Chapter 68: Running Away with the Money

The money bag was made of dark brown leather, the surface was finely polished, and the edges were reinforced with exquisite linen thread.

The opening even adopted a sturdy rope-perforated binding design.

The knot was complex and ingenious. Under this design, it was easy to open quickly, but not easy to be untied by outsiders, which could ensure the safety of the gold coins inside.

Just the money bag itself was estimated to be worth several silver coins.

Gao De hurriedly picked up the money bag, untied the opening, and could see that the inside of the money bag was lined with a layer of soft wool fabric.

This design was to reduce the sound of gold coins colliding with each other, and at the same time, it could protect the coins and prevent scratches or corrosion.

Hundreds of Saint Xi En gold coins lay quietly in the money bag, shining with gold, making Gao De's eyes shine.

The heavy weight made people feel at ease.

"300 Saint Xi En gold coins, count them well, don't say it's not enough afterwards, I won't acknowledge it." Oliver said flatly.

Gao De laughed dryly: "How could I not trust you?"

Gao De poured out the gold coins in the money bag, counted them seriously twice, and then put the gold coins back into the money bag.

Stuffing the money bag into his pocket, Gao De took out the secret magic box he had prepared long ago and handed it to Oliver: "The things you want."

Oliver's eyes lit up slightly, he took the secret magic box, and then buckled his right hand hard, trying to open the box—just like Gao De did at the beginning, knowing it couldn't be opened, but he had to try.

After confirming that the secret magic box couldn't be opened, Oliver gave up. He shook the box gently.

A rustling sound came from the secret magic box, just like the sound of fine sand sliding down.

Listening to the sound from the secret magic box and weighing the weight of the secret magic box, Oliver showed a satisfied smile.

Based on his experience, he had already confirmed that there were many papers in the secret magic box.

Clearly, it was not just the land deed and house deed.

And a potion master, besides the house and land deed of the herb garden, what other papers could he hide in the secret magic box? With the signing of the transfer contract and the employment contract, the "watchers" who had been wandering outside the Seda Herb Garden finally disappeared.

Next was a series of transfer processes.

Of course, for Oliver, the most important thing was still to open the secret magic box and take out the land deed and house deed inside.

In short, this still needed a few days.

But this did not affect the apprentices in the herb garden to continue working, or even working harder.

After all, just changed to a new boss, always have to show it to the new boss.

Of course, for Gao De, they also continued to maintain respect, although he was no longer the owner of the herb garden.

But everyone also knew that Gao De had been hired by the Phil Potion Shop as a potion master, and this status was clearly a level higher than them.

Regardless of emotion or reason, their attitude toward Gao De would not change in the slightest.

Flower Flame Month, 25th.

Phil Potion Shop, second floor.

Oliver, in a dark silk robe, holding a scroll, walked back to the room with hurried steps and shining eyes.

After closing the door, he bent down and took out an exquisitely carved wooden box from the cabinet under the table.

With such a big potion shop like the Phil Potion Shop in his hands, Pierre knew the knowledge, and there was no reason for Oliver not to know.

So on the first day after knowing the existence of the secret magic box from Gao De, he had already sent someone to Bremen City to buy a Knock spell scroll.

Now seven days had passed, and the Knock spell scroll was finally in hand.

Placing the secret magic box on the desktop, Oliver rubbed his hands with some excitement, and then opened the spell scroll.

After a burst of magical fluctuations, the scroll turned into ashes and disappeared.

The secret magic box was opened for the second time.

Oliver excitedly picked up the secret magic box and pushed it gently. The box, which had been motionless no matter how hard he tried before, was opened just like that.

What caught his eyes was a box full of paper pages, just as he had expected... "Hmm?" Before the joy had completely reached his eyebrows, it fell from his eyebrows. Oliver frowned and took out the top sheet of paper:

"Name: Seda Herb Garden Number of people: 8 Fixed assets: one herb garden, four herb fields (producing snake tooth grass, wormwood, alpine iron wood root, sun fruit respectively)

Cash on hand: 8 copper

Fixed expenditure: 4-5 silver/day (living expenses)

Income: 15-20 silver/day (fixed output of primary spider venom potion), unpredictable non-fixed income is not counted for now Non-fixed expenditure: herb seedlings, fertilizer, materials needed for 'nutrient soil' configuration"

Scanning the content on the paper, Oliver's expression froze, "What... is this?"

