The necromancer just wants to plant trees.

Chapter 139 "True Alchemy"

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Matthew handed in his homework honestly.

Margaret scanned a few lines, her eyebrows trembling suddenly.

But see Matthew wrote——

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"Making money is never easy, and the fastest way is always to make money.

My money is tight and I don't have so many gold coins.

But I have a lot of knowledge points, and I can use this to make a fuss.

I asked David and other alliance staff that the ratio of knowledge points to gold coins in terms of fair value is about 1 point to 1 gold.

It is strictly forbidden within the alliance to directly convert knowledge points into gold coins.

But I can at least monetize a large amount of knowledge points in the following three ways:

The first is a mortgage.

The alliance expressly stipulates that knowledge points cannot be used for sale, but they can be used as collateral to borrow a large amount of funds from the alliance, major mage towers or senior mages.

According to David, knowledge points can lend a large amount of money, and the annualized interest is usually around 6 points.

I can take advantage of the interest rate difference by lending a large amount of gold coins and lending them to others.

Of course, there is a certain risk of default in this method, and a more rigorous implementation strategy needs to be formulated.

The second type is to wash the items.

Knowledge points cannot be directly exchanged for gold coins, but there are always some mages in the alliance who have more gold coins but not enough points.

I can open an empty shell project and recruit these mages into the project. After the project is completed, I can donate my own points to them by distributing project rewards.

They can also circulate a sufficient amount of gold coins to my hands through gifts or other means.

This method should be the safest.

If the shell project is against the rules, at worst I can start a real project, at most it will take more effort.

The disadvantage of point washing through projects is that it cannot be implemented on a large scale, and can only be done one vote at a time. Not to mention the limited efficiency, if a large number of points flow out in a short period of time, it will inevitably have a great impact on the existing point gap.

At that time, the number of gold coins that can be exchanged for knowledge points from mages will definitely decline.

Of course, these are all for later.

The third type is investment.

In a word, use knowledge points to invest in certain spell projects, and reap dividends and rewards in the form of gold coins.

Space is limited, so I won't elaborate here.

- Matthew's Classwork"

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"Is this how you make money?"

Margaret asked incredulously:
"This is clearly a way to make money exclusively for you!"

Matthew innocently replied:
"You didn't say that you want everyone to make money."

Margaret looked very angry.

Yimapingchuan's chest is just like mountains of anger.

But she quickly asked:

"Where did you get so many knowledge points?"

Matthew replied:
"Given by the teacher."

Margaret suddenly showed envy:

"Teacher Ni is really nice."

Matthew asked:
"Didn't your teacher give it?"

Margaret sighed:

"Yes, but I spend it very quickly. You know, I'm a spell nerd, and I've completely learned the alliance's spell library."

"Master Suriel is actually very generous, but 100 knowledge points is really not very expensive."

Matthew's expression became subtle.

Margaret noticed this:
"Your knowledge points exceed 100? How much did your teacher give you? It won't be 200, right?"

She stared at Matthew impatiently.

In order to avoid further irritating her, it must not be too far from the truth.

Matthew could only bite the bullet and replied:

"1000 point."

Margaret suddenly fell silent.

She stared at Matthew with a very ambiguous gaze. After a while, she forcibly leaned on Matthew's shoulder and tore off the shoulder strap of the silk jacket, revealing a large piece of white skin.

"Do you still need a mistress?"

"How about taking care of me?"

Margaret is trying very hard to play the wink.

But when I think of the chest, this is a ruthless character who can get into the asshole and blow up the enemy.

Matthew woke up immediately.

"Ms. Margaret, is this not good? We are still in the classroom."

Margaret said with burning eyes:

"It's get out of class time."

"Really, what do you think about my conditions? I can give you a discount because you have taken my class."

Matthew was dizzy by her, so he could only try to change the subject:

"Uh, why is it a mistress?"

Margaret took a half step back when she heard the words, and she looked at Matthew with great interest:
"A mistress is safer, and it's a win-win way. You pay and I pay, and the rights and responsibilities are very fair."

"If you want to get married, it's not impossible, but the league rules do not allow domestic violence."

Matthew said strangely:

"Are you also afraid of domestic violence?"

Margaret nodded:

"of course."

"I'm always afraid that I'm going too hard."

Matthew was silent.

"Really don't think about it?"

She looked at Matthew anxiously.

"Are you short of money?"

Matthew asked curiously.

Margaret nodded her head vigorously:
"Lack! Very lack!"

"Remember what I told you, my legendary path was blocked by money? Because of an experiment, I owed my teacher and my best friend a whole lot of debt."

"This experiment is related to whether I can be promoted to a legend. It still has a little funding gap. Even if you don't want to support me, you can invest a little bit. If I succeed, you will be able to gain the friendship of a legendary mage!"

Matthew asked:
"What experiment?"

