"Do you know Cabernet Sauvignon?" O'Nian asked suddenly, looking at these vineyards stretching for thousands of miles.
"I think you know the grape variety, right?" Alvin thought for a moment and replied, "I remember it was a very expensive variety, right? I had the impression that the red wine made from this grape would cost at least a hundred runies."
Onian smiled and nodded, "You still have the qualities to be a playboy."
"No, no, it's rare for us to open a bottle. Most of the wine we drink is Cabernet Frank." Alvin said with a shameful smile that he was not that extravagant.
He thought to himself: "There is no way I can compare with the princess. What a joke. Governor Yuanyasu probably delivers this Cabernet Sauvignon red wine to the palace in boxes."
"I didn't mean to ask you this." Onian said with a smile, she probably guessed what Alvin was thinking.
"Then what do you want to say?" Alvin asked confused.
"I was wondering, is that Miss Juan Yun planning to say something to me?"
"Oh..." Alvin sighed meaningfully, "I was just thinking that Governor Yuanyasu would send red wine to the palace a lot in the past."
"Then what do you think?" Onian glanced at him.
"This... you have to think about it yourself." Alvin said, "Junyun is probably thinking that she started an army to fight against Resa. Some of her names are not justifiable, but if she has the name of restoring the princess to the country, it would be fair and honest. A lot."
"What? From what you're saying, you don't approve of me getting involved with her?" Onian looked at him curiously.
"It's not like you haven't seen the battle on the plains. Even if Juan Yun has strong mineral resources as financial backing, if the two armies really have to confront each other, how can she be the opponent of Resa and the others?"
"Yes. Think about those swarms of flying dragons, that Ayton, and your difficult red-haired little lover," Onian said with a smile, "Oh, by the way, there are also Master Feiyue and Lei Sa yourself, these are top masters."
"Oh, don't forget, where are the nobles who are about to surface?" Alvin sneered, "They only dare to do things behind your back to His Majesty. But to Juan Yun, they still don't Are you rushing to lead the people to Fuzi Province?"
"Hey, you are finally willing to speak out and ridicule those nobles?" Onian teased, "How does it feel? How does it feel to be deceived by your own brother?"
"Everyone has his or her own ambitions," Alvin said calmly.
It was rare for Onian to look at him differently, "What you said is quite heroic."
"Then what do you think?" Alvin asked, looking at her.
"Yuan Kang has been in Fuzi for many years. I think all the officials in Fuzi Province will be loyal to his daughter Juanyun. They claim to be restoring the country for me, but secretly they dislike me for being an exiled princess. Such a request I can't live the life of relying on others." Onian said bluntly, "Thinking that they are going to use my name to make a fuss, and I will have to be controlled by them everywhere in the future, why should I suffer?"
After hearing this, Alvin still admired Onian for predicting the future problems so accurately.
"Then... this huge empire was handed over to others?" he couldn't help but ask.
"I don't mind facing the raging flood alone." Onian looked into the distance, letting her snowy hair dance in the wind, "However, being dragged to death by some mediocre people is something I can't do. "
Alvin looked at her and felt that he had the same feeling as when he saw her for the first time. The beautiful lady was leaning on the railing and looking at the distant mountains, her grace and grace scattered towards the clouds.
Onian never mentioned the speculation about Fowler's identity to Alvin. And because of this incident, she will be immersed in regret for many years in the future.
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After passing Joffin County and driving northwest for a whole day, the group finally arrived at Tewadedam, the provincial capital of Fuz.
It was already evening at this time, and this bustling city famous for smelting ore still showed no intention of taking a rest, and lights were still on everywhere.
Jun Yun commanded the airship to park in the wide courtyard of the Governor's Mansion. The guards who were supposed to be surrounding him retreated knowingly when they saw that Miss Juan Yun was back.
As soon as she landed, Juan Yun hurriedly went to the front hall to summon various officials from Fuzi Province. As expected, she also forced Onian to join them. Kaiba followed behind them.
Kui Qing and Alvin proposed to go shopping in the market. She was planning to purchase some ore to resell in the north. Alvin didn't know much about transactions between the north and the south, so he was naturally happy to accompany him.
Alvin asked Lang Yun to follow him and asked Xia Ye to take care of the boxes.
When the guards of the Governor's Mansion saw that they were the guests brought back by the young lady, they naturally did not dare to stop them. So the three of them left the Governor's Mansion smoothly and headed towards the market.
"Little girl, have you been to Tewadedam before?" Alvin said as he walked.
"Of course I've been here before." Kui Qing said with a smile, "Brother, I have to travel from north to south several times a year, and I have to visit these important cities in the south at least once."
"No wonder, I asked you to lead us away." Alvin said, and then looked at Lang Yun: "Lang Yun, you should be familiar with this place, right?"
"Your Highness is joking, several of our brothers grew up here, and Zhulu Academy is in this city." Lang Yun said.
