Aston, do you also like hunting?"

I attended his dance a few days ago, and I didn’t reveal to him my idea of ​​buying a bed crossbow when we met for the first time, because we met for the first time after all, and we haven’t established basic trust with each other. According to Alia, it takes at least three meetings before bringing up business topics to get the best results.So when I saw him this time, I also followed his topic to chat.

Ludwig Aston Marquis chuckled and said proudly: "Hunting is not just a sport for young people, but compared to these small forest beasts, I prefer to hunt salamanders and wild beasts in the primeval forest." When I was young, I participated in an adventure group that entered the depths of the Ziqing Mountains from the northern border of San Carlos Province. It was an unforgettable adventure..."

Ludwig Aston Marquis told me about his adventures when he was young, and we walked to the viewing room with floor-to-ceiling windows next to the living room with wine glasses.

Sitting on the chair by the floor-to-ceiling windows, I thought that this Marquis Ludwig Aston is really talkative.

Then I talked about my identity as a northerner, and I said to him: "When I was in El City, I also went to the edge of the Ziqing Mountains to hunt a two-headed snake lizard..."

As Ludwig Aston Marquis and I had the same expedition experience, we chatted very speculatively.

"Marquis Jijia, I heard people say that your rune workshop produces magic crossbow bolts?" Ludwig Aston Marquis said.

I was taken aback for a moment, I didn't expect him to bring up the Rune Workshop. Hearing his question, I nodded honestly and said: "Well, that's true. At present, I mainly supply some single-attribute giant crossbow arrows to the South Wind Legion. You know, I have some connections in the channel of the South Wind Legion."

After all, this is not a secret. Anyone who pays a little attention to the magic news will know that I own a rune workshop.

Ludwig Aston Marquis laughed a few times and said: "Hehe, you are too modest, I heard that not only the South Wind Legion has used the giant crossbow bolts produced by your workshop, but even the Mohist Legion and Durr The Va Legion has used the magic crossbow arrows produced by your workshop. Excuse me, if you have extra magic crossbow arrows, you may wish to sell them to me. I also have a great demand for these magic crossbow arrows. "

I opened my mouth wide and looked at Marquis Ludwig Aston. At the beginning, I only wanted to buy a bed crossbow from this Marquis. I didn't expect that he would also have a demand for my magic crossbow arrow. In that case... …

"Do you want to buy some single-attribute giant crossbow arrows?" I could hardly hide my joy in my heart, trying to control the upturned corners of my mouth, and I was about to laugh out loud in the next moment.

Marquis Ludwig Aston said solemnly: "If the price is right, a double-attribute giant crossbow arrow is also possible."

I heard that he wanted to buy a dual-attribute giant crossbow arrow, and I suddenly calmed down a lot. The dual-attribute magic crossbow arrows have always been intercepted by me for my own use. Said: "Well, the current output of dual-attribute arrows is not high, and the cost has not been reduced. The price is a bit expensive, and the price/performance ratio is far inferior to single-attribute piercing arrows and armor-piercing arrows."

Ludwig Aston Marquis asked me curiously: "It is said that the price of your magic crossbow arrow is very...very fair, but I have never found out the real price."

I have nothing to hide about this. The single-attribute giant crossbow arrows sold to the South Wind Legion and Louis are all clearly priced, so I said: "A penetrating arrow with the 'penetration' attribute is twenty silver coins a piece." One armor-piercing arrow with a 'sharp' attribute 'fifteen' silver coin, and a double-attribute giant crossbow arrow with these two magic attributes combined into one, a magic spar."

The eyes of Ludwig Aston Marquis became particularly bright, he kept thinking, and after a while he said to me: "Uh, the price of those magic crossbows sold in the magic market in the imperial capital is almost three times lower. Four times, if calculated in this way, the war cost of using magic crossbows is actually affordable, but I don’t know how to buy your magic crossbows? You probably know that I own the largest bed crossbow workshop in the north of the Green Imperial Capital, There is also a great demand for these magic crossbow arrows. I know that you have fixed sales channels for those giant crossbow arrows, but I also want to participate. I heard that you also have a great demand for bed crossbows. If possible, I will I want to use the bed crossbow to replace the magic crossbow arrows in your hand."

As for the equivalent replacement of Marquis Ludwig Aston, this is actually what I hope, but I hesitated a little and said to him: "The magic crossbow arrows I sell are all at cost price, because There is some relationship here! Can your bed crossbow be replaced with me at a cost price..."

Unexpectedly, as soon as I arrived at Prince Eric's manor, I reached a cooperation intention with Marquis Ludwig Aston. Marquis Aston also readily agreed to provide me with a bed crossbow at cost price, and finally we signed on the spot A magic contract, [-] single-attribute giant crossbow arrows can be exchanged for a brand new bed crossbow, if I don’t want the vehicle part under the bed crossbow, the number of single-attribute giant crossbow arrows can be reduced to [-]...

(End of this chapter)