"About the development of "True Alchemy"! "

Margaret introduced with bright eyes:

"You already know Fei Capital's series of spells, and you also know that my signature is True Transformation. This experiment is to combine these two fields. I want to turn ordinary matter into gold, so as to maintain the huge consumption of Fei Capital's series of spells!"

It does sound pretty ingenious.

If Matthew had spare money in his hand, after Margaret's repeated requests, he might really soften his heart and agree to invest.

But he is really a poor ghost now.

finally.

He could only look at Margaret with helpless eyes, and then explained seriously:
"Sorry, I'm just a little mage who just joined the alliance. I really don't have any gold coins."

"As for the knowledge points, they were all given by my teacher. I'm not sure whether these knowledge points have limited uses. At present, my way of making money is only on paper and has not been converted into actual gold coins."

Margaret stared at him with wide eyes:
"So you admit that you are fooling me with your homework?"

"Do you want punishment?"

"Your Majesty!"

Matthew rolled his eyes and said in a timely manner:
"But now it's get out of class time."

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It was too early to leave the Crucible House today. Matthew thought about it and decided to go to the Lord's Mansion to fish for a while.

Walking into the office lobby, as expected, Lorraine and Zeller were still arguing.

These two are not low in negotiating skills. The two sides come and go without giving in to each other. They have talked for more than ten hours. It seems that it is still difficult to reach any conclusion in the short term.

Matthew and Rhaegar exchanged a round of glances.

The latter said to Matthew:

"The news came from Hongtu Mountain this morning that they want to form an alliance with us, and the negotiation venue has been set at Damai City in the golden fertile field."

Matthew sneered when he heard the words:
"Isn't the Golden Woye their territory?"

Rhaegar nodded:

"Exactly, so in my reply to them, I strongly requested that the negotiation venue be West Valley Farm, which is not far from the South Trading Station."

Matthew asked seriously:

"You intend to ally with them?"

Rhaegar shook his head:

"Of course not. They obviously don't really want to form an alliance with us. This negotiation is just a mutual test."

Matthew pondered:
"need my help?"

Rhaegar joked:
"Will this bother you too much? I heard that it is not easy to be the illegitimate child of a big man, and the pressure is usually very high."

Matthew gave him a blank look.

At this time, Zeller and Lorraine stopped at the same time, and Mrs. Wesley handed them a cup of tea. It was not difficult to see from the empty cups next to them that they had been fighting for a long time in the early morning.

Matthew smiled and asked them:

"Is there any progress in the negotiations between the two of you?"

Zeller took a sip of ginger water and cleared his throat:

"On the premise of equality and respect, we have fully exchanged mutual opinions."

Matthew said with some regret:

"So nothing was discussed?"

Zeller also said helplessly:
"Your friend is asking a lot of money."

Lorraine immediately raised his hands when he heard the words:

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"It's not that I'm asking for prices, all the prices were given to me by Aliena herself.

That's what her request is, and there are only two ways to achieve cooperation between the two parties.

One is to send out an elite force of no less than 30 people from Rolling Stone Town.

This elite team must go to Deep Blue Harbor in the shortest possible time and stay there permanently in the future.

Aliena demands command of the force.

as a gift in return.

She would marry Judy to Rhaegar.

A brand new trade route will also be opened between Deep Blue Port and Rolling Stone Town. She promised that if the caravans in Rolling Stone Town ship goods through the freight terminal of Deep Blue Port, all taxes and fees will be exempted.

In addition, there are many preferential policies, I can't remember them, but those are the details.

The second way of cooperation is that you directly send out an army to quell the rebellion in Deep Blue Harbor for her, and resist the invasion of Lion City by the way.

In return, she will marry Rhei Jia herself, and give Rhei Jia half of the ownership and income rights of Deep Blue Port.

At that time, Rolling Stone Town and Deep Blue Harbor became one, and they became a family.

But for Matthew's sake, I can give you more details.

Aliena was not just negotiating with Rolling Stone Town, she was also negotiating with another great noble in the Azure Islands and Lion City.

Rolling Stone Town is her preferred partner, but she doesn't plan to pin all her hopes on you.

If you keep procrastinating, I'm afraid she's in someone else's bed by now. "

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Zeller and Rega glanced at each other.

The latter said calmly:
"If that's the case, Rolling Stone Town will send a small gift to Santo Alena's wedding ceremony."

The meaning of this sentence could not be more obvious.

The cooperation method proposed by Ms. Aliena was unacceptable to Rega. After a few days of deliberation, he basically planned to reject the other party.

This is undoubtedly a correct decision.

Matthew was very pleased.

Although Lei Jia usually looks unreliable, but at critical moments, his mind is still very clear.

Lorraine obviously understood too.

He showed a relieved smile:
"Since that's the case, I'll let Judy play for two more days before throwing her back to Deep Blue Harbor."

"My mission is successfully completed!"

"Now, for Matthew's sake, we're family—do you want a family hug?"

