Chapter 165 A Package of Double Gold

Baron Fulk took his attendants and headed in the direction he had heard about.

Before we arrived, we saw people lining up in a long and winding queue. Behind them, there were more newly arrived people filling the queue, making the road more and more crowded.

He asked his good attendants to hold the horses and wait aside. He pushed his way through the crowd and squeezed into the middle.

Some were squeezing in, while others were waving packages and squeezing out.

A male sailor with thinning hair and a face roughened by the sea breeze opened the package in his hand, looked at it briefly, and then started to curse.

"Damn it, there are ten more ordinary cards!"

The sailor's face was full of anger: "This is already the third pack of cards I bought, and there isn't even a legendary card!"

At this time, there happened to be a man dressed as a mason. He raised a card in his hand and shouted happily: "It's out, it's out, I have a legendary card of Count Lothar. Hahaha, tonight, In the 'Tree and Fist' tavern, I will definitely kill everyone and make a fortune with my blood!"

The joys and sorrows of people are incompatible with each other.

The sailor pinched the pile of cards in his hand and gritted his teeth in anger, wishing he could give him a hammer on the head.

At this time.

A businessman shouted loudly: "Hey, man, I will give you ten high-quality florin gold coins to buy this legendary card in your hand. How about it? Do you want to buy it?"

The man suddenly showed a heart-beating expression.

Ten gold florins could buy five fat pigs, or two strong draft horses, and buying the card pack by myself only cost ten silver dinar coins in total.

Even if he kills everyone in the tavern and wins for several days in a row, it will be difficult for him to win such a huge fortune.

So he gritted his teeth and said, "Deal."

The businessman smiled and said: "Smart choice, we can sign the contract immediately to ensure that the transaction process is legal."

He paid such a high price to give a gift to the lord to whom he was loyal.

The lord and his wife are both loyal readers of "The Witcher" novels, and they must be very happy to receive such a unique gift.

As for whether it's worth it?

As long as the lord leaves his business to him, he will naturally earn ten times the profit.

Fulk saw this scene and thought to himself.

Heavenly Father, these Jerusalemites are crazy. They actually exchanged ten golden florins for a card.

Although the production of this card is indeed very beautiful.

He waited in line for a long time and finally got to the front.

He said without thinking: "Give me ten packets."

The young man selling the goods had an apologetic smile on his face: "Sorry, each person can only purchase three packs. Three packs are enough for you to put together a deck and use it to play against others."

Fulk looked surprised: "Why are there still purchase restrictions?"

The young man selling the goods smiled and said: "Because my parents, I hope more people can participate in such interesting entertainment activities, not just to make money."

"At the same time, it also prevents people from developing a gambler's mentality and using all the money originally used to maintain their lives to buy cards."

Spend the money you spend on your daily life on this kind of thing? Could there be such an idiot?

Fulk sneered in his heart: "Then let's get three guarantees first."

The salesperson piled three card packages together and handed them to Fulk: "Thank you for your patronage. There are thirty dinars in total. It needs to be of good quality, or a solid gold coin."

"So expensive?"

Baron Fulk was secretly heartbroken.

His territory in Languedoc, located near the Pyrenees, is full of exposed white limestone mountains and desolate scrub.

Therefore, thirty dinars was considered a considerable fortune to Baron Fulk.

"Dear guest, this is actually not expensive. We use precious paper shipped from the Song Empire in the East, and it is also set with a metal frame to prevent corners from breaking.

If you have seen the quality of our cards with your own eyes, you will know that if the lifelike portrait on it is placed in a frame, who wouldn't think it is an artist's masterpiece? "

Fulk pondered for a moment and felt that it made sense. The urging voice behind him made it difficult for him to stop, so he had to say: "Well, I'd better get a pack first."

The salesperson's face remained as usual, and she still said politely: "Okay, Chenghui will give you ten silver dinar coins."

Fulk held his card bag and squeezed out of the crowd with some difficulty.

Tear open the paper seal.

Open the first one.

The back was rendered with a brilliant golden color, and Fulk even believed that it was even plated with gold.

The content of the painting above is a scene of Baldwin IV wearing a silver mask and leading his army to kill on the battlefield.

【God bless my king Baldwin】

Points: 6

Effect: Put it into your own melee column, and all melee followers will receive an increase of two points.

His hands became a little trembling.

It’s worth it!

The cost of making this card alone would probably far exceed the ten silver dinar coins he gave.

Scroll down and see another card that is also golden.

【Count Raymond of Tripoli】

Points: 6

Effect: Putting it into your own melee column will destroy the opponent's melee column, the first card on the left.

"Oh my god, a bag of double gold, what kind of luck do you have?"

The onlookers let out bursts of exclamations.

Many people were jealous and wanted to come up and grab it - if it weren't for the fact that there were knights from the royal family patrolling nearby.

Baron Fulk felt his feet fluttering. If the two golden cards were purchased at the price paid by the businessman just now, that is to say, he only used ten silver dinar coins to earn twenty fine gold cards. Lorraine gold coin?

His mouth suddenly felt dry.

"I seem to understand why they are only willing to sell three card packs each."

He immediately turned around and squeezed into the crowd again.

Cools stood on the top floor of Constance Manor, watching the scene happening in front of the store not far away, smiling with satisfaction.

The development of the situation was within his expectation.

Among all the card packs in the first batch, only one card pack contained two legendary-level cards, that is, gold cards.

In fact, even if he puts in a few more cards, he will still make money, and a lot of money.

What is the greatest and most irresistible nature of human beings?

It's greed!

"Gambling" takes advantage of human greed.

People sometimes think they are lucky enough.

Who knows, the more probabilistic something is, the less clearly marked the price is, the easier it is for people to get what they want. However, this kind of probabilistic thing will make people flock to it.

Some people only have a hundred silver dinars in their pockets. They only need ten dinars to try it once. Once they try it, it may be doubled dozens of times. Who would not be tempted?

If the price is clearly stated, a legendary card costs one hundred dinars, it will make customers calm down.

"It's a pity. If it wasn't explicitly forbidden by the adults, I could even guide these people to take out the last coin in their pockets for eating."

Coors showed the vampire's iconic cold smile. He has never regarded humans as his own kind, and he has no mercy at all.

Today, Coors sent out twenty or thirty "shills" alone. They were all veterans who had taken off their armor. They were loyal and reliable, and their acting skills were excellent. Many of them could even be said to be acting in their true colors.

Because when they were in the city guard, they were first-rate ruffians.

The reason Lothar gave the order first was because he was worried about triggering a different kind of "tulip fever" (the tulip hype incident in the Netherlands in the 17th century), although there is a high probability that this is not possible.

But he is not a pure businessman, and profit is never the first priority for Lothar.

Legal principles, prestige.

The two words are invisible and intangible.

But it is genuine.

He didn't want to destroy his reputation because of this incident and become a "vampire who empties people's wallets."