Chapter 788: Fiery Wine
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, Gervis and Johnson entered the city, and Johnson finally bought twenty-five barrels of wine.
Gervis also gave Johnson a preferential price for the wine, that is, 30 gold coins for a pot of ordinary wine, and 100 gold coins for a pot of magic potion premium wine.
Even though this price is two or three times higher than the price sold to Sacred Trading Company, that is only the purchase price of Sacred Trading Company.
The actual selling price of the Holy Trading Company is 50 gold coins for a pot of ordinary wine and 200 gold coins for a pot of magic potion and precious wine, but there is still no demand for them.
When Gervis and others drank wine at the Leng Feicui Manor, although a pot of ordinary wine could be given for free, a potion-quality wine cost 300 yuan per pot.
The profit of one hundred gold coins was earned by Leng Feicui Manor, and the rest was earned by Sacred Trading Company.
Don't think it's expensive, because only the Holy Trading Company can go to the Holy Forest to trade wine.
The principle of the Sacred Trading Company is to give priority to large estates such as Leng Feicui, while private purchases are limited.
So even though the Leng Feicui Manor is priced a hundred gold coins higher, people who have tasted wine still go there every day because they can't taste it anywhere else. So they can only spend a little more money to satisfy their cravings at the Leng Feicui Manor.
"Thomas! Take them here to rest! We'll set off tomorrow!"
When they arrived at the side of the Temple Square in Saint Di City, they found that an area had already been cordoned off for Gervis' team to dock.
This time, because wine was being sold, even the experienced butler Thomas was brought by Gervis.
After all, when selling wine, you can't let King Gervis personally receive ordinary guests.
And it is even more impossible for those soldiers in the direct guard to understand these things. Some of them are even illiterate. Only Thomas can make Gervis feel at ease.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
This was the first time that Thomas walked out of the sacred forest and saw scenery that was different from the Eurasian continent. His eyes were full of excitement.
Thomas bowed respectfully to his Majesty, and only after his Majesty left did he continue to look around.
"Is this the Sacred Continent? It is indeed extremely luxurious! I must work hard to cultivate so that I can help His Majesty do more things in the future."
Looking at the people coming and going in the city of Saint Di, and the adventurers riding magical beasts passing by from time to time, Thomas couldn't help but encourage himself secretly.
Now he is a bronze knight, but the road ahead is still long.
Thomas's fighting spirit was specially cultivated by Gervis. At the beginning, Gervis let Thomas choose whether to cultivate magic or fighting spirit.
In the end, Thomas chose to fight, because even a flatterer like Thomas has a passionate heart and yearns for chivalry.
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After giving instructions to Thomas, Gervis followed Johnson into the temple.
The back garden of Saint Di City is actually similar to Saint Ann City in Gervis. The only difference is that there is a holy tree that is a hundred meters high.
"Come on, Gervis, lunch is ready, let's have a good meal!"
After entering an exquisite small building, Johnson took Gervais directly to the restaurant, where the long table was already filled with various delicacies.
However, there are only two chairs on the long table. It is obvious that this table of delicious food is prepared for two people.
Gervis didn't hesitate and sat down immediately and started eating with Johnson.
"Grevith, have you been preparing magic potions recently?"
Now the two of them are still familiar with each other. Johnson didn't even mention the word "city lord" of Gervis. He raised his glass and drank a glass with Gervis. After putting down the glass, he asked a question.
"Of course I am preparing it! This time I also brought a few potions to sell!"
Now that the system can exchange gold coins for energy points, Gervis will naturally not think that he has too many gold coins.
After all, 10,000 gold coins can be exchanged for a kiwi fruit, and one kiwi fruit can be made into 20 potions, which is really a huge profit.
Of course, the potions that Gervis prepared this time were all added with enough kiwi fruit. Only 10 potions were prepared for one kiwi fruit, which made the effect of the potion more significant.
As for the price, Gervis also made adjustments and set it at 10,000 gold coins per piece.
After all, few families can afford the price of thirty or forty thousand gold coins per stick, and the final result is that only those few families can afford it.
In this way, the strength of those who can afford it will become stronger and stronger, while other forces that cannot afford it will feel threatened, which will easily arouse the envy of other holy city forces.
The Holy Alliance has 108 holy city forces. It would be bad if they united to cause trouble for Gervis.
If seventy or eighty holy cities unite together, even the Sky City will have to consider it. Since Gervis plans to settle down in the Holy Continent, he must also control the future development issues.
