Chapter 89 The Weird Stepmother, Unexpected Orders [Seeking the First

Chapter 89 The wrong stepmother, unexpected orders [First order V]

The two-finger-thick black iron chain is firmly tied to the thorn ring of the dark demon dog.

As a monster with enhanced perception.

The demon dog noticed the arrival of the two in advance.

It just remained quiet under the comfort of Ophelia.

Seeing the master coming, she immediately stood up and saluted Chen Xuan.

"Master..."

Chen Xuan nodded, motioning her to sit down before talking.

Only after more than ten water clocks, he found that Ophelia seemed to be haggard.

Housework is very torturous.

It is conceivable how much pressure she has to bear after killing Howard.

But this is also a problem she cannot avoid.

Especially when preparing to expand the scale of trade in the future, it is even more intolerable to have a troublemaker like Howard.

In addition to some of her personal reasons.

Harward must die!

The atmosphere in the private room is a bit dull.

Chen Xuan took out several cans of orange juice from the storage compartment and gave each person one.

After taking a sip, he slowly spoke.

"Your stepmother is not simple."

"Her connivance is indispensable behind Howard's behavior."

"As for your father, I don't know."

"But since he was able to create the Autumn Fairy Merchants Group and become a wealthy man in Magtan City, he must not be a stupid guy."

Chen Xuan's words were very impolite.

He didn't like to beat around the bush, especially at such a critical moment.

This more straightforward conversation slightly eased Ophelia's entanglement.

What worried her was not Howard's death, but the stepmother who hid very deeply--Ursula.

From the hysterical words Howard said before his death to Ursula's reaction when the old scholar Inagio performed an autopsy. It can be seen that things are not simple.

In addition, the appearance of More Green Leaf is also very strange.

Ophelia knows the truth.

More Green Leaf kidnapping Howard was just her nonsense.

In fact, it was Howard who took the initiative to contact More Green Leaf and asked them to send excellent scouts to sneak into the West District Caravan Station, attack the temporary alchemy workshop, and rob more than 20 Magic Tears.

The key points are as follows.

First, why was Howard able to contact the elusive More Green Leaf.

Secondly, how did he make those thugs behave and cooperate with him?

It is difficult to explain the whole process with a simple money employment relationship. After all, those guys are not a normal mercenary team that takes money to do things.

Based on the above situation, Ursula Walton, the stepmother who often whispers in her father's ear, surfaced.

After being distracted for a moment, she suddenly came back to her senses.

Answered along with Chen Xuan's words.

"Master, you are right."

"I also suspect that it was Ursula who did it!"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, Ursula Walton, this is her name..."

Ophelia said, and suddenly raised her eyebrows.

A look of reminiscence appeared on her beautiful and delicate face.

"Wait, your words gave me an idea."

"Speaking of my father's journey and the rise of the Autumn Fairy Caravan, we have to mention the Walton family of the giant city of Attucks."

"That is the family of Ursula, and most people call it the 'Red-haired Walton' family."

"It was with the support of the Walton family that my father opened up a number of exclusive trade routes starting from Magtan City, which enabled the Autumn Fairy Caravan to develop rapidly!"

"Before that, when my biological mother had not passed away, the Autumn Fairy was just a small caravan."

"I heard from my father that at that time he and my mother often served as guards to protect the caravan to other towns or settlements."

"My mother is a pure-blooded elf and an excellent silver-level mountain ranger!"

"My father was a silver-level swordsman with superb swordsmanship."

Ophelia became more and more excited as she spoke, and immediately recovered a lot of her spirit.

Recollections and self-narration are actually a form of review.

Chen Xuan did not interrupt the half-elf lady's narration.

He had plenty of time on this Naroa Day, and he also wanted to know the story behind it.

"Your father and your biological mother should have a good relationship."

He added just right.

This sentence once again aroused Ophelia's agreement.

"Yes, my father loves her very much."

"But I was very young at that time and didn't know the details."

"Even the image of my mother, which has long been blurred in my memory, comes from a piece of crystal."

"When I was very young, my mother fell seriously ill, and even the temple baptism and the fourth-level healing spell scroll could not cure her."

"Soon after my mother died, my father met Ursula."

"Then the Red-haired Walton family supported Qiu Shuixian."

"After that, the damned Howard was born."

The stories that followed were relatively brief and intuitive.

