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"What!? Thirty-two thousand six hundred silver coins? " After listening to the number that Murphy burst out, panda Jiuxian stammered a little. In his heart, he kept saying that it was over. Then he took out a gray cloth bag from his cloak, handed it to Murphy and said, "can you show me how much it is worth?"
Silver coins were given by the elders when they left the island. However, panda people still maintain the primitive ethnic life, and there is no so-called currency, but a very simple barter. So after leaving the island, the few silver coins in the hands of panda Jiuxian were almost spent. In the mouth of the barbarian people, the panda Jiuxian knows about the existence of a strong liquor called "shaodaozi". At the same time, it also knows that Athens has now become the most prosperous place in the whole southern plain.
It is necessary to mention the second purpose of panda Jiuxian.
First of all, pandas are not vegetarian, they are omnivorous, so panda people have almost the same eating habits as humans. In addition to their preference for liquor and bamboo, panda people''s main food is also some high elf crops and coastal fish. Don''t humans also eat bamboo shoots? Therefore, only from the perspective of dietary habits, the gap between humans and panda people is not big.
Now that you have come to the mainland, you also have to find something to eat, but there are no fish on the mainland.
The crops in the field are all planted by others, but there are many things like mushrooms and wild vegetables. Unfortunately, I don''t know that they are poisonous and they don''t taste good.
This is a kind of suffering for panda people who pay attention to delicious food.
Gandalf, the grey robed mage, knows that he is the legendary son of nature, the noble guest of the high elves, and the powerful panda Jiuxian, but other human and intelligent species may not know this. And even if you know this, is it difficult to achieve? Because you are the legendary panda Jiuxian, you can eat without paying?
Therefore, after traveling to the mainland, Jiuxian, a rather shy panda, had to live a life of hunting and driving.
Since the beginning of the elemental tide, a large number of wild animals in the mountains have mutated, and many of the large wild animals hidden in the mountains have come out. Although this is only a kind of trouble for ordinary people, for a powerful existence like panda Jiuxian, it is equivalent to food and silver coins delivered to the door! In such an era, which is still primitive and not eroded by science and technology, there are many wild animals living in large forests. If there is any contrast in modern earth, it is the northern wilderness that has not been developed yet!
Once it''s spring and summer and everything is revived, you can see a few wild rabbits and roes in any woods.
In this era.
There has not been large-scale animal husbandry, that is to say, there has not been large-scale pig raising as in the previous Middle Earth, nor large-scale grazing as in Western Europe. Although humans can raise some chickens, ducks, geese, or goats, they are mostly self-sufficient. In fact, cattle are rarely slaughtered in this era, because cattle exert too much force in farming.
Although there are almost all steaks in the aristocratic menu, the slaughtered ones are beef cattle, and steaks are also high-grade dishes in this era.
At ordinary times, even the nobility, the staple food is just white bread.
This is not only the limitation of an era, but also the limitation of scientific and technological productivity on the world itself.
So, where does the meat that people eat come from?
go hunting!
Professional hunter.
In this era, hunting, fishing and animal husbandry bring meat, almost accounted for more than 60% of the total meat supply!
According to this amazing ratio, you can see how rich the products were in this primitive era. Just like the niloria River, where Athens is located, the fish supplied by the port can almost meet all the meat demand of Athens. In summer and autumn, when squatting fish swim back, the whole river can see sparkling light.
This is totally different from the fish that can hardly be seen in a river in the previous life!
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Although the wild products are rich, they also mean danger to ordinary people, especially after the second elemental tide.
But the panda Jiuxian doesn''t have such worries. Those beasts are very fierce in the eyes of ordinary people, even soldiers. In its eyes, they are just food delivered to the door. Therefore, after visiting the mainland, Jiuxian panda has been living a semi Hunter life. It takes the animals it meets as food, peels off their fur and sells them to intelligent creatures passing by for money.
Then they use money to buy spirits from all over the world.
This is the main life process of Jiuxian panda in the past few months after it came to the mainland.
