Original God: I can earn experience points

Chapter 31 Complex
After moving to Loloberry Street, it was a little far to go to Sanborn's fishing tackle store.

As soon as Youla left, Li Qiuzhi tied the scimitar around his waist and went out. The arrows for the hunting bow were almost used up, and he didn't need to carry them with him for the time being as he had not accepted a commission to clear monsters in the wild.

Today, the weather is bad.

Li Qiuzhi looked up at the sky while walking between the streets. It was hazy, with no clouds and no sun.

In order to save time, Li Qiuzhi trotted and overtook a horse-drawn carriage carrying goods that was moving slowly, attracting the curious attention of the coachman wearing a hat.

Li Qiuzhi smiled politely in response and then ran faster.

About ten minutes later, just as he had warmed up, he arrived at the fishing tackle shop, where the gray-haired Sanborn was cleaning the store with a broom.

It seemed that he did not see Li Qiuzhi coming.

"Hi, Mr. Sanborn." Li Qiuzhi called out behind him in a calm tone.

Sanborn turned around with his broom when he heard the voice, and said with a little sparkle in his eyes: "Oh, there you are, young adventurer from Liyue."

"Yes, I agreed to take your commission yesterday evening, hehe."

Li Qiuzhi smiled and said.

"Ah." Sanborn sighed again when he mentioned what happened yesterday. He leaned the broom against the wall at the door and said, "Please come in. I'll tell you in detail."

The two came to the counter of the store, and Sanborn went inside and asked Li Qiuzhi to wait for a moment.

Sanborn pulled a stack of papers from the drawer under the counter. He opened the silver metal clip and took out the top two sheets of paper.

He handed it to Li Qiuzhi and said, "Take a look first."

Li Qiuzhi took it with a puzzled look, not quite understanding what was going on. He stood and looked carefully at the words written on the paper.

Fruit-brewed bait: 30 jin, 50,000 Mora;

Tarn brand simple fishing net: five pieces, 45,000 Mora;
Tarn brand hard bamboo fishing rods: 10 pairs, 30,000 molas;
In addition to the above information, there are many other items such as fish baskets, rain hats, raincoats, etc. This is a purchase invoice with a total value of 550,000 Mora.

At first glance, there doesn't seem to be anything strange about this.

Li Qiuzhi looked at the second receipt. The goods were almost the same, but the price had increased by about 20%. For example, 30 kilograms of fruit bait went from 50,000 Mora to 60,000 Mora.

The total amount of goods increased from 550,000 Mora to 700,000 Mora.

However, the two documents showed that the two purchase dates were less than two weeks apart.

The fishing industry in Mondstadt, especially in Mondstadt, is not prosperous at all compared to Liyue and Inazuma. After all, the Fruit Wine Lake is large but limited.

So generally speaking, the prices of related fishing gear and supplies will be relatively stable and should not rise so much in a short period of time.

"Is someone trying to profit from this?" Li Qiuzhi asked in surprise.

"I think so." Sanborn was silent for a moment, then moved the remaining stack of purchase orders in front of him, pointed to the top one and said, "This is the original price."

Li Qiuzhi couldn't help but take a look when he heard it. The goods were almost the same in quantity, but the total cost was only about 400,000 Mora.

"Is it Mr. Sanborn's old friend?"

Li Qiuzhi thought of the person Sanborn sighed about yesterday evening. Sanborn put away the documents and said as if recalling:
“At that time, I had just retired and my son suggested that I open a fishing tackle shop because he saw that I had nothing to do. I happily agreed.

"But my son is too busy, so I have to handle all the preparations. It's okay, but I really enjoy the feeling of being busy again.

"I met my good friend Lucal when I was looking for a source of supply. He is one of the sales managers of the Tarn Fishing Tackle Factory. Our friendship has been established over the past decade."

So they are indeed very good friends, after all, they have known each other for more than ten years. Li Qiuzhi thought silently in his heart.

"When the price increased for the first time, I asked him what was going on. He said that the factory's raw materials were robbed by monsters during transportation, and the price increase was only temporary due to the shortage of materials."

Sanborn continued:

“Although he was evasive at the time, I didn’t take it seriously and believed him after all, he was my old friend.

“The second time I felt a little strange. They couldn’t be robbed by monsters twice in a row. After learning their lesson, didn’t they know to ask a few powerful adventurers to protect them?
"I went to the Tarn factory to ask the employees there, and they said there was no news of price increases in the near future. At this time, I knew the problem was with my old friend Lucard."

Li Qiuzhi nodded after listening to it and asked with a simple guess:
"So Mr. Sanborn wants me to find evidence of Lukar's wrongdoing?"

Sanborn patted his gray-haired head and said softly:

"No, of course not. After so many years of friendship, I know very well that Lucard is definitely not such a despicable person. He must have encountered a hurdle in his life that he couldn't overcome.

"I don't want to confront my old friend and embarrass him. Young adventurer, all you need to do is help me find out what happened to him recently. Please help him if you can. I will give you a satisfactory reward."

Li Qiuzhi was a little surprised. He originally thought it was a simple script of finding evidence and arresting someone, but he didn't expect it to be quite complicated.

A cool breeze blew in, and the ends of Li Qiuzhi's hair on his forehead moved slightly. Since the emotions had been raised to this point, there was certainly no reason for him to refuse.

"I see. Leave this matter to me, Mr. Sanborn. I will try to help you investigate it."

Li Qiuzhi smiled and patted his chest as he agreed.

"Well, I'll leave it to you. I really don't want anything to happen to Lucard. He lives at 86 Dandelion Street. If you can't find him, you can go to the Tarn Fishing Tackle Factory."

After Sanborn told the story, he was obviously much more relaxed and his frown was no longer there.

When leaving Sanborn's fishing tackle shop, Li Qiuzhi glanced at the clock in the store. It was 9:15 in the morning.

He did not go directly to No. 86 Dandelion Street. After all, at this time, Lucar probably needed to go to work. After all, he was the sales manager of the Tarn Fishing Tackle Factory.

Alas. Then there is another twenty minutes of walking.

The only means of transportation in Mondstadt are horse-drawn carriages and the Wind Wings. However, a flight certificate is required to use the Wind Wings in public areas.

It is not easy to obtain a flight certificate, and generally only adventurers have a strong desire for it.

Li Qiuzhi felt that he needed to obtain a flying certificate as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too troublesome to travel. Although the Wind Wings could only glide, it had to reach a relatively high building before flying.

But its practicality cannot be denied.

Just a few days after becoming an adventurer, Li Qiuzhi felt the pain of being unable to use the teleportation anchor.

Thanks to “曾经无记” for the 100-coin reward!
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(End of this chapter)