Chapter 181: A Million-Business Deal

Old Xie had no choice but to smile bitterly and say, “How about this? Let’s count this as a deposit I give you. Every time I pass by here in the future, you must give me a fresh flower. The money will be deducted from this until this Gold Coin is spent. How about that?”

“But a flower is only worth one copper coin. If that’s the case, even if I give you one flower a day, for one Gold Coin’s worth of flowers, I’m afraid it would take decades to finish giving them!” The flower-selling girl said in embarrassment.

“Hehe, don’t worry about that!” Old Xie laughed. “I guarantee I won’t die within a few decades! If I happen to die, then I’ll trouble you to send the flowers to my tombstone!”

“Ah!” The flower-selling girl was immediately stunned, unable to figure out why this Noble wanted to do this.

Old Xie didn’t bother to explain further. He laughed directly and then entered the carriage again, instructing, “Drive!”

Subsequently, the carriage started slowly again, leaving only a black shadow for that girl. With the disappearance of the carriage, she felt like she was dreaming. But the glittering Gold Coin in her hand proved to her tangibly that all of this was not a dream.

“What a good person!” The little girl prayed sincerely in her heart, “May God bless him!”

Would God bless a Great Demon Lord? I’m afraid Old Xie himself wouldn’t think he had such an honor!

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In the next few days, Old Xie was so busy he could hardly stand still. He had to care about the newly opened shop, and he also had to send people to count the goods Constantine wanted. He also had to be busy cultivating, as well as guiding the Imps on problems they discovered during refining.

Fortunately, the busy days didn’t last very long. Finally, a little over ten days later, it ended when Constantine and the others set off. This time, Constantine and Old Xie partnered to do a big business. Even Fatty joined in. Combining the Augustus and Hercules Families, plus the large batch of treasures accumulated in the Black Dragon Society headquarters, the total amount of this trade reached a terrifying level. It was estimated that the goods alone could fill five large ships. You know, these things weren’t cheap goods like grain. They were basically all valuable various materials and exquisite handicrafts made by the Human Race. The total value even exceeded 1 million Gold Coins. Even the Emperor was dumbfounded after hearing about this.

He didn’t care about the large number. After all, this amount was still barely acceptable for two powerful families. It was just that the Emperor never expected that such a huge deal, which almost concerned the rise and fall of a large family, would actually be settled by two children in the end. Although Constantine was in her forties, she was a Half-Elf. Her actual age was only equivalent to about 15 years old for the Human Race. Old Xie was also only 16. In other families, children of this age were still acting coquettishly under their parents’ wings or enjoying a beautiful study life in the Academy. But these two were good; they could directly decide on a business deal worth millions.

Especially when he heard that Constantine and Old Xie actually planned to go by water, the Emperor’s eyes almost popped out. You know, although the Elf Race’s army was sweeping the sea surface now, and it was generally calm, the Elf army couldn’t completely blockade tens of thousands of miles of sea borders after all. Moreover, small groups of pirates from the Demon Archipelago were as numerous as carp crossing a river, innumerable. Even when the Elf army was present, they often came out to run wild. Merchant ships encountered mishaps from time to time. It was just that the situation was much better than before.

Under these circumstances, going to sea obviously had certain risks. If it were a small shipment, it would be fine if it was lost. Great Noble Families could ignore it. But if something happened to a million-level big deal, the businesses of these two families would definitely be affected to a certain extent. It might even hurt their foundation. That was not a joking matter.

Not only the Emperor, but other Nobles in the Imperial Capital also held a skeptical attitude towards the decision of these two young people. They didn’t think that sending such a big piece of fat meat to a place infested with Pirates was a wise choice. After all, Pirates weren’t idiots either. They had long since bribed many spies in Human society. As long as fat sheep set out, they would get the news immediately.

Acting like Old Xie, putting so many treasures on sea ships in such a high-profile way, was almost an act of seeking death. People in Noble circles even started betting on this matter. Most of them bet that this batch of goods would have an accident.

