Chapter 336 Preparation for Purchasing a Shop
The footwork training for blessing spells is basically an enlarged version of the previous training. There is nothing new except that the speed is faster and it takes a while to get used to it.
But it’s easy to say, but it also takes a lot of hard work to adapt.
Just like if a person's strength suddenly doubles, he will often be unable to carry out normal life, such as accidentally crushing a cup while holding it.
The same is true for footwork training.
Since it was training for actual combat, Gaode did not hide it, so he simulated actual combat situations and added [Stride], [Wolf Speed], and [Leap Technique] together.
Speed and agility suddenly increased several times, and if you use footwork again, you will even feel like you can't walk at first.
However, after two days of running in, Gaode gradually mastered the skills.
After practicing for another two days, this stage of training was completely ended and the practice of setting up piles began.
The difficulty of the pile-up exercises is different again. The complexity can be said to have increased several times, in order to improve the mage's combat ability in complex environments.
After going through the initial adaptation period and falling over and over again, Gothe gradually mastered the skills. His footwork on the metal stakes became more and more flexible and skillful, and he could persist for longer and longer.
When the positioning on the metal pile becomes instinctive, you will become more comfortable fighting in any scenario.
Another fifteen days passed like this.
"At this point, the general courses for battle mages are actually over." Master Naxi told Gaode a piece of news.
"Is this the end?" Gaode's first reaction after hearing the news was to be surprised.
There are many training grounds in the Collingwood Gym, each with different training content. He obviously still has so much training content that he has not done yet, so why did it end?
Furthermore, the battle mage training he received during this period has indeed benefited him a lot, so when he heard that it was about to end, he still felt a little unfinished.
"There are many types of training for battle mages, but there are actually three general ones, namely, psychological stress resistance training and breathing method teaching, visual response training, and body movement training, because these three trainings are the basic skills that any system of battle mages must master."
"The remaining thing is to customize the training according to each mage's own construction and favorite combat system."
" For example, mages who master weapon summoning spells will undergo specialized weapon use training and melee training; mages who focus on long-range spells will undergo additional precision training and mobile spell-casting training; those who are good at transformation spells will even undergo some hand-to-hand combat training."
“In addition, you need to gradually find the most suitable balance point between the combat system you like and the combat system that suits you through constant battles, and then conduct special training according to your own needs.”
"For example, if you are asked to do melee combat training now, and later when you have done too many tasks, you decide to take the purely long-range mage combat route, then the time and energy spent on melee training now is wasted effort?"
The disadvantages are obvious. Many people’s final employment direction is not at all compatible with the major they have studied hard for many years.
Employment can be like this, but mage training is not appropriate.
This method of Sea Sentinel is undoubtedly more reasonable.
"You are working very hard, but there is no need to worry. You have only joined the Sea Sentinel for less than two months. You should prepare for the initial training and examination now." Master Naxi reminded.
"Master Naxi, is the initial training and assessment difficult?" Gaode asked.
, one of the first-class trainee mages from the Sea Sentinel will be selected to compete with you in actual combat."
“The first-class trainee mages among our sea sentries are far less powerful than Paul.” He said.
Gaode nodded with deep sympathy.
Paul is the most powerful creature he has seen so far. At least for now, he has no chance of winning against Paul in the sea.
After coming out of the Collingwood Art Museum, Gothe thought for a while, and first went to a nearby store to spend 4 gorse coins and buy two boxes of zero-level rainbow trout and mackerel that contained weak magic power.
Hence, he hailed a carriage and headed towards Biboting outside the city of Dorne.
Gaode's adopted capybara "Tuanzi" was fostered by him in Biboting.
Although Biboting's breeder is very professional, he still takes the time to go over and take a look at "Tuanzi" every few days.
The first is to cultivate feelings and deepen the connection with "Tuanzi", and the second is to bring some "nutrition" to Tuanzi to help it grow and evolve.
Hong Kong trout and mackerel were recommended to him by the breeder at Biboting. They can be purchased in large quantities in the city at a relatively affordable price. They are a food that is beneficial to the growth of capybaras.
In the gaps between the pond stones on the shore, there are clusters of water plants.