He still couldn't believe it, and with a dull gaze, he put this page aside and took out the second page from the secret magic box. Then the third, the fourth... Finally, Oliver no longer took out the paper pages one by one, but directly threw the box hard, and the papers inside were all scattered, flying in the room.

No house deed, no land deed, and no incomplete 1st-rank potion recipe he had expected... None, none at all, just a pile of waste paper! "Gao De! Gao De!"

In the room, Oliver's gnashing, extremely angry voice echoed.

And Amy at this time, like Oliver, was staring blankly at a note.

After he returned to his room after eating, he found this note and 5 Saint Xi En gold coins shining with faint golden light on the table.

The note was left by Gao De.

The content on it was also very simple, just telling him that Hogen City was not suitable for a long stay, leaving him a travel expense, and if he believed him, he should find a way to leave as soon as possible.

After Amy was stunned for a while, he suddenly reacted.

He grabbed the note, ran out of the house, and rushed to Gao De's room.

The door was not locked, and it opened with a push.

But looking into the room, where was Gao De's figure? Amy closed the door again, rushed out of the herb garden, and looked around at the entrance of the herb garden.

Wherever he looked, it was all directions, either empty or green mountains and forests.

Leaving this small herb garden, the world was so big, who could know in which direction Gao De, who had no relatives or friends, had gone?

Amy stood there in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

After standing still like this for a long time, he seemed to have finally come to his senses.

After sighing softly, Amy whispered to the air: "I hope you take care!"

Then, he turned and walked back to the herb garden, his lonely back soon disappearing into the shadows.

A small merchant caravan composed of more than a dozen carriages was leaving the city.

Since the exhaustion of the Nottingham coal mine vein, Hogen City had needed to purchase coal from other places.

Because of this, many small merchant caravans specializing in purchasing coal and transporting it to Hogen City for resale had emerged.

This caravan was in this business.

Gao De was sitting on one of the slightly empty carriages.

The carriage was originally used to carry coal, but the coal had already been unloaded in Hogen City, and now it was on the return journey, so naturally, it was an empty car.

So, after some bargaining, Gao De only paid 15 silver coins to get the leader of the caravan to agree to give him a ride.

This cargo carriage was not clean, full of coal ash left by coal, and it was quite bumpy when driving, not comfortable.

However, because it was a cargo truck, the two horses pulling the cart were in their prime, and they were very strong when running.

The total number of people in the caravan was not large, and they were all simple people earning hard money.

The driver of his carriage was a silent, black and thin middle-aged man, who almost didn't speak again except for saying two sentences to Gao De when getting on the car.

This made Gao De very satisfied.

Sitting on the carriage, the breeze blew on his face.

"This is a caravan I found temporarily. Before today, even I didn't know which caravan I would follow to leave."

"So even if Oliver has more means, he definitely won't be able to find out how I left."

Gao De touched the money bag he had carefully placed on his chest, listening to the creaking sound made by the wooden wheels rolling over the ground, feeling particularly comfortable.

In this world, outside the city is very dangerous.

Even the official roads maintained by the government are not necessarily safe, and fierce beasts, or even leyline creatures, often jump out.

So in this world, most civilians generally will not easily leave the city and leave their own city.

Even if they do, most of them travel in groups.

Although Gao De is a mage apprentice, it does not mean that he is not afraid of the dangers in the wild.

More importantly, Gao De is not familiar with the road.

Although his name is Gao De, it does not mean that he really won't get lost.

Therefore, following a caravan that is very familiar with the official roads around Hogen City, has a large number of people, and can take care of each other to leave the city is definitely the best choice at the moment.

As the caravan went further and further, looking at the shadow of Hogen City gradually disappearing on the horizon, Gao De silently said goodbye in his heart: Goodbye, Hogen City! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 69 =====