Chapter 420 The Duke’s Chamber of Commerce

Yichen's sudden offer made the boss a little confused.

Although he is a rare "candle puppeteer", he violated the ban of Lantern City due to illegal oil refining. He was prohibited from opening a shop on Center Street and was unable to obtain raw materials directly from Lantern City.

 Such a verdict almost pushed him out,

But having grown up in Dengcheng since childhood, he insisted on staying and opened his shop in a remote border town. He would go out of the city every day to look for raw materials for dolls.

While searching for raw materials, he encountered danger and his face was contaminated by a strange substance, causing irreparable facial trauma. Even so, he still adhered to his original intention as a puppet master.

 However, due to the consumption power problem in the border city area and because he is not very good at selling, no one has visited the store for a long time.

Now suddenly a strange-looking young man came. After saying a few words, he suddenly made a bid to buy the cheapest and oldest doll that even had problems with the ignition.

This made the boss wonder for a moment whether this old doll had some hidden value that he had not discovered.

“Wait a moment, this candle puppet has not been maintained for a long time, and it needs to be repaired before delivery.”

"about how long?"

 “Just half an hour.”

The boss took the candle puppet back to the workshop in the store, picked up a magnifying glass and inspected it carefully, but found nothing of value.

Although this candle puppet was originally made from better materials, after years of use, many parts of its body have cracked and were glued with inferior adhesives. As long as it is not a complete component, it is worthless.

The boss slightly tightened the screws, repaired the grease bag inside the doll, and then lifted it out again.

“Are you sure you want to buy it? Although one thousand coins is very cheap for a candle puppet, it is a large amount of money in itself.”

 “Boss, you don’t seem to want to do business?”

 After Yi Chen said this, the boss said nothing more, "Give me the money!"

 The two of them stretched out their fingers at the same time. When the greedy rings touched each other, the treasure chest heads on it stuck out their tongues and entangled each other. After a while of transmission, the transfer was successful.

 The boss also handed over the matches he had just used.

"Start the match as a gift to you. The wick of the doll is a bit old. When lighting it, insert the match as deep as possible. In addition, I do not have any warranty period here. If it breaks, I will come and fix it. The price is clearly marked, so it will not be blackmailed. For money."

"OK."

The match was lit, and Yi Chen gently put it into the doll's eye socket very gentlemanly, and then sent it deep into the depths with the help of mental power.

 The puppet starts,

 The white candle covered with sulci appears again on the top of the head.

“Boss, when I don’t need lighting, like now, can you stop her from burning and save some wax oil in her body?”

“She won’t have the strength to move without burning… There is a switch on the cervical spine. This old model can only switch between two modes, one is the current “lighting mode” and the other is the “daily mode”. "

 “Okay, let me give it a try.”

Yichen reached out and twisted the third protruding cervical vertebra in the middle, click!

 The white candle above his head slowly lowered, retracting his head.

Due to the closed environment of the skull cavity, the fire was controlled to the smallest size. Only a trace of light came out from between the eye sockets, occasionally accompanied by wax oil, as if crying.

 “Thank you, boss. See you soon.”

 Leaving the Zhupup shop, Yi Chen just asked Zhupup to follow him honestly.

Because this candle puppet was too old and tattered, it also aroused ridicule and discussion among some passers-by along the way. Yi Chen was regarded as a big mistake who spent a lot of ancient coins to buy a useless product.

However, Yi Chen didn't care about the eyes of others at all. He even tried his best to suppress his excitement, and the corners of his mouth kept twitching to suppress the smile as much as possible.

 In his eyes, he must have made a lot of money.

Yi Chen has experience when it comes to the issue of "dolls". After all, the prophet Yuri of Zion did this.

Although the assassination dolls in Gethsemane tend to be anthropomorphic, while the candle puppets here tend to be functional, they are still similar in nature.

Just now in the store, Yi Chen basically scanned all the dolls using the perspective provided by Xiao Putao.

Indeed, this doll is the oldest model with the most repair marks, and as the boss said, the possibility of damage is very high. It is not even suitable for exploring extremely dark places. It is best to leave it at home and provide lighting. ordinary maid.