Zeller sorted out the documents on his own, without saying a word.

Rega silently held up the Alliance Weekly and read it intently.

Only Matthew smiled at Lorraine.

However, the distance between the two is relatively far, and it is not convenient to hug.

Lorraine didn't care, he sat lazily on the sofa, and put his legs comfortably on the table in front of Zeller.

The latter raised his eyebrows, but remained silent.

"Any interesting news?"

Lorraine asked Rhaegar.

Rhaegar hated being disturbed while reading the newspaper, but out of politeness, he still replied in a muffled voice:

"I just saw an interesting piece of news. A group of jackals attacked the army camp in Lion City. The gang of jackals were old, weak, sick, and vulnerable. There were less than twenty of them. As a result, the army of Lion City was reduced. Guess what happened?"

Lorraine answered casually:
"I guess a soldier was drunk and mistook the Gnoll for a goblin bear. Then he forced his way to the base regardless of the other party's wishes. In the end, he broke down because of his drunken violent behavior, and was killed by the Gnoll who was filled with shame and anger."

Rhaegar frowned:

"How do you know? And it's exactly the same as the content of the news. I didn't get it wrong. This is the weekly league magazine that just arrived today."

As he spoke, he deliberately flipped through the front page to confirm the date.

Lorraine smiled:
"Any other news?"

Rega glanced at it for a while, and pondered:
"There is a rather interesting fundraising information, specifically, a senior mage of the Seven Saints Alliance is raising funds for her experimental project, and the goal is [-] gold coins.

The mage claimed that she would like to share the results of her spell research with investors after the event was completed.

Guess what she's researching? "

Rhaegar didn't finish speaking.

Lorraine has already answered fluently:
"That must be "True Alchemy"! "

"About this mage, I also know some historical information. In her last round of experiments, she used real alchemy to successfully refine a pile of sand into gold worth [-] gold coins."

True Alchemy?
Isn't that Margaret! ?

Matthew asked with interest:
"Then isn't she very successful? Why, from your description, does she seem to be lacking investment?"

This time, before Lorraine could answer, Rhaegar had already thrown out the burden first:
"Because she spent a total of 100 million gold coins before and after that crappy experiment!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Rhaegar looked overjoyed.

Lorraine picked up a cup of tea gracefully, took a sip, and asked again:

"Is there no other breaking news?"

Rhaegar frowned and scanned the newspaper.

After half a minute.

He said pleasantly:
"Huh? My favorite author has a new book!"

"You will not be able to guess the name of this work this time!"

That being said though.

But he still looked at Lorraine nervously.

However, this time Lorraine just sipped his tea without saying a word.

Rhaegar breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed a complacent expression.

He greeted Matthew, and Matthew leaned over curiously, and suddenly found such words on a large board of the supplement.

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""Rainforest Fever: Stories I Must Tell the Necromancer" is the first trial reading!
Author: Deep Blue Harbor No. [-] Affectionate.

A semi-autobiographical masterpiece!

Best booking of the year!
Produced by a veteran playwright!
One of the ten must-read books this summer! "

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There are also many comments from book reviewers below, all of which are full of praise, and I feel that I spent a lot of money.

Matthew felt his cheeks burning hot.

Rega glanced at the text, and said in surprise:
"Matthew, the protagonist of this work has the same name as you! Isn't this a coincidence?"

Lorraine on the sofa couldn't help stretching, with a hint of embarrassment in his smile:
"I didn't expect to meet readers who like me here. It can't be said that it's not a coincidence."

Rhaegar looked at Lorraine, then looked down at the newspaper in his hand, and suddenly he understood everything.

next moment.

An emotion called disillusionment was born in his eyes.

The atmosphere in the office was a little awkward.

Rhaegar's gaze was completely off the newspaper.

He looked at Lorraine with complicated and twisted eyes.

Matthew coughed:
"So the content of Alliance Weekly is relevant to you?"

Lorraine said affirmatively:

"I'm one of the paper's senior contributors and one of the top sources. Generally speaking, if the reason in a story is 'an unnamed authority figure', that's basically my input. "

"You know my ability. The gossip is very useful for providing material to the league weekly, and they are willing to pay high prices for these materials."

Matthew showed an envious expression.

Immediately.

He asked curiously:
"Then can you catch the gossip around Rolling Stone Town now?"

Lorraine closed her eyes and concentrated.

His ears fluttered slightly.

After a while.

He opened his eyes, snapped his fingers, and said it in a half-chant:

"Yes.

A cold gossip.

There's a disheartened druid.

turned into a kitten.

He is playing with the white cat.

Little did he know that the white cat was the enemy.

She is a spy sent by the Blight Cult.

She came with bad intentions.

Approach the kitten.

Just to win the opportunity to occupy the oak forest..."

Before he finished singing.

Matthew rushed out with a whoosh.

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(End of this chapter)