Chapter 139: Inspecting the Castle
If he asked Sivimo to write ten magic formulas or identify some rare magic arrays or the like, it would not be difficult to rely on the knowledge in his head, but he could only blacken his eyes when he put a bunch of works of art of unknown artistic value and looked like they were very valuable......
But even if the box of art is discarded, the value of the three boxes of gold nuggets alone is close to 5,000 gold coins. Ella Book House.26book.
There are many precious metals in this world, such as black copper, hematite, mythrill, and gold, but the real value of those metals often lies in the casting of magical objects or their use as alchemical materials. To put it simply, the practical value is relatively high.
Unlike gold, which has almost identical physical properties to the metal of the same name on Earth, it has very little practicality, and has little special except that it is not mined in high quantities and is difficult to counterfeit. It is precisely because of this that in the not very long history of mankind in this era, gold has appeared in people's daily life as a general equivalent since a long time ago.
Even in today's society, because the mineral reserves of the Eastern Plains themselves are not very high, and the mining of gold is even more infinitely low, it is even difficult to meet people's expanding consumption demand for a time.
In the absence of inflationary concerns, five thousand gold coins is almost equal to the entire net worth of the average country nobleman.
To use the purchasing power analogy, it is the degree to which you can buy more than half of the shops or support the number of about 1,000 extremely well-equipped private armies in the most prosperous sections for nearly five years.
What's more, in addition to the gold nuggets, there is also a box of jewelry that will not be worth much less than gold no matter how you look at it......
Even if it is an overnight rich, it is not an exaggeration to describe the current Xiwei.
"Is this what is called pie in the sky......" Sivi picked up a heavy gold nugget and looked at it for a moment before putting it back in the box. Then I rummaged through the chest full of gems.
To be honest, I was very happy to be able to find unexpected surprises in this kind of place, but after the happiness, I was distressed.
Although gold is the main component of gold coins, it is illegal to mint money privately in any country. Moreover, there are still a lot of other things added to the gold coins when they are minted, and the main component ratio is not something that he can know if he wants to know the Dao, so no matter from that aspect, there is no other use for it than to sell it as soon as possible.
Then the problem arises, dumping so many gold nuggets at once will be noticed 100%. And the reason why Sivi made a scene of fake death was to take other people's eyes off him. Since you have made up your mind to keep your eyes on the low, it is not surprising to regain the attention of someone who cares for some money.
Unlike gold nuggets, the chest of gems has a lot of uses. In addition to being the most common alchemy material, it is also used in some common magic item crafting and some spell casting, so it's okay to keep it. The same goes for the Demon Core and Yaojing—though most of them have been scrapped......
"Speaking of which...... I remember that money can be exchanged into the system, right?"
After rummaging through all the chests in the treasure room. Sivi picked up a gold nugget again, then opened the system's resource panel and exchanged the gold nugget for it.
After all, when building an academy, you need to buy a lot of architectural drawings, many of which are quite expensive, and if you can directly exchange gold nuggets for the system's monetary resources, then it is also a good choice to exchange a little bit of them first.
Just as Sivi confirmed the exchange, the gold nugget in his hand disappeared, and the value on the resource panel changed as he expected—
+1 Metal Resources...,
"?" Sivi was dumbfounded.
Unexpectedly, what was added after being exchanged was not money resources, but metal resources...... And the amount added also makes people feel the urge to grab the ground with their heads.
It seems that the gold nugget worth about fifty gold coins just now was wasted like this.
"It's careless, because it's been too smooth recently, and I accidentally forgot the characteristics of the system." Sivi felt a throbbing pain in his heart. Nima's fifty gold coins are gone, so much money is used to buy whiskey and barbecue, not to mention anything else. The wine pond meat forest alone can be properly created
But now it's useless to regret it, Xiwei can only comfort himself with the idea of 'nothing to do, the master has money, so much money doesn't care', and at the same time closed and sealed these boxes. Then he put it in his bronze storage box.
When you go to the secret room or something, it's safest to bring the money with you......
It was only after this episode that Sivi began to inspect the castle that was nominally his again.