However, precisely because it is the oldest model and even one of the earliest candle puppets made by the boss,

 The most effort put into this candle puppet was definitely the highest. Yi Chen could see the details of the key aspects of this old-fashioned puppet at a glance. All parts were polished by hand.

From the traces of polishing hundreds of times, you can see the boss's determination to pursue the candle puppet master in the first place. However, this determination continued to wear away with time and reality, just like the candle puppet, it was already dilapidated.

The most important thing,

"Old-fashioned" doesn't matter to Yi Chen at all. When he saw the white candle rising above the candle puppet's head showing the brain groove patterns on its surface, he was sure that the candle puppet had a sound brain.

As long as the brain structure is intact, it can be innovated through learning, and Yi Chen's epileptic brain can give him the ability to seek knowledge.

 At present, because you are exposed to the twilight and under unknown surveillance, it is not the time for enlightenment.

  【Duke's Chamber of Commerce】

 As the largest chamber of commerce in the old world, almost all cities in the old world welcome the Duke's arrival, which not only brings huge traffic to the city, but also

Even after the Duke leaves, the entire city may be blessed by the transaction, and a certain luck-related disease will take root and spread among the cities, improving the luck of the entire city and leading to brilliant development.

is also like this,

 Except for a very few groups with special characteristics and nothing to do with trade, such as the Monastery of Pain, the vast majority of life in the old world likes, respects and loves the Duke of Gallison who lives in the throne room of the castle.

The City of Lights also freed up the east end of the central trade street, which is the largest and has the best conditions, as the Duke's venue.

 There was not a single Light City staff member visible in the venue area, not even the most basic light security.

The reason is very simple, because the Duke does not need to consider security issues when he is in charge. Anyone who dares to cause trouble in the Duke's Chamber of Commerce will eventually be exchanged for an equal proportion of gold, coins, wood, etc. and stored in the Chamber of Commerce's warehouse.

As soon as Yi Chen walked into Central Street, the street was already crowded with people before he even got close to the East District.

 “Is the Duke’s influence so great...How can we get in?”

Although Yi Chen wanted to queue up honestly, according to the speed of the queue, it would take him three days and three nights to reach the Chamber of Commerce.

Just when I was thinking about what to do, a passage suddenly opened up between the queues.

 A well-dressed Chamber of Commerce employee wearing a gold mask came out and came to Yi Chen with a gesture of bowing and invitation.

“Dear Mr. William, we have sensed your aura and have come here to guide you to the Chamber of Commerce. As a high-quality customer of the Duke, you will enjoy special personal trading rights.”

As soon as these words came out, the patients in the street all looked at Yi Chen and this unknown figure, full of envy and even jealousy. Some even secretly noted down the appearance and smell to prepare for a big gamble in the future.

 When being introduced to the East District by Chamber of Commerce personnel,

 Temporary shops with various styles and attributes of the old world are built here with a dazzling array of strange things, much like the "large-scale market" in life.

Yichen followed the staff to the center of the East District, where a huge temporary auction building has been built, and the treasure auction will officially start tonight.

 The Duke himself is also resting there and will personally preside over the auction.

Even standing outside, you can hear loud snoring accompanied by the collision of various gold and silver jewelry.

When Yi Chen stepped into the deserted auction building, he was immediately attracted by the mountains of gold and jewelry piled on the booth.

 At the same time, the snoring stopped.

 As the jewels slid, the Duke's fat body sat up from them,

When he saw Yi Chen, an acquaintance, arriving, the two golden front teeth in the Duke's mouth also showed up with a smile.

 The [Du][Ke] printed on the front teeth is so familiar.

 “Duke!” Yi Chen immediately lowered his head and saluted.

“William, you’re making rapid progress~ You’re basically on par with that kid from Yuehen… The structure of the epileptic brain is also quite perfect, and there are many new things. It’s really a complicated product.”

Yi Chen was attracted by a name in the Duke's words, "Yuehen? Does the Duke know his current situation?"

"That kid met me once two months ago and bought something he dreamed of, or something I prepared specially for him... He is already in a higher position."

 (End of this chapter)