No, boss, even though I just said that you are not that generous, you don’t have to show how stingy you are to your face, right?
Dina was speechless and choked.
Lu Xi took a deep look at Clyde and nodded in agreement. She always felt that it was because she was so happy to bid for eight hundred gold coins that day that the leader of the mercenary group remembered it, so she thought of it when she found the opportunity. Let her "spend money".
However, if there are too many lice, they are not itchy. Eight hundred gold coins are a huge sum of money, and an extra silver coin and six hundred copper coins are nothing.
One silver coin is the price of the temporary magic pet certificate, five hundred copper coins is the price of bribing the guards, and the other one hundred copper coins is the personal cost of entering the city.
Thinking of this, Lu Xi couldn't help but look at Dina, "Is there such a big difference in the cost of entering the city for mercenaries and civilians?" The difference was a hundred times.
Dina nodded, "Yes, most civilians can't earn hundreds of copper coins a year. For them, one copper coin is the cost of a family for a day. No matter how much money they have, they will lose it if they go to the city." If the fees are too high, no civilians will enter the city."
"We mercenaries are different," Dina puffed up her chest proudly, "We can earn dozens of silver coins just by doing any task." In fact, it's not that much.
Of course, although mercenaries make money quickly, they also spend it quickly. For example, medicine for wounds, weapon maintenance, and equipment purchase are all things that cost money. Even elemental magic weapons are priced directly in gold coins.
Even if these don't cost anything, you still need to eat and drink. Most mercenaries are definitely not willing to eat black bread like the common people do. Not to mention the white bread that nobles eat, they must have gray bread. The price is Ten times as much as brown bread.
If you buy a barrel of wine, you will lose a few silver coins, which is enough to drink for two or three days. If you usually buy some vegetables and meat, clothes and daily necessities, the money will be spent like this.
Therefore, most mercenaries are actually not much different from ordinary civilians, except that their quality of life may be better and they will encounter more dangerous situations.
"Let's go separately. We'll meet at the city gate in five hours. Don't be late." Clyde took out a worn pocket watch from his arms, opened it and took a look. It was now one o'clock in the afternoon, and five hours later it would be six o'clock in the afternoon.
Usually the city gates of human towns will be closed between seven and ten o'clock in the evening. Depending on the geographical environment of the town, the time will vary slightly. Except for countries in the far north, it will basically not be closed before seven o'clock. .
Xiulan and Kagli were naturally in a group and had a clear goal. After saying hello, the two of them took the first step.
The remaining Lu Xi and Dina naturally form a group with Clyde. Although Dina and Lu Xi can also be considered as a separate group, the two girls, especially those who are pretty good-looking, can easily cause all kinds of trouble. , we still need to be accompanied by Clyde, who looks very intimidating.
"Where are Miss Lucy going?" Clyde asked Lu Xi for his opinion. Xiulan was there to buy supplies. Their group didn't need to buy anything extra. Lu Xi would be the main one.
After all, the main body of this escort mission is Lu Xi, so it is normal for Lu Xi to take the lead in everything.
"If you want to sell something, where should you go?" Lu Xi thought for a while. She did have some things she wanted to buy, but more importantly, she had no money on hand, only the gems and jewelry she had on her body.
And sooner or later, she would have to change these things into money and pay them to the Dragon Hunting Mercenary Group. The earlier she knew the value of these items on her body, the earlier she could make plans - for example, what should she do if she couldn't afford the eight hundred gold coins.
Clyde guessed Lu Xi's plan and didn't show any other expression. He just nodded, "I understand."
Calling over a clever-looking little boy squatting on the roadside at the city gate, Clyde threw a few copper coins to him, "Where is the auction house in the town?"
"Mr. Mercenary, please come this way." The little boy put away the copper coins with a smile on his face and led the way diligently. Lu Xi and others followed.
The little boy didn't stop talking along the way. He didn't inquire about Clyde and the others' purpose of coming. He just casually talked about the big and small things in the town. Some of them were gossip, and some of them were the latest public information that had been confirmed. .
For example, which noble has issued a new bounty in the mercenary association, what should he do to find someone, or what new things are up for auction in the auction house recently.
