"So... you just stayed here for more than an hour, staring at each other?" Erica looked at the two people in the living room and smiled bitterly, then calmly walked into the living room to get a teapot and pour herself a cup.

The black tea that had completely cooled down said, "You guys are very free."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Diana continued to sit on the sofa with her legs crossed and said with some displeasure: "Is it possible for me to have a fight with her?"

After hearing what Diana said, Erica actually imagined a scene in her mind of the two of them wrestling together. However, instead of saying that the content of Erica's fantasy was a battle, it was more like something that inexplicably made her blood boil.

Passionate scenes, but Erica couldn't figure out why she suddenly thought of that kind of panting and disheveled fighting scene, but then again, she always found this kind of scene really interesting. Erica also

I can only fantasize about it in my mind. If she were really asked to say it out, she might not dare to say a word even if she had a hundred courages, especially now that she could vaguely feel the kind of love between Diana and Morana.

Subtle smell of gunpowder.

Of course, the "smell of gunpowder" is not describing anything, because there are indeed several boxes of SPEER's Hollow Point bullets on the table. If there were no guns on the table, Erica would really think that they were going to

What kind of deadly thing are you playing?

As for the reason for Morana's sudden visit, Erica had already gained a certain understanding from Avrola, who had been peeping at the door for more than half an hour with Selenir in her arms, but the boring confrontation between the two later made the gossip-loving

Avora also lost her patience, and being too close to Morana would cause some discomfort to Serenir, so she went back upstairs to wake up Erica, and then occupied her with the two little guys.

Bed and mobile phone.

In short, the atmosphere at the scene relaxed a lot after Erica appeared. Diana and Morana sat back in their seats again. Then Erica called the maid and served another cup of tea, then sat down obediently.

Diana's side.

"This suit really doesn't fit..." Erica looked at the rough civilian clothes on Morana and said, "I remember there was a good tailor shop on the street with the fountain on Nanmen City Avenue.

, there is a dark purple long skirt inside that looks very nice, I think you look more...hiss..."

Before Erica could finish her words, she was interrupted by an elbow from Diana. She went to the tailor shop Erica mentioned a few days ago with everyone, and Diana also bought a set of the same style.

long dress. However, the color Diana chose was dark blue, and Diana also remembered the dark purple dress that Erica just mentioned, because Erica once looked at the long dress hanging in the store.

After looking at the dress for a long time, Diana even thought she was choosing a long dress for herself, and she was secretly happy about it for a long time. But now it seems that Erica was obviously thinking of others at the time, so don't worry about Erica.

Whether it was an unintentional thought or not, Diana's mood at this moment had simply sunk to the bottom.

Morana was a little surprised by what Erica said, but she still secretly noted the location of the store without changing her expression, and planned to buy the dress immediately after leaving. Although...

Morana doesn't like to wear such light clothes, especially since outsiders don't know that Morana has never worn a skirt since she was a child.

"So... why are you here today?" Erica asked, holding on to the pain and covering her side where she was hit by an elbow.

"Well...Aledo wants to see you..." As soon as Morana finished speaking, she saw some displeasure on Erica's face, and then quickly said: "But this topic seemed to be completely rejected by her, so now I

I just want to come over and see you again and buy some ammunition..."

"Oh, that's it." Erica then understood what the pile of bullet boxes on the table was about, but of course he also noticed that there was a small bag in front of Morana, and from the bag

Diana looked at Diana in surprise in the reflection of the sparkling gemstone.

"Is this...is this genuine?" Erica stood up and took a look at a crystal clear light blue gemstone from her bag. Whether it was the quality of the gemstone or the almost perfect cutting and polishing, she was impressed.

Erica was surprised. Then she looked at the small bag in front of Morana. There were at least dozens of gems of various colors of almost the same quality. Their total value in this world was estimated to be a small bag.

The castle is almost enough.

"It's true. These gems were collected from the Salanca mine not long ago, and were used as part of Aledo's reward for the shadow assassin..." Morana briefly estimated the value of the gems and said:

"If sold in the market, this bag could sell for almost 20,000..."

