Chapter 791: Making a Fortune!
It was the morning of the fourth day when Gervis arrived in the City of Hope.
Today, everything in the outer city of the City of Hope is normal, and civilians still lead a busy life day after day.
But the situation in the inner city is completely different. Today, the main road in the inner city is crowded with traffic, and there are teams of luxurious convoys passing by.
After these luxurious carriages drove out from their respective manors, they were heading in surprisingly consistent directions.
Today is the day that Gervis has agreed to start selling wine and magic potions.
In order to allow the Holy City forces enough time to prepare gold coins, Gves specially gave them four days.
Early in the morning, twenty direct guards riding lava lizards were on duty in two rows at the gate of Welton Manor.
The butler Thomas was waiting for the guests at the door with more than a dozen servants.
"The representative of Sky City—Count Silas has arrived!"
As the first carriage on the street arrived at the gate of the manor, Thomas immediately recognized the identity of the visitor from the badge on the carriage.
He immediately shouted at the top of his voice, and then quickly came to the carriage door with several servants carrying copper plates and towels.
"Earl Silas, you are welcome to Welton Manor!"
When the carriage door opened, Thomas bowed respectfully and greeted Silas.
Several male servants quickly brought a warm and wet towel and handed it to Silas respectfully.
"Haha! It turns out to be Butler Thomas. Why is there such a scene? This is too polite!"
Silas is a distant uncle of Adela. As a representative of Sky City stationed in the City of Hope, his status is naturally not low.
But Silas dared not neglect Gervis in the slightest.
Not only is Gervis good friends with Edward and an ally of Sky City, but he is also the maker of magical potions, Welton's mentor, and the father of magicians' spiritual power. These titles are enough to make people dare not underestimate him.
The most important thing is that Gervis is a famous god of death. Even Duke Hulton of the Golden Shield family was beaten into a dog by him. So when Silas got out of the car, only Thomas came to greet him. He gave him enough face and did not put on airs at all.
"Count Silas! Sky City is Stormwind City's best ally, and you are my master's most distinguished guest! We must be polite and not neglect you!"
Although Thomas was visiting the City of Hope for the first time, as a smart butler, he was able to receive guests with ease after learning the general information. He immediately praised Silas respectfully.
Then Thomas stretched out his arm and made a gesture of invitation: "Count Silas, please come in!"
Silas said nothing more and walked towards the manor under the guidance of two servants.
After Silas left, another team of carriages and horses came from behind and stopped at the gate of the manor.
"The representative of the Holy City of Heka, Earl Bolton is here!"
It has to be said that Thomas put in a lot of hard work. Just by simply delivering gifts, he memorized the emblems of these families and the names of their representatives. When greeting the guests, he could read out the identities of the visitors and the families they belonged to without any mistakes.
Next, representatives from the Holy City forces arrived at the gate of Welton Manor one after another. Half an hour later, a total of 107 Holy Cities sent people here, but the Golden Shield Family was the only one that did not receive an invitation.
Even the allies of the Golden Shield Family came after receiving the invitation, because they could not resist the temptation of ten thousand gold coins for a magical potion.
When all the representatives from the holy city arrived, the atmosphere in the manor became more and more heated.
At this time, in the square outside the manor building, representatives from the holy cities were chatting in groups. Although they had been waiting for a while, they did not become anxious.
Because there are many long tables around the square, on which are placed a lot of delicious food and fine wine.
Especially the fine wine, or grape wine, the representatives of the holy city were holding silver cups in their hands and tasting it continuously.
If possible, they would rather stay in the square for the whole day. After all, wine is something that people cannot drink as freely as they do now, even if they have money, in other places.
“It should be about the same!”
Gervis stood in front of the window of the small building, looking at the representatives of the Holy City below who had already drunk a lot of wine and finally decided to come out.
"Lord Gervis!"
"Lord Gervis!"
When Gervis walked out of the door of the small building, the representatives of the Holy City immediately spotted him and came up to him, bowing and greeting him respectfully.
Gervis smiled and nodded to the representatives, then went straight to the platform in front of the square.
