The Viridescent Crown Chapter 021 (Capital)

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Happy rollout!

It took Lan a month to reach the capital. Due to the road conditions, it took longer than usual because it was winter.

' But I arrived in the capital, which is paradise compared to the north. ' If compared with Lazia's winter wind, it is 'the skin is going to be frozen! ' The wind in that capital is 'appropriately cold' . The difference is like this.

As soon as Lan arrived at the Duke's Mansion in the capital, people talked like a flood about the issue of seeing her real body.

Invitations were piling up long before her arrival.

"I can't believe it."

When Lan was muttering to herself, Lai Weili smiled and said, "Who made you the most famous person recently?"

"That said, our family is not directly involved in the sale."

"On the surface," Ravelli added.

This era still thinks that doing business is a shallow thing [industry]. It is simply ridiculous that the head of the Duke's family personally participated in the business.

So Lan approached the business group.

"Isn't Ravelli a very famous person?"

"Oh, Patriarch, do you know how many invitations and appointments I have? Patriarch who can chat with me slowly is really special."

"Thank you for that. The first thing to do is to visit Her Royal Highness for the Ice Crystal. I have a meeting with her..."

"My lord, please be careful of Marquis Cameron."

"Marquis Cameron? Oh, the guy who monopolizes the ordinary mana stone mines, right? But he's not selling well anyway."

"Yes, but the magic stone mine is still monopolized. Even the meager income is now facing a fault."

"But the payoff is better than I thought?" Lan whispered as she took off her silk gloves.

Lai Weili said with a smile, "It's a monopoly after all." "Not necessarily."

Lan nodded. Why are diamonds expensive? Just because it's rare?

no. The rarest mineral in the world is perfect enough jade.

In fact, the existing magic stones are of extremely poor grade.

It's not just that the output is small. However, the Marquess Cameron monopolized the market and kept the price unchanged for many years.

It was as if DeVers had almost a monopoly on diamonds.

'Then you should keep to yourself this time. ' Lan smiled.

Ice Crystal has cornered the market for itself.

Did Devils simply raise the price of diamonds? of course not.

It also increases the collection value of diamonds in market transactions.

Diamonds are forever.

A person who is interested in jewelry will not be unaware of this sentence.

Could it be that DeVers' goal is to sell to the nobles? Nor is it.

Its consumer target layer is the middle class.

Nobles have long had items more prized than diamonds.

Lan and Lai Weili aimed at this similar effect.

A magical artifact so good that even royals, royals with hired wizards use it.

Ice crystal. In terms of quantity alone, there are more middle-level nobles than high-level nobles.

What the royal family does will become a trend, so everyone will want to buy ice crystals [follow the trend].

If only one kind of magic handicraft is sold, the ice crystal has its own market popularity.

Furthermore, the orchid drunken man's intention is not to drink.

The magic products of elves and dwarves, wearing red and blue ice crystals, are sold at sky-high prices to high-ranking nobles who pursue uniqueness.

Also, it broke into their exclusion zone. I feel good just thinking about it.

Interestingly, thanks to me I was able to provide colored ice crystals to the Wizarding Guild.

After a lot of research, they found that enabling the mana stone didn't affect them.

The energy in the mana stone is still in a static state, so it must be slightly stimulated with magic before it can be put into the magic tool and make it move.

If it is confirmed, the people of the Wizarding Association can proudly say that the magic stone will not affect them.

【Emm, do you want to say ice crystal without typing the word crystal? Let me translate the card for a long time]

Of course, changing the deactivation effect of ice crystals is still lethal.

When Ran heard about this, it immediately occurred to her that she could import elves and dwarves' magic items.

Lai Weili said, interrupting Lan's imagination. "Then it must be a house party."

Lan Zhong nodded in agreement. "necessary."

It's time to seriously prepare for the relevant matters. ﹡ ﹡ ﹡

"Oh Lord, have any of you been to the Duchess of Lazia's tea party?"

"Oh my god, that's awesome. It's like having a tea party in an exotic garden."

"And what about that party? Even in winter, the venue is still extremely warm, so you have to pay attention to what you dress for when you go to the Duchess's party."

"Did you see the lighting in the venue? I've never seen such a bright light source. Oh, I can't wait to buy something like that."

"The palace already has custom-made products from the Duke's family."

Rumors of red lips quickly spread among the Duke's fans. [It took some time to choose words between fans and fans...]

Today, being invited by the Duke of Lazia's house is enough to show off his own status.

With the queen also at the party, her "Pegasus" story is being touted like a frog's song sac.

Of course, the more this is the case, the murmur behind it also crescendos.

"But she doesn't really have the blood of Lazia, does she? She's just the daughter of a lower-class nobleman."

"It's ridiculous to talk about a sister-brother relationship. The two have no blood relationship at all. Does she really have the idea of giving up the position of Patriarch?"

"Have you seen the expression on Marquis Cameron's face? I heard that selling magic stones accounts for one-third of his territory's income. He will definitely cause trouble."

"Since attending the social season, don't you want to find a man to marry? After all, this is the heir to a huge fortune, isn't it? The ice crystal will be taken as a dowry."

Amidst the giggles, the rumors were getting worse.

Although Lan didn't care about these rumors at all.

"The number of marriage proposals has increased. Why? I said that I have no intention of getting married."

