Green Monster Epic

"Why not? My tribe possesses no less than a thousand similar recipes. Selling a few sets of low-tier recipes to exchange for resources and money, isn't that a very reasonable choice?"

Allen was composed and spoke calmly.

"...I was being narrow-minded."

Jay looked ashamed, but the shock in his heart didn't diminish in the slightest.

Whether it's the wilderness forces or the four civilizations of the two continents, if any of them had a similar recipe in their hands, they would definitely cherish it and try their best to prevent it from being leaked. But the approach of this Goblin Chieftain from the Green Field Tribe is really rare, it can be said to be unique.

"You come from a merchant group and should have a lot of say in this area. If my tribe provides a set of magic cuisine recipes that can effectively help thieves advance, how much value should it have?"

"...I wonder if this so-called 'effective' has a relatively accurate number?"

"My tribe has specifically compiled statistics on this. Generally, after consuming our tribe's set of recipes 5-10 times, the overall proportion of low-level thieves advancing will directly double. Of course, if it is a wealthy family wanting to cultivate their heirs, then long-term consumption of this series of recipes can almost guarantee one person's advancement to mid-level, and the talent and reaction, etc., after advancement will be stronger than average."

Allen didn't hide anything and directly gave the results of the tribe's long-term research. He didn't even bother to exaggerate like he did at the beginning when boasting about the number of blueprints in his tribe. The data of this recipe itself was already amazing enough, so there was no need to exaggerate further.

"...If that's the case, I'm afraid not only the forces of the various tribes in the wilderness will flock to it, but even the nations of the four civilizations will frantically compete for it!!"

Jay looked pensive, and then slowly gave a conservative answer.

"However, I suggest that these recipes should be auctioned in the nations of the four civilizations in order to maximize their value."

"If Your Excellency Allen sincerely wants to sell such a recipe, then my merchant group is willing to cooperate with all our strength. We will mobilize all our energy in the four civilizations to help Chief Allen hype up this recipe, and then sell it through a public auction. We will surely be able to obtain the value that Your Excellency has in mind, and it is not impossible to even exceed your imagination."

"That's why I came to you to discuss cooperation!"

Allen was very satisfied. Although the elf in front of him looked young, he spoke and acted in an orderly manner and had something to say.

"However, if you want to cooperate with me, I also have a few conditions."

"Your Excellency Allen, please speak. I will definitely do my best to meet your requirements. Even if I can't do it with my authority, I will persuade my grandfather and get his support."

If he could really reach a cooperation with Allen, it would be Jay's capital for future promotion. The friendship with a demigod is not so easy to obtain. The merchant group really needs such a friendship to stabilize their position among the many super-large merchant groups.

Moreover, this cooperation with Allen is also a good deal for the merchant group. If handled properly, it is almost equivalent to Jay's annual income from operating in the Moor Fortress.

Therefore, the clear-headed Jay weighed the pros and cons in his mind at this time and made up his mind to promote this matter.

"My requirements are simple and difficult, it just depends on whether your merchant group has enough sincerity."

Allen slowly stated his requirements: "This time, I plan to sell two sets of cuisine recipes that increase the probability of advancement for corresponding combat professions, namely the Thief and Warlock. Presumably, the target audience of these two major professions should be quite large, which also means that the potential customer base is good."

"But if you want to sell it at a higher value, then you have to make the reputation of my Green Field Tribe's magic cuisine famous and let outsiders know the magic of this recipe. So I hope that your merchant group can mobilize all your resources to help us promote magic cuisine."

"That's for sure. We also hope that the price of selling these recipes will be as high as possible, so that we can collect more remuneration."

Jay nodded.

"Since I'm selling these recipes, then the secret of these recipes will not be of much value to my tribe. So, in order to maximize the value of these two sets of recipes, I plan to print 1,300 sets of these two sets of recipes and sell 600 sets on each of the two continents, leaving 100 sets to sell in the wilderness. Do you think it's feasible?"

Allen continued.

"This..."

Jay was slightly stunned and didn't know how to answer for a while, but he quickly understood Allen's plan and said with a troubled expression: "Operating in this way will probably reduce the unit price of the recipe, and it will be difficult to reach your expectations, Your Excellency!!"

