The reason why valuable items such as elves for sale are placed in the south of the city instead of in the noble area in the east of the city is because these elves for sale come from all over the principality.
There are caravans from all over the principality gathered here in the south of the city. These caravans have no shops in the east of the city, so they can only rent them in the south market and sell them together with other goods.
When Nalant and others came to the south of the city, the flow of people here became obviously larger, and ordinary pedestrians on the road also appeared to be wearing long sword weapons.
However, civilians who can wear weapons into the city basically need to register, and only the caravans of nobles have this right.
After passing through the stone streets with people neighing and horses rolling, Narant and others finally arrived at the entrance of a huge market surrounded by wooden fences.
This market is where caravans trade goods. There are two in the entire Tulip City. One is used to sell ordinary supplies, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc., and the other is used to sell high-end goods, such as potions, elves, or
Warcraft skins, etc.
Nalant and the others naturally came to this high-end market if they wanted to buy elves. As they entered the market, there were many nobles strolling around in silk dresses.
"Look, there are some elves there!" Soon, Rael saw three or four elves in front of a shop for sale in iron boxes.
"Masters, look at these elves, the minimum usefulness is more than two years!" The shop owner saw the three people coming and immediately greeted them.
Three of these elves are green elves, and only one is a blue elf. Next to the blue elf is a big agouti.
"What luck! His grandmother will probably cry when she finds out!" When Boris saw the agouti, his lips almost burst into laughter.
Obviously, this blue elf, which can only attract certain animals to live in, actually attracted a group of ordinary agoutis.
This agouti looks quite similar to an ordinary mouse, but it is the size of a rabbit, so it can be considered edible.
However, agouti's meat is fishy and woody, and most nobles will not eat it. Only commoners or serfs are willing to eat it, so this little blue elf is suffering from a loss.
"How many years do you little elves still have to be useful? How many times will you have the opportunity to recognize the master?"
"Sir, one of the three green elves has a validity of three years, and the other two only have a validity of four years. As for the blue elves, they still have a validity of seven years. There is only one chance to recognize the host.
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"what is the price?"
"Twenty-one gold coins for a green elf that lasts for three years! Twenty-eight gold coins for a green elf that lasts for four years. As for the blue elf, it's the most cost-effective, only thirty gold coins!"
"This is too expensive!" Rael frowned slightly after hearing this.
Originally, the price of a green elf that was less than five years old was basically at the level of five gold coins per year.
Because once an elf has lived for five years, the chance of transforming into a big elf is slim.
Some nobles once calculated that those who can transform from small elves to big elves almost always do so at the point of four to five years after birth, because they have absorbed enough energy by this time, and those with the talent for transformation can transform into big elves at this time.
Elf.
"Sir, the number of green elves has been scarce recently, and we bought them at a high price. There's nothing we can do about it!" The shopkeeper immediately explained after hearing this.
"Let's go take another look!" Rael was not in a hurry and continued to walk deeper into the market.
As they went deeper, they discovered a row of several shops, all of which sold elves.
Rael directly chose a store with a relatively large number of green elves. After asking, the store actually had a green elven bug with a nine-year effect and an eight-year effect. Rael immediately made up his mind to get one.
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However, these two green elves are not cheap, and they need to be sold for nine gold coins per year.
Rael immediately started discussing the price with the store owner.
Nalant took advantage of their opportunity to negotiate prices and began to look at the elves around him one by one. Most of the elves sold in these shops were non-green, accounting for almost half of them. This was slightly surprising to Nalant.
anticipation.
After all, under normal circumstances, green elves have the highest probability of appearing, while elves of other colors are rare.
"Nalant, don't be surprised. Although elves of other colors are rare, they are not stable. If you are unlucky enough to find them, they are useless. So many nobles are willing to sell them, so they may make a little profit."
"As for the green elf, many nobles are unwilling to sell it unless they have to!"
"That's it!" Nalant nodded to express his understanding.
At that moment, he also curiously began to check out these abandoned elves. To Nalant's surprise, he actually saw a yellow elf that had opened a clay mine.
Nalant tried to ask about the price, and what he got was that the clay elf still had eight years of use, and it was estimated to be around forty gold coins.
This price can probably be reduced. After all, in the eyes of the nobles of this world, clay can only be used to make some pottery or the simplest porcelain, and it cannot be sold at a high price.
"Eh!" Looking along several shops one by one, Nalant suddenly saw the second yellow elf and immediately exclaimed in surprise.
Of course, what attracted him was not the elf itself, but the mineral samples placed aside.
This ore sample is about the size of a fist, but it looks like pieces of white and transparent rock candy stuck together.
"Sir, do you like this yellow elf? This is a white crystal mine. Although the crystal is not big, it is still very beautiful!"
There was only this elf in the store where Nalant was at this time, and it seemed that the elf was only for sale.
The middle-aged man in charge of taking care of the store, a sharp-mouthed man with monkey cheeks, saw Nalant stopping to look at the elf, and immediately greeted him warmly.
After hearing this, Nalant rolled his eyes. This person might as well be talking about diamond mines. After all, he has never seen such a fine crystal mine.
Nalan did not reply immediately, but continued to search for more past life memories in his mind.
"Sir, although this elf's crystal stone is very fine, it was found only a month ago, and the price is very favorable, so buying it now is extremely cost-effective!" Seeing that Nalant did not answer, the middle-aged man also
I wasn't annoyed, but seeing that he didn't leave, I started selling him even harder.
"How much are you going to sell this little elf for?" Nalant naturally didn't believe Du's nonsense, but he finally searched his mind for all the information about this kind of mine.
While asking, he pretended to touch the ore, but secretly used his fighting spirit to break off small pieces of the ore without leaving any trace.
"Sir, because it is just a finely divided crystal mine, it is only sold for fifty gold coins each. This is two-thirds cheaper than other white crystal mines. It is absolutely cost-effective to buy it now, whether it will be used to decorate utensils or ornaments.
, they can all make a lot of money!”
"Hmm! So expensive!" Nalant frowned upon hearing this, and then put the broken ore particles into his mouth without leaving any trace.
"Bah!" The next moment, Nalant suddenly felt a bitter taste in his mouth, and then he bent over and vomited on the ground.
However, when he bent down, the sparkle in his eyes began to flash.