Weird Wizarding World

   "Your Excellency Marvin, please sit down."

  In the study, Atbold smiled and gestured.

   Marvin, who was wearing a gray robe, smiled awkwardly, took off his hood with some restraint, and sat across from Atbold.

   "Good evening, Lord Atbold." After sitting down, Marvin greeted Atbold, but judging from his sitting posture, he didn't seem to be as cramped when he entered the door.

   "Good evening, I wonder what your Excellency is visiting at this time?" Atbold asked.

  Marvin glanced at Atbold, adjusted his sitting posture, and said:

   "It's like this. During the daytime discussion today, I didn't understand some parts, so come here now and ask Your Excellency."

   "So that's how it is." Atebold was stunned, and continued to ask with a normal expression: "What is it that I didn't understand?"

  "...It's about the guide price of the region, and there are still some things that are not clear..." Marvin said.

   "What is unclear?"

   "That's...well, is the specific amount of the guiding price still negotiable." Marvin said casually.

   "The guide price of Tilaimei Plain is based on the comprehensive consideration of the different situations of each region and each chamber of commerce. It is very reasonable, so generally speaking, no changes are allowed."

   "Of course, we also consider that there will be special circumstances, so the specific amount of the guide price can still be discussed.

   It’s just that the process is more complicated. You first need to submit specific reasons to us, such as the transportation cost is too high, and then we have to investigate and confirm it before we can formally discuss changes. "

   Atbold answered seriously, and finally asked: "Is there anything else you want to know, Your Excellency Marvin?"

   "That's it... not for the time being." Marvin took a sip of the black tea on the table, raised his head and looked at Atbold calmly again, finally he was still a little bit impatient, and said:

   "If the Sandy Chamber of Commerce is willing to accept the guide price of Tilaimei Plain, how much share can it allocate to us?"

   "Will the Sandy Chamber of Commerce accept the guide price of Tilaimei Plain?" A smile appeared on Atbold's face.

   "Just asking for the time being." Marvin said again hastily.

   "Oh, it doesn't matter, you are welcome to ask anytime." Atbold smiled,

   "If the Shandi Chamber of Commerce is willing to accept the guided price of Tilaimei, as the first chamber of commerce willing to accept the guided price, Tilaimei will also have a corresponding discount."

   "The discount is..." Marvin asked hesitantly.

   "Don't worry." Atbold stood up, looked at Marvin and said, "Your Excellency, please. Let's go to the reception room to talk in detail."

  Marvin's eyes flickered, but he finally stood up with a smile.

  The Sandy Chamber of Commerce is not a large chamber of commerce. Its main business area is in the southeast part of the Kingdom of Neustadt, as well as several neighboring kingdoms that radiate to the southeast.

   There are many mountains and hills in the terrain, and the transportation is very, very inconvenient.

  The surrounding kingdoms are all wizard kingdoms attached to Neustadt. The territory is rich in mana, but there is not much land suitable for farming, and most of the food depends on imports.

  However, it is precisely because of this that those kingdoms generally have the habit of storing grain, and their grain reserves are more abundant than in other regions. Although the price of food has risen recently due to the war, it is considered stable compared to the exaggerated increase in other regions.

  So for the Sandy Chamber of Commerce, buying grain at a price of nearly a hundred coppers per bag is indeed more profitable than accepting the guide price of the Tilaimei Plain.

   But if we really want to say that there is too much gap, it is not the case.

   Buying food in your hands and ensuring that you have a stable supply of goods in the future is a more important thing for the Sandy Chamber of Commerce.

   After all, they are not without competitors.

  …

   Half an hour later.

  Marvin put on his hood, hid his happy smile and quietly left Loen Palace.

   At the same time, Atbold came to another reception room in the palace and knocked on the door.

   "Come in."

   Atbold pushed open the door of the reception room, stared at the gray-robed figure inside and said with a smile:

   "Sorry, Mr. Jefferson, some things have been delayed."

   "It's okay, Mr. Atbold." Jefferson stood up and said with a smile.

  He is a representative of the Hull Chamber of Commerce and has been waiting here for Atbold for about half an hour.

   "Your Excellency, what's the matter here?"

   "To tell you the truth, I am here tonight to discuss the grain trade with you on behalf of the Hull Chamber of Commerce..."

