Palermo's mule and horse market is in the neighborhood near the entrance to the north city. It's very close. Before Woody even got close, he could smell the unpleasant smell of feces mixed with human sweat in the air. This was different from the salty smell at the beach.
The wet fishy smell, if you want to describe it, is more like dried mice.
On weekdays, most of the native people of Palermo would stay away from it, because it makes them feel no different from the farmers in the small town. It is full of pastoral flavor, not fragrant, but a stench that can only be smelled in the countryside.
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They have complained about this mule and horse market more than once, suggesting whether it could be moved outside the city or placed in a slum area, but in the end nothing happened. After all, business travelers and mules and horses in the trading area are an integral part of it.
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Asenland, like most planes, most of the creatures you can see in the mule and horse market are horses, mules, donkeys, and a small number of cattle.
After all, the mounts of truly powerful professionals either use the expertise of the profession itself to summon special mounts, or there are better choices than horses. As Woody knows, some barbarian tribes in the North will raise some platehorn sheep.
Those who live in the mountains will even try to tame the flying crow, but the most outrageous thing is that some paladins will form a contract with the kind-hearted dragon.
Woody remembered that one country in the plane of Terra even had a special advanced profession called the Silver Dragon Knight. Coincidentally, the group of Githyanki who resembled pirates in the star realm also signed a contract with Tiamat, and countless
Red dragons at the youth level will be recruited to serve in the star realm for hundreds of years and employ child labor. This is...
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Woody stepped into this neighborhood where horses were neighing. The road was covered with black mud formed by feces and dirt. Stepping on it would cause a layer of dirt to stick to your shoes, and there were two sides of the road that could accommodate two carriages.
There were all open-air animal stalls, and a few of them were covered, but the ones were often very large and were permanently stationed in Palermo's mule and horse stables. The open-air animal stall closest to him was sparsely tied.
There were a dozen horses and a few obviously much smaller donkeys or mules, and three people were leaning on the stables, two were chatting, and one was concentrating on combing the horses' manes.
Woody walked directly towards the nearest animal pen. He had no intention of finding a satisfactory mount here, he just needed a simple transportation tool.
In his opinion, as for the mount, it is best to master the spell of summoning the mount in the conjuration system once and for all. It can come and go as soon as it is summoned. There is no need to worry about being abducted or dying in a crisis midway.
Awkward situation on foot.
But he still had to choose. Rather than a horse breed, he hoped to pick a fine traveling horse with plateau pedigree, which would be beneficial to his subsequent journey north.
However, he took a casual glance and found that most of the stables were small and typical mountain horses. There were no traveling horses that he wanted, so he chose to quickly pass by the next house.
But perhaps it was the equipment on his body and his face that, although somewhat mature, was still childish, attracted unnecessary conversation.
Just when he was about to quickly visit the third open-air animal pen, he was about to go to the one with a shed to try his luck.
A voice sounded in his ear.
"Sir, do you want to buy a horse?"
Woody turned his head slightly and saw a young man with slightly curly blond hair facing him with a smile on his face. Judging from his clothing, he was among the group of people wearing linen shirts with hay stuffed in the gaps.
The groom was out of place and was wearing rare silk clothes and trousers, no different from a minor nobleman.
"What's the matter?"
Faced with the conversation, Woody replied calmly. At the same time, he glanced at the other stables and frowned. Just now, he realized that it was not that the mule and horse market in Palermo did not have horses that were particularly suitable for traveling in the North.
All the traveling horses were swept away not long ago by a wealthy man from the North. I heard that they were used as options for hauling goods, and the horses here were all left over by him. No wonder there is not one left.
"I just heard the conversation between you and that friend. I heard that you wanted to buy a traveling horse. I happened to have one that had been eliminated. It used to be a retired military horse. If you don't mind, I can
Sell it to you, it’s just the price, it may be higher.”
Speaking of this, the blond man seemed to be afraid that Woody would be anxious, so he stressed.