Old Xie naturally also knew the risks involved, but he and Constantine didn’t care. Because the escort lineup this time would be surprisingly strong. Even the Elf Princess Juliet would go along. Once they were at sea, there would definitely be a full escort from the Elf army. This was not only because of Juliet’s identity, but the most critical point was that the Elves also attached great importance to this batch of supplies. After all, these things were not produced in their territory and could only rely on imports. But in the past, because they were separated by two Human kingdoms, the price was shockingly high after layers of exploitation. Even with the financial resources of the Elves, purchasing them was somewhat tight, and they couldn’t even barely manage enough. And if this deal was successful, it would be a very beneficial thing for the Elves. So they would certainly not allow anything to happen to this batch of goods. It was even possible that the Elf King himself would personally take action.

In addition, just in case, Old Xie also spared no expense. Not only did he assign all of Sven and the others to Constantine, but he even mobilized two Wyverns and ten Cyclops. The Wyverns could allow Constantine to have an advantage in vision at sea. Their air early warning could allow Constantine to discover the Pirates’ location first. As for the Cyclops, they were even more remarkable. The Jushi they threw was absolutely the most terrifying weapon in naval battles. Ten people firing a volley together were estimated to be able to smash a medium-sized warship. With them there, Constantine’s five merchant ships wouldn’t be at a disadvantage even against a dozen Pirate ships.

Moreover, these were just auxiliary combat power. If Pirates really appeared, the Elves would certainly not let the merchant ships participate in the war. I’m afraid these giants wouldn’t even see the appearance of the Pirates before the other side was all wiped out by the Spells of the Elf Mage. Bringing them along was just an insurance.

But no matter what, the appearance of 10 Cyclops deeply shocked Constantine and Princess Juliet again. They didn’t expect that Old Xie still had cards they didn’t know about, and such powerful ones at that. Cyclops, those were the treasures of the Beast Race. It was the first time they had heard of someone being able to command so many Cyclops. In the past, those powerful Great Nobles could show off if they could get two Cyclops. But Old Xie produced ten without even blinking. And they were all enhanced versions wearing Armor and holding Refined Steel weapons. How could the two girls not be surprised?

Fortunately, both girls were sensible. Although they were surprised, they didn’t get to the bottom of it. They knew to let Old Xie keep some secrets. As long as Old Xie didn’t take the initiative to say, they wouldn’t explore deeply.

After sending them off, Old Xie was also a lot more relaxed. All day long he just ate, drank, and had fun. Occasionally he fought with the Little Princess a few times and took advantage of her. He also frequently went in and out of the school gate. Every time, he could receive a fresh flower from the flower-selling girl.

Actually, although the flower-selling girl looked quite pretty, Old Xie, who was used to super beauties like Constantine and Princess Juliet, didn’t have any improper thoughts about her. He just felt that this little girl was especially pure. Every time he saw her pure gaze, he felt a kind of sublimation and cleansing of his soul. That feeling was very comfortable, something he had never encountered before. In short, Old Xie enjoyed this very much.

However, Old Xie’s leisurely days couldn’t last long. Just a few dozen days later, Fatty came to find him personally. This time, he came to invite Old Xie to participate in the Military Department bidding meeting together. Fatty’s main purpose was actually to introduce Old Xie to the people in Noble circles, at least to make him familiar, so it would be convenient to do things later.

Although Old Xie didn’t care about this, he wanted to take the opportunity to see if the Clan Head of the Augustus Family would be angered to death because of this matter. So he agreed very straightforwardly.

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The Military Department bidding meeting of the Griffin Empire couldn’t end in one day. After all, the army needed too many things. The food, clothing, shelter, and transportation of the soldiers all had to be purchased. Things like weapons, Armor, bows and arrows, warhorses, and so on, none could be missing. In short, such a large trade fair generally took nearly a month.

Naturally, Old Xie didn’t have that much time to participate in all of it, so he only participated in the session for purchasing bows and arrows.

This bidding meeting was held in a military camp outside the Military Department city. There were four or five participants in the bidding, all industries under Great Nobles. Their bow and arrow manufacturing levels were not as good as the Stephen Family. So in the past, they could only eat the leftovers of the Stephen Family. For example, a small number of bows and arrows needed by local garrison troops would be provided by them. After all, those bows and arrows didn’t need to be too good, and the quantity wasn’t large. It was barely enough to deter civilians. As for the largest share, that is, the Regular Army’s demand for bows and arrows, it was inevitably in the bag of the Stephen Family. But today, the people of the Augustus Family were going to try to challenge the authority of the Stephen Family.