Time flies by, and the season has arrived in midsummer before you know it. The summer in the ice sheet is not as unbearable as the heat in the central part of the continent. Although there is also the sun's rays, it doesn't feel so hot. Walking outdoors, the breeze blows, which makes people feel a sense of dawn.
The refreshing feeling of the wind blowing on your face.
Today is the weekend. As usual, Moriarty puts aside the work at hand and spends all her time with Heyna. Because Brakada’s traditional “Summer Solstice Festival” will be held in half a month, in order to prepare some things in advance for the festival
Food and drinks, so at the suggestion of his fiancée, Moriarty roped in White and Guderian, and the four of them went to the market to make some purchases. However, when they came to the "Cheese Corner" where food shops gathered, they had not gone shopping for a long time.
The mage discovered that the pre-holiday market did not seem to be as lively or busy as he imagined. Even though some customers kept coming in and out of the Cheese Corner, they all came and went in a hurry, and most of the food purchased was not very rich, let alone like
Alcoholic beverages or luxury drinks such as hazelnut mousse candies.
"Why can't we see the purple berries shipped from the south these days? They can be used as seasoning for brown cakes!" Walking on the somewhat empty street, Heyana glanced at the shelves of the shops on both sides and said with a little disappointment:
"Look, Morty, these 'Goblin Chocolates' are also old goods from last year, and the price has gone up a lot. It's really too much."
"Really?" Following his fiancée's instructions, Moriarty's eyes swept over the price tags with mottled marks.
"Really." Haiyana nodded, and pointed to several other items with some dissatisfaction: "In addition to the things shipped from other city-states, even ordinary bread and bacon have jumped in price, and they are higher than mine.
The first time I bought it, it was already 30% more expensive.”
"Thirty percent..."
A 30% increase in the price of basic food means a huge increase in the cost of living for ordinary people.
Some people may think that an increase of 30 cents per yuan is just a small amount of money that is not worth mentioning, and it is not worth mentioning. It will not have any significant impact on their lives. But they ignore: the food prices are not aimed at the same person.
It is an abstract organization or collective, but it is really related to everyone. The number of people in a family, each additional expenditure caused by the increase in food prices will be a multiple of this number of people, and the multiplication will explode violently.
come out. But in contrast, the income source of a family is fixed for one or two people. On the other hand, food prices, as the most basic material prices in a society, have far-reaching implications for the selling prices of all other commodities.
Promoting and guiding role. In the history of any known civilization, once the price of food increases, it will be followed by a wave of uniform increases in products in all fields, without exception. It can be said that once it is launched, the whole body moves.
"Hayana, why not buy some more food and store it, our warehouse is still quite empty." As if thinking of something, Moriarty withdrew his gaze and said in a deep voice.
"That's...ok." Haiyana thought for a while and felt that there was no harm in hoarding some food at home. Anyway, the specially designed storage warehouse has a good preservation effect, and there is no need to worry about spoilage, mold and other problems.
Immediately, Haierna led the three of them to a shop that she usually went to, and started negotiating with the boss. As for her regular customers, the shop boss was willing to give a pretty good deal on the premise of large-scale shipments.
The price is favorable and can be delivered directly to your door.
"Oh, this has gone up, that has gone up too, why have the prices of drinks also gone up?!" He finally begged Heyana to agree to buy a few more bottles of imported Lester, but the dwarf still looked miserable haha
The expression: "Morty, when will the salary be paid again?"
"Salary?" Before Moriarty could respond, White beside him said angrily: "Where are the three hundred gold coins I just gave you this month?"
"Eh..." Guderian scratched his head awkwardly: "It took..."
There are also some dwarf professionals from Avili in Azurite City, who are employed by some chambers of commerce or as individual adventurers, often traveling around Brakada. As a follower of Moriarty, Guderian is considered a fellow villager.
The one who got along the best. The silver-bearded dwarf was also very respectable, so he often invited people to drink and dine.
"Then you can just sell that new hammer, it's worth a lot of wine money." White suggested, seemingly kindly.
"That's absolutely not possible!" As soon as he heard the idea of using his war hammer, Guderian immediately shook his head and hurriedly buckled the strap of the hammer behind him tightly, leaving only a tight knot.
Just a few days ago, the Silverbeard Dwarf finally waited for the magic warhammer Moriarty promised him - "Lock Calum".
