I Became a Progenitor Vampire

In his memory, the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce's territory was located within the Scarlet Mage Tower, and the other party would pay him 5 Golden Puke every month as protection fee.

Considered an acquaintance.

As he walked to the headquarters of the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce under the watchful eyes of several other small caravans, Li De could clearly feel that the guards around him breathed a sigh of relief.

Because it was still dark and the caravan had not yet set off, the guards from the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce were on alert.

Seeing Li De stop moving forward, the guards suddenly became confused.

What does this mage master want to do? They had already encountered a robber on the way. Will they encounter another nightmare at the gate of Green City? !

A guard squad leader wearing half gray leather armor gritted his teeth and walked up to Li De, a little wary but with an apologetic smile on his face.

"Master Mage, what do you need to tell us?"

Li De looked at him with a calm expression.

"I am the owner of the Scarlet Mage Tower"

This sentence instantly made the team leader breathe a big sigh of relief. He knew about the Scarlet Mage Tower. The Jinmai Chamber of Commerce would submit asylum fees to the other party every month, and he accompanied him there several times.

Although I have not met the real owner of the Mage Tower, I believe that the other party must have an impression of Jinmai Merchant.

"Lord Li De, it is my honor to meet you. The Jinmai Chamber of Commerce is happy to serve you. I will ask someone to call the vice president. Please wait a moment."

His name is naturally no secret in the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce.

Li De nodded and did not refuse.

In this world, mages and nobles undoubtedly stand at the top of the pyramid. For this group of businessmen, let alone the captain of the escort team, even the president of the chamber of commerce is not qualified to sit on an equal footing with Li De.

Li De turned around and looked at the more than 30 carriages of the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce around him. They could transport goods of this size in one go. It seemed that the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce was pretty strong.

But unfortunately, most of the goods on the carriage were empty. I don't know if they were robbed by robbers or lost along the way.

asked with some curiosity.

"What does your Jinmai Chamber of Commerce mainly deal with? All these goods have been robbed?"

The team leader shook his head and looked a little frustrated, "We mainly deal in cloth and food. The orcs in the south broke through the border defense line. The caravan encountered a group of orcs who were plundering on the way. The caravan suffered heavy losses... ..”

"That's right, Mr. Li De, the losses suffered by the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce this time are the biggest since our establishment. We were robbed by the orcs of all the cloth and food shipped to the border to support the soldiers."

A middle-aged man wearing luxurious business clothes came to Li De with a wry smile. His blond hair and shrewd brown eyes were particularly impressive.

"Lord Li De, this is the president of our Jinmai Chamber of Commerce, Laurent Orlando."

"You go down first, wake up the caravan, and prepare to return to the city immediately. I will accompany Mr. Li De."

"Yes, President Laurent"

Li De looked at Laurent Orlando in front of him and nodded slightly. He had seen this man before, in the memory of the ancestor of the blood race.

Moreover, the other party's reputation is not bad, and his business ability is also considered to be excellent.

"Hello Laurent, I originally wanted to find a caravan to rest for a while and then return to Green City after sunrise, but I didn't expect to meet the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce.

I am deeply sorry for your experience, but the suffering will eventually pass, and I believe that one encounter will not bring down the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce."

The ancestor of the blood race spent most of his time in Green City studying magic and didn't care about other things at all.

Therefore, Li De's understanding of Green City's business community was completely blank. He planned to contact Laurent to learn about the market from the side.

To purchase a large amount of grain this time, he must cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce. He doesn't have that much energy to buy it himself.

A bit of surprise flashed in Laurent's eyes, as if he didn't expect the indifferent mage to be so approachable.

"Your Excellency Li De, although hope is always there, good luck is no longer with me this time."

After speaking, he shook his head, not wanting to continue this topic, and stretched out his hand to motion to the tent in the center of the caravan.

"Your Excellency, please come to my tent to rest for a while, and then we will return to Green City together after sunrise."

