Chapter 77: Banquet at Huihuang Bao

After paying the money, the tailor measured the two of them, and immediately cut and altered them.

During this time, Mali and Xia'er went to the market to stroll around, learned about the local commodities and prices, and by the way, bought some snacks for the half-elf girl.

Xia'er held a bag of almond sugar in her left hand and a pretzel in her right hand, feeling like she was celebrating a festival today.

She swallowed the last bite of the meat pie in her mouth and sighed, "I finally understand why my father wanted to be an adventurer when he was young. Traveling everywhere can eat so many good things and see so many beautiful clothes."

"Oh, that is indeed part of the meaning of travel."

"What about Master Mali? Is it because you like traveling that you want to be a merchant?" The half-elf girl looked up and asked.

"No, it's because it's faster to make money this way. Although fighting monsters also makes money, it feels more dangerous than doing business, and monsters are not always there, and you have to find them everywhere. It's not as good as selling goods while waiting for them to be delivered to your door," Mali said truthfully.

"What about after making enough money?"

"I don't know, take it one step at a time." Mali thought for a while, noticing that Xia'er seemed a bit disappointed. "So you are the kind of personality who can't stay in one place for too long and likes to run around?"

"Ah, not really..." Xia'er didn't know why her ear roots turned red again. She turned her head away and whispered, "It also depends on who it is with..."

"Companions are indeed a very important factor in travel," Mali said casually.

His gaze fell on the statue not far away. Many town central squares had statues, mainly of the God of Harvest, because most lords' income still came from land.

However, the Ilunwood family was a bit different. Their ancestors were merchants, and Yongran Cheng was mainly based on commerce, so they set up a statue of the Goddess of Wealth.

For this deity who blessed him, Mali also saw her image in the human world for the first time.

That was a beautiful woman with slightly closed eyes, holding a money bag in one hand and a scepter in the other, and at her feet were mountains of gold coins and gems.

Mali focused on her facial features and found that she had a typical Western appearance. He didn't see any familiar elements from his memory on this statue.

The word similar to Bitcoin that he vaguely heard in the blessing ritual seemed to be just his short-term hallucination.

Just as Mali was about to withdraw his gaze, a sound of horse hooves suddenly came from the market. A lame man drove a carriage from the other end of the street. He whipped the horse pulling the cart and cursed while doing so.

"Get out of the way, this is wine to be sent to Huihuang Bao. If you delay Lord Lan En's banquet, all of you lowly people will die!"

Some vendors couldn't dodge in time, and the baskets containing goods were kicked by the horse hooves, and the goods were scattered all over the ground.

Some people in the crowd were dissatisfied with his arrogant attitude and wanted to stand up to reprimand him, but were stopped by experienced companions.

Mali also pulled Xia'er to the side and asked the pretzel vendor beside him, "Who is that?"

"Wine seller William. He relies on having some blood relationship with the Ilunwood family and contracted the business of delivering wine to the castle. Usually, he likes to use the excuse of delivering wine to ride horses in the city. Before, the apprentice of the inn had his arm kicked off by his horse."

The vendor curled his lips, clearly not liking that guy either.

Mali didn't say anything, looked at the sky, and it was getting late, so he returned to the tailor shop with Xia'er, and the formal wear for both of them had been altered.

Mali took off the mage robe on his body, but didn't continue to take off the anti-stab vest inside, but directly put on the outer garment and cloak.

The tailor on the side tied the belt for him. Mali looked at himself in the mirror. Although the appearance characteristics of the outsider were still very obvious, his dress and appearance were very close to the locals.

He checked the pistol and magazine on his waist again, confirmed that there were no problems, and walked out of the fitting room.

And Xia'er's changing time was longer, but ten minutes later, she also walked down from the second floor accompanied by a female apprentice.

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Perhaps because of her half-elf bloodline, Xia'er was indeed very suitable for this dress called "Midsummer Night's Dream." Her original youthful vitality was preserved, and besides that, it gave her a trace of an ethereal temperament that was hard to describe.

It was as if she was shrouded in the moonlight in the forest, provided she didn't twist around everywhere.

Xia'er wore formal wear for the first time and felt like there were ants crawling on her body, and she couldn't help but move around, and she didn't know where to put her two hands.

Until she heard Mali's praising voice, "It looks quite good." She relaxed a little.

The tailor then said to Mali, "The carriage is already waiting outside, and I will have your personal clothes sent to the inn later."

Mali nodded. "Sorry for the trouble."

Liweier was currently obsessed with his new research topic and was not very familiar with the nobles in the Gudi Kingdom, so he couldn't help much and was too lazy to attend the banquet to socialize, so he stayed at the guild inn to continue his experiments.

By the time the two arrived at Huihuang Bao, there were already many carriages parked here.

Mali handed the invitation to the castle steward. He also took fifteen fox skins and three gray mink skins from the last remaining fur goods as a gift.

There were only three tar production sites on the entire Leiwateleisi Continent. Now that the Northern Empire was at war with the Menia Kingdom and its affiliated Jiadelan Gongguo, this trade route was equivalent to being broken.

The other two places, Benhe Cheng was further away from Yongran Cheng, and there were many river systems nearby, which were not suitable for heavy trucks to drive.

If he could build a good relationship with the Ilunwood family and obtain a stable supply channel for tar, the profit would also be very considerable, which was equivalent to opening a golden route in the "Uncharted Waters" game.

However, Mali didn't force it. If the business could be negotiated, it would be great. If not, selling other commodities would be the same, just a matter of earning more or less.

Soon, a maid led them to the banquet hall.

Along the way, they saw many nobles and merchants who came to the banquet. The half-elf girl became nervous again, worried about being seen as a country girl from a small place, and subconsciously held Mali's arm tightly.

Mali felt something soft sticking to him. He originally wanted to remind her, but seeing Xia'er's nervous expression, he turned to comfort her, "It's okay, there should be a lot of good food to see in a while."

"I have never attended a noble's banquet," the half-elf girl whispered. "The last time I entered a castle was when I was caught in."

"If you don't want to go in, you can still go back now. I'm actually fine alone."

"You can't go to a banquet without a female companion," Xia'er shook her head. "And Weier and Huodun are not here. If you leave, you won't have any guards by your side." ===== CHAPTER 78 =====