Chapter 143: The Iron-hoofed Family's Motto

Chapter 143: The Iron-hoofed Family's Motto

This is Tom's second time in the Horse Ranch.

He didn't know the exact location of the Ironhoof family's castle, but that was not difficult.

When residents and vendors passing by on the street saw Tom as a knight riding a tall horse, they were happy to tell him information.

The Ironhoof family's castle is located on the hillside in the northwest corner.

The castle is tall and majestic, dominating the entire mountain like a giant beast.

When Tom approached, he found deep marks on the outer wall of the castle. The bluestone walls revealed traces of time, making people feel the weight of history.

"Stop now!"

In front of the avenue leading to the castle, the guards who saw strangers approaching immediately stepped forward to stop them.

Tom dismounted and politely held out the visiting card.

"Sir, I am a subordinate of Baron Ronin of Shanlin Town. My baron wants to visit Mr. Viscount. This is a visiting card."

The Baron of Hillwood Town?

The guard didn't know who this Baron was, but as a member of the Viscount family, he had basic courtesy. "Mr. Knight, please wait a moment. I will report right away."

Deep inside the castle, Viscount Marvin was examining his cargo list, which contained many relatively expensive items, including jade, crystal carvings, gemstones, etc.

This was the birthday present he prepared for Lu Lans.

In fact, many nobles in Wushan Territory will bring various things to Wushan Castle today. One reason is to celebrate Lu Lans' birthday, and the other is to pay tribute and taxes.

"master."

The butler outside the door called softly.

Marvin looked up and said, "Alphonse, what do you want from me?"

Alphonse walked in and handed over the parchment. "Master, there is a masked knight outside the castle. He claimed to be the follower of Baron Ronin of Hillwood Town and brought a visiting card from his master."

"oh?"

Marvin was stunned for a moment, then he took the parchment and opened it to read. The content written on it was very simple, only saying that he wanted to visit, and the signature was Luo Ning Wushan.

Marvin hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Where's Rogner?"

"Master Rogner should be at the stable, preparing the accompanying horses for this team," Alphonse replied.

"Have Rogner go with the knight who delivered the invitation to pick up Ronin. Also, prepare dinner according to... well, according to the standards for receiving a viscount."

Alphonse was a little surprised, as this kind of high-level reception was rare.

"As you wish, sir!" He retreated respectfully.

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At this time, Roning had already finished the negotiations at the Viper Exchange.

For these thousand slaves, Anthony proposed paying 160 gold coins per hundred people, or 1,600 gold coins, according to the price of the last transaction.

Luo Ning started friendly negotiations under the pretext of long-term cooperation.

Unfortunately, the price had already been lowered last time, and even after a long negotiation this time, it couldn't be reduced much. After all, the other party still had to escort these people to Shanlin Town, which also cost money.

In the end, the two parties reached a deal at a price of 1,499 gold coins.

Through this transaction, Roning also realized how generous Lu Lans was in giving 3,000 gold coins at one time.

After leaving the Viper Exchange, Ronin went to the Silva Magic Chamber of Commerce again to sell the spell scrolls made by Elrond.

Last time, he bought a total of materials from Hook to make 55 healing spell scrolls.

During these two months, Elrond has successfully produced a total of 50 scrolls.

Roning kept half of it in Shanlin Town and Huitu Village for backup and sold the remaining half for 425 gold coins.

At the same time, he purchased the same amount of goods as last time, spending 495 gold coins.

This means that he only spent 70 gold coins on this visit to the Silva Magic Chamber of Commerce.

You can make some money if you sell all the healing scrolls you've made.

But leaving so many backups is also a preparation for the next battle. If there are too many wounded, Elrond's magic will not be able to support him to cast many healing spells.

Luo Ning also thought about whether he could buy some materials to make third-level spell scrolls.

After considering that the territory magician's strength level increased too quickly and that this would easily cause unnecessary speculation from the outside world, he gave up on this idea.

