Night of the Twenty-Seven

Ashu Rufate came to his room, came to the table, and sorted out his spoils for today.

Except for a small amount of silver coins for pocket money, he replaced all the others with Oli - gold coins and paper money. Paper money is easy to hide, and it is very convenient to carry it close to you. The gold coins are a little troublesome, but a big purse is enough to hold. In short, the things he got today are not much burdensome, and can basically be carried with him.

The only exception is the horse.

He leaned on the chair and sorted out his thoughts. Things were better than expected-or worse than expected. Those dreams... Ashu Rufate no longer wanted to think about this, because the part of his mind that originated from common sense and reason made him feel a sense of fear, and he tried his best to face that fact.

He took the idea away from this matter and began to think carefully about his situation. Now he has received a considerable amount of money, but it is far from being a big deal. This money must be turned into an investment, because his way to make money today is unreliable, and it is completely an accidental exception. He must find a way to use this money to build a stable income channel.

Several thoughts passed by his mind, but each thought was rejected by him. At this time, Ashu Rufate realized that he seemed to be quite familiar with business operations, as if someone had taught him step by step the rules, principles and specific implementation details of business operations.

Similar to the situation he encountered in the casino before, he could not remember who taught him. But if he could still vaguely remember a vague figure introducing some conspiracies and tricks in the casino when he was in the casino, then now he can't even remember the image of this "person".

However, no matter what, the knowledge he has mastered is enough to make him understand that he is not able to make the money safely invest and generate benefits. In the final analysis, he is alone now. If he does not encounter special opportunities, he is not suitable for formally entering the business world. After all, he does not have reliable subordinates or partners, and does not have enough connections to open up the situation. The latter is even more important than the former. Even a shopping mall veteran like Grey is worried that he cannot open up the situation for a while.

In fact, everyone has a basic and superficial concept of business - to purchase specialties from the place of property at a low price, and then transport them to a distant place for sale at a high price to make a profit. This basic concept is certainly not wrong, but how to acquire, transport, and sell them is not a simple matter. In addition, there are various risks and various costs. In principle, simple things are very complicated to practice. Regardless of small-price transactions, the real chamber of commerce that establishes stable material circulation must deal with a series of complex problems in this process in a most appropriate and optimized way. Just as all those who are new to shopping malls will encounter: everyone knows the truth, but in reality, things are far more complicated than expected.

For example, Grey encountered a very realistic problem. The transaction of porcelain and glassware he is currently engaged in cannot be sold for a while. The retail route is fine, but it can be said that as time goes by, it can be established with corresponding credibility sooner or later. The key is that wholesale is not possible. Other chambers of commerce do not trust him, do not accept him, and are unwilling to buy goods from him. Therefore, he must establish corresponding connections in this area, and must let locals know him, be familiar with him, and understand him, and then they can sell the goods smoothly. A stranger from another place who doesn’t know where he comes from and a respected person who is accepted by everyone locally are completely different concepts. Even if the former dies on the roadside, it probably won’t attract many people’s interest, and any action of the latter will attract the attention of others.

Ashurufate quickly gave up his idea of ​​leading the business and instead considered another option - the option of reducing risks and returns at the same time - to invest. This is the right channel for nobles or squire to enter business. Turn their money into a share and hand it over to those chambers of commerce or merchants who have begun to operate normally, thereby obtaining safe and stable returns. This is a method commonly accepted among nobles. Although it will be ridiculed, many nobles do this.

However, there seems to be no opportunity to raise shares in the city of Brassian. To be honest, there are probably not many such opportunities in the future, because after all, Brassian is really a small place, and almost all chambers of commerce here are branches or offices, and even those chambers of commerce intend to raise capital will not be here.

For a moment, I really couldn't think of a way to properly handle the money. Ashu Rufate finally decided to give up temporarily. When he looked up at the window inadvertently, he realized that it was completely dark.

Ashu Rufat walked out of the gate. The house he lived in is actually just a side house, which was used to stay overnight at guests. He himself didn't believe it. Since he recovered from his injury, he found that he seemed to have endless energy and never felt tired. It didn't matter if he didn't sleep at night.

The stars in the countryside night were brilliant. Ashu Rufate was walking around the manor while admiring the stars in the sky. As he walked past the side of the house, he saw two figures flashing.

Ash Rufat could tell at a glance that it was Xingke and Xingjian's sisters. They went out so late? They didn't ride horses or take a car. On the contrary, they left the house quietly. He followed with curiosity.

The two sisters walked very quickly, but Ashu Rufate still easily kept up. This was mainly because he had night vision skills similar to the protagonist of a fairy tale. In terms of simple feelings, night and daytime are no different for him.

The two sisters accelerated and walked towards a forest. Their flashed in the woods and disappeared, and their figures were covered by branches.

Ashrufat rushed over. When he walked to the woods, he noticed a ditch. He jumped over, but just stepped on a dead branch. His weight immediately broke the branch, making a crisp "crack" sound. This sound seemed particularly loud on the quiet winter night.

Oh no. As soon as this thought came to Ash Rufat's mind, he heard a voice in front of him. "Who?!"

The two sisters quickly walked out from a big tree. Ash Rufat immediately realized that his tracking had been discovered. There would be no difference between whether he had stepped on this dead branch. The two sisters had been ambushing here and waiting for him.