Seeing the baskets strewn all over the gate, Lan muttered seriously.

In addition, in winter, all the flower baskets come from the greenhouse, and they are all expensive flowers.

There was a line of men who wanted to sing for Ran and for her, and there was no shortage of men who wanted to dance at the party. Frankly speaking, there are really people who serenade on the balcony in the middle of the night, and the content is like "Your beautiful green pupil!" It's really disturbing.

"Oh—show me your beautiful face!" There was even a knight order chasing a man who rapped like that.

Su Da smiled and blinked and said, "But look, my lord! These are precious orchids that only bloom in the south. I heard that one flower costs one gold coin? They actually sent a bouquet as a gift!"

Kara also looked at the flower basket and said with a bright smile, "That's right, this is what every woman dreams of!"

I don't have such a dream...! Lan thought with a groan.

Then the butler entered the room. "My lord."

Lan looked back at the butler.

The Duchess's real estate in the city is known as the "Green Arch".

The reason is that the main entrance was built with emerald. [English translation actually writes silk]

It is famous as a gift from the Emperor Leon the Conqueror of the Empire to the Duke of Lazia.

"What's up?"

"The Marquess Cameron is visiting."

"Again? I didn't make an appointment in advance."

"Need me to convey that you don't have time?"

"No, this time I have to make it clear, where is the other person?"

"He is waiting for you in the first reception room."

"Let's go right away," Lan said and headed straight for the reception room. Brian hurried to follow.

As soon as he entered the living room, Marquis Cameron immediately sarcastically said, "I finally saw you, a noble man."

"I've been too busy recently, but the Marquis Cameron seems to have a lot of time?"

'This cheeky brat...! '

He is 50 years old, and he never imagined that this younger 20-year-old girl [walked to the top of the industry] would cause damage to his interests.

It's not really a girl with Lazia's blood, is she?

"Sit down. Would you like a cup of tea?" This was an obvious top-down attitude.

"I refuse." Cameron Marquis replied and stood stubbornly refusing to sit down.

'Yes, just stand for me'

Lan sat down and ordered her portion of tea.

Cameron blushed when he saw her sitting down. Never had a woman treated him so disrespectfully.

"Your Patriarch was chosen roughly, didn't you?"

"I've never heard of it. If this is the tradition of the Marquess of Cameron, I can't help it." Lan replied with a smile.

The wrinkles on Cameron's forehead deepened. He whispered, "I've come to deliver an ultimatum."

"Warning me?"

"Yes, if you are not a nobleman, you may not know that we have rules, and now you have messed them up."

"I don't know what I'm messing up. I'm just showing my stuff and that's messing up?"

Cameron slapped the yellow wooden tea table vigorously with his palm.

'Ah...he must have good hands. '

"Do you think I don't know your plan to monopolize trade and destroy us!!"

Life is like that.

I got hurt because you kept your heart, and I want to make it up.

'Are you crazy? '

In any case, he was right in his cognition. After a while, Marquis Cameron said, "I am the founder of the magic artisans, so I have told them to pay."

That's right, because of the magic stone, there is a magic tax system, which is why Cameron has the magic engineer guild.

"My things, the price I want to set is whatever price I want, there is no need to listen to the Marquis' irresponsible remarks."

After listening to Lan's answer, Marquis Cameron fell silent and glared at her.

At this time, Lan's lips were dry again, and she concealed it with a smile.

Cameron challenged in a sharp tone: "The Magical Engineers Guild is mine."

"Guilds are not personal property."

He didn't lose or retreat.

If Cameron puts pressure on the craftsmen in the union, he can only ask him to leave the union and start anew.

Of course, an industry can only have one guild, so we have to break this situation.

I'm always tired of dealing with the old high nobles.

The smoke of spoken language stiffened the atmosphere, and he straightened up.

"Very well," he said with a stiff voice, "this is an ultimatum. From now on, you should pay attention to sleeping at night."

There was a gleam of anger in his black pupils.

The angry orchid that the old Marquis flitted over was just mocking, "My bed is blessed by Dasha, and it is very comfortable. Do you want me to send one to the Marquis as a gift?"

As Lan was talking, he left without looking back with a stiff expression. He slammed the tea-serving maid away, who let out a low cry and fell to her seat.

snap! There was a burst from the teacup, but the Marquis did not look at it.

Only the maid began to tidy up the broken cups in embarrassment, with an uneasy expression, "I'm sorry..."

Lan waved his hand. "It's okay, it's okay, clean it up slowly, be careful. There's no need for tea anyway."

Ran comforted the waitress who was tired of grumpy people and questioned Bryan.

"Will he hire killers?"

"Our knights will increase our vigilance." He replied with a worried expression.

"If possible, I think it would be better to avoid even gatherings."

The party was crowded with people, and it was only natural for many people to approach Lan.

If a thief harbors evil intentions, Lan is like a target released from a shooting range. What if the drink or food is poisoned?

Can I find clues at the party?

Naturally, security issues are tricky.

No matter how many guards are sent, there are places that Brian can't take care of.

"But I can't help it. [Activity] is on the line."

Brain lowered his eyes lightly to Ran's words. It seems that [reason] is sufficient for him.

I see a future where Ice Crystals sell well. What trick do you have?