Vivian refused decisively.
No matter how good-looking he was, he was not her man. She would never sell the gold mine to Link at a low price.
" Your Majesty, our Chamber of Commerce once hired a dwarf master to survey the gold mine. It contains enough gold ore to forge 15 million gold coins. Even after deducting the cost of mining, manpower, and transportation, the value of this gold mine is about 12 million gold coins.”
Vivian looked at Link sitting on the throne and shook her head firmly.
Her meaning was obvious.
Link wanted to trade goods worth six million gold coins for gold mines worth twelve million gold coins. It was impossible for him to trade for half the price difference.
Link's expression was calm.
" First, this gold mine is located in the Ashes Mountains. Putting aside the existence of the dragon spirit, it is also close to the border of the orcs. It may be attacked by the orcs at any time, and its safety is not guaranteed.”
" Secondly, the Ashes Mountains are 500 kilometers away from here. Any accidents can happen during the process of transporting the gold ores.”
"Third, only the capital of your empire has the right to forge gold coins. It is illegal for any force to forge gold coins privately. Therefore, we can only sell the gold ores we mine to your imperial city. I believe that the price won't be too high.”
"With just these three points, this gold mine is only worth eight million gold coins.”
“……”
Vivian rubbed her forehead.
She was the same as Great Magician Joisse. She felt a deep sense of powerlessness when facing Link.
" Your Majesty," Vivian said helplessly," I don't deny these three points. According to what you said, this gold mine is worth eight million gold coins. You need to pay us two million gold coins. In other words, we only need to pay you another 1.4 million gold coins.”
"There's another reason why you didn't start mining right away," Link said.”
Vivian's expression became a little flustered.
"Our Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce just hasn't found a suitable opportunity to mine the gold mine. There's absolutely no other reason," she said calmly.”
"Miss Vivian, friends should be honest with each other," Link said with a smile.”
Vivian's eyebrows jumped.
Friends?
If all her friends were like the Elf King in front of her, she would rather not make any friends for the rest of her life.
Before coming to the elven territory, Joisse had reminded her more than once that the elven king had changed. He had become extremely powerful and was extremely obsessed with gold coins. It was even possible that he was a dragon in disguise.
She didn't believe it at first, but now…
She suspected that the soul of a dragon resided in the body of the Elven King.
" Your Majesty Link," Vivian said," I'm not lying to you. I just didn't have the right opportunity."”
"Is that so?"
"The Elven Goddess just told me that this gold mine has been occupied by a tribe of Kobolds," Link said calmly. Compared to the sincere Miss Vivian, I'd rather believe in the goddess 'oracle!”
“？？？”
Vivian was stunned.
Great Mage Joisse, who was standing beside her, was also dumbfounded.
Was the elven goddess worshipped by the nature elves so leisurely?
Such a small matter, and he actually personally delivered the oracle?
Was there a mistake?
Vivian's dazed expression took a long time to return to normal.
Even though she found it hard to believe that the Elven Goddess had delivered the oracle, she didn't suspect Link. It wasn't because the Elven King was good-looking, but because the gold mine was indeed occupied by the Kobold tribe from the Beast Tribe.
Before she came to the elves 'territory, Link couldn't have known about the gold mine and the Kobold tribe.
So, what he said was true.
The elven goddess was really free.
He was so free that he would talk to the Elf King whenever he had the time.
Agatha, who was standing beside Link, was shocked at first, but then she became motionless.
She felt that His Majesty was a favored one of the Elven Goddess. Not only could he summon the nature elves from the divine kingdom to the lower realm, but he could also obtain the divine artifact bestowed by the Goddess. In comparison, what was the point of His Majesty occasionally chatting with the Elven Goddess?
"In my opinion, this gold mine is only worth 6,000,000 gold coins!" Link said.”
Vivian smiled bitterly.
As a businessman, she had seen many things like haggling.
However, the Elven King in front of her had killed a gold mine worth more than 10 million gold coins until only 6 million remained. Moreover, he had killed it in an orderly manner. She had no choice but to admire him.
She even felt that if Link didn't become the king of the nature elves and became a merchant instead, he would definitely be able to plant the banner of the Chamber of Commerce in every corner of the Holy Continent. Even the dragons that resided in the West Ocean could become his customers and be skinned by him.
" If I sell the gold mine to the king's city," Vivian said," I'll definitely get more gold coins."”
"Then the gold and silver items, magic nuclei, gems, and even the corpse of the king-tier magic beast will all belong to other merchant associations in Sapphire City," Link said.”
"Respected Elven King, you have won!”
Vivian smiled bitterly.
Her final struggle was crushed by Link. She had no choice but to compromise.
She had brought a total of four million gold coins. The current Bauhinia Chamber of Commerce had almost become an empty shell. She needed the goods in front of her, and she needed to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with the nature elves.
She took out a sparkling stone from her interspatial ring.
"The location of the gold mine is inside this Sorcerer's Stone!”
"Give it to me!"
Agatha took the Sorcerer's Stone and probed her mind power.
A moment later, she nodded at Link, indicating that it was true. She had obtained the exact location of the gold mine.
"Miss Vivian, I wish us a pleasant cooperation in the future!" Link said with a smile.”
"Everything will be as you wish!"
Vivian responded with a stiff smile.
Link was happy. She wasn't happy at all.
Link stood up from his throne and walked into the hall. He said to Vivian,"Come with me. I believe Miss Vivian can't wait to see the corpse of the king-tier magical beast.”
Vivian quickly followed behind Link.
She was indeed a little impatient.
After all, it was a king-tier magical beast. Even if it was a corpse, its value was still very high.
Especially its magic core, the equipment forged from it would definitely be sold at a sky-high price in the auction house of Sapphire City.
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