"It's me." Ashu Rufate had to answer. From this point of view, although he had developed excellent dark vision, he certainly rarely did such tracking.

"Ashu Rufate?"

Ashu Rufate slowed down and walked up to meet his two fiancées.

"How did you...you follow me?"

"I just came out to relax." Ash Rufate replied. "Then I accidentally discovered that you were walking out quietly in the middle of the night, so I became curious." He looked at the two sisters. Xing saw that they were not carrying any weapons, but Xing Ke was wearing a short sword. This was the first time he saw the two sisters carrying weapons.

"You discovered it..." Xing Ke had an indifferent expression on his face. "Okay, since you discovered it, then come with us."

Ashu Rufate was actually really curious, so he followed the two sisters.

Because of winter, the woods are bare at this time. In the dark, they seem to be thin and hideous claws. If it was midsummer, it might be green and full of vitality. But at this moment it was just a super scenic place with no beauty at all.

Soon, they arrived at the middle of the woods. The two sisters stopped.

"Here..." Ashu Rufate carefully observed the surroundings with an almost instinctive reaction. Apart from the bare branches around, this place did not look like a dangerous place. The surrounding terrain also determined that it was not suitable for ambushing here...

"Give it to you." Xingjian stuffed something into his hand as he looked around and assessed the surrounding terrain.

"What is this?" Ash Rufate's hand was a flower bud. If you look carefully, you can see that the flower bud seemed to emit a slightly blue-white light.

"The flower of silver grass." Xingjian said. Ashu Rufate was sure that he was not the kind of person who was good at botany because he found that he had no idea what "silver grass" was.

Looking at Ash Rufat's dazed look, Xingjian burst into laughter. "It's normal that you haven't heard of it. This is a special local plant. The silver grass only blooms at the turn of winter and spring, and only blooms once a year. The blooming at night is the most rare."

She took the bud from Ashu Rufat's hand and gently spread the petals that had not yet bloomed. The next moment, a blue-white flame suddenly spurted out from her palm.

"Ah!" Ashu Rufate couldn't help but shout.

"It's okay." Xing Jian held the petals with his hands, and his face was full of mystery under the rendering of the blue-white flames. "This is just like fire, it's not real fire."

She gently clamped the bud with two fingers and handed it to Ashrufate's hand again. Now Ashrufate could see clearly that the bud was emitting a light that was almost flamed. To be more precise, it was emitting some tiny luminous particles, and these luminous spots spewed out petals, so a silver-green flame rose. If you stare at the flame carefully, you will find that it was like a pillar of fire reflected in the water, like a real and illusion, like a dream and a song.

Ashrufate took his eyes back from the buds in his hand. A little further apart, the two sisters were standing in the middle of the clearings covered with silver grass. At this moment, several silver-green flames suddenly rose from their skirts, covering them in the flames mixed with illusion and reality, just like two fairies from the depths of their dreams.

"Wow! So beautiful." They laughed and whirled on the grass. From time to time, silver-green flames rose by their side, sometimes because of the natural bloom of flowers, and sometimes because their feet stepped on flowers. Ashu Rufate looked at the blue-white glowing particles floating around, as if they were overlooking a huge city, watching tens of thousands of lights flow out from those open windows. Unconsciously, he found that his vision was completely attracted by a scene, so that he forgot everything else, just stared blankly, letting time pass.

The two sisters played on this not particularly large grass for a long time. Finally, they walked to Ash Rufat with joy and fatigue. There were a few stones here, and the three of them sat on one piece. At this time, the silver-green flames of the air had faded away, but the silver-green spots were still floating around.

"What a beautiful place." Ashu Rufate said sincerely.

"There is a larger meadow where we were born and raised." Xingjian sat next to Ashu Rufat. "I still remember playing there when we were two kids. My father was drinking in the distance, and my mother stood there, looking at us from afar."

"What kind of person is your father...?"

"If you want to say," the person who spoke was Xingke. Perhaps because she was in a good mood, her voice also lost the usual indifference. "It's just a very ordinary man. She is fat, has a big belly, and smiles all day long." She was silent, looking for the image of her father in her memory. Suddenly, Ashu Rufate saw a trace of crystal clearness appearing in her eyes. He couldn't help but stretch out a hand and wiped the half of the tears from the corner of her eyes.

"Ah, it's so strange, why do I cry?" Xingke also realized. "It's obviously a happy thing... Such a beautiful scenery... is better than the time I was a child..."

"It was probably the wind blowing in my eyes." Ashu Rufate said.

Xingke was silent and stopped talking.

"How did you know there is such a good place here?" Ashu Rufate asked suddenly.

"I knew it when I came here ten years ago." The one who spoke was Xingjian. Perhaps because of the influence of Xingke's words just now, she looked a little sad. "But for ten years, it has been a night blooming. If it blooms during the day, this scenery is completely invisible because the light of the sun will cover everything."

"You are not locals?"

"Ten years ago, I moved here because of my aunt." Xingjian said softly, staring at the countless silver-green balls of light floating in the air in the distance. "It seems that time passes very quickly, and it will take ten years in a row."

"Why moved here?" Ashu Rufate already knew that the two sisters had noble blood and were considered famous families in China. And Brassian City is indeed just a small country town.
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