   "I see." Atbold nodded suddenly, and sat opposite Jefferson, "I don't know what exactly you want to talk about?"

   "It's like this..." Jefferson continued with a smile.

   Atbold listened carefully, nodding slightly from time to time.

   Now there is only one week left before the spring harvest in the Tilaimei Plain, and the representatives of these chambers of commerce have gradually begun to sit still.

  Marvin and Jefferson tonight is just the beginning.

  In the next few days, Atbold received several new Chamber of Commerce representatives one after another.

   Except for Marvin and Jefferson on the first night, the later representatives of the Chamber of Commerce did not have any more discounts, and they also regretted to learn this.

  Of course, at the same time, I also learned that some chambers of commerce rushed to find Atbold ahead of me!

   Atbold kept details of those chambers of commerce strictly guarded.

  The later representatives of the Chamber of Commerce only knew that someone had rushed to the front and betrayed the front line first, but they didn't know who it was.

  Such news spread rapidly, and the weak alliance formed by the representatives of the so-called United Front Chamber of Commerce suddenly fell apart.

   It can only be said that Tilaimei is really unreasonable this time, not only to export grain at a low price, but also to set a guide price, which can be regarded as turning the table.

  However, these chambers of commerce really have no choice. As long as one chamber of commerce accepts Tilaimei’s guide price and gets low-priced grain, then the remaining chambers of commerce will hold their noses and agree sooner or later no matter how they have opinions.

   After all, from the perspective of the market, although the supply of grain in the entire Neustadt area is currently in short supply, this state is only temporary.

   Once the spring harvest is over, the grain will be in place one after another, and the price of grain on the market will gradually drop... The premise is that the grain merchants are willing to release so much grain.

  The Grain Chamber of Commerce is not monolithic, and there is only so much overflowing demand in the market. Whoever sells slowly will not be able to make this money!

   Driven by interests, a fall in food prices is basically a high probability event.

  However, if there is no wheat exported by Tilaimei at a low price this time, the fall in food prices may be slightly slower due to costs, and may remain at a high level for a long time.

  In the end, it may lead to a permanent increase in food prices... The increase in food prices is of course beneficial to grain merchants, and they are happy to see the results.

  It's a pity that Tilaimei is unreasonable, and at least he can make some money by accepting the guided price.

  If you don’t accept it... Regardless of whether you can get the food supply or not, even if you get the food supply through other channels, how can you compete with Tilaimei’s low-priced food?

   At that time, you can only look at the peers who accept the guide price to make money.

  However, under such disintegration, not all representatives of the Chamber of Commerce immediately chose to accept the request of Tilaimei Plain.

  In a conference room.

  At this moment, about a dozen chamber of commerce representatives gathered.

A white-robed businessman stood up and said in a deep voice: "Based on the spring harvest time, the harvest time of the wheat in the new farmland opened up by Mr. Johnson and the wheat in the Tilemei Plain are roughly the same, but it is far away from Neuss. Tate is closer."

   "As long as you hurry up to transport, you can seize the market in Neustadt before the arrival of Tilaimei's low-priced food. Even if it's only a day or two earlier, you can still earn a lot of money!"

   "It's not too late to consider the so-called guide price of Tilaimei after making this sum!"

  Douglas sat in one of the two central seats as usual, and nodded calmly: "Omar is right."

  The rich and handsome Frank squinted his eyes slightly, showing no expression.

  The Chamber of Commerce representatives gathered in today's meeting room are all members of the Oden Chamber of Commerce Alliance and the Thomas Chamber of Commerce Alliance.

  The rest of the chamber of commerce representatives were not among those invited.

   "Yes." After a long time, Frank also nodded, looked around and smiled slightly: "I hope this time, everyone will not lose the chain."

   "The pricing power of food... still has to be in our hands."

  Time passed quietly, and the Tilaimei Plain was always calm.

   Meredith Front, Doric Coast.

  The sky is blue, the sun is shining brightly, and the sea breeze is blowing softly... This is a leisurely and peaceful scene, but at this moment it is full of chilling atmosphere.

"kill!"

  Boom—!

  The brilliance of witchcraft and divine art complement each other. The blue sea is covered with ships of different shapes, and the figures of fighting are everywhere in sight, reaching up to the clouds and down to the bottom of the sea, and there are powerful fluctuations everywhere.

