"Eduotu, when will this mysterious friend of yours come back?"
Sitting on the main seat in the hall, Gio asked Edotu, his tone obviously a little anxious.
"This... patriarch, he said before leaving Tianfeng City that he would be back within six months at the latest." Edotu replied helplessly.
Since Yi Yun left, Gio always called him in for questioning from time to time. In the first three months, he was called every ten days. From the fourth month on, he was called every three days.
, called once every four days, but until now, it was called twice a day in the morning and evening. Gio didn't need to find anyone to call him, he knew he had to come by himself.
Being able to receive such attention from the family patriarch is far beyond what his current position, a senior deacon, can receive, and Edotu has become a popular figure in the Genos family overnight.
When everyone in the family saw that he was so favored by the patriarch, everyone was jealous. The other senior deacons with the same position as him were even more shocked and jealous, wishing that the person the patriarch summoned every day was not him, but themselves.
Despite this, Eduotu did not feel any joy in his heart, but felt deeply helpless.
Of course, Gio didn't come to him to drink tea and chat. Every time he saw him, he only asked the same question: "Is he back?". And his answer was exactly the same every time, "Still not."
, it will be soon, maybe I will be back tomorrow...".
He has been saying the same thing for more than half a year, and now he has to come to the patriarch every day and say the same thing twice in the morning and evening. He is really helpless...
"Hmm, half a year? Eduotu, half a year ago today, it happened to be the day when you would bring those twenty magic weapons back to the family. I didn't expect that I would have to wait for half a year." Ji.
Ou said calmly.
During the Edo Tu expedition, I didn’t expect that the clan leader would remember the date so clearly.
"Sit down, don't be too cautious!" After Eduotu sat down, Jiou said again: "Eduotu, this clan leader has said it several times. From now on, whenever my clan leader asks you to come to the conference hall to discuss matters, I don't need to
He said, just find a chair and sit down."
"This... is different from top to bottom, and it is inconsistent with the clan rules. Edotu cannot do this."
Gio shook his head and said in a deep voice: "The rules of the clan are nothing more than reward and punishment. Since you were able to get back twenty for the family half a year ago, you will have priceless magic in the entire empire."
Even if the weapon has made great contributions to the family and gives you the right to sit down in front of the family patriarch, it is only a small part of the reward for your contribution..."
"As for other rewards, we will have to wait until the sale is officially concluded. The leader of this clan will hold a meeting with the family elders to discuss and decide what kind of rewards to give you."
Eduotu understood the meaning behind the clan leader's words. The only way for the sale to be truly finalized was to have both money and goods, which meant that he had to wait for Yi Yun to come back.
"Eduotu should do things for the family, and I don't dare ask for any other extra rewards." Eduotu lowered his head and said.
Geo smiled and said: "There are a total of three hundred and sixty-two family rules. The first one is the four words "clear rewards and punishments". Everything is for the long-term development of our Genos family, so this is not
I have already made up my mind to treat you favorably, and I will wait until the day when the transaction is completed to formally discuss it with you."
"This... Eduotu understands, thank you clan leader."
"Then again, it's been half a year, why hasn't your friend come back yet?" Gio asked again.
Eduotu smiled bitterly in his heart and responded: "Clan leader, this friend of mine said he wanted to go out for a trip half a year ago. He said he would definitely come back within half a year at the latest. He and Tianfeng Academy only took a half-year leave. I want to come here recently.
I’ll be back soon.”
"Well..., have your friends ever told you which family he belongs to?"
"No! He doesn't like others to inquire about his origins. Naturally, Edotu will not touch his bottom line, so I never dared to ask."
Gio thought for a moment and then asked: "Did he bring those magic weapons he gave you from his family, or did he have other special ways to obtain them?"
"I don't know about that either...but his usual hobby is to stay in the forge and play with making iron and forging tools by himself."
As soon as Eduotu finished speaking, Gio immediately stood up and asked in surprise: "What? You said he can make weapons by himself?"
