Chapter 562

Qin Ge looked at Mingshi across from him and rolled his eyes, "The Oath Ring isn't love, and love is also priceless. If love could be bought for just six hundred red‑pointed points, that would be too easy."

So let's make it cheaper, give a five‑discount, six hundred red‑pointed points.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible six hundred red‑pointed points is just the price of one Oath Ring. And when you offer such a price, don't you feel any pain, meow?" Mingshi immediately shook her head and said.

Qin Ge smiled and said, "You should know I'm a big customer; when other merchants encounter a big customer, they usually do buy‑one‑get‑one‑free or offer various discounts."

"This is all to keep the business going and sustainable; you shouldn't not know this principle, right?"

"Even if you're a big customer, I can't possibly give a five‑discount, otherwise I'd lose money, meow!" Mingshi shook her head and said, "At most I'll count it as one thousand one hundred ninety‑eight red‑pointed points for you."

Hearing Mingshi's words, Qin Ge couldn't help but roll his eyes, "One thousand one hundred ninety‑eight red‑pointed points—how can you even say that with a straight face? You only knocked off two red‑pointed points; is that really a discount?"

"You should know my Pangde Miao has been researching for you all along; I believe you'll soon have research results. Previously I gave you full support—doesn't that now worth those two red‑pointed points?"

"Cough..." Mingshi said embarrassedly, "One thing at a time; Zhiji Miao, when I succeed in my research, later when you buy things, can't you just get a discount, meow?"

"A discount, but just how much of a discount? Is it going to be the same as this time, only two red‑pointed points off or two supplies off?" Qin Ge retorted.

"Of course not, meow." Mingshi quickly waved her hands, "My Ben Miao is very trustworthy."

"I don't believe it." Qin Ge shook his head and said, "Otherwise, how about seven hundred red‑pointed points?"

"No way, at least one thousand one hundred ninety red‑pointed points, meow." Mingshi said to Qin Ge.

"I increase the price by one hundred each time, and you decrease it by eight each time?" Qin Ge looked at Mingshi, speechless, and said.

"Not the same, meow!" Mingshi hurriedly said.

"Besides, we have a big deal coming up, and I believe you also value this, because these are the foundation of our trade. So now you'd better show the quality of a big merchant, otherwise I'll go look for Donghuang to trade with."

"Believe me, with our good foundation with Donghuang, plus contributing some things, we can definitely get some more useful information from Yixian." Qin Ge said to Mingshi.

Although Mingshi well knew Qin Ge's words were just a tactic to get her to lower the price, she still worried Qin Ge would actually do that.

Thus she gritted her teeth and said, "One thousand one hundred red‑pointed points, can't go any lower, meow."

Qin Ge smiled and said, "Eight hundred red‑pointed points."

Mingshi immediately jumped up, shouting, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, meow!"

Qin Ge grinned and said, "Impossible, we can still talk; negotiating a price is exactly like that—you step back, I step back, and we end up with a price that both sides feel is more suitable."

"Commander Qin Ge, has anyone ever told you you're really good at haggling, meow?" Mingshi said helplessly.

Qin Ge hehe‑laughed and said, "There's no way around it; our fleet is desperately lacking all kinds of supplies—if we don't save and be frugal, how can we develop the fleet?"

"Besides, later when we buy things, materials, and intelligence from you, it all costs money; if we don't budget carefully, once our savings are wiped out, we'll be ruined."

Mingshi rolled her eyes, thought for a moment, and said, "Then it's one thousand red‑pointed points; if I lower it any further, I won't sell, meow."

Qin Ge looked at Mingshi's expression; obviously she had reached her bottom line now, any more talk would be useless, so he readily nodded.

"All right, one thousand red‑pointed points it is."

Immediately, Qin Ge nodded at Saint Louis, who was chuckling to the side. Seeing this, Saint Louis immediately took out a box containing red pointy things from the Jia Zhuang Kong Jian, opened it, counted a thousand red pointy things, and handed them to Mingshi.

Meanwhile, Mingshi handed Qin Ge two boxes containing Oath Rings.

After Qin Ge took over the box containing the Oath Ring and opened it, he saw inside a diamond ring emitting sparkling Guanghui. Seeing this, Saint Louis couldn't help but be drawn to the ring's light.

"How is it, Commander Qin Ge? Not bad, right, meow?" Mingshi said, looking at Qin Ge, whose eyes were captivated by the Oath Ring.

Qin Ge nodded, "Indeed, a very beautiful ring. But does it really increase the shipgirl's strength?"

Mingshi looked at Qin Ge with a puzzled expression, "Commander Qin Ge, has anyone ever told you that you're strange, meow?"

"Huh?" Qin Ge looked at Mingshi blankly, "What do you mean?"

Mingshi explained, "When ordinary people receive an Oath Ring, their first question to me is whether putting an Oath Ring on a shipgirl counts as marriage; even many strength-focused players think that way."

But you, looking at this sparkling Oath Ring, asked whether it would increase the shipgirl's strength.

Qin Ge said embarrassedly, "If the feelings are there, even without an Oath Ring, even an ordinary ring can be used for marriage."

But I've always heard that the Oath Ring also counts as a piece of Ship Equipment that can strengthen a shipgirl's strength, so I asked you that.

"Sure." Mingshi nodded, "Commander Qin Ge, when you were in the Sakura Empire, you should have seen the trust tester I made, right?"

"Yes." Qin Ge nodded.

"The more a shipgirl trusts the commander, the greater the strength she can display; Commander Qin Ge, can you understand that, meow?" Mingshi said.

"Hmm, indeed, trust is the basis of everything." Qin Ge said.

"So even without an Oath Ring, as long as a shipgirl reaches extreme trust in the commander—that is, the degree of love—her own strength will increase, meow."

"The Oath Ring is more like a medium, meow, that can materialize that feeling of love and greatly increase the shipgirl's strength, meow."

"Of course, reaching love is not the peak of the trust value, meow."

"If we say the trust value represented by love is 100, then a shipgirl without an Oath Ring can at most reach 100, but a shipgirl with an Oath Ring can reach 200, meow."

"At that point, the shipgirl's strength can increase by about ten percent or more, and it's an all-around increase, meow." Mingshi explained.

Qin Ge nodded, "So that's how it is."

"Mingshi said with a grin, "So Commander Qin Ge, are you planning to pledge with that shipgirl? Based on our relationship, I can make you an Oath wedding dress for free, meow."

"Really?" Qin Ge looked at Mingshi in disbelief.

"Of course, you just need to give me your name, and I'll be able to hand it over to you soon. These couple of days are just before the Donghuang New Year, which is also a very festive day; if we could hold a wedding then, wouldn't that be double joy, meow?" Mingshi said coquettishly.

Qin Ge coughed once, "Guanghui."

"Understood, meow!"