Li Yinguang is not very unfamiliar with the town of Manbach. He lived here after traveling through time and becoming the down-and-out nobleman Bruce.
The town of Manbach is not small. Although it is just a border town, due to its geographical advantages and special products, there is a flow of people coming and going for trade. In addition, the danger factor in the surrounding area is not too high. As long as you do not go to the depths of the wilderness, you can survive.
The hope is great, and it has attracted many survivors from the surrounding area to settle here.
In these troubled times, it is not easy to survive, especially for ordinary people.
"Bruce heard that you were adopted as an adopted son by the Lord of Iron Armor City and you are very prosperous. When will the debt be paid?"
There is a grocery store on the street in the slum. I heard that this grocery store existed earlier than the existence of this slum.
Because the owner of this shop is kind-hearted and often gives alms to the poor, and the surrounding poor residents come to buy things, so they often owe money.
There are not many good people like this in the town of Manbach.
But the name of the grocery store is "Black Heart Store". The owner's surname is Zhou. He is an old man with sinister eyebrows, a mustache, and a somewhat mean face. When he narrows his eyes and stares at the women passing by, it makes people feel very vulgar.
People give him the nickname ‘Zhou Shanren’!
No one knows why Zhou Shanren stays in the slums, but what is certain is that not only people from the slums come to the 'Black Heart Store' grocery store, but also people from all walks of life from the outside world come to patronize it. It has a good reputation, but it is rare to see anyone.
Dare you come here to cause trouble.
"Pay it back now!"
Li Yinguang walked into the grocery store. On the surface, the 'Black Heart Store' was not big. The items in the store were mostly whole grains, bacon, and daily groceries.
"Haha, does this mean you are really developed?" Zhou Shanren squinted his eyes, dug out his sleeves with both hands, and said with a smile.
For a well-informed person like Old Man Zhou, how could he not know whether Li Yinguang was really prosperous? Maybe everyone knew about it last night when the Fierce Spider went out to attack the Castle.
"Old man, besides paying off the debt, I also want to ask you about something."
The place Li Yinguang is most familiar with in Manbach Town is the slums, and the most well-informed place in the slums is undoubtedly this 'black-hearted shop'.
"What are you asking?" Zhou Shanren took the monocle from the counter and put it on his face.
Monocle is the kind that only has half of the normal glasses on the bridge of the nose, and has a long chain on the side. It is generally an aristocratic decoration.
But for a wretched old man, no, it is not against the rules for Zhou Shanren to wear it.
Facing Li Yinguang's eyes, Zhou Shanren raised his mustache and said proudly: "With the frames made of pure mithril, the lenses polished from crystal stones, and the slender gold chains forged by goblin craftsmen, with just me,
This monocle can be replaced by four 'z3-type' smelting furnaces on the 'Castle'."
Li Yinguang's pupils shrank, and then he chuckled: "Then you really hide everything. I'm just wondering, boy, why do people with both taste and wealth like you want to live in a slum like this?"
"Isn't the slums bad? This monocle was mortgaged to me by the people in the slums. I only got a little money and a bag of grain in exchange for it. How much do you think I earned?"
Zhou Shanren squinted his eyes and shook his head: "Come on, hurry up and tell me what you want to know. The old man doesn't have time to gossip with you here."
"Who in Manbach town can repair the 'Z3 type' smelting furnace? Well, I'm asking about the cheapest place." Li Yinguang said.
Zhou Shanren did not answer, but pulled him to a more private space at the back of the store, lowered his voice and asked in a low voice: "You were able to escape last night because you used some kind of 'super power source', right?"
After Kuroda Shota came back, he publicized it all over the world. For fear that outsiders wouldn't know, Li Yinguang knew that he couldn't hide it even if he wanted to, so he admitted it generously and said: "Yes, I used a 'mysterious gem' to increase the speed of the Castle by two times."
times."
Zhou Shanren's little eyes flashed with evil, and he asked greedily: "Where are the gems?"
"Broken!"
"Broken?"
Li Yinguang smiled bitterly and shrugged: "Three of the four 'z3' smelting furnaces on the 'Castle' armored city are broken, and the remaining one is almost scrapped. After running around for half a night, can the gems be left without breaking?
"
Zhou Shanren nodded thoughtfully and asked curiously: "Where does the 'mysterious gem' come from?"
"Old Dick robbed it a few years ago and has been hiding it. If it weren't for the emergency last night, I'm afraid he wouldn't have taken it out." Li Yinguang shook his head and said half-truth.
In this regard, Zhou Shanren did not ask further questions, but just squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Everyone has heard of Old Dick's reputation. He is greedy for money, lustful, cunning and suspicious. He adopted you as his adopted son for no reason and even sold you."
The weapon "cannon" that the Castle relies on for survival has purchased a large amount of alchemy materials and potions related to "Seize the Body". I don't think I need to elaborate on what's wrong with this? Tell me, Old Dick is
Not really dead!"
While speaking, he kept looking at Li Yinguang's face with his half-closed eyes.
"died!"
Li Yinguang chuckled and said, "Do you always think I'm a fool?"
Zhou Shanren raised his head and smiled: "You are as smart as a monkey, how can you be a fool!"
Li Yinguang spread his hands and said helplessly: "Yes, but some people insist on treating me as a fool and want to take me away. Don't you think it's funny!"
"well!"
Zhou Shanren took off the monocle on the bridge of his nose, put it on the corner of his mouth, wiped it with breath, and said: "There are indeed fewer and fewer fools. Repairing scrapped smelting furnaces is of little significance. Sell them. Each one is worth two."
One hundred silver ox coins, the new z3 smelting furnace, each one looks like 4,000 silver ox coins, if you want to buy it, I can contact you."
The silver bull coin is the common currency in nearby areas, especially in the Manbach area. It contains 57% silver, 25% nickel, and the rest is copper, iron and other metals. There is a beast, the fire bull, embossed on the surface, hence its name.
"Four thousand silver oxen?" Li Yinguang clicked his tongue. You must know that he had sold all the treasures that Old Dick had collected over the years, and he only got a thousand silver oxen.
Zhou Shanren raised his head, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "In the whole town of Manbach, the price of the z3 smelting furnace should be the cheapest."
Li Yinguang thought for a while and asked: "What about the Z2-type smelting furnace?"
"About three thousand two hundred silver ox coins per unit!"
The overall difference is not big, because apart from the size, the power of the z3-type smelting furnace is not much higher than that of the z2-type smelting furnace.
Li Yinguang thought about it, spread his hands and said, "Okay, I sold you three scrapped Z3 smelting furnaces in Castle Iron Armor City, but you have to give me one thousand silver oxen!"
Zhou Shanren hesitated for a moment, raised the monocle in his hand above his head, and muttered: "For the sake of this pair of glasses, a thousand silver oxen is just a thousand silver oxen, I won't argue with you."
Li Yinguang: "..." This chapter has been completed!