The Supreme Magic Throne
Chapter 10 Music Association
Given the various methods of generating wealth in the main character's novel that were transferred to countless fantasy worlds, Lucian was saddened to realize he knew too little about this world, so do not know whether the method in the novel can be useful or not. But no matter what he wanted to do, the starting capital was very important, and he only had seven copper ferries.
Therefore, when the nine o'clock sunlight shone on the market area, Lucian was already transporting heavy goods and heading towards the city gate area. After all, survival was the top priority.
Sweat poured unstoppable from his face, penetrating into his neck, to wet his linen clothes. The not-so-powerful sunlight shone on Lucian, making him even more in pain with his heavy footsteps, plus having to endure the screams of the fat man named Gucci next door.
"Damn it, who's looking for this child, please take a good walk, don't spoil my things!"
Looking at Gucci who was wiping away the sweat from jumping around with a handkerchief, Lucian muttered, "This is all because you are stingy and only looking for one person."
Of course, since it was only one person, Lucian's salary was raised from three copper ferries to four.
After finally reaching the city gate area, Lucian placed the items safely on the waiting carriage.
Fat Gucci reluctantly pulled four copper ferries out of his wallet, and handed them to Lucian, "Your salary, young man, I never thought you were strong either. If there's any stuff that needs to be moved in front of him, I'll look for you."
Lucian's strength was actually not comparable to that of a youngster of his trained age. But since the salary needed to be spent was cheaper, just one person could do the work of two people, so the stingy Gucci naturally praised Lucian like this, instead, completely forgot how he was angry earlier.
As soon as he got the copper fer, Lucian saw two men in linen outerwear walking over with extremely fierce gazes.
“We are subordinates of Boss Aaron, call me Andre.” The brown-haired man with a shallow scar on his face, who spoke explained his identity.
Lucian understood what they were coming here for, he was ready, not fighting back and handed the copper fer to that man named Andre.
Another burly man glared at Lucian, "Two copper ferries"
“Not agreed just pay one?” Lucian was now a poor man, although his current self still could not win against these thugs, but he could refrain from arguing.
“If it wasn't for you, Gucci would have hired two people, and each of them would have given us one copper fer. Of course, this loss cannot be borne by us.” Andre smiled like a businessman.
It was just one fer of copper, and Lucian's survival would not be compromised. Therefore, among Lucian hunted by gangs or pay one more copper fer. He hesitated for a moment, then took out one copper fer and handed it to the man who was walking around Andre, as if showing off his sturdy figure.
"Good boy, you know the rules. There used to be some people who liked to challenge us, but as you can see, we are still here, and some of them have already sunk to the bottom of the Belem river. Hey Mark, there's someone coming back in there." Andre threatened a few words as usual, then turned around and walked to the other side with Mark.
Looking behind the two of them, Lucian felt a little sad. Although he knew from the beginning that these thugs were coming, but when they actually met, his mood remained uneasy.
After berating himself for not being strong enough, Lucian understood that in order to get rid of this situation, he had to have a strong personal power or a certain social status.
Of course, in this world, strong personal power often meant high social status.
'Don't know if there are any potions to increase strength and physique in the magic book.' Lucian inevitably thought about this, even though he knew very well that this was a dangerous sign, a sign of temptation.
The Musicians Association near the Psalm Hall of the administrative district is famous for its unique architectural style in Alto. Lucian, who was pushing a four-wheeled rental train, was immediately able to find this building called 'Bounce of Fire' even if he only asked a stranger once.
A large number of vertical lines, small towers, flying supports, stained glass, and fire-shaped window grilles are used to give the entire five-story building a brightly colored asymmetrical beauty that exaggerates complex yet beautiful looks.
Seeing Lucian coming, a thin middle-aged man with a beard walked down the stairs quickly: "Why is it too late? Look at the Golden Cathedral clock, it's about one."
After Lucian took over the task entrusted under the arrangement of Cohen the dwarf, he had already met this middle-aged man. He knows that his name is George, and has several connections within the Musicians Association.
“George, there are still ten minutes.” Lucian pointed to the towering and majestic golden cathedral in the distant district, which seemed to be able to control the entire city.
Lucian was curious about the dream of a musician Uncle Joel, so he did not argue with George. Park the carriage so the guards could guard, then climb the stairs and walk towards the door.
As soon as he opened the door adorned with broken stained glass, Lucian saw a bright, magnificent, and spacious hall.
The floor was covered in a thick and soft carpet, so there was no sound of footsteps when walking on it. Moreover, very few people passed by, so the entire hall looked silent and cold.
