Chapter 48 Pearl Route (2)
Duke was not flattered when the other party recommended himself.
If Duke first became the Earth Mage, he was just a rising star with a bright future. Then Duke now has signs of "gotten away from a comet that flashed through the sky and headed towards the star".
There is not enough money to support Duke in practicing magic. This is the biggest shackle that restricts Duke's growth. But what if this shackle is removed?
Duke can completely become an immeasurable new force in Stormwind City!
The noble mage's identity can make him transcend the aristocratic power, and his mage's identity destined him to not spend too much time on commercial activities.
So Elizabeth Jones came, in addition to discussing cooperation, and it had a deeper meaning, otherwise she would not have to come to this small desert island where birds do not lay eggs.
"Hello, Jones!" Duke was gentle and elegant, neither showing too much enthusiasm nor keeping people from thousands of miles away.
Elizabeth Jones is an elegant lady in her thirties. She had heard about Duke's age and thought Duke was easier to talk to, but she found out that she was wrong at the beginning.
Duke is obviously not the kind of young boy who has never seen the world and can't find Bei if he just makes a few compliments.
So Elizabeth decided to regard Duke as an equal, upcoming business partner.
She asked Duke in a very ladylike gentle tone: "Can I understand the quality, quantity, and how to obtain your pearls?"
Duke snapped his fingers, and then a rustling sound of water came from the beach. The rash fishman scared Jones and Duke's newly hired sailors. The sailors were almost ready to fight.
Because it's the fishman!
The colorful fish-shaped body, with its strong limbs, the two fishmen held a huge shell in a grand manner, walked to Duke and Jones under the gaze of everyone, put down the shell, and bowed to Duke.
Duke made a strange "Oh laga" sound, and then the two fishmen ran back into the sea with strange steps happily.
Two palms with arcane glory appeared, frightening Jones and the sailors' cares again.
Duke chuckled with his lips and let the mage's hand open the shell.
In the morning light, this could be put into the big shell of a five-year-old child, and the dazzling array of pearls almost shone on the eyes of Elizabeth Jones.
In her eyes, it seems that countless beautiful and dazzling new pearl jewelry have appeared.
Only the sailors secretly exclaimed in a low voice.
"Oh my God! Our employer, Lord Marcus, actually surrendered the fishman!?"
"Will those rude and evil hunt fishmen from nearby humans?"
Duke raised his hands, and the sailors' whispered discussion suddenly came to an abrupt end.
"Ms. Jones, the situation is as you can see. Because I studied the slut, I controlled the three slut tribes on the north coast of the western wilderness. They would continuously collect a series of valuable marine specialties such as pearls, corals, tortoiseshell armor for me."
Duke turned his head and smiled at the sailors: "Similarly, the ships with my mage hanging on the bow are absolutely safe in the waters where Stormwind City Harbor come here. The fishmen will not only not attack you, but will also protect you from other marine creatures. Of course, going to sea is risky, and the fishmen cannot resist powerful marine creatures beyond their combat power."
For a moment, whether it was Jones or the sailors, they were warm!
Jones seemed reluctant to pick up pearls after pearl with his hand, looked at it repeatedly, and then smiled: "Then, Lord Marcus, let's go back to Stormwind City to talk in detail?"
"very good."
After leaving Stormwind City, take the land route, head south to Shanjin Town, then go west through the Xiquan Fortress and enter the western wilderness, and finally arrive at the northern beaches. It takes a full week to go to the front and back.
It is extremely simple to take the sea route. Starting from Stormwind City Port and along the southwest coastline, you will arrive in just one day.
Waiting is boring. In fact, Duke has basically reached a cooperation agreement with Elizabeth in the narrow cabin on the ship.
This is a ten-year contract.
From now on, Duke will ensure that it will supply no less than one thousand pearls to Elizabeth Jones' jewelry store every year. As a raw material supplier, Duke can obtain 40% of the final selling price of pearl jewelry, and the selling price will be jointly agreed upon by both parties when Duke delivers.
When delivering, Duke delivers the goods in one hand and collects money in the other hand.
After Duke delivered the first batch of pearls, Elizabeth needed to pay an additional 10,000 gold coins to Duke as a signing fee for obtaining the exclusive sales rights of the Duke Pearl Route.
In the cabin, Elizabeth's servant handed over a fine wine symbolizing the joy of cooperation. Duke and Elizabeth gently clinked their glasses to show that they were happy in cooperation.
"To be honest, Mr. Marcus, I have to remind you that I will earn more than you think in this way of cooperation. If you are willing to accept after-sales settlement and settle once a quarter, you can get at least twice as much wealth as you are now."
Duke gently shook the wine in the high-legged glass wine glass, letting the aroma of alcohol spread out, and sniffed it gently: "For merchants, chasing greater profits is instinct. But I am first a magician, and then the master of the Pearl Route."
"I understand what you mean. It is precisely because we value different things that we have such pleasant cooperation."
"Indeed." Duke's smile was a bit intriguing: "And you take considerable risks by buying my pearls by buying them out. It is not unacceptable to me to sell them at a lower price."
"Although I'm a little sorry, I still want to say, Mr. Marcus, you have a maturity that is not consistent with your age."
Nonsense! I am a college kid...
Even though he complained in his heart, Duke felt a little guilty. He didn't know how long Jones could make this pearl business. He only knew that if the orcs came and Stormwind fell, Jones would probably lose a lot.
Unfortunately, for the future of Stormwind City, Amen! Good luck!
With the help of Elizabeth Jones, Duke's pearls became the new favorite of Stormwind City's celebrities in a short time. Almost all the upper nobles of Stormwind City knew that Duke Marcus had a hen that lays golden eggs.
No one can intervene.
It’s not that there are no nobles who have ever made the Pearl route.
The fishing boats they secretly sent were attacked by fishmen without exception, and they suffered heavy casualties. Duke said that those fishmen were not under his control and were not my business.
In this way, Duke stepped on the steps of the library of the Royal Family Magic Academy in Stormwind City with huge wealth that others envied.
Facing him, the librarian who said that it would cost money to copy every spell here.
Duke only said one sentence: "Please pack it! I want all the spells at the Earth Mage level!"
Chapter completed!