Chapter 165 Kingdom Arms Dealer
"The patriarch of the Marathon family, Wilhelm..."
"What Maraton..." Lin Li was a little confused at first, but just halfway through his words, he almost bit his tongue: "You mean Maraton Workshop?"
"That's right..."
"What a big deal..." Lin Li stared at Esare in stunned silence. After staring for a long time, he muttered something to himself.
This is really too big...
In the entire Kingdom of France, if there is one force that can compete with the Mannis family for wealth, it is probably the Marathon family.
The legendary king of fire merchants controls more than 70% of the forging business in the Kingdom of France. Most of the things related to forging are marked with the mark of the Maraton Forging Workshop.
The Marathon family and the Mannis family, these two behemoths, almost completely dominate the economic lifeline of the kingdom.
In terms of business strategies, these two behemoths are completely different.
The gilded roses of the Mannes family have bloomed almost all over the Kingdom of France. Even in the most remote villages, the symbol of gilded roses can be found. In Ysera's words, after his death, the gilded roses will definitely be used. The roses are blooming to the sky!
The Marathon family is a famous military businessman.
The most elite equipment in the Marathon Forge. It has always been provided to the King's team. Such as the Sky Knights. They have lances and armors in their hands. They all come from the Marathon Forge.
That's an exaggeration. If there is no Marathon Forge Workshop. Today is the Kingdom of France. I'm afraid it's just the one who lives when there is a war. It is a country where magicians have to put on armor.
Compared to the Mannes family with a long history. The Marathon family started much later. They began their journey six hundred years ago. Until the last three hundred years. Only then finally reached the peak of glory.
The Marathon Forge in those days. It's just a small subway craftsman's shop. But with superb forging skills. This little subway craftsman's shop. over hundreds of years. Climb up step by step. Here we are today. In addition to monopolizing the arms business in the Kingdom of France, they have a monopoly. It has also extended its tentacles to various fields.
during the past six hundred years. The Marathon family relies on astonishing wealth. Gradually, the power penetrated into every corner of the Kingdom of France. From court to the army. Almost every location. They are all members of the Marathon family. Various interests are entangled. The more entangled it becomes, the deeper and tighter it becomes. To this day. The Marathon family has completely transformed into a terrifying behemoth.
Today the Marathon family. Regardless of wealth or power. It can be said that it has reached the pinnacle of glory. Even the Mannis family, which is also extremely wealthy. It cannot be compared with them. Because behind this behemoth. Standing on the ground was the entire French team.
Wilhelm, the family patriarch of this generation, has won the trust of His Majesty the King. He has been in charge of the military affairs of France for thirty years, and his title has been promoted one after another. He is now the Duke of the Kingdom, with Esare's distinguished background. With his own strength as a legendary warrior, when he saw Wilhelm, he had to respectfully address him as Lord Wilhelm.
This is the glory of the Marathon family today.
"The Mathias you injured is Wilhelm's second son." Esare glanced at Lin Li, looking a little worried.
"I'm surprised..." Lin Li touched his nose and smiled a little awkwardly. To be honest, he really didn't expect Mathias to have such a prominent background, and to be the son of Wang Huo Shang. It's a pity that it's just a bit stupid...
Esare didn't speak, but looked a little confused.
There was one thing that he couldn't figure out even after thinking about it.
How could he not know Wilhelm's character? He was a man who was bound to take revenge. For hundreds of years, the Marathon family had a magic genius called Mathias. He was killed by Wilhelm when he was only a few years old. Mu was sent to the Sunrise City Magic Guild. And this Mathias. He also lived up to Wilhelm's expectations and had already reached the level of a twelfth-level mage at a young age.
Wilhelm's love for this young son. Even the ants in Olanna knew that before this trial began, Wilhelm had used all kinds of connections, and even persuaded the palace chief magician Aigis to help, so that Mathias must be here. Achieve good results in the first trial.
This matter has long been no secret in the aristocratic circle of the Kingdom of France. Even Esare, the leader of the Sky Knights who rarely interacts with others, has heard of it.
But no one expected that Mathias would have his limbs broken just after the trial began. This was undoubtedly like a slap in the face to Wilhelm.
With Wilhelm's vengeful character, how could he let the young magician in front of him go?
Essare couldn't figure it out, how could this kid still stand here well after slapping Wilhelm, and still have the time to hang out on the black market?
Esare couldn't understand, but Lin Li had already figured it out.