In addition, high prices mean a small market, and even for the few companies that can afford it, their purchasing demand will gradually decrease.
Therefore, if the price is lowered so that even the middle and lower class holy cities like the Lachi family can afford it, then everyone will benefit and their attitude will be different.
The entire Holy Alliance will become stronger together and will actively protect Gervis.
Similarly, Gervis not only avoids causing dissatisfaction among the entire Holy Alliance, but also can sell more potions and earn more gold coins, which is equivalent to ten times the profit.
Even if each of those Holy City families only purchased ten, he could still earn tens of millions of gold coins, and then he could vigorously develop his own strength.
"That's great! Gervis! Did you bring the potion? I want to buy two this time!"
When Johnson heard about the medicine, he immediately smiled and asked Gervis to buy it without hesitation.
"Haha! Johnson, it seems that you have earned a lot of gold coins in the Land of God's Fall this time?"
After conquering the Land of God's Fall, the city naturally had a lot of spoils, and those natives could also be sold, Weiss couldn't help but joked.
"We did earn tens of thousands of gold coins, but compared to you, Gervis, that's just a small amount of money. It's not even as much as your several carts of wine!"
Johnson did not deny it. They were all family members, so he immediately replied with a smile.
"Tell me, Johnson! How many do you want? 10,000 gold coins each!"
"What? 10,000 gold coins per piece?"
Johnson's eyes widened, wondering if he had heard it wrong.
"Yes, from now on each one will cost 10,000 gold coins!"
Gervais smiled and nodded.
"Haha, it seems that Gervis you are also very smart!"
In an instant, Johnson figured it out. In fact, if Gervis didn't lower the price on his own initiative, Johnson would remind Gervis not to trade this magic potion publicly after purchasing it.
Because over time, the balance of the Holy Alliance will definitely be broken, and those holy cities that cannot afford potions will definitely feel threatened and unite, which will definitely cause a lot of trouble.
"Then I'll take six! Three for strengthening potions, and three for increasing mental strength! Is this enough? Gervis!"
Johnson originally prepared 70,000 gold coins to buy one of each. Now that the price of the potion has dropped by one-third, he naturally bought a few more.
"Of course! If you need it in the future, you can continue to buy from me. But City Lord Johnson, remember that the upper limit of the same potion that each person can take is three. Exceeding the limit will have side effects that will damage your physical condition!"
It was no problem for Gervis to make a guaranteed profit of 50,000 to 60,000 gold coins in one go. He immediately took out six potions and handed them to the maid standing beside him.
At the same time, he emphasized the "side effects" that he had thought about before departure.
Although Gervis was certain that few people would take such a potion continuously, he would, as a precaution, warn people who bought it in the future to prevent anyone from developing the effects of practicing both magic and martial arts.
Of course, even if someone really took strengthening potions continuously, they would have to take at least twenty of them, which is the amount of two golden kiwi fruits, to reach the lower limit of practicing both magic and martial arts.
"Okay! I remember that! Gervis! But I will definitely not give such a precious potion to the same person, haha!"
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After the maid carefully handed the potion to Johnson, the two of them continued to eat and drink.
After eating and drinking, Johnson, as the host, had nothing to do so he took Gervis to stroll around the city of Saint Di.
Looking at the prosperous city of Saint Di, Gervis was thinking in his mind whether he should allow the lords from Eurasia to enter Saint Ann City after he returns and let them come to adventure.
At that time, it will not only drive the prosperity of Saint Ann City, but also strengthen the strength of the Eurasian continent.
After all, the stronger the title knights of Eurasia are, the stronger Gervis will be in the future.
Such thoughts naturally stem from Gervis's self-confidence. He does not have to worry that the people of Eurasia will become stronger and affect his rule, because he can always become stronger faster than others.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Just as Gervis and the others turned a corner, they saw four or five blacksmith shops, all of which were run by dwarven blacksmiths.
Gervis couldn't help but stop when he walked here.
"Why, Gervis, are you interested in dwarven blacksmithing?"
Seeing Gervis stop, Johnson also stopped and joked to Gervis.
"Johnson, why are there so many dwarven blacksmith shops in your city of Saint Di?"
Gervis thought of his own city of Saint Ann and the gathering place. The forging of weapons and armor was basically done by Bernard and a few experienced blacksmiths.
However, the blacksmithing skills of Eurasia still remained at the level of two hundred years ago. Even though Bernard had learned some advanced forging methods from the church, they were still incomparable to those of the Holy Continent. Not to mention the dwarf blacksmiths in the Holy Continent whose forging skills were well-known.
