The reason why valuable items such as elves for sale are placed in the south of the city instead of in the noble area in the east of the city is because these elves for sale come from all over the principality.
There are caravans gathering in the principality in the south of the city. These caravans have no shops in the east of the city, so they can only rent them in the south of the city market and sell them together with other goods.
When Nalant and others came to the south of the city, the flow of people here was obviously greater, and there were ordinary pedestrians wearing long swords and weapons on the road.
However, being able to wear weapons into the city basically requires registration, and this right is reserved for nobles and caravans.
After passing through the stone streets with people neighing and horses rolling, Narant and others finally came to the entrance of a huge market surrounded by wooden fences.
This market is where caravans trade goods. There are two places in the entire Tulip City. One is used to sell ordinary supplies, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc., and the other is used to sell high-end goods, such as potions, elves, or Warcraft furs and more.
Narant and the others naturally came to this high-end market if they wanted to buy elves. As they entered the market, there were many nobles strolling around in silk dresses.
"Look, there are some elves there!" Soon, Rael saw three or four elves for sale in iron boxes in front of a shop.
"Gentlemen, look at these elves, the minimum usefulness is more than two years!" A shop owner in the shop greeted the three people immediately when he saw them coming.
Three of these elves are green elves, and only one is a blue elf. Next to the blue elf is a large spiny rat.
"What luck! His grandmother will probably cry when she finds out!" When Boris saw the agouti, his lips almost burst into laughter.
Obviously, this could only attract the animal aura in the eyes, but the blue elves actually attracted a group of ordinary agoutis.
This agouti looks quite similar to an ordinary mouse, but it is the size of a rabbit, so it can be considered edible.
However, agouti meat is fishy and woody, and most nobles do not eat it. Only commoners or serfs are willing to eat it, so this little blue elf is bleeding out.
"How many years do you little elves have to be effective? How many times do you have the opportunity to recognize the master?"
"Sir, one of the three green elves is valid for three years, and the other two are valid for four years. As for the blue elves, they are valid for seven years. The opportunity to recognize the host is limited. The last time!”
"what is the price?"
"Three years of use will give you twenty-one gold coins for the green elf! Four years of use will give you twenty-eight gold coins for the green elf. As for the blue elf, it is the most cost-effective, only thirty gold coins!"
"This is too expensive!" Hearing this, Youlei frowned slightly.
Originally, the price of a green elf for less than five years was basically at the level of five gold coins a year.
Because once an elf has lived for five years, the chance of transforming into a big elf is very slim.
Nobles once calculated that almost all elves can transform into big elves at the point of four to five years after birth, because at this time they have absorbed enough energy, and those with transformation talents can transform into giant elves at this time. Great elf.
"Sir, the number of green elves has been scarce recently, and we bought them at a high price. There's nothing we can do about it!" The shopkeeper immediately explained after hearing this.
"Let's go take a look again!" Rael was not in a hurry and continued to walk deeper into the market.
As they went deeper, they discovered a row of several shops, all of which sold elves.
Rael directly chose a store with a relatively large number of green elves. After asking, the store actually had a green elf bug with nine-year effectiveness and an eight-year effectiveness. Rael immediately made up his mind to get one. .
However, these two green elves are not cheap, and they need to be sold for nine gold coins per year.
Rael immediately started discussing the price with the store owner.
Nalant took advantage of their opportunity to negotiate prices and began to look around at the elves one by one. Most of the elves sold in these shops were other than green, accounting for almost half of them. This was slightly surprising to Nalant. Anticipate.
After all, under normal circumstances, green elves have the highest probability of appearing, while elves in other colors are rarer.
"Narant, don't be surprised. Although other colors are rarer than those of elves, it is not stable. If you are unlucky and it turns out to be useless, many nobles are willing to sell it, so they may make a little profit."
"As for the green elves, many nobles are unwilling to sell them unless they have to!"
"That's it!" Nalant nodded to express his understanding.
At that moment, he was also curious and began to check out these abandoned elves. To Nalant's surprise, he actually saw a yellow elf that had opened a clay mine.
Nalant tried to ask, and found out that the clay elf had eight years of use, and the estimate was about forty gold coins.
This price can probably be reduced a bit. After all, in the eyes of nobles in this world, clay can only be used to make some pottery or the simplest porcelain, and it cannot be sold at a high price.
"Eh!" Looking along several shops one by one, Nalant suddenly saw the second yellow elf and immediately exclaimed.
Of course, what attracted him was not the elf itself, but the mineral samples placed aside.
This ore sample is about the size of a fist, but it looks like white and transparent pieces stuck together with rock sugar.
"Sir, do you like this yellow elf? This is a white crystal mine. Although the crystal is not big, it is also very beautiful!"
There was only one elf in the store where Nalant was at this time. It seemed that the elf was only included in the sale.
There was a middle-aged man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks who was in charge of looking after the store. When he saw Nalant stopping to look at the elf, he immediately greeted him warmly.
Hearing this, Nalant rolled his eyes. This person might as well be talking about diamond mines. After all, he has never seen such a fine crystal mine.
Nalan did not reply immediately, but continued to search for more past life memories in his mind.
"Sir, although this little elf has a crystal stone that is very small, it was found only a month ago. The contract was only signed once, and the price is very reasonable. Therefore, buying it now is extremely cost-effective!" The middle-aged man saw. Nalant didn't answer and wasn't annoyed. Instead, seeing that he didn't leave, he started selling even harder.
"How much are you going to sell this little elf for?" Nalant naturally didn't believe that he was lying, but he finally found the information in his mind about this kind of mine.
While asking, he pretended to touch the ore, but secretly used his fighting spirit to break off small pieces of the ore without leaving any trace.
"Sir, because there are only finely divided crystal mines, we only sell them for 50 gold coins each. This is two-thirds cheaper than other white crystal mines. It is absolutely cost-effective to buy it now, whether it will be used to decorate utensils or ornaments. , they all can make a lot of money!”
"Hmm! It's so expensive!" Nalant frowned upon hearing this, then he broke off the ore particles without leaving any trace and put them into his mouth.
"Bah!" The next moment, Nalant suddenly felt a bitter taste in his mouth, and then he bent over and vomited on the ground.
However, when he bent down, the sparkle in his eyes began to flash.