Most of the news was related to Clyde's identity or destination, so no one told the little boy to shut up, and they all listened silently.
"Mr. Mercenary, we're here." The little boy stopped and didn't get too close to the door of the auction house. Even if he didn't say anything, everyone saw the words on it.
The auction house here is a three-story building, which is one of the tallest buildings compared to other houses in the town.
But Lu Xi didn't look too surprised... She could see buildings of this scale in towns and cities all over the world, so it was really nothing special.
Even in terms of architectural style, there isn't much that's refreshing. You know, in her hometown, you can mix and match any style of building.
On the contrary, the atmosphere around him, as well as the way people around him dressed and behaved, made Lu Xi feel a little fresh, and it felt like a holographic version of a Western fantasy game.
Clyde had been paying attention to Lu Xi. When he saw Lu Xi, he was only slightly interested in the people he was interacting with. He looked accustomed to the tall building of the auction house, which confirmed Lu Xi's identity in his heart.
Although Lu Xi's identity should have been confirmed long ago, some of Lu Xi's behaviors along the way always made people a little suspicious.
After giving the little boy another dozen copper coins, Clyde waved him away, but the little boy did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he nodded and pointed to a corner, "Mr. Mercenary, I'll stay there later. If you come out, you can ask me to lead the way, I know all the places in this city."
The tone was quite proud.
Clyde did not refuse and nodded, "Okay, you can go over."
Lu Xi looked at the auction house and couldn't help but ask Dina, "Why don't you go to the pawn shop and come to the auction house?"
"Although the price given by the auction house is relatively low, it will not rip off customers. If the pawn shop doesn't know anyone, it will be difficult to sell things at high prices." It was Clyde who started to explain.
There was another reason that Clyde didn't mention.
That is, the auction house has enough privacy protection, no one knows whether you are buying something or selling something, but the pawnshop basically does not, and the people inside will even collude with other black mercenaries to leak the customer's information.
Although Clyde is not afraid of trouble, there are some things where it would be better to have less trouble.
There were two waiters in front of the auction house's door. They stopped a few people very politely. They checked Clyde's mercenary certificate more carefully than the guards. After confirming its authenticity, they let a few people in.
Immediately after entering, a female waiter with a sweet smile came forward and asked the purpose of several people, "Do you want to buy something or sell something? If you want to buy something, you can wait in the lounge on the second floor." "
"Where are you selling things?" Lu Xi asked directly.
The female waiter looked at the three of them, Lu Xi and Clyde, and immediately identified their identities. She smiled brighter at Lu Xi and said, "If you want to sell something, please come with me."
But the female waiter did not rush to lead the way. Instead, she looked at Clyde and Dina and asked Lu Xi, "Are these two guests also with you?"
"Myself." Lu Xi thought for a moment and refused to follow Clyde and Dina. She didn't want them to know if the sale price was not enough.
"Okay." The female waiter was not surprised. Just as she could easily tell that Lu Xi was a noble lady and not a mercenary, she could also tell that these people were not the same group. .
After waving in the other direction, another female waiter immediately ran over and took Clyde and Dina to the other direction, which should be the lounge mentioned just now.
Lu Xi didn't observe any more and followed the female waiter to a room on the third floor. The room was not big but well-equipped with everything. There was a luxurious and soft sofa in the middle. There was steaming tea on the table. A man wearing a singlet A thin middle-aged man wearing glasses is sitting opposite the sofa.
After seeing Lu Xi come in, the thin middle-aged man stood up and stretched out his hand towards Lu Xi, "Hello, miss, I am Wade, the second connoisseur of Warners Auction House."
"Hello." Lu Xi shook the other person's hand in return, and it was instant. He didn't introduce himself. After doing business a few times, he had already become accustomed to such polite etiquette.
Weide seemed to have determined something from Lu Xi's actions just now, with a slight smile on his face. He didn't care that Lu Xi didn't introduce himself, and waved the female waiter who was leading the way to leave.
Lu Xi sat down under the guidance of the other party. Weide raised his hand to pour Lu Xi a cup of tea, and then said, "I don't know what items you want to auction in our auction house, Miss."
"Some jewelry." Lu Xi took out all the dozens of gems from his arms.