"It doesn't matter, I'm not preparing to use the advantage of quantity to make up for the loss of the unit price!!"

"But the problem is that it will be very difficult to sell such a large number of recipes at a suitable price."

"I've also considered this issue. There are only two paths in front of us that are the most suitable."

"One is to use the resources of your Oak Merchant Group to actively visit those forces and tribes in need and promote these two sets of recipes to them. With the style of these forces, coupled with your lobbying and persuasion, they will basically keep it secret after purchasing these two sets of recipes. This way, you can basically get a good price."

"The other way is to choose important commercial cities on the two continents and in the wilderness and hold an auction at the same time. This way, you don't have to worry about the recipe being leaked in a short period of time, causing devaluation."

"No matter which method you choose, it is a great challenge for your Oak Merchant Group. However, this is also considered a test for your merchant group. As long as you can successfully complete this cooperation, your merchant group will gain the friendship of me and my tribe. In the future, your merchant group will have more privileges in my Green Field Tribe's territory."

Allen said his thoughts calmly, then looked at Jay with a gaze that penetrated people's hearts. Next, he didn't plan to say anything else, just waiting for the choice of this elf and the merchant group behind him.

Figglas, who was watching with relish, and the transformed Goblin was also interested in guessing what choice the merchant group represented by the elf manager in front of him would ultimately make.

The two options that Allen gave at the moment were made after he and Figglas discussed them together, which relatively maximized the interests of the Green Field Tribe and also achieved Allen's ultimate goal. Originally, there were still many objects they considered for cooperation, whether it was the Natural Merchant Group affiliated to the Church of Nature, or the Wojin Merchant Group belonging to the Goddess of Wealth, etc., the things that Allen gave were enough to impress these merchant groups.

However, in the end, Allen still chose the Oak Merchant Group, in addition to repaying some favors from the Oak Merchant Group in the early years, and also looking at the face of the Oak Church. At the same time, Allen also carefully considered that compared to other merchant groups, the current Oak Merchant Group is easier for them to handle and can obtain better conditions.

In any case, the fact that the Oakleaf Merchant Guild has declined along with the Oakleaf Theocracy is undeniable.

Faced with this decline, the higher-ups in the Merchant Guild will definitely try everything to save themselves, but because of the close relationship between their guild and the Theocracy, they cannot turn to other forces like ordinary tribes. At most, they can only band together with the merchant guilds affiliated with the Ranger Goddess and the New Sprout Goddess, showing goodwill and leaning towards the churches of these two deities.

“…I will return now, and within a month and a half at most, I will definitely give Your Excellency an accurate answer.”

Jay knew that he didn't have enough authority to make a decision, but he was also reluctant to give up the cooperation with the Green Field Tribe. After saying many comforting and explanatory words to Allen, he prepared to say goodbye and leave, so as to report today's events to the higher-ups of the Merchant Guild as soon as possible.

“Alright, then I will wait for you for a month and a half. If you don’t give me the answer I want by then, then I will consider cooperating with other merchant guilds. Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance.”

Allen nodded slightly. Jay's reply was already expected. It was only because of the identity he revealed when he introduced himself that Allen revealed some inside information to him, but that was all.

“Understood!!”

Jay's expression froze, but he quickly recovered and replied in a deep voice.

“Thank you for your hospitality, Your Excellency.”

“You’re welcome.”

Jay left in a hurry. He had already been traveling in haste when he arrived, and he had only stayed in Green Lake Town for two or three hours. Now he had to rush back, and he didn't even have time to deal with the room he had booked in Green Lake Town earlier.

Walking through the bustling streets of the town, Jay ordered his men to quickly procure some food and supplies, while he continued to savor the changes in his body brought about by the magical cuisine.

Two magic hours had passed, and there was still a stable magical aura in his body, making Jay feel light on his feet. And just as Allen had described, his reaction speed and observation skills had indeed improved a lot after eating this delicacy.

The most obvious thing was that he could clearly see the movements of a fly's transparent wings as it flew by, which he had found extremely difficult to do in the past.