These aquatic plants are green and translucent, with slender leaves hanging down naturally, and the tips of the leaves are slightly curled and intertwined.
·The sunlight is refracted through the water and turned into broken gold. In the light spots traveling among the grass blades, tiny bubbles are rising slowly along the stems.
This is the fodder specially grown by the breeders of Biboting, called timothy grass.
Timothy grass is rich in fiber, which can help capybaras maintain good digestive function and prevent the occurrence of intestinal diseases. It is an important part of capybara food.
At this moment, among the water plants, there were small eddies swaying the grass blades, the water surface suddenly rippled, and a round and pointed head broke out of the water.
The head came close to a timothy grass, and he gently bit a handful of grass leaves with his teeth. As his head rose slightly, the grass stem brought up a curtain of water like a string of pearls when it was pulled out of the water.
It puffed out its cheeks and chewed carefully, its whole head shook slightly with the chewing action, and it made crunching sounds from time to time.
Suddenly, its small black bean-like eyes turned, as if it had discovered something, and its wet nose turned to the shore.
On the shore, Gothe appeared carrying two boxes of rainbow trout and mackerel, and the silver-blue fish tails were looming in the cracks in the boxes.
His voice of praise came out without hesitation: "Yes, he is very obedient, but he needs to eat more vegetables to grow faster."
That round and pointed head is exactly Tuanzi.
Hearing Gaode's praise, Tuanzi was so happy that he jumped to the shore like an arrow from a string.
It leaned half of its body out of the water, its front paws scratched the moss-covered rocks, and its hind legs splashed happily in the water. Then it arched its body and waved its two fins up and down like two small hands, extremely excited.
Gothe smiled and knelt down, placed his palm on Tuanzi's head and rubbed it gently, while using [Beast Connection+] to communicate with the other party.
There is a strong desire to take credit and a desire for rewards.
Biboting’s breeder told Gaode that Tuanzi is a bit picky and doesn’t like to eat “vegetables”.
When Gao De heard this, how could this be done?
Immediately communicate with Tuanzi and ask Tuanzi to eat enough timothy grass every day.
However, Gaode has always advocated encouraging and guiding education, so during the communication process, he did not force Tuanzi to eat grass, but adopted a reward mechanism.
As long as Tuanzi eats enough grass every day, he will bring "nutrition" to Tuanzi.
The two sides immediately hit it off.
Gothe opened the box with the hand of the mage, grabbed two rainbow trout and mackerel and fed them to Tuanzi.
Tuanzi excitedly grabbed the gills of the fish, held the tail with his front fins, and used his incisors to precisely remove the thorns like a scalpel, making a grunting sound while eating.
At the same time, it was still a little confused when looking at the two boxes of rainbow trout and mackerel.
In the past there was only one box, how come it doubled today?
"I brought you an extra box today, because after I pass the training test in a few days, you will be ready to go out with me to perform missions." Gaode gave the answer.
Once he heard Gothe say this, Tuanzi immediately arched his body again and slapped his "chest" with a hard fin, indicating that there was absolutely no problem.
At this age, it is the time when it is most active and energetic. It has long disliked Biboting for being too young and boring, and treats missions as "outings."
Gaude smiled and fed all the two boxes of rainbow trout and mackerel to Tuanzi.
Even though Tuanzi is not big, his appetite is astonishing. Two boxes of rainbow trout and mackerel went into his belly, and there was no sign of being sustained at all.
After returning to Dorne City from Biboting, Gothe actually had one more thing to do.
He needs to buy a shop in Dorne City.
One is to purchase the tree species you need.
This is a top priority, related to the progress of his practice and the growth of Yugathira.
In addition, he plans to use the shop as his own site and warehouse to store the supplies and materials he plans to bring from the north in the future.
It would be better if the shop could be run, so there would be no need to bear the pain of selling extraordinary materials to those traders at half the price.
Having been immersed in training some time ago, and also not returning to the north in a short time, Gaode is not in a hurry about this matter.
Now that the training is over, the purchase of a shop must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
Just wanting to buy a good shop in Dorne City is not an easy task. The difficulty lies not in the high price, but in the fact that the whole process is very troublesome.
The first step is to find a suitable shop.
This world is not filled with a lot of information like Gothe's previous life.