After the beginning of the second elemental tide, a large number of beasts mutated and began to evolve like Warcraft. Even the panda Jiuxian, in the process of traveling, there are some rather difficult beasts. These beasts are bigger and more cunning. Even the panda Jiuxian spent a lot of time to capture them.
But in these changed beasts, panda Jiuxian also found something different.
They were thumb sized stones, mostly in the gallbladders of wild animals and a few in their brains. These stones are pastel in color. They look a bit like gemstones, but they don''t have the crystal clear luster of gemstones. On the contrary, they look rough. There is a weak energy of elements in the stones (compared with panda Jiuxian).
Originally, it intended to sell these small stones together with fur to merchants, but those merchants could not recognize them at all. They would only buy them at the price of inferior gems. For one such stone, they would only give it one or two silver coins.
This price, even the simple nature of the panda Jiuxian also feel too pit dad.
So it collected all the stones, kept them for sale to those who knew their use.
"Maybe the magicians are just for this thing, maybe they will give a reasonable price."
This is the idea of Jiuxian panda, and another purpose of its coming to Athens. Because, from the mouth of the barbarians, he knew that there were some magicians (sacrificial rites) in Athens, perhaps among them were magicians who knew the use of these stones. Since traveling to the mainland, even Jiuxian panda, who had been living a simple life before, began to understand the importance of silver coins.
Although, most of the role of it is to buy wine.
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The bag handed over is just a small bag for panda Jiuxian, but for Murphy, it''s already a big bag.
He opened the bag with some doubts, and suddenly he was shocked!
Fortunately, he didn''t show his self-cultivation. He quietly handed the bag to the magician Merlin, and then gave him a wink.
you ''re right!
It''s full of magic cores one by one. I''m afraid there are hundreds of them!
Of course, this is the saying of the last era. For this era, the existence of magic core has just appeared.
Except for the magicians who keep the inheritance, others don''t know its value at all!
Although Murphy has always bought such magic cores from other mercenaries, so far, the number of them is only 20 or 30, less than one third of the bag!
"There seems to be some elemental energy in these stones. I happen to have a mage here. He may be able to estimate the value of this thing." Murphy picked up a dark red core the size of a goose egg and handed the whole bag to Merlin, the magician.
In fact, the value of the magic core in such an era is quite difficult to estimate!
Because there was no exact price for this thing before, and for the mages, the role of this thing is too big!
The reason why he handed it to Merlin, the magician, instead of Gandalf, the grey robed mage, was that the latter was too straightforward. In contrast, Merlin, the magician, has to be more flexible. If Gandalf, the grey robed mage, offers such a terrible price, Murphy''s intention will become a mirage. It''s a pity that such a first-class hitter can''t find a way to catch him.
Murphy would not be naive to think that just relying on this debt can tie the powerful panda Jiuxian to the chariot of Athens.
There are many ways behind him to win over the panda Jiuxian, but the priority now is to leave it in Athens first. Now the whole world is full of ups and downs. If it goes to the high elves'' territory, it''s not easy to recruit it again.
Athens has the best liquor in the world!
As long as you leave it here, Murphy is not worried that there is no way to recruit it!
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Sorcerer Merlin clearly understood Murphy''s eyes, but after seeing the whole sack of magic core, his expression was a little dull.
After all, he was a man who had dealt with the aristocratic Council. Of course, he knew what Murphy was thinking. He pretended to pick up a magic core and put it under the sun for identification for a long time, then reported a number.
"It seems to have some element strength in it, and its value is about one hundred silver coins!"
Gandalf, the grey robed mage, heard the price again, but he finally put up with it. Obviously, he understood Murphy''s idea now. He is now on the front line in Athens, and Murphy''s plan clearly includes his interests. In the end, the upright grey robed mage didn''t pretend to know nothing.
"A hundred silver coins? So much! " The panda Jiuxian, who didn''t know the specific value of the magic core, was surprised and said in a simple voice, "isn''t that a stone that can be exchanged for a bucket of liquor?"