  The fish in the water sensed the danger, and fled in groups long ago, leaving only some slow-moving creatures, trembling under the aftermath of the battlefield at this moment.

   After a long time, the battle temporarily came to an end.

  The fleet of the gods retreated slowly, and the wizards also temporarily retreated to the rear to rest.

   "The attacks of this **** are getting more intensive day by day."

  Beside the gray-blue mana cannon, a third-tier wizard Alex sat down tiredly, complaining to his companions beside him.

   "Persist for a while, new wizards are being recruited everywhere, and it will be much better when the support arrives."

  The companion sat down cross-legged, as if preparing to meditate to restore magic power.

  Om—!

  However, at this moment, the sharp siren sounded again.

   "The gods just retreated, and now they are attacking again?!"

   Without thinking too much, the two of Alex got into the magic cannon, waiting for the commander's order.

"This is…"

   Turn on the auxiliary vision, and a light blue light curtain unfolds on the gray-blue wall in front of you.

  Alex was startled suddenly.

   "That's... the Black Pillar of the Sky?"

  The companion on the side was also stunned, and after a while, he murmured in disbelief.

  On the blue sea projected by the auxiliary vision, thirteen black pillars reaching the sky, like bloodthirsty sharks, split the waves and slowly moved towards the coast.

  …

   "Those black towers are actually movable?"

  The next day, the Golden Wheat Ear Wizard Tower.

  In the study, Colin looked at the daily announcement of the Supreme Council, his eyes a little stunned.

  Although he hasn't seen the gray and black towers of the gods standing in the sea area, he has heard of them for a long time... He didn't expect to show such abilities now.

  Continuing to read, he was temporarily relieved in his heart.

   At least the front line is fine for the time being... Although those gray and black towers are gathered towards the coast, they still stay a hundred miles away from the coastline, and there is no abnormality on the side of the gods.

   Sighed, Colin still felt a haze in his heart.

   Regarding those gray and black towers, the wizard side still knows very little information.

  Appearing near the front line this time, the purpose behind it is obviously not that simple.

  However, it is not his turn to worry about those things for the time being. What he needs to do most now is to prepare for the spring harvest.

  After all, tomorrow... the first wave of spring harvest will begin.

  Thinking of this, Colin felt anxious again.

  Leaving the study, he came to the palace again, and found Jennifer who was always guarding in front of the communication ring tower.

   "How is the situation in Tilaimei recently?"

   "Everything is fine." Jennifer said, rubbing her eyes.

   "Is there anything unusual in the crypt?"

   "No." Jennifer continued to shake her head.

  In the past few days, almost every morning, Colin would come to ask these questions again. Such an attitude of importance made her a little nervous, and she was always staring at the situation of the Tilaimei Plain.

   Fortunately, at least so far, everything is normal.

   After asking a few more words, Colin nodded, turned and left the palace, and went outside the city.

  In a warehouse surrounded by hidden witch formations, he found Shelley who was inspecting a harvester.

  These warehouses that serfs were ordered to build on the edge of the farmland outside the city are now the best harvester parking places.

   "Is the harvester all right?"

  Looked quietly for a while, until the witchcraft light in Shelley's hand gradually extinguished, Colin asked aloud.

   "Everything is normal." Shelley turned around and nodded, "Every one has been checked several times, and there is absolutely no problem."

   "Yes." Colin nodded.

   "How about you, is there anything abnormal in the Tilemei Plain?"

   "Everything is normal." Colin shook his head, paused, and added: "This morning, before dawn, Your Excellency Claire went out to inspect the Tilami Plain again. Everything is normal."

  Shelley nodded, looked at him and said suddenly: "Since this is the case, then don't worry too much."

  Colin was taken aback for a moment, pressed his brows, and smiled, "Yes."

  I have done everything that can be done, and if I continue to worry, it will not bring any help. It is better to save energy and save taxes, and wait for the spring harvest to officially start tomorrow.

  After thinking it over, Colin turned around and returned to the wizard tower, quietly began to meditate, and adjusted his state to the best.

   Until night fell, the entire Tilemei Plain was still peaceful.

  Time passed quietly.

  In the middle of the night, a sudden cold wind suddenly descended on the Tilemei Plain and... the sky over the newly opened farmland near the Kaige Kingdom.