"But the market is like this now. There are no horses in Palermo. Southerners don't lie to Southerners. If the circus hadn't left today, I really wouldn't be in a hurry to go out. At least the next batch of traveling horses will be added to the mule and horse market.
Now, the horse I have in my hand is the only one, and Aisha has a strong physique and strong limbs. You will be satisfied after reading the package."
"Okay, where is the horse."
Woody didn't listen to his sales promotion, but from what he said, the horse named Aisha seemed to be really good. It not only had plateau blood, was strong and strong, had a strong personality, but also had a lot of endurance. It was usually a good horse.
It was used to pull goods at the circus, but this time they replaced it with a dragon beast that was better and more attractive to customers, so the horses were naturally freed up for sale.
"It's not far away, come with me."
After going around several animal pens, Woody finally saw the "Elsa" the animal trainer called "Elsa" in a small stable in the corner.
"Come! Girl, let him take a good look at you, be good! He will be a good master." The trainer named Quinn said happily while stroking the neck of the horse that stuck out its head.
As he said, what emerged from the darkness was a pure-blooded plateau horse, more than two meters tall, with fur as black as ink, tall and burly, and very good-looking. If there were no flames coming out of the hooves and mouth, it would be very difficult to see the horse.
It is easily reminiscent of the terrifying nightmare horse summoned by the death knight, and it also gives people a feeling of a pearl covered in dust in this small and dark stable. But what surprised Woody even more is that this traveling horse
, the good one was a bit too much, something was wrong. He couldn't help but touch it, and it was smooth and supple. The black horse was also very docile, and there was no huge sense of oppression at all, but Woody still found the flaw in it.
"Are you satisfied?" The curly-haired man with a smile on his face, who called himself Quinn, looked at the surprise in the corner of Woody's eyes. He didn't care about Woody's temptation. There was only that confident smile on his thin cheeks. In this regard, he believed that no one
Being able to reject this traveling horse, the best among the best, is also a card in the circus, if not for...
"Okay, how much is it?" It was still the cold and indifferent voice, but Quinn had long been used to it, and he also quoted a price that he was extremely satisfied with.
"Two hundred gold coins. As long as two hundred gold coins, Aisha will be yours, and I can leave with the leader at ease." Quinn said with a happy face, having already hammered the final hammer in his heart. After all, according to past experience
, he should pay for it obediently.
"Two hundred gold coins, a good price, but I shouldn't be the first person you want to sell to." For some reason, the man's voice became a little hoarse, or a little teasing, and Kui was carried away by the success.
Enze said with a compliment.
"Of course, sir, there are very few people as wealthy as you who can spend 200 gold coins to buy a horse. Those poor people can't even buy a hair from Elsa."
"Really? Haha, okay, take it."
"Thank you, sir, for being so generous. However, before the sale, the group leader said that in order to prevent transaction disputes, we have to go to the notary office."
"But don't worry, I'll pay you the handling fee."
As soon as the voice fell, Quinn found a bag of gold coins thrown into his hand, which contained exactly two hundred gold coins. He immediately nodded with joy, but he didn't finish. He showed an embarrassed look and said, "During the notarization,
When trading livestock with information, both parties must pay an amount equivalent to 5% of the value as a handling fee for supplying the livestock to the market.
"no problem."
Woody thought for a while and nodded again, without any objection.
Soon, the two of them walked out of the notary office in the mule and horse market, which is specially used for payment procedures and delivery procedures. In addition to paying a handling fee, the transaction between both parties is legally binding. The party who breaches the contract will be punished, and
It's a different kind of contract, guaranteed by the city's reputation.
Soon, on the parchment that had recorded Elsa's horse information, the previous owner's name was erased, and the horse named Elsa was also owned by Woody.
However, he did not go to get the horse immediately. Instead, he looked at the back of the horse seller with an interesting smile on his lips.
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"Get rich, hehe."
Quinn, or Paislin, was walking in the alleys of the trade district, touching the bulging bag at his waist with joy, a look of satisfaction on his face.