"Stop!!!" Erica quickly reached out to interrupt Morana's offer, and then carefully put the fingernail-sized light blue gem in her hand back into the bag and said: "I'm not that

How many bullets can I sell you... And let alone 10mm bullets, I guess even all the bullets in my inventory may not be worth so much. Oh, I'm talking about bullets for pistols..."

Although Erica doesn't know the exact number of bullets in her arsenal, because she is too lazy to calculate it now, even in "boxes". Of course, Erica is very fond of it.

It's because of laziness. After all, Severna's special care for her some time ago was so excessive that Erica, who used to be prudent and penny-pinching, suddenly became a "nouveau riche" existence. For this reason, Erica often

Conventional ammunition attitudes only think about "yes or no" rather than calculating "how much more".

Although Morana did not tell the complete price just now, the first sentence "twenty thousand" alone was enough to scare Erica. The longer Erica stayed in this world, the more she understood some common sense.

She is especially sensitive to private prices and economic issues. Because she doesn't have many coins on her until now, she always does a little calculation of the value whenever she wants to spend money.

The 20,000 yuan that Morana mentioned is a very high price even for silver coins. After all, the ratio of gold coins to silver coins in the principality has always been between 1:20 and 1:22, so the value of this bag of gems is probably

The minimum value must be a thousand gold coins. But then again, this price is only the result of the installation costing 20,000 silver coins. But in fact, based on Erica’s judgment of the prices of some jewelry when shopping these days, Mo

What Lana just said was probably gold coin units.

Erica remembered that when Aledo's men bribed the knight traitors with large sums of money at the Envar ruins, asking for thousands of gold coins to steal a pistol from her, Erica really thought that the consumption level in this world was very high at that time.

But now it seems that the offer given by Feda, the leader of the conspirators at that time, was most likely a false report, because if Feda really gave 6,000 Solis gold coins to those traitor knights, it would be almost the same.

Since a person who has lived in a slum for a long time can become a Wall Street elite overnight, even if it is a false report, it can still stimulate the greed of those traitors and prevent them from taking risks.

However, Erica didn't know much about Morana's financial situation, so she didn't dare to comment on her consumption concept. After all, it was clear from Morana's expression that she seemed to have been played by Diana before.

Morana's expression was a bit complicated at the moment. She was obviously shocked by Erica's answer just now. Erica estimated that if she were not here, Morana would definitely fight with Diana after learning the truth.

It's just that although Erica saw Morana put away those gems, she didn't look greedy, so she also estimated that the other party probably really cherished the value of money. After all, she had said before that these gems

Aledo gave it to the Brotherhood of Shadows, not to herself, so these gems were probably the activity funds of that mysterious organization. But then again, Erica felt that it was a bit too much for Morana to use gems to buy bullets for herself.

…

"Misappropriating public funds and using power for personal gain." Diana suddenly smiled provocatively at Morana.

"You lied to me?!" Morana may not understand Diana's "modern sentence", but this does not prevent her from understanding Diana's provocation, and Morana quickly puts the things on the table

The gem bag was grabbed and protected in his arms, and he warned Diana with a grudge.

Diana turned her head with disdain to avoid Morana's hateful gaze, while Erica felt a little regretful for suddenly intervening in this delicate transaction, but of course she also vaguely felt that she came at the right time, because she

She knew that if she didn't show up, Diana would definitely take the public money from Morana without any hesitation, and she wouldn't feel any guilt at all. After all, Morana is still in the hostile camp, so Dai

Anna should feel that hacking the enemy's funds is not only not a problem but can also be regarded as a good achievement. In addition, it can add some extra income to herself and others to cover travel expenses. Why not do it? Besides, eating illegally

Erica is actually better at blackmail than Diana, not to mention Diana's predatory trading methods. Even the darker and more bloody hacker Erica has done it many times, so this

This kind of thing is not a big problem in her eyes.

Of course, what makes Erica a little confused now is that Diana's transaction partner turned out to be Morana. For this reason, Erica, who has always maintained a subtle relationship with her, has difficulty making up her mind, so she "inadvertently" messed up the affair before.