"It is an honor for you all to come to the manor today. I was busy with some personal matters just now, so I was unable to come out to entertain you immediately. Please don't blame me!"
Gervis came to the stage and bowed politely to everyone before he began to apologize.
"Haha! Lord Gervis is joking! We still need Lord Gervis's generous hospitality!"
The representatives below naturally didn't take it seriously, and many of them had already drunk enough to have red faces.
"Then I won't delay any longer! Let's officially start today's sale! First, let's sell the magic potion!"
"Lord Gervis! We in the Holy City of Carrodo want to buy five strengthening potions and two mental potions!"
"Lord Gervis, we in the Holy City of Bolton want to buy six strengthening potions and three mental potions!"
"Lord Gervis, we in Heka Holy City want to purchase three enhanced..."
As soon as Gervis finished speaking, the representatives immediately started shouting. The magic potion was the most important goal today.
And because the medicine was surprisingly cheap, the representatives didn't worry that those who were slow would miss out on buying it due to a shortage of supply.
Seeing this, Gervis still had a smile on his face and waved to everyone.
"Everyone, I know what you are worried about, but your worries are completely unnecessary. In order to take the overall strength of the Holy Alliance to a higher level, I have an absolutely sufficient reserve of magical potions this time!"
Gervis immediately spoke to dispel everyone's concerns, and then waved to Thomas who was not far away.
Soon, twenty direct guards, led by Thomas, walked out of the gate of the small building. Each of them carried a large box and slowly came to the platform, then carefully placed the box on the ground.
At this time, each representative had already guessed what was in the boxes and they all stared at them closely, holding their breath.
Snap!
The next moment, twenty soldiers from the direct guard opened the boxes directly in front of the representatives of the Holy City.
The magical potion in the box, which looked like a colorful crystal column, was presented to everyone without reservation.
"Hiss! So many!"
"What a tempting treasure!
The representatives from the Holy City felt their breath catch in their throat after seeing the objects in the wooden box.
Each of these boxes is divided into small squares, and contains at least dozens of potions.
This is a huge difference from the original scene where only five or six potions were auctioned each time, so the representatives of the Holy City no longer have to worry about not having enough potions.
"Everyone, this is the magical potion I prepared this time! A total of one thousand, including seven hundred for strengthening the body and three hundred for increasing mental strength!"
"So, don't worry about not being able to buy the medicine. Now, I will ask my butler Thomas to complete the next transaction with you!"
As he spoke, Gervis walked to the side of the platform, picked up the wine prepared for him and looked down.
"Dear distinguished guests, these magical potions are priced at 10,000 gold coins each. Please come and trade with me!"
Next, representatives from the holy city flocked to Thomas at the edge of the platform, scrambling to buy the magic potion.
In such a frenzy of buying, many holy cities originally only ordered four or five, but after seeing the number of purchases by other holy cities, they immediately gritted their teeth and increased their purchase quantity. As the orders were completed one by one, the representatives of these holy cities delivered boxes of gold coins and treasure chests to the platform.
In just half an hour, more than 800 gold coin boxes were piled up on Gervis's platform!
These boxes are of uniform specifications, and the gold coins in one box are approximately equal to 10,000 pieces.
Of course, Gervis couldn't count them one by one, so he asked the guards to open the box to confirm their authenticity, and then carried them all into the small building.
Overall, the quantity of medicines sold this time not only met Gervis' expectations, but even exceeded them by a lot.
Originally, Gervis estimated that these holy cities could purchase more than 600 potions, but now there are more than 200 more.
Of course, this has something to do with the layout of the Gvest Land.
For example, he deliberately decorated the square like a banquet, and provided free wine for everyone to drink. Then he started selling it after all the representatives gathered.
He did this to stir up everyone's desire to scramble to buy. Although those who could become representatives of the Holy City were all cunning and treacherous, the stimulation of alcohol and the impact of the thousands of medicines in front of them prompted them to buy as many as possible.
"Thank you to all the holy cities for your recognition of the magical potion! I wish that your holy cities will become even stronger after using my potion!"
"Moreover, these two magical potions will be in long-term supply in the future. If you want to buy them, you can directly send someone to Saint Ann City in the God's Falling Land to buy them. I will tell you the specific location of Saint Ann City later!"
