"Well, Mr. not human. You give me a thousand gold coins, I promise you. " Zhao Mai's vocabulary is not large, so he can only use such simple sentences to express his meaning.
If compared with the overall profit of salt making, one thousand gold coins are not enough to exchange for "secret recipe". If the "hype" is proper, the big bag of salt on Zhao Mai's back can sell so much money.
But people can't be blinded by gold coins and become unable to see the real value of a thing. It only took Zhao Mai three minutes to learn how to filter with dense fabric, absorb with charcoal, and then cook. How much is it worth? Moreover, Zhao Mai didn't promise to exclusively license dwarf to use it. Instead, he sold a copy of the secret recipe. When the dwarf learns and is ready to start production, maybe Zhao Mai has found ten other merchants willing to pay this price.
In Zhao Mai's mind, the best way is to drive a taxi and sell a secret recipe in every village along the road. Don't worry. One or two hundred gold coins will do. If you meet a lord, you can sell it for five hundred. Zhao Mai had already sold thousands of "secret recipes" when everyone was cherished. He doesn't even have to dirty his hands to make a profit.
In the end, everyone can afford salt, and it's too late for the elves to settle with him.
The Ranger Carl calculated in his heart that a thousand gold coins are really not expensive. He lived a simple life of self-sufficiency and was not sensitive to money, or making money would never occupy space in his mind. But this does not mean that he does not have the ability to distinguish right from wrong and make judgments. The dwarf's request has hurt his authority as the owner of this place, just like violating the territory. But if this matter can be solved by Michael's proposal, he will respect Michael's idea.
But the dwarf didn't think so. He didn't have a thousand gold coins, and he didn't want to pay for it. "No, you have to leave the secret recipe as a guarantee to leave here. There is no other way to choose."
Zhao Mai only understood the word "no", while Carl took a step forward, with his left hand behind him and grasped the handle of the dagger on his back waist. Ranger, all the animals around the tree are alert and gather at the dwarf with fierce light on their faces. The dog began to circle behind the dwarf quietly, while the python crawled on the branch. When it came to the top of the dwarf, it hung itself with its tail and began to descend slowly.
"This is my territory. You can't restrict his freedom." Ranger Carl warned the dwarf, "you'd better get out of the way, lest this matter become unmanageable."
Wow, this is about to start? Zhao Mai was more excited than anyone else, and he stood by Carl's side, fighting against the enemy and defending his own interests. It's a pity that the dwarf is not a fool. After turning his eyes around, he recognized the situation clearly and turned his side with a cold face, which was to give way to the road.
This is not good for Zhao Mai. He hoped that the dwarf could think a little and fight when he didn't agree, so that he could solve the problem with the help of Rangers. Now that you have chosen to be a robber, please stick to it. What does it mean to get out of the way? A career with a bright future has become so hard to get up and down that it can't solve real problems in mid air. How can it be hard to bear!
Now go to the forest will inevitably face the risk, maybe the dwarf will not give up. But if he just turned back and drilled a hole in the tree with his grain reserves, Zhao Mai felt that he was too shameful. It's the same as a dwarf if you don't leave after walking half way?
The road is all out, the bumps are flat, timid, not like a man. Zhao Mai picked it up from the ground, still clamorous, put it under his armpit, and then walked past the dwarf with his middle finger.
The dwarf seemed to turn a blind eye, just flicked his fingers on the side of his legs, and there seemed to be little flashes. He bared his teeth to the dwarf and gave a low cry. Zhao Mai touched his head and comforted him softly.
"Don't worry, it's all in my expectation."
He swaggered into the woods and began to accelerate. Although the Shanzhai version of walking through the forest consumes some physical strength, it can really improve the movement speed. If you run in the forest, you will not be as convenient as yourself.
As he ran, Zhao Mai pondered over the Countermeasures in his mind. From the short contact, Zhao Mai has analyzed a lot of things. Without any armor, only wearing a light blouse and no muscle, this dwarf is most likely the caster. If he uses a magic wand instead of a holy emblem, it's possible for a mage and a warlock, 50% each. If you can know if he has a magic book, Zhao Mai can determine the dwarf's class.
Gnomes are the most likely to become illusionists in the whole race. Although this does not guarantee that the other party must be a magician, Zhao Mai also needs to be alert in his heart. There are many categories under illusion, including sensory hallucination, psychic hallucination, phantom hallucination and shadow hallucination. Sensory hallucination affects five senses, while psychic hallucination projects signals directly to the brain. Phantom hallucination is more profound, through the influence of subconscious, let the subject "brain fill" out the plot. Shadow illusion is the use of energy to create semi real objects, to simulate the feelings of the real world.
However, phantom illusion and shadow illusion are more complex to cast, which can only be mastered by skilled casters. If the dwarf can cast this level of magic, Zhao Mai will surrender immediately.In fact, Zhao Mai didn't want to lose his life for a salt making method. If the dwarf could fly and throw fireballs, he decided to surrender immediately and offer salt making. Perhaps when the two people "cordially" exchanged the three-year plan of salt industry, new opportunities appeared?
But I don't think such a crisis will happen. Although Zhao Mai has no practical experience, he is very familiar with the various chaotic settings of the fantasy world. So far, whether they are old Rangers or orcs, their strength is in Zhao Mai's expectation, and there is no phenomenon that he can't explain. As long as this situation can be maintained, Zhao Mai will have the confidence to fight back.
First of all, we should choose a familiar environment, and then firmly keep everything in mind to avoid being cheated by magic. In fact, there are often loopholes in magic. As long as you calm down, you can always find them, but there are few conditions to calm down. The best battlefield is actually next to a taxi. You are absolutely safe in the car. Unfortunately, it took at least a day to get back to the lake. He couldn't get there before dark.
From the time he left, the Ranger Carl can hold the dwarf for at least two or three hours, and then he may start the chase. At the moment of parting, the dwarf must have cast some magic on himself to track down, so he can't place his expectation on his opponent's failure to find him.
In the current environment, the most appropriate travel spell is undoubtedly flying, which means turning to feign landing tactics. If you believe that your luck will not be so bad and that the dwarf can't fly, then he will surely summon the mount to go on his way.
Horses can't run in the jungle, but there's nothing wrong with riding a dog. A dwarf's small size is just right for riding a dog. A starts first, and the speed is XX; B goes in the same direction, and the speed is YY, which is faster than A. When will the two meet
Zhao Mai worked out the result, and then it was time to find a place to set up the battlefield.