Wizard Lords: Building an Empire starts from the panel

When Li Wei came to the Marquis Mansion, he was told by the stewards of the Marquis Mansion that he had missed the opportunity and that the Marquis had gone out for inspection.

As for when the Marquis will come back? The steward said that he, a servant, really didn't know about this kind of thing, but he could inform Li Wei in time after the Marquis returned.

Seeing this situation, Li Wei had no choice but to express his gratitude to the steward and give him a few gold coins. Li Wei left the Marquis Mansion under the man's flattering smile.

But it's not a big problem. Master Yelena's wizard tower is not far away, and Li Wei hasn't seen senior sister Qianbei for a long time. It would be good to go to the wizard tower to meet senior sister first and pay a visit to the cheap teacher Yelena.

"Sir, save me!"

As soon as Li Wei walked to Master Yelena's wizard tower, a thin beggar jumped in front of Li Wei.

Shabby clothes, messy hair, rancid body odor.

"Who are you?" Levi looked at this face covered with stains, bruises, and wrinkles, and felt a little familiar.

"Are you a Slender Monkey? Slender Monkey~Grek?" The wizard's memory is much stronger than that of ordinary people. Although Levi was severely face-blind in his previous life, after time traveling and becoming a wizard, he rarely forgot the faces of others.

But the skinny monkey Greg looked so miserable now that Levi almost didn't recognize him.

"Why are you like this?" Levi looked at the other party's desolate look and felt a little incredible.

Li Wei clearly remembered that he gave this guy a chance to make money, but instead of making money, why did he become a beggar?

"Please save me, sir! I've been framed!"

Before Li Wei could ask about the specific situation, two powerful servants suddenly appeared from the alley on one side.

"Grek! I didn't expect you to be hiding here! If you don't pay the money today, I will interrupt you-"

As soon as one of them spoke up, he was stopped by his companion.

"My lord, this rogue and profiteer Greg owes our Lord Pat a lot of money. Please make it easier for him."

‘Lord Pat? This title seems familiar. Could it be Flora’s idiot brother? ’ Levi was a little unsure.

"What's going on?"

"Sir, Greg, he——"

"Did I ask you this!?" Levi interrupted the servant rudely.

The servant could only shut up angrily. After all, Li Wei is obviously dressed as a noble. In the Kingdom of Fontaine, servants have no human rights in front of the nobles. Even if he has no master-servant relationship with the noble in front of him, the other party can kill him in the name of disrespecting the noble.

"Skinny Monkey, tell me!"

At this moment, Slender Monkey Greg, as if he had found a backbone, hurriedly said: "Sir, since you left that time, I followed your advice and purchased some extraordinary materials according to the supply list.

At first, the goods were not much different from usual, and several extraordinary materials were even unsalable. I was a little worried because I had used up all my working capital.

About a week ago, Master Yelena's Wizard Tower began to purchase those extraordinary materials on a large scale. Soon, the prices of those materials on the market began to skyrocket.

I didn't rush to take action. Instead, I borrowed a loan with a one-month interest rate and bought some extraordinary materials according to the order. "

As a result, four days ago, my shop was suddenly closed down, saying that I was disrupting the market and hoarding.

Sir, my conscience, the total value of the goods I purchased is only more than 10,000 gold coins, but the goods recently received by Master Yelena’s Wizard Tower add up to hundreds of thousands of gold coins. This is not even a splash on my part! "

The thin monkey Greg howled in mourning while squeezing out a few tears. The servant next to him glared angrily. If Levi hadn't been there, he would have wanted to take action.

Levi waved his hand impatiently and said, "Speak carefully and don't waste my time."

Greg quickly wiped a few tears from the corners of his eyes and continued: "Soon after, the creditor who had lent me a loan at a high interest rate said that I would definitely not be able to pay back the money, and then he colluded with the officials who seized my shop.

They used my goods to offset part of the loan at a 50% discount before the price increase. However, I bought many of the goods with loans after the price had started to increase. In this way, I could not offset the entire loan, and then I owed the rest. The money directly bankrupted me! "

Then, Levi looked at the servant just now.

The servant could not bear it for a long time and immediately argued loudly: "Grek, are you aware of the price gouging? The goods you said you only hoarded more than 10,000 gold coins meant that the goods were worth 19,000 gold coins before the price increase. ! Equivalent to one-tenth of Master Yelena’s purchases during this period!

And it was you who cried and begged our Lord Pat to borrow the money. My Lord Pat saw your pitiful appearance, so he lent you 20,000 gold coins, and it was you who agreed to it. of!

But who knew you were borrowing money for speculation? You deserve to be shut down by the market supervision officer! "

After hearing this, Levi finally figured it out. He had given Greg a hint, but he was too greedy, which led to him doing bad things with good intentions.

Businessmen with moderate wealth in the Fontaine Kingdom usually have the backing of a noble. In other words, the big businessmen in the kingdom are basically the white gloves of the nobles.

Originally, the price of raw materials for Roya's medicine had soared, and the huge profits gained from these speculations were monopolized by several large merchants with backgrounds. A considerable part of the funds allocated by the kingdom went into the pockets of the nobles behind these merchants.

Of course, this "big nobles" must include the Ashan family. This kind of thing is nothing new in the long history of the kingdom, but it is an extremely routine operation.

When Marquis Ashan submitted the plan, the planned funding for this project was overstated by 1.5 times as usual. The reason was also very reasonable. Because the supply of raw materials exceeded demand, the price of raw materials soared.

The twists and turns in this can be regarded as a tacit game among the nobles.

As a result, Greg accidentally broke into the predators' dinner table. Instead of enjoying the feast, he became the food on the table.

In fact, Greg was not without any background, nor did he know anything about this feast, but the greed in his heart pushed him into the abyss step by step.

Greg knew he was playing with fire, but the profits were too high. He vowed countless times that he would stop after one job and return to his hometown to retire.

Unfortunately, the golden coins confused Greg's eyes, and he finally stepped into the trap set by others. Behind the scenes, Greg was just an ordinary baron. Naturally, he did not dare to get involved in this matter and left Greg alone.