Here, the truly high-quality shops are basically not listed publicly.
So, as a foreigner, Gaode was stuck at the first step.
After thinking about it for a while, Gothe went to seek help from Melia, his only acquaintance among the Sea Sentinels.
"Are you going to buy a shop in Dorne City?" Melia's first reaction when hearing Gothe's intention was to be in disbelief.
This is like a poor relative who comes to work in the city from the countryside and suddenly comes to ask you for advice on buying a house. This is the reaction of everyone.
But Melia has a very high emotional intelligence. After blurting out the question instinctively, she immediately realized that this question was very impolite, and immediately skipped the sentence and gave her own answer:
"It is actually very difficult for you to obtain information about these shops if you are not a local or a noble, but it is not impossible."
"In addition to on-site reconnaissance, there are two more practical methods."
"First, you can pay a membership fee to enter the [Dorne Grocers Association] in Dorne City, and use the guild information network to get the information as quickly as possible. "In addition, the information will be hidden in the hands of some brokers who specialize in this kind of business. You should be able to find these brokers if you go to the pub."
"The latter method is more private, easy to be deceived, and the price paid will be relatively high. The advantage is that you have a probability of obtaining information about truly high-quality shops."
"Well, although I have never bought a shop, I still want to remind you that there are many potential risks in buying a store. You'd better be careful in your judgment, otherwise you are very likely to fall into a trap."
"How to say?" Gao De frowned and asked curiously after hearing this.
“Possible property rights disputes, fraud and other issues are the most common pitfalls, and there are also some invisible pitfalls.”
“For example, there was a shop transaction scandal in Whitechapel District before. The buyer bought a shop in Whitechapel District without checking the drains. After taking over, he discovered that the sewers in the entire street led directly to the store’s cellar. In the end, due to the outbreak of the plague, he lost a lot of money. The family went bankrupt."
"Although there are not many similar examples, there are quite a few."
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"Thanks for reminding me, I understand." Gao De said seriously.
In the end, among the two methods recommended by Melia, Gaode’s choice was the former.
The latter method is more suitable for local people who are familiar with local cultural characteristics.
As a foreigner, he could easily be deceived if he rashly negotiated with those cunning brokers.
In official terms, his identity as the Sea Sentinel Mage can still play a more or less role.
After considering this comprehensively, Gaode took a car directly to the [Dorn Grocers Association] in the city center.
After reporting his identity as a Sea Sentinel Mage and paying the membership fee of 5 Plantagenet coins, he successfully joined it without any setbacks and obtained a detailed list of internal quotes from the shop.
In this list of shops, Gaode first screened them based on price: his psychological expectation was between 300 Plantagenet coins and 800 Plantagenet coins.
The shops in this area are basically located in "middle-class communities" and are ordinary brick and stone shops. They are usually equipped with brass doorbells, carved shelves and even a basement that can be used as a warehouse.
If Gaode is determined to develop into a magic materials store, he should actually choose a store located in the "Noble District" or "Mage District".
But it's not that he doesn't want to, it's that the shops over there are too expensive.
For shops in these areas, the starting price is 1,500 gorse coins, with no upper limit.
This is not something Gaode should consider at all.
Dorne is too big.
So even if the price range is limited to such a small range, in the end there are eleven shops that he intends to resell in the near future for him to choose from.
After the initial screening, there is still a lot to do in order to make the final choice.
As Melia reminded, there are many potential risks in store transactions, so before entering the trading rhythm, he needs to step in advance.
This job requires a lot of time and energy, and Gaode is not prepared to waste his time on it.
He chose to spend money to solve the problem.
After listing eleven shops on the list, he went to the Whitechapel district and hired eleven "errand boys".
The so-called "errand boys" are actually children from poor families who, in order to supplement their family income, find temporary jobs on the street, such as running errands, cleaning, carrying, etc.
The cost of hiring them is very low, only 50 copper or 1 silver dragon coin at a time.
Gaode directly hired them for a week at a fixed price of 7 silver.
What they have to do is also very simple, that is, in the next week, each of them will keep an eye on a store assigned to them by Gaode. There are three main things:
Record the number of cigarette burns in the store, check the store's sewers at night, and measure the passenger flow.
(End of this chapter)