Jia Lan was indeed troubled by the technological level of this era.
What he made were only the simplest primary potions, and the utensils he used were only some broken clay pots, old soup spoons and scrapped hand-cranked mills. The only special thing was that he used the extremely precious medicinal materials of his time, which were thirty years old.
In his time, pharmacists might not even have the interest to name this kind of potion, and simply called it "hemostatic ointment", but now it has been transformed into "violet ointment". In fact, the quality of this potion depends entirely on those medicinal materials, and its production method is extremely simple.
Jia Lan's craftsmanship is not outstanding, but the potion he made was mistaken for "intermediate potion", which made him, a layman in pharmacy, feel a little embarrassed. If the teacher knew about it, he would definitely reprimand him severely, and even punish him to recite all the more than 100,000 pharmacy books in the library.
When he thought of the teacher's punishment, Jia Lan was so scared that he trembled all over. However, at this moment, he had to make up a lie to make the female swordsman in front of him believe him and prepare for being exposed in the future.
"You see, I am just an apprentice who is still learning from my teacher. Although I also help make some potions, I can't make so many by myself, and I can't guarantee the quality."
Jia Lan said: "Besides, pharmacy is not my major. I can come up with these new ointments that are still in the research and development stage because..."
He paused and pretended to be embarrassed: "Next, I hope our partner "Iguana Tooth" can keep it secret for me."
Cathy Cornell and her mercenaries immediately sat up straight, put their right hands on their chests and swore: "Swear on the honor of mercenaries, we will keep the secret!"
Two mercenaries even stood up and stood outside the box door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping. Only the leader Cathy and the deputy leader Dave were left.
Jia Lan nodded and pointed to the samples on the table: "Then I'll tell you, I'm just an 'agent'. These ointments, as well as the potions and alchemy products that you will sell on your behalf in the future, are all made by my teacher and his laboratory team!"
The two mercenaries widened their eyes and breathed rapidly, as if they had discovered the secret of a high-level magician!
"You also know that magic experiments are extremely expensive!"
Jia Lan secretly wiped his sweat. For him, lying was very stressful, so he had to use the deceptive skills he learned from books.
"The teacher's experiment is at a critical moment, but there is a shortage of funds. Investors are unwilling to invest because they have not been able to make a profit."
"So the teacher had to find a way to raise funds secretly, and he led the laboratory team to secretly make some potions, alchemy, and enchanted items to sell in exchange for materials and funds to continue research."
"But... you also know that the things in the laboratory belong to the investors. What the teacher and his team did is actually infringing on the interests of investors. Therefore, only I, the agent, can sell these things."
Jia Lan carefully observed the expressions of the two mercenaries: "It is obvious that I, my teacher, and the researchers in the laboratory do not know how to do business. Mr. Dave has seen it."
After listening to Jia Lan's words, Casey and Dave nodded in sudden enlightenment. Jia Lan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled shyly: "After meeting with Mr. Dave, I considered finding another helper to deal with these things together. The reason for keeping it secret is because I am worried that the news will be leaked to investors and cause trouble for my teacher."
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Jia Lan blinked and made an expression of "you know". Casey and Dave looked at each other and suddenly became excited. They realized that it was not just a talented young magician who hired them, but a senior magic team! Although they did not know how much money the magician's teacher needed to conduct experiments, they thought that if they could seize this opportunity and earn money for the mysterious teacher, even if the magic team no longer supplied them in the future, their small mercenary group "Iguana's Teeth" would be able to rely on this relationship to find a big tree to lean on!
Cathy Cornell seemed to see a bright road for the rise of "Iguana Tooth". As long as the mysterious teacher and his magic team give them a little chance of wealth, their small mercenary group will benefit greatly!
Moreover, through this cooperation, they can establish a solid channel and gain the trust of the magic team, and they are likely to become the exclusive agent of the other party!
Cathy knows that magicians always have many experiments to do. There is more than one magician in this team. Even if this experiment is completed and the team is disbanded, they will definitely continue to carry out new experiments!
If they can win the trust and friendship of these magicians, will "Iguana Tooth" still worry about not being able to grow and develop?
As for the reason for confidentiality, Cathy believes that in addition to worrying about investors knowing, it may also be to protect the reputation of magicians. After all, using investors' equipment and materials to do private work is not good to spread.
And their small mercenary group was selected as an agent, probably because it is unknown, more inconspicuous than those large mercenary groups, and less likely to be found.
After learning the whole story, Cathy Cornell felt relieved and promised not to disclose the secret.
Jia Lan pondered for a moment: "It is impossible to avoid leaking secrets. I have leaked the information of "Violet Cream" at the Magic Fair. The intermediate pharmacist Dagar and the "Kolan City Pharmacist Guild" behind him may track it down. At that time, they will definitely link you to me!"
"You can tell the "Mercenary Guild" that this is a magician raising funds in secret. But no matter how they track it down, they will stop at you in the end!"
Jia Lan said seriously: "If it doesn't work, expose me! But don't involve my teacher and his magic team!"
"Mr. Jia Lan, don't worry! No one will offend a group of magicians for a little benefit!" The female swordsman said confidently, "Leave this matter to us, "Iguana Fang"!"
Jia Lan nodded with satisfaction and pointed to the two large bamboo baskets next to him: "This is the first batch of potions. Every three days in the future, you send a reliable person to me to pick up the next batch."
He was not worried that "Iguana Fang" would swallow this batch of valuable ointment. After all, these more than 200 bottles of ointment cost only two silver jims!
Besides, with the constraints of the mercenary contract, if "Iguana Fang" dares to run away with the money, he will be wanted by the "Mercenary Guild" throughout the continent, which is not worth the loss.
In addition, Jia Lan did not expect that the "hemostatic ointment" that was worth no more than one gold coin in his era would be so valuable in this era!
This greatly shortened his original plan to spend some time to raise the high tuition fees of "Komo University". At least, he doesn't have to worry about how to survive in this era.
After they discussed some details of the cooperation, Jia Lan handed the first batch of ointments to Casey Cornell. When they parted, Jia Lan remembered to remind them that there were only 100 cans of high-efficiency potions in the bamboo basket, and the other 100 cans were potions that were three or four levels higher than the samples!
Casey and Dave were almost scared to death!
Are you kidding!
The lowest level in these two baskets is "bronze-level" primary potion! What level of pharmacist can prepare potions that are four levels higher than this? Silver advanced potion? High-level pharmacist?
After Jia Lan left, they nervously gathered all the people of "Iguana Fang" and carefully escorted two baskets of potions back to the "Mercenary Guild". Casey also applied to the deputy deacon of the guild and asked to meet Clark Abigail, the president of the "Mercenary Guild" Coran City Branch, overnight.
Generally speaking, a small mercenary group like "Iguana Fang" could not meet a big figure like President Abigail. But Casey told the deputy deacon in a tough attitude that this was related to a commissioned task that might be worth more than 10,000 gold talans.
Casey also took the initiative to pay the guild a 20％ commission to obtain the guild's long-term protection.
A commissioned task worth more than 10,000 gold talans, 20％ of the 5％ commission, that is 500 gold talans! And it is a long-term commission, which is not a small task for the "Mercenary Guild" Coran City Branch.
You know, the commission for a black iron task is only 10 gold talans at the lowest and no more than 100 gold talans at the highest. The guild will only earn no more than 10 gold talans.
The maximum commission for a bronze mission will not exceed 1,000 gold talans, 10,000 for a silver mission, and 100,000 for a gold mission. The 20％ commission offered by "Iguana Fang" is equivalent to the guild's earnings at the bronze mission level.