"Oh, so your academy is in this city." Alvin nodded, "It seems like you are more familiar with each other here, so let's go."
The three of them arrived at the market, and the place was brightly lit, like daylight.
"It's so late, don't these people have any rest?" Alvin couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the endless flow of people on the street.
"I don't understand this either. Anyway, every time I come here, the market is the busiest at night." Kui Qing said and became a little puzzled.
So both of them couldn't help but look at Langyun.
"Your Highness, Miss Kui Qing, I have to explain this to you." Langyun said with a somewhat proud smile, "The work and rest here in Tewadedan are quite different from those in the capital. More than half of the people in this city are Miners or smelters. These jobs usually only end at night, and then the workers have to go to a cheap pub to have a meal together and drink some low-quality crude beer. It will definitely be past midnight when they get home. But Don’t worry about getting up late the next day, generally smelting workshops and mines don’t start work until around noon.”
"Over time, the shops in this city, large and small, have followed the people's schedule. If you get up early, you won't be able to buy anything on the street. You won't see any shops open until noon." Langyun continued.
"It's really strange." Alvin laughed. He lowered his head and glanced at the long-standing black dirt between the cracks of the floor tiles, and found that it was also mixed with the residue of various ores.
"So that's it." Kui Qing nodded.
"Little sister, what should we buy?" Alvin glanced at the various shops on the long street, some selling rough ores and some selling smelted metals. He was a little confused for a moment. .
"Things processed from copper-iron ore are available all over the world. Even if they are cheaper here, they won't fetch much in the north. You can stock up on red brown stone, ice white stone, and bluestone used for equipment. A little bit, but the profit is very thin. After all, these ores are also available in the north. Even the purple-cut stones that are produced in relatively small quantities cannot be sold for much in the north."
"Then what do you want to buy?"
"Oh, brother, why are you so anxious? Just listen to me." Kui Qing glanced at Alvin complainingly.
"Okay." Alvin nodded helplessly.
"For example, those that are unique to Maine, such as gilt jadeite, are mostly used to inlay into jewelry. These are the varieties that can make huge profits." Kui Qing explained.
"But this kind of ore is generally not sold on the market, right?" Alvin asked doubtfully.
"Brother, you are very knowledgeable." Kui Qing said with a smile, "Indeed, the governor controls the mining of all rare minerals. Ordinary merchants can't even touch the source, so how can they sell them on the market?"
"Oh, I understand, there should still be many bold and black-hearted businessmen exploring private mines, right?" Alvin whispered. Jewelry made from gilt jadeite was sold for such a high price in Saluhi that it made Alvin astonished. But there are still so many ladies and young ladies wearing them, which means there must still be supplies.
"Brother, you still understand people." Kui Qing nodded.
"Governor Yuanyasu arrests many big businessmen who set up private mining operations without registration every year," Langyun continued, "but even so, he still keeps banning them. After all, the profits are too huge."
"Mainly, your governor doesn't seem to really want to ban this. I heard that he made another fortune with the money these businessmen redeemed themselves." Kui Qing said sarcastically, "It's ridiculous that these businessmen haven't dug their mines for a few days. , was sealed up by the Governor. Not only did the Governor charge them a large sum of money to redeem themselves, but he also got a opened mine for free. Hehe, this can be considered as high as a mountain."
"Please keep your voice down," Alvin said with a smile. "Be careful. Miss Junyun will lock us in the Governor's Mansion and won't let us leave."
Kui Qing stuck out her tongue playfully.
"Here we are, here we are." The little girl pulled Alvin to a stop in front of an unprepossessing shop.
There were several large grids of ores displayed in front of the store, and even a layman like Alvin could tell that they were all inferior products.
Alvin thought to himself: "This girl is very smart in business. If she comes to a store like this, there must be something fishy hidden in it."
A thin waiter in the store was lying on the counter in a daze out of boredom. When he saw Alvin and the three people entering the store, a ripple flashed in his eyes.
It happened that he saw the little girl next to Alvin.
"Miss Kui Qing is here?" The waiter's face changed from the tiredness just now and immediately became energetic.
"Well, open the door and talk to your shopkeeper about some business." Kui Qing walked straight into the room.
"Okay!" the young man responded cheerfully, twisting a rough copper ore in his hand. This thing was mixed in a pile of blister copper ore. No one would have thought that it was the switch of the secret door in the inner room.
A row of display cabinets unfolded from the middle, revealing a secret passage.
Langyun looked at the secret passage that was brightly illuminated by the stone lamp in the night with some surprise, but saw a look of no surprise on Alvin's face.
"Brother, just follow me up." Kui Qing said with a smile to the two people behind her.
Langyun glanced at Alvin inquiringly.
Alvin nodded and followed Kui Qing into the inner room.
The boy closed the door again as if nothing had happened.