Judging by this alone, the blessing effect of this magical cuisine was truly extraordinary, at least in terms of duration, it was much longer than potions and spells. The only question was, after the blessing effect faded, how much would his actual permanent increase in reaction speed and speed be?

If it could have half of the current increase, then the value of this magical cuisine recipe would be immeasurable for a large force.

Thoughts rose and fell in his mind, and Jay's expression was constantly changing. Thinking about how to report and persuade the higher-ups of the Merchant Guild after returning to Mansa City, the confidence he had shown in front of Allen was now somewhat lacking.

But no matter what, Jay felt from the bottom of his heart that this matter was worth promoting. For him, as long as he could complete this matter, perhaps his promotion to the higher echelons of the Merchant Guild would come many years earlier, far more promising than sitting in Moore Fortress now.

Soon, the attendants purchased enough food and supplies. After they were stored in the dimensional bag, Jay led them directly south, not planning to return to Moore Fortress, but heading straight to the Merchant Guild headquarters in Mansa City.

“Do you think they will choose according to the plan you envisioned?”

Figglas continued to lie lazily on the recliner, casually looking at Allen who was gazing into the distance.

In Allen's sharp hawk-like eyes, the figures of the elves and their companions had long disappeared into the complex streets of the town, but he did not withdraw his gaze, still overlooking this prosperous town.

“Do they have a choice?”

Allen chuckled and said confidently: “With opponents like the Nature Merchant Guild and the Woikin Merchant Guild eyeing them covetously, I am now seeking cooperation with them, this is giving them a chance, they cannot possibly refuse.”

“If they don’t accept the cooperation, then if I randomly find any other merchant guild to cooperate with, it means that the Oakleaf Merchant Guild’s sphere of influence in the Northern Territory will inevitably suffer my suppression.”

“And the other cooperating merchant guilds will definitely take the opportunity of cooperating with me to suppress and annex the Oakleaf Merchant Guild’s commercial layout in the Northern Territory.”

“In this situation of ebb and flow, even if I give them poison, they will have to grit their teeth and swallow it, not to mention that this matter itself is a win-win situation. As long as they can help us build up the reputation of the magical cuisine and spread these two sets of recipe blueprints, then I will also give them convenience, allowing them to cooperate exclusively with our United Chamber of Commerce in the Northern Territory.”

“I still feel that the Nature Merchant Guild or the Woikin Merchant Guild have more influence. Although the Oakleaf Merchant Guild still has some foundation, it is no longer at its peak. Perhaps they will ultimately be unable to achieve the results you expect.”

Figglas still couldn't understand this goblin. You say this goblin is rational and ruthless, but in this matter, he abandoned more advantageous options like the Nature Merchant Guild and the Woikin Merchant Guild, and instead chose the Oakleaf Merchant Guild, which is in decline.

The reason is that the dwarven appraisal master Philock works for the Oakleaf Merchant Guild's affiliated chamber of commerce, and after his death, Allen had a good honeymoon period with Jagos, the person in charge of the chamber of commerce.

But if you want to say that this goblin values ​​friendship, he gave the order to clean up the tribe he personally built, killing hundreds of goblin backbones who would be considered talents in other tribes without batting an eye. Even when facing Oliver, Tris, and other people in charge, Allen had no good expressions at all, seemingly very dissatisfied with their work.

You must know that many of the goblins killed here were watched grow up by Allen, and their elders had even received personal guidance from Allen.

“Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and the confidence of the magical cuisine recipe is there. As long as the Oakleaf Merchant Guild fully helps to promote it and gets off to a good start, then the following things will just fall into place.”

“I am more worried that after the magical cuisine is hyped up and the recipe is sold, our magical chef system has not been completely established yet, which may delay the rhythm a bit.”

Allen turned to look at the cooking teams below, which had been divided into several groups, and said with a somewhat unsightly expression.

As the difficulty of the recipes increased, the excellent chefs selected from the tribe had begun to stratify, with differences in the recipes they learned, differences in abilities, and so on, which ultimately led to a gradual decrease in the number of subsequent recipe evaluation members, which also meant that their recipe evaluation standards might be unfair.

Although Allen had asked other strongholds to send their best chefs from their respective towns to enrich the cooking team, it still inevitably made Allen somewhat dissatisfied.