As the largest timber merchant in Red Leaf City, Valen's daily life is no less than that of aristocrats.

In fact, strictly speaking, he does not only do business in Hongye City. He does business in many cities in Luoshan Mountains, but he only stays in Hongye City for more time in the past year.

The situation in Hongye City has not been very good recently. Valen was originally planning to evacuate in the past two days, but after discovering a new food "instant noodles" in Hongye City, he smelled the business opportunity and decided to stay here for the time being.

Early in the morning, Valen put on his clothes under the servant's service, and Shi Shi came to the hall.

Someone has already prepared parchment rolls, which record the financial situation during this period.

After looking at it for a while, Valen frowned slightly.

His business in Hongye City has begun to lose money, which is faster than he expected.

According to the current situation, every day you spend more, you will lose 10 silver coins. Although 10 silver coins are nothing to him, this is the beginning, and it is not pleasant to lose money in vain.

"Knight Marlow said the new city lord was going to hold an event, and I don't know when it was, if it could be as soon as possible..."

Valen was very interested in the instant noodles, but he was not sure that he could buy them. If he had stayed in Hongye City for ten days and half a month and had not bought them, the money he lost every day would be a bit painful for him.

"It's hard!"

Valen sighed and said to the servant:

"You go and get the kitchen ready to order meat, I'm a little hungry."

"Yes, respected master."

Most people in this world do not have the habit of eating breakfast, and naturally Valen does not, but he is a big businessman with certain assets and has his own exclusive chef who can provide him with food at any time when he is hungry.

Not long after, a small basin of boiled meat was respectfully served by the servant.

Salt is precious to people, but it cannot be missing. Most people may calculate it very accurately. A piece of salt with a thumb cover can last for two days, but Valen is different. He extravagantly cooked a small pot of pork with a few grains of salt.

A pot of pork, except for some salt, did not have any side dishes or seasonings. The white and greasy fat meat greatly increased Valen's appetite.

Without outsiders, Valen didn't have to deliberately maintain his demeanor. He held the meat piece with both hands and started eating.

The servant standing beside him shook his throat and made extremely sluggish sounds from time to time.

Meat is not cheap, and coupled with the recent situation in Hongye City, the price of meat has been rising. This servant hasn't tasted meat for a long time.

"Ah, it's comfortable! Hiccup~"

Valen, who was soaked in the mouth of oil, burped a lot. He felt that after eating the pot of meat, his head became much clearer.

After Valen finished eating, the servant first wiped Valen's hands, and then took down the basin with only salt water. Naturally, the salt water cannot be thrown away, and it can be used when cooking at noon.

After eating and drinking, Valen opened the parchment again, but before he could see it, the notice from the servant outside the door came.

"Master, the people from the City Lord's Mansion are asking for a visit."

When Valen heard the three words "The Lord's Mansion", he lit up and he quickly stood up.

"Please quickly."

Under the guidance of the servant, a young man in coarse linen came in.

"Hello, Lord Walun, I am instructed by the Lord of the City to invite you to the Red Leaf City Auction tomorrow afternoon. Please be sure to come. This is an invitation."

The young man looked a little nervous, as if it was his first time doing such a thing. He took out a small wooden sign carved with complicated patterns and handed it to Valen.

The wooden sign is the size of a palm, with one side of it engraved with the words "A invitation letter from the Red Leaf City Auction". The other name is a simple drawing of a castle.

Valen was a little surprised when he heard that there was an auction tomorrow, especially the invitation letter was quite interesting. Valen picked up the small wooden sign and played with it in his hand, and was quite fond of love.

Then he thought that yesterday Knight Ma Luo told him that the city lord would hold an event, and now it should be this auction.

After seeing the instant noodles, he doubted whether the city lord was capable of holding an auction.

Valen's eyes rolled and asked:

"Hello, you are wondering what items are there in the auction you mentioned? Can you reveal them?"

If it is really instant noodles tomorrow, he will be sure to take it. After all, among the merchants in Hongye City, it seems that he is the only one who has been close to the instant noodles and knows the magic of instant noodles. Even though he is no longer hungry now, he still drools when he thinks of the instant noodles.

"Sorry, I don't have the right to know."

The young man shook his head.

"That's a pity..."

Valen was a pity, but the impact was not great. After all, he was one of the largest merchants in Red Leaf City. Even if he was a merchant of the same level, he would have to give him a little bit in front of Valen. At that time, they would still not be able to compete with him.

"Mr. Valen, the news has been brought, so I will leave first-a yes, I almost forgot!"

The young man slapped his forehead. He was just a slave before. Although he had been training for a day, for him who only knew some coolies, there was still a problem with the difficult things like passing messages.

"oh?"

In Valen's surprised eyes, the young man reached into his arms and took out a small cloth bag.

"This is a small gift given to you by the City Lord. I hope you can open it yourself. He also said that you would like to prepare more gold coins, otherwise you may not be able to compete with others in the auction house."

The young man put the cloth bag in Valen's hand and left.

However, Valen was curious. What was so mysterious that he had to open it himself and asked himself to prepare more gold coins? I was afraid that he would not be able to compete with others?

Valen is the largest timber merchant in Red Leaf City!

What he can't compete with?

If you can bid for a gold coin for a bowl of instant noodles, you will know that Valen is a good person!

Valen never underestimated the city lord, but he felt that he was underestimated by the city lord.

With this strange mood, Valen opened the cloth bag.

"Hmm? What is this?"

There is a small pinch of white crystals in the cloth bag, about a small spoonful.

Valen pinched a few pieces and put them in front of him to watch. He found that although the crystal was very small, it was crystal clear and very white, without any variegated color. It looked like some kind of ore? gem? But this was too small.

Valen subconsciously put it on the tip of his tongue and lick it. This is his way of distinguishing something. I believe that there is no need for the city lord to harm him on it.

A faint salty smell filled the mouth, causing Valen's eyes to open suddenly.

"Salt? This is actually salt!"

This salt is completely different from the salt he has eaten. Not to mention the appearance, the taste is not comparable. This white salt, which is like snow, has no strange taste, only a simple salty taste, unlike the salt that Valen has eaten, which has both salty taste, astringent taste, and even bitter taste.

Swallowed the salt in his mouth a little reluctantly, Valen knew that he had really prepared more gold coins. If this kind of "snow salt" was sold, it would be more than just him who was willing to buy it.
Chapter completed!