Gervis summoned the nightmare to show Bernard some time ago. Bernard directly stated that the dwarves' forging technology was really incomparable to theirs.
Gervis has also always wanted to find a few dwarves to go to the gathering place or St. Ann City to help forge weapons, and let Bernard learn by the way.
Now seeing these dwarf blacksmiths, Gervis just remembered it.
"Oh, these blacksmiths were sent by the dwarves. We have an agreement with the dwarves. They will send varying numbers of blacksmiths to our city to help us forge various weapons and armor for a fee. In return, we will open the God's Fall Passage to them and provide them with various mineral materials in the God's Fall Land."
"In fact, other holy cities are just like mine. You will also see these dwarves."
"The dwarves you see now are specially sent by me to come to Saint Ann City to face all adventurers. There are actually more than ten dwarves who help me forge weapons and equipment, as well as dozens of apprentices. They are all in my Holy City!"
Johnson did not hide anything. When he heard Gervis' question, he immediately answered Gervis in detail.
"There is such a thing, Johnson. Are there any free dwarven blacksmiths? Does it mean that wherever the dwarves open a blacksmith shop is managed by their tribesmen?"
Gervis had seen a few dwarf blacksmith shops in the City of Hope, but not many in number. He did not expect that there were four blacksmith shops in the City of Saint Di alone.
"Grevith, do you also want to recruit a few dwarf blacksmiths in Saint Ann City?"
Johnson immediately understood what Gervais was thinking and spoke with a smile.
"Of course there are free dwarven blacksmiths, and the dwarves will not control where their people go!"
"However, dwarves love to drink and are relatively lazy. If they have wine to drink, they will not work at all!"
"So, it's hard to find free dwarves like that. Even if there are any, they basically settle in the major holy cities. After all, dwarven blacksmiths never lack customers. What they really lack is their enthusiasm for forging."
"These dwarven blacksmiths you see now came here because they were assigned tasks by their tribe. They forge iron tools every day as if they were working on a job! A new batch will be replaced in a year!"
Johnson gave Gervis another long explanation, telling him how difficult it was to hire a dwarf to open a blacksmith shop in St. Ann's City.
After hearing this, Gervis finally understood why there were tens of millions of dwarves but so few shops in the Holy Alliance.
It turns out that the dwarves are a group of drunkards. Drunkards are naturally not very hardworking. They only remember to work when they have no money to buy alcohol or food.
What's more, the dwarves' forging skills are very popular, so even if they are so lazy, they don't have to worry about the source of money for their next meal.
Therefore, there are very few dwarves who walk freely and open blacksmith shops in the Holy Alliance.
Basically, except for a few main cities of the Holy City, all other dwarven-forged weapons and equipment are forged in the Flaming Hills and then sold by the dwarves to caravans, which then bring them back to the Holy Continent for sale.
However, Gervis also thought of one thing at the same time. Since dwarves love drinking so much, then he could use wine as a lure to dig a few dwarves to St. Ann's City. This should not be a problem, and Gervis had thought of this a long time ago.
"Grevith, are you thinking of using your wine as a lure to get a few dwarves to open a blacksmith shop in your city of Saint Ann?"
Johnson saw Gervis's beaming face, as if there was a worm in his stomach, and immediately asked with a strange expression.
"What's wrong? Isn't this okay?"
After hearing Johnson's question and seeing the strange expression, Gervis knew that there must be something fishy going on, and his heart skipped a beat.
"I knew you were thinking that! Haha! Of course not!"
Johnson looked like he couldn't help laughing.
"It's not your fault. After all, you have only been in the Holy Continent for a short time!"
As he spoke, Johnson shifted his gaze to a dwarf in front of the blacksmith shop.
"Quitie!"
"What's wrong, Lord Johnson, do you have something to talk to me about?"
When the dwarf heard Johnson's shout, he immediately stopped the hammer in his hand and asked Johnson in a rough voice.
"My friend is very interested in your dwarven firebrew. Can you pour some for me? Just a small cup will do!"
Johnson smiled and spoke to the dwarf.
"Of course! Lord Johnson, your friend is a man of class!"
The dwarf named Kuitieqiu looked at Gervis, who was also milligrams, and immediately replied.
After that, he washed his hands, went into the house and got a small wooden cup, and then scooped a small spoonful of white wine from the wooden barrel beside him! (End of this chapter)
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