For a moment, Weide's eyes seemed a little disappointed, but he concealed it very well and evaluated Lu Xi one by one.
"One gold coin." A bunch of pearls were drawn together. Of course, the price was for a single pearl, not all together.
Converted to one hundred thousand pearls on earth, it is really not cheap. Of course, the quality is much better than on earth. Lu Xi is very content. With so many pearls, he can probably sell them for more than thirty gold coins.
"Ten gold coins." A small gem.
"Twenty-two gold coins." A larger gem.
"Thirty-six gold coins.", "Seventeen gold coins.", "Twenty gold coins.", "Nine gold coins.", "Fifty gold coins.", "Fourteen gold coins.", "One hundred and twenty-six gold coins." "...
It seems that the value is not too big every time, but if you think about it carefully, the unit of gold coins is equivalent to "one hundred thousand yuan" on earth. It is normal for a gem to sell for 1.8 million, and a few particularly large ones Gems, or those with a relatively high value in themselves, can still be sold for a little more.
Lu Xi calculated silently, and found that the total value of so many gems was only over 600 gold coins. It was not high, but it was still far from what she needed... If she had known better, she would have bid 100 gold coins.
"A total of 637 gold coins. Miss, do you have any other needs?" Weide reported a number, which was consistent with Lu Xi's calculation.
Weed couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Although it was not a big order as he had imagined, the combined price of so many gems meant that his hard work was not in vain.
Lu Xi began to recall what other things he could sell, except pocket watches, which had her photo on them and were very useful. It was important to be able to determine the time at any time.
By the way, there is also a box of cosmetics with no signs of use, maybe they can be sold too?
"Wait a minute, do you want to accept this?" Lu Xi took out his gold handbag inlaid with oversized gems from his arms, and then took out the makeup box from the handbag.
All of Weide's attention was immediately attracted by the pure gold handbag that Lu Xi took out. Without even glancing at the makeup box, he said with a slightly urgent tone, "Miss, you seem to be in urgent need of money. No. Knowing this bag, are you willing to part with it?”
"Our auction house is willing to pay three thousand gold coins to accept it!"
Oh? ! Lu Xi was startled, and then she noticed that the bag in her hand actually exuded a strong light of money. She never expected that with so many things in her hand, this bag would be the most valuable? !
"Or you would like to keep this bag and give it to our house to auction it for you. Our auction house will have an auction in three days. At that time, the price won by the auction will be divided by our auction house and you 30/70, and you 70/70. "
Seeing Lu Xi's lack of reaction, Weide hurriedly spoke again. It was obvious that he was very attracted to Lu Xi's bag.
Lu Xi thought about it carefully. She definitely couldn't stay to participate in the auction three days later. She had a tight schedule and it was better not to waste it if possible.
But the price given by Weide cannot be fully trusted. Clyde said that the price given by the auction house is generally on the low side.
What does this low mean? For example, for those pearls, the auction house can only give you a price of 1 gold coin, but when you take them to a pawn shop, they can give you 2 gold coins or 3 gold coins.
Of course, if the pawn shop feels that the seller does not understand or is easy to bully, it will also offer a price of dozens of silver coins, or even lower. It is completely based on who chooses the dish.
Auction houses are very good in this regard. Although the prices they give are on the low side, they will not deceive customers. They can ensure that customers at least make a profit, but the auction house will not lose money, they will only make more.
"Five thousand gold coins!" Lu Xi decided to negotiate the price carefully and mentioned the price again.
Old people often say that if you want to buy something, just ask for half the price. If you want to buy something for 100, ask if you can sell it for 50. Lu Xi thinks this should be the same for sellers. If he pays 3,000 gold coins to buy it, he will double it and ask him for 6,000. Gold coins can be sold or not.
However, Lu Xi felt that doubling the amount might be a bit too much. She couldn't open her mouth a little and was embarrassed to speak, so she would just lower it a little.
"Deal!" After hearing Lu Xi's bid, Weide didn't even hesitate for long before gritting his teeth and confirming, his face full of joy.
Lu Xi's lips were slightly open, and his eyes were slightly dull. It was over. If it was still less, it should be doubled. You shouldn't make your own decisions!
