I Became a Progenitor Vampire Chapter 21: The chamber of commerce that is about to go bankrupt
In his memory, the site of the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce is located within the scope of the Scarlet Mage Tower, and the opponent will give him 5 Jinpuq as a shelter fee every month.
is an acquaintance.
stepped to the premises of the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce under the gaze of several other small caravans. Li De could clearly feel the group of guards around him relieved.
Because the sky is still very dim, the guards of the Jinmai Chamber of Commerce's night watch were on guard before the caravan set off.
Seeing Li De stop, the group of guards suddenly grew big.
What does this master mage want to do? They've already encountered a robber halfway through, so do they have to encounter another nightmare at the gate of Green City? !
A guard squad leader wearing a half-length gray leather armor gritted his teeth and walked to Li De, a little wary and a smile on his face.
"Master Mage, what do you need to tell us?"
Li De looked at him flatly.
"I am the owner of the Scarlet Mage Tower"
This sentence made the team leader a big sigh of relief. He knew the Scarlet Mage Tower. The Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce would submit asylum fees to each other every month, and he accompanied him several times.
Although I haven't seen the real owner of the Mage Tower, I believe that the other party will definitely have an impression of the Golden Wheat Merchant.
"Lord Li De, it is my honor to meet you. The Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce is very happy to serve you. I will let the vice president be called here. Wait a moment."
His name is naturally not a secret in the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce.
Li De nodded, and did not refuse.
In this world, mages and nobles are undoubtedly standing at the top of the pyramid. For this group of businessmen, let alone the captain of a guard, even the president of the Chamber of Commerce is not qualified to sit on an equal footing with Li Deping.
Li De turned his head and looked at the more than 30 carriages of the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce around him. They can transport goods at this scale at one time. It seems that the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce is quite strong.
But it’s a pity that most of the cargo on the carriage is empty. I don’t know if it was robbed by a robber or lost halfway.
asked a little curiously.
"What is the main business of your Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce? These goods have been robbed?"
Captain shook his head, his expression a little frustrated, "We mainly deal in cloth and food. The orcs in the south broke through the border defense. The caravan encountered a group of looting orcs on the way, and the caravan suffered heavy losses. ....."
"That's right, Your Excellency Li De, the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce's loss this time is the biggest since our establishment. We were robbed of all the cloth and food shipped to the border to support the soldiers by the orcs."
A middle-aged man in luxurious business clothes came to Li De with a wry smile. He was blond and his shrewd brown eyes were particularly impressive.
"Master Li De, this is the president of our Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce, Laurent Orlando"
"Go down first, wake up the caravan, and get ready to go back to the city right away. I will be with Master Li De"
"Yes, President Laurent"
Li De looked at Laurent Orlando and nodded slightly. He had seen this man, in the memory of the ancestor of the blood race.
and the other party's reputation is not bad, and the business ability is also excellent.
"Hello Laurent, I wanted to find a caravan to rest for a while, and then return to Greentown after sunrise. I didn't expect to meet the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce.
I deeply regret your encounter, but the suffering will always pass. I believe that an encounter will not cause the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce to fall."
The ancestor of the blood race spent most of his time in Green City studying magic, and didn't care about other things at all.
Therefore, Li De's understanding of Green City's business community is completely blank, and he intends to contact Laurent to learn about the market from the side.
This time buying a large amount of food must cooperate with the Chamber of Commerce, he doesn't have so much energy to buy it by himself.
Laurent’s eyes flashed a bit of surprise, as if he had never expected that the indifferent Master Master would be so approachable.
"Your Excellency Li De, I hope that although I have been there, good luck is not by my side this time."
finished speaking and shook his head, not wanting to continue this topic, and reached out to sign for the tent in the center of the caravan.
"Your Excellency, please come to my tent to rest for a while, and wait until sunrise and then go back to Green City together"
Li De nodded slightly, without further questioning, after thanking him, he followed the other party to the central tent.