Because Ophelia was still young at the time, many details were learned from her father Ansethus.

And they were all stories that were restored after many pieces of piecing together.

There were too many key elements missing.

But anyway, after she told it in full.

Chen Xuan also thought that the origin of this Ursula was very strange.

Howard was already disgusting enough, and now he has a vicious stepmother.

Each of these guys is a stumbling block for Chen Xuan.

While trying to start a new business, he also has to find a way to deal with Ursula.

Even without Ophelia, as long as Chen Xuan wants to develop steadily in this state city, he will sooner or later have a game and conflict of interests with her.

Domination is his highest respect for the other world.

He does not intend to be just a simple businessman.

In particular, Chen Xuan knows that he can completely solve the threat of the monster cave in the area while strengthening the golden finger by swallowing the rose key fragments in the cave.

This is his real support for the hope of establishing a stable territory.

So he has ambitions for Magtan City.

Chen Xuan crossed his hands and rested his chin, and raised a key question again.

"What has Ursula been doing all these years?"

"How is her relationship with your father?"

This question made Ophelia look thoughtful.

She hesitated for a while before she spoke slowly.

"Ursula's daily schedule is probably to go to the first circle of Blue Jay Street for a while."

"That is the most luxurious commercial street in the city."

"Sometimes she will go to the library in the same circle to stay for a few water hours."

"In addition, she will go boating and riding with other noble ladies in the city..."

"Her schedule is relatively fixed."

"As for the relationship between Ursula and my father, I don't quite understand it."

"I always feel that they are hiding some secrets from each other."

Ophelia's answer made Chen Xuan think.

His intuition told him that there must be something strange about this.

He took a big sip of the drink and tapped the table with his palm to recall Ophelia's thoughts.

"Go back and investigate about Eusula."

"Don't hire scouts, just find a way from inside the Axo Manor."

"She has lived in the manor for so many years, there will always be traces left in the living room, study, bathroom and even the kitchen."

"In addition, if the Qiu Shui Xian West District Caravan can no longer be controlled, then we will form our own caravan."

"By the way, how many crowns did these two Naroya days earn?"

Chen Xuan talked about business, and at the same time gave Ophelia new inspiration.

When talking about the issue of making money, she patted her forehead and took out a cash box about half the size of a shoe box from the cloth bag behind her.

When she opened the cash box, there were forty or fifty dark gold coins, dozens of mithril coins, and a small amount of black iron coins.

She had already gone to the currency exchange shop in advance to exchange for larger currencies that were more convenient to carry.

"Master, this is the net profit of the past two Naroya days."

"Except for the 23 magic tears robbed by Mor Green Leaf."

"The remaining 85 magic tears were all sold, plus the income from the sparkling sweet water and bicycles."

"After deducting taxes and caravan shares, the net income is 49,405 crowns."

"There is also a 10,710 crown reward from Mor Green Leaf advanced by the City Hall."

"The total is: 60,115 crowns"

Including the remaining and the more than 30,000 crowns collected from Mor Green Leaf, Chen Xuan has nearly 120,000 crowns in his hands.

This money is enough for him to do a lot of things.

Including collecting magic skills and magic crystals that record various elemental magics.

And the current money is only the income from his two rounds of limited trade.

If he builds his own caravan and sells freely, he will definitely make a lot of money.

At worst, he can give a 10% discount on the magic tears, which can completely make those cross-city merchants fight for it.

Ophelia respectfully placed the cash box in front of Chen Xuan.

She was wearing a slim-fitting ranger suit, and she was in the private room without a coat.

Chen Xuan looked at Ophelia with admiration and took out twenty dark gold coins from the cash box.

"Keep this money and use it to prepare the caravan."

"You can offer double the salary to dig up all the outstanding talents you know!"

"The faster the better, I still have a lot of magic tears to sell!"

But Ophelia only took five of the dark gold coins and said calmly.

"Master, I also made a lot of money in these two agency."

"Another five dark gold coins will be enough to complete the formation of the caravan."

"Staff is only part of the preparation work..."

"The carriage, the horses, and the station must be prepared extra."

"By the way, master, I have a few things to report to you."

Ophelia returned to her original focused look and asked for instructions with a focused expression.

Chen Xuan played with the remaining dark gold coins and nodded casually to signal her to continue.

At this time, a dark gold coin suddenly slipped from his hand.

