Although Ma Siqi had sold his goods very quickly and traveled diligently, he still only arrived now. However, he was confident this time; once he completed this transaction, he could buy some horses.
This was his second time here, and he quickly arrived at Taolu Road, familiar with the area.
Huh? This road was just built? It wasn't this good when he came last time.
Ma Sike glanced at the roadside sign, 'Taolu'. A good name, Ma Sike gave it a high rating.
Soon the group arrived at the All-in-One Department Store.
"Mr. Ma Si Ke, it's nice to meet you again. Welcome, welcome." Ed was already waiting for him inside the All-in-One Department Store.
"Ah? Lord Ed, it's a pleasure to see you again." Ma Si Ke was somewhat surprised. Judging from Lord Ed's expression, he clearly already knew that Ma Si Ke had come.
"Father, why are you so slow? I've been waiting for you for ages." Carly had been looking forward to her father's arrival; otherwise, she would have finished all her cookies.
"Hehe, Carly, I've arrived quickly. Those goods need to be processed, and I also need to buy some things to trade here. I'll finish the trade with Lord Ed first."
Ma Sike still wanted to talk to his daughter more, but he was in a hurry this time as well.
"Lord Edd, this is some salt. Let's trade it the same way as last time."
Ed nodded. Having a little extra salt wouldn't be a big problem; they could just store it in the warehouse.
The salt transaction was completed first, and Ma Si Ke immediately took out the walnuts his wife had bought. "Lord Ed, take a look at this, do you need it?"
Ed glanced at what Ma Si Ke had taken out and felt a surge of joy. It was the first time he had ever seen nuts, especially walnuts, which are said to make people smarter.
That bag of walnuts didn't look like much; it seems that walnuts are a luxury item here.
"Yes, how many copper dragon coins do you want to sell each?" Ed simply stated his needs calmly, without showing much enthusiasm.
Ma was initially a little apprehensive. He and his wife had tried it before, and this thing called a walnut was not tasty at all; it was very bitter and difficult to open.
He was already prepared that Lord Edd wouldn't want it and that it would be a burden on his hands, but he didn't expect that Lord Edd would need it.
The wife was bought for two copper coins, but the copper dragon coins here were obviously worth more. The black bread that cost one copper dragon coin was much tastier than the two black breads that cost one copper coin back home, and judging by size, one black bread here was almost as much as two back home.
Let's start with two and a half bronze dragon coins and see what Lord Ed has to say.
"Lord Eddard, these walnuts are from somewhere else, they're quite rare, so I'll give them two and a half copper dragon coins each!"
"No problem, I'll take them all."
Ed didn't want to worry too much. There weren't many walnuts in the bag. He bought it mainly to see if the walnuts could sprout and bear fruit here. He wanted to plant them next to the castle's grape trellis.
Ma Si Ke was very happy; the walnut deal, which he hadn't been very optimistic about, was completed, and he felt relieved. So he immediately took out the chestnuts.
"Lord Ed, these are just ordinary chestnuts, and I brought some with me. You can give me whatever you like." Ma Sike just wanted to break even.
Ed was puzzled. Ma Si Ke said it was a very common chestnut, so why hadn't he seen it around the territory? He looked at Adelaide next to him with a question in his mind.
Adelaide shook her head; she didn't know either, and she had never seen a chestnut before.
"Okay, Mr. Ma Sike, the price will definitely satisfy you, I'll take them all."
Ma Si Ke was overjoyed. He felt that trading with Lord Ed was wonderful, very quick and convenient.
He then carefully took out a mysterious item wrapped in cloth, which looked to be very precious.
"Lord Ed, please take another look at this."