And if he wanted to buy something, he wouldn't do it here. After all, there are similar chambers of commerce in slightly larger cities.

With Hook's warm farewell, Roning left the Silva Magic Chamber of Commerce and came to the tavern where he had dinner last time, waiting for Tom to come.

The wait lasted for an hour, and Roning didn't expect that there was someone following Tom.

"Luo Ning, long time no see!"

"Long time no see, Rogner."

Luo Ning smiled and shook hands with the other party, "Why did you follow Tom here?"

"My father asked me to come and greet you."

Rogner extended a warm invitation: "Come on, come on. Ironhoof Castle is already preparing for the dinner. Let's have a few drinks tonight!"

"good!"

Roning also laughed.

Marvin Ironti was introduced to Roning by Lulans himself, saying that he could sell him the protective gear and weapons made by the Ironwood Workshop.

So this time, when Roning came here, he wanted to discuss whether he could cooperate in addition to purchasing the horses needed to form a knight team.

After all, in the future, the products produced by the iron and wood workshop, as well as silk and porcelain, will be sold abroad.

There are no caravans in Roning's territory. Still, the Tieti family's horse-selling business is spread across Wushan Territory and many cities in its kingdom and has a mature business system.

He can completely use the Iron-Tied Family's channels for sales.

But he didn't expect Viscount Marvin to be even more enthusiastic than he imagined, and he actually asked Rogner to come and greet him in person.

Rogna sent the Cloud-walking Horse to Shanlin Town last time, and Rogna came to greet him this time. Viscount Marvin always sent Rogna here. Could it be because he thought the initial sounds of their names were similar?

Under the guidance of the other party, Roning took a tour of the Horse-herding City.

Compared to the barren mountain town, there are more places for fun here, including gambling houses, brothels, circuses, dance halls, racetracks, arenas, and gladiatorial arenas.

Faced with Rogner's enthusiastic invitation, Roning only agreed verbally.

To be honest, these things are not very attractive to him. If he is bored, he can go to the following places to have a look.

Soon, the group entered the Ironhoof Fort.

Compared with Wushan Castle, this castle felt older than Ronin. He believed that the Ironhoof Family must have enough funds to repair it. Their failure to do so probably reflected their family history.

However, the environment inside is much more advanced after entering the inner castle.

"Luo Ning, please wait a moment. I will go and inform my father."

After Rogner brought people to the reception room, he went to the backyard to find Viscount Marvin.

Luo Ning looked around. Compared to the antiquity outside, this living room was not shabby at all. On the contrary, similar to Wushan Castle, it had several magic crystals.

In the backyard, Viscount Marvin's study.

"Father, I have arranged for Luo Ning to stay in the reception room."

Ma Wen put down the stack of documents in his hand and asked, "How do you feel about meeting him this time?"

"It's similar to the feeling last time. He's not as good as the legend said. I took him to the entrance of a brothel and introduced a few beauties to him, but he didn't seem interested in any of them."

Rogna replied: "But there are some differences. Compared to last time, I feel that Ronin seems stronger?"

"Haha, you're still growing after all."

Marvin smiled and joked, "According to the information from Lord Sean, Leisen was defeated by another knight named Redar under Ronin in the Savage Tribe this time. Is he here today?"

"No, he is still accompanied by the guard named Mikan. I have also seen the masked knight; his name is Tom."

"That's a pity. I wanted to see Redar's strength and how strong this high-ranking knight who can defeat the bronze knight is."

Marvin looked regretful, then turned his gaze to his second son, "Rogner, what is our family motto?"

Rogner was startled, not knowing why his father suddenly asked him this question, but he still answered seriously: "Choice is sometimes more important than strength."

Marvin nodded. "Our family has been through a lot and even faced the extinction crisis at one point, but it still exists. We often relied on this motto to make the right choices."

He looked at his son, "How about I let you follow Ronin?"

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