Different from Guderian's previous cylindrical black iron hammer, the hammer body of the new war hammer Locke is in the shape of a streamlined spindle, with one end as flat as felt, and the other end with a cone tip. Among them, one end of the cone has a natural
The fine gold casting cone tip with armor-piercing attributes, combined with the "piercing" magic circle effect, creates a powerful destructive force that is close to the "armor-piercing" effect. And in a section of flat felt, on the hammer surface made of hematite
The improved "Huck Burning Arrow" alchemy array is densely engraved in seals. This low version of the burning array actively reduces its original one-time attack explosive power and instead adjusts it to a controllable and continuous surface burning effect. To put it simply
In other words, when a dwarf hits an enemy with the flat end, a layer of magic flame that seems to be thin but is actually extremely hot will ignite on the plane of the war hammer, and this kind of flame is exactly what it takes to deal with enemies like evil spirits.
One of the effective means of killing pure virtual spirits.
And because this warhammer, which has almost reached the pinnacle level of low-level magic weapons, when placed upright, looks like a rocket aircraft that Moriarty has seen in the old world, so he finally named the magic warhammer "Lock Gale".
After getting the magic equipment he had longed for, Guderian was so happy that he almost went crazy. In particular, the Locke Pill completely met the requirements of the dwarves for an ideal warhammer, and it was big enough, powerful enough, and heavy enough at the same time. It was simply
Guderian couldn't put it down. For several days in a row, the silver-bearded dwarf refused to let go whether he was eating or sleeping. Even when he went to the toilet, he had to squat with his precious warhammer. It was a model of fetishism.
After discussing with the shop owner for a while, Haiyana finally confirmed her order and immediately paid the deposit. Then, the four of them left the market and returned to Olympus. It was already evening. Unexpectedly, they just came.
Arriving at the garden gate, Jeffrey, who had been promoted to housekeeper, was waiting.
"Sir, Mr. Schmidt has been waiting for you for almost an hour." Jeffrey took a few steps to meet Moriarty and reported quickly.
"Oh? Dad is here?" Hearing the news, Haierna gave her fiancé a strange look. Generally speaking, if there is nothing important, mid-level mage will rarely step out of the mage tower on his own initiative.
"Well, let's go there." Moriarty nodded and quickly walked with his fiancée to the living room inside the building.
"Master Moriarty, come with me now." Seeing the two people come in, Schmidt stood up from the sofa, gave his daughter a brief hug, and then turned to Moriarty.
"Yes, Your Excellency." After hearing the mid-level mage's tone, Moriarty immediately bowed and agreed.
After walking out of the Olympus Gardens, a waiting carriage immediately approached from the far corner. Schmidt got on the carriage first, and Moriarty followed immediately.
"The dean wants to see you." After the carriage began to move slowly, Schmidt activated the soundproof array in the carriage and said in a deep voice.
"Master Dean!" Moriarty couldn't help being surprised, and he sat upright and said, "Excuse me, do you know why?"
"It's not a bad thing." The mid-level mage nodded, indicating that the other party shouldn't be so nervous: "It has something to do with your crystal activator."
"I see."
A month ago, Moriarty secretly handed over the modified version of the activator formula to the high-level mage Depra. Since then, he has not received any response from Hockenheim. Unexpectedly, dozens of days later, he would suddenly receive the Grand Arcana.
Master Figaro personally received him. Thinking about it, it was finally time to "reward based on merit".
"But besides that, there is one more thing." At this time, Schmidt suddenly said seriously again.
"What?" Moriarty leaned forward.
"Do you still remember the conversation I had with you a year ago?" The mid-level mage lowered his voice.
"Yes, I remember, about the 'South' thing." Moriarty nodded and looked at Schmidt: "And it seems to be more troublesome recently."
"Oh? What have you heard?" Hearing what his nephew said, Schmidt glanced at the nephew in surprise, frowned and asked.
"No, no." Moriarty shook his head slightly: "I just went to the Cheese Corner with Heyana and found that the price of food has risen sharply. However, there was no increase in the agriculture and animal husbandry in Bracada last year.
Despite the record of reduced production, it was still a good year for a bumper harvest. I think there is no other explanation except that the city lord's palace has begun to take the initiative to stockpile grain..." At this point, Moriarty deliberately stopped talking.
On the opposite side, the mid-level mage looked at Moriarty in surprise. Although the mid-level mage had long been familiar with Moriarty's insight and thinking ability in the fields of magic and alchemy, he never expected that he would be useful in government affairs.
My nephew is equally skilled and seasoned.
"It seems that Erathia's political education is not useless at all." Schmidt thought secretly.
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