"Ding!"

It fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

Ophelia, who was standing next to him, bent down immediately without thinking and wanted to pick up the coin.

The angle was just facing Chen Xuan.

The half-elf's skin had a clear texture.

In summary, it was "thin" and "transparent".

Without the restraint of the conservative beast trainer's hunting suit.

Chen Xuan saw the real surging

It was clearly visible at a close distance.

The kitten girl Rebecca, who was sitting on the other side of him, made a subtle "meow gurgle".

Just like the snoring of a kitten when it wakes up.

This was to express her jealousy in her heart.

However, this episode ended soon.

Ophelia, who has a generous and lively personality, didn't care about this situation.

Maybe it was because she didn't guard against Chen Xuan and the cat girl.

Or it was affected by her personality.

Who knows?

Ophelia picked up the dark gold coin and gently threw it back into the cash box.

She also lifted a handful of scattered golden hair.

After organizing her words a little, she continued.

"The first thing is about the ritual exploration commission of the monster cave."

"The price of 1,000 crowns is only enough to issue two commissions for bronze-level adventurers."

"So I added an additional 1,000 crowns, and issued a total of four investigation commissions for different caves around Magtan City."

"According to the situation I asked at the Adventurer's Guild a water clock hour ago, three commissions have gathered the number of people and officially set off. It is expected that the results will be available as early as the next Naroa Day."

"The second thing is that in the early morning, a dwarf blacksmith from the city's blacksmith association sought an interview with the person in charge at the West District Caravan Station. I happened to be there at that time Present. "

"His name is Jason Ironforge, and he wears the badge of a third-level blacksmith."

"Without saying anything, he bought the three bicycles in stock."

"And he said there would be a large order later."

"The Magtan City Blacksmith Association intends to purchase at least 300 bicycles from us!"

"I agreed with him to meet at the association in three Naroyas."

"He will give me an accurate answer by then."

"Finally, the diesel generator that drives the production of the little sweet water has stopped running due to the lack of oil with a strange smell, but there are still a lot of sweet water syrup and gas tanks left."

Chen Xuan is quite satisfied with the half-elf lady's ability to do things.

She is even willing to pay for the work, and she is very aware of being a slave.

Rather than saying that this is a kind of slavery, it is better to say that her innate competence makes her always strive for perfection when doing things.

Nature cannot be taken away, and nature cannot be deceived.

The entrusted matters are actually a supplementary measure for the magic disaster intelligence.

After Chen Xuan solved the problem of building a caravan in the city and improved his strength through practice, he would go to Eya Forest in person to find out whether the cave mentioned by the succubus was really hiding its strength and offering sacrifices in secret.

On the contrary, he was somewhat surprised by the purchase intention of the bicycles conveyed by the Blacksmith Association at the end.

Who would have thought that the one who knew the goods best was actually a colleague in another world?

If the other party really intended to purchase in large quantities, he would be willing to ship it.

Regardless of whether the Blacksmith Association had other channels, Chen Xuan would make a profit by wholesale according to the price.

For hundreds of 28-bar bicycles, he could contact the factory directly.

They could negotiate remotely through phone and Internet, and then pay the factory to transport the bicycles to Tianhai City through logistics.

Then they could just find a remote warehouse to receive the goods.

As for the sweet water, he planned to change it to the finished barreled cola for sale.

This would save time and effort.

Practice not only brings out the truth, but also exposes existing problems.

As for the cola mixing machine and diesel generator, they could be taken directly back to the courtyard.

At that time, we will first use photovoltaic panels and energy storage power sources to form a power generation system.

Use generators to form another backup power system.

"Thank you for your hard work, Ophelia."

"You are a very promising manager!"

Chen Xuan said sincerely, the performance of the half-elf lady is indeed worthy of his encouragement.

Ophelia blinked.

Her eyebrows were like a crescent moon, and she smiled very sweetly.

Nothing can soothe people's hearts more than sincere praise.

After the business was finished, Chen Xuan took the arms of the two girls and asked them to sit beside him.

Then, he took out four brand new Beretta M9 pistols from the storage compartment and placed them on the table!

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The release of the explosive update is over, and the total number of words in the five chapters is: 21446 words.

Diligent Bug has successfully completed the promised update.

As for the subsequent update volume, the first order results will be reported tomorrow.

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