Under George's guide, Lucian walked up to the half-grown wooden platform in the middle of the hall.
Behind the wooden stage, sat a beautiful girl with brown hair and blue eyes, who had a sweet smile and a clear voice, "Uncle George, the person you are looking for has arrived."
As he spoke, he took out a clanking purse bag and handed it to George. According to Lucian's observations, there were at least forty fer of copper in the purse, but his salary was only eight fer of copper.
George received the wallet, revealing two rows of yellowish teeth, his eyes narrowed with a smile, "Elena, please have someone take Lucian to the back garden, don't think he looks young and weak, but he's actually very strong."
After he finished speaking, he said to Lucian again, "I'll put your money in Andre's place at the city gate area, you can take it once you get home later."
Lucian nodded, not worried that George would take his salary away. Even though Aaron's gang is very ruthless, but they are still quite good at handling matters like this and quite trustworthy. According to Cohen, someone once tried to get away with a worker's salary, in the end the person actually paid double the worker's salary.
Elena was about to have the servants in the hall take Lucian to the back garden to move the trash, but at this moment she suddenly saw a middle-aged man with a red broad coat walking in, walking in, so he hurriedly stood up, and bowed slightly, "Good day, Mr. Victor.”
The middle-aged man was dressed simply and elegantly, with a thin mustache and curly black hair, his sea-blue eyes were melancholic, "Good afternoon Elena, give me a music review." That voice sounds heavy.
Seeing Elena take out a new newspaper from the closet under the wooden table, Lucian was involuntarily surprised, "Alto's city has grown until there is a newspaper, moreover it's a special type."
Thinking of the situation in the slums, Lucian sighed inwardly, "This world gap seems to be very serious. However, there should not be many people who know the letters, what is the selling price of newspapers to return capital?"
Victor received the music review, flipped through it casually, then gave Elena ten copper fer, nodded politely to Lucian and George, turned around and walked towards the stairs next to the hall with the newspaper.
“Sight Victor's attitude is excellent.” Lucian commented softly in his heart.
As Victor climbed to the top, Lucian asked Elena curiously: "This musical review is only ten copper fer?"
Knowing that someone like Lucian, it was similar to him, who had no chance to get in touch with the upper class people at all, Elena inevitably showed off her knowledge of working in the Musicians Association during this year, "Although in 426 the Sacred Calendar, after Cardinal Adelaid discovered a simpler and more general method of papermaking, was not the case, paper prices are becoming cheaper. It was now able to buy a stack with a few copper ferries, but only members of the Musicians Association could purchase music reviews with ten copper. Whereas others, even nobles, need at least one silver nar."
Because these music reviews and Symphony newspapers are two of the most authoritative newspapers in the field of music across the mainland, representing the direction of musical development. Every score and review article above is valuable wisdom. The music review this month even included comments from Her Majesty the Archduke and Her Royal Highness Princess Natasha about the musical work played in the psalm hall last week."
Elena could say so eloquently. In addition to wanting to show off, black hair, black eyes, and Lucian's good appearance also play a big role.
"One silver nar." Lucian suddenly felt like stealing these papers. Since only five newspapers were required, he could easily solve his problem. But the thought was immediately extinguished once given that despite successfully stealing, he could not necessarily find a buyer.
The show-off Elena got the cooperation from Lucian, making her even happier: "Hehehe, don't think one silver nar is expensive. In Tria, Antiphole, Efe, Tiris, Anhadur, these two newspapers are very popular, the most expensive can be sold at the price of one tael of gold. The nobles of these countries are proud to be able to follow the musical trend of the city of Alto, despite reading old obsolete newspapers though.”
Lucian looked again at the remaining newspapers in Elena's cabinet, resisting the urge to steal, and at the same time summed up some information, "The currencies across the continent should be the same, well, well, a church with magic would definitely be extremely powerful.Maybe there was still no such thing as sending newspapers with transportation in the sky. Although there are, the conditions of use must be very difficult. Otherwise, under the conditions of the need for such a large newspaper among the nobility, where perhaps the nobles would still want even if they only got old obsolete newspapers."
Lucian absorbed the needed insights from Elena's words. Ten minutes later, Elena realized Lucian's reason for coming here and called the hall maid to take Lucian to the back garden.
"Lucian, try not to make noise and make a strong noise when moving garbage, Mr. Victor will hold a symphony concert in the psalm hall for the first time in more than three months. So in this period of time, he was under heavy pressure, and very sensitive." Elena kindly reminded Lucian.
Lucian nodded in thanks to her, then followed the maid carefully to the back garden.