It seems that during this period of time, Ranwen Novel Network, the two people in the Magic Guild have indeed been under a lot of pressure...
But Lin Li didn't say anything, he just kept it in mind.
"Do you want my help?"
"No more trouble." Lin Li shook his head and rejected Esare's proposal.
As the leader of the Sky Knights, if Esare is willing to come forward in person, even Wilhelm will probably have to sell him a little face. Although this matter will not be revealed, it will give both parties some room for change. Chances are, there should be no problem.
Of course, this kind of change must be based on Lin Li bowing his head.
And this was exactly the reason why Lin Li refused.
It's not that Lin Li doesn't know how to bow his head, but when he bows his head to someone, it usually means that in the next second, he will drop a brick on that person's head.
Besides, he didn't want to owe such a big favor.
After putting this matter aside, the two chatted for a few more words. It was almost noon before Lin Li left Esare's house and walked back to the Magic Guild along the street.
Before walking into the guild hall, Lin Li went to the equipment store on the corner again.
I did get ten pieces of flame salamander skins, but they were all rawhide. Untanned rawhide is as hard as iron plate. It is impossible to make it into leather armor and wear it on the body... Well, it can be made into a shield and held in the hand...
"Good afternoon, Wizard Ferre."
"Good afternoon, Boss Buck." Lin Li greeted the boss. After looking around at the newly arrived equipment, he casually asked: "How is business?"
"I'm lucky today. I just sold a few pieces of armor. Hehe, it's all thanks to Magician Fei Lei. If you hadn't left me some eternal fine gold last time, these pieces of armor would never have sold so well. …”
"It's just a small thing, nothing special..."
The two have done business back and forth several times, and now they can be considered acquaintances. In addition, when the eternal fine gold ore was smelted last time, Lin Li saw that some of the broken ore was not easy to smelt, so he simply gave it to the boss named Buck. Think of it as selling a favor.
Buck himself runs an equipment store, so how could he not know the value of eternal fine gold? Even these scattered ores cannot be obtained by just anyone. He didn't say he was grateful to Lin Li at the moment, but thanked him every time he saw him. Lin Li was a little embarrassed.
"By the way, Boss Buck, I came here today because I want to trouble you with something." Lin Li looked around the equipment store. After chatting with Buck for a while, he handed over the package in his hand: "I have some monster skins here. Can you help tan them? I will pick them up in two days."
"Of course it's no problem." Buck is also a grateful person. The eternal fine gold ore given by this young magician has been a huge help to him.
If it weren't for being plated with eternal fine gold, how could those pieces of armor be so easy to sell?
"There are ten in total. How much do you need?"
"What's money?" Buck took the package. Lin Li rejected Lin Li's reward in one breath: "You have helped me so much, and I haven't even had the chance to thank you. What's the cost of tanning a few pieces of Warcraft skin? Magician Fei Lei, if you talk about money again, you are looking down on me." Buck..."
"..." Lin Li was a little surprised that Buck was so determined, but since he didn't accept money, Lin Li couldn't force him, so he just thanked him again: "Then I'll trouble you."
"what is this……"
Buck was right. The business in the store these days. It's really good. Lin Li just handed him ten flame salamander skins. Before I could even turn around, another customer came to the door.
Two young adventurers came, a thief and a warrior. They seemed to be doing well. The warrior carried a two-handed giant sword on his back. As soon as he entered the door, Lin Li could tell at a glance that it was a fire-type sword. Magic weapons. Among the adventurers of Olanna, those who can afford magic weapons are considered the number one person. UU reading www.uukanshu. net
As for the thief, a pair of boots made Lin Li look at him in surprise.
If Lin Li read it correctly, these boots should be overly enchanted.
It seems that both adventurers are doing well.
Facts also proved Lin Li's guess. As soon as the two of them entered the door, the soldier asked: "Boss, I heard that you sell eternal fine gold armor here?"
Seeing a customer coming to the door, Buck could only smile apologetically at Lin Li, temporarily put the package on the counter, and greeted him with a warm smile: "Sir, you have really good vision, I'm here Not only do we sell eternal adamantine armor, but we also sell weapons produced by the Marathon Forge. Do you want to take a look at this spear?"
"We don't need the weapons for the time being. You can bring the armor to me first. If it's as good as the rumors say, I can consider buying two pieces." It can be seen that this warrior adventurer came here for the eternal fine gold armor.
Just a few broken pieces of eternal fine gold ore can bring such good business to an equipment store, which is somewhat beyond Lin Li's expectation...