It was just that her methods were a bit immature. For this reason, Diana, who was looking unhappy now, obviously saw what Erica had done deliberately. However, although she was obviously dissatisfied, she did not stop Erica just now.

Rika's behavior surprised Erica in this regard.

"Forget it... Just think that Diana made a joke to you, okay?" Erica carefully pushed the boxes of bullets on the table in front of Morana and said, "Just think of these.

I'll apologize, but I won't charge you any money."

Morana hesitated for a long time, and finally sat back quietly. However, she did not accept Erica's gift. Instead, she continued to consider it and asked: "Tell me, can this gem be exchanged for

How old is it?”

Erica also saw Morana's difficulty, because she was very hesitant when taking out this gem that was smaller than a fingernail. It seemed that these were the limits of what she could control at will. But Erica

It's a little unclear why she wants bullets so much, because Erica doesn't think she's the kind of assassin who likes to often use pistols in combat.

But Erica does want to make some extra money, because she has spent almost all her coins during Da Calon's rest, and the most important thing is that she borrowed the money from Diana.

, so it was really hard for her to accept asking others for money all the time when she had no financial income.

"How much is this gem worth?" Erica originally wanted to ask Diana, but looking at her current appearance, it seemed impossible to answer her question, so Erica had no choice but to ask Morana.

"About... 330 to 550 Solis gold coins." Morana hesitated again and then added: "If it is sold here, it may be cheaper... It may even be less than half the price."

"Why is the float so big?" Erica asked doubtfully.

"The gems produced in the mines of Salanka at this time, and...now the Principality of Michael..." Morana shook her head.

Erica naturally understood what she meant. Because the principality lost the mine, the only way to regain the gems there was to buy them from Aledo, or to buy them from Duke Nosk. However,

Erica knew a little bit about the grudge between the two dukes. She would not think that the Duke of Nosk would sell gems to her old enemy at a normal price. In addition, the upper-class nobles of the principality have always been very wealthy, so even if

Even if the price doubles, I'm afraid it won't be a problem for those nobles. Of course, this is not just for revenge on the Principality of Michael, but more of an economic counterweight.

But the problem is that Erica only thought that the prices of these luxury goods would skyrocket, but she never expected that they would plummet. However, after Erica reconsidered some of the information from both parties after the war, she almost guessed it.

There are general reasons, and the most worthy of reference is that Diana had previously analyzed for herself some possibilities for both sides after the war.

After the war, there will definitely be large-scale trade between Nosk and Michael in a short period of time, but this trade should be very short-lived, and will probably be interrupted when the Solis Civil War ends or on the eve of the end.

It is even very possible that Michael's side would support Aledo's opponents during the war.

In order to support Aledo's battle for the throne, Nosk will definitely spend all its wealth. But the problem is that the Duke of Nosk is not very wealthy to begin with. It is estimated that the new army that supported Aledo in the past will be built

It has been almost consumed, so it is obviously impossible for them to support the consumption of the civil war on their own.

For this reason, Aledo will definitely bring up the issue of material trade during the peace talks when he comes to Mariaburg, and the amount of trade and resources under that official framework will definitely be amazing, but considering that Nosk

Economic problems, so they are unlikely to come up with corresponding materials or money to maintain large-scale trade. For this reason, the only products they can use to pay for it are the products from the recently occupied Salanka mine.

Although the scale of the Salanka mine is small, the quality of its output can be regarded as the top three high-quality mineral veins among the seven human kingdoms. Moreover, the mineral vein itself also surprised Erica because she had heard that Diana had

It has been said that the mineral vein is actually an active mineral vein bred by the earth elves, and it is probably the only active gemstone vein among the seven human kingdoms, so the output will not be limited to a single type of gemstone. And if controlled

If the mining scale and precision are maintained, to a certain extent, the gemstone vein can never be exhausted. However, the only drawback of that vein is that the gemstones produced do not contain any natural magic power, so no matter how excellent the quality is, it can only

It became a luxury product for the nobles.
To be continued...