The Cold-Blooded Sword Expert
17 Gold coins 8 silver coins

Arriving at the market.

“How about three adult female goats I appreciate 7 gold coins 5 silver, one adult male 4 gold coins? While the 3 goats among which two males I appreciate 5 Gold Coins, while one female I appreciate 1 gold coin? The number of seven goats is, 17 gold coins 5 silver?” A cattle trader.

Now Leo is in a market in the city of Little Pear, a market that provides anything, such as household needs, potions, artifacts, weapons and others.

In fact, what Leo did not end up thinking about was the slave trade. Yes, Leo saw clearly there was a stall that provided a slave.

He thought that the slave trade in this kingdom was illegal, but who would have thought that Gin explained to Leo that there was a slave trade that had permission from the kingdom, making the slave trade legal.

It's just that, sometimes people are less money but forced themselves to want to have slaves, either slaves for work or for the gratification of lust choose to buy slaves illegally, he said, because the price is cheap because the sale of illegal slaves is not subject to large taxes from the kingdom.

In addition, illegal slaves are usually not only bought by people who are forcing themselves, but people with certain communities, or certain organizations that make slaves not only become complacent lust.

While slaves were legal, it was the nobles who used to buy them. Not least, that the fate of slaves is legal if purchased by a noble, has a very good fate. Unless the noble has a cruel attitude and does forced and inhumane labor.

Back at a price deal, old man Gin was thinking. It seems that according to old man Gin, the rumor is true that the price of cattle goats is quite expensive both in sale and in purchase. Sometimes, the selling price is quite cheap compared to the buying price, which makes buyers usually strangle about the buying and selling of farmers.

But this time, this was far beyond his shadow. In general, for one female goat is valued at 1 gold coin 5 silver, but this time it is valued at 2 gold coins 5 silver, almost double that made old man Gin quite a smile.

Even so, old man Gin could not let go just like that. So, he said, “Three female goats, how about even 8 gold coins? So the amount becomes 18 gold coins?”

“No, it's too expensive.” Answer the cattle trader lightly.

“Alright, Leo let's go, we'll find another trader.”

The merchant smiled wryly looking at Gin who just left, “All right, 17 gold coins 8 silver? How?”

“I agree.” Old man Gin stopped his steps and turned around.

Leo who heard that, he did not think out. But he did not dare to comment than old man Gin did not so sell his goat. After all, the 17 silver 8 gold coins were already too many when held by Leo.

How not? Three to four gold coins is usually enough to live for a month. Which means, 17 gold coins that make Leo can live without hunger four months more. In fact, four gold coins in one month still left so much when used only for eating.

Old man Gin and the goat merchant finally completed their transaction. The goat dealer gave him a bag of 17 gold coins and 8 silver coins.

“Because it is rare, while the demand of the nobles and the upper class regarding their protein is too high which makes the price of livestock quite expensive.”

“Wait a minute, shouldn't I sell this directly to the royals to make it more expensive?” Old man Gin stared at the goat dealer.

“Should have been, but in fact you have little information. Akh, items cannot be returned.” The merchant could only chuckle.

Old man Gin sighed, yet he didn't really care much about him being fooled just like that. Even so, he still earned so much profit from the sale of goats that had a pretty fantastic price like that.

However, he was still happy, because goat traders did not provide cheap prices for ordinary farmers. Perhaps because goat traders did not want ordinary ranchers to sell directly to the nobles because the price was too cheap, so the goat traders slightly raised the price, and later sold to the nobles at a high price.

Eventually, Gin and Leo leave. Although actually not too concerned with the problem of selling prices. Leo had a question. “Old man, why don't you sell it personally? You sold it to a cattle dealer?”

“Because it's expensive, so chances are no one bought it. I don't want to be too hassled, so I'll sell it directly. And then, I also forgot that I once got the information that the nobles bought cattle at a great price due to the high protein intake. Also because of the distance so far, I was lazy.” Answer old man Gin.

Pretty reasonable answer for Leo. It was just that, he did not agree about old man Gin being lazy to sell it to the nobles directly because of the considerable distance. But, does he care? Of course not.

After all, getting 17 silver 8 gold coins already had so much profit. Leo could not think any deeper if he was told to spend all the coins in one day.

In this world, such coins are already so commonplace in buying and selling. Like a gold coin, where 1 gold coin is equal to 10 silver, while one silver is equal to 100 bronze. However, there is a higher coin compared to gold, which is platinum. 1 Platinum equals 10 gold coins.

“Leo.” Call Gin when they both walk the market.

It's just that Gin's facial features look very different in Leo's eyes, which makes Leo himself frown on what Gin is saying all of a sudden. Moreover, from the tone Gin looked so serious.

“Didn't you say, you have ‘meka’?”

“True, there is no more reason to tell me to do something exhausting. So, I only need to practice swords at the top of the mountain right?” Answer Leo. “But why did you ask that so suddenly?” Leo raised his eyebrows out of curiosity why did old man Gin ask him random things?

Old man Gin smiled as he gave the golden bag of 17 gold and 8 silver coins to Leo blatantly.

Naturally, Leo accepted it, he became curious what did that old gin mean? In his mind maybe old man Gin is in a state of madness. Only, he would not know if he did not ask. “What does this mean?”