Heroes of Might and Magic: Knight Chapter 183: Cooperation

The fourth prince’s full name is Pare Charman. He is not outstanding among Ren’s sons, and compared to the eldest prince, who is a high-profile prince who expands his power in the city guard and local garrison. It seems very low-key and has a weak sense of presence.

Richard didn't notice anything special about the fourth prince at first, and even thought he was an annoyance,

But starting from that box of gems, Richard had a new understanding of the fourth prince,

When giving gifts, it is important to give gifts that suit your needs and give some miscellaneous things. They are on the first floor. Those who give gold directly are counted on the second floor. Those who know that Richard is studying ancient books recently and send some ancient books are on the third floor. , someone like Prince Parley who directly delivers the gems Richard needs is at least on the fifth level.

This shows that the fourth prince at least has a good intelligence channel, so he can find out that Richard's men are looking for and collect this thing.

There must be a strong force that can immediately collect these gems and send them to the royal capital. According to the nature of the system, the crystal must be a magic crystal to be recognized. This gem cannot be just an ordinary gem.

It is definitely not a popular product. At least Richard can feel a cool flow of energy when he touches these gems, which is a feeling that ordinary gems do not have.

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"Your Highness Parley, Marquis Hunter invites you to have afternoon tea with you in the afternoon."

"Well, you ask the Hunter family to go back and tell my brother-in-law that I will arrive on time."

"Yes"

Parley straightened his collar carefully in front of the bronze mirror, looking very calm,

But suddenly a cynical smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, breaking the calm temperament he had just created.

"Hey, you guessed it right."

…

Richard and Pare made an appointment in a high-end restaurant in the capital. This restaurant adopts a reservation system. Only people with certain identities are eligible to enter and consume, thus avoiding the situation of crowded people. Marketing methods can also be regarded as one of the common methods to improve one's quality in later generations.

The prices for food in a place like this are naturally ridiculously high. You can get a taste of everything from sand lizard meat from the west to giant sea clams from the south in this restaurant.

In Richard's opinion, the only flaw in this restaurant is that although the ingredients are rich and fresh, the method is too simple, either roasted or steamed. These expensive spices and fine raw materials are suspected of being wasted.

"Oh, brother-in-law, you are so polite. You just treated me to dinner yesterday, and you treat me again today. I said I really have to treat you to Liuying Street one day, otherwise I would feel bad if you treat me all the time."

Richard and Parley are currently sitting opposite each other in a seating area of ​​the restaurant. There are a lot of dishes on the table, and Parley is lying on his stomach and feasting, showing no royal restraint at all.

"No, no, no, it's just a meal."

Looking at Pa Lei eating like a starved ghost reincarnated, Richard couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly. This guy is so thick-skinned that he really exceeded Richard's imagination.

Originally, Richard just asked him to have afternoon tea, but he didn't expect that this guy didn't even have lunch. He came to the appointment with an empty stomach and turned the afternoon tea into a dinner party.

That is to say, Richard's financial resources are not generally strong, and he recently made a small fortune.

The price of this restaurant, and the way Pare eats it, let alone ordinary civilians, even the average small noble cannot afford it.

"I invite His Highness Parley to come out this time, mainly because I have something to ask His Highness Parley."

Seeing that Pa Lei was almost finished eating, Richard finally revealed his purpose.

"Alas, brother-in-law, calling him Your Highness is too outrageous. Didn't I tell you to call him Fourth Brother?"

"Well, fourth brother."

Although Richard's status has been rising recently, he has not lost his ability to beat snakes with sticks.

"What you want to ask about is the cold spring gem, right?"

"Yes, I need a lot of cold spring gems here. I have been looking for them for a long time without any clues. This time I happened to receive them from my fourth brother. Can you tell me where I can get these cold spring gems?"

"This cold spring gem is a specialty of the southern islands. The places where these cold spring gems are produced are mainly distributed on Naga's territory. That is to say, fourth brother, I have some connections and can exchange some cold spring gems with Naga."

Everyone in the Golden Dragon Kingdom knows that the relationship between humans and the Naga clan is not good. Human exploration of the ocean is actually invading Naga territory.

Although the two sides did not have a full-scale war like the orcs due to different living environments, conflicts were very frequent, normal trade was very little, and there was not much communication between the two sides. They mainly relied on knives to speak.

The meaning of Pare's words is actually very obvious. I'll tell you where the thing is and how it came from. But you have to know that this route is not wide, and it is even my own. If you need it, you can't avoid it. mine.

