Merlin laughed and said, "The gold coins you gave me are not enough. I allow you to live in my villa, but you must pay for accommodation and food!"
"The accommodation fee is ten gold coins per night. Do you think this is the imperial palace?"
"This is my home. I set the price. As for the food expenses, one meal will be ten gold coins. Add some other expenses, and you only need to pay me fifty gold coins a day." Merlin said after counting on his fingers.
"Fifty gold coins?" Scarlett wasn't even sleepy anymore. She looked at Merlin. This guy was just robbing. What kind of accommodation required fifty gold coins?
"Even if it's a pig, a meal won't cost ten gold coins!"
"I'm giving you this at a discount."
Merlin snorted and asked Stacy to get a plate of spicy lemon passion fruit chicken feet and beggar's chicken.
Stacy obediently did it, and Merlin picked up the chopsticks he had made, picked up a piece of sour and spicy lemon passion fruit chicken feet and stuffed it into Scarlett's mouth.
Woo——
Scarlett was angry. What did this guy feed her? But after chewing it twice, I was instantly conquered by the taste of the sour and spicy lemon passion fruit chicken feet, and my apple-like little face showed an expression of enjoyment.
"Is it tasty?"
"Good!"
"The piece you ate is worth one gold coin, and you can eat as much as you want of this food during the three meals I provide. Do you still think ten gold coins are expensive for a meal?"
Scarlett wanted to grab another chicken foot with her hands, but Merlin quickly took the plate away and said at the same time.
"Very good, you owe me another gold coin."
"You forced this on me. It doesn't count, it doesn't count!" Scarlett was about to cry. What's wrong with this guy? Why did he calculate the money so clearly?
Merlin snorted twice. "You can't get something for nothing here. If you want to live in my house and eat such delicious food during meal time, you have to pay the corresponding price!"
After listening to Merlin's words, Scarlett looked at the plate of spicy lemon passion fruit chicken feet in his hand, swallowed her saliva and asked, "So, what's the price?"
"It's all yours! If you want to eat and live here, you have to work and earn money to pay off your debts!" Merlin pointed to the factory outside.
Scarlett struggled a little. All she wanted to do now was sleep, but after tasting the sour and spicy lemon passion fruit chicken feet, she wanted to continue eating. This was the most delicious thing she had ever eaten in her life.
She never thought that one day she would have a desire for food.
"Okay! I'll work! I'll pay off my debt!" Scarlett couldn't help it.
Merlin smiled evilly when he saw her like this, and placed the plate of spicy lemon passion fruit chicken feet in front of Scarlett. "Very good, it's yours. I'll let Stacy assign you a job later."
Scarlett reached out and started eating without saying a word.
Stacy looked at Merlin with some concern. "Is it really okay to do this? Senior Scarlett is the dean's granddaughter."
"I'm doing this for her own good. How can she sleep all the time at her age? She should contribute to society. This is also a test for her. The dean can't thank me enough. By the way, the plate of spicy lemon passion fruit chicken feet was outside of meal times. There are twenty chicken feet in a plate. Don't forget to keep a record for her. She owes 20 gold coins." Merlin wiped his hands with the towel handed to him by Stacy.
"......"
Stacy looked at Scarlett with some pity as she was enjoying the sour and spicy lemon passion fruit chicken feet.
"So what kind of work should we assign to Scarlett-senpai?"
"The heavier and more tiring the work, the better. Let her do it wherever there is a need for manpower. Since she is the dean's granddaughter, her magic level must be very high. If it is not possible, take her to find Garant and help build bridges and roads."
Merlin would definitely not let a guy who only eats for free live in her villa. She would make Scarlett owe her money forever so that she can be firmly bound to him. As the granddaughter of a demigod, it would be foolish not to use such resources.
Moreover, it seems that this guy's brain is not fully developed and he is easy to fool. It must be because he sleeps too much.
Gene ran to Merlin and said breathlessly, "Boss Merlin, all the black tea you requested has been picked."
"Oh? Let me see."
"It's all here."
After Gene took out a few space rings and injected magic power into them, basket after basket of picked black tea appeared in front of Merlin.
Merlin picked up the tea leaves with one bud and two leaves and one bud and three leaves, pinched them gently between his thumb and index finger, put them in front of his nose and sniffed them carefully, then nodded gently, "Although the quality is not excellent, it is also top-notch. I am very satisfied with these black teas. If they are all of this quality, I am willing to buy them all."
Gene rubbed his hands excitedly when he heard Merlin's words. "Boss, what's the purchase price?"
The price of this kind of freshly picked high-quality black tea leaves on the market is about eight silver coins per pound. What Merlin needs is roasted dry tea. Generally, five pounds of fresh tea leaves can be roasted into one pound of dry tea.
Merlin couldn't possibly offer eight silver coins per pound, so he pondered for a moment and asked, "How much did the tea mountain in the Arcane City cost?"
Gene said without hesitation, "Five silver coins per pound. I heard they plan to offer four silver and five bronze coins this year."
What the hell? So cruel? At this price you can only buy the lowest quality fresh tea outside.
"How about this, I'll give you 1 gold coin per pound." The price Merlin gave directly shocked Gene. This price was already the purchase price for a pound of top-quality fresh tea. The tea they planted obviously could not reach this level, and there was even a big gap with this level.
When Gene heard the offer, he was extremely excited. "Boss, are you serious? This is too high. No, no!"
"Don't talk yet. Listen to me. I have a requirement for the price I give you. You have to send the tea leaves to the tea factory I'm going to build for free and fry the fresh tea leaves into dry tea."
Merlin continued, "The extra money can be regarded as extra wages for tea frying. The process of tea frying is not difficult. I think there should be many students in the Beastmaster Academy who know this skill."
Gene was even more excited. "Oh my god, Mr. Merlin, you are so kind to us. Not only did you buy our tea at a high price, but you also provided us with jobs... I really don't know what to say."
Gene burst into tears when he said this. He actually wanted to help his junior schoolmates who came from poor families to make money and increase their income, but unfortunately he didn't have the ability to do so and could only worry.
But now, since Merlin came to the Beast Taming Academy, the younger students have lived a happy life and have earned a lot of gold coins. Merlin is giving these poor students a chance to increase their income.
How could Gene, who was only trying to help his juniors, not be excited? He held Merlin's hand tightly. He had countless words to say in his heart, but when he came to his lips, he could only keep saying thank you, thank you.
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