"The matter of the magic potion is now over. Now we are moving on to the wine sales that you are all very interested in."
Because he earned more than 8 million gold coins, Gervis' smile became even brighter.
After the guards carried away the wooden boxes in the field, he put down his wine glass, stood in front of the podium again and began to speak.
"I will not explain the taste of wine to you any more! Now I will tell you about the price of wine!"
"There are two kinds of wine. Ordinary wine costs 50 gold coins per pot, and magic potion wine costs 200 gold coins per pot! Each barrel of wine has 25 pots!"
"Dear representatives, since the amount of wine is still limited this time, each family is limited to purchasing ten barrels! Among them, only one barrel of rare wine can be purchased!"
"But don't worry, in a few months, the wine will be available continuously. I guarantee you will be able to drink delicious wine every day."
"Now, if you want to buy wine, just ask Thomas to place your order!"
After that, Gervis handed the sale over to Thomas.
The representatives were even more lavish in purchasing the wine.
In just ten minutes, Thomas recorded the amount of wine purchased by all the holy cities.
This time, all 107 holy cities, without exception, purchased ten barrels. However, due to the limited supply of magic potions and precious wines, each household could only purchase one barrel.
The total amount of gold coins obtained from the sale of the wine reached a huge amount of 1.7 million.
Although the sales amount of wine is four times that of medicine, the cost of wine is lower than that of medicine, it has a wider audience and can be sold every two or three months.
It can be imagined that with such a source of wealth, the rise of Stormwind is just around the corner.
Of course, Gervis hasn't received the gold coins for the wine yet. His wine needs to be delivered to the door, and they will pay only after it reaches the holy city garrisons.
In fact, if Gervis had not done this, perhaps many holy cities would not have been able to purchase the full ten barrels of wine.
Because the previous sale of magical potions by Gervis had caused many representatives of the Holy City to empty their prepared gold coins.
But when the representatives heard Thomas say that the goods could be delivered to their door and they would pay in gold coins at the later time, they bought ten barrels without any pressure.
A barrel of rare wine and nine barrels of ordinary wine only cost 16,000 gold coins. If they don't drink the wine themselves, they can just transport the wine back to their respective holy cities and sell it to the upper class people, and they can definitely make one or two times the money.
Worst case scenario, they can drink half and sell the other half, and then they can drink the wine 'for free'.
As long as the supply of wine is not enough to satisfy the entire Holy Alliance, they can continue to do this and enjoy the wine 'for free'.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with Gervis. He does not have a network like the Holy Trading Company that covers the entire Holy Alliance.
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"Thomas! You performed very well today!"
In the lobby of the small building, Gervis sat on the sofa with a wine glass in his hand, while Thomas stood respectfully in front of him, also holding a silver cup in his hand.
The sale of wine and magic potions had come to an end, and Gervase had made a fortune.
Those Holy City forces also got what they wanted, and the representatives of the Holy City left contentedly.
For this purpose, Gervey specially called Thomas, the outstanding butler, to praise him and rewarded him with a glass of precious wine to drink with him.
"This is because of your wise command, my master. Without you, I would not have been able to complete today's task perfectly!"
A familiar smell, the familiar Thomas flattery echoed in the hall.
"Well, since you put it that way, then I'll take it as my contribution! I was originally planning to reward you with a magical beast mount after returning, but it looks like I can save the reward now!"
Gervis nodded suddenly and spoke to Thomas slowly.
"Well……!"
Thomas was originally proud of his skill with the horse, but he didn't expect to hear Gervis' words. He suddenly felt that he had missed an opportunity in life and stood there in a daze! "Master! This... that... Actually, I may have contributed a little bit..."
Thomas pleaded to Gervis in a low voice with a painful expression on his face. , "Haha! Okay, put away your painful expression! I will reward you with a magical beast mount when we return to Saint Ann City this time!"
Gervis was amused by Thomas's expression and stopped teasing him immediately.
"Yes, thank you, Master. You are the eagle of the sky, the greatest and wisest master..."
(End of this chapter)
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