Li De nodded slightly, without asking any further questions. After thanking him, he followed the other party to the central tent.

The space is not large, with a wool carpet covering, a small table with bread, and a half-rolled quilt next to it, which is obviously where Laurent just rested.

The two sat down and exchanged a few polite words before Li De took the lead in asking a question.

"President Laurent, I would like to ask how much is the price of food per pound in Green City?"

Laurent looked at Li De strangely. A mage asked such a question?

When will these high-ranking mage masters care about food prices? Even if all the civilians starved to death, it would not be their turn to starve.

"Your Excellency Li De, although I don't know why you care about this issue, I have to tell you some bad news.

This year, because the orcs launched a war in advance, a large amount of food on the border was plundered by the orcs before it was harvested.

Therefore, this year’s food prices are the highest in the past five years.

The price of a pound of wheat has now doubled to 8 copper pucs, and as the winter months approach, the price of grain is likely to exceed 10 copper pucs.

Goddess of Life, I'm afraid it will be very difficult for the civilians on the border this winter."

After Laurent finished speaking, his face was solemn, with some unbearable eyes.

Once food prices rise, civilians will undoubtedly be the first to be affected. He can already predict that many, many, many people will starve to death this winter.

Li De felt the oncoming bloodshed and sadness from Laurent's simple words. The people who suffered the most harm in war were always civilians.

But this was not something he, the ancestor of the blood clan, could control. He shook his head and started thinking about another thing.

One gold puke can be exchanged for 100 silver pukes and 10,000 copper pukes.

The monthly income of an ordinary person in Green City is only 10 silver pukes, and he has to support his family. It is foreseeable how much impact rising food prices will have on ordinary people.

1 gold puke can be exchanged for 10,000 copper pukes. The price of grain is 8 copper pukes per catty. One gold puke can buy about 1,200 pounds of grain.

The Rongguang medium pound is a unit of measurement, and the weight is not much different from a pound.

1,200 pounds, some savings would be enough to feed two families of three for a year.

The 2,000 gold pukes he brought out could be exchanged for tens of thousands of people's rations for a year.

This batch of food is undoubtedly enough for his farming plan in the castle.

As long as it can last through one year, no, even through this winter, after next spring, the fertile land behind the castle will be enough to support hundreds of thousands of people.

The only problem now is that he needs to acquire this huge amount of grain.

It can be predicted that due to the war launched by the orcs in the south, the price of food will continue to rise in the future. Before the price reaches the limit, the purchase of food must be completed as soon as possible while the food is still available on the market.

"How much food does the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce have? I have a business deal with you. I need a large amount of food."

Laurent's eyes lit up when he heard Li De's words, but in an instant his expression dropped again.

"Lord Li De, my Goddess, our Jinmai Chamber of Commerce is going bankrupt and we no longer have the capital to make acquisitions."

Li De's face was full of astonishment.

"Bankruptcy? It's just a loss of goods, let alone cloth and food."

Although the cloth and grain for thirty carriages were abundant, they were far from precious.

Such a large chamber of commerce cannot afford even one loss?

Laurent shook his head, his eyes filled with despair.

“We contacted a seller at the border, and they dug a mithril vein and produced a sufficient amount of mithril ore.

You know how precious the alchemical material Mithril is. As long as I transport it back to Green City, I will definitely make a fortune.

But this batch of ore required a full 1,200 gold pukes. For this business, I sold most of the goods from the Chamber of Commerce to raise enough, and I also owed the Green City Chamber of Commerce two hundred gold pukes.

But... damn the orcs, one day I will crush them one by one and drag them to the gallows."

Needless to say, Li De can think of the details. He finally got an opportunity to make a fortune, but he didn't expect to meet an orc.

"So, I'm sorry, Mr. Li De, the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce will cease to exist after sunrise, and I can't do your business."

Bankruptcy? Thinking that the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce had always had a good reputation in his memory, Li De pondered for a moment and was not disappointed. Instead, he felt moved in his heart.

Maybe this is a good opportunity.