A fan cost two thousand Bronze Coins. In any normal country, a merchant would definitely think Krumen had gone mad.
But this city banned mechanical creations, so selling one of these for two thousand was perfectly normal.
"Thank you for your patronage!"
Krumen pocketed the Bronze Coins, her face immediately breaking into a smile.
"Say, little girl, this is illegal in Pande." The merchant gave Krumen a long look. "Aren't you afraid of being arrested for breaking the law?"
"If I were afraid of breaking the law, why would I be a merchant?" Krumen said. What she sold were perfectly normal machines, and she did not feel the slightest guilt.
She had broken the law, not even morality.
"Well said." The merchant looked full of admiration.
After leaving the inn, Krumen drove her little donkey cart toward the next hotel.
In just half a day, her earnings had already become quite substantial.
Still, the merchant had been right about one thing: Krumen was indeed taking a huge risk.
She had not come alone this time, but with a team.
One person's strength was limited. Caroso had specifically made Krumen suspend her studies for a year and had her train a group of apprentices.
Those apprentices were now peddling goods like mad in cities such as Changhe City, all of them mechanical products that were cheap and practical.
For now, they were selling to visiting adventurers and merchants, since they were used to mechanical creations and had not quite adapted to Pande.
Krumen was destined to make a fortune from this.
As for the deeper reasons behind it, Krumen had not given them any thought. She had merely come to make money, as Caroso had told her.
The focus returned to Caroso.
Caroso was now silently watching Tom, whose face