The space is not large, covered with wool carpet, bread is placed on a small table, and there is a half-rolled quilt next to it, apparently where Laurent has just rested.
The two sat down, and after a few polite words, Li De took the lead to ask questions.
"President Laurent, I would like to ask how much is the price of grain in Green City now?
Laurent looked at Li De a little strangely. A mage asked this kind of question?
When do these lofty masters care about food prices? Even if all the civilians starve to death, it is not their turn to starve.
"Your Excellency Li De, although I don’t know why you care about this issue, I have to tell you bad news.
Because the orcs started the war ahead of schedule this year, a large amount of food on the border was plundered by the orcs before they were harvested.
So this year’s food prices are the highest in the past five years.
Now the price of a pound of wheat has doubled as much as 8 copper puke, and the price of food is likely to exceed 10 copper puke as the winter month approaches.
The goddess of life is here, and the civilians on the border this winter will be very difficult."
Laurent's face was solemn after speaking, and his eyes were a little bit unbearable.
Once food prices rise, it is undoubtedly civilians who will be the first to be affected. He can already predict that many people will starve to death this winter, many, many.
Li De felt the oncoming blood and sadness from Laurent's simple words. The civilians who suffered the most in the war were always the civilians.
But this is not something that his blood ancestor can control. He shook his head and began to think about another thing.
One Kim Puke can be exchanged for 100 Silver Puke and 10,000 Copper Puke.
An ordinary person in Green City earns less than 10 silver puke a month, and this will have to feed his family. It can be foreseen how much the impact of rising food prices will be on ordinary people.
1 Jin Puke can be exchanged for 10,000 copper Puke, and the price of grain is 8 copper Puke per catty. One Jin Puke can buy about 1,200 pounds of grain.
Rongguang mid-pound is a unit of measurement, and the weight is not much different from a catty.
1,200 pounds, saving some enough to feed two families of three for a year.
The 2000 Kimpucks he brought out can be exchanged for rations for tens of thousands of people a year.
This batch of grain is undoubtedly enough for his farming plan in the castle.
As long as it can last a year, no, even this winter, after the beginning of spring next year, the fertile land behind the castle will be enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people.
The only problem now is that he needs to purchase this huge amount of grain.
It is foreseeable that due to the war launched by the Southern Orcs, the price of food will continue to rise in the future~ IndoMTL.com~ Taking advantage of the fact that the price is not yet reaching the limit, the purchase of food must be completed as soon as possible if there is still food on the market.
"How much food does the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce have? I have a business to talk to you, and I need a lot of food"
Laurent's eyes lit up when he heard Li De's words, but in a blink of an eye his expression fell again.
"Master Li De, the goddess is here, our Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce is going bankrupt, and there is no capital to buy it."
Li De was stunned.
"Bankruptcy? Lost goods only once, let alone cloth and grain"
Although there are a lot of cloth and food in thirty carriages, they are far from precious.
Such a large chamber of commerce can't afford to lose even one time?
Laurent shook his head, eyes filled with despair.
"We contacted a seller at the border. They dug a mithril vein and produced a sufficient amount of mithril mine.
You know the preciousness of Mithril, an alchemical material, as long as I transport it back to Green City, I will definitely make a fortune.
But this batch of ore requires a full 1,200 Kimpuk. For this business, I sold most of the chamber of commerce to raise enough, and I owed the Greentown Chamber of Commerce two hundred Kimpuk.
But... **** orcs, one day I will crush them one by one and drag them to the gallows"
Needless to say, Li De can think of the details, and finally got a chance to make a fortune, but I didn’t expect to meet an orc.
"So, I'm sorry, Li De, the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce will no longer exist after sunrise, and I can't do your business."
Bankrupt? Thinking that the Golden Wheat Chamber of Commerce has always had a good reputation in memory, Li De was not disappointed after pondering for a moment, but moved in his heart.
Maybe this is a good opportunity.