Is five hundred tons of grain a lot?
Actually, for Princess Vivi of this otherworld empire, it's not much.
Even for her city-state, which is already running out of food, it's not much.
Her city-state has more than 30,000 soldiers and more than 300,000 civilians.
Five hundred tons of grain, even if strictly rationed to ensure that no one starves to death in the city, would only last for three days at most.
What really surprised Vivi was the speed at which Su Yi collected the grain.
In less than a day, he collected five hundred tons of grain.
In her opinion, large quantities of grain are strategic materials no matter where you are, and ordinary people can never get so much grain in the short term.
So Vivi guessed that Su Yi must also be a big figure in his world with a high status.
Having such a person as her first partner on the trading platform is definitely a great thing in her opinion.
When she saw the grain, Vivi already had plans to build a good relationship with him and trade with him in the long term.
Even...
Vivi's eyes flashed as she thought of something.
After all, people can't understand things outside of their own understanding, and it's a bit difficult for an otherworld feudal lord to understand how abundant basic materials are in a modern, industrialized society.
Su Yi didn't know about the princess's self-deceptive brainwashing.
After hearing her thanks, he said politely:
"It's my pleasure, Miss Vivi, you're too kind."
"Ten tons of fruits, vegetables, and meat should be available to you tomorrow, and if you need it, I can collect another thousand tons of grain within three days."
There are still a thousand tons of flour in the factory that haven't been processed, and that's the real money-losing item.
If you want to buy it, it will definitely be easier than this batch of rice.
"A thousand tons? Of course, I need it!" Vivi's eyes lit up and she said quickly:
"Is it still this rice?"
"Not really, it's a batch of flour."
Products from different worlds may be different. The wheat and rice on Blue Star may not exist in Vivi's world, and she may not even know how to use them.
But the good thing about the trading platform is that after Su Yi proposes what he wants to trade, the platform will use an incomprehensible way to let Vivi know what it is, how to use it, and what it is for.
The reverse is also true.
Greatly reducing the cost of understanding.
After learning what flour was, Vivi naturally wouldn't let go of this thousand tons of flour.
Considering that rice and flour provide about the same amount of calories, she offered the same price as yesterday.
"Still one kilogram of gold for ten tons of grain?"
However, Su Yi didn't really want gold anymore.
The main reason is that he doesn't know how to sell the forty-odd kilograms of gold left in his hands.
If he dares to find that Old Liu to sell so much gold at once, his body might appear in the river tomorrow morning.
Small profits don't make people want to ruin their reputation, but dozens of kilograms of gold of unknown origin are not small profits and are enough to make people take risks.
Although it's only a matter of tens of millions of dollars, gold, a hard currency, is completely untraceable.
For some wealthy people, the actual value is much higher than tens of millions of dollars in cash that are subject to regulation.
He thought for a while and said:
"I wonder if Miss Vivi has any props that even people who don't know magic can use? Something that can be used for self-defense."
"If you have it, it's best to trade with that."
With martial arts to protect himself, he also has the confidence to sell the remaining gold in his hands without fear of being double-crossed.
Hearing his request, Vivi raised her eyebrows and then showed a playful smile:
"Magical props that ordinary people can use, I do have them."
"But if Mr. Su Yi is worried about safety, I have a better suggestion here."
As she spoke, a card appeared in her hand.
Su Yi knew what it was because he also had one.
[Primary Life Trading Permit Card]
"Miss Vivi, what does this mean?" Su Yi narrowed his eyes.
"It doesn't mean anything else. For a thousand tons of grain, how about I give you a powerful elven warrior who is proficient in both magic and martial arts?" Vivi said with a smile.
There seemed to be some eagerness in her smile.
"How strong is she?"
"Probably a little stronger than me." Vivi spread her hands:
"Of course, I also have some conditions. If I give her to you, she can be responsible for your safety, and you must also guarantee her basic living needs, meet some of her reasonable needs, and not force her to do things she doesn't want to do other than protecting your safety."
"If you really can't get along, or her strength can't protect your safety, then I can issue another [Primary Life Trading Permit Card] to redeem her."
"These need to be written into the transaction contract."
Vivi doesn't know much about Su Yi's world, so she naturally doesn't know what level the person she wants to send is in Su Yi's world.
She can only use herself as an example.
After all, her strength had already been demonstrated in front of Su Yi.
Su Yi pondered for a moment after hearing this.
The main thing he was thinking about was whether an illegal otherworld immigrant would have difficulty moving around in Kyushu on Blue Star.
After a moment, he nodded and said:
"Okay."
As for whether a person from another world would be obedient after going to Blue Star, he doesn't need to consider that.
Through the [Primary Life Trading Permit Card] to trade creatures, there are restrictions from the trading platform. They can only obey the buyer's orders, take whatever they want, and their life and death are in the buyer's hands.
To put it bluntly, there is no difference from a slave.
That's why Vivi had so many concerns and proposed a bunch of prerequisites.
Su Yi, as the buyer, didn't have these concerns.
Getting an affirmative answer, Vivi visibly breathed a sigh of relief, as if a weight had been lifted from her heart.
She then said quickly:
"Please wait a moment, I'll go get her."
With that, she disappeared from the trading space.
A moment later, Vivi appeared in the hall where the two were doing business with a person.
Her [Primary Life Trading Permit Card] was naturally gone.
And after seeing the "person" she brought, even though Su Yi had seen many literary and artistic works and had some psychological preparation for the fact that elves might look good, he couldn't help but gasp.
This is a bit too beautiful, isn't it?
Her snow-white skin is not as rough as that of Caucasians on Blue Star, and is extremely delicate while being white.
Her facial features are delicate and soft, and with every frown and smile, her eyes are sparkling, and there is a playful dimple at the corner of her mouth.
The whole person stands there without saying a word, and people can't help but feel good about her, as if she was born to be liked.
At this moment, Su Yi seemed to suddenly understand what Cao Zhi meant in his "Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River" when he said, "Bright eyes are good at looking, dimples assist the cheeks. Her beauty is outstanding, her demeanor is quiet and her body is relaxed. Her tenderness is charming, and she is more charming than words."
Too beautiful!
"You must be Mr. Su Yi, right? My name is Yue Ling, and I am honored to be your guardian knight."
The tall and beautiful elf walked up to Su Yi, placed one hand on her chest, and gave him a knight's salute from another world.
Su Yi was stunned for a moment and looked at Vivi.
Vivi explained:
"In our world, what you want her to do is equivalent to making her your guardian knight."
"After taking the oath of guardianship, she needs to fulfill her promise for the rest of her life. If she betrays it one day, she will definitely be burned by the fires of hell."
"Burned by the fires of hell?" Su Yi raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, this is part of the oath. There is no real binding force, but don't worry, if she is willing to take the oath today, she will definitely do it."
Understood, it's like swearing an oath to be struck by lightning.
Su Yi nodded, but he didn't care.
Anyway, there is a stronger constraint from the trading platform.
Under Vivi's guidance, he placed his hand on Yue Ling's head, and then Vivi recited some words that sounded inexplicable to Su Yi, and the ceremony was completed.
The two then added a contract on the trading platform, and this beautiful elf became Su Yi's person.
Until he returned to the warehouse on Blue Star and looked at the beautiful and moving elf beside him, Su Yi was still a little dazed for a while.
He inexplicably picked up a capable and beautiful elf from another world.
But after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was a little wrong.
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