A farming master in Stardew Valley

Chapter 177 A conscientious businessman
"Mermaid Horn: Blow it to summon the mermaids' help."

When the horn was obtained, the system automatically marked it, and Leon just took a look at it and put it in his pocket.

"Of course, if you just want to play under the sea, you can also blow the horn, and a mermaid warrior will come to greet you." The Mermaid Queen added after watching Leon accept the horn.

"I will." Leon said perfunctorily, and then he and Rasmodes bid farewell to the Mermaid Queen. Under Rasmodes's teleportation spell, they returned to Stardew Valley.

After Leon left, the mermaid queen reached out and took off her head, or rather, the hood on her head, revealing her long, gorgeous sea-blue hair like the other mermaids.

"Hill, go to the Elemental City and get things done."

"Yes, Queen." Upon hearing this, the aunt fishman immediately took action.

After the Big Mom mermaid left, the Mermaid Queen lay on the oyster shell bed in the hall, recalling Leon's expression just now, and muttered with a smile on her beautiful face.

"The little guy has grown so big. It looks like he has moved into Stardew Valley. Maybe I can go to Red Star Farm for the Winter Night Market this year."

On the other side, Leon and Rasmodes stood in front of Rasmodes's mage tower and stared at each other.

"Aren't you going back?" Rasmodes asked puzzledly as he looked at Leon standing there motionless.

"Um, I thought you were going to send me back," Leon explained.

"This place is not far from your farm."

"But my legs are a little weak now."

"why?"

"I was frightened by the mermaid queen's shocking appearance."

"Uh, never mind. You'll know later."

Rasmodesm paused after hearing this, but still chose not to tell Leon the truth. Instead, he changed the subject and reminded Leon.

"I think you should go back. A traveling merchant has come to the Coal Forest. Perhaps he has something to say to you."

"Traveling merchant? He's coming?" Lyon immediately regained his spirits after hearing this. He hurriedly said goodbye to Rasmodes and left the range of the Mage Tower.

Sure enough, next to the largest ancient tree in the coal forest, Leon saw the familiar pig cart.

"Hi! Nice to meet you again, sir. I thought you hadn't seen the notice I sent you."

As soon as they met, the traveling merchant waved his arms enthusiastically at Leon in the carriage and greeted him.

"I'm on a long trip and not at the farm. I left the price list you gave me in the house. Sorry." Leon explained with a smile.

"Would you like to come and see my goods? This time I traveled around the entire Republic of Fingir and purchased a lot of interesting things." The traveling merchant asked, handing over a new list of goods.

"Before you buy the goods, I have a question for you." Leon took the list but didn't look at it immediately. Instead, he asked the traveling merchant, "Besides selling, you should also be able to purchase goods."

"That depends on what you can offer," the traveling merchant explained. "I don't want everything. I need unique products."

"Would you like to take this?" Leon took out the box that the Mermaid Queen had given him from his system backpack, took out a pearl from it, and placed it in front of the traveling merchant. The system also promptly marked the pearl.

“Pearls: Treasures from the Ocean.”

"Oh, pearls! This is a rare commodity, it is so beautiful, sir, are you really willing to sell it? I can offer you a price you can't refuse." The moment Leon took out the pearl, the traveling merchant's eyes were glued to it and he couldn't move his eyes away.

"What's the specific price?" Lyon asked.

"3500G." The traveling merchant immediately quoted the price.

"3500G? That's a lot."

Hearing the price, Leon was tempted. After all, Clint only quoted 2500G for the colorful fragments last time, and now the price of pearls has actually surpassed that of the colorful fragments.

The traveling merchant didn't say anything after seeing his offer. He explained anxiously, "This price is already the highest I can offer. After all, even if we bring it back to the Gotlo Empire, only the nobles can afford it, and the price won't exceed 4500G."

"I don't think the price is low, I'm just wondering how much you can eat?" Leon said, opening the box and revealing a whole box full of pearls.

"huhuhuhu"

Seeing this box of pearls, the traveling merchant's breathing became heavier. The luster of these shining pearls reflected in the sunlight made him a little dazzled. If it were not for his reason and the merchant's code of conduct reminding him, he would probably have attacked Leon.

"Guest, as a traveler who has traveled extensively, I personally recommend that you don't easily expose your wealth. Otherwise, you might be targeted by other greedy people, which would bring you unnecessary trouble and crisis."

Based on the conscience of an honest businessman, the traveling merchant seriously dissuaded Leon.

"I know this, but I am absolutely confident in you," Leon explained.

But Leon didn't think so. He hoped that the traveling merchant would attack him out of greed. After all, this was Stardew Valley, his territory. Next to it was the Mage Tower and behind it was the Secret Forest. He was not afraid at all.

As long as the traveling merchant showed greed, he would immediately stuff the box back, then hold the traveling merchant back and wait for Rasmodes's support. If all else failed, he could run to the secret forest to ask Brother Bear for help. Anyway, with the protection of the forest magic, he was not afraid of being killed instantly. As long as the traveling merchant took action, it would be a lot of fun.

When the time comes, facing the counterattacked traveling merchant, Lyon will have a reason to extort a large sum of money. Unfortunately, the opportunity to get rich quickly was ruined because of the traveling merchant's professional ethics.

The traveling merchant had no idea that Leon was planning to set a trap for him and that he took out all the pearls just to fish.

Listening to Leon's words, the traveling merchant felt a warm feeling in his heart, and the professional smile on his face became more sincere. "Thank you for your trust, sir, but you have too many pearls. I can't take so many goods. At the price of 3500G, I can only buy 6 at most. This is my limit. If there are more, I won't be able to sell them."

"Okay, 20000G, deal." Leon immediately picked out six pearls and piled them in front of the traveling merchant to guarantee the price.

"It should be 21000G." The traveling merchant thought Lyon had miscalculated and corrected him immediately.

"No, just 20000G. This is the preferential price for bulk purchases." Lyon confirmed. If he could still make a mistake in such a simple arithmetic problem, he would be sorry for the nine years of compulsory education he had received. The reason why he rounded off the decimal was just to win the favor of the traveling merchant.

Perhaps for unscrupulous businessmen, this 1000G concession would only make them think that Lyon was a fool with a lot of money, but for a well-behaved businessman like the traveling merchant, the meaning of this 1000G was recognition and friendship.

Sure enough, after hearing Leon's words, the traveling merchant's expression became even happier: "It's a pleasure doing business with you, sir. It looks like we will be collaborating for a long time in the future."

"Yes, I also admire your business philosophy and methods." Everyone is willing to carry the fancy sedan chair, and Lyon will not be stingy with words of goodwill. After all, saying nice things does not cost money.

(End of this chapter)