Although he already felt this way outside, when he was in it, Sivi realized more clearly that this castle was very huge. Although it is still a certain distance from the castle of Julian College, considering that this castle was originally built by only a nobleman to live in for himself. It's not that it's incomprehensible.
I don't know if it's because the castle itself is well maintained, or because the craftsmanship of those little leprechauns is so good that it has become superb, Sivi can't find too many traces of time in this huge and empty castle, even the wooden stairs and floors in some areas seem to have just been waxed, smooth and beautiful, so clean that even human figures can be illuminated.
If there is one disadvantage to this castle, it is that many of the corridors are too similar......
"Here...... Where is it?" Sivi, who was lost for the third time, looked at the three-way road in front of him a little bewildered, if you count the corridor behind him, it should be better to call it an intersection.
It's not that Sivi has a road idiot, in fact, his ability to recognize the road is not bad, but because the decorations in this castle look exactly the same, it is easy for people to lose their sense of direction, and if they are not familiar with the environment, they will suddenly fall into the danger of getting lost without knowing where they are.
He looked at the doors of the surrounding rooms one by one, trying to get some clue from them, but unfortunately he had no idea where he was when he first came to the castle.
"Do you have to summon the leprechaun to show me the way?" Sivi pursed his lips, wrestling to the death with his pride.
The previous two times I got lost also relied on the guidance of the little leprechaun to deal with the past, but as the so-called thing is not more than three, even if those little guys seem to be happy that they can show him the way, but it is really not a good experience to keep getting lost and have to ask others for help after the most difficult time, especially when the last time I got lost was only ten minutes ago......
After the worst, Sivi's self-esteem was slightly better, and he decided to take a walk and look at it casually.
Anyway, no matter how big this castle is, it's like that, and it's impossible to get lost there, so it's a big deal that tonight's auction will be a little later.
Besides, for Sivi, who had already obtained the treasure, the auction didn't matter anymore - even if the treasure couldn't be exchanged for money for the time being.
By this time it was completely dark, and there were no magic lamps or anything like that in the castle, but some candlesticks could be seen on the walls, and it seemed that the Grand Duke of Metz was still lighting it with candles or something like that.
Walking alone in an empty castle shrouded in pitch black gives you a chill in your back.
Sivi casually unleashed a whirling flame bolt, but didn't let it fire, just controlled it to spin around him, providing light and emboldening himself. …,
I don't know how long I walked the road, but Sivi suddenly realized that he seemed to have walked into a dead end, and was about to go back and forth along the way, but found that there was a door in the dead end.
He had opened many doors on the way, but most of the rooms were empty, as if everything that could be exchanged for money had been taken out and sold, and it was clear that the castle had been swept by one of its owners, and even if the leprechauns were carefully cleaned, if you were careful, you could still see some traces of hanging paintings on the walls, and some of the floors were also marked by heavy objects such as armor. It was only after the end that it became this feeling of nothingness and emptiness.
"It's probably the same in here......" Sivi pushed the door a little curiously, and found that the room was locked.
So he looked at the keyhole, and from the pile of keys that the bamboo pole man gave him, he chose a few that seemed to be right, and experimented with them one by one.
When he reached the third test, he only heard the sound of the key snapping from the lock, and he twisted the key and opened the door easily.
Judging from the layout, this room should be a study, and several large bookcases stand there against the wall, but unfortunately there are not a single book in it. The luxurious table takes up half of the space, but there are no chairs in sight, and it looks like it has been sold.
If it weren't for the seamless connection between the table and the floor, it would be difficult to take it away, and I am afraid that this table would not be spared.
In addition, there is a conspicuous vacancy in the room, which could have been placed on a sofa or coffee table.
At the back of the table, there is a window. Sivi walked to the window and looked out at the vast night sky, bright stars, and beautiful moonlight.
From the outside, it is clear that this is the back of the castle.
"The original duke's study...... Xiwei retracted his gaze, said and opened the system building layout, took out a marked architectural drawing from it, and gently patted it on the wall of this room: "Well, although I don't know if Lu Dao can do this, but I still try it."