"Yes...that's true. However, it is impossible for him to forge those magic weapons himself. I have visited him several times, and every time I saw him destroying the mineral materials.
There are always a lot of scrapped weapons piled up in the corner of his ironworks. It seems that the level of forging weapons is much worse than that of ordinary blacksmiths. Every month, I send people to transport those scrapped weapons away.
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Seeing Jiou suddenly stand up, Odotu quickly explained.
Gio stood pondering for a while, then sat down and said: "Of course I am not guessing that your friend made the magic weapons. How can one person make twenty second-level magic weapons?
?Those ancient weapon-refining families have a single person who is only responsible for a specific weapon-refining process. The creation of a magic weapon often requires the cooperation of two or three weapon-refining masters... Just listen to it.
I was a little surprised to find out that he has the habit of refining weapons..."
"I guessed before that he should be a dude from a certain big family. Now I am almost certain of this guess. He is probably a direct descendant of a certain weapon-refining family. Only when you grow up in such a family can you maintain your integrity.
He has the habit of refining weapons, and since he can come up with such a big deal, then your friend must be from an ancient weapon-refining family in the empire."
Edotu nodded silently. He knew Yi Yun better than Gio and had already made such an inference.
"Put this aside in advance," Gio said, "When will those two gentian stones be sent to Tianfeng City?"
Eduotu immediately replied: "We bought the two gentian stones half a year ago, but the distance from the Baymont Empire is a bit longer, and the empire's border security is now tight, so our shipping group had to take a detour.
Come and go...it should take about another month to arrive at our Tianfeng City."
Jiou fell silent immediately after hearing this. Edotu knew that the clan leader was thinking about something, so he stayed aside quietly without saying a word.
After a long time, Geo asked calmly: "Edotu, based on your understanding of your friend, what price should we offer for twenty second-grade magic weapons to satisfy him?"
"This... He was just trying to raise the two hundred thousand to buy the gentian stone before he handed over the magic weapon to me for sale. I think it must at least exceed this amount.
Besides, I have recently checked the market price, and the official price of a second-grade mid-level magic weapon is more than 20,000 gold coins, so our family cannot bargain too hard," Edotu said.
The reason why Eduotu said this was because he was worried that Jiou would lower the price too low and make it impossible for him to explain to Yi Yun.
Gio shook his head and sighed: "Edotu, you really still don't understand the true value of magic weapons, especially second-level magic weapons... It's not your fault, after all, you are the senior deacon in the family.
I'm just in charge of business, so I don't know this..."
"First of all, the leader of this clan wants you to know that I will not sell any of these twenty magic weapons. All of them will be eaten by our Genos family. That is why I specifically ask you how much we should pay.
What price can satisfy your friend?"
Eduotu was shocked after hearing this. Does the family want to buy all these magic weapons?
If calculated based on the public price of 20,000 gold coins for a handful, twenty handfuls would be 400,000. This amount is quite huge even for the Genos family. Unless the price is really reduced, otherwise the family will
It is necessary to quickly sell several goods on hand to make up this amount.
Eduotu said with some embarrassment: "Patriarch, if the price we offer is lower than the public price, I don't know if my friend will accept it..." At this point, Eduotu didn't know what to do.
How to go on.
Waving his hand, Gio said calmly: "It seems that you may have mistaken your mind, so I said, Edotu, you don't understand the true value of magic weapons! How can you buy magic weapons at the public price?
The official prices in the empire are for reference only, even if they are two or three times more, it is very common."
Eduo Tu Yi Zheng, if this is the case, then why does the clan leader still ask for his opinion?
Gio stood up and said in a deep voice: "The leader of this clan plans to buy out these twenty magic weapons for a price of 40,000 gold coins. Edotu, do you think your friend will accept such a price?"
When Eduotu heard this, his whole body was suddenly shaken and he stayed on the spot.