Originally, he just wanted to sell it for fifty gold coins as usual and then stop, but today's situation is like the God of Wealth coming to his door. No, he still underestimated the God of Wealth. It should be said that it is a treasure from heaven.
Two hundred gold coins were paid without any counter-offer, and the deal was concluded directly.
Oh! My God, by all gods! This is not a dream!
If there weren't too many people nearby, he would have wanted to make a prairie dog's cry on the spot.
What a fool. He is probably a stupid nobleman who cannot get any territory and can only bring some money to act as a wandering knight.
Paislin thought happily, and at the same time, he stuffed the money bag more carefully into his arms without hanging it on his waist. Although the trade area is much safer than the dock area, it is better to be cautious just in case.
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After all, the money was enough for him to repay the debt from gambling losses and still have a slight surplus.
But who would have thought that the bag contained not 200 silver coins, but 200 gold coins.
Paislin, who had received such a huge sum of money for the first time, could not suppress the thoughts in his mind.
He is now so grateful for the way he discovered to make money that the casino staff who tricked him into pawning off rare items when he was gambling for the first time to repay the debt no longer hold a grudge.
Of course, I am most grateful to my father who was an animal trainer. Without the precious treasure he left behind - an agate war horse statue.
This magical object not only allowed him to find a position as an equestrian performer in the circus, but in the past few months, he traveled with the circus to various city-states. During the tour, he could eat, drink and have fun without any scruples, and casino hookups were commonplace.
After all, the horse summoned by a magic statue and the method of selling it to extract money on the last day before leaving the city are simply a genius idea.
The money comes in much faster than performing equestrian performances in a circus for a group of country bumpkins and peasant-like little aristocrats who have never seen the world.
Moreover, he also specially selected young adventurer buyers. With this set of rules, combined with the war horse summoned by the onyx war horse statue, it is simply an invincible weapon.
It's a pity that a city can only do this once, otherwise, it is likely to cause unnecessary trouble. After all, the statue in his hand can only summon black horses. It would be great if the color can be changed at will, but unfortunately it is fixed.
Thinking of this, Paislin couldn't help but sigh, as if he was sad that the field of leeks he could harvest was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, looking reluctant and sad.
But on the way, as he went to the casinos, taverns, and shops in the trade area, and squandered the gold coins given by Woody, his mood slowly improved again, and he chose to return to the circus station.
By that time, the tents that had been set up in the past had long since been dismantled, and the people in the circus were very busy, moving things and loading cages into trucks.
Many acquaintances couldn't help but urge him after seeing him.
"Little Paislin, come and help."
"Where have you been? Paislin, and where is your horse? I didn't see your horse in the stable!"
"The leader is calling you to come back and see him, Paislin."
Faced with these greetings, Paislin brushed away the curly hair on his forehead rather dissatisfiedly, blew upwards, and said perfunctorily.
"I know, I know, don't worry, I will bring Aisha over when she gets on the boat."
The cooldown time for summoning a war horse is a full twenty-four hours. Although the duration is also twenty-four hours, the next summons will have to wait until eight o'clock tonight, but by this time the circus ship should have already sailed away from Paris.
Lemo, let alone 200 gold coins at that time, even 1,000 gold coins could not stop a ship leaving the port.
While Paislin was calculating in his mind when would be the best time to summon Aisha, he was also muttering to himself about what the bad old man, the leader, was looking for him to do.
Could it be that the gambling incident was discovered? That shouldn’t be the case. He always hid it very well and usually went out from the hotel to gamble in the middle of the night.
It was originally out of curiosity, but after having sustainable financial resources, he became very reckless and used the horse sales limit in every city he visited without any scruples.
His walk was neither fast nor slow, but in this circus with fifty people including the helpers, it still took him a little time to find the leader. He was about to say hello, but saw the leader Kuruman next to him.
Standing behind people.
He immediately froze in place, because that person was none other than the young man who had just given him two hundred gold coins.