"Then can you ask fourth brother to help me get some more cold spring gems?"

Richard has never thought about finding the source of the gems by himself. At least at this stage, his hands cannot reach the southernmost part of the kingdom, and it is difficult to find a way in a short time. He can buy it directly from Paley. The best result is that Parley will raise the price and make it difficult for himself to make unrealistic demands.

"Since my brother-in-law needs it, I will definitely help him with all my strength, but I don't know how many cold spring gems my brother-in-law needs."

"At least fifty pills every month, please tell me the price."

If you do business like Richard, if you have obvious rigid needs and ask the other party to set the price, you will probably lose everything.

But Richard and Parley are obviously not serious businessmen, and everyone actually knows some things well.

Since Parley can find out that Richard needs the Cold Spring Gem, if Richard tries to hide his need, he will be at a disadvantage, so why not just ask the price openly?

Richard is confident that Pare's purpose is not to blackmail him with the cold spring gem. If his purpose is to make money, he will not come out to contact him personally, and directly ask the agent's chamber of commerce to come forward, completely following the business style , just rip off yourself.

After hearing Richard's quantity requirements, Parley, who had been confident just now, frowned and thought for a long time before he seemed to make up his mind.

"Fifty pills a month is fifty pills. I will definitely deliver it to my brother-in-law every month."

"Thank you, Brother Four. I wonder what Brother Four needs?"

As soon as Richard said these words, the atmosphere at the dinner table became subtle.

Parley's expression also became unusually serious. When he became serious, there was actually a shadow of Renne in him.

Everyone knows that this is a drama, and if you give something, you will naturally ask for something. Parley is neither a saint nor Richard's long-lost biological father. To pay the price of fifty cold spring gems a month, naturally Not doing good deeds.

"I heard that my brother-in-law has a business called soap, which has just been launched in the royal capital. I will not argue with my brother-in-law here in the royal capital. Can you leave the sales in the south of the kingdom to me? We’ll split the proceeds 50-50.”

"Okay."

"So happy to work together."

"A pleasure to work with."

Richard agreed very decisively, and the conditions given by Parley were not bad, and could even be said to be very good,

It is impossible for Richard to take over all the soap business. It will be a matter of time before he finds agents in different places.

Although Pare took away 50% of the revenue, it was promoted through the business network that Pare had already established in the south, and the sales were completely through the channels of Pare.

Soap has basically no cost, which is a huge profit for Richard.

The most beautiful thing about Pare is actually here. He knows very well that although he has the source of the gems that Richard urgently needs, if he wants Richard to show his support on this condition, That's impossible for him,

Instead of embarrassing everyone like this, it is better to take the path of cooperation,

Sometimes, long-term interests are the closest way to unite an alliance. As long as we can form a long-term business cooperation with Richard, in the future, even if Richard is unwilling to take sides easily, he will not have to support him for the sake of money. He did.

From the current point of view, this Prince Parley is the son with the deepest secrets and the most skillful among Ren’s sons.

Richard even suspected that this guy should have reached the knight level a long time ago, but it has never been made public.

"Thank you for the hospitality today, brother-in-law. Another day when Messiah is not around, I must treat you to Liuying Street for a happy time."

After talking about the matter, Pare returned to his nonchalant look.

Richard also gradually got used to Parley's appearance. After paying the bill, he greeted Zebul at the door and left with him.

"Brother-in-law, what do you think this restaurant tastes like?"

I don’t know why, but when a few people were leaving, Parley asked a somewhat incomprehensible question,

"Not bad."

Li Cha still thought about it, and honestly speaking, this restaurant is actually not bad. Except for the monotonous cooking, other aspects are very safe. It is worthy of being a high-end restaurant in the royal capital.

"Yeah, it's just not bad. If I hadn't eaten the food from your restaurant yesterday, I would have been quite satisfied with my restaurant,

But now, it’s not that interesting. I wonder if my brother-in-law can send someone to teach me. At worst, we will split the profit 50-50. ”

It's okay, but compared to the deal reached by the two, the income of several hotels is actually just a fraction,

And with the customer base of this store, Richard must have made a profit with a 50-50 split, but this guy actually took Richard to his own restaurant and ordered a lot of good dishes for Richard to treat. ?

His shamelessness makes Richard want to laugh...

In the end I couldn’t help but spit out two words:

"Bitch..."