"Fortunately, they didn''t sell it to those unscrupulous merchants. They only gave me three silver coins!"
Speaking of this, there was a trace of indignation on panda Jiuxian''s face. For money, it does not have many concepts in mind, but after knowing that the value of such a stone is equal to a bucket of liquor, it still thinks that Murphy has given a fairly reasonable price! A stone like this may be harvested several times a day when it travels, because when it walks in the wilderness, it often meets the mutant beasts who attack it actively. But soon it was in a bit of a dilemma, because the stone in this bag was obviously not enough to repay the loss of the hotel.
"If only the hotel hadn''t been given to..."
"So many stones, at least can change dozens of barrels of liquor!"
It''s a great pity to think of panda Jiuxian. If you didn''t tear down the pub, you should still be able to buy a lot of bars now?
"These stones are equivalent to 12000 silver coins." Murphy looked at the panda wine fairy in front of him and said with a smile, "but the compensation from the hotel is still 20000 silver coins short."
"I don''t know if you have anything else. We will estimate it for you at a reasonable price."
The panda Jiuxian shook his head and said in a heavy voice, "no more. These are the only things that are valuable to an old Chen. "
period?
You are waiting for this sentence!
Murphy''s heart was happy, but his face was still, and he said slowly, "no more?"
"Then it''s difficult."
"You see, this good pub has become like this. If you don''t get the loss, I''m afraid the boss''s family won''t be able to make a living."
Murphy noticed the expression of panda Jiuxian and began to play the friendship card.
"Don''t worry! If an old Chen breaks someone else''s things, he will definitely pay for it! " Sure enough, before Murphy finished, the panda Jiuxian clapped his chest and said in a dull voice, "as long as you give me a little time, I can find a lot of such stones."
Magic core?
Murphy''s thoughts changed, and he immediately came up with some clever ideas.
"In fact, there are other ways to compensate for the loss of the tavern." Murphy waved to the herald to bring a stool, then looked at the panda wine fairy in front of him and said, "I''m the governor of Athens. Recently, there have been a lot of troubles. If you are willing to help me solve the problem, I can pay you a lot. Part of the money can be used to compensate the tavern, and the rest can be used to continue to buy good wine. "
"What''s the matter?" Panda Jiuxian asked, looking at Murphy suspiciously.
Panda people are simple in nature, but it''s not stupid, and they don''t do things that go against the old earth doctrine they believe in. However, Murphy also mentioned compensation and liquor. Panda Jiuxian''s mind has been moved.
"Don''t worry. It''s not an outrageous thing. " Of course, Murphy could guess the idea of the panda Jiuxian. He waved for a valet and said, "recently, there are many evil underground creatures running out of the mountains near Athens."
"One of them is an underground creature named Raptor, which brings us a lot of trouble. They attack caravans, villages, and turn all creatures into food. They are very cruel and evil! As Lord of Athens, I need to protect the safety of my people. So I want you to help me out of this trouble. "
"As long as you kill a raptor, I can give you a bucket of liquor, which is the reward of 100 silver coins."
"If you can catch a living Velociraptor, I can give you three barrels of liquor, which is the reward of 300 silver coins."
"Of course, I''ll send someone to help you."
On hearing this entrustment, the face of the panda Jiuxian also eased a lot. The underground creatures are extremely fierce. Most of them are aggressive and dangerous creatures, which does not violate its ancient earth doctrine. But after thinking about it for a while, he looked at Murphy and asked, "why do you want to catch one alive?"
"We''re trying to tame these beasts. If we can succeed, we won''t have to be afraid of those underground creatures in the future.
"No problem! I''ll leave it to Lao Chen. " The panda Jiuxian patted his chest, cracked his mouth and said with a laugh: "however, my old Chen can''t play his fighting power without good wine. You have to prepare a few barrels of that liquor for my old Chen first
The fish is on the hook!
Murphy nodded quietly and said, "that''s no problem."
"But it''s on your account. I can pay for it in advance, but it must be deducted from your reward."